evilstevie @evilstevie@mastod1.ddns.net

As we enter a period in which gifts are given, often to children, I would like to give a gentle suggestion: Refrain of taking anything from a child's hands in order to show how the thing works, no matter how the learning process goes. Instead, point and ask questions.

One of the last coal-powered sheep.
Most sheep are all electric now.

#DefaidodonDay #DyddDefaidodon #Defaidodon

Around a quarter of papers at an AI conference were found to have been written by AI. Additionally, a good portion of the peer reviews were also found to have been done by AI. People at the event are now raising concerns everything was essentially bollocks.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03506-6

Ich weiß ja, dass jedes Musikinstument eine Wissenschaft für sich ist, aber das hier hat mich doch überrascht. Eine Tabla-Demonstration.

Just brilliant https://xkcd.com/3172

It was only after I finished the googly eyed version that I realised what it really should have been turned into. Uncanny.

People who "create" AI slop should be forced to consume only AI slop and not be allowed to watch, read or listen to anything made by a human. Let them wallow in the cesspit of their creation.

Q: Why did Donald Trump bury Ivana on one of his golf courses?

A: So he could still cheat on her.

How do I notice that I get old?

I am annoyed that most tutorials come as videos and not a document with screenshots 😏.

Stealing this phrase - “AI is a Dunning-Kruger accelerator”

They KNOW this is a bad idea.
But also, for just a moment, SO funny.

#sillyScribbles #bird #nonsense

If it gets to 500 copies by early spring it's definitely a no, better to settle for a fun novelty one-off
750? Hmm maybe it’d work annually, but feels iffy

(to be clear: I’m delighted with getting to 320 at this point!)

A few people have asked if there’ll be a second issue of DOCTYPE - basically if it sells 1,000 copies I’ll feel comfortable with trying to squeeze more out of the idea in a fresh, interesting way (not just about money, need enough interest from buyers & contributors)

(it’s currently at 320 sold)

“Another, and make it a double!” He said, sliding his glass toward the barman.

“Don’t you think you’ve had enough?”

The question obviously riled the disheveled patron, who locked eyes with the barman.

“My executive team asked me today how we can leverage AI as part of our quantum strategy,” he began. “We don’t even have an asset register.”

“My god. This one’s a triple, and it’s on the house.”

@cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social has successfully infiltrated my rust vibecoding

Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.

@mhoye I am the only one in the company who sits on the different helpdesk and frontline support group chats. Because that is where I'm gonna hear about us getting breached first. And I need them to be comfortable talking to me. I join the calls occasionally and I tell them my story. And they come to me and you would be surprised what I hear.

Very sorry to hear we have lost Udo Kier - a great actor with an incredible and wide ranging career

On the 4th October, 1936, the British Union of Fascists had planned a march to the East End of London.

Despite the petition of East Londoners, with 100,000 signatures over two days, the Home Office declined to ban the march. Authorities refused to allow a counter-march by the Ex-Servicemen's Movement Against Fascism, because the fascists had organised their march first.

On the day, around 3,000 fascists turned up for the march, protected by more than double that number in police.

The fascists and police were resisted by over ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND anti-fascists who erected barricades, chanting "They Shall Not Pass". Police attempted to dismantle the barricades and clear a path for the fascists, and were pelted with rotten vegetables, and the contents of chamber-pots thrown from upstairs residents.

There's a damn good reason why fascism had a hard time establishing itself in the UK; I'm pretty sure it wasn't the government nor the police.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cable_Street

#fascism #antifa