Sync your markdown files with Confluence pages. Contribute to kovetskiy/mark development by creating an account on GitHub.

With more interesting islands on HN https://amanvir.com/obscure-islands

Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines?

Jevin West and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.

<https:thebullshitmachines.com>

This is not a computer science course.

It’s a humanities course about how to learn and work and thrive in an AI world.

Neither instructor nor students need a technical background. Our instructor guide provides a choice of activities for each lesson that will easily fill an hour-long class.

The entire course is available freely online. Our 18 online lessons each take 5-10 minutes; each illuminates one core principle. They are suitable for self-study, but have been tailored for teaching in a flipped classroom.

The course is a sequel of sorts to our course (and book) Calling Bullshit. We hope that like its predecessor, it will be widely adopted worldwide.

Large language models are both powerful tools, and mindless—even dangerous—bullshit machines. We want students to explore how to resolve this dialectic.

Great yarn, beautiful images
<https:www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-06/outback-way-journey-remote-australia-back-roads-lisa-millar/104842474>

[#TIL](https://fosstodon.org/tags/TIL) there's a fork of [#pyright](https://fosstodon.org/tags/pyright) , a [#python](https://fosstodon.org/tags/python) language server: <https://docs.basedpyright.com/>
If you're using the [#HelixEditor](https://fosstodon.org/tags/HelixEditor) , then this config file will save you 45 minutes of searching: <https://gist.github.com/blaisep/bddadf976f027ced7b6e37e520249fd5>

Fascinating Hacker News comment from Tom Gally, a professional translator (Japanese to English) who uses LLMs as part of his workflow, which he describes in detail: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42897856>

Wrote a bit more about this on my blog here: <https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/2/workflow-for-translation/>

Thanks to several people here! I'm ditching Google maps and switching to:
<https:organicmaps.app/> for my Android phone
and
OpenStreetMap <https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=4/38.01/-95.84> for laptop

New [#LaunchBar](https://hessen.social/tags/LaunchBar) Action to Switch Audio Devices!
Check it out!

<https:github.com/Ptujec/LaunchBar/tree/master/Audio-Devices#readme>

mas is awesome.

I've been living under a rock. 10 years.

<https:github.com/mas-cli/mas>

<https:github.com/tjdevries/present.nvim>

Someone needs to port this [#Markdown](https://mastodon.social/tags/Markdown) presentation tool from [#Neovim](https://mastodon.social/tags/Neovim) to [#emacs](https://mastodon.social/tags/emacs) -- the two lines at the top and the centered title make a much more presentation-like impression on me than most [#orgmode](https://mastodon.social/tags/orgmode) presentation tools that just use whatever font settings you have.

Number 2, in [#Mantova](https://photog.social/tags/Mantova), [#Italy](https://photog.social/tags/Italy)
That yellow color is called Maria Theresa Yellow, from the 18th Century Austrian Empress. It was widely used on the buildings around her vast Empire, and still is occasionally. The Pantone reference is: Ral 1023.

[#architecture](https://photog.social/tags/architecture) [#coloryellow](https://photog.social/tags/coloryellow) [#yellow](https://photog.social/tags/yellow) [#door](https://photog.social/tags/door) [#omsystem](https://photog.social/tags/omsystem)

Flexoki 2.0 introduces 88 new colors that feel like watercolor pigments on paper. This is a continuation of my attempt to bring the feeling of analog color to digital emissive screens.

Flexoki is open source under the MIT license, and already available for most text editors, terminals, and many other apps. Flexoki 2.0 makes it into a more capable color system for UIs and more complex projects.

<https:stephango.com/flexoki>

Ever wanted to waste infinity hours doing tile puzzles of every place in the world? Well, now you can with [#AnyMapPuzzle](https://vis.social/tags/AnyMapPuzzle)

You can play for free, forever (literally), at <https://bothness.github.io/anymap>

Camping in Germany

This is something else. <https://50games.fun>

I haven’t actually played any of the games, but the trailer hits all the right notes: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfW0K4rRLnw>

(via [@yertle](https://mastodon.cloud/@yertle)) /cc [@cabel](https://social.panic.com/@cabel)

A video interview with Alexey Milovidov, co-founder and CTO of ClickHouse, that dives deep into AI, ClickHouse’s architecture, different database categories, and pain points in the market that ClickHouse uniquely solves.

Hello HN! We’re a small creative studio specializing in real-time 3D experiences. Netlify approached us to design and build an interactive experience to celebrate reaching 5 million developers.
Inspired by the classic game Marble Madness, we created a gamified experience where users control a ball through playful, interactive levels. The goal was to blend marketing content with the look and feel of a game to engage users.

The app is built with Three.js [1], using our custom render pipeline and shaders, and uses Rapier for

On Mastodon, a newly introduced feature allows you to link your blog articles to your Fediverse account. I recently added this feature to my Hugo Blog and wrote down the necessary steps: <https://kotthoff.dev/posts/2024/mastodon-tag/>

[#mastodon](https://mastodon.energy/tags/mastodon) [#hugo](https://mastodon.energy/tags/hugo) [#opensource](https://mastodon.energy/tags/opensource) [#blog](https://mastodon.energy/tags/blog) [#blogging](https://mastodon.energy/tags/blogging) [#journalism](https://mastodon.energy/tags/journalism)

Message to future me:

defaults write com.apple.Preview PVImagePrintingScaleMode -bool FALSE

New LB Action:
<https:ptujec.github.io/Writing-Tools/>
[#iAWriter](https://hessen.social/tags/iAWriter) [#LaunchBar](https://hessen.social/tags/LaunchBar) [#writing](https://hessen.social/tags/writing)

The Mac mini Pro case fits perfectly without modifications!

I’ve updated the listing to reflect that “Beta 2” is verified and safe to print.

I will soon be making tweaks to the power button and front port centering. Enjoy all!

<https:makerworld.com/en/models/756063>

(Final tag, fine gents:)
[@snazzyq](https://mas.to/@snazzyq) [@christianselig](https://mastodon.social/@christianselig) [@jsnell](https://zeppelin.flights/@jsnell) [@caseyliss](https://mastodon.social/@caseyliss) [@imyke](https://myke.social/@imyke)

Just discovered litecli (<https://github.com/dbcli/litecli>), it feels like a big improvement over the default SQLite REPL (autocompletion! support for multiline queries! syntax highlighting!)

Technically not wrong…

I just finished a custom Hugo theme I’ve been working on. It’s called “Today I Learned,” and it’s perfect for both traditional blogging and building a knowledge base of shorter, informal notes for easy reference and sharing.

A cool feature: it graphs your content like Obsidian! It also supports side notes and highlights with admonitions.

Check it out at <https://michenriksen.com/til-example-site>

[#Hugo](https://chaos.social/tags/Hugo) [#Obsidian](https://chaos.social/tags/Obsidian) [#Blogging](https://chaos.social/tags/Blogging) [#Notes](https://chaos.social/tags/Notes) [#TIL](https://chaos.social/tags/TIL)

📝 New blog post: Kagi Search Action for LaunchBar

<https:florian.ec/blog/launchbar-action-kagi-search/>

I built a new plugin for LLM called llm-jq, which lets you pipe JSON into the tool and provide a short description of what you want, then it uses an LLM to generate a jq program and executes that against the JSON for you <https://simonwillison.net/2024/Oct/27/llm-jq/>

Example usage:

llm install llm-jq
curl -s 'http''s:api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues' |
llm jq 'count by user login, top 3'

Discovered a neat new tool last week: <https://github.com/wr7/refold>

It's similar to fmt and fold except that it automatically handles prefixes. Vim/Neovim gq can do this out of the box but fails (for me at least) when multiple prefixes are present, such as a Markdown block-quote inside Rust comments. E.g.

// > Some quoted text  
// > to reflow.  

refold handles this.

[#Rust](https://mastodon.decentralised.social/tags/Rust) [#RustLang](https://mastodon.decentralised.social/tags/RustLang) [#TextProcessing](https://mastodon.decentralised.social/tags/TextProcessing) [#TextManipulation](https://mastodon.decentralised.social/tags/TextManipulation) [#TextEditor](https://mastodon.decentralised.social/tags/TextEditor)

How to stop the monthly screen recording prompts in macOS 15 Sequoia: <https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2024/8/10.html> (via [@skypunch](https://mastodon.social/@skypunch))

Powerful menu bar manager for macOS. Contribute to jordanbaird/Ice development by creating an account on GitHub.

Open-source examples and guides for building with the OpenAI API. Browse a collection of snippets, advanced techniques and walkthroughs. Share your own examples and guides.

Today I discovered a pretty cool utility for listing USB devices! 🔌

🌸 **cyme**: A modern and cross-platform lsusb!

🔥 Displays manufacturer, serial number, speed, current information (mA) and more!

🦀 Written in Rust!

⭐ GitHub: <https://github.com/tuna-f1sh/cyme>

[#rustlang](https://fosstodon.org/tags/rustlang) [#lsusb](https://fosstodon.org/tags/lsusb) [#usb](https://fosstodon.org/tags/usb) [#devices](https://fosstodon.org/tags/devices) [#utility](https://fosstodon.org/tags/utility) [#commandline](https://fosstodon.org/tags/commandline) [#tool](https://fosstodon.org/tags/tool) [#libusb](https://fosstodon.org/tags/libusb)

Consent-O-Matic is a browser extension that recognizes CMP (Consent Management Provider) pop-ups that have become ubiquitous on the web and automatically fills them out based on your preferences – even if you meet a dark pattern design. Sometimes a website might not use standard categories, and in that case, Consent-O-Matic will always try to submit the most privacy preserving settings.

“When the AI provided an incorrect result, researchers found inexperienced and moderately experienced radiologists dropped their cancer-detecting accuracy from around 80% to about 22%. Very experienced radiologists’ accuracy dropped from nearly 80% to 45%.”

<https:www.brainfacts.org/neuroscience-in-society/tech-and-the-brain/2024/why-ai-can-push-you-to-make-the-wrong-decision-at-work-090324>

If you're using AI for coding or prose in Neovim, don't forget to try out <<https://github.com/olimorris/codecompanion.nvim>> and <<https://github.com/milanglacier/minuet-ai.nvim>>!

Both work seamlessly with local models using OpenAI compatible API, e.g., llama-server from llama.cpp <3

[#llm](https://mastodon.social/tags/llm) [#ai](https://mastodon.social/tags/ai) [#neovim](https://mastodon.social/tags/neovim) [#vim](https://mastodon.social/tags/vim) [#copilot](https://mastodon.social/tags/copilot)

New blog post! Beyond Ctrl-C: The dark corners of Unix signal handling.

The post is an introduction to signals and how to manage them effectively with async Rust. It's a written version of my talk at RustConf 2023, heavily edited for presentation as a blog post.

Hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it!

<https:sunshowers.io/posts/beyond-ctrl-c-signals/>

Iwebdev side project: QR code generator

• It's instant, purely client-side, and has no ads or upsells.

• It has a variety of color, shape, and logo embedding options.

• There's PNG and SVG export.

The included logo selection is, let's say, "opinionated" and features lots of familiar faces if you enjoy federated social platforms. 😄

- Tiling window manager based on a tree paradigm
- i3 inspired
- Fast workspaces switching without animations and without the necessity to disable SIP
- AeroSpace employs its own emulation of virtual workspaces instead of relying on native macOS Spaces due to their considerable limitations
- Plain text configuration (dotfiles friendly). See: default-config.toml
- CLI first (manpages and shell completion included)
- Doesn't require disabling SIP (System Integrity Protection)
- Proper multi-monitor support (i3-like paradigm)

Docling bundles PDF document conversion to JSON and Markdown in an easy, self-contained package.

Check whether your Mac is up to date automatically. Covers firmware, security settings and data files, and now checks macOS malware scans. Has both a summary Help page and a detailed reference. Update improves compatibility with Sequoia.

My notes on trying out whisperfile, the new cross-platform executable packaging for the Whisper speech-to-text model, released as part of the latest update to llamafile
<https:simonwillison.net/2024/Aug/19/whisperfile/>

A detailed post, including settings to make it easier on your muscle memory.

The video in that last boost might be one of the greatest things I've ever seen. Relinked here: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hdJQkn8rtA>

One gem I really liked: "We shouldn't worry too much, too early, about language details. Otherwise we don't program, but just code lots of details."

Some notes on mlx-whisper - it's now really easy to run transcriptions through an Apple Silicon (and GPU) optimized Whisper model using Python on macOS <https://simonwillison.net/2024/Aug/13/mlx-whisper/>

New TIL: Using sqlite-vec with embeddings in sqlite-utils and Datasette <https://til.simonwillison.net/sqlite/sqlite-vec>

OK gang! This is ready for you to test.

python tweet2html.py --css 1234

That will take a Twitter ID and return HTML and CSS for you to embed in your website with no calling back to Twitter.

Features:
🗣 Avatars inlined as Base64 WebP
📸 All attached photos inlined
🎥 Video poster inline, <video> to original source
🔗 Hyperlinks don't use t.co
#️⃣ Hashtags and @ mentions linked
🕰 Semantic time
♥ and 🗨 counts

Try it out at <https://github.com/edent/Tweet2Embed>

Feedback and pull requests very welcome!

A free web app to take the pain out of transcribing recorded interviews.

- Fully Native: Marta is a native macOS application written entirely in Swift. It offers a native experience and is blazingly fast.
- Keyboard Support: Click or press. Marta will make you feel comfortable whenever you prefer to use a keyboard or a mouse.
- Your Privacy Matters: Marta doesn't collect or sell your data. There's no hidden functionality or backdoors. And it will never be.

A highlighted result
In recent months, I’ve begun to notice that results from web searches often highlight specific text on the page to which they’re linking. The web page is also scrolled to the relevant content. It’s quite helpful!

A quick investigation showed this is accomplished by appending a bit of code, #:~:text= to the URL for a link. These are called Text Fragments, and they’ve been supported by Chrome since back in 2020. It took a couple more years for support to come to Safari, but at this point, the element is well-supported enough to be worth using

And now for something completely different: Check out this nifty how-to for highlighting text on a page when you link to it.

<https:weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2024/08/08/how-to-highlight-text-fragments-when-linking/>

"Almost everything has been done by someone else before. Almost nothing you want to do is truly novel. And language models are exceptionally good at giving you solutions to things they've seen before."

I collect examples of this kind of thing, and this is by far the most exhaustive list of practical LLM uses I've seen.

<https:nicholas.carlini.com/writing/2024/how-i-use-ai.html>

/ht [@emollick](https://bird.makeup/users/emollick)

[#llm](https://social.coop/tags/llm) [#examples](https://social.coop/tags/examples)

The future of digital asset management is here with a powerful solution to organize, edit, and share your digital media with ease. Musebox empowers visual artists like you to focus on your muse, not your mess.

I wrote about using the Plotly Graphing Library in Hugo. I'm still finding my away around [@gohugoio](https://fosstodon.org/@gohugoio) and would love to hear any feedback or suggestions :)

<https:read.ryancowl.es/posts/plotly-graphing-in-hugo/>

[#hugo](https://union.place/tags/hugo) [#plotly](https://union.place/tags/plotly) [#foss](https://union.place/tags/foss) [#data](https://union.place/tags/data)

There are many things [@antirez](https://mastodon.social/@antirez) did successfully: hping, redis, business stuff, writing.
But personally, I'll be eternally grateful for sharing a recipe for [#biancomangiare](https://mastodon.social/tags/biancomangiare) / [#blancmange](https://mastodon.social/tags/blancmange), insanely easy and tasty treat.

<http:zzimma.antirez.com/post/biancomangiare-al-pistacchio.html>

Part of proper preparation is estate planning – having a will is important, along with making sure your executor has the information they need to handle your affairs. With so much of the world having a digital presence, it’s important that you’re thinking about how to pass that account information on, so that the task of identifying and accessing accounts is made simple

Here's a small script "find-postings-without-comment-id.py" which checks all my [#Hugo](https://mastodon.social/tags/Hugo) [#goHugo](https://mastodon.social/tags/goHugo) blog postings if I forgot to add the comments id.

<https:github.com/andreasscherbaum/hugo-tools>

Plus some other tools.

[#Blogging](https://mastodon.social/tags/Blogging) [#Blog](https://mastodon.social/tags/Blog)

HTML for email is probably the hardest code to write. Even a teeny-tiny deviation from the rules will break the email in untold combination of os/desktop/mobile clients.

It's mid 2024. Almost 50 years since email was invented and 35 years since HTML was born. A 'basic-open-source-HTML-email-designer' must be a solved problem, right? We thought so too.

Sadly, that's not the case.

There are a few decent open source email designers but they carry dependencies that make them cumbersome to embed within your app. That's why we decided to open source our HTML Email Designer.

The SENDUNE email designer focuses on simplicity and ease of use. It is light-weight. It does pure HTML - no intermediate code wranglers like mjml. There is no lock-in of any kind. Save HTML output as a template and use with ANY email service provider.

A modern ebook manager and reader with sync and backup capacities for Windows, macOS, Linux and Web - koodo-reader/koodo-reader

I read the first two chapters of

<https:lazyvim-ambitious-devs.phillips.codes/>

Very well written, concise course / e-book by Dusty Phillips. Gives context when needed and even explains a bit of Vim basics which I did not know. I am currently experimenting it using the NVIM_APPNAME environment variable but the results are impressive so far. I might swap my handwritten configuration for what comes out of this course.

[#LazyVim](https://mastodon.acc.sunet.se/tags/LazyVim) [#neovim](https://mastodon.acc.sunet.se/tags/neovim)

More than 130M pages from Dutch newspapers, books, and magazines. You can read them for free.

Thinking of adding search to my static site... This seems to be a good option! <https://pagefind.app/>
Might give this a try when I have the time. Looks easy enough.

[#Hugo](https://fosstodon.org/tags/Hugo) [#staticsitegenerator](https://fosstodon.org/tags/staticsitegenerator) [#Pagefind](https://fosstodon.org/tags/Pagefind) [#staticsite](https://fosstodon.org/tags/staticsite)