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alcinnz

@alcinnz@floss.social

A browser developer posting mostly about how free software projects work, and occasionally about climate change.

Though I do enjoy german board games given an opponent.

Pronouns: he/him

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alcinnz, to random
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Judging by previous instances of this exact hypecycle, I predict it'll last 3-6 years.

I'd be willing to bet that by 2029 (maybe 2030) investors will be disappointed in generative AI & will largely cease funding any AI research.

alcinnz,
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@morten_skaaning This is a 2 tier hype cycle, so yes & no.

I was measuring from the release of ChatGPT in Jan 2023.

alcinnz, to random
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Lets see how many of Elf Utils' commands I have time to study this morning!

After initializing & internationalization whilst parsing commandline flags nm iterates over the remaining commandline args, handling the single-arg case specially.

For each it opens that ELF file recursing through ELF archives with surrounding output. For each leaf ELF file it initializes a prefix/suffix string & an LibEBL (in same repo) backend. Retrieving the E header it iterates over the sections.

1/2?

alcinnz,
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For each section it attempts to get the S header, checks its type is as expected, & for symboltables iterates over the "index" to locate teh corresponding "extended section index table" & outputs extensive & sorted ELF data in a choice of formats.

1.5/1.5 Fin for today!

P.S. I finished skimming Elf Utils' test suite this morning, took a while! Good!

alcinnz, to random
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Old Dogs, new CSS Tricks - Max Böck:
https://mxb.dev/blog/old-dogs-new-css-tricks/

alcinnz, to random
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Keeping up with CSS - Robin Rendle "The Cascade":
https://csscade.com/keeping-up-with-css/

alcinnz, to random
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Your site or app should work as much as possible without JavaScript - Go Make Things:
https://gomakethings.com/your-site-or-app-should-work-as-much-as-possible-without-javascript/

alcinnz, to random
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Consumption-to-creation ratio -Manuel Moreale:
https://manuelmoreale.com/@/page/YgtSzHrEXVU4Qj4k

alcinnz, to random
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We Already Have a Digital Currency - Kev Quirk:
https://kevquirk.com/we-already-have-a-digital-currency

Much more efficient pre-capita, with just as much cryptography!

alcinnz,
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@ekaitz_zarraga While I would say that the issue is less bad depending on where you live, it is fair to be concerned about the centralization!

There was certainly an issue in the blockchain hype that they were hopelessly wedded to their solution.

alcinnz,
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@ekaitz_zarraga Yeah, on second thought this is one sort of post I was filtering out of my boosts when inundated with blockchain hype...

alcinnz,
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@ekaitz_zarraga Well we're always pressured to choose sides on something...

Now I'm commonly perceived as anti-AI, though that doesn't really capture the nuance of my stance.

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Inside a vintage aerospace navigation computer of uncertain purpose - Ken Shirriff:
http://www.righto.com/2024/05/blog-post.html

alcinnz, to random
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This morning my mind keeps going to a handful of crimes The Red Panda Adventures depicted...

Protection rackets: https://decoderringtheatre.com/shows/red-panda-adventures/the-golden-claw/

A "dream factory" passing counterfeit money through those who can't afford it: https://decoderringtheatre.com/shows/red-panda-adventures/the-dream-factory/

Mordriel The Malevolent was gifting good luck charms which worked by draining it from those around you. Toronto public safety inspector Edward Barton was reluctant to part with it since it was so obviously working: https://decoderringtheatre.com/shows/red-panda-adventures/season/3

alcinnz,
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And finally I'm thinking of their depiction of a charity ball: https://decoderringtheatre.com/shows/red-panda-adventures/red-panda-dead-or-alive/

"Dear heart, it doesn't really matter who benefits. Its just a socially acceptable excuse for a large & lavish ball!"
"Afterall, hard times call for hard measures. We're only the idle rich when we're not giving to charity!"
"This way people can read the society pages without feeling animosity towards who might have more than they do."

(set during The Great Depression)

alcinnz, to random
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"Now, in the course of the term’s over 70 year history, 'artificial intelligence' has been applied to a vast and heterogeneous array of technologies that bear little resemblance to each other. Today, and throughout, it connotes more aspiration and marketing than coherent technical approach. And its use has gone in and out of fashion, in time with funding prerogatives and the hype-to-disappointment cycle. "

Wish more people understood this!

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If you live in the UK or USA, you need to understand one thing about the coming election:

You need to vote defensively.

Neither of the main parties are appealing. But if you don't vote for the lesser evil you may end up helping a totalitarian horror get elected.

Hold your nose and goddamn vote, dammit. THEN go on protests. Because if you don't vote for the lesser evil, the victor will welcome your protests with bullets.

The prize for political purity this time round is a shallow grave.

alcinnz, (edited )
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@cstross Take my word as a kiwi suffering under National/NZ1st/Act's Private Equity-like cuts to spend on landlords & roads: You don't want the greater evil!

(No personal regrets, just wishing my fellow citizens understood our electoral process)

alcinnz, to random
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Links and photos (27 May 2024) - Baldur Bjarnason:
https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2024/links-18/

Some links from it...

Distracted - Louie Mantia:
https://lmnt.me/blog/distracted.html
Pixels of the Week – May 26, 2024 - Stephanie Walter:
https://stephaniewalter.design/blog/pixels-of-the-week-may-26-2024/
Will check out these links tomorrow!
Half-ass it - Mandy Brown "Everything Changes":
https://everythingchanges.us/blog/half-ass-it/
Masonry and reading order - Rachel Andrew:
https://rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2024/05/26/masonry-and-reading-order/
Meredith Whittaker @ Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt Stiftung:
https://www.helmut-schmidt.de/aktuelles/detail/die-rede-der-zukunftspreistraegerin
Well said!

alcinnz,
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A few more links...

How the new Microsoft Recall feature fundamentally undermines Windows security - Kevin Beaumont @ Double Pulsar:
https://scribe.rip/how-the-new-microsoft-recall-feature-fundamentally-undermines-windows-security-aa072829f218 (Medium via Scribe)

Artificial intelligence technology behind ChatGPT was built in Iowa — with a lot of water - Matt O’Brien & Hannah Fingerhut @ AP News:
https://apnews.com/article/chatgpt-gpt4-iowa-ai-water-consumption-microsoft-f551fde98083d17a7e8d904f8be822c4?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3RSpm6xHK11bscxSH0LOYa_u0NzVqm82Q6rYJ6wY9I3CEHNJjy3AGXkYs_aem_AZajQUCRmv2g52SCEwjpSTEV1O3wZE25xpNndxjJRG0H3JKJBG-abCQJA12X_owD3rmSmRXu4wOOfUmjLs5KJzKf

Boring is good - Cory Dransfeldt:
https://coryd.dev/posts/2024/boring-is-good/

Update on the Layer Based SVG Engine (LBSE) in WebKit - Rob Buis @ WPE:
https://wpewebkit.org/blog/status-of-lbse-in-webkit.html

alcinnz,
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I Need Your Help to Make 11ty Fully Independent & Sustainable in 2024 - Zach Leatherman:
https://www.zachleat.com/web/independent-sustainable-11ty/

My own little patch - Rach Smith:
https://rachsmith.com/my-own-little-patch/

Cloudflare took down our website after trying to force us to pay 120k$ within 24h - Robin Dev:
https://robindev.substack.com/p/cloudflare-took-down-our-website

Relating Natural Language Aptitude to Individual Differences in Learning Programming Languages - Chantel S. Prat, Tara M. Madhyastha, Malayka J. Mottarella & Chu-Hsuan Kuo @ Nature:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-60661-8

alcinnz,
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And finally...

Working for a Living When Your Living isn't Working, Part IV - Apple Annie:
https://weblog.anniegreens.lol/2024/05/working-for-a-living-when-your-living-isnt-working-part-iv

See top-of-thread link for more links & commentary!

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Framework made their laptops too good because I'm still using my my first generation Framework 13 from 2021 and it still works great and I haven't even upgraded anything on it :(

alcinnz,
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@tilton Glad to hear! I want one as soon as they ship to NZ!

alcinnz, to random
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To shape some of my upcoming writing...

For creatives: What software tools do you like? Why?

For wannabe creatives: What might you create given the time? Including time to learn?

For techies: Any such tooling you're particularly curious for me to explore?

The more answers I get the better!
And feel free to echo these questions back to me.

alcinnz,
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My answers to my questions btw...

I write plenty (both English & computer code), for which I use a plain text editor. I have some automation (via Jekyll), but I keep it minor. Sometimes I draw diagrams in Inkscape.

If I had a significant chunk of more time I'd draw animated visuals for The Red Panda Adventures. Krita or Blender Grease Pencil looks like good tools for that! Add occasional 3D animation (resembling The Incredibles) for characters who traveled back in time.

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alcinnz,
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I'm thinking monochrome (generally grayscale, sometimes other chromes) designed to resemble 1930s/1940s live action, with splashes of colours. I imagine backgrounds would be detailed, with crowds for our superheroes to rescue.

As WWII breaks out I'd want to lower production quality leaving you nostalgic, as it ends add more colour!

Combined with preexisting audio, sounds like a relatively achievable project! And that's what I imagine best suits this show I love!

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