Esme Povirk @madewokherd@computerfairi.es
Joined Aug 2018
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the timing couldnt be better on this one
Catching up on feeds, a bunch of really good ocremixes dropped on Oct 31. https://ocremix.org/remixes/
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Set your clocks 92 hours forward if you want. Time isn’t real
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follow up, voidgoddess quote
Be to yourself who you would be to a partner you adore and admire and nurture all your hobbies and quirks. You are your first partner, so try not to have too toxic of a relationship with yourself.
From https://voidgoddess.org/2023/01/07/heres-your-permission-slip/
I will use every tool at my disposal to remove annoyances that exist because otherwise someone might make less money, including not being able to put something on the device I want or modify it in the way I want.
No quarter for technology that sucks on purpose. I will block your cookie banner, ads, trackers, interstitial videos, pull quotes, related articles, algorithmic recommendations, and anti-ad-blockers. I will use an OS where sometimes the sound breaks and I have to reboot the audio service to avoid an OS that wants to show me ads. I will put all of my games on this handheld PC, even the ones intended for a console, sometimes with modifications.
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By popular request: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful take on LLMs that (in my experience) the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. https://www.anildash.com//2025/10/17/the-majority-ai-view/ Please share!
@mavica_again I think the only system I've used without any issues was a Chromebook, so that checks out.
I hold out hope that immutable OSes can work. Not for me, though, I insist on tinkering and creating problems for myself.
Sparing use of generative AI has made my life better. It is good at a few things. It also is doing large scale harm due to overinvestment, a pathological insistence on bigger and more resource intensive models, lies about its capabilities and limitations, and a flood of junk information added to the Internet. And probably other stuff I've missed.
Brains are apparently very happy to do what they're told, but no one understands the UI, which varies on an individual basis and mostly consists of finding the right metaphor.
Something I think I would enjoy using: an integrated GUI shell/terminal/text editor. So I could do stuff like collapse the output of a running (or completed) command, or pop it out into a new window.
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We each have different needs, different boundaries, and different ways of thinking about what's important to us.
I once dated someone who wouldn't kiss anyone other than her husband, and had random sex with strangers. Kissing for her was extremely intimate, but safe sex was like candy.
I spent more than 10 years thinking about what I wanted in a tattoo, and what it meant to have that permanently inked into my skin. A friend had a childhood cartoon character tattooed on her ankle, not because it would always mean something to her, but because of what it meant to her during that period of her life.
I had a long-term relationship with a woman who never talked about her queerness or relationships in her workplace. I have friends and colleagues who over many years never told me anything about their families, and I never asked.
https://madewokherd.nfshost.com/bookmarks/technology/ Updated my online bookmarks with links to Linux distros and static site generators. Feel free to reply if you have thoughts/disagree, I'm not married to any of this, but be constructive about it.
Oh no there are 4 different gui environments to choose from
Joined Aug 2018
