Do the Evolution —
With technological evolution advancing faster than human evolution, we must realize that empathy is the key that will keep us from destroying ourselves.
Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category
IG —
Instagram is horrible for artists. We pour our hearts and time into posting absolutely breathtaking content full of emotion and humanity, and the platform forces our followers to simply comment, like, and scroll on. Where’s the REAL engagement? The meaningful dialog, the long lasting conversations, the building of genuine human connection? The design perpetuates the […]
I have a new slogan for ChatGPT… —
ChatGPT: Because you’re not good enough.
Maybe a Scary Thing —
Take into consideration how many people create pure AI-generated music. Some percentage of those people will have made it for others as a ‘gift’. “Make me a song, Daddy!” the young daughter might ask. And he makes her a song with AI. He tells it to make a song for a little girl about her […]
Random Screenie —
AI Replacing Traditional Search —
I hate how ‘AI’ is replacing traditional keyword type search. I feel like I have to spawn an extra process in my brain just to try to figure out what the ‘AI’ wants from me, so I can formulate my search accordingly. JUST LET ME FUCKING TYPE IN WORDS. I don’t want to PRETEND LIKE […]
Maybe Something.. —
You should be able to password protect any software program on your computer. In Linux, the solution could be a simple zenity and/or bash hack to encrypt + decrypt your user config and data for said software program with gpg or something. You could provide your passphrase with zenity or another utility for the [de]crypting. […]
Putting Out Fires —
Weighted Upvotes —
I think the social media space needs weighted upvoting. What I mean by this is that you can upvote *more* than your ‘single-vote’ count, depending on your current allotment of…oh I don’t know.. “vote currency” ? Hopefully you know what I mean. Maybe you’d get a certain amount for how much time you spend on […]
Microsoft Edge —
AI Generated Art —
AI isn’t human. It’s software. Art is works of self expression authored by humans. One feels connected to a piece by experiencing it with emotional honesty and vulnerability and genuineness, just as the creators did as they created it. Maybe not the *same* emotions; art is generally interpretative; but in it’s truest form it is […]
My Faith in the World Has Slightly Improved —
Backup Admins Get No Love —
I Would Have Been Pat Connors —
Jurassic Park Quote —
“Yeah, yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn’t stop to think if they should.”
I made a joke —
Did you hear about the thieves who tried to steal the Linux source code? The irony doesn’t even penguin to explain it.
AI, F/OSS and Copyright —
Warning, petty conspiracy theory ahead: 1) Buy GitHub to mitigate possible legal contingencies 2) Help build an LLM that can write (and slightly modify existing) code at an amazing rate and ever-increasing quality 3) Train it on data from the open web, including GH of course 4) Produce “unique” code where the rightful copyright holder […]
Fuck Microsoft —
Fuck Microsoft.
Adjust Official Raspberry Pi 7″ Touchscreen LCD Brightness With Zenity —
Here’s a quick-n-dirty script for adjusting the Official Raspberry Pi 7″ Touchscreen LCD Brightness With Zenity (Tested on Raspbian): #!/bin/bash # # Sets the Raspberry Pi touchscreen brightness. # Set variables zenity=”/usr/bin/zenity” # Get desired brightness level b=$(“$zenity” \ –scale \ –value=120 \ –min-value=10 \ –max-value=254 \ –step=2 \ –title “Set LCD Brightness” \ –text […]
The Inn —
i3: A Love Affair —
I don’t remember if I posted about switching window managers from Fluxbox to i3 (Update: Yep) but after about 6 months of a tabbed window manager, and enjoying many aspects of it, it proved to be a bit less productive than what I had grown accustomed to over decades with Fluxbox / Openbox / Blackbox […]
L.O.R.D. —
Microsoft vs. Linux —
Microsoft is like a very expensive, but sleek and featureful car. It is static and monolithic and richly serves a tyrant called Economy… and yet requires a lot of upkeep, somehow. Linux is like a custom built hotrod. It’s literally free and respects liberty – volunteers have band together to forge the parts themselves. It […]
Honestly —
I wonder what huge mega-corp proprietary software vendors think about when they see volunteers making software in their “free time” as their biggest threat?
Creative Commons, Open Source and Social Impact —
It’s about time that CC, F/OSS and Social Impact meet up for a beer and discuss a joint venture. I’d say we’re long, long overdue for a major ‘shift’. Money will quickly become obsolete when we all sync up with the tools we currently have and forge an understanding of each other and a motivation […]
Silicon Valley – John the Datacenter Guy —
I don’t watch a bunch of television but recently ran through Mike Judge’s “Silicon Valley”. I really enjoyed the series; it’s refreshing to find such high quality production consistently get technology and business right. John Stafford (the Datacenter manager, pictured) is hilarious. I’m just happy to see areas like this get some attention I guess!
Moved to a Tiling Window Manager —
I’m really enjoying i3 (tiling window manager). I’m no expert but after using it for about 2 months I’m pretty comfortable with it. I used to be intimidated as tiling WMs were so foreign to me. For many years I was a fluxbox faithful but I found myself constantly arranging my windows in ways that […]
2 Bassists —
I remember when I went to tech college, a classmate/friend of mine said he always wanted to form a band with 2 bassists – one for the low end and one playing as lead. I always thought that was a fucking cool idea. He also once said about our networking teacher: “He’s got a T-1 […]
Facts or GTFO —
“You have an opinion, that’s great. But here’s data.” – L0pht (Defcon speaker, unknown date)
Music related apps, websites, etc. —
Am I the only one who finds it distracting that music (read: audio) related resources online have such a rich visual element? Here I am with my bluetooth beanie on, connected to my phone, but at my PC doing research. I come across a music blog related to promoting independent artists. I want to stop […]
On Domain Names, Business Ventures and Hostname Lineage —
I have a domain, let’s call it “networking.tld” (not really). It was obtained for my first business venture. I first purchased it when I was 22 years old, starting a technical consulting and support company with a really good friend of mine, Chris. Another good friend, Steve, was our ‘acting’ business manager. I remember us […]
‘Tis the Season for BBS Nostalgia —
It’s raining, time to get nostalgic about BBSes :)
I don’t know why I feel compelled to say this right now and here, but… —
In bind, using YYYYMMDD## format for the zone file serial number increments is smart. It’s something I learned a long time ago, *nix knowledge passed to me from another guru (Garrett @ API) as I took over administrating a distributed DNS server setup for his global satellite data communications network… that was pretty sweet.