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bojkotiMalbona<a href="https://hachyderm.io/@BenjaminHCCarr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@BenjaminHCCarr</a> Good news! It’s good to hear that the oppressive technofeudal gate keeper (<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/StackExchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StackExchange</a>/ <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/StackOverflow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StackOverflow</a>) might stop jailing knowledge in <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Cloudflare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cloudflare</a>’s <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/walledGarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#walledGarden</a>.Note that they have taken a jab at <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AnonymousOverflow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AnonymousOverflow</a> in the past week:<a href="https://github.com/httpjamesm/AnonymousOverflow/issues/175" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/httpjamesm/AnonymousOverflow/issues/175</a>

Dr Mircea Zloteanu 🌼🐝<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/statstab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#statstab</a> #322 Understanding spline transformation and regression coefficientsThoughts: Spline seemed very intimidating at first, but they're just a bunch of lines! Stack Exchange is a cool source.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spline</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/regression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#regression</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonlinear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nonlinear</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/models" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#models</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stackexchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stackexchange</a><a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/638916/understanding-spline-transformation-and-regression-coefficients" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/638916/understanding-spline-transformation-and-regression-coefficients</a>

Todd A. Jacobs | Pragmatic Cybersecurity<a href="https://mastodon.social/@elementary" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@elementary</a> tl;dr I support your objectives, and kudos on the goal, but I think you should monitor this new policy for unexpected negative outcomes. I take about 9k characters to explain why, but I’m not criticizing your intent.While I am much more pragmatic about my stance on <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/aicoding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aicoding</a> this was previously a long-running issue of contention on the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/StackExchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StackExchange</a> network that was never really effectively resolved outside of a few clearly egregious cases.The triple-net is that when it comes to certain parts of software—think of the SCO copyright trials over header files from a few decades back—in many cases, obvious code will be, well…obvious. That “the simplest thing that could possibly work” was produced by an AI instead of a person is difficult to prove using existing tools, and false accusations of plagiarism have been a huge problem that has caused a number of people real <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/reputationalharm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reputationalharm</a> over the last couple of years.That said, I don’t disagree with the stance that <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/vibecoding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vibecoding</a> is not worth the pixels that it takes up on a screen. From a more pragmatic standpoint, though, it may be more useful to address the underlying principle that <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/plagiarism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plagiarism</a> is unacceptable from a community standards or copyright perspective rather than making it a tool-specific policy issue.I’m a firm believer that people have the right to run their community projects in whatever way best serves their community members. I’m only pointing out the pragmatic issues of setting forth a policy where the likelihood of false positives is quite high, and the level of pragmatic enforceability may be quite low. That is something that could lead to reputational harm to people and the project, or to community in-fighting down the road, when the real policy you’re promoting (as I understand it) is just a fundamental expectation of “original human contributions” to the project.Because I work in <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/riskmanagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#riskmanagement</a> and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cybersecurity</a> I see this a lot. This is an issue that comes up more often than you might think. Again, I fully support your objectives, but just wanted to offer an alternative viewpoint that your project might want to revisit down the road if the current policy doesn’t achieve the results that you’re hoping for. In the meantime, I certainly wish you every possible success! You’re taking a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/thoughtleadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#thoughtleadership</a> stance on an important <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AIgovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AIgovernance</a> policy issue that is important to society and to <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FOSS</a> right now. I think that’s terrific!

LoaferWindows 10 Clock Alarm Timer doesn't seem to work after ticking for long periods of time?<a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/superuser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#superuser</a> <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/stackexchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stackexchange</a> <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/clock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#clock</a> <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/windows10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#windows10</a> <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/timer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#timer</a> <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/TimerSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TimerSoftware</a> <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microsoft</a> <a href="https://superuser.com/questions/1889853/windows-10-windows-clock-alarm-timer-doesnt-seem-to-work-for-long-periods-of-t" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://superuser.com/questions/1889853/windows-10-windows-clock-alarm-timer-doesnt-seem-to-work-for-long-periods-of-t</a>

LoaferAndroid 10 clock timer seems to not ring?<a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#android</a> <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/android10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#android10</a> <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/batterysaver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#batterysaver</a> <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/stackexchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stackexchange</a> <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/stackoverflow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stackoverflow</a> <a href="https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/260136/android-10-clock-timer-seems-to-not-ring" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/260136/android-10-clock-timer-seems-to-not-ring</a>

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Coding</a> help on <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/StackOverflow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StackOverflow</a> dives as <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> assistants rise Developer Q&A platform StackOverflow appears to be facing an existential crisis as volume of new questions on the site has plunged 75% from the 2017 peak and 60% year-on-year in December 2024, according to <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/StackExchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StackExchange</a> Data Explorer figures. <a href="https://devclass.com/2025/01/08/coding-help-on-stackoverflow-dives-as-ai-assistants-rise/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://devclass.com/2025/01/08/coding-help-on-stackoverflow-dives-as-ai-assistants-rise/</a>

Preston Maness ☭I got an email from "stackoverflowsurvey@gmail.com" about a Stack Overflow survey. Most of my participation on the Stack Exchange network is actually on SuperUser, but I figured my contributions might still be useful/relevant. I imagine the populations between the two are pretty similar. They were looking for users from the United States.Info Sheet: <a href="http://tiny.cc/Sheet1233" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">http://tiny.cc/Sheet1233</a>The Actual Survey: <a href="http://tiny.cc/Survey1233" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">http://tiny.cc/Survey1233</a>I got nerd-sniped hard by what I considered to be (mostly) excellent questions surrounding DEI-type concerns. I ended up spending way longer than 15-30 minutes on them anyway. So... I'm dumping my responses here in a thread before going to bed for the night.<a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/StackExchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StackExchange</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/StackOverflow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StackOverflow</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/SuperUser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SuperUser</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DEI</a>

NewbyteJust learnt that there's an open source alternative to Stack Exchange called Codidact: <a href="https://codidact.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://codidact.org</a>. Of course, it also has a StackOverflow-style software Q&A: <a href="https://software.codidact.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://software.codidact.com</a>. No idea if it's any good given that a website like this really only is as useful as its community, but I've always felt a bit icky contributing to a proprietary forum like Stack Exchange, so it's certainly interesting. <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/codidact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#codidact</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/stackoverflow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stackoverflow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/stackexchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stackexchange</a>

D:\side\>:idle::blobcatheadache: Забрёл тут на <a href="https://mastodon.ml/tags/StackExchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StackExchange</a> с довольно банальным вопросом о переименовании файлов… а у них, смотрю, там очередная драма.Они там окончательно отказываются от формата общественной библиотеки ответов: сначала прибили публикацию дампов данных на archive.org[1], а теперь вводят ограничения по частоте запросов почему-то специально для Microsoft[2].А незадолго до этого поделились соображениями по "активации пользователей"[3] – не подтверждения через почту или иначе чтобы активировать все возможности (к каковому значению пользователи привыкли), а вовлечение в основную деятельность сообщества после регистрации. Сначала они начали сильнее толкать пользователей в сторону регистрации, затем обратили внимание, что неактивных пользователей стало больше. Их штатный Капитан Очевидность, видимо, уже устал.Ох не зря я перестал там ответы постить лет 5 назад.[1]: <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/401334" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/401334</a> [2]: <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/403002" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/403002</a> [3] <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/402813" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/402813</a>

bioinformatician_next_doorInteresting to see that when you speak the truth about people not following <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/openscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openscience</a> principles in <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/stackexchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stackexchange</a> <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academia</a> you get down-voted immediately.

183231bcb<a href="https://xoxo.zone/@neilk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@neilk@xoxo.zone</a> I exclusively do take-home math tests and my colleagues keep telling me I should be afraid of students using LLMs to cheat. For a low level class I do have to think about writing the questions in a way that can't be answered by WolframAlpha. For a proof-based class I have to think about students searching stack exchange and finding the exact question or something very close. On the other hand, I do not write my test questions with LLMs in mind. When I finish writing the questions I do feed them into Google Gemini and Microsoft ChatGPT just to check, and both LLMs consistently fail to earn even partial credit. I don't believe students using LLMs to "cheat" on math assignments is a real issue, at least not at the college level. <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/ITeachMath" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ITeachMath</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/LLM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LLM</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/WolframAlpha" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WolframAlpha</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/StackExchange" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StackExchange</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/TakeHomeTest" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TakeHomeTest</a>

Adam ♿Breaking my rules and contributing to <a href="https://aus.social/tags/StackExchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StackExchange</a> but holy crap, Asus (& AMI).<a href="https://serverfault.com/a/1161387/91708" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://serverfault.com/a/1161387/91708</a>I would put <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Asus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Asus</a> on to my never-buy list but if I want a "server" motherboard, my options are Asus, AsRockRack, SuperMicro or Tyan, most of whom seem to implement this terrible MegaRAC BMC. Sorry AMI, I know a crapton of work went into this but two different boards from two different vendors crash so completely that I've had to put a wifi power switch in between the expensive systems so that I can do a real power cycle.

Dr Mircea Zloteanu 🌼🐝<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/statstab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#statstab</a> #120 Why do we do matching for causal inference vs regressing on confounders?Thoughts: A funny and insightful <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stackexchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stackexchange</a> discussion on the pros and cons of causal inference and matching.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/causalinference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#causalinference</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stats</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/matching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#matching</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/confounds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#confounds</a><a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/544926/why-do-we-do-matching-for-causal-inference-vs-regressing-on-confounders/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/544926/why-do-we-do-matching-for-causal-inference-vs-regressing-on-confounders/</a>

urig✔️Well, it finally happened for me.I went to <a href="https://superuser.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://superuser.com</a> and posted a question about an annoyance if Firefox. Wrote the entire thing up, complete with screenshot, then remembered <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LLMs</a>.Copied my question and pasted it into <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChatGPT</a> and received an instant answer.I haven't tried that answer yet but I don't care. I'm still posting the question to superuser. I want other people to be able to search for the answer and to find it and I trust <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/StackExchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StackExchange</a> more than I trust <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenAI</a>.

Klaus Zimmermann :unverified:<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TIL</a> that <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@JasonPunyon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@JasonPunyon</a> curated and compiled a whopping archive of answers from <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/StackOverflow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StackOverflow</a> and assorted <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/StackExchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StackExchange</a> Q&A sites in a minimal sqlite format, where they can be downloaded and analyzed offline:<a href="https://seqlite.puny.engineering/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://seqlite.puny.engineering/</a>Amazing effort and great idea. Reminded me of the archives that <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Kiwix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kiwix</a> kept of it (alongside Wikipedia and similar projects), but more streamlined and cross-platform. Nice.

Ivan MirIt's <a href="https://mas.to/tags/datahoarding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#datahoarding</a> time!<a href="https://seqlite.puny.engineering" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://seqlite.puny.engineering</a>Just 17 GB to have your own <a href="https://mas.to/tags/StackOverflow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StackOverflow</a> copy and some gigabytes more for the rest of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/StackExchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StackExchange</a>

AJ Sadauskas<a href="https://lemmy.ml/u/lemmyreader" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@lemmyreader</a> Here's a starting point for a fediverse StackExchange: Make sure it's interoperable with Lemmy.Now, you may not get the full feature set on Lemmy, but you should be able to interact with it from Lemmy as if it's a group on there.<a href="https://aus.social/tags/StackExchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StackExchange</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Coding</a>

Hans-Cees 🍋🌲🦔🦦🐝🦋🐛🚅🇸🇳🇵🇾🇹🇬🇹🇲<a href="https://chaos.social/@scy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@scy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@trekkie3k" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@trekkie3k</a> Anyway and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ai</a> trained on <a href="https://mas.to/tags/stackexchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stackexchange</a> will answer any question with "hi, you can Google that yourself, sod off"

chris@strafpla.net<a href="https://fosstodon.org/@aggeka" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@aggeka</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/@emilygorcenski" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@emilygorcenski</a> Yes, so <a href="https://mstdn.strafpla.net/tags/stackexchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stackexchange</a> just has to change the author to [anonymous] and that part is done while the information is still there and can be used for training. I don’t see how code examples are PII, but I have to admit that I only encountered GDPR/DSGVO in domains unlike stackexchange. Still I think that this isabout licensing, not GDPR, and that the authors likely licensed their works to stackexchange.

LenJust came up with a new analogy I'm rather proud of: LLMs are digital compost heaps. They decompose whatever you hurl in and turn it into artificial excrement.Also I'm moving from StackExchange to Codidact. If I'm going to do any more unpaid labour it's going to be for a not-for-profit, rather than a for-profit company. Feeding that work into a digital compost heap is the push I needed.<a href="https://software.codidact.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://software.codidact.com/</a><a href="https://aus.social/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenAI</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/StackOverflow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StackOverflow</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/StackExchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StackExchange</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/enshitification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#enshitification</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Codidact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Codidact</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LLMs</a>

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