Alena Jacíková
@ell2cz.bsky.social
Node.js dev from Czech republic
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Scientists recently combined DNA of a cheetah with the DNA of a crab.
It went sideways real fast.
It went sideways real fast.
November 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Scientists recently combined DNA of a cheetah with the DNA of a crab.
It went sideways real fast.
It went sideways real fast.
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Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
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"sycophancy induced psychosis"
Could be also what causes billionaires to be nearly uniformly awful
Could be also what causes billionaires to be nearly uniformly awful
November 21, 2025 at 4:37 AM
"sycophancy induced psychosis"
Could be also what causes billionaires to be nearly uniformly awful
Could be also what causes billionaires to be nearly uniformly awful
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this guy has like 100 videos exactly like this. all too wimdy to hear him say anything and I love every one of them. might be the pinnacle of norwegian comedy
November 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
this guy has like 100 videos exactly like this. all too wimdy to hear him say anything and I love every one of them. might be the pinnacle of norwegian comedy
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
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Fish have committed credit card fraud
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Fish have committed credit card fraud
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are you sick of generative AI slop?
why not fight back by adorning your home with gorgeous birds that only an attentive birder could draw? www.tommysiegel.net
why not fight back by adorning your home with gorgeous birds that only an attentive birder could draw? www.tommysiegel.net
November 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
are you sick of generative AI slop?
why not fight back by adorning your home with gorgeous birds that only an attentive birder could draw? www.tommysiegel.net
why not fight back by adorning your home with gorgeous birds that only an attentive birder could draw? www.tommysiegel.net
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🚀 Spatial Data Management with DuckDB: Book Release + Code Walkthrough Video!
Watch the walkthrough: youtu.be/RIJQ3WuGJkc
Book website: duckdb.gishub.org
GitHub repo: github.com/giswqs/duckdb-spatial
Table of Contents: books.gishub.org/duckdb/book-toc.pdf
Watch the walkthrough: youtu.be/RIJQ3WuGJkc
Book website: duckdb.gishub.org
GitHub repo: github.com/giswqs/duckdb-spatial
Table of Contents: books.gishub.org/duckdb/book-toc.pdf
November 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
🚀 Spatial Data Management with DuckDB: Book Release + Code Walkthrough Video!
Watch the walkthrough: youtu.be/RIJQ3WuGJkc
Book website: duckdb.gishub.org
GitHub repo: github.com/giswqs/duckdb-spatial
Table of Contents: books.gishub.org/duckdb/book-toc.pdf
Watch the walkthrough: youtu.be/RIJQ3WuGJkc
Book website: duckdb.gishub.org
GitHub repo: github.com/giswqs/duckdb-spatial
Table of Contents: books.gishub.org/duckdb/book-toc.pdf
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During the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, a marble statue of Louis Agassiz fell from 2nd floor of Stanford's Zoology building into main quad.
Professor Frank Angell reportedly quipped:
"Agassiz was great in the abstract but not in the concrete."
The statue was unharmed, returned to its perch...
Professor Frank Angell reportedly quipped:
"Agassiz was great in the abstract but not in the concrete."
The statue was unharmed, returned to its perch...
April 1, 2025 at 12:59 AM
During the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, a marble statue of Louis Agassiz fell from 2nd floor of Stanford's Zoology building into main quad.
Professor Frank Angell reportedly quipped:
"Agassiz was great in the abstract but not in the concrete."
The statue was unharmed, returned to its perch...
Professor Frank Angell reportedly quipped:
"Agassiz was great in the abstract but not in the concrete."
The statue was unharmed, returned to its perch...
Reposted by Alena Jacíková
Reposted by Alena Jacíková
A new state-by-state evaluation of the projected energy and water use of "AI" data centers in the US. Looks… real bad. Like, "undoing tech sector climate gains" bad.
Strongly recommends immediately ensuring any & all new "AI" data centers to run on existing & expanded renewables grids. Which… yeah.
Strongly recommends immediately ensuring any & all new "AI" data centers to run on existing & expanded renewables grids. Which… yeah.
Environmental impact and net-zero pathways for sustainable artificial intelligence servers in the USA - Nature Sustainability
The rapid expansion of AI server installations in the United States poses sustainability challenges in terms of water usage and carbon emissions. A study now quantifies these potential impacts and out...
www.nature.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:06 AM
A new state-by-state evaluation of the projected energy and water use of "AI" data centers in the US. Looks… real bad. Like, "undoing tech sector climate gains" bad.
Strongly recommends immediately ensuring any & all new "AI" data centers to run on existing & expanded renewables grids. Which… yeah.
Strongly recommends immediately ensuring any & all new "AI" data centers to run on existing & expanded renewables grids. Which… yeah.
Reposted by Alena Jacíková
Printers and computers treat each other like they broke up the night before and you’re they’re mutual friend
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Printers and computers treat each other like they broke up the night before and you’re they’re mutual friend
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This guy about to be the most popular man on bsky
Man who took Hamilton bus on joy ride 'did a great job' driving, left no dings, say police | CBC News
He made several stops along the way, allowing passengers to get on and off, police say. He was then arrested.
www.cbc.ca
November 13, 2025 at 1:57 AM
This guy about to be the most popular man on bsky
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Ireland wooed US tech companies with favorable tax treatment and other incentives, and that decision has...fundamentally shifted the landscape
What US Tech Did to Ireland — The Dial
The country is alarmingly reliant on Meta, Google and Apple.
www.thedial.world
November 13, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Ireland wooed US tech companies with favorable tax treatment and other incentives, and that decision has...fundamentally shifted the landscape
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Good news guys I'm super drunk so you're going to hear about the last guy who got shot in the American Civl wWar
August 14, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Good news guys I'm super drunk so you're going to hear about the last guy who got shot in the American Civl wWar
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yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
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Do I know anyone who’s looking to hire a policy researcher / research manager? A friend of mine is looking - she’s super smart, she’s worked on some significant projects for the British Red Cross, Ada Lovelace and Which?. Open to perm and contract roles. Please share for reach ☺️
November 9, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Do I know anyone who’s looking to hire a policy researcher / research manager? A friend of mine is looking - she’s super smart, she’s worked on some significant projects for the British Red Cross, Ada Lovelace and Which?. Open to perm and contract roles. Please share for reach ☺️
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Being allergic to something doesn’t mean you can’t love it. It just means you can’t have a healthy relationship with it.
November 9, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Being allergic to something doesn’t mean you can’t love it. It just means you can’t have a healthy relationship with it.
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point
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Mozilla deployed an AI bot that overwrote 20 years of volunteer Japanese translations, without consultation. JP community leader resigned, and the offer from Mozilla is to "hop on a quick call to understand why they're struggling". FFS.
HN discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4583...
HN discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4583...
End of Japanese community | Hacker News
news.ycombinator.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Mozilla deployed an AI bot that overwrote 20 years of volunteer Japanese translations, without consultation. JP community leader resigned, and the offer from Mozilla is to "hop on a quick call to understand why they're struggling". FFS.
HN discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4583...
HN discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4583...
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As of today I have been a Wikipedia editor for 20 years
🧵of my favorite things I've seen and done in my two decades on the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit
🧵of my favorite things I've seen and done in my two decades on the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit
November 8, 2025 at 3:41 AM
As of today I have been a Wikipedia editor for 20 years
🧵of my favorite things I've seen and done in my two decades on the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit
🧵of my favorite things I've seen and done in my two decades on the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit
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I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul
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They called it the "Oslobouros"
November 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
They called it the "Oslobouros"