evilstevie @evilstevie@mastod1.ddns.net

at a job interview

"whats your biggest weakness?"

"understanding the semantics of a question but ignoring the pragmatics"

"could you give an me an example?"

"yes i could"

big announcement for Friday: I have acquired a datacenter that has not been touched since approximately 2002, and is FULL of old 80s/90s/2000s IBM mainframe equipment. mainframes, disk arrays, tape drive strings, network processor boxes, and more!

all will be photographed (and posted here), also videographed!

the equipment is being moved to my place, where pubvm.org will be ran on an actual IBM System/370 mainframe!!!!

this is a six-sigma event, this is unfathomable rarity omg

I've been cross-posting to both Bluesky and Mastodon for a few months now, and this comparison is pretty emblematic of how that's been going:

Masto: 40 total interactions
Bluesky: Zero. Zip. Zilch. Nada.

Numbers aren't everything, but this is an observable pattern that tells a very different story than the one I keep seeing in "mainstream" discourse.

1/x

Is the Iranian negotiating team in the room with us now Mr president?

I host my mastodon at home and it survived being #1 on hacker news last night

Anthropic AI: Mythos is a next gen cybersecurity tool that will make security flaws a thing of the past and you don't need any IT/infosec staff.

*one week later* Some hackers gained access to Mythos and have access to customer data.

So much hype about some garbage model with no care for security. This and many other models are now used by Apple, banks, military and other big customers. Imagine amount of stuff that will be now accessed by anyone because people behind it don't review it. 🤡

Managed to spend some time on #earthDay tending the specific wee bit of earth that we live on. First proper stint in the garden of the year. Decisions were made about which bits of lawn would be mowed & which would be left. Areas were cleared for planting. Bugs were uncovered to the delight of the local bird life (sorry bugs). Birds were booped (sorry birds).

#sillyScribbles #boop #bird

Everybody talks about the guy pulling the sword out of the stone becoming king, but I think it would be a real power move to wield the sword while it's still inside the stone

Like, you may not technically be the "rightful" king, but if you've got a boulder with a handle, I am going to listen to you

497) Humourbot. Takes your place when a well-meaning but clueless acquaintance decides to offer 'advice' for dealing with your chronic pain, mental health, etc. Very good at politely nodding along and looking interested in absolute bollocks. #SmallRobotsRemastered

NO, GOOGLE, I DO NOT WANT YOUR A.I. SUMMARY. I WANT YOUR A.I. ENGINEERS TO FALL INTO A PIT AND FIGHT A GIANT WORM FOR MY AMUSEMENT (AND THE WORM'S NOURISHMENT AND ENRICHMENT).

#Meme #Humour

wow! i commanded a team of 9 subagents to make me a baby in 1 month. the results were astounding!

yes

Four years with you in the fediverse today, what a journey!

THANK YOU to the OGs who’ve been with us since day one, and to all who’ve joined along the way. Your engagement keeps the conversation going.

We’ll continue sharing news and updates from the Commission, stay tuned for more.

Big love to our community 💙

See you around,
EC

Black Friday has failed me.
I ordered four Kindles from Amazon and they sent me a Two Ronnies DVD

#jokeoftheday #ukspecific

It’s a little known fact that Winnie the Pooh author AA Milne had a smaller brother called AAA Milne

#jokeoftheday #writerjokes