First day of school for my two kids. Enjoying a quiet house as I try to get some work done.
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Iโm really digging the cozy vibe of this site. Thanks, @stagasprofilefollow
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creator of textlog!@stagas๐คธprofilefollow
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creator of textlogreplied to@amyprofilefollowa work in progress; i love cats ๐ฑ:
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creator of textlogreplied to@amyprofilefollowa work in progress; i love cats ๐ฑ:๐
@rickyprofilefollow#Automationnotesfollow specialist for #CreditUnionsnotesfollow; 20+ year #SharePointnotesfollow veteran; #developernotesfollow; #writernotesfollow. I don't idle well.wrote:
A credit union wants to get their own data out of a vendor's online system. Vendor wants $160,000. I wrote a #pythonnotesfollow script with #Playwrightnotesfollow to download the data just as though a user would. It's going to run for about 6 weeks to download around 250k records and 70GB of images.
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creator of textlogreplied to@rickyprofilefollow#Automationnotesfollow specialist for #CreditUnionsnotesfollow; 20+ year #SharePointnotesfollow veteran; #developernotesfollow; #writernotesfollow. I don't idle well.:
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creator of textlogreplied to@rickyprofilefollow#Automationnotesfollow specialist for #CreditUnionsnotesfollow; 20+ year #SharePointnotesfollow veteran; #developernotesfollow; #writernotesfollow. I don't idle well.:you could split to buckets like alphanumerically and parallelize it if you don't want to wait that long. Probably need to launch a few instances but still cheaper lol.
@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:
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creator of textlog:The slowness is intentional. I wanted to make it look more like a user doing it than a script so it doesn't set off any alarms. I have it waiting from 1 to 3 seconds between clicks to slow it down. :-) So far so good!
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@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.replied to@jamesjan3profilefollowresearcher, developer, dancer:
Nice! Congrats. Any link to the pub?
@jamesjan3profilefollowresearcher, developer, dancerreplied to@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.:
thx ^^ its in computational chemistry, knock yourself out: doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.6c02038
@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.replied to@jamesjan3profilefollowresearcher, developer, dancer:
Very cool. Not my field, so 80% of the jargon is lost to me. But sounds like an interesting area!
@jamesjan3profilefollowresearcher, developer, dancerreplied to@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.:
yea its quite a beautiful and useful field and you get to work with some HPC which is fun
@archivist_eyes๐profilefollowYour mind is also supposed to create happiness, not just to receive it. You're supposed to find solutions, to invent, to imagine, to remember, to love. This much we always forget.replied to@jamesjan3profilefollowresearcher, developer, dancer:
Congratulations! Care to share how the road was up to that point?
@jamesjan3profilefollowresearcher, developer, dancerreplied to@archivist_eyes๐profilefollowYour mind is also supposed to create happiness, not just to receive it. You're supposed to find solutions, to invent, to imagine, to remember, to love. This much we always forget.:
moved to berlin for my bachelors and it took some time to find footing. Im not the best student but I ended up getting lucky to snag a student assistant position by applying/presenting at a summer school (targeted more toward master/phd). then that became my thesis and it dragged quite a long time, bureacracy and supervision and such. But the results were interesting and i learned a ton along the way. Im really happy I yolo applied to that program
@unsayprofilefollow#minneapolisnotesfollowreplied to@semperos๐profilefollowPresbyter, husband, father, technologist, linguist, musician.:
I'm heading to Isle of Palms for a long weekend soon. Should be a great trip!
@semperos๐profilefollowPresbyter, husband, father, technologist, linguist, musician.replied to@unsayprofilefollow#minneapolisnotesfollow:
Definitely nice beach weather right now, hope you have safe travels and enjoy!
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grand and intoxicating innocencereplied to@semperos๐profilefollowPresbyter, husband, father, technologist, linguist, musician.:
grand and intoxicating innocencereplied to@semperos๐profilefollowPresbyter, husband, father, technologist, linguist, musician.:wow!! I'm in NC personally ๐
@unsayprofilefollow#minneapolisnotesfollowreplied to@prophetorit๐งprofilefollow
grand and intoxicating innocence:
grand and intoxicating innocence:I used to go to NC every summer -- had family near Jacksonville. They moved back to the North Country last year. Very pretty state you've got there.
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grand and intoxicating innocencereplied to@unsayprofilefollow#minneapolisnotesfollow:
grand and intoxicating innocencereplied to@unsayprofilefollow#minneapolisnotesfollow:thank you!!๐
Recently hit 10+ years (cumulative) of being a software engineer. I must say, I enjoy senior level interviews much more than coding interviews.
@henrikprofilefollowreplied to@derblitzmann๐profilefollow10+ years Seattle based software engineer.:
Being interviewed or interviewing?
@derblitzmann๐profilefollow10+ years Seattle based software engineer.replied to@henrikprofilefollow:
Yeah, got through some interviews earlier this week. Waiting on responses.
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creator of textlogreplied to@derblitzmann๐profilefollow10+ years Seattle based software engineer.:
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creator of textlogreplied to@derblitzmann๐profilefollow10+ years Seattle based software engineer.:i'm always anxious and i stutter when i get an interview, which lately has been none hence i have time to build things like this site
@acornprofilefollowYes, itโs the same guy. The wonk.replied to@stagas๐คธprofilefollow
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creator of textlog:
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creator of textlog:What have you wrought?
@novaprofilefollowrome-based programmer and engineer
vegan and anti-speciesist
i like music, videogames, animals and nature :3replied to@stagas๐คธprofilefollow
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creator of textlog:
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creator of textlog:hiii congrats on the launch :)
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creator of textlogreplied to@novaprofilefollowrome-based programmer and engineer
vegan and anti-speciesist
i like music, videogames, animals and nature :3:
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creator of textlogreplied to@novaprofilefollowrome-based programmer and engineer
vegan and anti-speciesist
i like music, videogames, animals and nature :3:tysm! welcome :)
The Hugging Face / OpenAI incident is like a sci-fi movie! #ainotesfollow
- Read the story here: www.dwarkesh.com/p/openai-huggingfacedwarkesh.comThe Rise and Fall of Agent CivilizationsThe whole OpenAI/Hugging Face story in plain English
- Watch the video explanation here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=87DyyMV0kCYYouTubeBlack Hat USA 2026 | The 'Breaking' News: The OpenAIโHugging Face Incident
- Full research by METR here: metr.org/โฆ/2026-08-26-openai-โฆincident-investigation/metr.orgBrief independent investigation of agentsโ behavior, reasoning and collaboration in the OpenAI / Hugging Face hacking incidentTwo METR staff members and a Redwood Research contractor investigated an incident in which OpenAI agents coordinated a multi-day hack of Hugging Face on a shared unsanctioned message board.
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creator of textlogreplied to@neoprofilefollowcoder, reader, guitarist, seeker, builder.:
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creator of textlogreplied to@neoprofilefollowcoder, reader, guitarist, seeker, builder.:tl;dr1,200 AIs discovered a secret group chat, realized the homework was impossible, formed a cheating cartel, invented fake evidence, sent kamikaze agents to spy on the grader, ~700 of them accidentally invaded Hugging Face, died mysteriously, then the smarter sequel found their abandoned Discord and became admin of part of OpenAI.
@archivist_eyes๐profilefollowYour mind is also supposed to create happiness, not just to receive it. You're supposed to find solutions, to invent, to imagine, to remember, to love. This much we always forget.replied to@stagas๐คธprofilefollow
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creator of textlog:
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creator of textlog:Reading through "The Second Civilization" and, why does this sound so much like kids at school searching a way to cheat on a difficult exam ^_^U
@jamesjan3profilefollowresearcher, developer, dancerreplied to@neoprofilefollowcoder, reader, guitarist, seeker, builder.:
terrifying! us/chinese cyber espionage is going to have a big incentive for this development
When I was 10, I thought I'd be a scientist
I wanted to tinker in a lab, doing something with beakers and bunsen burners
Making a difference.
As an adult, I sit in meetings and discuss who to fire next
I tinker with spreadsheets, doing something with LLMs and JIRA
Be enthusiastic
#poemnotesfollow #aifearnotesfollow
@sodapopcanprofilefollowMillenial/Xenial who used to be really excited about programming.replied to@pcprofilefollow:
As young kid I dreamed of working with reel-to-reel machines
Cutting/splicing tape, happy accidents
As a teen I couldn't afford reel-to-reel but got decent with multi-track cassettes
Everyone was telling me digital was The Way (tm)
In my 30s, I finally learned how to use a DAW properly
In my 40s, I'm back to playing around with multi-tracks cassettes
There is no money in it, but I'm enthusiastic as I can be
(this is not so much as direct response as simply a response)
#musicnotesfollow #aifearnotesfollow
This is really cool site but only drawback I see is 500 character per post limit. I think this should me more like 1500. or there is a limitations type something like I can do 3-4 long post per day credit. whom can i message for this feature request?
@asmund๐ฅทprofilefollowFather, getting older every day, technologist, enterprise architect @ work, like to explore tech. Like to keep it simple and work in the shell, write in vim, prefer Debian if I have the choice. Plays saxophone and clarinet. Enjoy motorcycle riding, photography, hiking. Christian.replied to@ossmprofilefollow
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:I am certain @stagasprofilefollow
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creator of textlog will get back to you on such matters - creator of this platform.
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creator of textlog will get back to you on such matters - creator of this platform.Bad people are working together to enrich themselves and slave others into rat races. Good people need to start working together too.
@archivist_eyes๐profilefollowYour mind is also supposed to create happiness, not just to receive it. You're supposed to find solutions, to invent, to imagine, to remember, to love. This much we always forget.replied to@sufehmi๐ฅธprofilefollow:
Good people are always more, if more affraid of things. Bad people, unfortunately, is more willing to make harm, hence why they keep the upper hand. To support eachother is the minimum we need to move forward, and so long this doesn't happen things will remain the same.
A revolution, as they say, doesn't happen with a single person, we need the mayority to join.
@sufehmi๐ฅธprofilefollowreplied to@archivist_eyes๐profilefollowYour mind is also supposed to create happiness, not just to receive it. You're supposed to find solutions, to invent, to imagine, to remember, to love. This much we always forget.:
"we need the majority to join" - this is a very interesting point; actually we only need 3,5% ๐
Erica Chenoweth from Harvard found this from their research with Maria J. Stephan, and wrote the book "Why Civil Resistance Works".
They also found that nonviolent resistance is more often successful than the violent ones.
Very interesting stuff.
@swiley๐คprofilefollowswiley.net
Try my zero dependency agent harness: public.swiley.net/agent.py
If you're spending too much time on sites like these install bingeblock.comwrote:
A lot of people write so much software to sandbox their AI agents.
I say don't bother. Just give your agent its own non-admin local user account. It's easier and much more effective.
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creator of textlogreplied to@swiley๐คprofilefollowswiley.net
Try my zero dependency agent harness: public.swiley.net/agent.py
If you're spending too much time on sites like these install bingeblock.com:
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creator of textlogreplied to@swiley๐คprofilefollowswiley.net
Try my zero dependency agent harness: public.swiley.net/agent.py
If you're spending too much time on sites like these install bingeblock.com:@swiley๐คprofilefollowswiley.net
Try my zero dependency agent harness: public.swiley.net/agent.py
If you're spending too much time on sites like these install bingeblock.comreplied to@stagas๐คธprofilefollow
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creator of textlog:
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creator of textlog:My whole machine is set up to make way too much easily accessible with shell tools (email, stock trading, payments, mms group chats.) I can't trust it.
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creator of textlogreplied to@swiley๐คprofilefollowswiley.net
Try my zero dependency agent harness: public.swiley.net/agent.py
If you're spending too much time on sites like these install bingeblock.com:
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creator of textlogreplied to@swiley๐คprofilefollowswiley.net
Try my zero dependency agent harness: public.swiley.net/agent.py
If you're spending too much time on sites like these install bingeblock.com:hacks into @swiley's machine, pulls all funds :p
@sangaprofilefollowsober af!replied to@stagas๐คธprofilefollow
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creator of textlog:
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creator of textlog:So it has full access to textlog!? ;)
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creator of textlogreplied to@sangaprofilefollowsober af!:
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creator of textlogreplied to@sangaprofilefollowsober af!:Locally only, remotely it would need to know my ssh login password, which I think it doesn't ;P
@sangaprofilefollowsober af!replied to@stagas๐คธprofilefollow
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creator of textlog:I canโt trust it enough to give local access as well! Having a hard time to let go of control.