I want an island... ya, that's it.
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“Be an optimist; it's more fun.”
“How can I make this more interesting?”
It only makes structured decisions (yes/no) , doesn't chat, doesn't talk, doesn't try to take over the internet. And it's super cheap which means you can add it to your software as really smart if(...) {} statements, like if( this is contains political crap) { delete_message() }
All the large corporations are spending trillions on LLMS, giving use stuff that barely works amid hallucinations, and all we want is: is this call spam? drop it, is this email spam? drop it, is this SMS political crap? drop it. I'm looking forward to a web browser that has the ability to block spam, political messages, hate messages, comments; all in real time.
“What if...”
what if instead of html with javascript (allowing ads, tracking, popups) the web was just markdown files. Just think of all the people that would die inside when they couldn't have their website popup a box asking you to join their news letter, or all the marketing people that couldn't track your mouse around their website to best figure out where to place a button for maximum clickage.
This was in one of the linked posts:
I don't care for podcasts that begin with 15 minutes of giggling between the hosts who I don't know so I don't get how cute it is
--scripting.com
and that is 110% why I've never gotten into podcasts; just the banal back and forth for 20 minutes before they talk about whatever the podcast is actually about, but I guess some people just like noise in their ear so they don't really care if it's about the topic, or people just talking nonsense for 20 minutes.
These articles also touch on a new trend, of providing services people have been asking for forever to LLMS but not humans; for example at work we've always asked for documentation but no one had time to write it, but now everyone is writing documentation for the LLMS. Maybe it's because the LLMs will actually read the documentation unlike people so you feel it's actually useful now?
But back to the markdown web; we've gone full circle and are back to books.
I like these videos because he just keeps pushing the problem and figuring out how to fix it.
I punched a hole in a piece of blue celluloid one day, and I was experimenting with this stuff, and I saw this made a spotlight. I took it in to the cameraman, and I said, “Why can’t we do something like this?” I argued with him, and I got him to try it under the lens, and we made a spotlight out of it [with a double exposure]. … I was always trying something, and sometimes it would backfire. That’s what kept the job interesting all those years.
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Sometimes when you experiment you will fail. Some way-out ideas may not work the way you thought they would. But that’s okay! That’s the nature of being on the edge of exciting design. You will never do anything interesting if you don’t take chances.
“Every day is a hackathon.”
It only makes structured decisions (yes/no) , doesn't chat, doesn't talk, doesn't try to take over the internet. And it's super cheap which means you can add it to your software as really smart if(...) {} statements, like if( this is contains political crap) { delete_message() }
All the large corporations are spending trillions on LLMS, giving use stuff that barely works amid hallucinations, and all we want is: is this call spam? drop it, is this email spam? drop it, is this SMS political crap? drop it. I'm looking forward to a web browser that has the ability to block spam, political messages, hate messages, comments; all in real time.
Linkages can do a lot of cool things when you figure them out. This person made a clock based on linkage motion.
I like these videos because he just keeps pushing the problem and figuring out how to fix it.
“See the world and everything in it as a system to be tinkered with.”
Linux tiling window manager for Linux / Wayland that looks good. I've been getting back into Linux on the desktop after MacOS Aqua 2 turned me off to the Mac/Apple platform. The biggest thing holding me on right now is Ableton and Affinity, although after Affinity sold their soul to some AI company, I'm looking for a replacement for that; too bad, because it was really good software before they turned their back on their paying users to generate slop to sell more AI content. Currently for Ableton, I'm thinking of using https://www.bitwig.com , and not sure if there is a good Affinity product replacement on Linux (gimp/inkscape would be the closest.)
He is able to do whatever, because he sees the motorcycle as a system instead of a consumer product that can't be touched; know the function of each part and try to make it yourself when you are in a pinch. This has the Zen of Motorcycle maintenance vibe.
Linkages can do a lot of cool things when you figure them out. This person made a clock based on linkage motion.
Playing a synth like a synth and not a piano.
I like these videos because he just keeps pushing the problem and figuring out how to fix it.
I punched a hole in a piece of blue celluloid one day, and I was experimenting with this stuff, and I saw this made a spotlight. I took it in to the cameraman, and I said, “Why can’t we do something like this?” I argued with him, and I got him to try it under the lens, and we made a spotlight out of it [with a double exposure]. … I was always trying something, and sometimes it would backfire. That’s what kept the job interesting all those years.
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Sometimes when you experiment you will fail. Some way-out ideas may not work the way you thought they would. But that’s okay! That’s the nature of being on the edge of exciting design. You will never do anything interesting if you don’t take chances.