2026-10-25T09:55:41Z https://nostr.now Baldur Bjarnason https://nostr.now/npub1hr7087sk4yxl25nmx9c42p0zgk5kyfyvar5xeklezs23hjuenr7qr3jxyc https://assets.toot.cafe/accounts/avatars/000/003/681/original/65a3633062de133e.jpg https://assets.toot.cafe/accounts/avatars/000/003/681/original/65a3633062de133e.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr8ap68qus0cyrx5lr7uqsuty8xfwaj7th5v6s5x4pza6kdna885qzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cawutmx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0087a0ad8e7q5efl3a3cetf3w78vwp5uf57mvl8rhv8v7dj9f7eqyrjyz7'>nevent1q…jyz7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A year&#39;s membership to the premium newsletter, the newsletter with all the links and commentary, is also available as a part of ebook bundle I&#39;m offering during this Halloween sale.<br/><br/><a href="https://payhip.baldurbjarnason.com/b/gHuYl">https://payhip.baldurbjarnason.com/b/gHuYl</a><br/><br/>Still trying to figure out the best way to handle archives. 2026-10-30T14:05:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0087a0ad8e7q5efl3a3cetf3w78vwp5uf57mvl8rhv8v7dj9f7eqzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cjnshnt Sent out the first proper edition of the Premium Newsletter before lunch today. It&#39;s on the longer side as it covers ten days instead of seven<br/><br/>(I&#39;ll send it again to late subscribers over the weekend so they don&#39;t miss the first one)<br/><br/>You can find this update on Patreon here <a href="https://www.patreon.com/baldurbjarnason/posts/out-of-ai-crisis-173848451?pr=true">https://www.patreon.com/baldurbjarnason/posts/out-of-ai-crisis-173848451?pr=true</a><br/><br/>To get future editions of the premium newsletter you can either pay monthly via Patreon or prepay for a year via PayHip (50% discount until the end of 1 November)<br/><br/><a href="https://payhip.baldurbjarnason.com/b/BMsyT">https://payhip.baldurbjarnason.com/b/BMsyT</a> 2026-10-30T14:04:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy373m835fyepxecjsymr536x99yzmxw6spehlq80etftzl54cyngzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0c0yeddy “A statement in response to Andreas Malm being denied entry into the Un | Verso Books”<br/><br/><a href="https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/news/a-statement-in-response-to-andreas-malm-being-denied-entry-into-the-united-kingdom">https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/news/a-statement-in-response-to-andreas-malm-being-denied-entry-into-the-united-kingdom</a><br/><br/>&gt; We can only assume, since no reasons have been given for banning him, that it is Andreas’s positions on Palestine, no different from the ICC and UN commissions, is the cause. 2026-10-30T12:26:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsydpjk9hrn2gyjj4fmdypsa4deyrrng54azkddlr49a92hhqlhzrgzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cc8ujnu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8z0ndsvksmdfdhy2y42rd00d87zrrqygla5zumu25lwugqpzkxmcuqp205'>nevent1q…p205</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yup. 2026-10-30T11:50:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyav8jvsqr28zq5cl894zkaj2er2k6k0wxu9mxq7arxuq8mkpudngzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0c492zq6 Videos and blog posts from &#34;AI&#34;-pilled software developers talking about how their careers are gone or in a dead-end seems to have become a genre in a very short space of time. At least a couple of notable examples just this week. 2026-10-30T11:39:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvrv44mhpavmp3yre400x72xmlc5xx8zcnhmc7nd4a28d05smd7cszyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0catjefx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdv4h2a8f55tyzc8mjc5nvpfm2n4ye9jkaw4x965ysqpsyg7k80fcg4jl43'>nevent1q…jl43</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>“If we stop, we lose - Piccalilli”<br/><br/><a href="https://piccalil.li/blog/if-we-stop-we-lose/">https://piccalil.li/blog/if-we-stop-we-lose/</a><br/><br/>&gt; This article is mainly addressed to fellow educators, but also to people that write on their personal blogs. You must keep going because people still need us. If we don’t, we lose. 2026-10-30T08:57:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdv4h2a8f55tyzc8mjc5nvpfm2n4ye9jkaw4x965ysqpsyg7k80fczyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0csd4le6 “If we stop, we lose - Piccalilli”<br/><br/><a href="https://piccalil.li/blog/if-we-stop-we-lose/">https://piccalil.li/blog/if-we-stop-we-lose/</a><br/><br/>&gt; It’s been a rather morale draining era in the making websites industry since the wider tech industry decided to gamble everything on LLMs. We at Piccalilli see it amongst the community and feel it ourselves. 2026-10-30T08:54:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszcmjvmxweydhtl7cjyaa62y3nmarlfflc9ye2ddensgmxszs79fszyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cljtmct “The Chinese AI crash is not the end, but it is cheering – Pivot to AI”<br/><br/><a href="https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/28/the-chinese-ai-crash-is-not-the-end-but-it-is-cheering/">https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/28/the-chinese-ai-crash-is-not-the-end-but-it-is-cheering/</a> 2026-10-29T15:04:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp5rvm3wp0d9j56zh2ls8fn4cu2dqr79e4gdzmvzrec6dprna68yszyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0c5t8ys5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg3ekt0kcqwqj8485nndk0atfhtfwug5vw55cmyzcpfplrqhrsresc8d3n3'>nevent1q…d3n3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A year&#39;s membership to the Premium Newsletter costs €25 EUR (with the 50% Halloween discount):<br/><br/><a href="https://payhip.baldurbjarnason.com/b/BMsyT">https://payhip.baldurbjarnason.com/b/BMsyT</a><br/><br/>Shares, boosts, or the like are really appreciated. 🙂 <br/><br/>Finally, I also have a Liberapay profile open for donations if you want to support without buying anything<br/><br/><a href="https://liberapay.com/baldurbjarnason/">https://liberapay.com/baldurbjarnason/</a> 2026-10-29T10:08:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgj5mfh8kzj36w0ndn2tyzl0wpz56eynx6hsq988z7pfxwr80f6fszyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0crlku4g Out of the ‘AI’ Crisis – Premium Newsletter launch and Halloween Sale<br/><br/>Because, as with many others, things are a bit rough, so, I&#39;m launching a premium newsletter in addition to the regular one.<br/><br/>I&#39;m hoping this will help pay for the work that goes into the newsletter, videos, and podcasts. I&#39;d very much appreciate it if people could spread the word 🙂 <br/><br/><a href="https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/out-of-the-ai-crisis-halloween-sale-and-launch/">https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/out-of-the-ai-crisis-halloween-sale-and-launch/</a> 2026-10-29T10:08:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg3ekt0kcqwqj8485nndk0atfhtfwug5vw55cmyzcpfplrqhrsreszyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0clz3klq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgj5mfh8kzj36w0ndn2tyzl0wpz56eynx6hsq988z7pfxwr80f6fsua5mt7'>nevent1q…5mt7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You can also get a year of Premium Newsletter membership as a part of a heavily discounted bundle that includes all of my ebooks and the Premium Newsletter<br/><br/><a href="https://payhip.baldurbjarnason.com/b/QxHSb">https://payhip.baldurbjarnason.com/b/QxHSb</a><br/><br/>That gets you the whole lot and 12 months of the &#34;Premium&#34; and helps keep the newsletter, podcast and video going. 2026-10-29T10:08:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw0janznnfpqjdkef3lskqvlysyjfl8lwmsq0xjqyqgknyvk6uhcczyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0c3ppdka “Selling Stories”<br/><br/><a href="https://2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/selling-stories/">https://2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/selling-stories/</a><br/><br/>&gt; Our society has decided that all investment in the future should be directed to technology -- that that&#39;s how you &#34;fix&#34; things. It has decided that the wealthiest companies and the wealthiest individuals need not pay taxes. We can allocate the world&#39;s resources differently. 2026-10-29T09:51:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspsawwjpwwezxc7vdxhgdwge9sg248sq6t49vr0a7y3tkzway0cuqzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0chqhsmx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw4445ar3gltq27dvgp97de02fqnkj3sy447q39zxrwn0xww2wtzsh3shwh'>nevent1q…shwh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Shares, boosts, or the like would be really appreciated. 🙂 <br/><br/>Oh, and because I forgot, I also have a Liberapay profile open for donations.<br/><br/><a href="https://liberapay.com/baldurbjarnason/">https://liberapay.com/baldurbjarnason/</a> 2026-10-28T18:23:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw4445ar3gltq27dvgp97de02fqnkj3sy447q39zxrwn0xww2wtzszyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0c69weda In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsggx59qhyuas2qtn0c8k0yw2yn4dp0nl4f733ctwe8wdrkfyu58jsywr4h2'>nevent1q…r4h2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Finally, if you don&#39;t actually need the launch discount, plan on expensing it anyway, or just feel rich, you can also buy a year&#39;s worth of membership of the Premium Newsletter without a discount here<br/><br/><a href="https://payhip.baldurbjarnason.com/b/gHuYl">https://payhip.baldurbjarnason.com/b/gHuYl</a> 2026-10-28T18:19:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsggx59qhyuas2qtn0c8k0yw2yn4dp0nl4f733ctwe8wdrkfyu58jszyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cwu954u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrg05wmzae0jyehyyjvknv8yrz45jtgwf8ua5fe97c0ylddtd95wsrjceks'>nevent1q…ceks</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You can read some of the reasoning and context for why I&#39;m launching the Premium Newsletter and why now here:<br/><br/>&#34;Out of the ‘AI’ Crisis – Premium Newsletter launch and Halloween Sale&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/out-of-the-ai-crisis-halloween-sale-and-launch/">https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/out-of-the-ai-crisis-halloween-sale-and-launch/</a> 2026-10-28T18:18:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrg05wmzae0jyehyyjvknv8yrz45jtgwf8ua5fe97c0ylddtd95wszyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cd7u9kh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfxzj7tpvy070cfgh2rqqrdtzz4q9j7wdtjwfcv4uu6g8xxn5qc2qhg4978'>nevent1q…4978</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You can also get that year&#39;s membership in the Premium Newsletter as a part of a heavily discounted bundle that includes all of my ebooks and the Premium Newsletter<br/><br/><a href="https://payhip.baldurbjarnason.com/b/QxHSb">https://payhip.baldurbjarnason.com/b/QxHSb</a><br/><br/>That gets you the whole lot and 12 months of the &#34;Premium&#34; 2026-10-28T18:17:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfxzj7tpvy070cfgh2rqqrdtzz4q9j7wdtjwfcv4uu6g8xxn5qc2qzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0crcpmkt To help keep the newsletter going, I&#39;ve launched a Premium Newsletter that should go out at least once a week.<br/><br/>And, since the launch is happening at the end of October, I figured I might as well do it as a Halloween sale.<br/><br/>So, you can buy a year&#39;s membership to the Premium Newsletter for €25 EUR (50% off) with this link:<br/><br/><a href="https://payhip.baldurbjarnason.com/b/BMsyT">https://payhip.baldurbjarnason.com/b/BMsyT</a><br/><br/>But wait, there&#39;s more... 2026-10-28T18:15:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstlypl7690g4y9zh77dy0nqw7fp8dknn2pymvukycvnpa44uhwecszyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cf5sf8e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs890yd3dmkrjzy6r4flg4dmzkd6p4zfc2dfvtg9fjlpuu3ank9dpqcvvyqp'>nevent1q…vyqp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That&#39;s solid piece of advice from the waiter 👍 2026-10-28T15:55:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz5f4e8jvklxs9a9hpe0prcsnl2ksyt9ap36x05lxqxs49jdc627gzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0ccl5f90 RE: <a href="https://dice.camp/@valthonis/117518928735122393">https://dice.camp/@valthonis/117518928735122393</a><br/><br/>Meanwhile I cackle with joy whenever I see a video of a foreigner suffering through “traditional” Icelandic food or go pale after ingesting a candy coated in ammonium chloride.<br/><br/>Or when they video a waterfall go sideways in a storm all “wtf!”<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1my6pl4zu2umzjzadxp56ea8fukjkdel99pv38zhwa5qk78p0sqyqq5eydv" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1my6…eydv</a></span><br/> </div> There is an entire cottage industry of YouTube content out there that seems to be aimed *just* at making USians feel better about themselves by having folks from elsewhere marvel about the things the US does, eats, or has.<br/><br/>Are we that insecure that we need a whole-ass catalogue of "praise kink" vids? </blockquote> 2026-10-28T15:45:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsggef3whcjsz3cyznrvw4xcms2pzd97502ceec28d2mtrezwgr5eqzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0ch6nulh “Iceland not among 2027 Eurovision participants - RÚV.is”<br/><br/><a href="https://www.ruv.is/english/2026-10-28-iceland-not-among-2027-eurovision-participants-491136">https://www.ruv.is/english/2026-10-28-iceland-not-among-2027-eurovision-participants-491136</a><br/><br/>Good. 2026-10-28T15:36:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd8hdjxzh5h0pxhfsuvfxdkg978hd7de4ahag4hnal5sjlqql9ygszyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cyhrceg “Signal your virtues | Go Make Things”<br/><br/><a href="https://gomakethings.com/articles/signal-your-virtues/">https://gomakethings.com/articles/signal-your-virtues/</a> 2026-10-28T15:13:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrev3my4uvu3p2z5lzvmtdrtdujxznyumu79ckzck0ufjft809peszyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cymsasa Wow. Zencastr&#39;s built-in transcription is quite possibly the worst I&#39;ve tested. Filled with fabrications in a 10m test recording.<br/><br/>It would have helped if there was an obvious way to:<br/><br/>1. Set the language.<br/>2. Turn off automatic translation.<br/><br/>But I get the feeling the implementation is so vibed they might not be aware of what it&#39;s doing at all 2026-10-28T14:39:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst9rqq66e3rw6t32vr9g6vu6nmqu98m65qmne264t0qdzsf809gdqzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cx858ak In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdh0074y8yrupxghdrl6qg2uyvc59g7w5cw6dmxr5u5ylulgv540qaqundd'>nevent1q…undd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is the way 2026-10-28T12:25:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqma06ehgc07mr5j896qu6l9hhkceanluufayxy4gsy9geyqv925szyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0c87ssnn Is there an alternative to Zencastr with a free tier that doesn&#39;t have that horrendous mess of an UI?<br/><br/>(At least it&#39;s comforting to know that proprietary software is at least as badly designed these days as Free/Open Source. Progress!) 2026-10-28T12:21:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvn0990028egk36uw82g478u45s8cs7fv8e760nxvlkr89qcmrk6szyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0c4guta4 Why is “congrats! your software updated without you asking, so now your core workflows are now very, very broken. Aren’t you grateful?” such a routine event these days?<br/><br/>And why dont developers and vendors care?<br/><br/>Ugh. <br/><br/>(Anyway. Rhetorical questions. No reply needed.) 2026-10-28T12:03:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvxfa4vgm7srt0lhd8tjm928dg0wdpnwk2r53m2h0utq78cux8dqqzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cvkqql4 Out of the ‘AI’ Crisis – Premium Newsletter launch and Halloween Sale<br/><br/>I&#39;m trying a new thing and launching a premium newsletter in addition to the regular one.<br/><br/>I&#39;m hoping this will help pay for the work that goes into the newsletter, videos, and podcasts, and times are genuinely a bit rough these days, so I&#39;d very much appreciate it if people could spread the word 🙂 <br/><br/><a href="https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/out-of-the-ai-crisis-halloween-sale-and-launch/">https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/out-of-the-ai-crisis-halloween-sale-and-launch/</a> 2026-10-28T10:53:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0m7qkrrwgwzks4q8t0z5lu9a4kg7847ffancfrsx4t9wjj85d24qzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0c2wfqj6 Out of the ‘AI’ Crisis – Premium Newsletter launch and Halloween Sale: <a href="https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/out-of-the-ai-crisis-halloween-sale-and-launch/">https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/out-of-the-ai-crisis-halloween-sale-and-launch/</a> 2026-10-28T10:42:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfrnqfjt4vsafdf5cmu44v8t5hdyr9qwv0npkcfrlkd4p4xrcdk9szyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0c74dtqc “Anthropic files its ‘IPO’ — but all the key numbers are missing – Pivot to AI”<br/><br/><a href="https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/27/anthropic-files-its-ipo-but-all-the-key-numbers-are-missing/">https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/27/anthropic-files-its-ipo-but-all-the-key-numbers-are-missing/</a><br/><br/>&gt; As a serious business proposition, you’d be nuts to go for this.<br/><br/>What he said. 2026-10-28T09:18:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszc57asymhgcnyx8d2jteg8xu3gqwv47qwgdy4hcvwfpceuh0dhcgzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cswxmfl “Wabbit Eternal – News From ME”<br/><br/><a href="https://www.newsfromme.com/2026/10/27/wabbit-eternal/">https://www.newsfromme.com/2026/10/27/wabbit-eternal/</a> 2026-10-27T15:08:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvgxepz0nlh4nzfu4mwsrjzqg2pl5wc5nah4ujvhz27gcpuuhywkgzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cqtdcgh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswz2dkhu0hruetd7edlvg767runv7s7h88mdxq6wfqy8a7hx3crjqkpvn8x'>nevent1q…vn8x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s the &#34;fediverse:creator&#34; meta element<br/><br/>This one specifically: <br/><br/>&lt;meta name=&#34;fediverse:creator&#34; content=&#34;[@iris_meredith](<a href="https://mastodon.social/@iris_meredith">https://mastodon.social/@iris_meredith</a> )&#34;&gt; 2026-10-27T11:49:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswmpuylkhtjzm0qcm26n8w6x3l0htyeyq6837z82s5wqx22cl5zkgzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0czpjrsq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstrehdlkstv3dw2n09kka7xskxdmqufz0luuxwn3vz3kqfny54hucsj86l3'>nevent1q…86l3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>True. 2026-10-27T11:16:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy8psgdy8hfetu7t77nfal3xstqee5dt2fa8pnnecd4d70f68ecaszyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0c8rtezu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsddgumjsgltcppgj9r5yy3q4uyag87y2j9ehqz2peekkz3t84r76cxz42rp'>nevent1q…42rp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Too true. 2026-10-27T11:07:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdvd3ft95dzxzjmxcft7qdcp8dy7k6pg8jhs0tj9tzp7ysgejj9jqzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cuvf6ej In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstaj96aq7avzy494ualptfsj9fx75jv429pph3nkhk6pgrcryr0ucnh6eha'>nevent1q…6eha</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Winning. 😝 2026-10-27T11:06:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspvru8qu5t780ldrcu2mvfn28rz63rgkxqddvznuadluuhx8cukjgzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cgjntkc Genuinely impressive how in a fairly short period of time, the Windows install I have on my dual-boot desktop for the occasional testing and graphics work has become much buggier, less usable, and less reliable than Desktop Gnome, which hasn&#39;t improved one iota in about a decade.<br/><br/>Had to spend an hour after a recent update &#34;helping&#34; Windows find a display it&#39;s been finding perfectly well for several years. 2026-10-27T11:03:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw5620mfq6ecp6vv5ktdm0e73mc37netsa540y25ah3r2f46m9xsszyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cvdaalh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvwedvqhrln53cw78jrj9v6j9f2u7s038skq3r76qadkkg95aaz5c4mejpy'>nevent1q…ejpy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>😁 2026-10-27T11:00:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyma47jqxpdy72zjv05r080ef2s5qn4h7wzct643gl54pgdrj0hnszyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0ckv4zjg Kind of worrying to see how many people have fallen hard into the “imminent AGI” delusion. 2026-10-27T10:42:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqudxngyky3advh25pjrp75m3lrq777vau627rhc45yaq7dfkwg9szyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cjz5sjx “Don&#39;t think | deadSimpleTech”<br/><br/><a href="https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/dont-think">https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/dont-think</a><br/><br/>&gt; It&#39;s a show trial of thought: pre-determined conclusions, pre-determined axioms and premises, and all that&#39;s left for our thought leader to do is to apply the package to whatever particular issue they&#39;re curious about and do just enough casuistry to make everything hold together. 2026-10-27T09:36:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp24lej3ral5g8plk280gqknklfykqeykylgws8phwfrljtruyfugzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cpvf98v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspwwswar53juf7f4t4jxndufp7csv4x4fxfgr3765zxpy7vldk99q6f7eha'>nevent1q…7eha</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Go to a factory pub and talk about how much you made from shutting the local factory down, you&#39;re going to get punched in the teeth. The witnesses will all think you deserved it<br/><br/>Brag about &#34;AI&#34; near people who know illustrators, translators or copywriters and you&#39;ll get the social media equivalent<br/><br/>And the witnesses will all think you deserved it 2026-10-26T23:42:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspwwswar53juf7f4t4jxndufp7csv4x4fxfgr3765zxpy7vldk99qzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cdzfnkr When I see somebody post on how useful they find generative &#34;AI&#34;, an angry, defensive post is sure to follow like clockwork<br/><br/>Any circulation of a pro-&#34;AI&#34; post on a site with artists, writers, illustrators or the like, will reach the ears of somebody whose life has been severely hurt by the tech <br/><br/>Given the scale of the harm being done, angry responses are basically inevitable.<br/><br/>And kinda fair, tbh 2026-10-26T23:41:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0dh0ex6pu5mwalr6xzmwx934tts54gmzjar8vn3un3mwf2hklsvszyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cpuqsuy “Support Pivot to AI — and join the supporter name read for October – Pivot to AI”<br/><br/><a href="https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/26/support-pivot-to-ai-and-join-the-supporter-name-read-for-october/">https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/26/support-pivot-to-ai-and-join-the-supporter-name-read-for-october/</a><br/><br/>&gt; 2026-10-26T14:56:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy97qxnhujvtkkgzcz5n8kf8e3n4yaklh6hc4lhj5u96hjauwd4uczyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cu7lly4 Dialling down the noise (or, bookmarks post schedule change)<br/><br/><a href="https://www.patreon.com/baldurbjarnason/posts/dialling-down-or-173456783">https://www.patreon.com/baldurbjarnason/posts/dialling-down-or-173456783</a><br/><br/>Shifting the schedule of the suggested reading posts for paid members to once a week. Same number of links, just less of a noisy schedule. 2026-10-26T14:44:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqykp5mw6037n5alsx4kzmmqtjeqqyl8ae7g79rtyzwdxtekauuqqzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cjz8v8p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxgf80xc5gtzxfgash4k2d9guj6pcmq7zfw33x8cez25zhgskcf9sauk7x5'>nevent1q…k7x5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ah, yup. That makes a lot of sense. <br/><br/>I&#39;d be very happy to get a 5-10 year run time out of &#34;Out of the AI Crisis&#34; tbh. One of the problems, though, with a plain Out of the Crisis is that is also the title of a landmark book in management theory, which I was making a playful reference to with my original title. That might not be a dealbreaker, though<br/><br/>Need to digest this a bit, but your feedback was really helpful, thanks! 🙂 👍 2026-10-26T14:31:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspgrnwcsz2sf4ajq53xrlx5e0f4qhfhm850cnkthpzt73g46vfxdszyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cdp6x7v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswcme8v7zfk630md0rvq649kfq90dcx3376t5zqhp78jgf5snt57s0yc8v6'>nevent1q…c8v6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve mostly just operated using my name &#34;Baldur Bjarnason&#34; but the podcast and newsletter have always been sent out under the name of my first book: &#34;Out of the Software Crisis&#34; 2026-10-26T14:05:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfrfncwtcd8kkzwqx39qdkq6hn2t80glrz0vpap339e4uspjfcz2qzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0ce4vx6z I&#39;ve basically all but talked myself into the idea that I should rename the podcast/newsletter to more accurately reflect the theme I&#39;ve shifted to lately<br/><br/>&#34;Out of the &#39;AI&#39; Crisis&#34;<br/><br/>Bad idea? Yes? No? Maybe? <br/><br/>Pretty sure it would clear out a bunch of subscribers to both the podcast and the newsletter but might make up for it afterwards with new subscribers.<br/> <img src="https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/117/507/560/630/661/370/original/6342febe7c1b95cf.png"> <br/> 2026-10-26T14:02:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswyc45unquz4r84npw4v6geqpxp5evdzs45rw4x8497xuqw7aemvgzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0c6v4z0h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdfgjcx3fy5anpvsqcxmqjyzyx265gyvzunqz8yuh6a8ufdpddzms8w6t9z'>nevent1q…6t9z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>👍🏻 Thanks. I appreciate the feedback. 2026-10-26T12:07:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxld93967f5aqzjd7mf8le5sfsn2al500g0fu4phtfdsw9pe0ecaszyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0c68vd5g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0wvdqrukzu7e5kae0r36xudmylwlsx8nv5e94spzpyl076ereq9g86d9gt'>nevent1q…d9gt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I basically got an email suggesting that it could be a space for like-minded people to discuss things. So it&#39;d be purely a discussion venue.<br/><br/>The thought of managing a community also gives me a mild anxiety attack, though, so I&#39;m not exactly eager to jump into this, if I&#39;m to be perfectly honest. 2026-10-26T12:01:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgxruyknu66r26v3tmdz3t28z6t4g9xyl22jkqyqc99tua79rg3fszyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0c50a9y6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsggpgf5mf763fwjulyskxqy9ucd56qg9lpw9fjny0wsqe02frtf4cyx2trj'>nevent1q…2trj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Why does everything in this space come across as so damn sleazy? 2026-10-26T11:36:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsggpgf5mf763fwjulyskxqy9ucd56qg9lpw9fjny0wsqe02frtf4czyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0ct6asru In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqmjutskk90x0gav25uvsl4fj0j24au747r7wny0muu7d7eahq89sms7vf8'>nevent1q…7vf8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t use any chat apps to speak of myself, except for with close friends and family, so I&#39;m quite anxious about being able to manage anything of the sort for a Patron. 2026-10-26T11:28:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqmjutskk90x0gav25uvsl4fj0j24au747r7wny0muu7d7eahq89szyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0czswae6 Looking into Patreon community tools and not finding much that looks great, to be honest.<br/><br/>Do any of you have suggestions for community/discussion tools that offer direct integration with Patreon?<br/><br/>The ones I can find that seem to offer the most direct integration are Discourse and Discord and neither seems ideal. <br/><br/>Also I don&#39;t use either of them so setting one or the other up would involve a learning curve (also Discourse hosting seems quiet expensive). 2026-10-26T11:27:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgmths7mgv23hp8cdalxrr95qlj4aspx9k7ll48w8fhaelfr6tqzczyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cv828vh “We cannot under any circumstances let AI firms govern the future”<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/we-cannot-under-any-circumstances">https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/we-cannot-under-any-circumstances</a><br/><br/>&gt; It’s an effort to enshrine into law a standard in which AI models are explicitly legally permitted to carry the risk of killing dozens of people at a time and cause hundreds of millions of dollars in damages without penalty. 2026-10-26T09:44:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2qqpnykcx6mym6sxygnly5m6j9h0n8rtqrzlj6mznufjed6en6tgzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0c8ksvzt “Eric Bauza Dead: Modern Voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck &amp; Looney Tunes”<br/><br/><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/eric-bauza-dead-voice-bugs-bunny-daffy-duck-looney-tunes-1236739767/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&amp;taid=6adede61af38c50001634e41&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=bluesky">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/eric-bauza-dead-voice-bugs-bunny-daffy-duck-looney-tunes-1236739767/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&amp;taid=6adede61af38c50001634e41&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=bluesky</a><br/><br/>Aw, man. Huge loss. Here he is on the Two Amigos podcast recently doing a “Porky Pig does Taken” scene. <a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/EWMOROqfQJU?is=_GbVAQb9CktQ0S5j">https://youtube.com/shorts/EWMOROqfQJU?is=_GbVAQb9CktQ0S5j</a><br/><br/>He was a big reason why the Looney Tunes voices were still great 2026-10-26T09:38:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsty9yf4p4jq3xrz3ctkw3n44l2vdfpk73gpv6a97eann9nmmwt0pczyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cdn7vzx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgs3arw9t75lrh9dn9awkphdhptprut2p8n4a652s626pv3pg88tsuazpar'>nevent1q…zpar</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah. There&#39;s plenty of recent precedence in manufacturing as well. Quite a few things that many western countries just couldn&#39;t manufacture again even if they wanted to. 2026-10-25T14:43:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdugwzzx6kl8cwy6jq38390vga0dpgwfxd4x0y555c38k86kyantczyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cm05rjv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvpwahgkjy0xt73ky3xhkjej6rfjylj4l3wwc9fuuellnw0l9nrrcspx0ur'>nevent1q…x0ur</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That&#39;s a good point. 2026-10-25T13:48:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv5z7t6xn4ga9hput8fyxur0ugvrkkhkhfza4cyrfpk4c3qwzh4zqzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0c4nfshs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp507zvu7vrur70r6z3jzw32ytg8f4wav98s4zpxs6hsn82wg5gts2mxmj7'>nevent1q…xmj7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>…the sound guys I follow online, for example, left the industry because studios either cut back on production or moved it abroad to non-union settings with tax benefits. The cost-cutting shift to wireless lavs predates “AI”<br/><br/>The state of the industry is best described this way: you know that blockbusters (streamer blockbusters esp.) aren&#39;t being made with &#34;AI&#34; from the fact that an &#34;AI&#34;-generated script would be an improvement. And I&#39;m saying that as a person who thinks &#34;AI&#34; output is unusable… 2026-10-25T11:12:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsznyg6h5dlfr4n7ys6qc3j2vpwvqetre4xsxf46jjake84wtqswpczyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cwqvf8f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv5z7t6xn4ga9hput8fyxur0ugvrkkhkhfza4cyrfpk4c3qwzh4zqy5mar3'>nevent1q…mar3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>…Global media mainstream is also shifting to the far east, LA fires gutted California media, higher costs of living is driving freelancers to steadier industries, live events and cinema never fully recovered after covid<br/><br/>&#34;AI&#34; hit many sectors pretty hard: illustrators, voice artists, translators, copywriters, photographers and more. But the US also has a corrupt and dysfunctional economy that&#39;s destroying itself in ways that don&#39;t need the help of &#34;AI&#34; 2026-10-25T11:12:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp507zvu7vrur70r6z3jzw32ytg8f4wav98s4zpxs6hsn82wg5gtszyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0c059gmw RE: <a href="https://toot.cafe/@nolan/117499318164745407">https://toot.cafe/@nolan/117499318164745407</a><br/><br/>As you all know, I&#39;m a big fan of a good &#34;AI sucks&#34; argument but—no shade on Nolan intended here, I see where he’s coming from—I don&#39;t think this is it. At least, not for Hollywood<br/><br/>&#34;AI&#34; has hit a bunch of sectors pretty hard, but movie and sound currently have more problems than just new tech<br/><br/>The collapse of US media is more down to financial looting (e.g. scrapping movies for tax purposes), studio self-immolation, and shitty streamer economics than &#34;AI&#34;<br/><br/>Also…<br/>nostr:note1zel9rmh9neff492nd2ppkpnr9srdv498tqd92jsp2jfhxusu0q5sa8ywss<br/> 2026-10-25T11:12:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz7594sxpech6zzsu9hh6zfp7l322fddecqzzuxyan8uycam6qa5gzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0ccf42wm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw08galmtvgfx34hl6qgyttl9w3pmupfearkhh6tjy2dtdq6pqmkqkspj05'>nevent1q…pj05</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That it seems to cause deskilling in tech and knowledge work is another ticking time bomb, but I think it&#39;ll take a few years for the true impact of that to hit the economy. 2026-10-25T09:43:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw08galmtvgfx34hl6qgyttl9w3pmupfearkhh6tjy2dtdq6pqmkqzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cp4kk6a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq4f3gzpv9cc7suuqwtahwkaz3mpf8qamfddhfnlywp69rjcnfylg6wtzxu'>nevent1q…tzxu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This was kinda obvious right at the start if the bubble. <br/><br/>It&#39;s too variable, unreliable, and nondeterministic to truly improve productivity. <br/><br/>Mass-automating mediocrity in both coding and media destroys value and doesn&#39;t create it. <br/><br/>Sabotaging education and knowledge work will, in the long term, cause serious economic harm, but in the present it&#39;s providing hot air for a bubble 2026-10-25T09:42:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq4f3gzpv9cc7suuqwtahwkaz3mpf8qamfddhfnlywp69rjcnfylgzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cwdmmva “No Signs of AI Payoff Outside the Tech Sector | The Daily Spark”<br/><br/><a href="https://www.apollo.com/wealth/insights-news/insights/daily-spark/no-signs-of-ai-payoff-outside-the-tech-sector?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email">https://www.apollo.com/wealth/insights-news/insights/daily-spark/no-signs-of-ai-payoff-outside-the-tech-sector?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email</a><br/><br/>&gt; Despite massive investments and widespread hype around artificial intelligence, the technology has delivered zero financial payoff to corporate America outside of tech. 2026-10-25T09:41:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyp7saslhtu7j5mddcjmartq8ljrs7ytegjef0zdwuaec7au6dhfgzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0clwmypz “Slouching towards Bethlehem | deadSimpleTech”<br/><br/><a href="https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/slouching-to-bethlehem">https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/slouching-to-bethlehem</a><br/><br/>&gt; What&#39;s happening to tech, and to the wider world in our current tech-infested era, is a collapse of our model of the world. 2026-10-25T09:26:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9sknhze35crxlaw3sc3qavc4zetphkvwh0xllrfwqux3qdyehngszyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0ctgp4yf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs943m8fy7830a47fs3av5hus8n2qg3p2y7uwegv2qf4atluhe5a2qx8yd9u'>nevent1q…yd9u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The worst ones, though, are the ones who are just being themselves. This is just what they think is normal. Makes you wonder what kind of people they hang out with. 2026-10-24T15:56:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvmw2gmgrgkgufyq7hqvkvj8n485x2gzksu62lmxnwyr4nn3pr5zczyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0csmle4e A downside to researching the current mood and morale among software developers is the frequent sudden onset Nazi praise.<br/><br/>Like, you&#39;re watching somebody&#39;s kinda half-baked ideas on how the software economy works on YouTube, but it&#39;s all from their perspective so still useful information about their experience, and suddenly you get a spiel about how DHH or some other outright fascist is great.<br/><br/>Dude. You had me sympathising with you for a couple of minutes there. 2026-10-24T15:43:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy664hpsq0639522w5syurpvvyfh3c6uzwtcgckv429sfaa8v4slczyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0c5etxyj “Multiple Reports Say Nvidia Manufactured the Gaming GPU Crisis by Forcing Big Tech to Stockpile Unused AI Hardware”<br/><br/><a href="https://respawnfirst.com/multiple-reports-say-nvidia-manufactured-the-gaming-gpu-crisis-by-forcing-big-tech-to-stockpile-unused-ai-hardware/">https://respawnfirst.com/multiple-reports-say-nvidia-manufactured-the-gaming-gpu-crisis-by-forcing-big-tech-to-stockpile-unused-ai-hardware/</a><br/><br/>&gt; the problem comes from Nvidia reallocating manufacturing capacity to force-feed enterprise clients AI hardware that they don’t have the capacity to use<br/><br/>Because of course. 2026-10-24T11:06:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2qw9h009c79ypm8jqsmkc4kelz3elw40ljhzyehrrwu0zyjwjt9qzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0ccwejf3 RE: <a href="https://hachyderm.io/@jmeowmeow/117492985356990716">https://hachyderm.io/@jmeowmeow/117492985356990716</a><br/><br/>“On the Death of Amazon’s Writing Culture”<br/><br/><a href="https://alifeengineered.substack.com/p/on-the-death-of-amazons-writing-culture">https://alifeengineered.substack.com/p/on-the-death-of-amazons-writing-culture</a><br/><br/>&gt; Thirty minutes into a recent review meeting at Amazon, an L7 principal product manager began a discussion on a six-page document. Two minutes into his presentation, it was blindingly obvious to everybody in the room that he was reading the document for the first time.<br/><br/>It&#39;s going to take tech years to unwind this damage, if it&#39;s at all possible. Amazingly, the author is still an &#34;AI&#34; true believer, that it&#39;s &#34;here to stay&#34;. 2026-10-24T10:27:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsph35slsqvn9lrag438ml60w9na924zlq39sjxfqdt9zn78wu7llczyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0c6s03dy “Dreaming Big”<br/><br/><a href="https://lmnt.me/blog/dreaming-big.html">https://lmnt.me/blog/dreaming-big.html</a><br/><br/>&gt; What is this? Who are we building for now? Who is that app—generated entirely with AI—actually for? How can someone who “makes” such an app dare to think the value of what a computer merely farted out could possibly be worth a $10/month subscription fee? 2026-10-24T09:33:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy2gye72nn8hs5gq08zvm49pq5s8x2au3t8sm8mca0kahws0n08eszyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0ck2h5uj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfxtq7gtlewlajwdyf2nftvdq85qjsxfullycnuy7sy9vuqwrtglghxq5vx'>nevent1q…q5vx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah. Though, in hindsight the seeds were clearly there, in terms of his attitudes towards tech as well as his writing style, but that&#39;s because I know where he ended up. 2026-10-23T21:54:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvwlmlx94xlldfltdhgrf3p6gvm5r2s8elcg5uurckmedjcswhsnczyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cud6tq0 The eternal struggle of trying to maintain an appropriate facial expression throughout a conversation based on heuristics and context clues and having the lag become the main problem<br/><br/>“Oh, no! Sudden tone shift. Abort smiling! Abort! Abort!” 2026-10-23T17:43:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdmk38jsnzl69flsjxa78nzwlcrglzaknh22fsetc6l6ff9g6lamszyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0ccysfw2 While thinking about Tweets as a genre or form, with its own exemplars (&#34;miette&#34; and &#34;I will face god and walk backwards into hell&#34; being my favourites) is started to think about what TikTok&#39;s exemplars are.<br/><br/>Lots of comedy sketches, of course. The format&#39;s good for that.<br/><br/>But, as somebody who&#39;s never favoured poetry, this short poem by OddPride sticks with you, I think <br/><br/><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@oddpride/video/7652526695202721037">https://www.tiktok.com/@oddpride/video/7652526695202721037</a> 2026-10-23T17:19:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdtl2zd5kfekwkjysp7h2fcqhytegp57jtmf2urhqkyhrn6jd220szyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0c223yq5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgj5axla9zf5pe9rv5la9qtxe2e2axnvfx87ed2w602y6nzdafv6gfe88gm'>nevent1q…88gm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah. Genuinely the least surprising thing ever. 2026-10-23T17:15:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspt3ljrhn82s2x737pwwlmpxanrztktunjq68890q4uvatvpztffgzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cczgxdl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9akrcyn3tyvnw3c93jz8e4y8cjy38cc3x7rrmkvuz7hqpkvcr4jsdegshd'>nevent1q…gshd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Doesn&#39;t seem to have crossed his mind, no. 2026-10-23T17:11:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdvlhpkqjw3rfq7pg4z7swqnpfz932na3whq6w4e5zyqwgkmq5rrszyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0ct90arp &#34;The Web Is More Than Enough&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://aboard.com/the-web-is-more-than-enough/">https://aboard.com/the-web-is-more-than-enough/</a><br/><br/>&gt; I put maybe twice as much effort into building a web-based office suite as I might normally put into writing a long newsletter post.<br/><br/>This dude is one of the tech intelligentsia&#39;s favourite CEOs and he&#39;s basically praising vibe-coding and arguing that programming has been completely devalued. This is who your executives and managers are listening to.<br/><br/>More importantly, this is the dude who most &#34;AI&#34; centrists really adore. 2026-10-23T16:48:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfdr0lddzeh3d4hfjzsmt06gey5g8ecemed7fd86ew6hs2envg7mqzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cvplmp8 “AI &amp; Design Systems Course with Brad Frost, TJ Pitre, and Ian Frost”<br/><br/><a href="https://aianddesign.systems/">https://aianddesign.systems/</a><br/><br/>&gt; buy for $1,495<br/><br/>Every dev trainer and educator I know is going out of business. Software dev writers are giving up left, right, and centre. Meanwhile this trend hopping crap is charging $1500 USD. 🤷🏻‍♂️<br/><br/>(Following links on websites is occasionally a big mistake) 2026-10-23T15:35:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvvcern46pt4zqqpqr6la0x8nyt2kx3wgcyd3lrrd78guu0j3ahtszyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cgy24ds Drills, Alarms, and commentary on the PHP Armageddon (Updates, links, and notes)<br/><br/><a href="https://www.patreon.com/baldurbjarnason/posts/drills-alarms-on-173170564">https://www.patreon.com/baldurbjarnason/posts/drills-alarms-on-173170564</a><br/><br/>Decided to make this update free access. Mostly so I can have an example to link to in the future but also because of the sheer scale of the PHP kerfuffle that constitutes most of the links and commentary 2026-10-23T13:49:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf0mhxr9njhl72njlywqzapmxj027frpngmfunz3lfhg8wswxthfqzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0csytwy4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs89qdmhraqnmnz0xukv6d9kaj4mqhyd3my6w7uf0scmya8f8nyenc30awx6'>nevent1q…awx6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ah, thanks for that. That&#39;s really useful. 2026-10-23T13:24:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv2m53tg4gjyt00dswvnrde5mjru8jdsxdcc8m0xu0pfupv8wkrugzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0ch00h5f RE: <a href="https://xoxo.zone/@kevbob/117488137553072332">https://xoxo.zone/@kevbob/117488137553072332</a><br/><br/>Even though I&#39;m technically not hard of hearing—&#34;not yet!&#34; 😝—my hearing is damaged and I have audio processing issues to boot, so I&#39;m a heavy user of captions and subtitles. This decline in captions has been obvious and frustrating to witness<br/><br/>The worst offenders IMO are automatic dubs because often they don&#39;t offer even the auto-generated captions even though they are clearly somewhere in the system (otherwise the automatic dub wouldn&#39;t exist)<br/><br/>Also the automatic dub voices are all horrible<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1g75zlhed3k8uaxr9u7mpk3ce59mzpl2zxzqaw8dl3g308ykm6npsfvcva5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1g75…cva5</a></span><br/> </div> RIP to the closed caption workforce, tossed aside by AI generated slop that can’t discern jargon, accents, idiom, slang and all the things that actual humans can understand and transcribe. I feel sorry for deaf people who use streaming services that use that garbage. </blockquote> 2026-10-23T10:50:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsda4rcfj3dlx0p3pqgrc3437tcgglf698cq4wtjqykd2yfph2yatqzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cu6ahm8 “AI will HACK ALL THE TVs by the end of 2026! Or not – Pivot to AI”<br/><br/><a href="https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/22/ai-will-hack-all-the-tvs-by-the-end-of-2026-or-not/">https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/22/ai-will-hack-all-the-tvs-by-the-end-of-2026-or-not/</a><br/><br/>The idea that they&#39;re about to create self-replicating LLMs that run on TVs and similar devices is just plain nonsense 2026-10-23T09:08:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst5l59dsafrpuwmdykthm0g6spc39wackzwn58x80m8zvgwe50kcczyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0c6ndqg2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsya0jjgq05j54nvkrm6r3g5j3zj8fxw7n8yhlmu8wjwjsglwj8ckshmm70s'>nevent1q…m70s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah, I don&#39;t think there&#39;s any version of looking at these events where you could conclude that PHP is overall a safe choice as it generally wasn&#39;t that safe a choice to begin with, as you point out. 2026-10-22T12:54:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst23gtkewyzamhhhyc7pr2668gqhvtx4v9yv6fvzxm7v7tay8p4wczyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cpgcyaa In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszjlhqe23t7cw9m744ax4nnwdjgfq05378xlr4uxqjxtndht7p3lc99nktx'>nevent1q…nktx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>But my observation was primarily that many of the claims I&#39;ve seen surface over the past day or so seem quite dubious in hindsight and seems to have led to a herd effect of sorts. 2026-10-22T12:08:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszjlhqe23t7cw9m744ax4nnwdjgfq05378xlr4uxqjxtndht7p3lczyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cg79pjd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8s49nnhjnhw9g2pkg75mw0e6aka76edfw3r8hw2keu6d2km6gx7cnxv3ul'>nevent1q…v3ul</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This would seem to be a good example of how software is full of trade-offs where every choice is bad (starting with &#34;using PHP&#34;, he jokes)<br/><br/>The bug seems to be hard to exploit but not fixing would give well resourced actors an incentive to find ways to use it<br/><br/>But the fix is also hugeand results in a patch that&#39;s impossible to review, and so might well introduce a bunch of exploitable bugs on its own.<br/><br/>Clearly patching is the lesser of two evils, but clearly neither option is outright &#34;good&#34; 2026-10-22T12:06:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstq05jrvufsfcr20aapvuqlyg4wzp09ay89kykr4vuzxzs9g6tuqgzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cwwck4k People continue to have a tendency to imagine that I wrote something I didn&#39;t and get angry about claims I didn&#39;t make. 🤷‍♂️ 2026-10-22T11:44:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg20c7v7q4krtkyr76jscf7feja8lgutxrd8q6c3vy7v4n243swagzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0c9lqpa5 If the original is as hard to exploit as some of the experts have been saying, it&#39;s entirely possible that the fix for yesterday&#39;s PHP bug might cause more active exploits than the original bug, because the fix is on the order of, what, 12k lines of code? A patch of that size, touching so many parts of the codebase is quite likely to introduce a ton of bugs on its own 2026-10-22T10:45:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswq3elpm568af0stym2a28kuj486t5a9hwlvazgwmu8lt9krq2s6qzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cun822p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw0gt063ehflhj92qfwe2fj02cpfvmhdjll963h37jrl7d8acrqgszqtpqp'>nevent1q…tpqp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>True. 2026-10-22T10:43:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0zc24k05jkcx4xmhpe6qqg5sdpcwdve8jq3gxnh4vtwyjjeg7zfqzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cc392nl RE: <a href="https://toot.cafe/@baldur/117484059424957991">https://toot.cafe/@baldur/117484059424957991</a><br/><br/>The reason why the way many have been talking—describing “AI”-written exploits popping up require heroic defence—smells like bullshit is that, so far, all of the exploits seem to require pre-existing second vulnerabilities so bad that any site with them would have been hacked months ago already.<br/><br/>That can change any time, which is why you should patch PHP ASAP, but many of the responses smack of madness of crowds<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note10p2t88098wu2s5rv3afkuln4mdma4j6jazx0wu4dne564dh5sdas8ymr4j" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note10p2…mr4j</a></span><br/> </div> But it really also does look like anybody describing waves of exploits targeting their site yesterday or heroic work by their "agents" to safeguard their servers may be operating on the reality-deficient side of the bullshit scale. </blockquote> 2026-10-22T10:28:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8s49nnhjnhw9g2pkg75mw0e6aka76edfw3r8hw2keu6d2km6gx7czyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0c5ttszx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspdtd67ayml7m3ch60jjwzsxpxm34kuneednhjnfszuuhe4xjy3xszg8pjg'>nevent1q…8pjg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>But it really also does look like anybody describing waves of exploits targeting their site yesterday or heroic work by their &#34;agents&#34; to safeguard their servers may be operating on the reality-deficient side of the bullshit scale. 2026-10-22T10:21:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspdtd67ayml7m3ch60jjwzsxpxm34kuneednhjnfszuuhe4xjy3xszyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0c0f66l9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqd8x27zfhy0n92nycnr4umgcyus5tpmgs6hzeggfyccsl9pkykms4hgjwh'>nevent1q…gjwh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It looks like the PHP Armageddon bug may have been a bit overstated in that exploits require severe-level pre-existing vulnerabilities<br/><br/>If I&#39;m to be completely honest, though, &#34;has pre-existing severe code-level vulnerability&#34; describes a lot of the PHP sites I&#39;ve seen in the wild. 2026-10-22T10:17:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqd8x27zfhy0n92nycnr4umgcyus5tpmgs6hzeggfyccsl9pkykmszyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0c4y3tjj RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@Edent/117483785620327786">https://mastodon.social/@Edent/117483785620327786</a><br/><br/>“There isn&#39;t an easy exploit for this PHP vulnerability · Elias Taylor”<br/><br/><a href="https://eliastaylor.com/noexploit/">https://eliastaylor.com/noexploit/</a><br/><br/>&gt; One really amusing thing in common with most of these &#34;PoC&#34;s is that they lean on &#34;LFI&#34;, or local-file-inclusion, to make the vulnerability. In non-php terms, their exploit chain requires the server to already have a severe code-level vulnerability. 2026-10-22T10:07:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9f2fgheyzjfj4zywlkvh7kqz32mly50vgraw7lxmjsnzw7dttg0szyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cjffk96 “Sean Allen on X: &#34;🚨 Going out of business sale 🚨”<br/><br/><a href="https://x.com/seanallen_dev/status/2112167799132979389">https://x.com/seanallen_dev/status/2112167799132979389</a><br/><br/>&gt; iOS dev course sales plummeted due to AI. It costs a lot of money to host my courses online and with sales at basically $0, I&#39;ve cancelled that hosting.<br/><br/>More evidence of the complete destruction of the developer training industry. (Via my feed reader. And, ick. Are all the X mirrors really all gone?)<br/> <img src="https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/117/483/918/748/532/929/original/5a81e47e6c3dfb9c.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-10-22T09:45:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8qqfy0pfw2g4279qqsvcj28gsd6zqfezqjahap2hul9yj4wcff9szyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cze392r RE: <a href="https://mstdn.social/@aworkinglibrary/117480457903053897">https://mstdn.social/@aworkinglibrary/117480457903053897</a><br/><br/>“Forcing and detouring - A Working Library”<br/><br/><a href="https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/forcing-and-detouring">https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/forcing-and-detouring</a><br/><br/>&gt; But I’ll go a step further: if one of the outcomes of pyramid-shaped hierarchical systems is a group of losers who may, out of desperation, be recruited into doing harm in order to save face or provide for their family, then maybe that system has to go.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1ekheulyr4tz67uhspzv2xm36jnn89lylufvx2kgychszhve69vaqmw5tr4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1ekh…5tr4</a></span><br/> </div> What if the standard career ladder is a driver of authoritarianism? <a href="https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/forcing-and-detouring">https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/forcing-and-detouring</a> </blockquote> 2026-10-21T19:14:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0nlda82h929pwveyx3wppzepmyl7gd8z8dkph5hg6wumx9acl7vgzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cn7e9g8 Autumn comfort cat photos: <a href="https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/notes/photos/autumn-comfort-cat-photos-2026/">https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/notes/photos/autumn-comfort-cat-photos-2026/</a> 2026-10-21T17:16:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyf236rghsw2pm38cyt8mqy0lxrjq3h92pypdw6z042a46dzc0dkczyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cgqq6qs Given the state of, well, everything, I figure the best thing to do at the moment is to post a few old cat photos. These are two-year-old photos of a couple of my neighbour cats. They&#39;re still around these days, just two years older, so a bit quieter. #cats #photos<br/> <img src="https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/117/479/993/831/125/725/original/ad2ad24a92da2e52.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/117/479/994/622/787/552/original/37e92280a0fb9f94.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/117/479/994/624/677/315/original/ffa5f55931e41593.jpg"> <br/> 2026-10-21T17:09:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx4q0fs3vw320falvu2kvwjz4hgxj6wwg2dqv7ayrmadu7ljr6n5czyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0c7uwca0 RE: <a href="https://toot.cafe/@baldur/117479850224249724">https://toot.cafe/@baldur/117479850224249724</a><br/><br/>The &#39;AI&#39; Software Crisis: Software Developers have been promoted into incompetence (YouTube edition)<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlh0U2aHUA4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlh0U2aHUA4</a><br/><br/>Largely through no fault of their own software developers have been pushed into dysfunction by management through the misguided and excessive adoption of &#34;AI&#34; coding<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1nj00tft473347thf829zwnye72699an90mnhr5508yrw2az2py8spdz95f" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1nj0…z95f</a></span><br/> </div> The 'AI' Software Crisis: Software Developers have been promoted into incompetence<br/><br/><a href="https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/07-promoted-into-incompetence/">https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/07-promoted-into-incompetence/</a><br/><br/>Largely through no fault of their own, many software developers have been pushed into dysfunction by management through the misguided and excessive adoption of "AI" coding </blockquote> 2026-10-21T16:33:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfe8h4546lgc6l9m5n4z38fjvl9dzj7ejhaem3628njph9w39qjrczyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cy59sxr The &#39;AI&#39; Software Crisis: Software Developers have been promoted into incompetence<br/><br/><a href="https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/07-promoted-into-incompetence/">https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/07-promoted-into-incompetence/</a><br/><br/>Largely through no fault of their own, many software developers have been pushed into dysfunction by management through the misguided and excessive adoption of &#34;AI&#34; coding 2026-10-21T16:30:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp9cfwmrehl9dya48f7c37xp6zc3ttxkf5cwqlt2gek7zd0dmuqjszyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cfsv7hj The &#39;AI&#39; Software Crisis: Software Developers have been promoted into incompetence: <a href="https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/07-promoted-into-incompetence/">https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/07-promoted-into-incompetence/</a> 2026-10-21T16:29:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs849p9t4tjuxfraegklsr9mfjtakgwd9fxmnhy326ejusz2796txgzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0ck7yyhe “Atvinnuleysi meðal tölvunarfræðinga aukist um 70% á tveimur árum - RÚV.is”<br/><br/><a href="https://www.ruv.is/frettir/innlent/2026-10-20-atvinnuleysi-medal-tolvunarfraedinga-aukist-um-70-a-tveimur-arum-490122">https://www.ruv.is/frettir/innlent/2026-10-20-atvinnuleysi-medal-tolvunarfraedinga-aukist-um-70-a-tveimur-arum-490122</a><br/><br/>Bit of Icelandic news. The relevant part is in the headline which translates as &#34;unemployment among those with computer scientist degrees increased by 70% in two years&#34;<br/><br/>These numbers don&#39;t include the numerous developers who worked without a CS degree. 2026-10-21T09:53:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0zusgx8mk6gp8k4e6af2r4kl5pt76fpe7x3g9emy4vy3yf2uus6szyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0c3c5h23 It&#39;s going to be a struggle to keep this next video under 30 minutes without, y&#39;know, just talking faster. 😝<br/><br/>Though, since the topic is the software industry&#39;s competency crisis, it might end up being on the relevant side of current events. 2026-10-21T09:49:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdgeaj6jc888hqe2hfys24yzvzayv3hdqpfc70cnpyphsfy6lxcmqzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cuwt42f “Facebook tries to grab all news publisher website content for training for free – Pivot to AI”<br/><br/><a href="https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/20/facebook-tries-to-grab-all-news-publisher-website-content-for-training-for-free/">https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/20/facebook-tries-to-grab-all-news-publisher-website-content-for-training-for-free/</a><br/><br/>Because of course they&#39;re trying 2026-10-21T09:15:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsykfwpvzdlehy3zqz5h5d4eew8mmeauvcx8v9hk6z4ymddhnr080gzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0cw7vc2x Every time there&#39;s a new study on the negative impact of LLM tools on education, work, communications, and media, at least half the commentariat will always go &#34;but you shouldn&#39;t throw the baby out with the bathwater, &#39;AI&#39; has constructive uses!&#34; even as they pretend to be &#39;critics&#39;.<br/><br/>How bad do the effects have to get before they finally go &#34;okay, yeah, maybe it is more bad than good&#34;? 2026-10-21T09:11:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9h902ufn5ha8dsysgydkvr0u58zfplrvxrp6gw7z4pkgynr95zdszyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0ceu4fef In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyu0nrjcf0rjajv7vfg30xrxsnlhufa3kmqq79hsuq42zkgrszuks095dr8'>nevent1q…5dr8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ah, yeah. Figured so 🙂👍🏻 2026-10-20T18:04:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv302sk0lnjdkl7ymvmqw57xghysdggxz4vmdyvygkmffdukppvjqzyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0c3zqdpj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsww8ekmz2clqq0ulhanm67s5pevzec8y0k7pmhsa52p9kevwp4g0c85sv7v'>nevent1q…sv7v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ll note that one down for future audiobook work. 🙂 2026-10-20T13:52:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswrr265tqcwr74jdmjqgyhtym2j58f2t29df7sry7k6szlyz736zczyzu0eul6z65sma2j0vchz4g9ufz6jc3y3n5wsmxmly2p2x7tnxv0c6vp4dl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp4evptv0h58u2m5wx799he5628yu20p7pqw97ukr8h6rkxl79pzgm3vhsy'>nevent1q…vhsy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I hadn&#39;t thought about contrasting modern English with 18th century in this way. Makes sense, though.<br/><br/>And, yeah, it really does affect how you think about punctuation. 2026-10-20T13:29:40Z