severak
19.8.2023 23:27:48
Russia amplifies right-wing influence campaign to undermine support for Ukraine by exploiting Hawaii's tragedy
A deep, deep dive into the symbiotic relationship between right-wing influencers, Russian state media, and the shared disinformation ecosystem in which they live.
severak
18.8.2023 14:07:07
Jamming with a virtual Casio SK-1 keyboard.
from https://mjbdiver.com/2023/06/02/jamming-with-a-virtual-casio-sk-1-keyboard/
severak
17.8.2023 17:07:21
testing your animation refresh rate with css crimes??
(Seems to behave weirdly on multi-monitor mixed-refresh-rate setups. Also, if you use Reduced Motion, make sure to turn it off for the animation to work) To read it, look for the lowest number which isn’t turning and which appears in dark text (ie isn’t flickering on alternate frames). Original version, supports 30/48/50/60/90/120/144hz: Warning: flickering imagery, open at your discretion. A zoetrope-like disc covered with numbers carefully arranged in patterns. As it spins, the viewer's refresh rate remains visually stable amidst a flurry of other dancing numbers. [https://moonbase.lgbt/misc/cohost/2465593/wheel2.png] Even more ridiculous harder-to-read version, supports all of the above plus 75hz: Warning: flickering imagery, open at your discretion. A zoetrope-like disc covered with numbers carefully arranged in patterns. As it spins, the viewer's refresh rate remains visually stable amidst a flurry of other dancing numbers. [https://moonbase.lgbt/misc/cohost/2465593/wheel3.png]
severak
17.8.2023 12:55:18
Are there any music programming languages from after the SuperCollider era?
The history of music and sound synthesis languages can be traced back to the Music N languages starting in the 1950s. You can trace the threads from there to a variety of languages that were develo...
severak
15.8.2023 17:19:39
The Elite's War on Remote Work Has Nothing to Do with Productivity
The elite are trying to whip everyone back to the office to avoid a commercial real estate crash.
severak
14.8.2023 10:45:02
Můj druhý mozek Zettelkasten - Jiří Benedikt
from https://www.jiribenedikt.com/zettelkasten/
severak
5.8.2023 21:05:32
Language Is a Poor Heuristic for Intelligence
With the emergence of LLM “AI”, everyone will have to learn what many disabled people have always understood
severak
3.8.2023 13:50:53
Mastodon is easy and fun except when it isn’t - Erin Kissane's small internet website
After my last long post, I got into some frustrating conversations, among them one in which an open-source guy repeatedly scoffed at the idea of
severak
27.7.2023 15:28:35
How a start-up built the search engine of the future — and then died
Neeva was faster, simpler, and ad-free. But making something better than Google isn’t enough to beat Google.
severak
26.7.2023 12:04:47
The Eternal Mainframe
The urge to replace the mainframe has reinvented the mainframe and its problems.
severak
26.7.2023 10:46:22
Thoughts on AI and AI-veganism
I’ve come to think LLMs/GPTs/whatever are a threat to conventional search engines because the modern web is an unbelievably annoying dumpster fire. They don’t really provide better or faster answers, what they provide is an experience that is not a complete pain in the ass. This frog has been simmering for a long while now and we’re so used to it that seeing literally anything else seems revolutionary. You visit a website and need to dismiss a cookie policy notification, a request to show popups, a request to know your location, an invitation to subscribe to a newsletter, a sales rep wants to have a chat with you, then you get random layout shifts for several minutes as all the ad auctions finish, and then just as you’re ready to read the content the website crashes and reloads and the circus starts over again.
severak
17.7.2023 15:07:30
Pluralistic: Tiktok's enshittification (21 Jan 2023)
from https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys
severak
17.7.2023 13:00:14
When Open Becomes Opaque: The Changing Face of Open-Source Hardware Companies
Over the last 15+ years, innovative electronics companies have designed and released thousands of open-source hardware designs, creating a flourishing industry. Open-source hardware companies colle…
severak
14.7.2023 16:59:56
Threads Adopting ActivityPub Makes Sense, but Won't Be Easy
from https://thenewstack.io/threads-adopting-activitypub-makes-sense-but-wont-be-easy/
severak
13.7.2023 10:21:11
Stop Trying to Make Social Networks Succeed
Stop Trying to Make Social Networks Succeed écrit par Ploum, Lionel Dricot, ingénieur, écrivain de science-fiction, développeur de logiciels libres.
severak
11.7.2023 15:08:16
You're So Vain, You Probably Think This App Is About You: On Meta and Mastodon
Those of you not plugged into the Mastodon community may not be aware of the predominant reaction to Instagram Threads. This started when it was merely rumored, reaching a crescendo with reports that...
severak
11.7.2023 14:46:13
Threads and the Social/Communications Map
Understanding Threads and its threat to Twitter means understanding the current landscape of social media.
severak
15.6.2023 15:46:37
Cement's future could be a combination of Carbon Capture and Electrification
Cement is an industry where capturing carbon emissions may be necessary. A combination with process heat electrification could be better than CCS alone.
severak
5.6.2023 10:34:38
https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar/articles/assessing-fire-risks-photovoltaic-systems-and-developing-safety-concepts-risk
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