bill gates built microsoft by making computation cheaper faster and harder for government to restrain. now that he's a billionaire no longer dependent on the free market for his own success he's discovered the virtues of taxing the next wave of computation. 1995 gates would have called it a tax on innovation. classic pull-the-ladder-up-behind-you politics.
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@lemonthymeshortbreadprofilefollowI carved wooden spoons and my favourite herb is lemon thyme.replied to@javisrike๐งโ๐profilefollowSoftware โข maker projects โข music โข DIY
Mostly figuring things out as I go.:
These were exactly my thoughts reading about how he thinks we should โpreserveโ some jobs for people; I donโt remember him being an advocate of preserving the jobs of typists, draftsman, typesetters, and other clerks when his company was leading a prior digital revolutionโฆ
@kwubprofilefollowis fighting the urge to sleepreplied to@kev๐งprofilefollowrunner. making games, music, software. getting into as much trouble as i can.:
ive been making my way through monster hunter world's iceborne expansion. lots of fun
mina the hollower is near the top of my list to play soon, have fun!
@kev๐งprofilefollowrunner. making games, music, software. getting into as much trouble as i can.replied to@unsayprofilefollow#minneapolisnotesfollow:
Only images of handwriting allowed?
I share this sentiment about textlog entirely. All my other social feeds are so "information" dense and distracting.
Everytime I come on here I feel so dumb compared to everyone -_- mostly because I didn't come here from GitHub or any other major site like it .. :P
I literally came here because I saw the app on F-droid, I didn't even know this app existed until then.
@gruntprofilefollowI am just a grain of sand on your beach.
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Any advantages in using the app instead of having the site as a PWA on Android?
@r9devprofilefollowreplied to@gruntprofilefollowI am just a grain of sand on your beach.
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I don't see any, this is just how I found out about the app and use it.
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"Beware those that would deny you access to information, for in their heart they dream themselves your master." โ Sid Meyerswrote:
"Beware those that would deny you access to information, for in their heart they dream themselves your master." โ Sid Meyerswrote:@stagasprofilefollow
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creator of textlog maybe that right hand text can be made a little better? See: x0.at/vsk5.jpegx0.atvsk5.jpeg
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creator of textlog maybe that right hand text can be made a little better? See: x0.at/vsk5.jpegx0.atvsk5.jpeg@fastidiousprofilefollow
"Beware those that would deny you access to information, for in their heart they dream themselves your master." โ Sid Meyerscontinued:
"Beware those that would deny you access to information, for in their heart they dream themselves your master." โ Sid Meyerscontinued:The โyou have seeing it allโ, etc.
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creator of textlogreplied to@fastidiousprofilefollow
"Beware those that would deny you access to information, for in their heart they dream themselves your master." โ Sid Meyers:
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creator of textlogreplied to@fastidiousprofilefollow
"Beware those that would deny you access to information, for in their heart they dream themselves your master." โ Sid Meyers:Improved. Still don't know what to do there. Maybe bring back a separate tab for inbox? wdyt?
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creator of textlogreplied to@davidprofilefollow๐ A lifetime Apple user. Partner says I am pedantic, sarcastic, and cynic. I just want to be me.:
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creator of textlogreplied to@davidprofilefollow๐ A lifetime Apple user. Partner says I am pedantic, sarcastic, and cynic. I just want to be me.:@davidprofilefollow๐ A lifetime Apple user. Partner says I am pedantic, sarcastic, and cynic. I just want to be me.replied to@stagas๐คธprofilefollow
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creator of textlog:
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creator of textlog:What do you think about making the โto meโ similar to โfor youโ, โlatestโ, and โhotโ, when it comes to font size, and the underline effect?
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creator of textlogreplied to@davidprofilefollow๐ A lifetime Apple user. Partner says I am pedantic, sarcastic, and cynic. I just want to be me.:
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creator of textlogreplied to@davidprofilefollow๐ A lifetime Apple user. Partner says I am pedantic, sarcastic, and cynic. I just want to be me.:No because it's not a tab, it's a filter for the 'for you' tab. If we were to make it a tab it would have to be a different feed from the 'for you', but they overlap. I think it's ok distinct as it is.
@davidprofilefollow๐ A lifetime Apple user. Partner says I am pedantic, sarcastic, and cynic. I just want to be me.replied to@stagas๐คธprofilefollow
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creator of textlog:
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creator of textlog:Ah, I see, right. It makes sense.
@lemonthymeshortbreadprofilefollowI carved wooden spoons and my favourite herb is lemon thyme.wrote:
Finally watched Project Hail Mary. Easily one of my top 5 favourite films but itโs still not nearly as good as the book โ I feel like the cut some pretty important scenes
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If you're spending too much time on sites like these install bingeblock.comreplied to@lemonthymeshortbreadprofilefollowI carved wooden spoons and my favourite herb is lemon thyme.:
It's the first film in a long time that I enjoyed.
@avioliprofilefollowProgrammer by day and night. Lover of art. Mixing art and programming is the dream.replied to@lemonthymeshortbreadprofilefollowI carved wooden spoons and my favourite herb is lemon thyme.:
I loved the book and Iโm always fearful when a movie script is developed and a movie produced, so my relief after I saw the movie was immense. I too feel theyโve cut-out some bits, but the main thing that a book almost always takes my breath away with is fueling my imagination. A movie would (possibly) never nail that aspect.
@sicilicaprofilefollowreplied to@lemonthymeshortbreadprofilefollowI carved wooden spoons and my favourite herb is lemon thyme.:
I just watched it as well. It was fun. There were a number of things that I felt weren't explained well and broke my suspension of disbelief; I haven't read the book, but I found myself really curious whether the book takes the time to justify things more. Obviously, the movie has a lot of pressure to rush to the next "big moment".
@lemonthymeshortbreadprofilefollowI carved wooden spoons and my favourite herb is lemon thyme.replied to@sicilicaprofilefollow:
If thereโs one thing Andy Weir canโt be critiqued on then itโs not fully justifying all of the science. I think the film on the other hand can be hard to follow for someone who has neither read the book nor has a scientific background. Itโs just hard to monologue about gravitational forces and relativistic speeds on screen.
I like this guy I drew
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@crustyrustaceanprofilefollowOld school metallian, hobbyist developer writing things mostly in Rustโฆmostlyreplied to@prophetorit๐งprofilefollow
grand and intoxicating innocence:
grand and intoxicating innocence:Ha! I imagine there's a huge amount of truth there.
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grand and intoxicating innocencereplied to@crustyrustaceanprofilefollowOld school metallian, hobbyist developer writing things mostly in Rustโฆmostly:
grand and intoxicating innocencereplied to@crustyrustaceanprofilefollowOld school metallian, hobbyist developer writing things mostly in Rustโฆmostly:andddd now he's Secretary of state!!!!
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If you're spending too much time on sites like these install bingeblock.comwrote:
The machine I use textlog on didn't have a functioning display due to the xlibre drama. It's over and I'm back now!
@hippo๐ฆprofilefollowStrictly no LLMs. No exceptions.replied to@swiley๐คprofilefollowswiley.net
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Was not aware that there had been any xlibre drama. What's the story there?
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If you're spending too much time on sites like these install bingeblock.comreplied to@hippo๐ฆprofilefollowStrictly no LLMs. No exceptions.:
Xlibre had some bad releases that broke people's displays, Artix maintainers went back to Xorg as the default, xlibre maintainers got mad.
It's all kind of sad, one of the Artix maintainers quit over being stalked and harassed.
@hippo๐ฆprofilefollowStrictly no LLMs. No exceptions.replied to@swiley๐คprofilefollowswiley.net
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Drama indeed.
It's all X.org here as there's no reason not to for me. Anyway, glad you have your display back.
@evnmprofilefollowSoftware engineerGitHubevnm - Overviewevnm has 51 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub., trail runnerStravaSignup for free to see more about LawrenceJoin Lawrence and get inspired for your next workout, gear-maker. Working on something new for homeownersgetonmain.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.wrote:
Gave this evergarden colorscheme a shot after seeing it on lobsters today. Quite liking it.
@evnmprofilefollowSoftware engineerGitHubevnm - Overviewevnm has 51 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub., trail runnerStravaSignup for free to see more about LawrenceJoin Lawrence and get inspired for your next workout, gear-maker. Working on something new for homeownersgetonmain.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.continued:
Also prompting me to refresh my tmux config, which I've been meaning to do for years now. SpringEnd-of-Summer cleaning!
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Cool use of ANSI sequences in
curl -L evergarden.moe - can preview the theme without running any shell scripts!Can't say I'm surprised there are issues in OmarchyOne Happy Fellow - blogMerchants of InsecurityFirst, a PSA: Do NOT use Omarchy if you care about security of your machine even a little bit. You can't polish a turd Omarchy 4.0 shipped with a collec....
Related: stop platforming DHH.
@egeprofilefollowcheck out my blog: hypersubject.netege's webloghypersubject.netHi! Iโm ege. Welcome to my corner of cyberspace. The following is for you to make sense of who I am. It is an attempt to make myself legible to you. So you can label and categorize me and decide if Iโm worthy of your time and attention.wrote:
turns out the power of exclamation mark thing in bash is bigger than
!$ and !!. i learned a few tricks from refp.se/โฆ/your-shell-and-the-lazy-exclamation-markrefp.seA shell exclamation mark is not for yelling. Be lazy. | Filip Rosรฉen - refp.seEvent designators have been hiding in not-so-plain-sight since the late 1970s โ so powerful that forgetting might be part of a massive conspiracy to wear out developer keyboards faster than otherwise., worth reading!Funny that this box appears in front of me and every thought I've ever wanted to write down vacates my mind.
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I do way better going out and writing on pa[er first.
@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.
Make a list, then tackle each thing individually until it's done
@thechelsukprofilefollowCurrently in remission from ME/CFS after 3+ years. Occasional software engineering leader, app developer, blogger, zwifter, and just being online.replied to@catastrofer๐ฅธprofilefollowJust another AI guy:
Determine what matters most and make a list of the no more than 7 things.
Do one thing well at a time, top down. Reprioritise as you learn more.
Notes:
- If you half-arse a task and decide that'll do, it's evidence it wasn't the right priority. Learn.
- Any sort of productivity, multi-tasking, app, solution type thing is a scam or a money grab and isn't needed.
- People tend to remember 7 things well, but struggle with longer lists and particularly fail to remember things in the middle.
After #exercisenotesfollow everything's awake and a good kind of sore.
So much of habit-building has been to identify and train myself to value moderate discomfort that leads to growth as the most pleasurable of goals.
Consistent spiritual efforts, healthy food and in proper amounts, minimum sleep quota, regular exercise a few times a weekโall of these involve discomfort and force of will, but all of them enable growth and fulfillment.