Dan "18pF flip-flop"

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💻 Computer Scientist & Software Developer, passionate about software design, literature, art, Anthroposophy, and matters of the Spirit. 🌟
Blog (under construction)https://mementos.blog
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Show threadDan "18pF flip-flop"Mar 6
@itsclelia Loved the article and blog, thanks for sharing!
Show threadDan "18pF flip-flop"Mar 5
@behdad @khaled Congrats on the new release and courage to both experiment with the new agentic approaches and clearly communicate it to users. Agents can most definitely be put to very good use under skilled supervision and — although I respect part of the arguments used against AI — the full hatred and dismissal of such techniques by some makes me feel there’s an egotistical component they don’t realize, especially when AI can assist so many understaffed OSS projects.
Dan "18pF flip-flop"Feb 26
@FlatpakApps Any Flatpak maintainer or key developer around? We really need to come up with enhancements to the packaging of CLI/terminal apps. It's a huge gap that in this new CLI/TUI era Flatpak is totally unsuitable for the distribution of Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Codex CLI, etc., leaving that space to custom scripts or npm/brew. Obviously, 'flatpak run <RDNS-based name>' won't cut it.
Show threadDan "18pF flip-flop"Feb 14
@decathorpe It does have the wrong "vibes" from 'web3' and 'crypto' talking, but this one is real. Despite the problems some people are unleashing onto OSS projects and all, I strongly believe the careful and skilled use of agents by OSS maintainers will severely help with tech debt and tons of stuff -- especially in understaffed parts of the ecosystem, which is basically every other Linux community distro, one-hero libs/utilities that keep IT going etc.
Dan "18pF flip-flop"Feb 8
Any recommendations of gentle and tasteful artists who draw logos/icons (without AI) and are open to commissions? Please let me know. 🙏🏻
Show threadDan "18pF flip-flop"Dec 16
@mttaggart @missed_sla I don’t mean to nitpick or die on a hill; it’s simply that Vivaldi has made no commitment whatsoever not to add AI or LLMs into the browser — they’re just keeping a seemingly responsible, ethical, and human-friendly stance while explicitly saying they’re open to changing that decision when/if the tech matures and they find uses that fit into their ethos.
Show threadDan "18pF flip-flop"Dec 16
@mttaggart @missed_sla Thanks for the link. It’s keeping up with their previous stance — which seems reasonable —, but it uses the very same statements from the other post.
Show threadDan "18pF flip-flop"Dec 16
@mttaggart @missed_sla The Vivaldi post you linked did not commit to that; it says LLMs won’t be bundled into the browser “until more rigorous ways to do those things [that other browsers are experimenting with] are available”, and the last couple paragraphs also explicitly left the door open for different kinds of AI-based features.
Dan "18pF flip-flop"Dec 12

RE: https://flipboard.com/@gamespot/play-for-all-abm73fn8z/-/a-zFY_nWwRSuCQDQd-nmoeXw%3Aa%3A878901126-%2F0

All the love in the world to Sandfall Interactive and everyone involved in Clair Obscur. Thank you so much for touching our hearts and lives. Can’t wait to play the new patch and see what comes next. Tomorrow comes. #ClairObscur #Expedition33

Dan "18pF flip-flop"Dec 10
I’m pretty sure Microsoft will pull many of its historical tricks to block many of its self-published games and some major 3rd party ones from running on Linux/WINE/Proton at all. We’re already seeing the beginning of it with TPM 2.0 + Secure Boot being mandatory plus VBS being introduced as a soft requirement (or already mandatory, too, not sure?) with CoD 7. To me, the only question is whether it will be mostly for competitive multiplayer blockbusters or scale down to smaller titles, too.