Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

ChatGPT is really not very good at generating code. For simple, already well-documented stuff like, say, traversing a linked list, it’s OK. But get into more specific stuff like using APIs, and it’s very likely to just invent bullshit that SEEMS like it might work, and lead you on a wild goose chase.

Sixty-six Tennessee #Republicans seek the release of #MassShooter Aiden Hale's #manifesto.

#CovenantSchool sued to prevent its release as it contains the layout of the school and confidential information about its employees.

House #Republican Caucus Chairman, Jeremy Faison, told the New York Post his group doesn't "understand the apprehension".

Predictably, #mainstream #media continues sowing confusion by misgendering and deadnaming the shooter, who is a #trans man.

https://jennimcmurray.substack.com/p/covenant-school-sues-to-block-tennessee

@zleap This might be a bit of a reach!

Apollo 10 launched #OTD in 1969 from Launch Complex 39-B at Kennedy Space Center.

The Lunar Module approached within 16 km of the surface before the crew returned to Earth. The next mission would deliver astronauts to the surface.

Images: NASA

Information Technology in Schools: An Emerging Rationale – https://hackscience.education/ https://hackscience.education/2019/10/30/information-technology-in-schools-an-emerging-rationale/

Free culture benefits consumers, it benefits artists, and it benefits the general culture. The only people who don't benefit are the parastic corporations of Big Content.
-- Kevin Carson

#anarchism #quote #bot

Me every time I find a tutorial for something I need help with, only to discover it's actually a video and not a text with images:

Going out to get me some Penguins today:

"Penguin Random House is suing a Florida school district for banning several of its books, in the latest pushback by companies and organisations against “anti-woke” actions by US political conservative"

https://www.ft.com/content/dde3cc89-3463-4980-99df-899f2f5dcbec

Did you know lung #cancer caused by #Radon exposure kills twice as many people in #Ireland than road accidents every year?

(I didn’t until I stumbled onto it this week.)

Anyway, so I got one of these little Ecoblu sensors that gives real-time readings and the levels were fine in the bedroom on Tuesday until we got woken up at 4AM with an alarm when it exceeded 200 becquerels (Bq/m³). Cracked open a window last night and levels were ok this morning.

Learn more:

https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/

Mallard ducklings are so darn cute! These adorable babies perked up when Mama started moving them along the upended roots of the tree in the pond. They were going for a swim. Such fluffy sweeties with bright eyes and smiles.They make your heart happy.
Available here
https://debbie-oppermann.pixels.com/featured/here-we-go-debbie-oppermann.html
#ducks #waterbirds #waterfowl #duckliings #WildlifeWednesday #wildlife #nature #spring #photography #PhotographersOnMastodon #BuyIntoArt #WaterfowlWednesday #fediverse #MastoPhoto

If you're rolling your eyes at the number of political posts in your feed, keep in mind that we're at the tipping point of authoritarianism here in the US (and other countries). For example, a political party is deciding whether women live or die in childbirth. The stakes are high, and we'll post about it.

I try to balance my posts with politics and lighter stuff. When it's a politics-heavy day, that balance may tilt toward the political end. But I"m not going to ignore reality altogether.

https://writefreesoftware.org

Introducing Write Free Software: A comprehensive educational resource for the free software community

https://writefreesoftware.org/blog/introducing-writefreesoftware.org/

#freesoftware #foss

250 K residents of Florida just got kicked off Medicaid

More expected

Other things Republicans keep you free from:
Sensible gun laws
Healthcare
Reproductive care
Book learning
A free market
Brunch
Gender affirming care
Parents keep in custody of their beloved children

Great job, Republicans, this lib feels so owned

The GDPR Article 26 infringement identified by CNIL is interesting, but the decision doesn't really address the fundamental issues with extensive personal data sharing across thousands of companies in today's surveillance marketing ecosystem, from ID matching to profiling to RTB.

* Republicans sidle up to street violence and vigilantism via more full-throated endorsements

* DeSantis bellows anti-gay and TERF propaganda as he signs another fleet of Republican anti-LGBT bills; they'll make all of us illegal again if they can

* A stealth candidate in North Carolina who won a reliable Democratic district running pro-choice and then flipped parties after election is the key vote in passing anti-abortion law

* Kansas Republicans work to drive Democrats out of the state

* Alabama Republicans move to charge women who get abortions with murder

* Elon Musk has gone full anti-semite

That and all too much more:

https://solarbird.net/blog/2023/05/17/fascism-watch-for-17-may-2023-the-sidling-up-for-street-violence-and-sorting-by-state-edition/

#fascism #USpol

My son was and is a real tinkerer. During his toddler years he decided to take my laptop keys off not only once but twice. His dad fixed the computer patiently each time. What toddler story do you have?

https://iris-richardson.pixels.com/featured/computer-keys-iris-richardson.html

#ArtistonMastodon #MastoArt #Art #Fediart #ArtBooster #AYearForArt #mastoart #Artist #ArtMatters #mastoart #BuyIntoArt #toddler #fathersday #Computer #IT #FathersDayGift #Gift

Long-COVID's crippling aftermath: Study reveals persistent symptoms severely impact quality of life, especially in women https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230516/Long-COVIDs-crippling-aftermath-Study-reveals-persistent-symptoms-severely-impact-quality-of-life-especially-in-women.aspx

The cons learned that people are easily swayed by bullshit by repeatedly bullshitting and having it become a lie repeated by the masses with absolutely zero evidence of it.

The only way to stop it, is by actually spending more time reading and learning about what has come before and how, and less time spewing the lies.