Tall dark black-clad atheist skeptic biker SF fan; writes (mostly about computers) for a living. All opinions expressed are my own & not those of any employer.
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Liam Proven retweeted
AlpineBSD: "Any software whose code, documentation, binaries, or other assets include, in any part, the output of a generative AI tool such as an LLM, is considered 'tainted' for our purposes."
More here: theregister.com/os-platforms…
Liam Proven retweeted
The darn pope understand what's important more than the silicon valley sociopaths, not exactly a surprise but a very welcome sight.
Good on you to make this stand so public, we might not see eye to eye on everything, but this is a common ground for all decent human beings.
Liam Proven retweeted
These are the "American patriots" and "concerned Europeans" you're talking to on X.
There's no reason to argue with computers. Just block them all and move on.
Liam Proven retweeted
Costume Party
Host: What are you?
Me: A harp.
Host: Your costume's too small to be a harp.
Me: Are you calling me a lyre?
Liam Proven retweeted
This feels true...
(by Instagram user @beckybarnicomics)
ALT A humorous illustration titled "How Time Works" by Becky Barnicoat. The image depicts time as a roller coaster track with months labeled along the curve. The "You" is positioned at the start of the ride, near the bottom of the first steep drop, representing the experience of time speeding up as the year progresses.
Liam Proven retweeted
We mourn the passing of Patrick Stewart, who inspired countless individuals at NASA (and beyond) to boldly go where no one has gone before.
ALT Image description: A packed, sparkling starfield captured by our Hubble telescope — with strange new worlds potentially awaiting. Credit: ESA/Hubble and NASA, R. Cohen
Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System (By Donella Meadows)
donellameadows.org/archives/…
<- the vast power of systems thinking
Liam Proven retweeted
Went to a film convention in London nearly a decade ago where Sir Patrick Stewart was signing autographs for a large fee. Meanwhile, the Cyanide & Happiness cartoonists were signing autographs for free. So I got this from them instead.
AlpineBSD announced – an AI-free FOSS OS
theregister.com/os-platforms…
Combining the NetBSD kernel with the Alpine Linux userland
<- by me on @TheRegister
The Vise
mttagg.art/3mywzdowznc2c
<- 110-word poem about AI coding. Read it. _Feel_ it. If you can't feel it, don't, then there may be something wrong with you.
EMACS turns 50
technologyreview.com/2026/10…
How the MIT AI Lab’s text editor gave birth to the free software movement.
