Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

@atax1a To add to that:

Unless someone is actively trying to mount a supply-chain attack, they are generally trying to make their code understandable. Comments and code both reflect what they are thinking. They may not quite reflect each other, but one allows you to build a mental model of intent that you can compare against the implementation.

In contrast, LLM-generated code is designed to be statistically probable. Each statement is the statement that is most likely to follow the previous one. Yet the reason for writing new code is that the requirements are different from all of the existing code in the world in some significant way. Reviewing statistically plausible code is very hard because it is code that is created specifically to look like the code you wanted. By coincidence, it sometimes is the code you wanted. But figuring that out requires working out exactly what code you wanted, at which point it’s less effort to just write it down than play a complex game of spot the difference.

Before you worry about #AI threats, fix your security fundamentals: Most cyber breaches aren’t driven by advanced AI - they’re caused by basic failures like exposed cloud storage and poor data governance. It’s time to refocus on #cybersecurity fundamentals.

https://katecarruthers.com/ai-threats-fix-your-security-fundamentals/

the arxiv controversy is interesting because people are enthusiastically describing research & writing practices that i would've thought you'd have to drag out of them. like they don't read the papers they cite, don't want responsibility for entire sections of papers with their names on them, etc...

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RE: https://chaos.social/@thefinalstrawradio/116590394663363769

Check out this amazingly insightful and wide-ranging interview between two members of The Peoples Want and our friends at @thefinalstrawradio.

NEW: Roger Shoffstall spent three years in prison for evading income taxes.

It hasn’t stopped the FCC from sending him $1 million a year to sell obsolete internet service in Alaska.

The money comes from a special government subsidy program. You help pay for it.
https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-telecom-subsidies-roger-shoffstall?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Alaska #FCC #Internet #Wifi #Telecom #Government

Apropos of nothing...don't do meth kids, it'll make you real...strange...and not in a good way.

if there is any doubt that we should move off github, let this shatter your doubt

we all need to move away asap

maybe to codeberg? it's pretty great

of course if your project is some genai bs. stay on github

codeberg should be the genai-free forge

Guess what the "i" in "iPhone" stands for?

‘Should we leave them to die?’ The battle over how to save #orangutans from the curse of #palmoil - https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/may/19/should-we-leave-them-to-die-the-battle-over-how-to-save-orangutans-from-the-curse-of-palm-oil "orangutans seem particularly ill-suited to being moved. Wild orangutans have a mental map of the forest built up over many years. They know which trees are fruiting and when. "

Reading about the 600 megawatt proposed data center in Coachella, CA is mortifying.

It’s expected to raise temperatures in the vicinity by 8° to 16°F. And where’s the water going to come from?

https://thepalmspringspost.com/valley-residents-confront-officials-at-data-center-town-hall-over-unanswered-questions/

This is such a great interview that we made a transcript for it!

Replacing Banks with Savings Clubs
An Interview with Rob Callender (via the @punchcard podcast)

https://geo.coop/articles/replacing-banks-savings-clubs

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The main Forgejo instance is back, SSH also works again. We have no remaining maintenance for this evening, all services should be working again without any hiccups.

If you feel or see any problem, please report it to https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/Community/issues

And all this new shit means that yes, another print issue is here. The Counterforce Issue #11 is now available for you to print and distribute!

https://the-counterforce.org/zines/the-counterforce

“If people are afraid to talk to reporters, we are poorer as a society for it.”

Hope Davis reports on a Chicago landlord’s attempt to silence tenants after a rent strike—and why press freedom experts say the case could have a chilling effect.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/landlord-chicago-tenants-silence-rent-strike

You might've heard it by now: the Linux kernel is so insecure that AI can find many LPEs for them, so we'll be taking this evening to migrate to *BSD.

In all seriousness, although we've mitigated the currently known LPEs via blocking modules, seccomp and sysctl, we still want to run with a kernel that has patched it. We will be doing that this evening. That means that each server will be taken down to boot into the new kernel, and services will be temporarily inaccessible.

#KDE bags €1.3M as Europe realizes it might need an OS of its own - https://www.theregister.com/oses/2026/05/14/kde-bags-13m-as-europe-realizes-it-might-need-an-os-of-its-own/5240562 "Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund backs the desktop project while public sector interest in homegrown alternatives grows"

Trump’s $10 Billion IRS Lawsuit May Become a $1.7 Billion Slush Fund for MAGA’s Self-Proclaimed Victims - https://www.techdirt.com/2026/05/15/trumps-10-billion-irs-lawsuit-may-become-a-1-7-billion-slush-fund-for-magas-self-proclaimed-victims/