Patrick Lonergan

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severak 15.8.2023 16:53:38

The small things Manifesto

This is a work in progress, a living document.



severak 14.8.2023 10:45:02

Můj druhý mozek Zettelkasten - Jiří Benedikt

from https://www.jiribenedikt.com/zettelkasten/


severak 14.8.2023 09:35:40

Úspěch, štěstí a tvrdá práce

Jaká je mezi tím vším souvislost?


severak 14.8.2023 02:15:16

Obsolete Thor

Ramblings of a File Format researcher


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

from https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar/articles/assessing-fire-risks-photovoltaic-systems-and-developing-safety-concepts-risk



severak 23.5.2023 17:12:10

Interesting Theory: Mark Zuckerberg Is Trying to Become God and Build Heaven

According to this technologist, Facebook-turned-Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg isn't trying to revolutionize work. He wants to be the god of a digital heaven.


severak 23.5.2023 14:06:08

Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming

STOCKTON, CA—Cackling as the steps of the dastardly plan crystallized in her mind, local trans teen Brie Chandler told reporters Tuesday that she had hatched a nefarious plot to undergo years of medical treatments and counseling to win at swimming. “It’s oh, so simple: several years of sweet-talking medical…


severak 17.5.2023 19:53:06

Slovník zvukařských pojmů aka Zvukařský slovník

from https://www.fader.cz/2022/10/24/slovnik-zvukarskych-pojmu-aka-zvukarsky-slovnik/


severak 16.5.2023 18:27:56

Home - CLever Audio Plug-In

CLever Audio Plug-in, the open standard for audio plug-ins and hosts


severak 16.5.2023 18:27:44

nakst



severak 16.5.2023 10:56:25

Impulse Response Deconvolution Tool Software - Deconvolver - Voxengo

High-quality deconvolution software for impulse recovery of reverb, equalizer, speaker cabinet, etc.


severak 2.5.2023 10:00:40

ChatGPT: it has no inner monologue or meta-cognition

This is the second in a series of short posts about ChatGPT. As I said before, the insights are not particularly original, I’m just raising awareness of issues. In this post, I’ll explore the deficien


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