Sylvain Miermont @miermont@qoto.org

All the devs saying that Anthropic’s code quality is “normal” are telling on themselves and everybody they’ve worked with

(Also supports what many have been saying about software quality being a crisis that precedes LLMs, but that’s another story)

*Here comes the Sandworm, agency fans

Seriously though i’m biased because i’m a fiber arts sicko but if you want to see a c. 1500 masterpiece in paris i highly recommend skipping the mona lisa and seeing the lady and the unicorn tapestries:

- way less people
- rabbits
- you can get like 1 inch away if you want
- dozens of rabbits
- looks even better in person, instead of much worse
- seriously they’re HUGE
- moving visual disquisiton on the 5 senses plus bonus mysterious sixth sense
- it has bunmy rabbits

RE: https://mastodon.social/@invadersil/116324993175863094

TWO THINGS:

1. it’s shocking how well written this terms of service document is. #Microslop uses plain language and proper emphatic formatting to identify what’s important.

2. this was updated on October 24, 2025. since then NOT ONE TECH JOURNALIST has read it; because, not one tech "journalist" has reported that #Copilot IS MEANT AS #ENTERTAINMENT.

Fourth Estate my ass.

Satya Nadella gifted Sam Altman a billion of Windoze money for a lap dance?

c’mon #tech #journalism. DO YOUR JOBS!

Le Liège Hackerspace fête ses 10 ans ! Ça se fête comme il se doit 🎉
Rejoins-nous le 30 mai dès 18h pour célébrer ça ensemble !
Plus d'infos et programme complet à venir, restez connectés 👀

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Liège Hackerspace is turning 10! That calls for a proper celebration 🎉
Join us on May 30th from 6 PM to celebrate together!
More info and full programme coming soon, stay tuned 👀

I don't think people fully appreciate how apocalyptic things are for US science. I haven't received any new funding since 2024, but I'm still ok since grants are typically for 3 years. This means next year I will be completely out of funding and will have to fire everyone in the lab. It's not great.

In my 25-year career, I’ve never NOT had funding. I typically have 4 to 8 grants, which you need if you’re running an observation science program and have a technician, students, and postdocs.

Sums up my experience growing up

Big shout out to @gnome Papers. I didn't even know I needed this feature until now. I can check the answers to my math problems without scrolling to the answers page or opening another window.

I'm pleased to share with you the greatest advancement in bottom-sheet technology since the invention of elastic.

RE: https://mstdn.social/@alpenglow/116188791937841655

Last day! I mean you prob get a few extra hours until I wake up tomorrow and manually disable buy buttons, but yanno. Basically last day to get any Alpengoodies. ❤️

I read a README file I wrote a few weeks ago and decided it didn't have enough information, so it's now twice as long with a lot more detail.

I'm the only one who will ever read or use the file, but I have learned I cannot rely on my own memory a few months or years from now when I need to revisit the project or do something similar.

Make notes! Make more notes. It's a text file, it won't take up much space but it might save you a bunch of time in the future.

New research in Global Change Biology highlights the centennial legacy of land-use on German agricultural soils.

​It can take 180 years for soil organic carbon to stabilize after land-use change—meaning today’s carbon stocks are still shaped by history from the 1800s.

​Details: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17444

@Thuenen_aktuell

​#Soil #ClimateCrisis #AgriScience #Ecology #SoilOrganicCarbon

So Duo (the multifactor authentication service that #infosec loves) has integrated with Persona (the privacy destroying, Peter Thiel backed, AI-linked, facial scanning and mapping "identity verification" software)

You know the recent Discord snafu that received such massive pushback and caused so many people to leave Discord that they've dropped their identity verification?

Yeah, that Persona.

Duo integrates it into Duo Premier, Duo Advantage, and even Duo Essentials...

...which means many working class folks will have no option but to be enrolled into and use Persona...

...or be fired.

https://duo.com/docs/identity-verification

#Duo #Persona #Privacy #Discord #AI

Another update for today: We're planning to revive LibreOffice Online, a web-based version of the suite that users can deploy on their own infrastructure: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/02/24/libreoffice-online-a-fresh-start/

If you're a swiss resident ( or know one ... ) you can get a custom hardware design onto an ASIC for FREE !!!

You get back one chip with your design (and a bunch of others!) and some board to help bring up/testing.

Also, this is "resident", no need to be a student or at uni or anything, you just need a valid Swiss address ...

I know I might be repeating myself here because I mentioned it a few month back but this bear repeating IMHO.

https://swisschips.ethz.ch/news-and-events/tiny-tapeout-submission-form.html

PS: Can I haz boost for reach ?

Brainwashing, 2026 edition. This paper shows how X's algorithmic feed shifts people's views rightwards. It's a sophisticated, highly effective form of reorientation. And it is utterly chilling. If you're still on that platform, unhook yourself now. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The political effects of X’s f...

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It's not just IzzyOnDroid that is threatened by #Google's upcoming "developer verification" rules – it's ALL OF YOU, ALL OF US, who live in the free #Android world, and want to decide ourselves what gets installed onto our devices.

If Google gets away with this, on the majority of Android devices, you will only be able to install what THEY allow. No more freedom of choice.

Join the resistance! Act for your freedom!

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