cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/51867819

my little foobaww

Say hello to Mumi:⁠-⁠)

https://web.archive.org/web/20260908220200/https://newrepublic.com/post/215182/flock-camera-employee-calls-cops-reporter-filming

I bought pumpkin pie spice because I couldn’t find pumpkin spice. I made a pumpkin latte last night.

first day off work in a full week! but I had to wake up to go to (a very queer affirming) church 😔

Policies enacted by RFK Jr have not delivered the expected results, but have instead hindered people’s ability to eat healthy

Twenty-five leading mathematicians signed an open letter arguing that AI labs are threatening their intellectual work as they seek to one-up each other with solutions to famous math problems. Each signatory has been awarded the Fields Medal, considered the most prestigious prize in mathematics.

I guess if the Government/Ice wants you they can imprison you and your friends

I made a quick gallery of my recent adventure taking apart two remotes which is shared below:

https://www.thefarside.com/2026/09/13/1

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Earlier this week, Gamers Nexus, Level1Techs, and independent security researchers detailed some alarming findings about how LG’s TVs are logging and uploading data on its users. Now the company is pushing back against those allegations, saying that “Some recent media coverage may have contributed to misconceptions about how LG smart TVs work.”

Once you understand that these are chatbots that were designed to complete challenges like this, using tactics like this, you can understand that the chatbots didn’t “go rogue.” They did what they were designed to do, and because OpenAI ran them with inadequate supervision (without a “human in the loop” that checked each iteration through the Python loop to ensure it hadn’t gone off the rails), they trashed a competitor’s servers.

Context: https://keepandroidopen.org/

Another article about the same case makes this smell even more like The Onion: https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/vanhempansa-pakastanut-mies-perustelee-tekojaan-jopa-muinaiset-faaraot/9391918

Preliminary results are due from the Swedish Election Authority within hours, while vote counting will begin on Monday, with official results expected within a week

From South Africa Wildlife Rescue Center

Remember this next time you see a Republican babbling about protecting children.

Way back in like 2006 when I was in middle school, a friend of mine pulled me aside to tell me there’s more than just Windows and Mac. His parents worked IT and they showed him a lot of stuff and he showed it to me. I installed Slackware on a laptop with him. I basically just did as he said.

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Story: This cat hung out with us while our daughter was in Future soldier training (FST). Even though there was a caretaker watching over the feral colony, this one chose to be friendly and have a meal near the car with us weekly.

Hiking in the Brecon Beacons yesterday. Heavy rain and wind, and terrible visibility.

While I’m fairly certain the lake I live next to will prevent freezing, to it’s best ability for a while yet, you never can tell. But it’s only a matter of another week or so before the firt killing frost around here.

So I have this wonderful 4-month-old kitten that has very fluffy fur. And I have read that some cats lose their fur from the younger days and it might change so I wanna know if there is a way to know whether my kitten will keep its long fluffy fur?

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Ich war gestern Tage alt als ich realisierte, dass es das in Firefox gobt. Ich wollte es eigtl dirwkt in Gnome👣 machen, aber habe nicht gecheckt was in die Felder in dwn Einstellungen soll. Der DNS-Server von Digitalcourage funktioniert leider nicht über DoH aber der von Digitale Gesellschaft schon (https://dns.digitale-gesellschaft.ch/dns-query)

Mirko Brombin, the creator of Bottles, has got Microsoft 365 running on Linux. His posts on X showcase an installation that completes on a Windows 10 or 11 Wine prefix, signs in with his existing license, and launches at least one editor.

Carney reportedly seeks ‘associate’ EU membership as Ottawa-Washington ties hit fresh low. He will address the European Parliament next week.