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Terence Tao@tao@mathstodon.xyz (2026-09-03 12:14:49)
It seems intuitive that a solved problem is unquestionably better than an unsolved problem: a magic button which, when pressed, turns the latter into the former at no cost would thus seem to be a "free lunch" that there would be no hesitation in pressing.
But even such a benign-seeming operation as answering a question can have irreversible costs. One familiar example is that of spoilers to a movie one is looking forward to watching: knowing key plot points in advance may permanently decrease your ability to enjoy the movie for the first time. Similarly, leaking information about a competition before it starts can irretrievably damage the fairness or value of that competition.
In the field of AI, problems whose solutions are already publicly available are deemed "contaminated" and of permanently reduced utility for evaluating such models, as the black-box nature of modern AI makes it extremely difficult to distinguish an AI-generated solution that came from genuinely novel reasoning from one that was somehow already present in training data. For the first time, human-generated open problems in mathematics in particular have become something resembling a non-renewable resource. (1/3)
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underproofed ganbold@ganbold (2026-09-03 11:47:16)
TwT
Layar Laut@layarlaut@misskey.id boosted:
@tembok@misskey.id (2026-09-03 11:14:10)
writing code is fun
maintaining it on the other hand.....
Layar Laut@layarlaut@misskey.id boosted:
@ganbold (2026-09-03 11:18:51)
think of no-ai policy in a codebase is actually a place to train your hands
and someone should not assume if the repo is allowing ai or not, always ask if not provided clearly
write or report issue rather than sending a patch or PR without a word
I think that way will much improve not only the software engineering skill, but also the communication and collaboration skills
Urei@LLENN08@hiradai.space (2026-09-03 11:25:15)
Pengen Pulang :akko_tired:
underproofed ganbold@ganbold (2026-09-03 11:18:51)
think of no-ai policy in a codebase is actually a place to train your hands
and someone should not assume if the repo is allowing ai or not, always ask if not provided clearly
write or report issue rather than sending a patch or PR without a word
I think that way will much improve not only the software engineering skill, but also the communication and collaboration skills
tembok@tembok@misskey.id (2026-09-03 11:14:10)
writing code is fun
maintaining it on the other hand.....
underproofed ganbold@ganbold boosted:
@ivy@misskey.id (2026-09-03 10:44:26)
@t1
it's pretty much like how the fediverse works, though servers will only talk to each other if they have the same newsgroups, which is where users post to. servers with the same newsgroups will send and receive messages posted by their users to other known servers which have subscribed to the same newsgroup
(here's a diagram from the wikipedia article on Usenet)
... used for piracy ...
usenet simply happens to be good for sharing files
it was meant for posting messages with threaded conversations ala internet forum threads
... had to pay to get access ...
not sure, ivy came too late to experience this...but there were different providers of servers you could use to connect to the Usenet network
the paid ones were probably holding lots of data (filesharing newsgroups), and the free ones were mostly text (maybe)
someone correct ivy, pls
gnu social still alive?
the project has funding from NLnet, so probably?
someone definitely runs a server somewhere, but ivy's never seen them
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Alviro Iskandar Setiawan@viro_ssfs@misskey.id (2026-09-03 10:51:57)
@yurine306@misskey.io
お誕生日おめでとう 🎉
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ivy@ivy@misskey.id (2026-09-03 10:44:26)
@t1
it's pretty much like how the fediverse works, though servers will only talk to each other if they have the same newsgroups, which is where users post to. servers with the same newsgroups will send and receive messages posted by their users to other known servers which have subscribed to the same newsgroup
(here's a diagram from the wikipedia article on Usenet)
... used for piracy ...
usenet simply happens to be good for sharing files
it was meant for posting messages with threaded conversations ala internet forum threads
... had to pay to get access ...
not sure, ivy came too late to experience this...but there were different providers of servers you could use to connect to the Usenet network
the paid ones were probably holding lots of data (filesharing newsgroups), and the free ones were mostly text (maybe)
someone correct ivy, pls
gnu social still alive?
the project has funding from NLnet, so probably?
someone definitely runs a server somewhere, but ivy's never seen them
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Blurry Moon@sun@shitposter.world boosted:
@mitchconner@clubcyberia.co (2026-09-03 09:33:19)
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Blurry Moon@sun@shitposter.world (2026-09-03 10:10:24)
how old was their piece of shit scanner if it can only do JPEG
underproofed ganbold@ganbold (2026-09-03 10:04:55)
docker on fresh install host: hehe
docker on 1-2 years old host: MUEHEHEHEHEHEHHEHE
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t1@t1@misskey.id (2026-09-03 10:01:08)
@ivy wait usenet is decentralized? i thought it was mostly used for piracy, not sure how it works tho. iirc you had to pay to get access or something?
is gnu social still alive? i’ve never seen someone use it or even heard of its servers
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Blurry Moon@sun@shitposter.world (2026-09-03 09:57:12)
they also scanned it in Letter and not A4
Blurry Moon@sun@shitposter.world (2026-09-03 09:54:36)
> ask for lossless TIFF files of the scanned document
> "are you sure these are lossless?"
> "it's a perfectly fine TIFF file sir"
> open TIFF file
> it's jpeg-encoded, which is not even part of the TIFF standard
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@thegardendude@calckey.world (2026-08-15 10:12:50)
Yucca filimentosa blooming beautifully at the nursery! A native of the southeastern U.S., it depends on a particular moth for cross-pollination and seed dispersal, and the Yucca moth depends on it for food. https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Invertebrates/Yucca-Moths #Plants #Flowers #Moths
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@MigsGarden@pixelfed.social (2026-09-03 09:35:00)
Best breakfast ever!
#wildlifewednesday #squirrel
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MigsGarden@MigsGarden@pixelfed.social (2026-09-03 09:35:00)
Best breakfast ever!
#wildlifewednesday #squirrel
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Mitch Conner@mitchconner@clubcyberia.co (2026-09-03 09:33:19)
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@0gust1@merveilles.town (2026-09-03 04:59:30)
« Les couleurs étranges des crépuscules »
#photojournal #photography #theObservatory
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@rowenamonde@mastodon.scot (2026-09-03 08:13:03)
Have you seen so many different colours of echinacea? 😍
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@Qooo003@misskey.io (2026-09-02 23:02:11)
ラフ #qoo3_brocante
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@ammonios@clubcyberia.co (2026-09-03 08:13:25)
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@Rondi_nuvola@oekakiskey.com (2026-09-02 07:37:04)
OC こういう服描くの楽しい
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@FlockOfCats@famichiki.jp (2026-09-03 09:09:30)
Shout out to the person with a chocomint Kei truck :chocomint:
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Gombang@gombang@social.nancengka.com boosted:
@vitaut@mastodon.social (2026-09-03 08:40:07)
BREAKING: Thanks to progress in AI, all software will be done by 2028.
Flock of Cats 🐈 🐈 🐈 ☀️@FlockOfCats@famichiki.jp (2026-09-03 09:09:30)
Shout out to the person with a chocomint Kei truck :chocomint:
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Amelia 🌸🩷@asahi@plasmatrap.com (2026-09-03 09:04:43)
felt inspired to make a shit 2 am sketch
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Transbian_Arsonists@Transbian_Arsonists@catwithaclari.net (2026-09-03 08:51:46)
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