Justin Erickson

My take yesterday was intentionally inflammatory, so here’s another version: AI isn’t inevitable. It’s here, pervasive, & not leaving (much like the internet). We need to adapt & chart a new course, learning how to best use it for good, not evil. Many can refuse/disengage, many can’t & shouldn’t.

Hello from the new server! My little closer server (2012 MacBook Pro i bought for $20 used) has been upgraded to a brand new mini PC with less RAM! Things seems to be running WAY better. Now what to do with the mackbook running Ubuntu server for fun?

"This blog is about celebrating that friendship" with open source developers. That was our first post in Feb 2008. Today, all 1,557 posts (2008–2026) live in the Atmosphere as verified @standard.site records: https://opensource.googleblog.com/2008/02/welcome-to-google-open-source-blog.html

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

This new Fright Fest game from @chris.pardy.family is really neat. You pick two besties from your follows, and then your rpg.actor characters go on a turn-based tactics adventure, collecting candy and beating monsters in a town populated with familiar faces from your social graph. 🎃 Go try it! 👻

ITS ALIVE!

My first paid contract bid, that I haven't even been paid for has already opened another opportunity bigger than the original. 🤞

I have to say, Argon has been my favorite for what little I can afford to use.

Also had a quick look at my entire server stack. nothing I server runs PHP anymore. I'm glad I don't play with old languages anymore.

Thanks Colorado for making voting easy. Very unlike Texas.

Software dev is different than when I started.

One last thing about X tonight: noting X has 10x the number of regular users than Bluesky means jack shit when a) a shitload are bots, b) the algorithm boosts right-wing content over everything else so actual engagement there sucks, c) 10 million active accounts is more than enough to hang out with.

Russia is cooperating with Iran. So why is Trump cooperating with Russia? Like the diesel deal, this decision is a gift to the very forces attacking our service members.

I've maxed out all the free tier products I use for the month. Good problem to have I think, but the jump to paid means I better have a reason more than "this is fun"

K. I just blew my weekly tokens on Gemini 4 Argon in 2 hours and I'm not upset.

Version .20 is out. Lots of behind the scenes updates over the last few releases. We hope finding and viewing activities in the archive is easier and faster.

"Oh, and RimWorld isn’t the only game on Waylith..." I'm ready for whatever this is!

Its Sunday. Its raining. Its a good day to play video games. nah...

Zelenskyy: "Prices are rising because of the war in the Middle East, the blocking of Hormuz. Everyone understands it. If we want to speak with people fairly, if we want to be clear, if we want to speak with our nations openly, people have to hear reality. Don't play games with people."

#Zinetober zine, piped in automatically from my atproto apps, a @pinksea.art drawing, my @rpg.actor sprite, a @treeline.world bike ride, a @plyr.fm song, @grain.social photos, and a @bookhive.buzz book. Made in Web Tile Foundry, rendered on appmosphe.re.

🚵 MTB: 12.1 mi (+1204ft) — Jims Dream #treeline #atproto

This just feels heavy handed. I wanted to check out all the work blacksky.community was doing. I do get it, but its a real pain point.

Imposter syndrome is real. But also, fake it till you make it.

Were cooking! With over 1000 activities indexed, we needed a better way to look at the archive. Also, skiing should be detectable and viewable as well. The next update is in testing! Maybe out today, but @larakin.systems has to go to Moab UT. to generate more test data. So more likely next week.

Spaces are, of course, being designed on top of atproto spaces. Give these early explorations a look, think of them as a starting point for Atmospheric communities that could begin in the app, then integrate atproto apps to build completely custom experiences for the people you care about.

The folks at @graze.social have just opened a new portal for tracking the discourse around the midterm elections through Nov 3rd. Volunteers can sign-up to help moderate each of the local newsrooms, and they've created this Uncle Sam Hat item to give away as a thanks! 🗳 midterms.graze.social

I never expected much out of this, but I'm enjoying the process. My little closet server might deserve an uprade soon.

🌲 Trail Run: 4.3 mi (+561ft) — E-Bikers 👀 #treeline #atproto

back where we started but everything's somehow different ⚔️ make some noise season 5 begins tonight on dropout dot teevee 🎺

The mobile version of the site also go a fairly major overhaul. It should look and work a lot better on mobile devices.

Had to get out and look for the changing leaves and we found the first snow of the season!

Web Tiles! I made this Web Tile Foundry app so anyone can make their own in just a few quick steps. Your tile will show up in this appmosphere browser, and you can share it, or put it on your @twinkl.social home page.

So, @pyxorium.com released foundry.thunderbird.cafe as a way of leveraging the webtil.es and you can build these cute vignettes that use your rpg.actor character! It's a really neat little tool, and giving us some fun ideas for how to containerize some new experiences we've been building.

🥾 Hike: 2.1 mi (+568ft) — Icle lakes Leef Peeping #treeline #atproto

Cars have a geometry problem. The massive infrastructure dedicated to them is an illusion of poorly allocated space. Cities run best on walkability, bikes, and transit. The personal automobile has no rightful future dominating our streets. Autonomous, EV, nor petrol.

Im heading out for a ride with a friend so I figured Treeline needs group activities.

He is so good at messaging. It's really kind of unreal.

advice for junior developers: you are no longer a developer you are a builder you are a solution provider enter every room and make things happen learn when no one is watching create because you can fix problems because they offend you bend the world to your will and take credit

SpaceX just launched the 14th Starship test flight, and it's now successfully in orbit for the first time. This is an amazing achievement, and I absolutely detest how Musk has ruined this sort of thing both for me and for humanity.

Fictional worlds and roleplay are the center of the universe. Seems right.

asked sol to make a rowboat in threejs controlled entirely by a stick figure's 'muscles' applying forces to the oars + physics

u know how we all carry around these devices called “phones” that are only like 1% “phone” anymore? ok good, now understand that a similar semantic shift is occurring with the word “intelligence”

This is true. In 2016, I got into an argument with a gay man on a menswear forum. I've since made it my mission to make every man dress gay, thereby destroying his ability to tell who is actually gay and, ultimately, his chances of finding love. I built my social media following to achieve that goal

all I wanted to do was upload 20 years of Strava history twice to see if duplicate checks worked...

Im excited that someone is seeing it! now I have to actually make it work. thats scary.

aww look at this little helpful tip/nudge poe gave someone about publishing lexicon schemas 🥹