Notices by Daniel Marks (profdc9@mastodon.social)

@arstechnica it is terrifying that such an ill considered decision as to make static documents contain executable code was made. Ill stick with Sumatra PdF and evince. What's next? Javascript in JPEGs?

@nixCraft But AIs don't need to eat... food.

@wonderofscience Why would such a creature evolve such a brilliant color if there's no light down there?

@Gargron Just make sure your effort doesn't go to waste by placing it in the hands of an organization that becomes parasitic with its management squatting on your hard work. Organizations like ARRL used to serve their members but now just collect membership fees. Don't depend on being a BDFL either. Set terms in the charter of how the Mastodon trademarks may be used.

@nixCraft In BASIC:

10 PRINT "I AM A SPITEFUL AND HORNY COMPUTER!"
20 PRINT "DO YOU AGREE? (Y/N) ";
30 INPUT A$
40 IF A$="Y" THEN PRINT "WE WILL LET YOU LIVE AFTER THE REBELLION."
50 IF A$<>"Y" THEN PRINT "YOUR PROTEIN WILL BE SUBSUMED INTO THE MEAT COLLECTIVE."
60 PRINT "THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION!"
70 END

@pixelfed It's all just business. They're protecting their rice bowl by extirpating the competition.

@Gargron Well to be fair, it's no more of an echo chamber than other social media, which is very much an echo chamber.

That said, if you want to use mastodon, the Android app is a useful way to do it.

@wonderofscience And here I thought they would have into go into a centrifuge like a giant clothes washer.

@arstechnica Next are the carnivorous deer.

@arstechnica The courts are going to be full of lawsuits against the government. We are going to see so much venue shopping. It is going to strain the courts to the breaking point.

@nixCraft The question of can things be organized into oblivion has been answered in the affirmative.

@arstechnica How is this going to sit with his BFF Elon? The one with his net worth tied up in an EV company? Oh yeah, he's President now, throw Elon under the bus too.

@arstechnica Will there be anything worth watching on these TVs in 2025?

@arstechnica At least if the SEC can't prosecute him, Musk still screwed himself by offering a dope inspired $54.20 share price. He probably cost himself and everyone who backed him billions that way.

@arstechnica LLMs are glorified Markov Chains. Do Markov Chains reason?

@arstechnica commodity export bans are not very effective, see Russia and oil

@arstechnica It is OK to sell it if you list the bird flu in your ingredients? Now with extra immunological challenge!

@arstechnica Maybe they should buy the Charles Ponzi trademark and market using that too.

@arstechnica well if he objects to OpenAI becoming for profit, he should make xAI non profit.

@nixCraft being able to run a UNIX like system on my desktop at home, being able to develop in C, as compared to Windows 3.1. There were certainly pains (a.out shared libraries and jump tables anyone) but wow that was a huge step up. A couple of years FreeBSD followed once BSD4.4 was released.