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Kenney Shape is now FREE! (and it'll remain free, forever) ✨ Previously a paid tool, I'm releasing it as a gift to the community. Today's update will be the final one, with no further updates planned. That way I can focus on new software & projects! kenney.itch.io/kenney-shape

I'm glad to see so much excitement around the SI now because the international system of units is based upon-- <puts finger to ear> Oh no. No. No. No no.

Last I'll post about this, but Elon Musk disagrees with me. This means I am onto something, and I feel more valid in my opinion than ever.

#AI is definitely increasing #software #productivity. If by productivity you mean the modern definition of releasing buggy crap into the world.

One or more human beings are responsible for the code they wrote, and those are the people who should be held accountable. These programs are not acting “on their own”

We are soon going to have to come to grips with the fact that this shit is asbestos for the mind

The world seems to currently reward creation of management systems for all the things we've set in motion. This irritates me because there is wisdom in first choosing to set fewer things in motion.

I've been trying to articulate this in a way which doesn't sound judgmental, and apparently that sounds like a fortune cookie. But seriously, a question I ask a lot is "If I get used to this new system, what problems am I signing up for when I'm inevitably rug pulled?" and it's served me quite well

Red is highly overrated. #MinCup26 ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology #geosky #GIS 🍎 🪐 🔭 🌋 📚 🌿

And this is what worries me. There's a lot of shit these days which doesn't work because companies have become software-brained. Note: I'm not saying because the software is bad (though it often is), I'm saying "they're using software for things they shouldn't which degrades the product"

It is now trivial to produce incredibly powerful hardware that barely uses any energy. I now know I could do my entire workflow on a Macbook Neo with barely a sacrifice. That reality means these companies can no longer grow unless they come up with a reason to use lots of compute. Oh. Right.

I know this'll ruffle feathers but I agree with this Food/Water watch analysis. Diverting renewable energy away from fossil phase-out and climate adaptation and towards melting graphics card to power chatbots is the formal end of moral purpose for clean technology.

"OK, so these models need ridiculous amounts of compute" "Sounds expensive" "Yes, we're spending trillions to build data centers" "Cool, cool, what are the plans to make a return there?" "TBD, oh and by the way we're working on making these models more compute efficient" "So, fewer DCs?" "No."

"Cool, cool, you do you" "Yeah and we're worried we might kill everyone" "With data centers." "Yes." "How?" "Not sure but we're working on alignment don't you worry. But also worry and give us money." I'm tired.

Man, shit like this is genuinely hurting my soul. youtu.be/N5YDkQ6oFcE

We’re not changing it.

The fact alone that startups see an opportunity here when safe systems already exist should worry you that systems might get installed whose purpose is to pivot to more data collection once they have a large install base. I declined that project for ethical reasons because intent was quite clear.

Getting unreasonably angry at this

The results of the video I posted earlier was this iconic shot 👏 Danny León and his crew smashed it.

then there is embedded software, where one mistake can cause a fire, dismember a person, or poison an entire landscape, its fun! 😌

He's got just the one bit, folks. Every new idea is either acquired or stolen. Almost like a monopoly, I wonder if we have laws on the books against those

And I mean, in normal times I would say the idea of copying an obviously illegal gambling app would be rather on the nose but we live in hell now

Remember folks, if buying isn’t ownership, piracy isn’t theft.

Incredible chart from @propublica.org. If you don’t follow enviro stuff closely, your instinct might be that the hold-your-nose solution (carbon capture from fossil fuels) would be the “pragmatic” one versus covering Earth in solar panels, which seems utopian. In fact it’s the opposite

All uses of AI are costing someone… this sucks as the Game UI database is such a valuable resource.

And these results are not even a surprise! bsky.app/profile/ryst...

"We're shipping so much more code with AI!" "Good, stable code?" "Oh heavens no. No no no. not at all. We couldn't possibly"

We made a fake repo with fake bounties, and the bots are applying fake PRs, so we know who is fake, and we can ban them from the Coolify repo. IQ over 1000

if you continue to advertise that your product is so dangerous it must be stopped, WHILE CONTINUING TO RESEARCH AND RELEASE NEW VERSIONS of said product you cannot act surprised or angry when people physically attack you / your properties.

We lose nothing when LLM and GenAI datacentres close. Cancer screening, material inspection, protein folding simulations, all of this can run locally. Some models I'm aware of can even run on a raspberry pi. Sometimes AI is the less energy intensive option than calculation, like with proteins.

Based and valid

Grimly amusing to see corporations well-versed with "enter market by burning money, then jack up rates" caught completely surprised by AI companies doing the same thing. The extreme burn rate was pretty well known, guys! What did you think would happen next???

While we seem stuck innovating better ways to burn through tokens, actually exciting shit is happening in China. insideevs.com/news/797182/...

Today Microsoft moved all its GitHub copilot subscribers to token-based billing. If you want to see what happens when people have to pay the actual costs of AI, the day is finally here. It's obvious that every customer sees the deep, meaningful value and isn't angry at all.

🌍 The arrogance of humanity in our pursuit of development often blinds us to the consequences of our actions. We must recognize that our planet is fragile and requires our respect and care. #Sustainability #EarthCare

Well my @tindie.com store will stay in vacation mode for as long as disbursement remains "unavailable". I'm not going to be selling stuff with no way to actually get my money. 🤷

A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines

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@techconnectify.bsky.social Minivan superiority confirmed

I can't run a rinse load in my #Bosch dishwasher because it's on the wrong wi-fi network. 🤦 @jeffgeerling.com has a great post which touches on this situation here: www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/i-... Our brave new world is so, so dumb. #enshittification