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2023-11-12

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toot by https://keyboards.social/@instantiatethis

keyboards.social/@instantiatethis/111395428749128516

Okay gotta BFF [@RecDiffs](https://mastodon.social/@RecDiffs)
Best: I think the people agree 102: Preparing the Way is top tier

First: I really think you should start at the beginning, but if I had to pick not chronological it would be 55: Dog-Shaped Dog

Favorite: Very difficult, I've listened to every episode (including the one from yesterday) at least twice but going with 113: Ambient Pleasure Generator for start of Secret Weird Things TM

2023-11-09

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toot by https://mastodon.social/@marcoarment

mastodon.social/@marcoarment/111378730818562981

Got Thunderbolt Migration Assistant working!

Had to do half of this: <https://discussions.apple.com/thread/253658404>

- connect Thunderbolt cable to both

On source Mac:
- create Thunderbolt Bridge interface
- assign it a 10.0.0.x IP
- enable Internet Sharing from Wi-Fi to the Thunderbolt Bridge
- run Migration Assistant

On destination Mac, never set up Wi-Fi. It’ll activate over that Thunderbolt shared-internet connection and never ask for a Wi-Fi network.

(This used to be as easy as “connect them with a cable”.)

2023-11-08

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toot by https://social.jvns.ca/@b0rk

social.jvns.ca/@b0rk/111376521786331642

do any of you use micro (a new-ish command line text editor)? do you like it?

I've been looking for a command line editor to recommend to friends who don't like vim/emacs and I'm curious if this is a good option. It looks like a big improvement on nano but I haven't used it much.

<https:micro-editor.github.io/>

2023-11-06

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toot by https://mastodon.social/@retrobatch

mastodon.social/@retrobatch/111365908842026463

Retrobatch turned 2.0!

<https:flyingmeat.com/retrobatch/>

Gus is a little slow at getting announcements out and such, but hey it's got a bunch of neat new features: <https://flyingmeat.com/retrobatch/releasenotes.html>

And for the first time, it's on the App Store.

2023-10-30

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toot by https://mastodon.social/@timoelliott

mastodon.social/@timoelliott/111323415617825770

2023-10-28

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toot by https://mastodon.social/@glyph

mastodon.social/@glyph/111311012365138442

If you use game controllers on macOS, this is a (literal) game changer. There's a secret defaults command that will stop it from opening up the dumb "launchpad" UI to the "games" screen.

<https:apple.stackexchange.com/a/465104/26977>

2023-10-24

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toot by https://masto.es/@Hok

masto.es/@Hok/111289918530015742

Máquina de hacer aviones de papel, hecho con piezas de LEGO.

2023-10-20

7052.

toot by https://ohai.social/@MeanwhileinCanada

ohai.social/@MeanwhileinCanada/111268484521217275

How Canadians are hatched:

Eggs are laid in early fall and hatch mid-winter. The pucklings then make their way into the forest to forage for syrup amongst the moose.

2023-10-15

7051.

toot by https://fosstodon.org/@chrishannah

fosstodon.org/@chrishannah/111239298796699327

Hidden Bar - A Minimal Menu Bar Solution
<https:chrishannah.me/hidden-bar-a-minimal-menu-bar-solution>

2023-10-11

7065.

toot by https://mastodon.social/@mhoye

mastodon.social/@mhoye/111213628237303314

A slide from a presentation I just finished.

2023-10-06

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toot by https://mas.to/@Jgbird

mas.to/@Jgbird/111185527446224285

Black phoebes are near me often but I still try to find different ways to frame them. This one was sort of dark/shade-based.

2023-09-17

7049.

toot by https://mastodon.social/@gedeonm

mastodon.social/@gedeonm/111082035058273913

Howard Shore’s work on LOTR is some of my all-time favorite film scores. This helps break down just what’s so brilliant about it. Warning: if you watch this you’ll probably want to watch the LOTR trilogy (again). <https://youtu.be/XLj6zkmwsYU?si=MuMXKIAFqz0WmfBC>

2023-09-16

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toot by https://appdot.net/@Ronnie

appdot.net/@Ronnie/111072737364519022

2023-09-14

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toot by https://mastodon.social/@Elucidating

mastodon.social/@Elucidating/111065473508584712

Airbus open sourced their new cockpit font. Make it the default for all your embedded projects, because it's REALLY good and has real testing in difficult environments!

<https:b612-font.com/>

7046.

toot by https://mastodon.social/@gedeonm

mastodon.social/@gedeonm/111064858435202447

2023-09-12

7045.

toot by https://social.holovaty.com/@adrian

social.holovaty.com/@adrian/111051579403314995

My first proper album is released today! It's called Melodic Guitar Music.

Recommended if you like melodies, or guitars, or music. Now available on Bandcamp and streaming services:

<https:www.holovaty.com/melodic-guitar-music/>

2023-09-06

7044.

toot by https://mastodon.social/@raiderrobert

mastodon.social/@raiderrobert/111018092350558793

Systems "SHOULD NOT require memorized secrets to be changed arbitrarily (e.g., periodically)."

Said another way way, if your organization requires regular password changes (every 30 days, 90 days, etc.), then you're making your organization _less_ secure.

This has been a PSA: <https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-3/sp800-63b.html#reqauthtype>

2023-09-05

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toot by https://sharetron.com/@casey

sharetron.com/@casey/111013637359605183

Just launched: the initial version of Postmarks, a new ActivityPub platform that lets you save, tag and share bookmarks on the Fediverse! More info on my blog: <https://motd.co/2023/09/postmarks-launch/>

2023-09-04

7042.

toot by https://astrodon.social/@AlexSanterne

astrodon.social/@AlexSanterne/111006124514427510

A golden halo around the [#ELT](https://astrodon.social/tags/ELT)

What a [#stunning](https://astrodon.social/tags/stunning) [#picture](https://astrodon.social/tags/picture) of the extremely large [#telescope](https://astrodon.social/tags/telescope), currently under construction in [#chile](https://astrodon.social/tags/chile), with the [#Sun](https://astrodon.social/tags/Sun) perfectly aligned behind.

[#Astronomy](https://astrodon.social/tags/Astronomy) [#Space](https://astrodon.social/tags/Space) [#photography](https://astrodon.social/tags/photography) [@astrophysics](https://a.gup.pe/u/astrophysics) [#astrophysics](https://astrodon.social/tags/astrophysics)

credits: E. Garcés/ESO. Ack.: N. Dubost

read more: <https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2336a/>

2023-09-03

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toot by https://mastodon.social/@gambolloch

mastodon.social/@gambolloch/111003775468256257
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toot by https://mastodon.social/@gedeonm

mastodon.social/@gedeonm/111002570107235658

2023-08-30

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toot by https://recsys.social/@brohrer

recsys.social/@brohrer/110976043356432912

I wrote 68 pages on Optimizing Python, but the tldr is five words.

<https:tyr.fyi/6>

2023-08-29

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toot by https://mastodon.online/@moorejh

mastodon.online/@moorejh/110970800281767326

2023-08-20

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toot by https://meow.social/@Chaft

meow.social/@Chaft/110921660323868403

2023-08-19

7035.

toot by https://cosocial.ca/@timbray

cosocial.ca/@timbray/110918723828777983

2023-08-16

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toot by https://mastodon.social/@i_am_fabs

mastodon.social/@i_am_fabs/110900310780785372

🤯

"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 viewer’s refresh rate should remain visually stable unlike surrounding numbers."

<https:cohost.org/lunasorcery/post/2465593-testing-your-animati>

2023-08-15

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toot by https://changelog.social/@jerod

changelog.social/@jerod/110894971959546875

Cloudflare's internet speed test tool provides a lot of nerdy details above & beyond upload/download measurements ✨

🔗 <https://speed.cloudflare.com/>

2023-08-12

7030.

toot by https://hachyderm.io/@mimame

hachyderm.io/@mimame/110876849576492602

2023-08-10

7029.

toot by https://hachyderm.io/@mimame

hachyderm.io/@mimame/110864877489493181

2023-08-07

7033.

toot by https://twit.social/@drifteaur

twit.social/@drifteaur/110849877136649226

2023-08-03

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toot by https://fosstodon.org/@ramgarlic

fosstodon.org/@ramgarlic/110827149212807883

Just 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>

7028.

toot by https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon

fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon/110826296130979650

2023-07-30

7026.

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 🌐

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 🧐

I did just publish a version which I consider ready for public usage 🤗

The screenshot shows the call history of one of my blog posts 📈

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)

7025.

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

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toot by https://cosocial.ca/@timbray

cosocial.ca/@timbray/110789867142232744

2023-07-15

7023.

toot by https://drupal.community/@deviantintegral

drupal.community/@deviantintegral/110720647779345681

2023-07-11

7021.

toot by https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon

fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon/110692685364135792

I'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

7022.

toot by https://mas.to/@Jgbird

mas.to/@Jgbird/110690650806886983

FINALLY. I’ve spent years trying to capture this.

2023-07-09

7020.

toot by https://mastodon.nl/@amanda

mastodon.nl/@amanda/110684846094796160

2023-07-05

7019.

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.

7018.

toot by https://m.ai6yr.org/@MiBaWi

m.ai6yr.org/@MiBaWi/110660936325034622

2023-06-28

7016.

toot by https://mastodon.social/@ChrisPirillo

mastodon.social/@ChrisPirillo/110623525215947322

2023-06-27

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toot by https://mastodon.online/@chamona

mastodon.online/@chamona/110618083190086027

2023-06-23

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toot by https://mastodon.online/@chamona

mastodon.online/@chamona/110595716474366575

🐦 [#MonaTheme](https://mastodon.online/tags/MonaTheme): ‘Monarrific-Puffin & Monarrific-Parakeet’

Inspired by the [@Iconfactory](https://iconfactory.world/@Iconfactory)’s 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

7015.

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

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toot by https://mstdn.jp/@hisa0808

mstdn.jp/@hisa0808/110460213391583891

2023-05-29

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toot by https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@radiatoryang

mastodon.gamedev.place/@radiatoryang/110454008921027034
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toot by https://mstdn.jp/@hisa0808

mstdn.jp/@hisa0808/110451151964070245

2023-05-25

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toot by https://fediscience.org/@ct_bergstrom

fediscience.org/@ct_bergstrom/110427799941264974

One 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

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toot by https://mstdn.jp/@omi_geek

mstdn.jp/@omi_geek/110415608630180698

2023-05-20

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toot by https://mastodon.social/@gedeonm

mastodon.social/@gedeonm/110403414221176178

2023-05-18

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toot by https://mstdn.jp/@hisa0808

mstdn.jp/@hisa0808/110391672322470740
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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>

–––

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 didn’t 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

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toot by https://mastodon.social/@martyday

mastodon.social/@martyday/110378626092563689

2023-05-09

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toot by https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff

hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff/110340348490112208

A 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

7005.

toot by https://mastodon.social/@BasicAppleGuy

mastodon.social/@BasicAppleGuy/110328883550232404

Feeling very spring. 🌸🌱🌦️

2023-04-25

7004.

toot by https://mastodon.social/@Sardonicus

mastodon.social/@Sardonicus/110260279278591658

Michael Kenna, Forest Edge, Hokuto, Hokkaido, Japan, 2004

2023-04-24

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toot by https://cosocial.ca/@timbray

cosocial.ca/@timbray/110254699168918559

The problem with AI/ML isn’t what the tech is or isn’t useful for (we don’t 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

7002.

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.

7001.

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 don’t. Easy on the eyes. I’m sure there will be flies in the ointment eventually, but seriously considering adopting this as my everyday web client.

2023-04-20

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toot by https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon

fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon/110232289637822527

2023-04-06

6999.

toot by https://mastodon.social/@BasicAppleGuy

mastodon.social/@BasicAppleGuy/110153599223391846

Commander 2023 Wallpaper

<https:basicappleguy.com/basicappleblog/commander-2023>

2023-04-05

6998.

toot by https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon

fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon/110144185463887790

So 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

PDF: <https://cims.nyu.edu/~sbowman/eightthings.pdf>

2023-03-27

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toot by https://hachyderm.io/@timbray

hachyderm.io/@timbray/110095835387830439
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