szescstopni @szescstopni@social.cleverlibre.org

I saw a developer today.

No company swag hoodie.
No stickers on their laptop.
No mechanical keyboard.
No Windows or macOS.
No ChatGPT or Copilot.

He just sat there. He was typing code away in vim running on Arch Linux and an older ThinkPad, like a psychopath.

During one of my lectures my professor told us that "intelligent people are not less likely to have illogical beliefs, they're just better at rationalising their illogical beliefs" and I think about that a lot

Nearly forgot that it's #WorldPuppyDay ...
My wire hair Dachshund Alma, everyday walking companion, fearless, clever and a passionate swimmer, when she was a puppy, six years ago.🤎

#Fridog #Dogs #DogsOfMastodon #Dachshund #SausageDog #Puppies

Okay but what if a law said that every web page had to display an estimate of its power use for each interaction?

1.5 µWh

Ziemniakiem robione z ręki, ale i tak cieszy. #auroraborealis

Ever since playing with ChatGPT, I've become sensitized to the way false rationality sounds ... there's a particular vibe to what is basically coherent nonsense. And now I've started to notice when people do it too. I get this crawly ChatGPT feeling when somebody is obviously making up an answer in an authoritative way about something they know nothing about. #AI #chatgpt #psychology

These schematics are from a Dutch book called "Theoretisch en practisch molenboek" or "Theoretical and practical mill book", which is the most Dutch title ever

Basically, building plans for a typical industrial windmill, published in 1850. It's definitely worth a look

https://archive.org/details/TheoretischEnPractischMolenboek/page/n15

I never knew Drake as a puppy. But this was taken when he was seven, about six months after he came to me. #dogs #dog #rescuedogs #DogsOfMastodon #nationalpuppyday

Barely visible, but still… #auroraborealis in #gdynia

Boss: Why is your work only 80% complete?

Me: Oh, yes! There’s a very good explanation for that.

In my last performance review, you noted that I was exceeding all expectations, but that you were only giving me a 4 out of 5 because you “never give 5s” because “there’s always room for improvement.”

As a result, I’ve taken the initiative to deliver at 4/5 capacity to ensure I’m performing according to your expectations.

As we’ve already established, I’m easily capable of performing at and above 100%, so please let me know once you’ve adjusted my performance rating to a 5 and I will adjust my performance accordingly.

My new book "Crypto for Dummies" is only three words long. "Dont buy Crypto". I'm putting it into the public domain. You're welcome.

#solarpunk #gamedesign idea:

Survival game where you learn to be a part of an ecosystem and slowly abandon your unsustainable "tech tree" replacing it with sustainable, local solutions.

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A lot of games are trying to replicate very expansionist core loops, be it Minecraft's Factorios and so on, which see the player as a force acting on the environment / ecosystem, not working together with it.

Why not change it?

#game #gameidea

This area near Mons, Belgium turned off their streetlights late at night starting last November, in order to save energy. Check out what happened to the nighttime satellite imagery!

#LightPollution #Energy #VIIRS

I’m good at both kinds of programming: overcomplicating simple things and underestimating complex problems

Please leave the leaves. And make a vow: no more leaf blowers!

#Nature #Bees #Biodiversity

These are the stories I love to read about when people come together to save a life! In this case, the life was of a moose and from all accounts, the moose is now doing well!
#Alaska #Rescue #Moosetodon
https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/03/23/moose-stuck-lake-pulled-out-by-wasilla-residents/