Sven Slootweg @joepie91@pixie.town

It's not safe to turn off your computer. There are enemies nearby.

Any recommendations for an #Android app for keeping track of taking medicines/vitamins? Reminders etc.?

I used MediSafe for years, but they've enshittified it, now wanting 50€/yr to keep track of 3+ medicines/vitamins.🙄
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.medisafe.android.client

I see so many adults and professionals talking about how they are using LLMs to deepen their understanding of things, but I think this ultimately dives headlong into the “Gell-Mann amnesia” effect — these people think they are learning, but it only feels that way because there are ignorant enough about the topic they're interested in to not detect that they are being fed utter bullshit.

How shall we answer this? I think it speaks most urgently for people who actually know things, those with "intellectual power", to democratise our knowledge, throw aside the totems that make our fields inaccessible and obscure, and open the gates to the multitudes who wish to learn.

At first it seems like it would be easy to compete with LLMs (because they say only bullshit), but to actually compete with LLMs we need to produce educational materials that actually explain things properly. Any 'proof by intimidation' will immediately send our student to the LLM. The moment you rely on something that you haven't explained, same deal. So it may be that this era has a silver lining: we must finally teach mathematics properly.

just saw a neat feature on someone's wireless headphones. it has a removable battery so you can quickly swap it out for a spare, but it also has either a second internal battery or a supercap so the headphones stay powered and connected while you're swapping the battery over. no idea of the make/model, was just observing someone do the swap and noticed it didn't power off.

If you heard how Unity stiffed the startup I work for with a $5k/year per person license, and thought “nah, it’s because they are making weird VR software. I’m safe.” You should think twice! They even go after people you’ve worked with!

https://www.reddit.com/r/Unity3D/comments/1h07q5n/unity_accounts_suspended_after_releasing_our/?rdt=34758

Do NOT start a new project with Unity. They have a division tasked with making you regret it.

my friend @rail_ told me they really liked this picture so i'm posting it

#photography #rail #train #sunset

I own a Framework 13 (i7-1260p) laptop which on rare occasions suffered from agonizing slowness. This was usually fixed by a reboot so I always thought it was some quirk with Linux.

However, it was not.

A few weeks ago I while I was playing Factorio, the performance suddenly dropped from one moment to the other. A reboot did not help.

Question:

On an x86 (or x86_64) system where the Linux kernel already was working, has the Linux kernel ever required end-users apply a BIOS or UEFI update for it to continue working with newer releases?

I'm looking for precedent, or lack of precedent I suppose.

While we'll celebrate Indigenous Feast Day it's also The National Day of Mourning on Thursday.

Educate yourselves. Educate your children. Educate your family.

You have a lot to be thankful for but it comes at our expense.

https://www.truthsgiving.org/

On it 😌

"Where can I shove a blockchain in?"

Please don't.

Blockchains are about establishing consensus in a world where you can't trust anyone. They're a libertarian macho bullshit fantasy that also boils the oceans.

If you can't imagine a way to build consensus with your community without relying on a technology that is actively harmful to the future, then you lack imagination and creativity.

One of my low-key convictions is that for all the fanciness of the modern web we've still never really achieved the potential of hypertext