Quotes from skeet and quote skeet:
"The average person doesn’t give a fuck if AI has some niche use where it actually excels if used properly. In fact, that is what a tool is *supposed* to do and none of us will have a problem if it is used like that. What we see is AI fucking up real life in a massive way."
"Telling people about the good, useful use cases for AI is kinda like telling people about the 30-50 feral hogs you need your AR-15 for
It is entirely true and yet so completely divorced from the lived experience of your audience that you sound ridiculous"
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1d ago
@Photo55 I think you may be misunderstanding my position. I don't much like GenAI. I think it's a net negative for society
I also observe that people who might not have bothered writing websites or software are doing so with vibecoding.
I also observe that people who might not have bothered writing websites or software are doing so with vibecoding.
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@Photo55 totally, I was writing sites in the late 90s.
I think the difference now is that the amount of effort to create something has never been lower with vibecoding. Vibecoding is a bad idea for a ton of reasons but it's definitely never been easier if you want to. That's what makes revealing private information about users to site and app owners more dangerous than ever.
I think the difference now is that the amount of effort to create something has never been lower with vibecoding. Vibecoding is a bad idea for a ton of reasons but it's definitely never been easier if you want to. That's what makes revealing private information about users to site and app owners more dangerous than ever.
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3d ago
@CrowOnAKettle I think the difference between those two systems is only a matter of degree. Even in the EU case, you're providing a targeting signal that previously didn't exist before. The only difference from CA's implementation is that it's a fuzzier signal.
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3d ago
@CrowOnAKettle because that's what the laws say they have to do. The OS has to provide an API to share the information to any application that asks for it.
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@lunacharskii I think it's a reasonable conclusion. I believe this will be exploited in certain US states to block kids access to information about LGBT people, abortion information and honest readings of history which acknowledge racism, sexism and other forms of oppression.
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4d ago
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Discourse/116417887006783365
While a commendable argument in favor of open source software in 2026, the author's claim that the cost of vulnerability scanning will "certainly go down" is absurd.
It is about as inexpensive now as it can ever be because none of these companies have had to make money yet. They're starting to need to and there's no way they can keep the prices down if they do that.
There is no comparable technology in computing history with such a high marginal cost.
While a commendable argument in favor of open source software in 2026, the author's claim that the cost of vulnerability scanning will "certainly go down" is absurd.
It is about as inexpensive now as it can ever be because none of these companies have had to make money yet. They're starting to need to and there's no way they can keep the prices down if they do that.
There is no comparable technology in computing history with such a high marginal cost.
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4d ago
@3janeTA you shouldn't worry, it's not like a group of very powerful people has ever wanted to abuse children.
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4d ago
@tknarr it works even better when it already knows you're a minor because the device told them.
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4d ago
@inthehands @miss_rodent this honestly isn't that far from what originally came to mind for me a few weeks ago which was "Epstein headers". But that's because I was being too literal as an engineer. Epstein cookies is something average people would get.
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4d ago
@inthehands @miss_rodent that's pretty damn good, and accurate enough that it could see it working
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4d ago
@miss_rodent I've been trying to come up with a clever slogan about it related to Epstein. Any thoughts?
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4d ago
@miss_rodent it's embarrassingly simple.
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4d ago
Here's all they'd have to do:
* Create a chatbot in an app
* Give users over 18 the normal chat bot
* Give users under 18 a chat bot where they subtly give the user more manipulative responses.
You can vibe code that now except right now, there's no way to know with certainty how old the user is. With age verification, they know for sure who to target.
* Create a chatbot in an app
* Give users over 18 the normal chat bot
* Give users under 18 a chat bot where they subtly give the user more manipulative responses.
You can vibe code that now except right now, there's no way to know with certainty how old the user is. With age verification, they know for sure who to target.
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4d ago
Age verification laws means every child predator who can create a website or an app will know if they're interacting with a potential victim.
And now, with vibecoding, literally EVERYONE can create a minimal website or app. These legislators are serving up victims on a silver platter.
And now, with vibecoding, literally EVERYONE can create a minimal website or app. These legislators are serving up victims on a silver platter.
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@decryption I figured, it looks like an awesome gig. Please keep fighting the good fight!
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4d ago
@decryption are your engineering roles only available to folks who can work in Australia and New Zealand? Because holy cow, that Senior Software Engineer role looks cool 🙂
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5d ago
I'm thinking about the freedom fighters in Central America I met last year who told me all about the ways they were using free software to fight colonialism and oppression. It was truly some of the most amazing and inspiring work I've ever seen.
Made a (shortsighted) joke to one of them that's she's lucky she's not having to deal with the AI bubble there. She said very seriously "It's just one more way you're oppressing us".
So ya, that's what I'm most worried about.
Made a (shortsighted) joke to one of them that's she's lucky she's not having to deal with the AI bubble there. She said very seriously "It's just one more way you're oppressing us".
So ya, that's what I'm most worried about.
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Apr 07, 2026
As an agnostic, I don't pray. I love that it provides comfort to those who do but it doesn't fit me.
I'm at the point where I'm praying because it sure can't make the situation worse.
I'm at the point where I'm praying because it sure can't make the situation worse.
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Apr 06, 2026
@mirabilos I fully intend to avoid it.
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Apr 05, 2026
RE: https://social.coop/@cwebber/116348093202515122
This is a good read. I haven't used a coding assistant yet. I've reviewed vibe coded code and I've reviewed code written by a senior engineer following a similar process to @mttaggart. The code for the vibe-coded software was abysmal. It mostly didn't work.
But an engineer following a solid process even with safeguards still came up with pretty bad code. It was wordy to the extreme and it didn't have near enough abstraction. The code it created functioned but it was unmaintainable. PR reviews took legit three times as long.
It's fantastic at generating a lot of code but generating code is not the only cost in software.
This is a good read. I haven't used a coding assistant yet. I've reviewed vibe coded code and I've reviewed code written by a senior engineer following a similar process to @mttaggart. The code for the vibe-coded software was abysmal. It mostly didn't work.
But an engineer following a solid process even with safeguards still came up with pretty bad code. It was wordy to the extreme and it didn't have near enough abstraction. The code it created functioned but it was unmaintainable. PR reviews took legit three times as long.
It's fantastic at generating a lot of code but generating code is not the only cost in software.
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Apr 04, 2026
RE: https://techhub.social/@Techmeme/116342790895816786
It sure seems like the medication for mentally ill shouldn't be prescribed by the chatbots that cause psychosis.
It sure seems like the medication for mentally ill shouldn't be prescribed by the chatbots that cause psychosis.
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Apr 03, 2026
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Karlitschek/116340639552226585
I'd wonder what percentage of Americans would say the same.
I'd wonder what percentage of Americans would say the same.
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Apr 03, 2026
Me: "so WordPress is under a copyleft license"
Junior: "Copy... left?"
Me, in mock horror: "DO YOU NOT REMEMBER THE PRESENTATION ON OPEN SOURCE THAT I GAVE DURING YOUR APPRENTICESHIP?!"
Junior: "... that was a long time ago."
Junior: "Copy... left?"
Me, in mock horror: "DO YOU NOT REMEMBER THE PRESENTATION ON OPEN SOURCE THAT I GAVE DURING YOUR APPRENTICESHIP?!"
Junior: "... that was a long time ago."
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Apr 01, 2026
RE: https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/116330105563818936
The entitlement of these scumbags is unmatched. They know this is a controversial topic and they know lots of codebases won't allow AI generated code but it just costs too much to maintain a fork themselves.
It's like if a project said they don't allow defense contractors to contribute and then Boeing employees started submitting under false identities.
The entitlement of these scumbags is unmatched. They know this is a controversial topic and they know lots of codebases won't allow AI generated code but it just costs too much to maintain a fork themselves.
It's like if a project said they don't allow defense contractors to contribute and then Boeing employees started submitting under false identities.
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Apr 01, 2026
She said I could summarize the plot to her and she looked more baffled and amused at every single word.
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Apr 01, 2026
I'm paired with a junior developer. She had a short career in the film industry so today I told her about the cinematic masterpiece that is "Antitrust".
"They made a movie about open source software! With big actors! And cameos with people from FOSS!"
She laughed hard but promised she'd watch it.
"They made a movie about open source software! With big actors! And cameos with people from FOSS!"
She laughed hard but promised she'd watch it.
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Apr 01, 2026
RE: https://mastodon.social/@indivisibleteam/116325031353377986
Setting aside the evil result, doesn't this imply that states are, more or less, entirely banned from regulating how therapists do their job? Step back from the specifics of conversion therapy for a second and think more generally: if a therapist's speech is protected from government regulation, then how can they ever punish abusive therapists who believe that they're doing the right thing?
If a therapist believes that calling a patient abusive names, manipulating them, gaslighting them and humiliating them is what is best, doesn't that mean the state is powerless to stop them?
Setting aside the evil result, doesn't this imply that states are, more or less, entirely banned from regulating how therapists do their job? Step back from the specifics of conversion therapy for a second and think more generally: if a therapist's speech is protected from government regulation, then how can they ever punish abusive therapists who believe that they're doing the right thing?
If a therapist believes that calling a patient abusive names, manipulating them, gaslighting them and humiliating them is what is best, doesn't that mean the state is powerless to stop them?
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Eric Schultz
@wwahammy@social.treehouse.systems
FOSS and #DigitalAutonomy activist. Senior Software Engineer Software for Good. Engineering Lead CommitChange. Houdini Project Leader. Opinions are my own. Genderfluid. Cover photo from: https://t.co/7rVeNC
social.treehouse.systems
Eric Schultz
@wwahammy@social.treehouse.systems
FOSS and #DigitalAutonomy activist. Senior Software Engineer Software for Good. Engineering Lead CommitChange. Houdini Project Leader. Opinions are my own. Genderfluid. Cover photo from: https://t.co/7rVeNC
social.treehouse.systems
@wwahammy@social.treehouse.systems
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Apr 01, 2026
Somehow Ruby Central's explanation makes Andre look bad and makes their own organization look even worse.
https://rubycentral.org/news/rubygems-fracture-incident-report/
https://rubycentral.org/news/rubygems-fracture-incident-report/
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Eric Schultz
@wwahammy@social.treehouse.systems
FOSS and #DigitalAutonomy activist. Senior Software Engineer Software for Good. Engineering Lead CommitChange. Houdini Project Leader. Opinions are my own. Genderfluid. Cover photo from: https://t.co/7rVeNC
social.treehouse.systems
Eric Schultz
@wwahammy@social.treehouse.systems
FOSS and #DigitalAutonomy activist. Senior Software Engineer Software for Good. Engineering Lead CommitChange. Houdini Project Leader. Opinions are my own. Genderfluid. Cover photo from: https://t.co/7rVeNC
social.treehouse.systems
@wwahammy@social.treehouse.systems
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Mar 21, 2026
RE: https://social.treehouse.systems/@wwahammy/116264430375745593
I want everyone who says "this is the law, distros need to comply" I want you to explain a plausible set of circumstances to lead to the following:
* That the AG of California will sue a random Linux distro which has effectively no money
* Prove who the OS distributor actually is (is it the committers? Committers of what part? Their bank account with $12 in it?)
* Prove by preponderance of the evidence how many children used the OS in order to set the fines
* get a judge and jury to think this isn't a massive waste of their time
* That it isn't just a violation of the law but is a "negligent" or "intentional" violation
* all the while, the OS maker and everyone else having effectively zero knowledge of who uses it since there's no continuing relationship with users.
How does all of this happen?
I want everyone who says "this is the law, distros need to comply" I want you to explain a plausible set of circumstances to lead to the following:
* That the AG of California will sue a random Linux distro which has effectively no money
* Prove who the OS distributor actually is (is it the committers? Committers of what part? Their bank account with $12 in it?)
* Prove by preponderance of the evidence how many children used the OS in order to set the fines
* get a judge and jury to think this isn't a massive waste of their time
* That it isn't just a violation of the law but is a "negligent" or "intentional" violation
* all the while, the OS maker and everyone else having effectively zero knowledge of who uses it since there's no continuing relationship with users.
How does all of this happen?
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@wwahammy@social.treehouse.systems
FOSS and #DigitalAutonomy activist. Senior Software Engineer Software for Good. Engineering Lead CommitChange. Houdini Project Leader. Opinions are my own. Genderfluid. Cover photo from: https://t.co/7rVeNC
social.treehouse.systems
Eric Schultz
@wwahammy@social.treehouse.systems
FOSS and #DigitalAutonomy activist. Senior Software Engineer Software for Good. Engineering Lead CommitChange. Houdini Project Leader. Opinions are my own. Genderfluid. Cover photo from: https://t.co/7rVeNC
social.treehouse.systems
@wwahammy@social.treehouse.systems
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Mar 21, 2026
RE: https://social.treehouse.systems/@wwahammy/116264430375745593
US government in 1996: strong encryption is a munition and you can go to prison for years if you export
FOSS engineers: hey so only use this if you're in the US but we'll give instructions for how to do it otherwise 😉
California in 2026: we're passing a law that allows the AG to sue OS providers in civil court if they don't implement age verification in order to restrict Apple, Google, Facebook and the worst companies in the world.
FOSS Engineers: OMG THEY MIGHT COME AFTER OUR LINUX LAPTOP VENDORS WHO HAVE LIKE 3 TOTAL CUSTOMERS WE SHOULD HAVE IMPLEMENTED AGE GATING YESTERDAY I PROMISE WE'RE NOT CHALLENGING YOUR AUTHORITY GOVERNOR NEWSOM
US government in 1996: strong encryption is a munition and you can go to prison for years if you export
FOSS engineers: hey so only use this if you're in the US but we'll give instructions for how to do it otherwise 😉
California in 2026: we're passing a law that allows the AG to sue OS providers in civil court if they don't implement age verification in order to restrict Apple, Google, Facebook and the worst companies in the world.
FOSS Engineers: OMG THEY MIGHT COME AFTER OUR LINUX LAPTOP VENDORS WHO HAVE LIKE 3 TOTAL CUSTOMERS WE SHOULD HAVE IMPLEMENTED AGE GATING YESTERDAY I PROMISE WE'RE NOT CHALLENGING YOUR AUTHORITY GOVERNOR NEWSOM
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@wwahammy@social.treehouse.systems
FOSS and #DigitalAutonomy activist. Senior Software Engineer Software for Good. Engineering Lead CommitChange. Houdini Project Leader. Opinions are my own. Genderfluid. Cover photo from: https://t.co/7rVeNC
social.treehouse.systems
Eric Schultz
@wwahammy@social.treehouse.systems
FOSS and #DigitalAutonomy activist. Senior Software Engineer Software for Good. Engineering Lead CommitChange. Houdini Project Leader. Opinions are my own. Genderfluid. Cover photo from: https://t.co/7rVeNC
social.treehouse.systems
@wwahammy@social.treehouse.systems
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Mar 21, 2026
A small set of people are merging changes to various Linux components to make sure every application knows your birth date.
This is being done rapidly by people with questionable justifications and being merged with no youth and few marginalized people involved.
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/accountsservice/-/merge_requests/176#0b07c0cc4d49be119f65cdb2037440f56eed647a
This is being done rapidly by people with questionable justifications and being merged with no youth and few marginalized people involved.
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/accountsservice/-/merge_requests/176#0b07c0cc4d49be119f65cdb2037440f56eed647a
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@wwahammy@social.treehouse.systems
FOSS and #DigitalAutonomy activist. Senior Software Engineer Software for Good. Engineering Lead CommitChange. Houdini Project Leader. Opinions are my own. Genderfluid. Cover photo from: https://t.co/7rVeNC
social.treehouse.systems
Eric Schultz
@wwahammy@social.treehouse.systems
FOSS and #DigitalAutonomy activist. Senior Software Engineer Software for Good. Engineering Lead CommitChange. Houdini Project Leader. Opinions are my own. Genderfluid. Cover photo from: https://t.co/7rVeNC
social.treehouse.systems
@wwahammy@social.treehouse.systems
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Mar 21, 2026
RE: https://social.treehouse.systems/@wwahammy/116262598397940841
One thing to keep in mind: these commits have names on them.
When anyone asks why queer kids lost user freedom on Linux, we can point at the exact people who ripped it away from them.
#TheyHaveNames
One thing to keep in mind: these commits have names on them.
When anyone asks why queer kids lost user freedom on Linux, we can point at the exact people who ripped it away from them.
#TheyHaveNames
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Eric Schultz
@wwahammy@social.treehouse.systems
FOSS and #DigitalAutonomy activist. Senior Software Engineer Software for Good. Engineering Lead CommitChange. Houdini Project Leader. Opinions are my own. Genderfluid. Cover photo from: https://t.co/7rVeNC
social.treehouse.systems
Eric Schultz
@wwahammy@social.treehouse.systems
FOSS and #DigitalAutonomy activist. Senior Software Engineer Software for Good. Engineering Lead CommitChange. Houdini Project Leader. Opinions are my own. Genderfluid. Cover photo from: https://t.co/7rVeNC
social.treehouse.systems
@wwahammy@social.treehouse.systems
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Mar 19, 2026
RE: https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/116246272007151195
I've seen what vibe coding results in. But I've seen what heavily AI generated but directed by a talented engineer results in.
It results in bad code. It MIGHT run but even if it does it will be horrible to read and horrible to maintain. Once you generate anything larger than the contents of a small function, you're creating mountains of technical debt.
Caveat: it might be possible to generate multiple unit tests at once and not create a mess. That said, you need to be incredibly careful to not overlook appropriate abstractions. If you do, you're creating a maintenance headache.
I've seen what vibe coding results in. But I've seen what heavily AI generated but directed by a talented engineer results in.
It results in bad code. It MIGHT run but even if it does it will be horrible to read and horrible to maintain. Once you generate anything larger than the contents of a small function, you're creating mountains of technical debt.
Caveat: it might be possible to generate multiple unit tests at once and not create a mess. That said, you need to be incredibly careful to not overlook appropriate abstractions. If you do, you're creating a maintenance headache.
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Eric Schultz
@wwahammy@social.treehouse.systems
FOSS and #DigitalAutonomy activist. Senior Software Engineer Software for Good. Engineering Lead CommitChange. Houdini Project Leader. Opinions are my own. Genderfluid. Cover photo from: https://t.co/7rVeNC
social.treehouse.systems
Eric Schultz
@wwahammy@social.treehouse.systems
FOSS and #DigitalAutonomy activist. Senior Software Engineer Software for Good. Engineering Lead CommitChange. Houdini Project Leader. Opinions are my own. Genderfluid. Cover photo from: https://t.co/7rVeNC
social.treehouse.systems
@wwahammy@social.treehouse.systems
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Jul 13, 2025
@next @bkuhn in regards to the CoC, I think Glasgow Interface Explorer's is fantastic.
https://github.com/GlasgowEmbedded/glasgow/blob/3c257d84c9915d48918a4d019194d329a1be34ac/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
https://github.com/GlasgowEmbedded/glasgow/blob/3c257d84c9915d48918a4d019194d329a1be34ac/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
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