@hynek@mastodon.socialgot hit by a wave of slop prs last week so i guess it’s time to buckle down and spend my morning…
writing an ai policy
this looks-legitimate-but-trash slop reminds me of corporate phishing tests
the biggest tragedy for me is that i’ve spent A LOT of time and energy to encourage contributions to my projects and now i have to spend TBD energy on gate-keeping
@mszll@datasci.socialWith #openalex being mature enough, I have finally completed #degoogling my website 🥳
https://
@wwwgem@social.linux.pizza
@Archivist@social.linux.pizzaMy friend and colleague Sharkbait just launched her Kickstarter for her team's game Horses of Gavarnie. Please give them some love :ablobsmile:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/horsesofgavarnie/horses-of-gavarnie
@al3x@hachyderm.ioI know I'm sharing just an example.
I run into this at least 60–70% of the questions I ask.
Indeed, I am not asking AI to give me a function to concatenate strings. Given my other experience, I would definitely review whatever code before putting it into my projects. https://hachyderm.io/@al3x/116097158521816333
@servelan@newsie.socialWhere Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublica
https://projects.propublica.org/rx-inspector/
@Xavier@infosec.exchange
@nelson@tech.lgbtLiving a charmed life. I just installed a new video card and it took like 5 minutes, worked first try. (My old 1080 Ti with 8GB served me well. Just got a new 5060 with 16GB. For all my AI projects, of course.)
@kazys@mastodon.socialIf you are up this late, maybe you want to stay up later. Go ahead, read my latest essay, What Did Vibe Coding just do to the Commons?
https://varnelis.net/works_and_projects/what-did-vibe-coding-just-do-to-the-commons/
What did Vibe Coding just do to the Commons? - varnelis.net
I write a lot about art and architecture, landscape, and the impact of technology on culture, but I haven’t written about coding since the 1980s, when I sold my first article to Creative Computing magazine. Back then I was a high school kid, spending hours working in both BASIC and 6502 assembler on the VIC-20. I ...
@ErikUden@mastodon.deFolx, I don't do this often, but one of my favorite projects has now gone online again and I wish to share it! Feel free to check out @… at:
🔗 https://howtheyvote.eu/
@jamie@boothcomputing.socialWho's ready to clean some floppy drive heads? Not really the way I planned to spend my day off but things are reaching dire straights for available floppy drives. Starting to hold up other projects.
#retrocomputing
@rmdes@mstdn.socialNow my CV Editor plugin for #indiekit is able to handle both personal projects or work projects https://rmendes.net/cv/
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scotThis morning I have promoted a story, Wisdom, from my 'ideas' folder to my 'projects' folder.
"If I were to go, and were to give them sound advice, they would surely kill me. As they killed my great grandmother, and my grandmother, and my aunt, and now my mother."
A young woman is hereditary Wisdom Keeper of a warrior tribe; she's been sent away as a child, by her mother, for safety. Now, the God sends her back.
But is it wise?
A medita…
@cyrevolt@mastodon.socialWhen I scroll through my Matrix app, I see the many channels of really cool and prolific projects. It's so beautiful! 🥰
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
BLAKE2s hashing accelerator: a solo tapeout journey.
https://essenceia.github.io/projects/blake2s_hashing_accelerator_a_solo_tapeout_journey/
saved 2026-01-08
@kazys@mastodon.socialVibe coding is the single biggest transformation since ChatGPT 3.5, it is one of the biggest transformations since the dawn of computing. It will thoroughly transform Open Source. We are not ready. #VibeCoding #OpenSource
What did Vibe Coding just do to the Commons? - varnelis.net
I write a lot about art and architecture, landscape, and the impact of technology on culture, but I haven’t written about coding since the 1980s, when I sold my first article to Creative Computing magazine. Back then I was a high school kid, spending hours working in both BASIC and 6502 assembler on the VIC-20. I ...
@frankel@mastodon.topWhy Senior Engineers Let Bad Projects Fail
https://lalitm.com/post/why-senior-engineers-let-bad-projects-fail/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialMalaysia's Johor state, which has approved 51 data centre projects as of November, stops approvals for new low-tier data centers citing high water consumption (The Star)
https://www.thestar.com.my/metro/metro-news/2025/11/26/no-more-…
@azonenberg@ioc.exchangeThe UltraScale IOSERDES cutting out all of the modes other than 4:1 and 8:1 is forcing me to do some truly cursed things in a project I can't yet share, but will soon.
Why do so many of my projects end up with weird gearboxes, crossings between related clocks that are not integer multiples of each other, etc?
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialI spent much of today cleaning my office. It's amazing how messy it gets due to ongoing projects (my own and client projects) and so much paper. I was saving a lot of it for paper making but I've still got plenty of pulp in the fridge to use.
On Friday, the plan is no shopping, just cleaning the basement getting rid of cruft, maybe finding some things to donate or give away if possible.
@UP8@mastodon.socialSince it got cold I haven't been too brave about going out and between that trip to the beach, a breakthrough in another project I've been working on for 8 months, and new project that's making me revive even more old projects my #photography has been slowing down: this trail in Shindagin Hollow skirts the side of a steep and deep gorge
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ngClose-up view of the audio-responsive LED floor installation I co-created for the KEF Muon launch in 2007 @ Sala del Cenacolo (Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia in Milano). The animation was repurposed from one of my first projects I created with Processing (in 2003)...
The 2 meter tall speakers were designed by Ross Lovegrove and made from milled solid aluminium...
The installation was created by Moving Brands (my old employer), a short video of the project/instal…
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizzaUpdated my "Entry to Left-Wing Anarchist Reading" Phase 2!
Added two solid EZLN Zapatista documents, one peer-reviewed journal article, and another field studies on their autonomous governance & education projects!
Happy reading: https://docs.google.com/docu…
@cdarwin@c.imThere's something cruel in how our culture treats in-between times.
We have words for achievement
and words for burnout,
but we lack vocabulary for the necessary pauses that precede new growth.
If you say you're
"between projects," people assume you've been cast aside.
The idea that you might be in a natural winter,
that you might be dormant in a way that's preparatory rather than pathological,
doesn't compute …
@hex@kolektiva.socialAlright, the internet is all too much right now. I'm gonna take a break for a bit and work on some projects. I have some organizing to do and some bugs to find.
The horrible things in the world don't change what we have to do. Our work is and has always been the same. They may make it easier to get other folks on board, they may make it more obvious that we were right all along, but they don't change our job.
We will do our work of building community, supporting each other, and creating the world we want to see. It will take as long as it takes to do. None of the news changes any of that. So I'm gonna take my break and hopefully come back after I've gotten some of that shit done.
Slow is smooth, smooth is fast. Remember that when you start to feel guilty about taking a breath.
@scott@carfree.cityOh my god, the 19th Avenue repaving project is going to be going on through the November 2026 election, when must-pass transit funding is on the ballot. "...will be completed by December 2026." 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
https://
@fluchtkapsel@nerdculture.deI did skim through a Python GTK Adwaita tutorial in the last few days. Besides stumbling over some deprecations here and there it worked really well so far. For some stuff I needed to look up other projects how they solved my current issues. It's interesting how more experienced developers structured their code to layout their applications' windows. And it's interesting that I begin to understand what's going on in the code.
@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.itWow. I've dealt with various toxic personalities in software development, but a good portion of the time those toxic personalities were at least extremely knowledgeable in their (often, very limited) domain.
AI, however, seems to be enabling toxic personalities *who are completely clueless*. Impressive!
https://github…
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
Putting rigid bodies to rest: analysis and design of resting configurations of rolling dice, without physical simulation.
https://hbaktash.github.io/projects/putting-rigid-bodies-to-rest/
saved 2025-11-28
@mxp@mastodon.acm.org@… I agree: the measures should in principle cut down on excesses without hurting reasonable requests. But, as you say, we’ll see how it works out.
My fear is that funding for interdisciplinary projects will be even more difficult to obtain because the committees may tend even more to first fund their “core” disciplines.
@mxp@mastodon.acm.org@… I agree: the measures should in principle cut down on excesses without hurting reasonable requests. But, as you say, we’ll see how it works out.
My fear is that funding for interdisciplinary projects will be even more difficult to obtain because the committees may tend even more to first fund their “core” disciplines.
@Archivist@social.linux.pizza
@zachleat@zachleat.comRE: https://mastodon.design/@amxmln/115940713056928796
“I’m glad most of my projects don’t need any backend beyond static file hosting, as that significantly limits attack surface and maintenance pressure. I’m just a single person with a busy life, but as I…
@todbot@mastodon.socialThank you! This makes using the Uno Q much less mucky https://masto.ai/@shawnhymel/115611570461466484
@Nefsen402@social.linux.pizzaWhen I first bought my property, I was a little bit overwhelmed by all the things that needed to be done. I inherited the property from a tenancy that didn't exactly take care of the place. But, I've managed to take on projects I had my hesitations about, and so far it's been a success with help of course. My latest project is to install wire for a surround sound system and a fiber optic hdmi cable from my computer in my office. It's nice having a home improvement plan go off…
@al3x@hachyderm.ioMy recent experience with #VSCode started very badly.
Since, it improved immensely. Now I have a couple of days of coding on some small Go projects that felt good.
I am still struggling with shortcuts. In particular `F12` and `Ctrl- -`. I am sticking with the defaults for now.
@j_honegger@swiss.social#Ukraine #russia #russoUkrainianWar
https://youtu.be/_2lN9Dr2x90
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@theodric@social.linux.pizzaIt's utterly brainwormed the way people have projected political identities onto software projects. The level of ideological capture that politics exerts on the average person is wildly out of proportion with their ability to influence it, and has led to terrible outcomes for society in general.
Anyway, on a more serious note, I'm concerned that my 13mm box end wrench has become fash. Looking for a good option for a woke wrench. Recommendations welcome.
@frankel@mastodon.topI have been learning #Rust for a couple of years, and using it for pet projects and demos alike. Working for a JVM-heavy company, I thought it would be my fate forever. Last week, I had a nice surprise: I convinced my management that using Rust for a particular project was the right choice. It’s not a huge project, but I want to describe my experience using Rust in a "real" project.
@tschundler@leds.socialI got an invite to a meeting at work for a project I don't work on. I was then told it wasn't a mistake - an engineer suggested I might have useful input.
Which makes me realize there have been a various other times I've been invited to meetings that I don't know why I'm there. They've always been very productive and worth my time.
...meanwhile, many meetings for projects I do work on really don't need me.
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialIt's January 4th and I've already got a few orders this year for my little hobby business.
One from the UK, one from Ireland, and one from Switzerland.
Last year we shipped close to 80% of the orders to the US and almost 20% to the UK, with a few other countries besides those two.
I do feel like I'm seeing fewer US sales since the beginning of 2024, file that as you will.
Overall sales were down a bit in 2024 but I did a few larger projects for folks that …
@mooncorebunny@social.linux.pizzaSIE PlayStation UK is hiring a test engineer. You have to be a UK resident, and not terribly far from Bristol; the position should be majority remote AFAIK. I think the pay should be at least 50k GBP annually.
The job entails being a flexible special agent who gets assigned to different PlayStation software engineering teams as needed to help bring projects to life. That includes possibly helping my team for a while. Management might ask you to travel to a different team's office t…
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizzaSince I rely on and use @… pretty much everyday as my preferred email provider, I donated €10, and will turn it to a monthly donation.
Support the projects, organizations, or initiatives you depend on the most. For me, that’s https://…
@csessh@social.linux.pizza"Writing your idea down is not starting the damn game. Writing a design document is not starting the damn game. Assembling a team is not starting the damn game. Even doing graphics or music is not starting the damn game. It’s easy to confuse “preparing to start the damn game” with “starting the damn game”. Just remember: a damn game can be played, and if you have not created something that can be played, it’s not a damn game!"
@kazys@mastodon.socialMy counterrfactual history, "The Lost Canal of Vlinius" is up on both my site—https://varnelis.net/works_and_projects/the-lost-canals-of-vilnius/ and on my substack
@candidexmedia@mastodon.designI come across so many amazing Creative Commons licensed songs that I save to my collection for use in creative projects, and I think it's time I start sharing them! 😊
Today's pick: Deep Dive by Tom Manzarek 🪩 This groovy house jam is licensed under CC-BY-NC-ND (and found thanks to @…):
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ngPrepping a digital negative of one of my old generative art projects (from 2008) for #Kallitype printing tomorrow. The form is actually _not_ 3D, but merely the time trace of a 2D physics sim of a single line (over hundreds of frames) and using spatial velocity deltas as metric for creating faux shading...
@mrysav@social.linux.pizzaMy hobby: creating PRs to open source projects with ‘printf(“here! Line: xyz”);’ after every line.
Because those messages are so helpful. #programming
@j_honegger@swiss.social#Ukraine #russia #russoUkrainianWar
https://youtu.be/7IvJfzDjG1o
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@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
How Rust views tradeoffs.
https://www.infoq.com/presentations/rust-tradeoffs/
saved 2019-07-02 https://do…
@kazys@mastodon.socialI finished my counterfactual history of Vilnius today, an example of one of my stochastic histories.
#aiart
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
Turning an old Amazon Kindle into a eink development platform.
https://blog.lidskialf.net/2021/02/08/turning-an-old-kindle-into-a-eink-development-platform/
saved 2021-02-09
@primonatura@mstdn.social"EU energy ministers pledge to boost offshore wind power in North Sea"
#EU #EuropeanUnion #Energy #NorthSea
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
Think you can’t interpose static binaries with LD_PRELOAD? What about Qemu?
https://balintreczey.hu/blog/think-you-cant-interpose-static-binaries-with-ld_preload-think-again/
saved 2025-11-21
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
What to do once you admit that decentralizing everything never seems to work.
https://hackernoon.com/decentralizing-everything-never-seems-to-work-2bb0461bd168
saved 2019-08-31
What to do once you admit that decentralizing everything never seems to work | HackerNoon
Lots of tech projects these days, especially crypto-networks, aspire to decentralization. Or their evangelists say they do, because they feel they need to. Decentralization is the new disruption—the thing everything worth its salt (and a huge ICO) is supposed to be doing. Meanwhile, Internet progenitors like Vint Cerf, Brewster Kahle, and Tim Berners-Lee are trying to re-decentralize the Web. They respond to the rise…
@j_honegger@swiss.social... #utilities fail, and #Starlink is off for the russian #invaders.
#Ukraine #russia #russoUkrainianWar
https://youtu.be/UU9vd_bljpE
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@j_honegger@swiss.social... #Lukoil has asked the Russian government for budget support after a sharp fall in prices for Russian #crude, which is now selling at discounts of nearly 50% to global benchmarks.
#Ukraine #russia #russoUkrainianWar
https://youtu.be/Mrg0ON2H4AQ
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