Good HWC yesterday. I finally removed SASS from the build-pipeline for this site - using just plain CSS now - and also updated my view-transition syntax, so that those work again now. But apart from this, it was mostly us talking about various topics from home networking and self-hosting to - as often - AI and LLMs.
The next HWC DUS is on Dec. 18th.
@Documentally Re your local speciality of noodles, chips and curry sauce, a couple of bits of vegetable and you might have an evolved spice bag.
This post, and especially the final paragraph, deserves to be hoisted from my own archive 18 years on.
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/005140.html
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Fascinating story of the unintended (?) consequences of drug regulation, though disappointed obviously to see no mention of my own pioneering work. :)
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Paradiolia on the streets of Venice
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@czarbucks wanted to see one of my recent projects, so here it is. A Möbius strip neck thingy, accidentally added a whole twist too many, but it still works and looks OK, at least to me.
Photo Mechanic going end of life on the current version is a major downer. They do, to their credit, offer a one-off fee and a subscription option, but $150 a year for the standard option, which does not search across multiple folders, is a bit steep for me. What do people use?
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Took the plunge and installed first Docker and then Uptime-Kuma on my resuscitated Pi, and I am both impressed and happy. Tomorrow I will think about how to notify myself if there is a problem. For now, touch wood, no need.
#IndieWeb
FeedCity now supports “likes”. Including sending webmentions to supporting sites.
You can now “like” any post within FeedCity.
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📕 Finished reading Art & Fear by David Bayles, Ted Orland ISBN: 9780961454739
I suddenly remembered bluesky exists. oops. get hyped for the zine I organized (that's an order!) [contains quote post or other embedded content]
Latest episode: A Fresh Look at Domestication
A new book turns the current story of the invention of agriculture on its head. It wasn’t human selection that turned grass into wheat, or wolves into dogs. Robert Spengler says the traits of domestication are simply a response to changes in the environment, changes humans promoted , but with no idea of being able to select better crops or livestock. Domestication just happened.
