Simon @spoltier@qoto.org
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code / data wrangler in Switzerland.
Recovering reply guy. Posts random photos once in a while.
Joined Jul 2023
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NEW by @lorenzofb: A mysterious government hacking group called "Careto" (aka "The Mask") was once one of the "most advanced threats" of its time, but was never publicly linked to a specific government.
Researchers privately concluded that Careto was working for the Spanish government.
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I love using Claude Artifacts, but there's precious little documentation for what it can and can't do - turns out the hidden system prompt includes everything I needed to know, including the full list of libraries it can load https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/25/claude-4-system-prompt/#artifacts-the-missing-manual
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News about a new, open-access journal covering original work in the intersection of mathematics and fibre/fiber arts.
Details are on the website :
Looks intriguing!
This *definitely* needs to get outside my bubble, so boosts are especially welcome, and if people can suggest more hashtags, that would be great.
#FibreArt #FiberArt #Mathematics #Math #Maths #Journal #Knitting #Crochet #Weaving
More hashtags suggested ... adding here as an edit ... not all are applicable, but ... who knows!
#Knitting #Knitstodon #FiberArts #FibreArts #NeedleArts #Maker #Creator #Crafts #HandMade #SurfFeeds
#PrintMaking #Woodcut #Art #HandMade #Analog #Arte #Xilografia #Grafica #ArtIsForEveryone
Thank you for your indulgence ...
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imo don’t pay attention to the “lab leak” part. i think his reaction is probably consistent with the general public. albeit the details of the response change. another friend had a similar reaction. a third friend too (but how a liberal person would react, “why didn’t they regulate???”)
@timkellogg.me I understand the initial strong reaction, but on reflection I'm not sure it's justified.
You're talking to a computer that you don't control (anthropic does), and the anthropomorphization is kind of the point of how it works... I guess you have to get to know your potential partner in crime just like you would a human 😅
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Dr. Meredith Palmer and embedded engineer Akiba(of http://freaklabs.org/ ) joined Chris( @stoneymonster ) and Elecia( @logicalelegance ) this week to talk about lions, terror, conservation, and technology.
Dr. Palmer mentioned a weird bird-giraffe relationship.
Find out about this and other interesting conservation conversations in this week's show:
https://embedded.fm/episodes/501.
Here's that excerpt:
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10 SCORES AGAINST TECH FASCISM
⟶ CALL FOR PROJECTS
This call for resistance is not about global fixes or sweeping victories — it’s about finding ways to challenge the current systems with the means available: misdirection, opting out, and pushing back. Resisting in solidarity with others and carving out spaces in which we can develop technological systems that align with collective needs rather than exploiting us.
Apply now until 17 June 2025 for grants ranging from €1’500 to €7’000.
Read the full call for projects here
⟶ https://error417.expectation.fail/406/tech-fascism-not-acceptable
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ChatGPT's new dossier-from-your-chats feature is a huge change to how it works, and as a power user who tries to control all of the model's input I don't like it at all
“30 messages are good interaction quality (25%); 9 messages are bad interaction quality (7%)” https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/21/chatgpt-new-memory/
@nic221 The main problem with ordinary financial "betting" which I don't think I read in the post is counterparty risk. If apocalypse strikes, is there anyone left on the other side of the contract? Your investment will be gone along with the rest of civilization (or it will be worthless as a result - you can't eat gold).
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Love this. In his “I Agree” installation Dima Yarovinsky-Yahel took the content from terms of service statements for companies like Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, Tinder and printed them out on A4 paper with a standard font size for legal contracts to demonstrate the length of these agreements.
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That's why I really, really wish someone would write a popular/accessible/appealing book about how various professions and industries came to be regulated. I know there are several about particular fields, but I don't know anything like Young's "Abolishing Fossil Fuels: Lessons From Movements That Won" https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1578 that compares and contrasts several cases and draws lessons from them for today's struggle. I don't know enough to write it; I hope someone here does. 4/4
@timkellogg.me I would include a denominator to make it a survival rate, and below a certain amount of total layoffs it seems random (for example my score is between 0/0 and 1/1 - cancelled project == layoff? ).
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Made some notes on how Cursor works under the hood based on their security documentation - it turns out an organization's list of subprocessors offers a loose form of "view source" for their infrastructure!
https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/11/cursor-security/
SRE pop quiz, wrong answer
@cadey
It's a list of volcanoes
@b0rk I haven't had it in a while. I think it went away when I upgraded to windows 11 or when I started to use the new Windows terminal app. Before that windows PowerShell used a dark blue background with white text and was generally flaky with rendering selected text (white on yellow I think )
@timkellogg.me the env var is still SSL_CERT_FILE ...
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code / data wrangler in Switzerland.
Recovering reply guy. Posts random photos once in a while.
Joined Jul 2023
