i made an account ask me thing https://alterspring.org/@maple
social media is anything but and mastodon has not ever been and will not ever be better than twitter or any similar contrived microblogging platform for as long as it retains the favourite button
i am determined to single-pawedly bring back the #chumby ecosystem
i've published my first #chumby widget:
http://chumby.com/guide/C78EE13C-CE96-37DB-8202-C7A207F24A0D/widget
it's a weather widget that's inspired by WeatherSTAR 4000-era The Weather Channel, currently it's limited to guessing your location but the next step will be making a way to choose an exact location to report about
romeo knight's you must learn still goes fucking hard
**you** don't own any of this software that you "built", Anthropic does, and once you're hooked, they can charge you whatever they want. have fun!!
another successful guy in his 50s has been one-shotted by Claude. F in the chat for Mike Masnick, may his brain RIP. https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/25/ai-might-be-our-best-shot-at-taking-back-the-open-web/
i guess it's pretty exciting to build your first piece of software, but i wish these people would write a follow-up on what it's like to maintain a piece of software that you don't know how it works.
yes some countries geoip location is more accurate than others, but unless your ISP is actively doxxing you, the notion that an IP address can pinpoint to your house number is ridiculous
please read "the soul of a new machine" by tracy kidder
RIP to a real one.
The Soul of a New Machine may be the best technology book written, but House was a beautifully-crafted and deeply humanist book. Funny too!
The Trojan Room Coffee Pot, which the X11 application xcoffee showed a live picture of, to save your long trip for a refill of joe from being a fruitless one:
i just think it's funny that people despised when Microsoft did this in the 90s with internet explorer but now that Google is doing it it's Firefox that's "lagging behind on standards"
the solution is not for firefox to support web usb api the solution is for people to stop using web usb api
queer robot squirrelbunny girl, un-retired computer fairies founder (2017-2021, 2024-), drone #6502, official amiga mascot, making a return to upset those who told us to leave.
https://pronoun.gdn/byte?or=it, robot, lowercase, check system link above, meatspace avatar is 32yo, it blocks minors indiscriminately
flirting good but get at least acquainted first?
HRT: 15/11/2015
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