Simon @spoltier@qoto.org

This is likely a historic mistake, but I’m starting to wonder if the line between “science” and “engineering”—which we’ve learned to bracket in the case of CS—could get bracketed in certain social science contexts as well.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:565ebob5f6hw33hjdkxty6qj/post/3lqgjx4aqls2x

Normalise not finishing your slides 😳 @TodePond

I am disappointed in the AI discourse steveklabnik.com/writing/i-am...

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How are we doing at "being technical"? @grimalkina - looks at how technical teams work, finds it fascinating!

Questions for engineers:
- what does your work help people do?
- how many people a day does your people help?

A small slide deck for a 15 minute impulse talk at Cycon 2025 in Talinn: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_3Iu74UijAjfSLHzqWDkDEaIwoB6WBSo9-mY5e0u0HM/edit?usp=drivesdk

Never use the first version of a database. You want to use the SQL.

Okay this is very cool and anybody who is touching big data should pay attention to how this evolves: https://ducklake.select/manifesto/

We are planning an interaction and multi-turn conversation workshop (from games to RL to chat), would it interest you?

Dr. Meredith Palmer and embedded engineer Akiba(of http://freaklabs.org/ ) joined Chris and Elecia this week to talk about lions, terror, conservation, and technology.

Akiba designed BoomBox - a device that picks up on the trigger signal of animals passing to start recording, and then wait a few seconds and play a sound.

https://embedded.fm/episodes/501.

Here's an excerpt:

#biology #ecology #science #conservation #engineering

arguing with my dad. am i wrong?

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.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/23/mysterious-hacking-group-careto-was-run-by-the-spanish-government-sources-say/

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

News about a new, open-access journal covering original work in the intersection of mathematics and fibre/fiber arts.

Details are on the website :

https://interlace-journal.org

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 ...

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???”)

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:

#biology #ecology #science #conservation #engineering

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

How projects are named at Techaro

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/

Betting on AI risk https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/betting-on-ai-risk #AI #opinions

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.