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glyph

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You probably heard about me because I am the founder of the Twisted python networking engine open source project. But I’m also the author and maintainer of several other smaller projects, a writer and public speaker about software and the things software affects (i.e.: everything), and a productivity nerd due to my ADHD. I also post a lot about politics; I’d personally prefer to be apolitical but unfortunately the global rising tide of revanchist fascism is kind of dangerous to ignore.

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glyph, to random
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Logging in to take a look at some talks on the online platform for , even though I'm done with the conference now, I just noticed that the attendee dashboard has a section for "sponsor badge scans", giving transparency over which sponsors got my contact details. That is a really nice touch, thank you @ThePSF .

glyph, to random
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tell application "System Events"
tell application process "System Settings" to tell window 1 ¬
to tell group 1 ¬
to tell splitter group 1 ¬
to tell group 2 ¬
to tell group 1 ¬
to tell scroll area 2 ¬
to tell group 3 to set elements to its UI elements
if elements is {} then -- no more
return its value
else
return elements
end if
end tell

glyph,
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( macOS 14.5 changed some lists to groups and I am mad becaus I had to rewrite a script and this is all VERY silly, I do not want to think about this program any more for several reasons https://blog.glyph.im/2023/01/a-very-silly-program.html )

phildini, to python
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Hi folks! Former chair of @ThePSF Conduct Working Group with a message that might be timely!

If you see a member of the community behaving against the spirit or the letter of the CoC, especially if the comments are in public about an official event, especially if using a hashtag, please report to conduct-wg@python.org as you are comfortable.

The WG might not be able to take action due to the CoC’s scope, but its useful background for the inevitable next incident.

Thanks! ✨

glyph,
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@phildini @ThePSF @Yhg1s sigh, sometimes you really can see that next incident coming without a telescope or nothin’, can’t you

glyph, to random
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As I learned from Dan Olson’s excellent “This Is Financial Advice”, a defining feature of the conspiracy theorist mindset is the firm conviction that the elements of the conspiracy are so persuasive and self-evident that not only does the theorist become themselves overconfident, but also becomes overconfident that everyone, all the real people and not the hired cutouts of the conspiracy, already agree with them. They strongly believe their view is consensus.

glyph,
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Because their reasoning is heavily influenced by social proof (most people value social proof more than they realize, and that includes both me and you, dear reader) if you try too hard to convince them they are wrong on the facts, they will only begin to regard you as a part of the conspiracy, which destroys your own credibility with them. It is always more helpful to find ways to remind them, as gently as possible, that a majority of the people they actually respect don’t share their views.

glyph,
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Obviously if you’ve been watching my feed today I am subtooting one particular guy with notably poor scientific literacy and rhetorical skills but unfortunately this is regularly useful advice these days. Your chances of success are always low and shooting for social proof only helps a little bit, pulling some numbers out of my butt I’d estimate it increases your odds of convincing somebody to chill out from like 5% to 10%. I wasn’t successful in my effort. But it’s still worth remembering.

kjaymiller, to random
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“Build Abuse Observability From Day 1”

expect abuse. You don’t have to be popular if you have these, then expect abuse will come.

AI is going to amplify this like the number of resumes it can apply for.

glyph,
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@kjaymiller oof. really did not enjoy that ellipsis

glyph, to random
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New Blog: A Grand Unified Theory of the AI Hype Cycle https://blog.glyph.im/2024/05/grand-unified-ai-hype.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

glyph,
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@leean00 @matt “don’t short a cult”

glyph,
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@jamesh “symbolic reasoning” was a gesture at that, but the history of lisp is so long and twisty that it’s hard to know where to place it. Certainly symbolics had a particularly hard landing in the AI winter of the 90s

glyph,
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@federicomena thank you, very nice of you to say so :)

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