maurits

hace 19 díasdiscuss

I have a blog because I like having a blog. It has made me neither rich nor famous.

Most prolific visitor is probably my mom and some bot out of Singapore.

maurits

hace 21 díasdiscuss

This isn't about blogging per se. Its about commercial product-to-market fit. That market now favors short centralized video content.

maurits

el mes pasadodiscuss

Does anybody know a tool for making a 32 page A5 zine like Bumb books [1] for people with little to no layout tool knowledge?

[1] https://bumpbooks.com/

maurits

el mes pasadodiscuss

I have publicly stated that if you can't be bothered to write, I can't be bothered to read.

maurits

hace 6 mesesdiscuss

"the bliss curve" [1]

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bliss_point_(food)

maurits

hace 6 mesesdiscuss

I tell my students that they can watch sports on tv, but it will not make them fit.

On a personal note, vibe coding leaves me with that same empty hollow sort of tiredness, as a day filled with meetings.

maurits

hace 6 mesesdiscuss

https://www.maurits.ch

Photo-blog, everyday slice of life pictures, walking about on the street, since 2006.

maurits

hace 8 mesesdiscuss

"We, and our 226 partners use cookies and similar methods to recognize visitors"

maurits

hace 8 mesesdiscuss

I like this a lot, simple, elegant, unpretentious, walking down memory lane.

maurits

hace 8 mesesdiscuss

I would try to take DINO v3 [1] for a spin, for that specific use-case. Or, don't laugh, the Nano Banana [2]

[1]: https://github.com/facebookresearch/dinov3 [2]: https://imgeditor.co/

maurits

hace 9 mesesdiscuss

I'm cynical and don't fear a world in which people can't verify photos for their authenticity.

I fear (channeling a brave new world) that they simply will not care.

maurits

hace 10 mesesdiscuss

>I'm sure people were saying that about commercial airline speeds in the 1970's too.

Also elegantly formulated by: https://idlewords.com/talks/web_design_first_100_years.htm

maurits

hace 12 mesesdiscuss

For statistical mechanics, I really liked [1]. Comes with loads of python programs.

To see what might peak you interest, the videos in [2] could be a good starting point.

[1]: https://www.coursera.org/learn/statistical-mechanics

[2]: https://matthias-research.github.io/pages/tenMinutePhysics/i...

maurits

el año pasadodiscuss

(forgot what type of flour you need for bread in supermarket)

innocently googles 'flour bread'

half the screen, CONTINUE WITH GOOGLE - stay in browser, click

COOKIES We and our 917 partners CARE ABOUT YOUR PRIVACY, click, click,

NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, click, rotate screen because the overlay is to big, click Im sad person who's doesn't want daily bread in his mailbox.

APP APP APP, install APP, click click, can't hit the x, let it be

LOG IN WITH YOUR FOOFLE ACCOUNT, click

5 pages with autoplay video and SEO slop

I'm enjoying AI, while it lasts.

maurits

el año pasadodiscuss

I've had a self-hosted blog with slice of life pictures, for almost 20 years. Its my own little corner of the internet, not beholden to any social app or company. Something to look through when i'am 80.

maurits

el año pasadodiscuss

Reminds me a bit of Greg Egans' Incandescence [1]

[1] : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incandescence_(novel)

maurits

el año pasadodiscuss

uhm, hold down option-shift for smaller steps. Same for audio.

maurits

el año pasadodiscuss

For people interested in the softmax, log sum exp and energy models, have a look at "Your Classifier is Secretly an Energy Based Model and You Should Treat it Like One" [1]

[1]: https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.03263

maurits

el año pasadodiscuss

This vividly remembers me of "The Year of Magical Thinking" [1] It hit hard, and I didn't finish the book.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Year_of_Magical_Thinking

maurits

el año pasadodiscuss

Slightly tangent: "Web Design: The First 100 Years" [1]

[1]: https://idlewords.com/talks/web_design_first_100_years.htm

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