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Developer, designer, writer, and @wmbr DJ living in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Developer, designer, writer, and @wmbr DJ living in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Ex-@tinymixtapes
· webdev · vim · movies · music · uspol · design · […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://social.coop/@jsit, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Kovid Goyal, #calibre developer, on the inclusion of AI:
> It's not going to be scrapped, so good bye, I guess. You are more than welcome to not use AI if you don't want to. calibre very nicely makes that easy for you by having it off by default to the extent that the AI code is not even loaded […]
> It's not going to be scrapped, so good bye, I guess. You are more than welcome to not use AI if you don't want to. calibre very nicely makes that easy for you by having it off by default to the extent that the AI code is not even loaded […]
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social.coop
December 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Kovid Goyal, #calibre developer, on the inclusion of AI:
> It's not going to be scrapped, so good bye, I guess. You are more than welcome to not use AI if you don't want to. calibre very nicely makes that easy for you by having it off by default to the extent that the AI code is not even loaded […]
> It's not going to be scrapped, so good bye, I guess. You are more than welcome to not use AI if you don't want to. calibre very nicely makes that easy for you by having it off by default to the extent that the AI code is not even loaded […]
One of the many reasons Netflix buying Warner Bros is bad is that *Netflix hates movies.*
December 7, 2025 at 3:53 AM
One of the many reasons Netflix buying Warner Bros is bad is that *Netflix hates movies.*
I want to watch more movies where people are in a carriage at night being lit by a swinging oil lamp, maybe a top hat is involved, stuff like that rules
December 7, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I want to watch more movies where people are in a carriage at night being lit by a swinging oil lamp, maybe a top hat is involved, stuff like that rules
I occasionally have a hard time remembering who a character was by their name alone in novels. It never occurred to me until recently to just circle a name with a pencil when it first appears.
December 6, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I occasionally have a hard time remembering who a character was by their name alone in novels. It never occurred to me until recently to just circle a name with a pencil when it first appears.
Are there any talented #pixelart ists out there who also have a passing interest in #astrology?
December 5, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Are there any talented #pixelart ists out there who also have a passing interest in #astrology?
The definitive Scrooge is on Kanopy: https://www.kanopy.com/video/15026269
December 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The definitive Scrooge is on Kanopy: https://www.kanopy.com/video/15026269
There's a small "pro wrestling" league in Chicago called "Superwrestlers," and they have a grunge wrestler named... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_ebxQJJJS0
December 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
There's a small "pro wrestling" league in Chicago called "Superwrestlers," and they have a grunge wrestler named... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_ebxQJJJS0
I will root for the Patriots once Robert Kraft doesn't own them
December 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I will root for the Patriots once Robert Kraft doesn't own them
Here's where you can delete your Shop account: https://shop.app/delete-account
Shop has increasingly insinuated itself into transactions all over the web and has likely collected your data and purchase history without your knowing it.
If an online purchase asks you to confirm anything with […]
Shop has increasingly insinuated itself into transactions all over the web and has likely collected your data and purchase history without your knowing it.
If an online purchase asks you to confirm anything with […]
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social.coop
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Here's where you can delete your Shop account: https://shop.app/delete-account
Shop has increasingly insinuated itself into transactions all over the web and has likely collected your data and purchase history without your knowing it.
If an online purchase asks you to confirm anything with […]
Shop has increasingly insinuated itself into transactions all over the web and has likely collected your data and purchase history without your knowing it.
If an online purchase asks you to confirm anything with […]
Swinsian is back! For those looking for an alternative to iTunes on macOS: https://swinsian.com/blog/2025/08/19/swinsian-3/
Swinsian 3 - The Swinsian Blog
Swinsian 3 written Aug 19th, 2025 12:00 am Swinsian 3 is now available to download. This is a big update that brings native support for Apple …
swinsian.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Swinsian is back! For those looking for an alternative to iTunes on macOS: https://swinsian.com/blog/2025/08/19/swinsian-3/
For the life of me, I just...I can't figure out masks in making vector art. I just slam away at it until it does what I want.
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 PM
For the life of me, I just...I can't figure out masks in making vector art. I just slam away at it until it does what I want.
It's been ten years without a new Joanna Newsom record, what the hell
November 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
It's been ten years without a new Joanna Newsom record, what the hell
I remember *actively trying* to enjoy LCD Soundsystem in 2005, and failing. How did people get tricked into liking this guy?
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I remember *actively trying* to enjoy LCD Soundsystem in 2005, and failing. How did people get tricked into liking this guy?
Mastodon finally getting some of the features that it desperately needed when it had one chance at mass adoption in 2022
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Mastodon finally getting some of the features that it desperately needed when it had one chance at mass adoption in 2022
I would hate computers if I didn't love them so much
November 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I would hate computers if I didn't love them so much
Luigi's Mansion 3 looks like it's gonna be on sale again this holiday season, and I cannot recommend it enough.
#nintendo #switch #nintendoswitch
#nintendo #switch #nintendoswitch
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Luigi's Mansion 3 looks like it's gonna be on sale again this holiday season, and I cannot recommend it enough.
#nintendo #switch #nintendoswitch
#nintendo #switch #nintendoswitch
There's a lot of talk of treating LLM-written code as code written by a junior developer, but it's almost more like code written by an extremely stoned senior developer.
November 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
There's a lot of talk of treating LLM-written code as code written by a junior developer, but it's almost more like code written by an extremely stoned senior developer.
It would have taken a human, like, five minutes to come up with this, and that would have been cute.
But I’m too cynical not to be one hundred percent certain this was written by AI.
But I’m too cynical not to be one hundred percent certain this was written by AI.
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
It would have taken a human, like, five minutes to come up with this, and that would have been cute.
But I’m too cynical not to be one hundred percent certain this was written by AI.
But I’m too cynical not to be one hundred percent certain this was written by AI.
Media Log: Bugonia (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2025)
★★★★
Watched: Nov 7, 2025
Emma Stone is a genius and a generational talent.
#nowwatching #movies #medialog
★★★★
Watched: Nov 7, 2025
Emma Stone is a genius and a generational talent.
#nowwatching #movies #medialog
November 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Media Log: Bugonia (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2025)
★★★★
Watched: Nov 7, 2025
Emma Stone is a genius and a generational talent.
#nowwatching #movies #medialog
★★★★
Watched: Nov 7, 2025
Emma Stone is a genius and a generational talent.
#nowwatching #movies #medialog
DuckDuckGo now uses "DuckSansProduct" as its body font; a search for "DuckSansProduct" on DDG returns zero results.
#duckduckgo #typography #webdesign
#duckduckgo #typography #webdesign
November 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
DuckDuckGo now uses "DuckSansProduct" as its body font; a search for "DuckSansProduct" on DDG returns zero results.
#duckduckgo #typography #webdesign
#duckduckgo #typography #webdesign
I never hear anybody talking about how great The Sundays are
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I never hear anybody talking about how great The Sundays are
Some encoding errors on this Slowdive record on Apple Music. Æ in place of apostrophes.
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Some encoding errors on this Slowdive record on Apple Music. Æ in place of apostrophes.
One of the reasons LLM code generators won't replace devs soon is that so much of being a developer is doing stuff OTHER than writing code.
November 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
One of the reasons LLM code generators won't replace devs soon is that so much of being a developer is doing stuff OTHER than writing code.
Iggy Pop is on this Anna von Hausswolff record??
November 3, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Iggy Pop is on this Anna von Hausswolff record??