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  @arclight for whatever reason, I am thinking about the legal elements of conspiracy. If I understand correctly, these are: - Two or more people agreeing to do something illegal, while intending to help make it happen. - One overt act by at least one of them in furtherance of same.

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  @bitsavers was the fact that this video was AI slop supposed to be a test?

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  @bitsavers holding yourself to account is a good thing. Kudos!

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  @arclight that last sentence remains true if you leave off the last three words.

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  Rock in power, Tim Curry.

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  @aud@fire.asta.lgbt thanks for using the spoons and taking the time!

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  @aud@fire.asta.lgbt for those of us unfamiliar with the Rust ecosystem and its villains, would you be so kind as to describe, or point to a description of, what you're referring to here?

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  @neurovagrant What manner of malware would getting this code expose people to?

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  @neurovagrant I mean, we used to use this general technique to make ssh work back when people were too fixed on port-based access control, so...

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  @neurovagrant good to know! After I wrote the above, I remembered that I went to college with a guy, Keith McMillan, who wrote a TeX "virus," which attacked Emacs back in 1994, so I'm guessing modern versions, having a MUCH larger attack surface, could be part of the picture.

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  @Wolf @sidereal PTO (already an obscene concept) doesn't actually accrue for most jobs now, so you might as well just quit if you have your next gig lined up.

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  @neurovagrant the stock market is astrology for the rich.

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  @neurovagrant not a Cloudflare fan, I take it?

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  @neurovagrant I take it they seek out customers whose existence is the basis of your job. Any near-term prospects of lawfare on that basis?

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  @neurovagrant I was kinda hoping that their outreach to those actors, complete with the fact that they've designed products whose job it is to attract them, might constitute criminal conspiracy. I don't know the details of what they've been up to, but I am confident you would not so much as hint at this if you weren't on very solid evidentiary ground.

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  @neurovagrant This only looks inconsistent with Christianity if you avert your attention from literally everything about Christianity over it's 1800-ish years of history.

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  @arclight how sure are you that enough people are in IT to actually do the things you want done? I guess what I'm getting at is that their shit attitude may have structural components of which it might be good to become aware.

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  A very happy Mexicans at Puebla Handing French Invaders A Richly Earned Humiliating Defeat-iversary to all who celebrate!