Danny O'B
@danny.mastodon.spesh.com.ap.brid.gy
i talk to everybody and am overly charitable | currently interested in: consolidation without centralization, composable economies, ocaps, incautious optimism […]
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This is a really nice piece, in the middle of i hope a productive discussion about inequality: https://www.liberalcurrents.com/is-it-all-just-envy/
I like liberal currents!
I like liberal currents!
Is It All Just Envy?
The sides of the inequality debate continue to talk past one another, as Don Boudreaux's recent criticisms demonstrate.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:08 AM
This is a really nice piece, in the middle of i hope a productive discussion about inequality: https://www.liberalcurrents.com/is-it-all-just-envy/
I like liberal currents!
I like liberal currents!
Reposted by Danny O'B
“pandoc for the people”, the pandoc wasm web-app, is now available at https://pandoc.org/app/
It allows to run any kind of document conversion that pandoc supports in the browser. The documents never leave the computer, thus ensuring *full privacy*.
Conversions to pdf are done via Typst […]
It allows to run any kind of document conversion that pandoc supports in the browser. The documents never leave the computer, thus ensuring *full privacy*.
Conversions to pdf are done via Typst […]
Original post on fosstodon.org
fosstodon.org
February 4, 2026 at 9:44 AM
“pandoc for the people”, the pandoc wasm web-app, is now available at https://pandoc.org/app/
It allows to run any kind of document conversion that pandoc supports in the browser. The documents never leave the computer, thus ensuring *full privacy*.
Conversions to pdf are done via Typst […]
It allows to run any kind of document conversion that pandoc supports in the browser. The documents never leave the computer, thus ensuring *full privacy*.
Conversions to pdf are done via Typst […]
Harry Hill pass responsibility for the Internet to Stewart Lee and Stew blames me https://youtu.be/GhJxiU1_5o0?si=aMqZOxTLLn7XswMV&t=799 (not really)
January 21, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Harry Hill pass responsibility for the Internet to Stewart Lee and Stew blames me https://youtu.be/GhJxiU1_5o0?si=aMqZOxTLLn7XswMV&t=799 (not really)
realising that old people get old people things just by inheriting them from the last batch of old people
January 14, 2026 at 12:38 AM
realising that old people get old people things just by inheriting them from the last batch of old people
New blog post from me: AI Psychosis, AI Apotheosis https://www.oblomovka.com/wp/2026/01/07/ai-psychosis-ai-apotheosis/
Danny O'Brien's Oblomovka » Blog Archive » AI Psychosis, AI Apotheosis
www.oblomovka.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:00 AM
New blog post from me: AI Psychosis, AI Apotheosis https://www.oblomovka.com/wp/2026/01/07/ai-psychosis-ai-apotheosis/
trying out another terminal emuulator, which is *fast* but I'm like ohh but it feels kind of ... soft? Turns out it is fast at rendering but isn't as good at input latency, and ... I think maybe I felt that?
i must be very special and sensitive. or just dislike change
i must be very special and sensitive. or just dislike change
November 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
trying out another terminal emuulator, which is *fast* but I'm like ohh but it feels kind of ... soft? Turns out it is fast at rendering but isn't as good at input latency, and ... I think maybe I felt that?
i must be very special and sensitive. or just dislike change
i must be very special and sensitive. or just dislike change
Hello! I am looking for a Governance PM at the Filecoin Foundation! This is one the most fascinating places I've had the good fortune to work at, and if you have a background in open source or decentralized organizing, I think you might think so too […]
Original post on mastodon.spesh.com
mastodon.spesh.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Hello! I am looking for a Governance PM at the Filecoin Foundation! This is one the most fascinating places I've had the good fortune to work at, and if you have a background in open source or decentralized organizing, I think you might think so too […]
Trying to fight big tech by making copyright stronger is like fighting viruses with gain-of-function research: https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/worried-about-ai-monopoly--embrace-copyright-s-limits
Worried About AI Monopoly? Embrace Copyright’s Limits
Copyright’s limits play essential antimonopoly functions. Undermining them in the context of AI is likely to strengthen Big Tech.
www.lawfaremedia.org
October 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Trying to fight big tech by making copyright stronger is like fighting viruses with gain-of-function research: https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/worried-about-ai-monopoly--embrace-copyright-s-limits
Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for ^G
October 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for ^G
New blog post from me: god shut up about AI, part 32 — open etiquette https://www.oblomovka.com/wp/2025/10/03/god-shut-up-about-ai-part-32-open-etiquette/
Danny O'Brien's Oblomovka » Blog Archive » god shut up about AI, part 32 — open etiquette
www.oblomovka.com
October 4, 2025 at 7:07 AM
New blog post from me: god shut up about AI, part 32 — open etiquette https://www.oblomovka.com/wp/2025/10/03/god-shut-up-about-ai-part-32-open-etiquette/
You, yes you! You could probably apply for, and benefit from, an. #nlnet grant! https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250801-call.html
NLnet; Apply for funding before October 1st 2025
nlnet.nl
September 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
You, yes you! You could probably apply for, and benefit from, an. #nlnet grant! https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250801-call.html
every "let's discuss the impact of AI" and "let's share tips on using AI" group chat I eventually descends into a competitiokn to see who can make the most hilariously or inappropriate AI content
September 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
every "let's discuss the impact of AI" and "let's share tips on using AI" group chat I eventually descends into a competitiokn to see who can make the most hilariously or inappropriate AI content
New blog post from me: LLMs for the Old and Infirm https://www.oblomovka.com/wp/2025/08/29/llms-for-the-old-and-infirm/
Danny O'Brien's Oblomovka » Blog Archive » LLMs for the Old and Infirm
www.oblomovka.com
August 30, 2025 at 7:09 AM
New blog post from me: LLMs for the Old and Infirm https://www.oblomovka.com/wp/2025/08/29/llms-for-the-old-and-infirm/
A guide to the abundance of Abundancies: https://www.niskanencenter.org/abundance-varieties/
Varieties of Abundance - Niskanen Center
We will know that abundance has succeeded when there is a proliferation of “abundances,” different governing projects attached to previously existing ideologies, interests, and parties.
www.niskanencenter.org
August 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A guide to the abundance of Abundancies: https://www.niskanencenter.org/abundance-varieties/
Happy birthday, Debian. I still think a lot about what the world can learn from you!
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2025/08/msg00006.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2025/08/msg00006.html
Happy 100000th birthday, Debian
lists.debian.org
August 22, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Happy birthday, Debian. I still think a lot about what the world can learn from you!
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2025/08/msg00006.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2025/08/msg00006.html
Oh, this rings true for much of (the small part of the world) I see: "Why can I, a middle-aged person with very firm opinions I will defend with the sort of withering sarcasm I learned during the golden era (and only the golden era) of The Simpsons, not make friends who share my exact opinions […]
Original post on mastodon.spesh.com
mastodon.spesh.com
August 22, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Oh, this rings true for much of (the small part of the world) I see: "Why can I, a middle-aged person with very firm opinions I will defend with the sort of withering sarcasm I learned during the golden era (and only the golden era) of The Simpsons, not make friends who share my exact opinions […]
liz just asked me what a lollipop lady is and conjectured it was a person who was in charge of giving children candy at school
August 21, 2025 at 4:25 AM
liz just asked me what a lollipop lady is and conjectured it was a person who was in charge of giving children candy at school
weird moments from my life, #272 -- explaining Noisebridge to John Cusack (with @micahflee ), from https://boingboing.net/2013/09/04/john-cusack-in-hacker-land.html
August 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
weird moments from my life, #272 -- explaining Noisebridge to John Cusack (with @micahflee ), from https://boingboing.net/2013/09/04/john-cusack-in-hacker-land.html
Reposted by Danny O'B
Pareto-optimal non-market-based agricultural planning using a local and regional hierarchy of combined religious and pragmatic water temples.
https://www.damninteresting.com/the-ancient-order-of-bali/
https://www.damninteresting.com/the-ancient-order-of-bali/
The Ancient Order of Bali
In 1970s Bali, a sudden rice crisis prompted an unexpectedly far-reaching scientific discovery
www.damninteresting.com
August 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Pareto-optimal non-market-based agricultural planning using a local and regional hierarchy of combined religious and pragmatic water temples.
https://www.damninteresting.com/the-ancient-order-of-bali/
https://www.damninteresting.com/the-ancient-order-of-bali/
One of my favourite new thinkers, Frank Miroslav (@mutual_ayyde ) just dropped an absolutely fantastic barnstormer of an essay: "Technically Radical: On the Unrecognized Potential of Tech Workers and Hackers". I'm going to be quoting bits of this for /years/ […]
Original post on mastodon.spesh.com
mastodon.spesh.com
August 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
One of my favourite new thinkers, Frank Miroslav (@mutual_ayyde ) just dropped an absolutely fantastic barnstormer of an essay: "Technically Radical: On the Unrecognized Potential of Tech Workers and Hackers". I'm going to be quoting bits of this for /years/ […]
God bless the Recurse Center for this very sensible (current) take on LLMs and coding: https://www.recurse.com/blog/191-developing-our-position-on-ai
Developing our position on AI
Comments
www.recurse.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
God bless the Recurse Center for this very sensible (current) take on LLMs and coding: https://www.recurse.com/blog/191-developing-our-position-on-ai
Reposted by Danny O'B
Would you like to end the constant drumbeat of ill-informed legislative proposals that threaten to destroy end-to-end #encryption in #OpenSource #software? Are you from #europe? Can you demonstrate your expertise? Then why not apply to join the European Commission's Expert Group for a Technology […]
Original post on meshed.cloud
meshed.cloud
July 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Would you like to end the constant drumbeat of ill-informed legislative proposals that threaten to destroy end-to-end #encryption in #OpenSource #software? Are you from #europe? Can you demonstrate your expertise? Then why not apply to join the European Commission's Expert Group for a Technology […]
starting any writing work session doing 'apt update; apt upgrade' or 'brew update; brew upgrade', and then silently praying to the gods of procrastination that something will break
July 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
starting any writing work session doing 'apt update; apt upgrade' or 'brew update; brew upgrade', and then silently praying to the gods of procrastination that something will break
i feel like statements like this are going to age ... strangely: https://lithub.com/against-ai-an-open-letter-from-writers-to-publishers/
“We want our publishers to stand with us. To make a pledge that they will never release books that were created by machines.”
“We want our publishers to stand with us. To make a pledge that they will never release books that were created by machines.”
June 29, 2025 at 5:03 AM
i feel like statements like this are going to age ... strangely: https://lithub.com/against-ai-an-open-letter-from-writers-to-publishers/
“We want our publishers to stand with us. To make a pledge that they will never release books that were created by machines.”
“We want our publishers to stand with us. To make a pledge that they will never release books that were created by machines.”
proof that @lizzard is not the only one being cute-d at by khaaan! and fizzbin #catsofmastodon
June 28, 2025 at 6:08 AM
proof that @lizzard is not the only one being cute-d at by khaaan! and fizzbin #catsofmastodon