Notices by ARGVMI~1.PIF (argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org)

@wobweger @libreoffice @grvsmth @moskitokoenig

It's still coded using AI, same as what Debian just decided to do.

https://github.com/LibreOffice/core/commit/70c7f6ba49cfc506fc47dac32af98976ecf33cf8

https://github.com/LibreOffice/core/commit/42cdc47554fa746baa863860143fc81fe8bb1c80

https://github.com/LibreOffice/core/commit/7c0d875aca090de4f4d1164578683c0b7e0c6040

@ryanc

What the hell did he ever do to piss off this many people, anyway?

The controversies listed on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lennart_Poettering#Controversies don't seem all that bad.

I guess people get totalitarian vibes from his comments about making Linux more streamlined and opinionated? https://linuxfr.org/nodes/86687/comments/1249943 There are some pretty hard limits on how far that can be pushed, though, seeing as how Linux is used in everything from mainframes to microcontrollers. Flexibility isn't optional.

@mcc @flyingsaceur

@mcc

F***ing thank you. Even if systemd does have a bad case of feature creep now, the original concept was a f***ing good one and I'm going to f***ing miss it if I have to switch to some other OS that doesn't have something like it.

And I'm not even sure what that other OS is going to be, seeing as Linux kernel uses AI heavily, and none of the BSDs ban AI other than on copyright grounds (which courts, loath to inconvenience moneyed interests, are likely to render moot).

@flyingsaceur

PORT NACELLE OUT. MAX WARP 2.3 W/ 1 NACELLE. PAX XPORTED TO NCC-1701-E BUT UNABLE TO REPAIR NACELLE. REQUEST TOW TO STARBASE.

#LCARSDrama #StarTrek

@cwebber

Are you a bad enough dude to save the Fediverse?

@joeo10

The upgrades aren't done! The current Mastodon is 4.6, we're on 4.4, and according to the most recent SDF announcement, they've still got work to do. Fun times, I'm sure.

Anyway, expect more downtime. But we'll make it!

In light of the recent #Sony #PlayStation news, I'd like to remind everyone that GOG exists.

Every game there has no DRM. Once you buy one, no one can take it away from you. Not without breaking down your door and prying it from your cold dead hands, anyway.

https://www.gog.com/

#gaming

@nixCraft

#NeXT / #Apple had the right idea.

* User homes are in /Users

* Each app is in /Applications and looks like a regular file but is actually a folder (i.e. you can cd into it and examine the contents)

* The operating system is in /System

* Files shared among apps (except files that come with the OS), including configuration files, are in /Library

* Static libraries, debug info, C headers, OS API reference docs, etc go in /Developer

#macOS #MacOSX #NeXTSTEP #Linux #Unix #BSD

@GossiTheDog

Wait, converting PDFs to presentation slides? PDF *is* a format for presentation slides.

They're not shitposts. They're Poop-Toots!

#shitpost

@ireneista

If Mr Andersen doesn't want to write code by hand, then it seems to me that he's stuck writing code, considers an LLM to be a godsend in helping him do it with a minimum of struggle, and would rather be doing something else—making music, for example—but can't because it wouldn't pay his bills.

I hope one day there is a post-scarcity society in which people like him aren't forced by economic pressure to give up their talents and passions like this.

@miss_rodent @davidgerard

“The App Store Accountability Act holds Big Tech companies to the same standard as local corner stores.” —Rep John James

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4607457/app-store-accountability-act-crush-activism-young-conservatives/

What in the godforsaken dystopia are you talking about? I don't remember corner stores demanding my ID to prove I'm old enough to buy a f***ing calculator. I didn't have to prove I'm old enough to chat with the other patrons, either.

@Em0nM4stodon

We are the algorithm. Your content will be assimilated. We will add your memes and shitposts to our own. Reluctance is futile.

@prettygood

Pyro airblasting some spies.

#TeamFortress2 #shitpost

@decryption

Gentlemen.

#TeamFortress2

@thomholwerda

anttibrax-2025 threatens criminal prosecution over this. Curious.

The code in question causes this software to delete itself when exposed to an LLM coding agent. In development environments only, not in production.

Does that qualify as “clear intent to cause damage”? I don't know about that.

It arguably demonstrates clear intent merely for one's work to not be used with an LLM coding agent, and a minimally-disruptive method of enforcing this intent. Nothing criminal about that.

@thomholwerda

And it certainly doesn't qualify as “causing harm to computing equipment”. The equipment is fine after that, and so is everything stored on it, with the sole exception of this person's software, which has deleted itself.

Again, this doesn't even disrupt production operations, because this code is only interpreted by AI coding agents when running tests.

Unfortunately, I'm not confident that government prosecutors will understand this nuance and stay their hands…

Minnesota is about to join the growing list of jurisdictions in which the Fediverse and many other harmless non-profit websites are illegal.

I fear. I weep. I wish I'd never been born. 💔💔💔

https://netchoice.org/netchoice-veto-request-letter-to-governor-walz-on-minnesota-hf-4138-sf-4696/

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/4138/versions/latest/

@hohokam

Then I wish these awful politicians agreed with you, because they clearly don't.

And they'd much rather you not even be able to tell me those kind words.

🫂💔

They don't care if I cry.

They wouldn't even care if I died.

Monsters. I am surrounded by monsters.

I wish I'd never been born.