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In the late 20th century, there was a gorilla named Koko who made waves by displaying an apparent ability to talk to humans in sign language. This would've had…

The thirteenth episode of Wonders of Web Weaving is out: In Episode 13, I chat with Sophia, the author of Fractal Kitty about, among other things, making…

The Gazette has counted July: 65,289 daily unique town-visits, 55 new registrations, 36 newly verified towns, and no entirely unsociable hour.

I think the child-safety internet may become the identity-check internet. What does that mean for my son?Thanks for reading and keeping RSS alive. Visit my…

I think the child-safety internet may become the identity-check internet. What does that mean for my son?Thanks for reading and keeping RSS alive. Visit my…

Lately, I'm just over it. The madmen, the tyrants, and the greedy have taken over the wheel, and I feel like darker times are ahead. I got to thinking about…

There was a photoshoot in progress every few steps despite the harsh midday light. The post Suzhou and the Pretty Girls along the Canals first appeared on…

Whenever someone asks what your favorite quote is, they’re setting a trap. There’s invisible pressure in that question. You’re supposed to say something…

After visiting the National Crafts Museum, we also stopped off at Kanazawa's Kenroku-en garden. I'm kind of a bird person, so I was more on the lookout for…

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A bit of an answer and contribution to the conversation, answering a post regarding our reaction when we stumble upon AI slop shared by people

It started innocently enough. I saw a tweet about a new product offering from one of my favorite companies, Cloudflare. Neat! I clicked through to the site and…

Thinking about selling the 64GB RAM from my laptop and paying off my mortgage... Thanks…

I have spent three years arguing that automation taking work away from us is a reason to want it rather than a reason to fear it. I still think that. But…

I do these things to make the VPS this blog runs on less palatable for internet bottom feeders.

Introduction Going to make a bet that you didn’t know that I was gone, and really, you don’t give a bleep. And you know what? That is perfectly fine. In fact,…

Great startups don't win because they write more code, they win because they think differently.

They gave me a Claude subscription and told me to get tokenmaxxing, so I tried to give it a fair shot.

The producerist vision of AI seems to assume an endlessly expanding market for reading. And reading. Well. It is rather more than a market. Warning: this post…