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This is a response to: https://jola.dev/posts/no-cost-no-value I agree with… the first half of this post. You can mass produce software using llms, and a lot of this software does get abandoned the moment it’s finished because the...
What I'm...DoingPlenty of other things, but at present that system is at the top of my mind. Also just trying to get this page done for the week because I'm late. Meditating Walking Closing semester projects for my job Reflecting on last...
Regular readers of this blog may remember a couple of posts (here and here) about an Employment Tribunal taking place in Bury St Edmunds in relation to the Institute of Astronomy (IoA) at the University of Cambridge. The claimant in the...
Reece Rogers / Wired: While this AI backlash has been brewing for the last few years, more companies appear to be directly addressing these concerns. LinkedIn added a “seems like AI slop” button for reporting AI-generated content on the...
I have previously posted on the excellent Illustration magazine, published by Illustrated Press. It was published quarterly for several years and then ended with issue No. 84 in 2023. It featured articles on a variety of illustration...
Have I misused that word? When I think of community, I think of people chipping in, where they can, to keep the main idea of a space going. It's rideshare and mutual aid and dropping off food. It's resolving conflicts in a constructive...
We drove our coach 263 miles / 423 km, about five hours of driving, from MamaYeh RV Park & Campground near Prince George to Mile 0 Park in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada. Here’s a map showing our route, heading north then east:...
One thing that bothered me about Imprint’s product after joining was our lack of passkey support. Passkey support is a rare opportunity to increase resiliency to phishing attacks while simultaneously reducing login friction. If it’s good...
The Game Boy doesn’t have a Rumble Pak. Of course it doesn’t; where would you slot it? But a few games were released for the Game Boy Color (and Game Boy Advance too) that have built-in rumble motors. Because of this, it’s impossible,...
Yes, the second book of the trio. Just like its siblings, I qualified this book as a quick read. I spent roughly 90 minutes reading this one, post-dinner. After two books, I found myself asking this question: Horror where? I… don’t...
After more than six years, I’m retiring The Blockchain Socialist. This isn’t the end but what I believe to be a new beginning that better fits the current moment. I started The Blockchain Socialist in 2019 as a blog, then a podcast, then...
@lordmatt I have recently finished reading Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. When Brandon Sanderson said you can recommend this book to anyone, he’s not wrong. I loved it. Everything that happens in this story flows from what has already...
I use Ripgrep as my command-line search tool. Something I often want is to return matching filenames only, instead of Ripgrep’s rich colored output, so I can pipe them to xargs. Here’s that flag: rg -l
Singapore celebrated 61 years of independence on 9 August this year — National Day. And after many years of trying, I was lucky enough to get tickets to watch the National Day Parade in person, at the National Stadium. For those who...
(1,910) (2,002) The browser tab’s title on Madeleine’s 7-year-old laptop dutifully ticked up. Checking on my order from July 20th… Just wanted to find out if my order a month ago went through or if I should try again. It showed up on my...