Chris Hanson
@eschaton.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
I used to work on tools for people to do work. Now I play with old computers and do other retiree things.
Ed Zitron is right. Ceterum censeo LLMs esse delenda.
[bridged from https://mastodon.social/@eschaton on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Ed Zitron is right. Ceterum censeo LLMs esse delenda.
[bridged from https://mastodon.social/@eschaton on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
IBM should hire my company to add AIX and maybe i support to `htop`. All it’d cost them is my hourly rate plus a tricked out S1124 with alllllll the licenses…
December 1, 2025 at 6:23 AM
IBM should hire my company to add AIX and maybe i support to `htop`. All it’d cost them is my hourly rate plus a tricked out S1124 with alllllll the licenses…
California should seize the in-state assets of all health insurers, HMOs, hospital groups, etc. operating in the state and use them to fund the establishment of a comprehensive state health care system. The systematic pursuit of profit over health outcomes is a crime against humanity and this is […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 26, 2025 at 3:37 AM
California should seize the in-state assets of all health insurers, HMOs, hospital groups, etc. operating in the state and use them to fund the establishment of a comprehensive state health care system. The systematic pursuit of profit over health outcomes is a crime against humanity and this is […]
It’s always hilarious when a libertarian appears with Econ 101 arguments about how ACKSHUALLY THERE SHOULDN’T BE A MINIMUM WAGE, HURRR! when the grown-ups are trying to discuss issues that affect real peoples’ lives instead of right-wing economists’ perfectly-spherical models of how things […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 9, 2025 at 5:59 AM
It’s always hilarious when a libertarian appears with Econ 101 arguments about how ACKSHUALLY THERE SHOULDN’T BE A MINIMUM WAGE, HURRR! when the grown-ups are trying to discuss issues that affect real peoples’ lives instead of right-wing economists’ perfectly-spherical models of how things […]
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This is very good. It's distressing how many smart people take Scott Alexander seriously and don't recognize how noxious he actually is. segyges.leaflet.pub/3m4yn4yf2lk2d/
The Scott Alexander Email: An Explainer - Gyges Blog
segyges.leaflet.pub
November 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This is very good. It's distressing how many smart people take Scott Alexander seriously and don't recognize how noxious he actually is. segyges.leaflet.pub/3m4yn4yf2lk2d/
"The Economist" has an article titled, I shit you not, “Universal Child Care Can Hurt Children.”
What an incredible fucking ghoulish thing to write.
What an incredible fucking ghoulish thing to write.
November 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
"The Economist" has an article titled, I shit you not, “Universal Child Care Can Hurt Children.”
What an incredible fucking ghoulish thing to write.
What an incredible fucking ghoulish thing to write.
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In 2008, a blogger named Curtis Yarvin called for a future president to kill foreign aid programs as part of a plan to replace democracy with dictatorship.
Now 600,000 people are dead—and 14 million will die by 2030, according to the Lancet. This is the running death toll of tech fascism.
Now 600,000 people are dead—and 14 million will die by 2030, according to the Lancet. This is the running death toll of tech fascism.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
In 2008, a blogger named Curtis Yarvin called for a future president to kill foreign aid programs as part of a plan to replace democracy with dictatorship.
Now 600,000 people are dead—and 14 million will die by 2030, according to the Lancet. This is the running death toll of tech fascism.
Now 600,000 people are dead—and 14 million will die by 2030, according to the Lancet. This is the running death toll of tech fascism.
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Damn: "Michael Wolff, a longtime chronicler of Trump’s White House who conducted extensive interviews with Epstein prior to his death, told The Daily Beast last month that Epstein had shown him photos of Trump with half-naked 'young girls' in his lap."
DOJ Admits to Republicans That Epstein […]
DOJ Admits to Republicans That Epstein […]
Original post on c.im
c.im
November 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Damn: "Michael Wolff, a longtime chronicler of Trump’s White House who conducted extensive interviews with Epstein prior to his death, told The Daily Beast last month that Epstein had shown him photos of Trump with half-naked 'young girls' in his lap."
DOJ Admits to Republicans That Epstein […]
DOJ Admits to Republicans That Epstein […]
Is there a modern musician who is to Prince what Mika is to Freddy Mercury?
October 30, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Is there a modern musician who is to Prince what Mika is to Freddy Mercury?
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it's amazing how many people show up to tell you you're a naïve goody-two-shoes when you express such a revolutionary idea that perhaps fascists should not be debated, if only because public debates are primarily used to disseminate propaganda, not to prove anything.
(and yes, even if the […]
(and yes, even if the […]
Original post on circumstances.run
circumstances.run
October 28, 2025 at 9:39 AM
it's amazing how many people show up to tell you you're a naïve goody-two-shoes when you express such a revolutionary idea that perhaps fascists should not be debated, if only because public debates are primarily used to disseminate propaganda, not to prove anything.
(and yes, even if the […]
(and yes, even if the […]
California needs to take this opportunity to enact universal healthcare, and completely fuck private insurers and providers.
- Provide healthcare for all who need it without reservation, because it’s a human right.
- Seize all private healthcare providers via eminent domain.
- Pay doctors and […]
- Provide healthcare for all who need it without reservation, because it’s a human right.
- Seize all private healthcare providers via eminent domain.
- Pay doctors and […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
October 28, 2025 at 9:21 AM
California needs to take this opportunity to enact universal healthcare, and completely fuck private insurers and providers.
- Provide healthcare for all who need it without reservation, because it’s a human right.
- Seize all private healthcare providers via eminent domain.
- Pay doctors and […]
- Provide healthcare for all who need it without reservation, because it’s a human right.
- Seize all private healthcare providers via eminent domain.
- Pay doctors and […]
I’m surprised the Apple IIgs community hasn’t created a “Samuel Clemens” logic board design to allow people to make an “Apple IIgs+” like the “Mark Twain” prototypes using existing IIgs (and other) parts.
#retrocomputing #iigs
#retrocomputing #iigs
October 26, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I’m surprised the Apple IIgs community hasn’t created a “Samuel Clemens” logic board design to allow people to make an “Apple IIgs+” like the “Mark Twain” prototypes using existing IIgs (and other) parts.
#retrocomputing #iigs
#retrocomputing #iigs
I wish “The Art of Computer Programming” had a public git repository—including properly dated and described revisions.
October 25, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I wish “The Art of Computer Programming” had a public git repository—including properly dated and described revisions.
Based on his response to a bunch of “young” Republicans turning out to be openly Nazi around each other, I bet James Donald “JD Vance” Bowman has said more than a few things in group chats over the years that he’s *absolutely terrified* someone will release.
October 19, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Based on his response to a bunch of “young” Republicans turning out to be openly Nazi around each other, I bet James Donald “JD Vance” Bowman has said more than a few things in group chats over the years that he’s *absolutely terrified* someone will release.
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DoD today confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. - Pentagon Press Association
October 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
DoD today confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. - Pentagon Press Association
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"The fact that Tilly Norwood and the company behind ChatGPT are simultaneously engendering such controversy is not a coincidence: This is an existential moment for human-created entertainment as we know it. If actors, talent bookers, and studio executives cannot hold the line now, at this very […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
October 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
"The fact that Tilly Norwood and the company behind ChatGPT are simultaneously engendering such controversy is not a coincidence: This is an existential moment for human-created entertainment as we know it. If actors, talent bookers, and studio executives cannot hold the line now, at this very […]
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Among the crowning achievements of decades of Black civil rights were integrating public schools, ending Jim Crow, & tearing down walls to Black voting rights incl. Southern states finding ways to dilute Black votes. Now mostly-white jurists are going to dismantle what remains of the latter.
Conservative justices seem poised to weaken Voting Rights Act
Several of the court’s conservatives appeared hostile to the traditional understanding of the civil rights law.
www.politico.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Among the crowning achievements of decades of Black civil rights were integrating public schools, ending Jim Crow, & tearing down walls to Black voting rights incl. Southern states finding ways to dilute Black votes. Now mostly-white jurists are going to dismantle what remains of the latter.
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The Supreme Court’s majority right wing indicated in oral arguments that they think racism is over on the same day that the vice president defended the “I love Hitler” guy, and that the NYT reported that the current administration plans to accept only white, English-speaking refugees.
October 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The Supreme Court’s majority right wing indicated in oral arguments that they think racism is over on the same day that the vice president defended the “I love Hitler” guy, and that the NYT reported that the current administration plans to accept only white, English-speaking refugees.
Did what I think is needed to have NetBSD’s `getfsent(3)` indirect through `nsswitch.conf` today, now I just have to write an `nss` plug-in with which to test it.
October 12, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Did what I think is needed to have NetBSD’s `getfsent(3)` indirect through `nsswitch.conf` today, now I just have to write an `nss` plug-in with which to test it.
As one might expect, Trevor Noah has a great take on the Saudi state-sponsored comedy festival.
October 9, 2025 at 6:50 AM
As one might expect, Trevor Noah has a great take on the Saudi state-sponsored comedy festival.
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Trump, the Ellison family and their cynical -- but rich -- acolyte, Weiss, are spitting on the graves of Murrow and Cronkite. They're neutering the remaining honorable journalists.
CBS was never perfect. But it once stood for integrity. That's done.
It's CBS "News" now […]
CBS was never perfect. But it once stood for integrity. That's done.
It's CBS "News" now […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
October 6, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Trump, the Ellison family and their cynical -- but rich -- acolyte, Weiss, are spitting on the graves of Murrow and Cronkite. They're neutering the remaining honorable journalists.
CBS was never perfect. But it once stood for integrity. That's done.
It's CBS "News" now […]
CBS was never perfect. But it once stood for integrity. That's done.
It's CBS "News" now […]
Since I know a lot of iOS developers still read what I have to say:
Don’t use use a third party “metrics” or advertising stack in your application. Ever. The data gathered by such stacks is being sold, and among the buyers are fascists.
Don’t use use a third party “metrics” or advertising stack in your application. Ever. The data gathered by such stacks is being sold, and among the buyers are fascists.
October 1, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Since I know a lot of iOS developers still read what I have to say:
Don’t use use a third party “metrics” or advertising stack in your application. Ever. The data gathered by such stacks is being sold, and among the buyers are fascists.
Don’t use use a third party “metrics” or advertising stack in your application. Ever. The data gathered by such stacks is being sold, and among the buyers are fascists.
Hey, remember when SJ announced Apple TV and said it wouldn’t have ads?
Then WHY THE FUCK does everything on Apple TV+ and the iTunes Store play preroll ads? I pay for this shit, stop putting ads on it. Fucking Eddy Cue and Tim Cook.
Then WHY THE FUCK does everything on Apple TV+ and the iTunes Store play preroll ads? I pay for this shit, stop putting ads on it. Fucking Eddy Cue and Tim Cook.
October 1, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Hey, remember when SJ announced Apple TV and said it wouldn’t have ads?
Then WHY THE FUCK does everything on Apple TV+ and the iTunes Store play preroll ads? I pay for this shit, stop putting ads on it. Fucking Eddy Cue and Tim Cook.
Then WHY THE FUCK does everything on Apple TV+ and the iTunes Store play preroll ads? I pay for this shit, stop putting ads on it. Fucking Eddy Cue and Tim Cook.
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What @notalawyer.bsky.social said.
September 27, 2025 at 11:53 PM
What @notalawyer.bsky.social said.
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The fediverse is the last information safe harbour on the Internet.
Twitter, Facebook, Tick/Tock, etc all promote enragement for engagement which is the bedrock of today's authoritarianism.
If you're on BlueSky you've already seen how the new boss is same as the old boss when it comes to […]
Twitter, Facebook, Tick/Tock, etc all promote enragement for engagement which is the bedrock of today's authoritarianism.
If you're on BlueSky you've already seen how the new boss is same as the old boss when it comes to […]
Original post on thecanadian.social
thecanadian.social
September 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The fediverse is the last information safe harbour on the Internet.
Twitter, Facebook, Tick/Tock, etc all promote enragement for engagement which is the bedrock of today's authoritarianism.
If you're on BlueSky you've already seen how the new boss is same as the old boss when it comes to […]
Twitter, Facebook, Tick/Tock, etc all promote enragement for engagement which is the bedrock of today's authoritarianism.
If you're on BlueSky you've already seen how the new boss is same as the old boss when it comes to […]
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From @katelynburns.com
Mainstream media has a double standard for scientific facts.
https://truthout.org/articles/anti-trans-policy-deserves-same-scrutiny-as-trumps-tylenol-disinformation/
Mainstream media has a double standard for scientific facts.
https://truthout.org/articles/anti-trans-policy-deserves-same-scrutiny-as-trumps-tylenol-disinformation/
Anti-Trans Policy Deserves Same Scrutiny as Trump’s Tylenol Disinformation
As a trans journalist, I see corporate media outlets as inconsistent in their treatment of right-wing disinformation.
truthout.org
September 28, 2025 at 2:51 AM
From @katelynburns.com
Mainstream media has a double standard for scientific facts.
https://truthout.org/articles/anti-trans-policy-deserves-same-scrutiny-as-trumps-tylenol-disinformation/
Mainstream media has a double standard for scientific facts.
https://truthout.org/articles/anti-trans-policy-deserves-same-scrutiny-as-trumps-tylenol-disinformation/