2023-08-16
toot by https://mastodon.social/@i_am_fabs
mastodon.social/@i_am_fabs/110900310780785372š¤Æ
"a fascinating way to show users the refresh rate of their screen by spinning a specially designed zoetrope-like disc graphic at speed. As it spins, the numbers representing the viewerās refresh rate should remain visually stable unlike surrounding numbers."
<https:cohost.org/lunasorcery/post/2465593-testing-your-animati>
2023-08-15
toot by https://changelog.social/@jerod
changelog.social/@jerod/110894971959546875Cloudflare's internet speed test tool provides a lot of nerdy details above & beyond upload/download measurements āØ
2023-08-12
toot by https://hachyderm.io/@mimame
hachyderm.io/@mimame/110876849576492602[#ouch](https://hachyderm.io/tags/ouch) is a [#CLI](https://hachyderm.io/tags/CLI) [#compression](https://hachyderm.io/tags/compression) [#helper](https://hachyderm.io/tags/helper) written in [#Rust](https://hachyderm.io/tags/Rust) which works better than any [#terminal](https://hachyderm.io/tags/terminal) function wrapper to the compressors.
<https:github.com/ouch-org/ouch>
2023-08-10
toot by https://hachyderm.io/@mimame
hachyderm.io/@mimame/110864877489493181
The [#rust](https://hachyderm.io/tags/rust) ecosystem is getting bigger with the creation [#nucleo](https://hachyderm.io/tags/nucleo) from one of the very talented [#helix](https://hachyderm.io/tags/helix) developers.
A faster fuzzy matcher replacement compared to [#fzf](https://hachyderm.io/tags/fzf) and [#skim](https://hachyderm.io/tags/skim).
<https:github.com/helix-editor/nucleo>
<https:github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/7814>
2023-08-07
toot by https://twit.social/@drifteaur
twit.social/@drifteaur/110849877136649226Applite - a new app installer / brew frontend for the Mac. Built by my 18yo son Milan [#prouddad](https://twit.social/tags/prouddad) [#mac](https://twit.social/tags/mac) [#swiftui](https://twit.social/tags/swiftui) <https://aerolite.dev/applite/index.html>
2023-08-03
toot by https://fosstodon.org/@ramgarlic
fosstodon.org/@ramgarlic/110827149212807883Just posted slides for Beyond Paradigms, updated for [@NorthBayPython](https://social.northbaypython.org/@NorthBayPython) 2023.
Thanks to all who attended and made me feel welcome!
<https:speakerdeck.com/ramalho/beyond-paradigms-with-python-examples>
toot by https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon
fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon/110826296130979650The video for my 40m talk at [@NorthBayPython](https://social.northbaypython.org/@NorthBayPython) is now available, and I've put together an accompanying edited transcript with annotated slides and links
Catching up on the weird world of LLMs: <https://simonwillison.net/2023/Aug/3/weird-world-of-llms/>
If you haven't been completely immersed in this world for the last year, my hope is this can help catch you up!
2023-07-30
toot by https://fosstodon.org/@mo8it
fosstodon.org/@mo8it/110805089897715007[#OxiTraffic](https://fosstodon.org/tags/OxiTraffic): Self-hosted, simple and privacy respecting website traffic tracker š
A [#Rust](https://fosstodon.org/tags/Rust) web app that I did write with [#Axum](https://fosstodon.org/tags/Axum) to see how many read my blog posts š§
I did just publish a version which I consider ready for public usage š¤
The screenshot shows the call history of one of my blog posts š
Check out the README for a demo and more details about how it works and how you can host it:
<https:codeberg.org/mo8it/oxitraffic>
[#RustLang](https://fosstodon.org/tags/RustLang) [#Selfhosted](https://fosstodon.org/tags/Selfhosted) [#Analytics](https://fosstodon.org/tags/Analytics) [#IndieWeb](https://fosstodon.org/tags/IndieWeb)
toot by https://social.treehouse.systems/@marcan
social.treehouse.systems/@marcan/110803450257024343"Why doesn't this happen with other manufacturers?"
Two reasons:
- Apple cares more. Seriously, some of their engineering is unheard of elsewhere in the industry. And they have a specific focus on security that is miles ahead of everyone else.
- Apple is vertically integrated. They control their platform throughout and make engineering decisions that intertwine parts as a consequence, because it makes sense when they can do that for various engineering reasons. For example, their LED matrix backlights are controlled by an in-SoC microcontroller, and on M2s and above the trackpad touch processing algorithms also run in-SoC. This allows them, among other things, to ship those firmwares per-OS version and not have to bother with keeping backwards compat on the interfaces, which lets them move faster and improve more easily. Practically no other manufacturer does this to that extent, usually because they outsource complete sub-modules which naturally results in simpler dividing lines that then means easier part swaps. E.g. I bet any other platform doing LED matrix backlights will have the on-screen TCON handle that processing instead.
2023-07-28
toot by https://cosocial.ca/@timbray
cosocial.ca/@timbray/110789867142232744Strongly recommended: [@jwz](https://mastodon.social/@jwz)'s āRecent movies and TVā: <https://www.jwz.org/blog/2023/07/recent-movies-and-tv-23/>
He does one of these every few months and they're useful.
2023-07-15
toot by https://drupal.community/@deviantintegral
drupal.community/@deviantintegral/110720647779345681I wrote up how I used [#homeassistant](https://drupal.community/tags/homeassistant) to monitor a fridge we were having trouble with.
Case Study: The value of monitoring a fridge with Home Assistant - <https://community.home-assistant.io/t/case-study-the-value-of-monitoring-a-fridge-with-home-assistant/592200>
2023-07-11
toot by https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon
fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon/110692685364135792I'm in this 2 hour(!) podcast episode about the newly released ChatGPT Code Interpreter - you can get a good overview of why I'm so excited about it from the first 15 minutes, I think it's the most interesting tool in the whole AI space right now <https://www.latent.space/p/code-interpreter#details>
2023-07-10
toot by https://mas.to/@Jgbird
mas.to/@Jgbird/110690650806886983FINALLY. Iāve spent years trying to capture this.
2023-07-09
toot by https://mastodon.nl/@amanda
mastodon.nl/@amanda/110684846094796160What a beauty of a shelf cloud just passed by! Awesome watch!
9 July 2023, 16.07
Hekelingen, The Netherlands
[#photography](https://mastodon.nl/tags/photography) [#weather](https://mastodon.nl/tags/weather) [#shelfcloud](https://mastodon.nl/tags/shelfcloud) [#sunday](https://mastodon.nl/tags/sunday) [#netherlands](https://mastodon.nl/tags/netherlands)
2023-07-05
toot by https://mastodon.social/@MonaApp
mastodon.social/@MonaApp/110661456891783858[@gla](https://mastodon.social/@gla) Yes, just save the hashtag as a search record instead of following them. You can check your saved searches on the Search tab.
toot by https://m.ai6yr.org/@MiBaWi
m.ai6yr.org/@MiBaWi/110660936325034622.... [#Storm](https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Storm) [#Poly](https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Poly) [#StormPoly](https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/StormPoly) [#Netherlands](https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Netherlands) [#Amsterdam](https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Amsterdam)
2023-06-28
toot by https://mastodon.social/@ChrisPirillo
mastodon.social/@ChrisPirillo/110623525215947322[#science](https://mastodon.social/tags/science) is real
2023-06-27
toot by https://mastodon.online/@chamona
mastodon.online/@chamona/110618083190086027š¦ [#MonaTheme](https://mastodon.online/tags/MonaTheme): āMonarrific-Akikiki
Inspired by [@Iconfactory](https://iconfactory.world/@Iconfactory) Twitterrific Light Mode Theme āāAkikikiā.
Link: mona-cat:60d8
[#ChaMona](https://mastodon.online/tags/ChaMona) [#MonaApp](https://mastodon.online/tags/MonaApp) [#MonarrificAkikiki](https://mastodon.online/tags/MonarrificAkikiki) [ [@MonaApp](https://mastodon.social/@MonaApp) ]
2023-06-23
toot by https://mastodon.online/@chamona
mastodon.online/@chamona/110595716474366575š¦ [#MonaTheme](https://mastodon.online/tags/MonaTheme): āMonarrific-Puffin & Monarrific-Parakeetā
Inspired by the [@Iconfactory](https://iconfactory.world/@Iconfactory)ās Twitterrific Dark Mode Themes Puffin & Parakeet.
Monarrific-Puffin: mona-cat:9a9a
Monarrific-Parakeet: mona-cat:0031
[#ChaMona](https://mastodon.online/tags/ChaMona) [#MonaApp](https://mastodon.online/tags/MonaApp) [#MonarrificPuffin](https://mastodon.online/tags/MonarrificPuffin) [#MonarrificParakeet](https://mastodon.online/tags/MonarrificParakeet) [ [@MonaApp](https://mastodon.social/@MonaApp) ]
2023-06-18
toot by https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon
fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon/110564269315221506
strip-tags 0.4 is now out, with a set of features to make it easier to turn large HTML pages into content suitable for feeding to a LLM
<https:github.com/simonw/strip-tags/releases/tag/0.4>
I wrote more about strip-tags here: <https://simonwillison.net/2023/May/18/cli-tools-for-llms/>
2023-05-30
toot by https://mstdn.jp/@hisa0808
mstdn.jp/@hisa0808/110460213391583891
"Beni-Fuji" Symbol of Japan
[#photography](https://mstdn.jp/tags/photography) [#mtfuji](https://mstdn.jp/tags/mtfuji) [#japan](https://mstdn.jp/tags/japan)
2023-05-29
toot by https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@radiatoryang
mastodon.gamedev.place/@radiatoryang/110454008921027034I must emphasize: this game is very very good (via [@draknek](https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@draknek)) <https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/~csk/slide/>
toot by https://mstdn.jp/@hisa0808
mstdn.jp/@hisa0808/110451151964070245
The streets of Kyoto become more beautiful in the rain.
[#photography](https://mstdn.jp/tags/photography) [#streetphotography](https://mstdn.jp/tags/streetphotography) [#kyoto](https://mstdn.jp/tags/kyoto)
2023-05-25
toot by https://fediscience.org/@ct_bergstrom
fediscience.org/@ct_bergstrom/110427799941264974One of the decisive moments in my understanding of [#LLMs](https://fediscience.org/tags/LLMs) and their limitations was when, last autumn, [@emilymbender](https://dair-community.social/@emilymbender) walked me through her Thai Library thought experiment.
She's now written it up as a Medium post, and you can read it here. The value comes from really pondering the question she poses, so take the time to think about it. What would YOU do in the situation she outlines?
<https:medium.com/@emilymenonbender/thought-experiment-in-the-national-library-of-thailand-f2bf761a8a83>
2023-05-23
toot by https://mstdn.jp/@omi_geek
mstdn.jp/@omi_geek/110415608630180698Midnight rain. Location Osaka. [#streetphotography](https://mstdn.jp/tags/streetphotography) [#åē](https://mstdn.jp/tags/%E5%86%99%E7%9C%9F) [#photography](https://mstdn.jp/tags/photography)
2023-05-20
toot by https://mastodon.social/@gedeonm
mastodon.social/@gedeonm/110403414221176178Please give me your favorite [#Zelda](https://mastodon.social/tags/Zelda) elixir recipies! I have none to speak of thx! [#TearsOfTheKingdom](https://mastodon.social/tags/TearsOfTheKingdom)
2023-05-18
toot by https://mstdn.jp/@hisa0808
mstdn.jp/@hisa0808/110391672322470740
Rice terraces that reflect like mirror.
[#photography](https://mstdn.jp/tags/photography) [#japan](https://mstdn.jp/tags/japan)
toot by https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands
hachyderm.io/@inthehands/110390739226017146
This thread is now available as a blog post:
<https:innig.net/teaching/liberal-arts-manifesto>
āāā
In college, I took a class called The Letters of Paul. I took it for two very good reasons:
1. I was (and am) named Paul.
2. The prof, Cal Roetzel, was (and is) cool.
I didnāt figure it was an especially practical course. It was for fun, for the challenge, for the cultural knowledge, for the pleasure of doing it.
WHAT LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION IS FOR: A THREAD
1/
2023-05-16
toot by https://mastodon.social/@martyday
mastodon.social/@martyday/110378626092563689LEGO Celebrates BATMAN RETURNS With Unreal 3,981 Piece Batcave Shadowbox Set!: <https://www.blast-o-rama.com/2023/05/16/lego-celebrates-batman-returns-with-unreal-3981-piece-batcave-shadowbox-set/>
2023-05-09
toot by https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff
hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff/110340348490112208A deep dive on Andreessen Horowitz's latest "State of Crypto" report. In short: they want people to keep buying crypto, and are not above publishing blatant falsehoods to convince them to do so.
The report itself is 60 pages long, so this is a long one.
<https:newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/andreessen-horowitzs-state-of-crypto>
[#crypto](https://hachyderm.io/tags/crypto) [#cryptocurrency](https://hachyderm.io/tags/cryptocurrency) [#VentureCapital](https://hachyderm.io/tags/VentureCapital) [#AndreessenHorowitz](https://hachyderm.io/tags/AndreessenHorowitz)
2023-05-07
toot by https://mastodon.social/@BasicAppleGuy
mastodon.social/@BasicAppleGuy/110328883550232404Feeling very spring. šøš±š¦ļø
2023-04-25
toot by https://mastodon.social/@Sardonicus
mastodon.social/@Sardonicus/110260279278591658Michael Kenna, Forest Edge, Hokuto, Hokkaido, Japan, 2004
2023-04-24
toot by https://cosocial.ca/@timbray
cosocial.ca/@timbray/110254699168918559The problem with AI/ML isnāt what the tech is or isnāt useful for (we donāt really know yet). The problem is the people who build and own and operate it, a mix of giant tech monopolies and VC-funded growth-crazed startups. Both are entirely oblivious to ethics and the civic good.
It is fair and reasonable to be paranoid and suspicious about *any* tech pushed by this cabal.
[This post from a member-owned co-op Fediverse instance, see <https://cosocial.info>]
2023-04-23
toot by https://macaw.social/@adamstein
macaw.social/@adamstein/110246515400697981[@lethain](https://mastodon.social/@lethain) Schedule 1:1s with everyone in your org. If that's not practical, have office hours where people can sign up for a 1:1. And publish your 90-day plan.
Every time I get a new manager or leader I freak out a little about how they're going to change things. And you come with a bit of celebrity status.
The plan makes it clear what's going to happen in the next 3 months and 1:1s give people a chance to know you as a person not the famous author.
toot by https://cosocial.ca/@timbray
cosocial.ca/@timbray/110245201390786191[@atomicpoet](https://mastodon.social/@atomicpoet) [@phanpy](https://hachyderm.io/@phanpy)
Wow, my initial impression is excellent! Start at: phanpy.social
Includes everything I want, excludes lots of junk that I donāt. Easy on the eyes. Iām sure there will be flies in the ointment eventually, but seriously considering adopting this as my everyday web client.
2023-04-20
toot by https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon
fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon/110232289637822527I presented a three hour tutorial at [#PyConUS](https://fedi.simonwillison.net/tags/PyConUS) yesterday - "Data analysis with SQLite and Python"
Wrote a few notes about that here: <https://simonwillison.net/2023/Apr/20/pycon-2023/> - and I've shared the full 9-page workshop handout as well: <https://sqlite-tutorial-pycon-2023.readthedocs.io/>
2023-04-06
toot by https://mastodon.social/@BasicAppleGuy
mastodon.social/@BasicAppleGuy/110153599223391846Commander 2023 Wallpaper
<https:basicappleguy.com/basicappleblog/commander-2023>
2023-04-05
toot by https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon
fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon/110144185463887790So many highlights in this paper "Eight Things to Know about Large Language Models" by Sam Bowman
If you've not been staying entirely on top of modern LLM research this might be a great place to start catching up - it's succinct, readable and full of fascinating details
2023-03-27
toot by https://hachyderm.io/@timbray
hachyderm.io/@timbray/110095835387830439If you write code you probably have to read this, because itās by Steve Yegge: <https://about.sourcegraph.com/blog/cheating-is-all-you-need>
Iām still unconvinced, but you still have to read it.
toot by https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon
fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon/110095771140261125I wrote about how AI-enhanced development makes me more ambitious with my projects <https://simonwillison.net/2023/Mar/27/ai-enhanced-development/>
2023-03-22
toot by https://hachyderm.io/@evanw
hachyderm.io/@evanw/110069610700232780I published a new library called ThumbHash, which generates very compact image representations for image placeholders. There's more info on the website: <https://evanw.github.io/thumbhash/>
It's inspired by BlurHash but does some things a little differently (e.g. supports alpha, uses binary instead of ASCII, separates luma and chroma).
Big thanks to [@WAHa_06x36](https://mastodon.social/@WAHa_06x36) for the original BlurHash concept and implementation.
2023-03-20
toot by https://hachyderm.io/@timbray
hachyderm.io/@timbray/110057801785984400Copenhagen
[#photography](https://hachyderm.io/tags/photography)
2023-03-16
toot by https://mastodon.social/@Ryanruppe
mastodon.social/@Ryanruppe/110034655756328916The entire 3-disc set of the Portal 2 soundtrack is still online to download for free if you need some mp3s to hear while you are working: <https://www.thinkwithportals.com/music.php>
2023-03-10
toot by https://liberdon.com/@VolokhC
liberdon.com/@VolokhC/110001470781529429
RT @OrinKerr
How many people are in prison or jail in the United States, and for what. <https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2022/03/14/whole_pie_2022/>
2023-02-25
toot by https://social.panic.com/@cabel
social.panic.com/@cabel/109927403611407685š Near my house, there's an apartment building with a courtyard. Big deal, right? But if you walk up the steps a little bit, there's something about this courtyard that you might find really truly wonderfulā¦ <https://cabel.com/2023/02/25/the-courtyard/>
2023-02-23
toot by https://mastodon.social/@siracusa
mastodon.social/@siracusa/109915327657600629[@ivory](https://tapbots.social/@ivory) [@paul](https://tapbots.social/@paul)
toot by https://mastodon.social/@BasicAppleGuy
mastodon.social/@BasicAppleGuy/109914787817049222The release of the iPod is closer in time to the birth of the Internet than the iPodās release is from today.
2023-02-21
toot by https://pixelfed.de/project1to1
pixelfed.de/p/project1to1/533581073313552101I do not photograph architecture that often. But it is a lot of fun trying something new.
[#Photography](https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/Photography?src=hash) [#Nature](https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/Nature?src=hash) [#Projekt1zu1](https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/Projekt1zu1?src=hash) [#Project1to1](https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/Project1to1?src=hash) [#Squared](https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/Squared?src=hash) [#Architecture](https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/Architecture?src=hash) [#ArchitecturePhotography](https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/ArchitecturePhotography?src=hash)
toot by https://indieweb.social/@Lobau
indieweb.social/@Lobau/109899854022397916very nice app <https://www.wickeditor.com/>
kinda if HyperCard and Framer had a really cute kid.
[#animation](https://indieweb.social/tags/animation) [#indieWeb](https://indieweb.social/tags/indieWeb) [#gameDev](https://indieweb.social/tags/gameDev) [#opensource](https://indieweb.social/tags/opensource)
2023-02-20
toot by https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon
fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon/109895049104910787For everyone who's up to date with Abbott Elementary: are you a truckie?
2023-02-18
toot by https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon
fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon/109887164486250068TIL that macOS ships with a default CLI command called "sips", for "scriptable image processing system" - and it can convert webp images to PNG, but it can also generate entirely new images from scratch using an almost entirely undocumented canvas-based JavaScript API! <https://til.simonwillison.net/macos/sips>
2023-02-17
toot by https://mastodon.decentralised.social/@wezm
mastodon.decentralised.social/@wezm/1098793035082221346 months ago my pineapple plant started growing a flower, which turned into a fruit, which I harvested this week. It was delicious! Sweet, juicy, and full of flavourāvery pleased. [#gardening](https://mastodon.decentralised.social/tags/gardening)
2023-02-15
toot by https://jawns.club/@bmac
jawns.club/@bmac/109870721852938660Hey, folks. Big layoffs at DigitalOcean today, and my team and I were hit. In fact, so was my adjacent team, and a good chunk of my department. I don't have much reach here on Mastodon yet, but if anybody wants to discuss opportunities for a technical editor / writer / manager of same, I'm up for it.
toot by https://mastodon.social/@tomn94
mastodon.social/@tomn94/109870591840315829[@chockenberry](https://mastodon.social/@chockenberry) you can also/instead add to Control Center in System Settings āŗ Control Center
2023-02-09
toot by https://mastodon.social/@MarkRuffalo
mastodon.social/@MarkRuffalo/109835657265977987Happy birthday Tom Hiddleston! Can you stop growing so I can catch up to you? Wishing you a good one, broāwherever you may be in the world.
2023-02-05
toot by https://mastodon.social/@gedeonm
mastodon.social/@gedeonm/109814158695025386My wife has been asking me to make Toum (Lebanese garlic sauce) for a while. Today I finally took the plunge & boy I shoulda listened to her long long ago.
If youāve never eaten it before itās hard to describe just how good it is. Itās light and fluffy (it quadrupled in volume as I was making it!!) and so garlicky and yummie.
Awesome as a dip, on chicken or fish, in pitas and on and on. Really easy to make, lasts for months in the fridge. Highly recommended!! š§š Recipe: <https://feelgoodfoodie.net/recipe/lebanese-garlic-sauce/>
2023-02-03
toot by https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon
fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon/109798415838480866Trying out <https://toot.readthedocs.io> - since I have some bots I need to move to Mastodon
2023-02-01
toot by https://hachyderm.io/@derekprior
hachyderm.io/@derekprior/109790473003989772You can now add up to four social account links to your GitHub profile which render with a sprinkling of formatting support for our most popular platforms. Yes, the resulting links links will satisfy Mastodon verification requirements when rendered.
To get started, visit your profile and click the "Edit profile" button in the sidebar.
2023-01-28
toot by https://toot.community/@ajs
toot.community/@ajs/109768533145063287For typography addicts, this is amazing. (Itās also extraordinarily well-done.)
<https:klim.co.nz/blog/epicene-design-information/>
2023-01-24
toot by https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon
fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon/109744996266665206This is a fantastic annotated talk about ChatGPT for educators, in this case from the perspective of a journalism professor, Jonathan Soma
<https:jonathansoma.com/chatgpt-for-educators/>
toot by https://mastodon.social/@lethain
mastodon.social/@lethain/109744864826153779Everywhere I've worked, people have complained that internal communication could be better. There is an art to delightful internal comms, but doing a reasonably good job bakes down to mechanically following a few fairly simple practices.
Full notes in <https://lethain.com/internal-comms-execs/>
2023-01-20
toot by https://mastodon.social/@bigzaphod
mastodon.social/@bigzaphod/109723106405895825We just posted a free wallpaper drawn by [@piraino](https://mastodon.art/@piraino) on our Patreon depicting Ollie's take on the recent chaos. <https://www.patreon.com/posts/is-this-fine-77509303>