hashfyre
@hashfyre.dev
Discordant demi-geek. Makes maps.
Eats myths and fantasy.
My politics is class politics.
Burnt-out Leftist Techie
who is probably going to quit being one.
Opinions are solemnly mine.
http://pronoun.is/he +LSN-ASD
Eats myths and fantasy.
My politics is class politics.
Burnt-out Leftist Techie
who is probably going to quit being one.
Opinions are solemnly mine.
http://pronoun.is/he +LSN-ASD
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hashfyre
@hashfyre.dev
· Oct 18
Since a lot of new folks joined, time to promo my maps once more.
I make hand-drawn (sometimes gimp-composited) maps for worldbuilders, GMs and nerds-in-general.
I make hand-drawn (sometimes gimp-composited) maps for worldbuilders, GMs and nerds-in-general.
This is my friend critiquing my bad art every week.
November 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is my friend critiquing my bad art every week.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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The really depressing thing about AI is it proves how little most people care about art. This is very funny, but also, so many people will have had to look at this and not one of them stopped and said "what is this absolute shit?"
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The really depressing thing about AI is it proves how little most people care about art. This is very funny, but also, so many people will have had to look at this and not one of them stopped and said "what is this absolute shit?"
Evening read, now that JSTOR os open for the commons.
100 papers/mo isn't bad at all.
RIP Aaron Swartz. He should have seen this day.
100 papers/mo isn't bad at all.
RIP Aaron Swartz. He should have seen this day.
November 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Evening read, now that JSTOR os open for the commons.
100 papers/mo isn't bad at all.
RIP Aaron Swartz. He should have seen this day.
100 papers/mo isn't bad at all.
RIP Aaron Swartz. He should have seen this day.
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GFM working, Chuffed not.
November 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
GFM working, Chuffed not.
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Fundraisers appear to be down because of Cloudflare. One thing after another for Palestinians (and others relying on mutual aid).
November 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Fundraisers appear to be down because of Cloudflare. One thing after another for Palestinians (and others relying on mutual aid).
It's only invisible to consumers. Some of us techies though. We know, we dread, we warn, and we are ignored.
Oh, so *that's* what was going on with AO3 earlier... :/
What is Cloudflare? The invisible service behind today’s mass internet issues
November 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
It's only invisible to consumers. Some of us techies though. We know, we dread, we warn, and we are ignored.
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Okay. I'm in.
youtu.be/AzBSsKqvXdI
youtu.be/AzBSsKqvXdI
GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE Official Trailer (2026) Sam Rockwell
YouTube video by Movie Trailers Source
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Okay. I'm in.
youtu.be/AzBSsKqvXdI
youtu.be/AzBSsKqvXdI
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Turned 33 yesterday and had a great time celebrating! I understand the ancient laws on this website states I can ask for retweets for my work on this special day? Haha.
Cheers!
Cheers!
November 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Turned 33 yesterday and had a great time celebrating! I understand the ancient laws on this website states I can ask for retweets for my work on this special day? Haha.
Cheers!
Cheers!
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Cloudflare is having a global network outage
Cloudflare Status
Welcome to Cloudflare's home for real-time and historical data on system performance.
www.cloudflarestatus.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Cloudflare is having a global network outage
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
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No donations for 2 days. Please help Archita reach her goal and get some semblance of security in this terrible time for her and her mother.
Fellow Calcuttan writer/editor Archita Mittra is in desperate need of financial help. She recently lost her father, her home was damaged in the recent rains, & her mother's in hospital. They don't have insurance, & she's a freelancer. I can vouch for her. Please share widely & donate:
Donate to Help Archita and Her Mom Rebuild Their Lives, organized by tehseen baweja
Hey Everyone! My name is Tehseen and I publish an online magazine called T… tehseen baweja needs your support for Help Archita and Her Mom Rebuild Their Lives
www.gofundme.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
No donations for 2 days. Please help Archita reach her goal and get some semblance of security in this terrible time for her and her mother.
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Oh look it’s anthropometrics in the 21st century. I wonder what the racial and gender characteristics of these ideal hires would be hmmmm
"The research built on some other ethically dubious scholarship, which posits that personality traits can be sussed out just based on a person’s facial features."
futurism.com/future-socie...
futurism.com/future-socie...
Scientists Say Their AI System Can Scan Your Face to Detect Whether a Company Should Hire You
New research suggests that an algorithm which scans your face could accurately predict financial, academic, and job success.
futurism.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Oh look it’s anthropometrics in the 21st century. I wonder what the racial and gender characteristics of these ideal hires would be hmmmm
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Yes, I really do each individual tree, trunk, patch of grass, etc. One brush, no stamps. Because it’s not just a map, it’s art.
November 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Yes, I really do each individual tree, trunk, patch of grass, etc. One brush, no stamps. Because it’s not just a map, it’s art.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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So either there is false advertising here or a faulty product. "Agentic" LLM provider should be accountable.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:47 AM
So either there is false advertising here or a faulty product. "Agentic" LLM provider should be accountable.
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1a) The action is not what the user intended, harm befalls the user or some third party.
But the "agentic" LLM provider promised you could just tell their system what to do in plain English and it would do the thing!
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But the "agentic" LLM provider promised you could just tell their system what to do in plain English and it would do the thing!
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November 16, 2025 at 3:46 AM
1a) The action is not what the user intended, harm befalls the user or some third party.
But the "agentic" LLM provider promised you could just tell their system what to do in plain English and it would do the thing!
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But the "agentic" LLM provider promised you could just tell their system what to do in plain English and it would do the thing!
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“While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype and stolen intellectual labor. In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests.”
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
www.project-syndicate.org
November 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
“While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype and stolen intellectual labor. In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests.”
The background to Denmark pushing for ChatControl.
- Reagan-era panic about welfare-queens
- Deloitte
It's always effing Deloitte.
pulitzercenter.org/stories/how-...
- Reagan-era panic about welfare-queens
- Deloitte
It's always effing Deloitte.
pulitzercenter.org/stories/how-...
How Denmark’s Welfare State Became a Surveillance Nightmare
Once praised for its generous social safety net, the country now collects troves of data on welfare claimants. In a sparsely decorated corner office of the Danish Public Benefits Administration sits.....
pulitzercenter.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The background to Denmark pushing for ChatControl.
- Reagan-era panic about welfare-queens
- Deloitte
It's always effing Deloitte.
pulitzercenter.org/stories/how-...
- Reagan-era panic about welfare-queens
- Deloitte
It's always effing Deloitte.
pulitzercenter.org/stories/how-...
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We are all dead, and we spoiled the world before we died. There is nothing left. Nothing but dreams.
November 17, 2025 at 8:24 AM
We are all dead, and we spoiled the world before we died. There is nothing left. Nothing but dreams.
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Gautam Bhatia (@gautambhatia88.bsky.social) talks to Moneycontrol about the scope of Indian SFF, Between Worlds and plans for the next volume of IF anthology.
Read here: www.moneycontrol.com/books/is-the...
Read here: www.moneycontrol.com/books/is-the...
November 17, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Gautam Bhatia (@gautambhatia88.bsky.social) talks to Moneycontrol about the scope of Indian SFF, Between Worlds and plans for the next volume of IF anthology.
Read here: www.moneycontrol.com/books/is-the...
Read here: www.moneycontrol.com/books/is-the...
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Some sober analysis here.
"An illustration of the attack chain details at least four different steps that explicitly involve having a human check Claude’s output or send the model back to work before taking additional steps"
cyberscoop.com/anthropic-ai...
"An illustration of the attack chain details at least four different steps that explicitly involve having a human check Claude’s output or send the model back to work before taking additional steps"
cyberscoop.com/anthropic-ai...
China’s ‘autonomous’ AI-powered hacking campaign still required a ton of human work
Anthropic and AI security experts told CyberScoop that behind the hype, effective AI-driven cyberattacks still require skilled humans, with the attack possibly done to send a message as what’s possibl...
cyberscoop.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Some sober analysis here.
"An illustration of the attack chain details at least four different steps that explicitly involve having a human check Claude’s output or send the model back to work before taking additional steps"
cyberscoop.com/anthropic-ai...
"An illustration of the attack chain details at least four different steps that explicitly involve having a human check Claude’s output or send the model back to work before taking additional steps"
cyberscoop.com/anthropic-ai...
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Can it speed up hacking a little? Maybe. Could it be done otherwise just as fast or faster with a little effort? Certainly. Is it creating genuinely real *new* threats or risks? Not so far.
November 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Can it speed up hacking a little? Maybe. Could it be done otherwise just as fast or faster with a little effort? Certainly. Is it creating genuinely real *new* threats or risks? Not so far.