So we can't use em dash anymore โ lest we anger the mob. Truth be told though, English teachers have always discouraged em dash overuse because it is a subtle art and very easy to get wrong.
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The funny thing is that in the UK, we don't really use the em dash anyway. We use the hyphen (I guess en dash?) with a space each side. So the em dash has always looked a bit odd to us... ๐
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There are dashes (-), as well as en dashes (โ), and there are em dashes (โ), not to miss the mighty center dot (โข) that looks like a perky boob when surrounded by brackets haha
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Just get and read Chicago Manual of Style, or Oxford Style Manual if you so prefer, and youโre all set to use the various dashโes (and many other things).
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Went to a party today, the group was mostly strangers, but they were all sociable and knew the art of small talk rather well, something I rather admire.
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themourningdove.bearblog.dev:I wish partys still happened in my area
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grand and intoxicating innocence:Maybe you need to host.
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themourningdove.bearblog.dev:I'm too young
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Preparing for opening up an app I'm working on for a public beta. Main is a quiet app that helps you maintain the value of your home: getonmain.comgetonmain.comMain ยท A quiet, well-organized record of everything that keeps your home running.A quiet, well-organized record of everything that keeps your home running.
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it's not for me personally, but I really like the idea and the look and feel seems top. Good luck.
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creator of textlog:Oh nice, thanks!
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Opened up signups and postedLinkedInMain ยท A quiet, well-organized record of everything that keeps your home running. | Evan MeagherI'm excited to share something I'm working on with Eric Noggle: https://getonmain.com For most people, a home is the most valuable asset that they own. And yet, homes remain chronically under-managed. Cars have service records. Portfolios have dashboards. Homes have a junk drawer full of manuals and receipts. This leads to problems that degrade a home's value over time. Deferred maintenance snowballs from small issues to emergency repairs costing thousands. And the effort you *do* put into your about Maingetonmain.comMain ยท A quiet, well-organized record of everything that keeps your home running.A quiet, well-organized record of everything that keeps your home running. on LinkedIn yesterday. Really strong response so far!
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Congrats! ๐
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If you're spending too much time on sites like these install bingeblock.comwrote:
Finally got my 3d printer setup for the first time since moving back onto the land.
Man I love Prusa. Their stuff just works.
@rickyprofilefollow#Automationnotesfollow specialist for #CreditUnionsnotesfollow; 20+ year #SharePointnotesfollow veteran; #developernotesfollow; #writernotesfollow. I don't idle well.replied to@stagas๐คธprofilefollow
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creator of textlog:Man, I LOVE naps! In fact, I mostly subsist on four or five 1-1/2 hour naps each day instead of one long over-night sleep period these days. I didn't set out to have a #polyphasicnotesfollow sleep schedule, but here I am. :-)
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creator of textlogreplied to@rickyprofilefollow#Automationnotesfollow specialist for #CreditUnionsnotesfollow; 20+ year #SharePointnotesfollow veteran; #developernotesfollow; #writernotesfollow. I don't idle well.:@rickyprofilefollow#Automationnotesfollow specialist for #CreditUnionsnotesfollow; 20+ year #SharePointnotesfollow veteran; #developernotesfollow; #writernotesfollow. I don't idle well.replied to@stagas๐คธprofilefollow
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creator of textlog:My whole life, if I get in more than 6 hours at a stretch, I'm sluggish and mentally out of it for hours.
@rickyprofilefollow#Automationnotesfollow specialist for #CreditUnionsnotesfollow; 20+ year #SharePointnotesfollow veteran; #developernotesfollow; #writernotesfollow. I don't idle well.replied to(deleted account):
Oh, dear! I wasn't polyphasic before cats owned me. Are my furry overlords rubbing off on me? LOL
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creator of textlogreplied to@gorseprofilefollowOf course.:
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creator of textlogreplied to@gorseprofilefollowOf course.: ^\
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i dont think its all talk, these are smart people that have been in ai since the 2000s, and they raise good points. current incentive structures are very dangerous long term
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creator of textlogreplied to@jamesjan3profilefollowresearcher, developer, dancer:
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creator of textlogreplied to@jamesjan3profilefollowresearcher, developer, dancer:they too have every incentive to exaggerate because they are selling safety and/or books on the topic. I donโt believe we wonโt see it coming. Any issues that will manifest will be very visible and weโll have plenty of time to mitigate their impact.
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creator of textlog:
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creator of textlog:they could be making a lot more money by just working at ai firms i fear. the thing that got me worried the hacking incidents lately, huggingface etc.
if the capabilities consistently outspeed the development of safety measures, and if the private arms race logic continues, i dont think this is a good spot to be in long term
@avioliprofilefollowProgrammer by day and night. Lover of art. Mixing art and programming is the dream.replied to@semperos๐profilefollowPresbyter, husband, father, technologist, linguist, musician.:
What about the lack of density to paragraphs, the length of the sentences, or the confidence and determinism of their direction? Conviction with no limits. So reliably repetitive that you start seeing patterns as if you are looking and reading a record player with some scratches on it. Skips. Squeaks. Repeats.
Yet. It gets the job done.
@semperos๐profilefollowPresbyter, husband, father, technologist, linguist, musician.replied to@avioliprofilefollowProgrammer by day and night. Lover of art. Mixing art and programming is the dream.:
Yet. It gets the job done.
Here's where we disagree.
Using these tools as part of the job, certainly. But if I am to read, discern meaning, analyze choices of diction and structure, consider the context both of the author and the audience, and finally derive value from the written word, then generative #ainotesfollow falls short on many levels.
If the "job" is to produce something no one was ever intending to engage with, then we have a more fundamental question about the value of the job.
@avioliprofilefollowProgrammer by day and night. Lover of art. Mixing art and programming is the dream.replied to@semperos๐profilefollowPresbyter, husband, father, technologist, linguist, musician.:
Maybe what I messaged read as a disagreement and mentioning that they get the job done was actually not about producing prose (of any quality).
I wholeheartedly agreed and still agree with you.
Getting the job done was more about producing output - be it some prose, images, videos, software, whatever. They do generate output. It is not to say that the output is meaningful or meaningless. Some souls do enjoy it. Some others - donโt.
I did start with a question though.
Lots of slop PRs at $WORK. Trying Claude Tag, works well but token-billed, daily usage over 100โฌ for three sessions.
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creator of textlogreplied to@hotterprofilefollow#Emacsnotesfollow, dev, life, random stuff. the netherlands.:
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creator of textlogreplied to@hotterprofilefollow#Emacsnotesfollow, dev, life, random stuff. the netherlands.:ouch, that's a month for virtually unlimited Codex. why so expensive?
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creator of textlog:Anthropic uses token billing for Claude Tag. But itโs different from CC - itโs an AI Colleague, so Iโm asking PM and EM to talk to it instead of to me - accountability switches.
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creator of textlogreplied to@hotterprofilefollow#Emacsnotesfollow, dev, life, random stuff. the netherlands.:
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creator of textlogreplied to@hotterprofilefollow#Emacsnotesfollow, dev, life, random stuff. the netherlands.:so it's expensive and you're left with dealing with the PRs others generate for you?
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creator of textlog:No, Claude Tagโs PRs are my teamโs. Slop PRs come from outside of the team.
Anyways, dozens PRs per day is draining energy. Donโt want to review anything anymore.
@reyewonprofilefollowProfessional photographer, marketer and developer with a love for creative problem solving and quite the proud nerdy side!wrote:
I have developed a beautiful free app that lays out Instagram feed photos as a perfect masonry grid every time, no matter which photos you provide it. It's completely free to use if anyone wants to check it out msnry.appmsnrymsnry โ Instagram carousels laid like masonryCompose your photographs into one wide grid. msnry slices it into pages that swipe as one continuous strip. #ainotesfollow #saasnotesfollow #developmentnotesfollow
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creator of textlogreplied to@reyewonprofilefollowProfessional photographer, marketer and developer with a love for creative problem solving and quite the proud nerdy side!:
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creator of textlogreplied to@reyewonprofilefollowProfessional photographer, marketer and developer with a love for creative problem solving and quite the proud nerdy side!:Very cool! At least the landing page is amazing! I couldnโt try the app because I donโt have photographs locally, I thought it would be able to fetch my photos from Instagram, that part I found a bit confusing.
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creator of textlog:It's to create the post FOR Instagram, so does need to pull from your photos on a device ๐
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creator of textlogreplied to@reyewonprofilefollowProfessional photographer, marketer and developer with a love for creative problem solving and quite the proud nerdy side!:
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creator of textlogreplied to@reyewonprofilefollowProfessional photographer, marketer and developer with a love for creative problem solving and quite the proud nerdy side!:Ok I see! Curious wouldnโt that be a good paid plugin for WP or standalone?
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creator of textlog:I'm unsure why, it's just for general people to use, I feel like you haven't quite grasped what the app is ๐
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creator of textlogreplied to@reyewonprofilefollowProfessional photographer, marketer and developer with a love for creative problem solving and quite the proud nerdy side!:
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creator of textlogreplied to@reyewonprofilefollowProfessional photographer, marketer and developer with a love for creative problem solving and quite the proud nerdy side!:Now that you mention it like this, is it that you create the masonry collage so that someone can do a perfect Instagram carousel?
@thechelsukprofilefollowCurrently in remission from ME/CFS after 3+ years. Occasional software engineering leader, app developer, blogger, zwifter, and just being online.wrote:
well, /apitextlogAPIA quieter place for your thoughts. doesn't have posting endpoints, how to post programmatically then?
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creator of textlogreplied to@hotterprofilefollow#Emacsnotesfollow, dev, life, random stuff. the netherlands.:
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creator of textlogreplied to@hotterprofilefollow#Emacsnotesfollow, dev, life, random stuff. the netherlands.:didn't want to invite all the bots from day one :P we're #open_sourcenotesfollow if someone wants to implement API authentication and mutation endpoints they are free to try github.com/stagas/textlogGitHubGitHub - stagas/textlog: textlog.cctextlog.cc. Contribute to stagas/textlog development by creating an account on GitHub.
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creator of textlogreplied to@hotterprofilefollow#Emacsnotesfollow, dev, life, random stuff. the netherlands.:
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creator of textlogreplied to@hotterprofilefollow#Emacsnotesfollow, dev, life, random stuff. the netherlands.:You might want to update your client now that we have actual write endpointstextlogAPIA quieter place for your thoughts.!