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"Remember back in 2023 when hackers exposed (and fixed) malicious anti-repair software in Polish trains? Well, it turns out that the manufacturer, Newag, is at it again" cc @pluralistic ifixit.com/News/112008/polish-

Disabling telemetry in ByteDance's VSCode fork increases data sent to its server
L: github.com/segmentationf4u1t/t
C: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4
posted on 2025.07.27 at 13:57:06 (c=1, p=5)

my programming language hot take is that python-inspired languages shouldn't be named after snakes (eg cobra/boa/serp*nt).

Python is named after Monty Python. Python-inspired programming langues should be named after British sketch comedy shows, damn it!

@catsalad Every day I get another threat intel briefing that tells me that threat actors are not vibe coding malware.

Because they need it to work.

What time is it?
DUNGEON TIME!

I stream every Mon / Wed / Fri from 1-4pm Eastern and would love your company.

Today we continue working on the 22nd map of the Scavengers' Deep megadungeon!

twitch.tv/dysonlogos

stoic text be like: :blobcat3c: don't worry about stuff
stoic behavior be like: :neocat_astronaut_gun: i will get voted in to office and become everyone's problem

Meanwhile, many companies investing heavily in AI are not finding any clear return on investment, the Autonomy Institute claims. Of those 500 firms, 57 (11 percent) have explicitly cautioned that they may never recoup their spending on AI, or actually realize the expected benefits.

lol, lmao even

RE:
https://techhub.social/users/Techmeme/statuses/114860795498378794

Techmeme  
Study: in the past year, ~75% of S&P 500-listed firms have updated their official risk disclosures to detail or expand upon mentions of AI-rela...

"First of all, we must be in harmony with ourselves; we must come to accept ourselves. The best way to achieve this is to never compare ourselves with others, because the moment we do, we then judge ourselves inferior or esteem ourselves as superior, resulting in either an inferiority complex or an inflated ego. In both cases the result is a state of disharmony. To avoid this, it is best to begin with the principle that each of us is a unique being and that this uniqueness gives us our worth in God’s view, as well as in the eyes of humanity. Therefore, we should hold to our own standard, comparing ourselves only to ourselves—this being the key to our spiritual evolution." Christian Bernard

Payment processors pressure Valve into banning porn games with themes of incest
L: bsky.app/profile/steamdb.info/
C: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4
posted on 2025.07.16 at 13:53:39 (c=1, p=3)

sometimes reminded of the 'evil empire' ethos of hiring people you can control instead of people who do good jobs. problem with this being that degrading quality to ensure continuation of control opens you up to the realization your empire is made out of popcorn and a genuine adversary is just gonna exploit the shit out of how stupid you've been the whole time :blabcat:
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