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@occult@ominous.net
Walking around MIT and spotted these beauties.
@occult@ominous.net
Walking around MIT and spotted these beauties.
@occult@ominous.net
Walking around MIT and spotted these beauties.
@bkuhn@copyleft.org · Reply to Tito's post
Yes, I mean Sussman & Abelson. Below are links to some of the receipts.
I'm 💔 & I🤮y: I spent years sitting next friends of sexual predators at #FSF Board of Directors mtgs.
(Remember: #Epstein had already been convinced & served prison time in Florida at this point & all knew at #MIT.
https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00709064.pdf#page=4
https://web.archive.org/web/20101112051649/http://www.jeffreyepsteinscience.com/testimonials/#:~:text=MIT
http://factfindingjan2020.mit.edu/files/MIT-report.pdf
https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA02036765.pdf
https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00754348.pdf
https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01811639.pdf
https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2011/EFTA02417540.pdf
https://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2019/10/15/fsf-rms.html
Cc: @tito
#UndoneCS
@doboprobodyne@mathstodon.xyz · Reply to Simon Willison's post
@simon Obviously! The source code is: that code required to produce the binary. That code was LGPL. It doesn't matter how many algorithms, nor the nature of the algorithms, it goes through to become those 1s and 0s.
#law #lawfare #computerScience #intellectualProperty #licensing #FOSS #GNU #LGPL #MIT #code #softwareEngineering #LLM #codeWashing

@davidr@hachyderm.io · Reply to dallo's post
@dallo oh please oh please oh please
My 2nd oldest is in that 5.6% unemployment. A #computerscience #software + #linguistics double degree AND an #MIT internship are t enough to even get callbacks
@amoroso@oldbytes.space
In 2018 this paper reframed a major chapter of computing history in a way that's more apparent and relevant today.
The paper traces the ideological roots of Seymour Papert's constructionism and Logo, as well as projects his work influenced such as Scratch and OLPC, to the MIT hacker culture. It also explains the fall from grace of the theory in the education world, but notably not in the technology world, as a consequence of that culture and its disconnect with the wider social implications.
@PrivacyDigest@mas.to
#Syntax #hacking : Researchers discover sentence structure can bypass #AI safety rules
Researchers from #MIT , #Northeastern University, & #Meta recently released a paper suggesting that #LLMs similar to those that power #ChatGPT may sometimes prioritize sentence structure over meaning when answering questions. The findings reveal a weakness in how these models process instructions that may shed light on why some prompt injection or #jailbreaking approaches work
#llm
@PrivacyDigest@mas.to
#Syntax #hacking : Researchers discover sentence structure can bypass #AI safety rules
Researchers from #MIT , #Northeastern University, & #Meta recently released a paper suggesting that #LLMs similar to those that power #ChatGPT may sometimes prioritize sentence structure over meaning when answering questions. The findings reveal a weakness in how these models process instructions that may shed light on why some prompt injection or #jailbreaking approaches work
#llm
@cryptadamist@universeodon.com
For the #EpsteinFiles curious among you, I really do recommend you read the man's text messages. Especially the text messages to/from Epstein's bestie #SteveBannon. While you're there you can also read about how Jeffrey Epstein was funding the #bitcoin core development team starting from around 2015 at #MIT (possibly until his death).
Also made some improvements to the Epstein text messages page:
- Highlighted important names ("trump", "jabor", "brock", "#bitcoin", "#SaudiArabia", "#Israel", etc)
- Deanonymized (with help) as many of the #Epstein emails as I could manage based on various kinds of clues, including the signature lines.
- Added an "Other Files" section at the bottom with preview text + links to raw files that are neither emails nor iMessage log files.
- Various other forms of analysis (common signatures, author counts, etc)
i'm really enjoying posting screenshots of Bannon inviting Epstein to the movies on Bannon's insane right wing War Room tweets. his audience Really Does Not Like the fact that the two were so close and communicated so much.
* Site: https://michelcrypt4d4mus.github.io/epstein_text_messages/
* Post about some of the more alarming things in the Bannon / Epstein discussions: https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/i-made-epsteins-text-messages-great
#EpsteinFiles #uspol #Bannon #WarRoom #uspolitics #Trump #MAGA #MBS #middleEast #Gaza #EhudBarak #Mossad #Netanyahu #bitcoin #BTC #crypto #cryptocurrency #Jabor #LarrySummers #WoodyAllen #michaelWolff #MITMediaLab #MediaLab #Harvard
@me_@sueden.social
The NuMachine – the prototypical basis for the LMI Lambda and TI Explorer Lisp machines and TI1500 Unix servers. Its NuBus was used in Apple's Macintosh II and subsequent systems up to the first PowerPCs as well as the NeXT Cube.
The OS developed for the NuMachine was TRIX, a Unix v7 clone with added RPC functionality. Stallman planned to use Trix as the kernel for the GNU project.
Trix source code can be found on bitsavers: http://www.bitsavers.org/bits/MIT/trix/
@petersuber@fediscience.org · Reply to petersuber's post
Update. After #MIT said 𝗻𝗼 to the Trump compact (yesterday), the Chronicle of Higher Education asked the other eight targeted universities for their reactions.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/what-could-mits-rejection-of-trumps-proposed-compact-mean-for-the-rest-of-higher-ed
(#paywalled)
"Asked for reactions to MIT’s announcement, spokespeople for Brown University, Dartmouth College, the University of Southern California, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Virginia, and Vanderbilt University had no new information to share. The other recipients — the Universities of Arizona and Pennsylvania — didn’t respond."
#Academia #AcademicFreedom #AcademicMastodon #Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics
@petersuber@fediscience.org · Reply to petersuber's post
Update. After #MIT said 𝗻𝗼 to the Trump compact (yesterday), the Chronicle of Higher Education asked the other eight targeted universities for their reactions.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/what-could-mits-rejection-of-trumps-proposed-compact-mean-for-the-rest-of-higher-ed
(#paywalled)
"Asked for reactions to MIT’s announcement, spokespeople for Brown University, Dartmouth College, the University of Southern California, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Virginia, and Vanderbilt University had no new information to share. The other recipients — the Universities of Arizona and Pennsylvania — didn’t respond."
#Academia #AcademicFreedom #AcademicMastodon #Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics
@petersuber@fediscience.org · Reply to petersuber's post
Update. #MIT just became the first university to reject Trump's compact. Here's the letter from MIT President #SallyKornbluth to faculty, dated today.
https://orgchart.mit.edu/letters/regarding-compact
#Academia #AcademicFreedom #AcademicMastodon #Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics
@Informassue@mamot.fr
Recalibrage des limites à la croissance: mise à jour du modèle #World3 (2023)
https://www.informassue.tuxfamily.org/pages/croissance.php#recalibrage23_limites_croissance_mise_a_jour_modele_world3
Après 50 ans, le débat sur l'étude "Les limites de la #croissance" est toujours d'actualité. L'article de recherche recalibre le modèle World3-03 de 2005. Les paramètres d'entrée sont modifiés pour mieux correspondre aux #données empiriques sur le #développement mondial.
#Recalibration23 #LtG #LimitsToGrowth #Population #Démographie #Meadows #MIT #BAU #BAU2 #Capitalisme #Effondrement #Collapse
@petersuber@fediscience.org
Trump tries bribery.
"Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/us/politics/trump-college-funding.html
"The White House on Wednesday sent letters to nine of the nation’s top public and private universities, urging campus leaders to pledge support for President Trump’s political agenda to help ensure access to federal research funds."
#Arizona, #Brown, #Dartmouth, #MIT, #Penn, #USC, #Texas, #Vanderbilt, #Virginia
#Academia #AcademicMastodon #Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics
@icm@mastodon.sdf.org
I’m n 1971 the first coin-op video game “Galaxy Game” by Bill Pitts sought to commercialize Steve Russell’s PDP-1 game Spacewar! Has moved into our new large systems gallery.
#retrogaming #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #stanford #mit #game #gaming
@icm@mastodon.sdf.org
I’m n 1971 the first coin-op video game “Galaxy Game” by Bill Pitts sought to commercialize Steve Russell’s PDP-1 game Spacewar! Has moved into our new large systems gallery.
#retrogaming #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #stanford #mit #game #gaming
@magicfab@mastodon.social
Atlas-OS/Atlas: 🚀 An open and lightweight modification to Windows by #Acer and #Intel, designed to optimize performance, privacy and usability. - #AtlasOS, or Atlas, is an open-source project (#MIT / #GPLv3)that enhances #Windows by conveniently applying privacy, usability, and performance optimizations, all while maintaining functionality and customizability.
Get Linux or waste time with this ? Intriguing.
@SDF@mastodon.sdf.org
Reunited MIT-MC.ARPA with a page of the Boston Globe once taped to its IO cabinet. ITS #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #lisp #mit #ailab
@SDF@mastodon.sdf.org
Reunited MIT-MC.ARPA with a page of the Boston Globe once taped to its IO cabinet. ITS #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #lisp #mit #ailab
@crystalvisits@wrong.tools · Reply to Crystal Huff (they/them)'s post
Today I learned about the existence of MIT's giant flywheel, which reportedly has a right of way easement across Cambridge in case it ever falls off track and rolls into the sea. There would be no stopping it.
https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/collections/object/GCP-00034920
Also, I learned what a flywheel is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flywheel
What a world!
@surabax@mastodon.ie
"The mix-in revolution: How an ice cream innovator in Somerville influenced Lisp pioneers at the MIT AI Lab—and made a lasting mark on programming."
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/25/1111238/the-mix-in-revolution/
#MIT #Lisp #LispMachine #LispMachines #OOP #ObjectOrientedProgramming #Flavors #Symbolics #ComputingHistory #ComputerHistory
@surabax@mastodon.ie
"The mix-in revolution: How an ice cream innovator in Somerville influenced Lisp pioneers at the MIT AI Lab—and made a lasting mark on programming."
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/25/1111238/the-mix-in-revolution/
#MIT #Lisp #LispMachine #LispMachines #OOP #ObjectOrientedProgramming #Flavors #Symbolics #ComputingHistory #ComputerHistory
@fedify@hollo.social · Reply to Fedify: ActivityPub server framework's post
Fedify는 #ActivityPub 프로토콜 구현을 도와주는 #TypeScript 프레임워크입니다. 복잡한 연합 프로토콜을 쉽게 구현하고 싶으신가요? Fedify가 도와드립니다!
오픈소스 #MIT 라이선스로 누구나 자유롭게 사용할 수 있습니다!
@fedify@hollo.social
Fedify is a #TypeScript framework that simplifies #ActivityPub implementation. Want to build a federated server without the complexity? Fedify has got you covered!
Available under the #MIT license—free and open source!
@fedify@hollo.social
Fedify is a #TypeScript framework that simplifies #ActivityPub implementation. Want to build a federated server without the complexity? Fedify has got you covered!
Available under the #MIT license—free and open source!
@fedify@hollo.social
Fedify is a #TypeScript framework that simplifies #ActivityPub implementation. Want to build a federated server without the complexity? Fedify has got you covered!
Available under the #MIT license—free and open source!
@fedify@hollo.social
Fedify is a #TypeScript framework that simplifies #ActivityPub implementation. Want to build a federated server without the complexity? Fedify has got you covered!
Available under the #MIT license—free and open source!
@fedify@hollo.social · Reply to Fedify: ActivityPub server framework's post
Fedify는 #ActivityPub 프로토콜 구현을 도와주는 #TypeScript 프레임워크입니다. 복잡한 연합 프로토콜을 쉽게 구현하고 싶으신가요? Fedify가 도와드립니다!
오픈소스 #MIT 라이선스로 누구나 자유롭게 사용할 수 있습니다!
@fedify@hollo.social
Fedify is a #TypeScript framework that simplifies #ActivityPub implementation. Want to build a federated server without the complexity? Fedify has got you covered!
Available under the #MIT license—free and open source!
@fedify@hollo.social
Fedify is a #TypeScript framework that simplifies #ActivityPub implementation. Want to build a federated server without the complexity? Fedify has got you covered!
Available under the #MIT license—free and open source!
@fedify@hollo.social · Reply to Fedify: ActivityPub server framework's post
Fedify는 #ActivityPub 프로토콜 구현을 도와주는 #TypeScript 프레임워크입니다. 복잡한 연합 프로토콜을 쉽게 구현하고 싶으신가요? Fedify가 도와드립니다!
오픈소스 #MIT 라이선스로 누구나 자유롭게 사용할 수 있습니다!
@fedify@hollo.social
Fedify is a #TypeScript framework that simplifies #ActivityPub implementation. Want to build a federated server without the complexity? Fedify has got you covered!
Available under the #MIT license—free and open source!
@fedify@hollo.social · Reply to Fedify: ActivityPub server framework's post
Fedify는 #ActivityPub 프로토콜 구현을 도와주는 #TypeScript 프레임워크입니다. 복잡한 연합 프로토콜을 쉽게 구현하고 싶으신가요? Fedify가 도와드립니다!
오픈소스 #MIT 라이선스로 누구나 자유롭게 사용할 수 있습니다!
@fedify@hollo.social
Fedify is a #TypeScript framework that simplifies #ActivityPub implementation. Want to build a federated server without the complexity? Fedify has got you covered!
Available under the #MIT license—free and open source!
@KronoMoon_TotalLunarEclipse@aus.social
Time Travel: obscure & cryptic little ad in Artforum Magazine from 45 years ago proves more relevant today than back in 1980.
#Scientific #research, #spiritual #quest, or #conceptual #art, it's an invitation to make contact with Time Travelers — or Visitors from the Future(s) — at what some call a landing reception. Today, the ongoing work of The Krononaut Moon Project continues at full steam on #Mastodon & #Fediverse.
🌠 🐘 🛸
The historic ad appeared in the magazine's 1980 Jan issue, announcing a gathering to occur two years later on 1982 Mar 09, inviting #Krononauts or #TimeTravelers to beam down to #Baltimore #MD #US. The hundreds of attendees at the night's festivities were documented by a #NYTimes #newspaper reporter. Later, others would organize their own inter-dimensional meet-ups in #Perth #AU, #MIT #US, and #Cambridge #UK. (All were landing receptions of type-1.0. See links below & on our other @KronoMoon pages for details.)
The Artforum ad can be found in #library collections and on the "Time Travel" page of #Wikipedia.
🔗 https://Wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_travel#Absence_of_time_travelers_from_the_future
🔗 https://Wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WelcomeKrononauts_Artforum_Jan1980_p.90_800x600.png
Baltimore's event was timed for a full #Moon & a rare #planetary alignment in 1982, known to #astronomers as a #syzygy. It was the prototype for today's more evolved type-2.0 "experimentations, observations & celebrations" taking place under the shadow of the #TotalLunarEclipse — the night of the #KrononautMoon. There will be 3 #TLEclipses in 2025 & 2026, with the next one coming up on 2025 Mar 14 #UTC 07:00, barely months away.
❛❛ On the Night of the Total Lunar Eclipse,
Time Travelers descend in their space-time ships. ❜❜
All sentient beings are welcome to join us in connecting with the #cosmos, the #multiverse, and your #past & #future #selves. Even folks who gripe that this is utter absurdity are invited (despite the #thinking of a few enlightened #quantum #physicists). Or, you might choose to spend a peaceful evening by yourself under the #stars, on a #sacred #mountaintop, at the #beach, or in your own #backyard. The more diverse are these experimental approaches, the greater the likelihood of meaningful contact. Or, you could bring along your friends & colleagues, your grandparents & grandkids, your #CatsOfMastodon & #DogsOfMastodon (and don't forget a #camera for lots of @KronoMoonPhotos). Watch the skies for #UFOs, #UAP, or a #signal from the #beyond. Who can know who might show up? The #fullMoon will be shining bright on that night, before it goes dark, and then shines bright again, all in an hour or so. Participants will be contributing to the greater body of Community Time Travel Research. Become a fellow #MoonWatcher on 2025 March 14, wherever you are.
🌕 🌑 🌕
Krononauts in the #NYTimes
🔗 https://NYTimes.com/1982/03/11/us/the-night-the-planets-were-aligned-with-baltimore-lunacy.html
Krononauts podcast on Pushkin.fm & TheLastArchive.com
🔗 https://Pushkin.fm/podcasts/the-last-archive/the-krononauts
Krononauts on Medium.com & @WriteUndertheMoon
🔗 https://Medium.com/write-under-the-moon/on-the-night-of-the-total-lunar-eclipse-6eec94750f4e
@ameel@mastodon.social
This is excellent news :)
"It's been four years since MIT's decision to boycott Elsevier, and things are going great"
Pluralistic: MIT libraries are thriving without Elsevier (16 Aug 2024) | https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/16/the-public-sphere/#not-the-elsevier
@bluszcz@pol.social
I have just released #python #openvpnhelpers - includes inliner to help embed certs and keys into the #openvpn #config #file #vpn #opensource #mit #license.