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Pope Francis wanted to ensure that a new pope yielded the same result. This means the papacy is idempontiff

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I had never seen this before and it delights me

submitted 3 days ago • 32 comments

Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns

submitted 2 days ago • 651 comments

This, I assume, was produced by the same technology that some people want to use to educate our kids. The more you look, the worse it gets.

submitted 3 days ago • 12 comments

"The newest and most powerful [AI] technologies ... are generating more errors, not fewer. As their math skills have notably improved, their handle on facts has gotten shakier. It is not entirely clear why." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/t...

submitted 3 days ago • 5 comments

One major problem I have with AI is it will give you an answer even if it knows nothing about the topic (not unlike some people). If you ask a niche question (like about upgrading a game console kit to USB PD) you get an "authoritative" vague general answer with some facts and no general relevance.

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NOPE.

submitted 4 days ago • 6 comments

When did The Onion gain control of the White House Twitter account?

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Wow. Just was seconds away from being phished. SCAM WARNING 🧵 -Got a call from an area code where Paypal has corporate headquarters -Recorded voice says that it's Paypal fraud protection and that they were getting a request to change my number on the account and to press 1 if it wasn't me 1/

submitted 20 days ago • 13 comments

See we have our own unique culture.

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She didn’t tell a soul until over 50 years later when she visited the National Cryptographic Museum and found out Enigma had been declassified 🫡 gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/w...

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De Niro said: “I loved and supported Aaron as my son, and now I love and support Airyn as my daughter. I don’t know what the big deal is … I love all my children.” He really is all right, Robert De Niro. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...

submitted 7 days ago • 41 comments

Julia Parsons, a U.S. Navy code breaker during World War II who was among the last survivors of a top-secret team of women that unscrambled messages to and from German U-boats, has died at 104.

submitted 8 days ago • 593 comments

arstechnica.com/security/202... WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG.

submitted 8 days ago • 8 comments

Dear god let this man cook.

submitted 9 days ago • 1139 comments

You're going to need to give me like, a solid year on this one.

submitted 9 days ago • 33 comments

I had a good run.

submitted 10 days ago • 4 comments

@bsdcan 2025 Info: Tutorials: June 11-12, 2025 Conference: June 13-14, 2025 full list of talks here: indico.bsdcan.org/event/5/cont... North Americas biggest *BSD Event. 3 rooms, 2 days, Zero filler. Plus we have tutorials, Shawarma, and a fun auction at the end. #bsdcan

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Please help us correct misinformation! Our hotline is being incorrectly shared as "Canada's national suicide hotline open toll free for Americans". We are not a general crisis hotline, we exist exclusively to support the trans community. Find out more @ translifeline.org

submitted 10 days ago • 29 comments

A little Monday afternoon bump for the brand new episode of cHustle that dropped over the weekend.

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submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

"All of this work suggests that under the hood, today’s AIs are overly complicated, patched-together Rube Goldberg machines full of ad-hoc solutions for answering our prompts."

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

I didn't know I needed this.

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Medical textbook is pulled from shelves after an extract found stating the line – "It is important to note that as an AI language model, I can provide a general perspective, but you should consult with medical professionals for personalized advice." pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/12/1...

submitted 20 days ago • 23 comments

Hear no evil, hear all evil, hear some evil.

submitted 14 days ago • 137 comments

Among my regular passengers on the 44 are two young boys who ride with their grandma from California and 6th Ave all the way to Silver and Palou. The older brother is possibly a 2nd grader. Last night as they were getting off my bus, he handed me this hand made envelope.

submitted 14 days ago • 40 comments

WhatsApp has a new feature called “advanced privacy mode” that limits the types of “sharing” chat participants can do. My understanding is that this will help protect chats against possible risks from future AI assistance features. blog.whatsapp.com/introducing-...

submitted 14 days ago • 3 comments

good advice

submitted 16 days ago • 39 comments

For anyone looking to learn more about facial recognition, I highly recommend @kashhill.bsky.social’s 2023 book Your Face Belongs to Us. It’s an extraordinarily relevant read around surveillance capitalism and removing privacy rights under the guise of security.

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Gélineau advanced the term "narcolepsy" in 1880 while de la Tourette described his eponymous syndrome in 1885. "Autism" was coined by Bleuler in 1911, with full diagnoses soon after. But what do I know? I'm not the Cabinet secretary in charge of the goddamn Department of Health and Human Services.

submitted 16 days ago • 1335 comments

Carl Sagan when asked, "Are you a Socialist?"

submitted 17 days ago • 568 comments

Must-watch. Sound on.

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

Staple this to RFK Jr’s forehead.

submitted 19 days ago • 394 comments

"AI is going to take all the developer jobs!"

submitted 19 days ago • 5 comments

Space adventure and exploration should be for the benefit of all humankind, not the whimsy of a few.

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