Don’t have a ticket to @btconf, but want to come to the Fine Specimens launch party and buy a book directly from me?
Email me or send me a private message here and we can make it happen. Stop number 3 on the book tour is in Düsseldorf next Monday!
More details on https://beyondtellerrand.com/events/dusseldorf-2026/side-events/fine-specimens-launch
Sometimes when I think about the grifters in the LLM space, I also think about the grifters from bitcoin: what happened to all the people who made hypothetical incredible amounts of money through untoward and unscrupulous means?
They’re digging in landfills looking for hard drives while their families and everyone they love leaves them. They’re so rich because they stole from someone, they had to fake their deaths and / or exile themselves to the UAE or Russia.
The pursuit of hypothetical money at all costs is, I think, sociopathic and lonely. But people who want that don’t care about mental or social happiness, so it doesn’t matter.
CSS is DOOMed
Tomorrow I will be the special guest on WeAreDevelopers Live 🎙️ where I will talk about my latest project: DOOM but fully rendered using CSS.
CDU Sachsen fordert erneut Arbeitspflicht für Bürgergeldbeziehende. Das ist nicht “verfassungsrechtlich heikel” oder “rechtlichen Hürden” unterworfen,sondern verfassungswidrig, ein Angriff auf das Fundament unseres Sozialstaats, die Menschenwürde. Dazu ist es ökonomischer&sozialpolitischer Bullshit.
Das Existenzminimum ist ein Grundrecht, das man nicht erst durch das Aufsammelnvon Müll oder das Fegen von Gehwegen „freischalten” muss. Noch dazu schafft Arbeitspflicht eine Zweiklassengesellschaft auf dem Arbeitsmarkt. Solche Arbeiten gehören fair bezahlt und als wertvoll betrachtet.
Diese „Hilfsarbeiten” verdrängen reguläre Beschäftigung und sind bürokratischer Wahnsinn. Es geht nicht um Integration in den Arbeitsmarkt. Es geht um die Demütigung derer, die ohnehin schon am Boden liegen. Menschen im Bürgergeld brauchen keine Arbeitspflicht, sie brauchen Respekt und Augenhöhe.
RE: https://toot.wales/@NationCymru/116441505336252162
Well, this “article” annoyed me.
We all know Reform are Bad People™ with very questionable views, but can we have a little journalistic integrity, please?
The headline is what this person (allegedly) said, and the body is full of quotes from third parties (some pulled from Facebook) describing what he said. But nowhere is the Reform guy factually quoted.
When your reporting is sensationalist and/or inaccurate you demean the message.
Crise chez Grasset : l’édition française à livre (presque) ouvert
Le départ d’Olivier Nora de la maison d’édition, détenue par Bolloré, et la multiplication de tribunes l’ayant suivi offrent un moment de révélation sur le milieu, dont certaines modalités agacent, mais permettent déjà de tirer quelques leçons.
Par Joseph Confavreux › https://l.mediapart.fr/VXK
Today’s poem is called ‘Index of Poems I Shall Never Write’.
The local fish ‘n’ chips shop owner gave me some advice: “To make sure the fillets taste good, always give them a couple of good slaps before cooking.”
That just sounds like codswallop to me.
OpenAI is incredibly efficient at increasing the rate of Theranos-like experiences at scale.
The real question is what makes Sam Altman immune to prison, unlike her 👇
Is it the penis ?
Loops makes management easy.
Admins can now send emails to users with templates, and optional BCC and Audit Log inclusion.
Shipping Soon!
We seem to have reached peak cherry blossom here in Glasgow!
3m agoThis is the reason I wish Mastodon supported geotagged posts.
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/04/how-do-you-decentralise-emergency-alerts/
🚨 And don't forget to ask your local council to build a proper safe cycle network today: lcc.org.uk/streets
Call for a safe cycle network ...
📣 New @etsc.eu@bsky.brid.gy report says cycling not being made safe enough, fast enough across EU 🚴♂️
🤔 What's needed? Report says more urban 20mph, more protected cycle lanes & safe junctions etc. Full report: www.etsc.eu/pinflash50
Improving the safety of cyclin...
4m ago💜️
Well, this might take a while...
#sorbus6502 #mos6502 #retrocomputing
4m agoGoogle Photos face detection is really good... at getting it wrong (!)
Like, really. When I used an iPhone, it was super good at detecting who was who. Now I'm on Android... well, let me tell you, its a nightmare to filter my photos by person.
✈️ Today's adventure: MLB-ATL-PLS-XSC-GDT courtesy of Delta Air Lines. #HumanMailingTube ✈️🗺️
heise+ | Kostenlose Übungsressourcen für die Schadcode-Analyse
Durch das Sezieren ausführbaren Schadcodes lässt sich dessen Funktionsweise detailliert nachvollziehen. Das jedoch will erst einmal gelernt sein.
https://www.twitch.tv/bajiru_EN
She's live, opened with a song she *just wrote* in 20min, and proceeded to make chat cry with it.
The woman is pure unfiltered soul expressed as music. It's insane.