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Avi Flax ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ืื‘ื™ ืคืœืงืก

@avi@flaximus.net

Feminist, futurist, father. XL biomachine, he/him. Modern Hebrew. Zionist. Aphantasiac. Trans rights are human rights. Bicycling enthusiast. Space enthusiast. Earth enthusiast. Coffee. Speculative fiction! Technology! History! What the hell is this list, evenโ€ฝ

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AI company trolls San Francisco with billboards saying โ€œstop hiring humansโ€
Company boasts "AI workers" that never complain about work-life balance.
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@octothorpe well my next vehicle purchase that Iโ€™m most excited about is the Aptera. Check it out! aptera.us let me know if you want my referral code for 30% off the refundable reservation deposit.

@octothorpe I think a retrofit is a fantastic idea, depending on how much time you spend at high speeds. Anyone who spends lots of time on highways should have a modern crash structure, IMO.

There are so many great classic cars that would be phenomenal with an EV swap. Tons of great choices.

Plus, itโ€™s not hard to find deals on nice older cars that have unpopular drivetrains. So there are potential deals in the mix.

E.g. I will one day convert a 3rd gen Camaro to electric. And Iโ€™ll probably find a nice old V6 automatic to convert and it wonโ€™t be too pricey.

@octothorpe I guess itโ€™s about context right? Compared to the original mini itโ€™s huge, absolutely. But compared to the average CUV on US roads today itโ€™s pretty small โ€” in a good way. I for one would love an electric clubman in that exact size and shape. Hell maybe Iโ€™ll convert one, one day.

One of these is cool.

The other one is made of stainless steel.

My next startup will be a Web site that explains Chris Nolan films.

Just saw Interstellar in IMAX. Holy shit.

Soulver is such a great app. If you want to think through math problems your brain can't quite wrap around, or handle quick conversions, you can't beat it. It's even on Setapp.

soulver.app/

I used to be married to an active, vibrant, happy young woman who decided one day to hang a bird feeder in the back yard, and now Iโ€™m married to a glassy-eyed, unwashed maniac that stands at the kitchen window all day screaming at squirrels.

@broquaint thanks! Iโ€™ll give it a try.

@janl :notbad:

This Dropbox page is really scammy. I have to upgrade in order to see my files, and I have lots of upgrade options but none of them show the cost. Come on.

Is there a tool thatโ€™s basically jq, but with a non-perplexing query/transformation language?

@josh0 may the schwartz be with you

A note from some recent conversations on how to adopt a style guide:

A style guide doesn't produce consistency. It is the artifact of a culture that values consistency.

@astraluma htmx addresses this well. Interestingly itโ€™s community is thinking about how to get this addressed natively in browsers and the HTML spec.

@plexus I had one rough day after I got mine. Totally worth it. Good luck!

Any mutuals in North America have an M1 Mac Mini they might want to sell to me?

@simon how about โ€œnatural language queryโ€

Or if you have more space maybe โ€œask a questionโ€ or something like that

My first interaction with Azure tech support and I am decidedly unimpressed.

@charliepark I love everything about this!

@nikitonsky Iโ€™m using Ivory right now along with my self-hosted ActivityPub server (Takahe) to see peopleโ€™s posts, reply, etc.

IE you might be using Mastodon, but Iโ€™m not, and we can still socialize (lol).

So maybe thatโ€™s a promising glimmer of hope?

Messaging:

- Telegram
- Slack
- Discord
- Whatsapp
- Signal
- iMessage

Social networks:

- Mastodon
- Twitter
- Bluesky
- Threads

Can we go back to unified world again, the one with open protocols and interoperability? I want one app per problem, not ten fractured partial apps for each problem

@peter yup, frequently

Dismay. Bleak, grim, ashen dismay.