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baldur, 1 hour ago to random

One of the things that the Stack Overflow brouhaha demonstrates is that it doesn’t matter if a service was founded by people trusted by the community (Atwood and Spolsky) and was broadly community-led. If it’s a VC-funded startup, they will sell out their users at some point.

baldur, 3 hours ago to random

Every time I scroll through my social media I see a couple instances of “hey, I had a bad idea which I would have discovered is a bad idea if I’d done any actual research but instead I asked an LLM and it did it for me, no problem! Isn’t that great?”

It’s exhausting

baldur, 4 hours ago to random

“A deadly coronavirus has resurfaced in Saudi Arabia, killing at least one patient | Salon.com”

https://www.salon.com/2024/05/11/a-has-resurfaced-in-saudi-arabia-at-least-one-patient/

If you need nightmare fodder, just imagine what would happen if we got a simultaneous bad flu pandemic and a lethal SARS/MERS pandemic after years of anti-vaccination, anti-masking, anti-health propaganda

Honestly, the only scenario I can imagine that would be worse would be airborne meningitis

baldur, 4 hours ago to random

“Weekly Roundup #3 — Possum Edition | Ryan Trimble, UX/UI developer”

Covers the recent 11ty conference. https://ryantrimble.com/blog/weekly-roundup-3/

baldur, 4 hours ago to random

“Accomplishment vs. Achievement - by John Warner” https://biblioracle.substack.com/p/accomplishment-vs-achievement

baldur, 5 hours ago to random

“Roger Corman – cinema’s pulp genius whose talent to shock was rocket fuel”

Aw, man. Roger Corman died. So so many people in cinema owe their careers to him. Turns out the best dayjob for an aspiring filmmaker is to do actual filmmaking. https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/may/12/roger-corman-cinemas-pulp-genius-whose-talent-to-shock-was-rocket-fuel?ref=upstract.com

baldur, 1 day ago to random

And, bonus #caturday, this neighbour came for a short visit and did a routine inspection tour of the flat 😄

The neighbour cat walks past my comics library on her inspection tour
Now the cat is back at my stairs, looking up at the spiders I need to clean out of the window
But, before the neighbour cat leaves, she has aa quick relaxing roll and rub on the stair carpet.

baldur, 1 day ago to random

Kolka, my sister’s cat, having a very relaxed weekend. #caturday

Kolka, lying upside down on a sofa, looking up at the photographer (my sister)

baldur, 2 days ago to random

“Luxembourg Copyright Case Against Jeff Dieschburg - Jingna Zhang Fashion, Fine Art & Beauty Photography” https://www.zhangjingna.com/blog/luxembourg-copyright-case-win-against-jeff-dieschburg

baldur, 2 days ago to random

“Apple Annie’s Weblog · CSS Color Modules and Changes, Part I” https://weblog.anniegreens.lol/2024/05/css-color-modules-and-changes-part-i

baldur, 2 days ago to random

“Modularity: Enabling Interoperability and Competition” https://www.mnot.net/blog/2024/05/10/design-rules-vol-one

baldur, 2 days ago to random

Whenever a company has reached a point where a very bad idea can wind its way all the way from conception to a grand launch without protest, there’s a decent chance the organisation’s monoculture has let poor judgement spread like mold through every nook and cranny

baldur, 2 days ago to random

“Let’s dissect Apple’s terrible iPad ad and see what it says about understanding your customers”

"At every turn, Apple and their ad agency used the language of cinema to create despair."

Yeah. https://shorts.stackingthebricks.com/apples-terrible-ipad-ad-shows-why-you-need-sales-safari/

baldur, 2 days ago to random

The nice thing about remote conferences is I can follow them while still enjoying the spring weather here in Iceland.

baldur, 2 days ago to random

“11ty’s International Symposium on Making Web Sites Real Good”

Following this now. https://conf.11ty.dev/

baldur, 3 days ago to random

“Five Things: May 9, 2024 — As in guillotine…” https://loudpoet.com/2024/05/09/five-things-may-9-2024/

baldur, 3 days ago to random

One of the more annoying things about modern tech and media is just how badly it’s all thought out. Your average high school student could figure out better strategies for a streamer or big tech co than the random, reactive, FOMO shit show that they’re now pretending is a premediated plan

baldur, 3 days ago to random

those devs and tech “influencers” who pioneered the technical work of putting “AI” shit in everything everywhere, and are—for the most part—the assholes who enabled our brave new “AI” world by actually figuring out how to make it run, are also going to be the people who get credit for criticising it after the bubble pops, aren’t they?

Everybody will latch onto their vague concerns and ignore the fact that they literally implemented the shit that got smeared everywhere, aren’t they?