Mark Macdonald
@markm.ac
Oakland dad. Web dabbler. Adopted Californian
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The world’s political and economic systems can all unite over one central tenet: your mum does the washing. “Libertarianism: Your mum does the washing. You believe *you* did the washing.” [kottke.org]
Your Mum Does the Washing
The world’s political and economic systems can all unite over one central tenet: your mum does the washing.
Libertarianism:
Your mum does the washing.
You believe you did the washing.
Egalitarianism:
That one time yo
kottke.org
April 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The world’s political and economic systems can all unite over one central tenet: your mum does the washing. “Libertarianism: Your mum does the washing. You believe *you* did the washing.” [kottke.org]
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They're going to kill Libby and all your other library book reading apps, programs funded by Congress which the administration (and certainly not Elon or his teen Nazi psychopath goons) has no power to shut down.
Maybe a day to call all your reps again and to demand action
Maybe a day to call all your reps again and to demand action
March 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
They're going to kill Libby and all your other library book reading apps, programs funded by Congress which the administration (and certainly not Elon or his teen Nazi psychopath goons) has no power to shut down.
Maybe a day to call all your reps again and to demand action
Maybe a day to call all your reps again and to demand action
With all the vibecoding hype, I spent some time exploring how straightforward it would be to get useful, structured data out of an LLM and build a proof of concept writing assistant. Turns out, not particularly...
Building Resilient Interfaces for LLMs
Exploring the challenges of working with LLMs and structured data to build intuitive interfaces.
markm.ac
March 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
With all the vibecoding hype, I spent some time exploring how straightforward it would be to get useful, structured data out of an LLM and build a proof of concept writing assistant. Turns out, not particularly...
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As expected, the Trump team is already deleting climate info from government websites. In anticipation, our team at Urban Ocean Lab created a permanent archive of 100+ key resources and published a permanent archive: www.urbanoceanlab.org/resource-hub 👩🏽💻
January 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
As expected, the Trump team is already deleting climate info from government websites. In anticipation, our team at Urban Ocean Lab created a permanent archive of 100+ key resources and published a permanent archive: www.urbanoceanlab.org/resource-hub 👩🏽💻