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Is software art?
I believe it is. When people say my software thinks like they do, what's really happening is the software has gotten out of their way, they've incorporated the way it works into the base of their spine, so they can remain in the world they're writing about, and forget that they're using a piece of software. They perceive that as the software thinking like they do, which is fine -- it's the goal. But it's quite possible they have a totally different experience that takes them out of their suspension of disbelief by not working the way they expect, the same way it did the last 100 times, or it failes to open a file, or whatever might cause them to leave their own world and have to deal with the one I, and generations of software developers, have created, which can (as I know) be excruciating, humiliating, and whatever else you may feel.
What is art?
Yours Truly on ‘Geared Up’
You’ll never guess what cohosts Andru Edwards and Jon Rettinger talked to me about on their Geared Up podcast this week. OK, fine, you guessed it. But I bet you didn’t guess that Flash on iPhone came up. Very fun show — I think you’ll enjoy it.
You’ll Never Guess Which Recent DF Article Was ‘Flagged’ at Hacker News
A new ChatGPT drawing tool
★ The Website That Hacker News Is Afraid to Discuss (You’re Reading It)
What bothers me isn’t so much that Daring Fireball is shitlisted at Hacker News. What bothers me is that it’s unexplained.
The Atlantic Has an Owner Committed to the Cause: Laurene Powell Jobs
status.news/p/atlantic-jeffrey-goldberg-signal-texts-war-plans
Apple Now Selling PCs From Other Companies at Apple.com
The work remains mysterious and important.
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2026 Porsches Still Won’t Have Next-Gen CarPlay, Which Was Announced in 2022
macrumors.com/2025/03/26/2026-porsches-still-wont-have-next-gen-carplay/
Calling the White House’s Bluff, The Atlantic Releases the ‘Houthi PC Small Group’ Signal Text Thread
Doc's approach to WordLand
Of Course Trump Has Surrounded Himself With Idiots This Time Around
goodreads.com/work/quotes/23497-the-origins-of-totalitarianism
Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism:
Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.
Eight years of Trump was going to be eight years too many no matter how it worked out, but the four year Biden term between Trump terms makes the difference clear. Trump corrected what he perceived as a lack of loyalty/fealty in his first term by surrounding himself with nothing but morons this time.
Notification Summary Miscues
onefoottsunami.com/2025/03/20/erroneous-notification-summaries/
Jason Fried
• Jason Fried
Go do business
OPSEC Isn’t Even the Worst Part of ‘SignalGate’
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/signalgate-is-bad-but-opsec-isnt-even-the-worst-part-of-it
The Problem Is Far More Than Just Whether Signal Is ‘Secure’
politico.com/news/2025/03/25/signal-cybersecurity-trump-war-planning-00246881?cid=apn
Days After the Trump National Security Team’s Signal Leak, the Pentagon Warned That Russian Hackers Are Using Phishing Attacks to Abuse Signal’s ‘Linked Devices’ Feature
npr.org/2025/03/25/nx-s1-5339801/pentagon-email-signal-vulnerability