Daniel Voicu

@danv@mastodon.online
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Frontend dev | Creative coding & generative art | Building meaningful things | Long-time student of philosophy & Buddhism | Exploring Go & Spanish (B1 level) | Sci-fi & RPG fan | Never stop learning
#creativecoding #programming
Websitehttps://danielvoicu.dev
Notes on Thingshttps://danielvoicu.blog
I'm using Kagi more, especially the "Small Web" feature. A long time ago - hundreds of internet years or thousands of TikTok microtrends - there was a thing called "StumbleUpon" which I really, really loved, as it was the best way to discover interesting things on the internet. Using “Small Web" feels exactly like that.

My website is for humans, and I don't want Google's AI ramen

https://localghost.dev/blog/this-website-is-for-humans/

This website is for humans - localghost

I don't want Google's shitty AI-generated ramen

localghost

The idea is good (maybe? almost? not sure yet), but the comparison between world-building and software development, the use of emdashes, the premise etc. all of these seem forced and unnatural. And I've seen a lot of these posts on Linkedin, so I still think you can easily detect which text is written by a human and which is written through an AI tool. There's some sort of an "uncanny valley", but for writing.

3/n (n now being 3, actually)

Curious if anyone else has books that changed the way they work or see tech. Got any recommendations? Always looking for something new to read."

2/n

The following two paragraphs were generated by Perplexity, in Comet. I wanted to see how much the assistant feature can help with a LinkedIn post, and I've asked it to generated a few possible posts. After a few retries, trying to get the tone right, I got this:

"Lately I’ve noticed how much my love of sci-fi and fantasy has crept into the way I think about software. Building features feels a lot like world-building some days—just with a lot more bugs.

1/n

Big Think interviewed Anne-Laure Le Cunff, I like the idea of little experiments that we can use in our lives, to keep our curiosity alive:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubMghRYqk8o

#learning #bigthink #interview #neuroscience

Anne-Laure Le Cunff: The 3 cognitive scripts that rule over your life | Full Interview

YouTube

Yaaay! 🎉
My new Spanish books are here. Started re-learning Spanish last year, and my next class begins at the end of the month.

Fun fact: it helps me understand my own language better too, especially the grammar, which I never liked when I was in school.

Another fun fact: English, as the foreign language that I primarily use is almost always trying to “overwrite” words in Spanish.

#language #learning #spanish #español #languagelearning

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/feb/27/international-space-stations-sterile-environment-may-affect-health-of-astronauts-says-study

I really like thinking about the ecosystems in #space , especially in the #solarpunk context of being aware of our surroundings, microbiomes etc.

Just please don't make it about the aesthetics only, I don't want to see a hundred illustrations / stories about potted plants floating on the ISS. I want more stories like the Expanse's Ganymede Station's infrastructure.

#infrastructure #ecosystem #microbiome

Space station’s lack of dirt may damage astronauts’ health, says study

Scientists find sterile ISS environment could explain rashes and cold sores and suggest adding microbes to stations

The Guardian
Since finding out about Marginala Search, I’ve been using its “Explore” (https://marginalia-search.com/explore) section as a way to discover interesting sites - and there are lots of them! -, and I remembered how much I liked StumbleUpon and how many random things I learned just going through the sites it recommended. I wonder if search engines have become anti-discovery, anti-learning in the meantime.
Making sure you're not a bot!

Surely this new video won't make me seem like a crank.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJpZjg8GuA
Algorithms are breaking how we think

YouTube