"old school #hacker", owner of derg.nz and dragonhive.net. #IT person and #tech nerd of all kinds professionally; #carmodding and #hardware #tinkerer, #gardener […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mastodon.derg.nz/@anthropy, follow @ap.brid.gy to interacthttps://bsky.app/profile/anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gyhttps://bsky.app/profile/anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy/post/3muxixasa6xp2RE: https://mastodon.social/@joyousjoyness/117226814949885365 giant river otters make some of the most "awawawa" noises of all creatures https://mastodon.social/users/joyousjoyness/statuses/11722681494988536507 Sep 2026 21:59 +0000at://did:plc:fh3bdc4tk4o5kesd6xtjwxs4/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxixasa6xp2https://bsky.app/profile/anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy/post/3muuuoxwvk5v2that serene moment you realize it's okay for people to be wrong on the internet, and you can just ignore their salty existence and get your sodium intake from something else06 Sep 2026 20:51 +0000at://did:plc:fh3bdc4tk4o5kesd6xtjwxs4/app.bsky.feed.post/3muuuoxwvk5v2https://bsky.app/profile/anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy/post/3mutstknrdyf2RE: https://mastodon.social/@countdownY2K38/117220254166239195 I wonder if we're actually going to avoid the 2038 #Epochalypse or if we're going to keep delaying until it happens. It's not just old PCs; it's embedded appliances and routers. Even counterintuitive things will break, like […] https://mastodon.derg.nz/@anthropy/11722368746641479806 Sep 2026 10:45 +0000at://did:plc:fh3bdc4tk4o5kesd6xtjwxs4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mutstknrdyf2https://bsky.app/profile/anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy/post/3mutitghorh32[AI FOSS hot take] if LLMs take work off the shoulders of maintainers, and more people can build Free Open Source Software for everyone to use, I think that's a win actually. I don't really like the way big tech models are made though, and would like to see more focus on local open weight […] https://mastodon.derg.nz/@anthropy/11722298356729845306 Sep 2026 07:46 +0000at://did:plc:fh3bdc4tk4o5kesd6xtjwxs4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mutitghorh32https://bsky.app/profile/anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy/post/3mus22pufjkz2[warfare geneva conventions, drones] RE: https://mastodon.online/@NOSRSS/117219668011002039 better late than never! finally some geneva conventions regarding killer robots / autonomous drone weapons with AI targeting. https://mastodon.online/users/NOSRSS/statuses/11721966801100203905 Sep 2026 17:49 +0000at://did:plc:fh3bdc4tk4o5kesd6xtjwxs4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mus22pufjkz2https://bsky.app/profile/anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy/post/3murwdh7r3qp2you don't know how difficult life can be until you had to put a big 4 person tent back in a small chinesium bag #campingtent #camping05 Sep 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:fh3bdc4tk4o5kesd6xtjwxs4/app.bsky.feed.post/3murwdh7r3qp2https://bsky.app/profile/anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy/post/3murp3yyax5j2RE: https://tech.lgbt/@DosFox/117218857930993108 someone got OG Macintosh software to run on custom Macintosh hardware/PCB https://tech.lgbt/users/DosFox/statuses/11721885793099310805 Sep 2026 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:fh3bdc4tk4o5kesd6xtjwxs4/app.bsky.feed.post/3murp3yyax5j2https://bsky.app/profile/anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy/post/3murmo5v332b2a wasp: *exists n investigates random peoples* person: a ffff I hate wasps useless creatures me: they actually clean up a lot and take care of things we leave behind as trash before it starts rotting person: then why do they go after me?? me, instinctively: because you're trash […] https://mastodon.derg.nz/@anthropy/11721874918544743805 Sep 2026 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:fh3bdc4tk4o5kesd6xtjwxs4/app.bsky.feed.post/3murmo5v332b2https://bsky.app/profile/anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy/post/3mure2xz4rkp2whennnn the POST lights are red and in minconf it's still bad that'sss a mobo05 Sep 2026 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:fh3bdc4tk4o5kesd6xtjwxs4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mure2xz4rkp2https://bsky.app/profile/anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy/post/3mur55vryp7p2"do u have games on ur phone" except it's a big derg snoot reaching in and going "do you have a backup of your phone" :drgn_nom_woozy_cat:05 Sep 2026 09:12 +0000at://did:plc:fh3bdc4tk4o5kesd6xtjwxs4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mur55vryp7p2https://bsky.app/profile/anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy/post/3mupu3hkuq5e2hot take: compuders :dragonbros_nod2:04 Sep 2026 20:56 +0000at://did:plc:fh3bdc4tk4o5kesd6xtjwxs4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupu3hkuq5e2https://bsky.app/profile/anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy/post/3mupqhsejpqd2RE: https://social.overheid.nl/@RWSverkeersinfo/117214476808471062 I really love the videos from the dutch national road maintenance/traffic info account you can tell some people are almost trying to think [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Sep 2026 19:52 +0000at://did:plc:fh3bdc4tk4o5kesd6xtjwxs4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupqhsejpqd2https://bsky.app/profile/anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy/post/3mupcyyhptdl2me: ugh why is my pc so slow my PC: those 400 tabs, 12 desktops worth IDEs and terminal windows with ungodly things, teamspeak, vlc, 20 random images, 2.5 game you forgot about among the browser tabs, and steam, probably aren't helping me: it's so strange how this always happens to me, sigh […] https://mastodon.derg.nz/@anthropy/11721356613248928804 Sep 2026 15:51 +0000at://did:plc:fh3bdc4tk4o5kesd6xtjwxs4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupcyyhptdl2https://bsky.app/profile/anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy/post/3muoii6n65vu2RE: https://types.pl/@quat/117207122961882470 I've always wondered if this effect is due to the brain generating dream-associated hormones/neurotransmitters/etc https://types.pl/users/quat/statuses/11720712296188247004 Sep 2026 07:56 +0000at://did:plc:fh3bdc4tk4o5kesd6xtjwxs4/app.bsky.feed.post/3muoii6n65vu2https://bsky.app/profile/anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy/post/3mumh5uk5a7h2all the griping about #omarchy getting some money from some rich folks as an opinionated one time donation, reminds me how out of touch people are about opensource financing. I hate to break it to people but by far most money in opensource comes from big tech and opinionated wealthy people […] https://mastodon.derg.nz/@anthropy/11720710318137930303 Sep 2026 12:27 +0000at://did:plc:fh3bdc4tk4o5kesd6xtjwxs4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumh5uk5a7h2https://bsky.app/profile/anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy/post/3mukqvksuvmf2seeing a "no hello" discussion at work ( https://nohello.net/en/ ) and of course the furries are saying we should have an 'only awoo' page (I agree)02 Sep 2026 20:16 +0000at://did:plc:fh3bdc4tk4o5kesd6xtjwxs4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukqvksuvmf2https://bsky.app/profile/anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy/post/3mukmpxhqggv2apparently only female bumblebees sting, the male ones literally can't, and someone I know grew up as a child believing the bumblebees can't sting at all, and you can just pick up and pet all of them, until they finally found one that wasn't male and wasn't having that shit #insects #bumblebees02 Sep 2026 19:01 +0000at://did:plc:fh3bdc4tk4o5kesd6xtjwxs4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukmpxhqggv2https://bsky.app/profile/anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy/post/3mukikqdi5cq2not to be weird about this: does anyone have any tangible evidence about specifically Google shredding books for AI training? because I sincerely couldn't find any direct evidence about Google, only Anthropic and Amazon, and I want to raise the issue at work, also because I know Google Books […] https://mastodon.derg.nz/@anthropy/11720269821496011802 Sep 2026 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:fh3bdc4tk4o5kesd6xtjwxs4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukikqdi5cq2https://bsky.app/profile/anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy/post/3mujbymjlplh2this reads like some sleeper agent activation02 Sep 2026 06:17 +0000at://did:plc:fh3bdc4tk4o5kesd6xtjwxs4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujbymjlplh2https://bsky.app/profile/anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy/post/3muijrghh2a42everyone: byeee summer me: finally I was allowed to take some days off work, now I can go camping like I was intending to all year weather: *opposite of the hot weather from the summer but hey at least the tent is proving itself01 Sep 2026 23:03 +0000at://did:plc:fh3bdc4tk4o5kesd6xtjwxs4/app.bsky.feed.post/3muijrghh2a42https://bsky.app/profile/anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy/post/3mui7vy4ecih2[shitpost, vore I guess?] oh that explains why I've not heard of the guy for a while, harsh but I guess that's one way to sell your body01 Sep 2026 20:07 +0000at://did:plc:fh3bdc4tk4o5kesd6xtjwxs4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mui7vy4ecih2https://bsky.app/profile/anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy/post/3muhuhdiqikp2if engineering is creation of new things, is reverse engineering not just chucking things into a shredder01 Sep 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:fh3bdc4tk4o5kesd6xtjwxs4/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhuhdiqikp2https://bsky.app/profile/anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy/post/3muhmzur5ckh2today seems to be a very "write long posts and delete them because people wouldn't understand anyway" day01 Sep 2026 14:29 +0000at://did:plc:fh3bdc4tk4o5kesd6xtjwxs4/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhmzur5ckh2https://bsky.app/profile/anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy/post/3muhcigt42hv2solve this capitalismcha to prove you are not a creature [virtual job interview captcha]01 Sep 2026 11:20 +0000at://did:plc:fh3bdc4tk4o5kesd6xtjwxs4/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhcigt42hv2https://bsky.app/profile/anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy/post/3muftn7do2uj2folks, check your wiring sometimes, and that of your parents house (because they might not notice). And by that, I mean listen closely to the wall sockets and light switches, they have an important story to tell you that might sound something like this (volume up to hear it) #ElectricalSafety […] https://mastodon.derg.nz/@anthropy/11719221851580564331 Aug 2026 21:22 +0000at://did:plc:fh3bdc4tk4o5kesd6xtjwxs4/app.bsky.feed.post/3muftn7do2uj2https://bsky.app/profile/anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy/post/3mueo4frw6sm2thinking about that time about 1-2 years ago when I trained a small LLM with my own non-scraped dataset of my own data (Mastodon posts, some Q&A factoids, some of my own code, and things I wrote) + some existing open datasets like […] [Original post on mastodon.derg.nz]31 Aug 2026 10:10 +0000at://did:plc:fh3bdc4tk4o5kesd6xtjwxs4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mueo4frw6sm2https://bsky.app/profile/anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy/post/3mudmogfrbxs2[shitpost] I'm a racist! I love it when car goes nyoom (safely without endangering people on a track). I'm a fascist! I love a good jacket (denim looks good on absolutely everyone). I'm homophobic! I like mixing things and unmixed substances won't stick to me. I'm a misogynist! Fermented soy […] https://mastodon.derg.nz/@anthropy/11718722521104029831 Aug 2026 00:12 +0000at://did:plc:fh3bdc4tk4o5kesd6xtjwxs4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mudmogfrbxs2https://bsky.app/profile/anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy/post/3mud5emtjmsc2saw this old salty harbor piles/pillars/moorings with lichen growing on them #Mosstodon30 Aug 2026 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:fh3bdc4tk4o5kesd6xtjwxs4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mud5emtjmsc2