Matthew SkeltonJul 10, 2024

Tunnel the entire internet through the "name" field on your airmiles account.

https://robertheaton.com/pyskywifi/

PySkyWiFi: completely free, unbelievably stupid wi-fi on long-haul flights | Robert Heaton

The plane reached 10,000ft. I took out my laptop, planning to peruse the internet and maybe do a little work if I got really desperate.

Robert Heaton
Show threadBruce Heerssen 
@matthewskelton
That is, hands down, the best useless project I've read about in a very long time. Thanks for sharing!
Jul 10, 2024 at 7:55pmWeb
Show threadMatthew SkeltonJul 10, 2024
@bruce welcome 😁
Show threadralf tauscher Jul 10, 2024
@bruce @matthewskelton +1 wonderful
Show threadnoodleJul 10, 2024

@bruce @matthewskelton

You may also be interested in an LLM in a font.

https://fuglede.github.io/llama.ttf/

llama.ttf

llama.ttf is a font file which is also a large language model and an inference engine for that model.

Show threadMatthew SkeltonJul 10, 2024
@noodle @bruce omg that is awesome 🤩
Show threadBruce Heerssen Jul 11, 2024
@noodle @matthewskelton
That's... amazing! Also, WTAF?!
Show threadMatthew SkeltonJul 11, 2024
@bruce @noodle more nerds nerding 🤘🏼🤩
Show threadJeff GriggJul 10, 2024

@bruce @matthewskelton

In the late 1970s, we made a "chat," or really "scrolling billboard" app on a TOPS-20 system (36-bit mainframe) that "communicated" by changing the current program's name. One could see the "messages" by using a "process monitoring" application that showed the currently running applications.

We were criticized for the rather large amount of CPU time we consumed, doing this. 🙄

Show threadMatthew SkeltonJul 11, 2024
@JeffGrigg @bruce good work 💪🏼
Show threadAndrew F.Jul 11, 2024
@JeffGrigg @bruce @matthewskelton Insert your own equivalence with GenAI energy use today.