Tootfinder

So, remember how all the cool kids dumped #Sphinx and went for the shiny #MkDocs thing? And then used the shiny Material for MkDocs theme?
Well, apparently MkDocs 1.x is dead, and MkDocs 2.0 is coming with no support for plugins, incompatible theming system, closed contribution model and unclear licensing.
So which hype train are the cool kids jumping to these days?
#Python

RE: https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/116713587055769588
I was actually using LLMs a couple of years ago for text classification. Before that I pushed hard for resources to support automation. I helped build an automation team where none existed. I pushed to use transformer models to solve problems before LLMs existed. I used simple ML to make predictions and classify issues. I've been on the cutting edge for a long time.
I *should* be an early adopter of the modern LLM thing. But tech oligarchs transformed themselves into reverse ouroboros (infinitely shoving their heads up their own asses). The oligarchs never really believed that other people had free will, but I think they had been too scared to let that slip. After the lockdowns, I think they just snapped and here we are.
As much as I trash LLMs, I've had a nuanced critique for a while (wiring about this now). The lack of consent is so huge. The oligarchs have plans for us, and it doesn't involve our consent.
Under different conditions, I do actually think there could be revolutionary elements to this tech (not so much LLMs themselves as LLM MCP, and not for the things they think). But without consent, I think (and hope) the friction will overcome the momentum.
"AI" is already more expensive than humans. It will never be profitable as long as people resist. There are multiplying problems, and I don't see those being fixed without collective effort. I have a lot of thoughts, but "consent" (or the real or implied lack thereof) is central to so many aspects of LLMs.
The oligarchs want to force LLM tech onto all of us without our consent. Ultimately, they want to replace us all with obedient machines. The mistake they made was assuming we would be as obedient as the LLMs with which they have become so obsessed.

I made a game called Fediquest but
There was some design flaws in it that I mistakenly introduced in the beginning and that became very annoying later
I confess, I used Claude to slopify it
and, maybe most importantly,
so I have revised my set of rules and will just restart from scratch...

Like…if we are concerned about humanity, if we believe that lives matter, then this war is an absolute horror, just a terrible mistake in every moral and ethical sense, period.
But if we are only concerned about the battle of nation-states in some cold-blooded realpolitik frame of mind…then this is •still• a terrible mistake, one of the greatest unforced errors of statecraft in modern history.

I never like seeing bug zappers and Spartan Mosquito Pro Techs for sale, but at least they are on the bottom shelf where scams belong. #mosquitoes

I thought I was familiar with a lot of codecs, but Captain Crunch and DVI are names I've never heard. #avpreservation

Phil Salvador (@philsalv.bsky.social)
Some real banger multimedia coverage in this issue of CD-ROM Professional

For a moment, I mistakenly thought two posts were the same thread and my brain was busy trying to parse what cattle smuggling had to do with the choosing of the astronauts on the Artemis mission

One fascinating film trivia I learned recently is that Sofia Coppola and Spike Jonze’s marriage from 1999 to 2003 partially inspired Coppola’s 2003 film Lost In Translation and Jonze’s 2013 film Her.
Coincidentally, both films star Scarlett Johansson as the main female protagonist, both films were nominated for the Oscar Best Picture, and both films won the Oscar Best Original Screenplay for Coppola and Jonze.

Recharged my gravid Aedes traps (GATs) with water that was infested with mosquitoes. This will likely increase their catch rate substantially because mosquitoes love to lay eggs in water that already has mosquitoes. But don't worry, I plopped in a bit of a Mosquito Dunk into each one so nothing will be maturing to adulthood. PLUS these traps are designed with screening on the top part, so even if adults emerged they couldn't get out. They are made by Biogents (Regensburg, Germany). #mosquitos #aedes #biogents

One of the biggest advantages I find with ApplePay is that if a site supports AP, it bypasses all that shit.
It has encouraged a LOT of impulse purchases that I might have bagged on if a site bugged me for all that shit.
*Disclaimer: yes, Apple, I know….
https://bsky.app/profile/di…

Zito (@zeets.bsky.social)
I don’t want to make an account just to buy something. I don’t want to download an app either. I just want to pay for the thing and leave. I don’t want to join the rewards program. I don’t want to get the inevitable email that my information has been compromised.