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I Will Fucking Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again — Ludicity
I Will Fucking Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again — Ludicity

"The recent innovations in the AI space, most notably those such as GPT-4, obviously have far-reaching implications for society, ranging from the utopian eliminating of drudgery, to the dystopian damage to the livelihood of artists in a capitalist society, to existential threats to humanity itself."

A rant that's pretty much about how money-grabbing idiots are slapping AI on any old shit. We all know who they are.

·ludic.mataroa.blog·
I Will Fucking Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again — Ludicity
Boto3 1.34.129 documentation
Boto3 1.34.129 documentation
"You use the AWS SDK for Python (Boto3) to create, configure, and manage AWS services, such as Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). The SDK provides an object-oriented API as well as low-level access to AWS services."
·boto3.amazonaws.com·
Boto3 1.34.129 documentation
SketchyBar
SketchyBar
FOSS alternative to something like BarTender (even more useful now that BarTender seems to have gone a wee bit rogue).
·felixkratz.github.io·
SketchyBar
the madness of king altman: how ai became the god of silicon valley
the madness of king altman: how ai became the god of silicon valley

"At this point, it doesn’t matter if tech executives and VCs believe their own hype and wild claims about what’s next for AI — though I firmly believe that they genuinely buy into the things they’re preaching and chugging their own kool aid — because they’ve made the grand pronouncements, they started their cults, and they promised a future of AGI-powered wonder. They sold equity to investors who give them billions every year, and those investors now expect steady double-digit percentage returns."

A fun (and hopefully concerning) take on the AIification of everything.

·wowt.news·
the madness of king altman: how ai became the god of silicon valley
Agile and the Long Crisis of Software
Agile and the Long Crisis of Software

"The Agile Manifesto paints an alluring picture of workplace democracy. The problem is, it’s almost always implemented in workplaces devoted to the bottom line, not to workers’ well-being. Sometimes those priorities align; the manifesto makes a strong case that businesses’ products can be strengthened by worker autonomy. But they’re just as likely to conflict, as when a project manager is caught between a promise to a client and the developers’ own priorities."

Pretty good article that covers many of the concerns I have with "Agile".

·logicmag.io·
Agile and the Long Crisis of Software
This iMac is Not Obsolete!
This iMac is Not Obsolete!
I have a 2012/13 (I think it's a 2013) iMac just sat around doing nothing these days; also a Macbook Air too (I think that might be a 2014, I forget without looking). I've never had the heart to dispose of them and something like this could be a good use.
·youtube.com·
This iMac is Not Obsolete!
Reversing Choplifter – Blondihacks
Reversing Choplifter – Blondihacks

"The Apple II line of computers had an amazing run, from 1977 to 1993. In that time, hundreds of thousands of pieces of software were written for it, including many tens of thousands of games. Like any platform, however, the number of truly great games within that range is much smaller. If you ask any former (or current) Apple II user what the best five games on the platform are, there would be variation of course, but one game would be on everyone’s list: Choplifter."

Saved because I didn't play the Apple II version, but I loved it on the CBM64!

·blondihacks.com·
Reversing Choplifter – Blondihacks
The Emacs Window Management Almanac | Karthinks
The Emacs Window Management Almanac | Karthinks

"As someone who’s spent an unnecessary amount of time trying different approaches to window management in Emacs over the decades, I decided to summarize them here. Almanac might be overstating it a bit – this is a primer to and a collection of window management resources and tips."

A pretty comprehensive guide to all the different ways you can manage windows (in the Emacs sense) in Emacs.

·karthinks.com·
The Emacs Window Management Almanac | Karthinks
Story of one person's recovery of their Apple account
Story of one person's recovery of their Apple account
The circumstances of this person's ban are... up for debate and they don't seem very forthcoming with the details, so it does seem like it might have been deserved, to a degree. But, that aside, some handy information here for people if they do find themselves locked out of their Apple account.
·reddit.com·
Story of one person's recovery of their Apple account