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  New word in the team group chat today: “Claudious”. Means something shows signs of being written using Claude, as in “this commit looks suspiciously Claudious.” Possibly best said in a posh British accent so it almost rhymes with “odious”.

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  Since #Caturday either is already here or is imminent, I have to announce a scientific result that I suspect is not original (especially given the number of catologists on Fedi), but still important to have in the scientific literature somewhere: Cat toe beans can operate modern mobile phone touchscreens. At least, based on a sample of one phone (a several-year-old iPhone), one cat (Loki, shown below), and one action (simple scrolling). Clearly, more research is needed. 🎓

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  @catsalad@infosec.exchange The HTTP.cat protocol has a standard set of verbs, similar to the ones for HTTP, but not identical: GET HEADBONK SCRATCH (the equivalent to POST, since what does any self-respecting cat do with a POST?) PET (note, not PUT, that is regular HTTP) SHRED (the rough equivalent of HTTP DELETE) MEOW (essential in this protocol; sadly missing from regular HTTP)

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  @Edmonds_Scanner@universeodon.com I keep trying to grow out my antlers, but the cats really like to use them as scratching posts, and no amount of redirection to “proper” scratching targets makes any difference. End result: I get half a centimeter of visible antler at most. Anyone else have that problem? I’d hate to have to rely on costume-store antlers to get a similar effect.

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  @coreyspowell@mastodon.social The bass end of those octaves seems to be limited only by how slowly something can wiggle an electric charge.

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  @dazfuller@mstdn.social > don't know why Tim is working in the opposite direction It's not "Tim", it's "Timn" or "Tinm". No wonder everyone is confused. "Timn" is the one who's working backwards. The *real* Tim, who is working forwards and understands the details of `git morge --continvoucly`, already left for the day. The team will have to settle for a regular old non-continvoucal morge until Tim comes back and they can ask him for hel...

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  This #Caturday, Loki and Hazel have an important message: Loki: MRROW meow MRROW meow MRROW MRROW meow Hazel: MRROW meow MRROW MRROW MRROW MRROW That is all.

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  @alice I was recently on the exact same road and called out the sign to other people in the car. (My thought is that I probably didn't want to eat the discount kind, but people's mileage may vary.) My current favorite iteration of this idea is on another highway not far outside Portland where, about five miles away from anything else, is a very lonely-looking Dairy Queen. Almost as soon as cannabis became legal in Oregon, a weed shop appeared *immediately* next door. I expect they'r...

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  Reading this quote for content, rather than warm and fuzzy vibes, tells me that the quoted person regards “spending more money on general company expenses than we ever spent before gen-AI existed” as not only a good thing, but also just the beginning of a trend. Truly they have a dizzying intellect.

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  Ok, too many of my latest posts have been anti-generative-“AI” griping. Justified griping, I think, but griping nonetheless. Palate cleanser time. Have a cat this Friday evening. #Fedicats #CatsOfMastodon

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  @whitequark@social.treehouse.systems @JamesWidman@mastodon.social @UweHalfHand@norcal.social @jacqueline@chaos.social Every so often I poke around with the free tier of the usual suspects (lately, it's been ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude) just to confirm they are still terrible at answering questions in topics I am knowledgeable about. Last time was a few weeks ago, when I pretended to be traveling to far-southern New Zealand and asked those 3 to tell me the best time to observe 5 stars and ga...