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mhoye but seasonally spooky
mhoye@cosocial.ca
Edit: looks like it’s been shuttered.
pyconf dot org is a fake event, a scam.
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- Domain registered after CFP closed.
- Venue doesn't admit its existence: https://fortmason.org/events/
- AI gen headshots, and speakers who aren't, in 100% of the the companies my network can see into, employees at those companies and never have been. Those people don't exist.
A couple of the listed "sponsors'" corporate legal teams have already been advised and word is they're furious.
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Jonathan Corbet
corbetNot sure how we ever got by without these wonderful new tools.
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Jonathan Corbet
corbethttps://www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/metas-new-commercial-terms-will-allow-the-scraping-of-news-sites-legal-experts-say/
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Jonathan Corbet
corbethttps://www.currentaffairs.org/news/why-were-banning-ai
Nice to see, even if they partake in the — wait for it — vilification of em-dashes ...
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Jonathan Corbet
corbethttps://lwn.net/Articles/1097401/
Here, evidently, "several vulnerabilities" means "1,313 CVE numbers".
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Kernel Recipes
KernelRecipes@fosstodon.org(1/2) The dust has settled, the coffee cups are washed, but the good vibes are here to stay:
All the talk videos are online : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEVVgAZOU9P8
The slides, with more landing over the next few days (some speakers are still polishing 😉) - check the schedule to catch it : https://kernel-recipes.org/en/2026/schedule/
The drawings from our amazing attendees (https://kernel-recipes.org/en/2026/attendees-sketches/) and speakers (https://kernel-recipes.org/en/2026/speakers-sketches/)
Tons of photos: https://kernel-recipes.org/en/2026/2026-speakers-on-stage/ and https://kernel-recipes.org/en/2026/in-the-room/
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Jonathan Corbet
corbethttps://www.404media.co/doom-loop-openai-and-microsoft-admits-llms-are-destroying-the-web-and-built-on-theft/
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Sarah Streza 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
stevestreza@indieweb.socialRE: https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/117241250895962141
Ok, genuinely, tech journalists need to investigate why so much money is being laundered into Omarchy. A bunch of slopware from a white supremacist does not deserve $18 million when real Linux projects have gone unfunded for years. There has to be something else going on here.
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Jonathan Corbet
corbethttps://media.defense.gov/2026/Sep/08/2003992823/-1/-1/1/CSA_CHINA_BASED_AI_COMPANIES_MALICIOUS_DISTILLATION_AGAINST_US.PDF
"China-based AI companies route distillation requests through multiple pathways to gain
unauthorized access, consequently violating U.S. AI companies’ terms of use."
I'm shocked that an AI company would do such a thing. Certainly no US-based AI company would route requests through multiple paths to gain access...right...?
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Luis Villa
luis_in_brief@social.coopI miss the old-fashioned FOSS drama, where if you knew someone’s three-letter initials and they were an asshole, you just called them an asshole or ignored them, and didn’t worry that (1) they were a vengeful billionaire and/or (2) that they represented the pending downfall of democracy
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Jonathan Corbet
corbetI am still trying to understand just what a "hash collision" would mean in that context; perhaps I don't have enough weed in the house to obtain the necessary insight.
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Greg K-H
gregkh(not that it's not fun every year, but you get the idea...)
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Jonathan Corbet
corbet1) Poke LLMs for a while and see which nonexistent URLs they hallucinate most often.
2) Register those domains and put malicious web sites behind them.
3) Profit!
https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-cyberattacks-llm-slop-squatting
(What a world we have made...)
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Jonathan Corbet
corbetIncluded therein was this text: "Why I'm the right person for this: [I'd fill this in with your own background here — e.g. kernel contribution history, mailing-list involvement,
relevant professional experience, or prior writing]"
It forgot to tell this person to point out their attention to detail as well.
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