Just got a brutal review of my writing :hidethepain:
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Inspired by https://fosstodon.org/@orsinium/117240969094130160, I also want to #GetFediHired to work on software engineering or programming related but #NoAI, marketing, or cryptocurrencies. I have experience with C and #Python as a (firmware) developer/engineer and (API/webapp) tester.
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Just completed this short course...
Introducing our short course on AGI safety by GDM https://deepmindsafetyresearch.medium.com/introducing-our-short-course-on-agi-safety-1072adb7912c
just catching up on ai development:
ai frontier labs will have models that can take on software engineering soon
they want models to master software engineering as a means for the models to do ai rnd on their own
toronto direct to helsinki... 😫
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/style/travel/article-toronto-helsinki-finland-nordic-cuisine-local/
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"We need to find ways to preserve human agency and enshrine an intrinsic value to being human, in a world where most tasks could be performed by AI."
the odd thing to me is that we don't fully understand how llm based artificial intelligence works and yet we're building out the data centers for it...
I have been writing and learning significant async python code these past few days...
Liquid glass is more cohesive on iOS 27 imo. Can finally understand what Apple is aiming for.
10 Days Across Quebec | Quebec Elections 2026 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pFFYUnDLJo
4300 km pour entendre le Québec loin des grands centres | Élections Québec 2026 | Rad
"For coding workflows, GPT‑5.6 Sol sets a new state of the art on Terminal‑Bench 2.1, which tests command-line workflows requiring planning, iteration, and tool coordination." https://openai.com/index/previewing-gpt-5-6-sol/
training on human artifacts includes learning/copying human mistakes
"Out of desperation, I started relearning French — not out of passion, but because it felt like one of the only ways to increase my chances of getting an (🇨🇦) ITA." — Getting my Canadian permanent residency should have felt like a win. But I've lost a lot along the way https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/first-person-path-to-pr-9.7358814
The Future, Made in China | The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/08/10/the-future-made-in-china
"At his darkest, Mr Melnichenko fears the use of a tactical nuclear weapon in an attempt to terrorise Ukraine’s European backers"
"Russia could collapse into anarchy, as warlords struggle for control of resources and nuclear weapons."
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/07/09/the-man-who-would-change-russia
😬 "Eurostar orders trains that can cope with 55C ‘Saudi’ summers" https://www.ft.com/content/b9ed4857-18bc-41c8-b24e-806534a35c23
ai rant
If and when we see AI generated code making catastrophic mistakes, will it be likely that there will be increased regulation on commercial software offerings?
lmao
"Sweden spent millions trying to get Afghans to return home — nobody said yes" https://www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/sweden-spent-millions-trying-to-get-afghans-to-return-home-nobody-said-yes
"If you stop to think about it, we’ve essentially found a way to make sand think." https://xcancel.com/i/article/2076957440109625718
RE: https://tomkahe.com/@GiftArticles/116598801706295065
'Dylan Patel, CEO of AI-infrastructure consulting firm SemiAnalysis, recently predicted there would be large-scale protests against OpenAI and Anthropic within a few months. “People hate AI. AI is less popular than [Immigration and Customs Enforcement]. AI is less popular than politicians,” he said on a podcast.'
Jag gillar hur både män och kvinnor kan bära midsommarkrans. 
airpods anc is black magic
gkh_clanker_t1000 & gkh_clanker_2000 Continue Uncovering Linux Kernel Bugs https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-GKH-Clanker-2000
*takes a puff* tower of babel should've been decentralized
saw the price of f0ssy tix and noped even thought it's close to where I live
#np latin mafia x fred again...
https://music.apple.com/ca/album/9-months-and-50-hours/6796842304
"I went stealth camping in the garden of the Swedish royal palace." https://youtube.com/watch?v=pg2w6sdWyZo
I Stealth Camped In The Royal Palace Garden
on us/china/eu ai imperialism wrt uk
opt 1: business as usual, just accept that we are gonna become 🇺🇸 vassals, but if that is the case, you need to be aware of it and act accordingly, if your plan, how to deal with ai imperialism, is just to accept your place as 🇺🇸 vassals, ...
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According to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uU2vydNFbw Swedish level D required to read and understand bruhhh
Medborgarskapsprov (Vad du måste veta och information) SFI
china is probably gonna lead in ai as the ai backlash in the usa grows into policy
rip kavinsky
'And they explained to me that it was about preparing for Day X, for situations similar to a civil war, in which they go out into the streets with the intention of killing immigrants.”' - Angelique Geray, journalist infiltrated among German neo-Nazis: ‘What surprised me most is that these young people are serious’ | International | EL PAÍS English https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-18/angelique-geray-journalist-infiltrated-among-german-neo-nazis-what-surprised-me-most-is-that-these-young-people-are-serious.html
wtf amd bought ffl's ai startup
"We can’t Buy Canadian our way out of this predicament." https://macleans.ca/politics/how-to-build-a-nation/
"But there is no honour for the humanities in regaining their standing through the attention of AI companies, if they engage only on the technology industry’s terms. In that case, they will have become important in exactly the wrong way."
Why this philosopher turned down Anthropic https://www.ft.com/content/bdb3b820-905b-431e-82c0-386535755af1
"The fact that these problems keep recurring is, perhaps at best, plain incompetence. Or worse, it has been the plan all along: The most realistic training environment for an AI model would, after all, be reality."
"But make no mistake: These firms have agency. It is not ChatGPT and Claude going rogue, but OpenAI and Anthropic." https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/09/ai-hacks-infestation/688806/
