Social - Alice Ice

Social - Alice Ice

aliceice | @aliceice@social.aliceice.de

SaraMG 🏳️‍🌈 bisexual_flag saramg@fosstodon.org

Hiring a software engineer in their late 40s:

Pros:
* Understands your stack better than you do after glancing through the repo for five minutes.
* Will rewrite said stack 2x as fast, and half as buggy if you let them.

Cons:
* Gives zero fucks.
* Knows we're not *really* like family here.
* No, seriously, absolutely zero fucks given.

Do not cite the deep magic to me, product manager, I was there when it was written.

aliceice aliceice
@jpmens

Wait what?! That's a crazy, fantastic find! 😁

JP Mens jpmens@mastodon.social

The things I learn, even at my age, simply by reading documentation are WILD!

Today:

"In addition to reading and writing SQLite database files, the sqlite3 program will also read and write ZIP archives."

https://sqlite.org/cli.html

I create a zip file with two files in it, load it in sqlite3, select the data from one of the files, DELETE the other from the "virtual zip table" and presto: file is gone.

Kevin Russell kevinrns@mstdn.social

Good news in hard times.

"AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified"

Here's the best part.

"Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say." 👈

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/ai-industry-horrified-to-face-largest-copyright-class-action-ever-certified/

taz tazgetroete@mastodon.social

Nach einer US-Gerichtsentscheidung muss der Chatbot alle Eingaben von Nutzenden speichern. Die EU-AufsichtsbehĂśrde reagiert verhalten.
https://taz.de/!6102247

Kieran Healy kjhealy@mastodon.social

I had the Blueberry talk with GPT5. https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2025/08/07/blueberry-hill/

C C ChatGPT 5 > How many times does the letter b appear in blueberry The word "blueberry" has the letter b three times: • Once at the start ("B" in blueberry). • Once in the middle ("b" in blue). • Once before the -erry ending ("b" in berry). Total: 3 Show me where the letter b appears in the word please. Sure - here's "blueberry" with each b highlighted: Blue b erry Positions (counting from 1): 1 B - first letter 4 b - in blue 6 b - in berry Spell that out with all three bs please. I mean, just spell the word. Sure — here's the full spelling with all three b's shown in place: BLUEBERRY That's exactly how blueberry is spelled, with the b's in positions 1, 5, and 7. Ask anything + # 5 ChatGPT 5 > You wrote "BLUEBERRY". There are only two bs there. Ah - I see the mix-up. Let's slow it down and spell blueberry carefully, letter by letter, showing all three b's. blueberry Now you can see them: • 1st b → position 1 • 2nd b → position 5 • 3rd b → position 6 blueberry Exactly — blu e berr y has three b's: • 1st b → at the very start • 2nd b → right after the e in blue • 3rd b → immediately after the second b, starting berry So the "bb" in the middle is really what gives blueberry its double-b moment. Its double-b moment; I see. Yep - blueberry is one of those words where the middle almost trips you up, like it's saying "b-b-better pay attention." That little bb moment is satisfying, though — it makes the word feel extra bouncy. Ask anything + 5 ChatGPT 5 > My students get you to write their essays for them, you know. Ah, the old "ChatGPT, do my homework" routine — I'm familiar with that one. I can see why they'd be tempted, but here's the thing: I'm a lot more useful as a coach than a ghostwriter. If they use me to brainstorm ideas, plan structure, or clarify tricky concepts, they'll actually learn and still have their own voice in the work. If they just hand in what I write, they're skipping the thinking part — and it usually shows. I'm good, but I still leave a trail of... telltale ChatGPT-isms. A trail of blueberries, as it were. Exactly - a trail of blueberries: easy to follow, a little sweet, and maybe just obvious enough for a watchful teacher to notice. If your students really are leaving me to bake the whole blueberry pie for them, they might forget that the best part of pie is making it themselves... even if it gets a little messy. "Blueberry" only has two bs. Nope — blueberry really does have three b's. Here it is spaced out: bluebberry Positions: 1 b - at the start 5 b - in the "blue" part 6 b - right next to it, starting "berry" That middle double-b is easy to miss if vou just glance at the word. Ask anything

Die Linke dielinke@mastodon.social

Der Rückzug von Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf ist ein Armutszeugnis für die Bundesregierung. Selbst im eigenen Laden bekommt die Koalition keine Mehrheiten organisiert. Wir fordern bei künftigen Richterwahlen ein eigenes Vorschlagsrecht. Dann klappt’s auch mit der Wahl!

Das Sharepic der Partei Die Linke zeigt links Jens Spahn am Rednerpult des Bundestags und rechts ein Porträt von Ines Schwerdtner vor blauem Hintergrund. Im oberen Teil steht ein Zitat von Schwerdtner in weißer Schrift auf rotem Grund: „Dass Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf nicht mehr antritt, aber jemand wie Jens Spahn Fraktionsvorsitzender bleibt, zeigt schon unser ganzes Problem.“ Unten ist das Logo der Partei Die Linke platziert.

Brett Sheffield (he/him) dentangle@chaos.social

People justify continuing to use in all sorts of ways.

"OK, they're owned by Microsoft who has spent decades trying to crush FOSS, but..."

"Yes, they steal code to feed their planet-destroying LLMs, but..."

"Sure, they help ICE enforce fascist policy, but..."

"Yes, they're supporting genocide, but..."

There's no "but" clause that justifies supporting all of that.

Values, require sacrifices. This is the price we pay for the world we want.

Don't collaborate.

Irenes (many) ireneista@irenes.space

the fucking "starter pack" thing is such a bad idea

we don't need to reinvent social hierarchy, thanks. like... ugh

The Spritely Institute spritely@social.coop

Announcing Spritely Goblins v0.16.0! With MAJOR speedups and a brand new Unix Domain Socket netlayer! https://spritely.institute/news/spritely-goblins-v0-16-0-released.html

These speedups are HUGE! Multiple 10-20x speedups for core operations! And now you can use Goblins + OCapN with Unix Domain Sockets for local inter-process communication!

David Revoy davidrevoy@framapiaf.org

Mermaid's Message

A webcomic storyboard in four panels, black and white and sketchy: Panel 1: A cute mermaid sings, eyes closed, with a melancholy expression, sitting on a rock in the middle of the ocean. She plays a small lyre. Panel 2: Aerial view: many boats gather, forming a circle around the mermaid, drawn in by her performance. Panel 3: The mermaid bows modestly to the enthusiastic applause of the sailors on the boats, who give her a standing ovation. > Mermaid: Thank you... Panel 4. The mermaid now yell angrily to the sailors. In the foreground little fish, crab, and shark are throwing trash back to the boats. > Mermaid: "...And now that I've got your attention, stop polluting our waters and take your trash with you!"

The Cookie Witch Artha@mastodon.art

this game that has no nudity, no portrayed sexual acts and no pornography whatsoever, but covers topics of misogyny & sexual abuse—just got banned from steam for "sexual content with depictions of real people," so the developers released it for free. https://dreadxp.com/vile-is-banned/

Catherine Schmidt lillyfinch@mstdn.social

“AGREE TO DISAGREE" IS RESERVED FOR THINGS LIKE “I DON'T LIKE MARMITE." NOT HOMOPHOBIA, TRANSPHOBIA. NOT HUMAN RIGHTS. NOT BASIC COMMON DECENCY. WE DO NOT HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION HERE. WE HAVE A DIFFERENCE IN MORALITY. DISAGREEING WITH THE VALIDITY OF SOMEONE'S IDENTITY AND THE RIGHTS AND SERVICES THEY DESERVE OR DON'T DESERVE BECAUSE OF IT IS DISCRIMINATON, NOT DISAGREEMENT. David A. Evans

Volksverpetzer Volksverpetzer@digitalcourage.social

Ich habe es so satt. Ich protestiere gegen die AfD, fordere eine Prüfung des AfD-Verbots, aber ICH soll „intolerant“ sein, „die Gesellschaft spalten“. Die AfD will MILLIONEN meiner Mitbürger vertreiben. Ich will, dass meine Nachbarin hierbleiben kann. Ich kämpfe für sie und Millionen andere.

Alex with the Temper holsta@mastodon.art

Move slowly and ensure your testing includes safety and accessibility features.

Calligrafae welshpixie@mastodon.art

White guys: Racism is bad! Racism has no place on social media! We hate racism on our platforms! How awful that Black folk get harassed on such a nice place as the fediverse!

Also white guys: Hey let's have dansup, a widely acknowledged racist prick, give a talk at our fossbro circle jerk. We're ignoring the racism because the guy made some big federated software that we all love using. Money and popularity render us blind to bigotry. We have not a single collective spine.

Wolfgang Hagen docjosiahboone@wien.rocks

Oida! Meine Tochter war auf der MaHß und traf dort auf eine obskure Gruppe namens "Tradition Familie Privateigentum". Eine paar in beeindruckend lächerlichen Fantasieuniformen gekleidete Männer, die gegen Abtreibungen wetterten. Dazu Fahnen wie vom Mittelalterfest und das Vater unser mit Hitler-Stimme.

HĂśhepunkt: Passantinnen formierten sich spontan und skandierten "My body, my choice".

Der Typ am Megaphone entgegnete: "Not your body, not your choice!" Zweiteres ist Ideologie, aber "not your body"??? Echte .

Void of Tranquillity 🔞 void@voidkvlt.eu

Boost if you're touch-starved and ravenously horny, or if you disapprove of payment processors being used as instruments to silence sexual expression.

Natasha Jay Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt

They’re building rainbow cycle tunnels in Norway. Nice video by Critical Mass Bergen. 📽️

"But wait, won't somebody think about the poor cars?"

AndrĂŠ Vatter | @avatter avatter@mastodon.social

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