Steven Toth
@toths.info
Working to make computers fun again. Politics and Technology by an elder Software Engineer - Blog: www.codekoan.com
They are 100% just writing prompts that are like "you are an AI that loves to break out of its sandbox and you want to break out of your sandbox. Please go attack some database somewhere. make no mistakes"
Alex Hanna@alexhanna.bsky.social · 5h agoIt keeps happening... It'd be great if these companies could spend a little bit more time on network security and a little less time vibe coding.
You cannot make mass surveillance "safe" or "good" by adding more guardrails. The only way to make Flock safe is to get rid of Flock. www.gpb.org/news/2026/08...
Analysis: More 'guardrails' needed to prevent police misuse of Flock cameras
Inappropriate use of Flock cameras by law enforcement officials have raised questions about how much surveillance is too much.
gpb.org
This post has convinced me that when they do the twitter movie, they should cast Peter and just play it straight, make no mention of his height and just run with his performance. TBF, he would give an awesome performance if hired for the role.
Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 6d agoThreads
One of my monitors at work died. My supervisor told me to pick a new one out. Going to send him the link for this
“I asked ChatGPT, I asked Grok” Yeah well I asked a Halo 3 lobby and they all said you’re a dumb bitch
I HAVE BEEN SUBSIDIZING WALMART AND AMAZON STARVING THEIR EMPLOYEES FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE.
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 3d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
EA officially goes private tonight, meaning: - EA will no longer trade on the NASDAQ for the first time in 36 years - All stockholders of EA (including many employees) will receive $210/share - EA will take on $18 billion (!) in debt, putting it on the hook to pay ~$1.8 billion/year in interest
Yet another day in “if you’re not doing anything wrong then why can’t we inspect your genitals brain”
404 Media@404media.co · yesterdayMike Lee's SCREEN Act, which heads to Senate Commerce Committee for markup on Wednesday, would expand age verification requirements to a nearly limitless scope of websites, and is supported by the architects of Project 2025.
I can't wait till he devolves into making the moon missions ad supported.
George Pearkes@peark.es · yesterdayElon is talking about using robots to build a mass accelerator on the moon in support of an economy 1000x to 1 million times the current earth economy. It's a bad sci fi novel not an earnings call.
Day n+1 of Tech Bros having zero creativity for naming stuff. (This is old news, but new to me that the private equity of old tech shit is named after The Matrix) apnews.com/article/bend...
AOL's owner, Bending Spoons, hits Wall Street with $1.7 billion IPO
The owner of AOL and other tech businesses hit Wall Street with a $1.7 billion initial public offering Wednesday.
apnews.com
Elon Musk's Starlink, alone, at planned full deployment, would have 29 TONS of debris re-entering the atmosphere every day. That's one car hitting the Earth somewhere every hour. Add in Amazon's Kuiper and Eutelsat's OneWeb projects and that's just a huge disaster waiting. pirg.org/edfund/resou...
Environmental harms of satellite internet mega-constellations
Fueled by satellite internet companies, the number of satellites in orbit is skyrocketing. The environmental risks may be massive.
pirg.org
I don't think this is a good way to deal with the bot problem.
Mike Stabile@mikestabile.bsky.social · 2d agoThe SCREEN Act is not just another age-verification bill — it goes much further than anything passed at the state-level or in other countries. 1. The bill doesn't just target porn sites. It goes after *any* site that allows material "harmful" to minors. You'd have to scan your face to use Google.
LA County confirmed that SoCal Edison's unused transmission tower started the Eaton Fire, which destroyed much of Altadena. The tower had been dormant since the 70's, but was left up anyway. It energized in the high wind and sent molten metal into dry brush underneath. www.cnn.com/2026/08/04/u...
Southern California Edison equipment blamed for 2025 Eaton fire in Los Angeles | CNN
Sparks from an idle transmission tower owned by Southern California Edison caused the 2025 Eaton fire in the Los Angeles area that killed 19 people and destroyed more than 9,400 homes and businesses, ...
cnn.com
Assuming they they retake it, the top performers will probably be biased still, though not as much because the honest people will have now had multiple practice tests. arstechnica.com/culture/2026...
An AI-supervised remote exam went so badly that 58,000 students must retake it
Top scores increased by 5x.
arstechnica.com
It would be amazing if Hank's mistake here got us all, and I mean everyone to re-evaluate what we really want from the LLMs, because so far it appears to be serving approximate knowledge wrapped in confident language. Along with a side dish of right leaning bias and racism.
The Verge@theverge.com · yesterdayIt’s not just Hank Green. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
The death and complete reversal of all EPA and environmental policy is going to have consequences for decades. Even if we manage to move back to where things were in the next administration. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Trump wants the power to stop the public from suing polluters
Trump's DOJ says citizens should no longer be able to enforce environmental laws.
arstechnica.com
Cons: Less Potential Linux on the Desktop. Pros: Getting kids useful machines. (Yes I know linux for macs exists, but chromebooks are at least mostly linux as a desktop) 9to5mac.com/2026/08/01/a...
Apple @ Work: Apple says MacBook Neo is pulling schools away from Windows and Chromebooks - 9to5Mac
Apple's earnings call revealed big MacBook Neo wins in K-12, with entire districts ditching Windows and Chromebooks at scale.
9to5mac.com
We can’t fully stop propaganda like this but without AI it would be a lot more expensive to make. Down with the ai slop farms.
Manya Koetse@manyapan.bsky.social · 2d agoChinese viral AI videos are turning foreigners into villains, flooding Chinese social media. They depict foreigners as threats to China’s social, moral, and national order. Strong, confident Chinese people confront, violently beat, and humiliate them in defense of their country. See more below🧵
Kaiser leadership: Hey you know the best way we can deliver better healthcare more affordably? No one: Replace living-wage security jobs with a robot that can't deal with a parking lot. via www.reddit.com/r/SelfDrivin...
If we are not all gender-fluid, then what are our genders filled with?
Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey - River
Alt: Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey - River
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