Mastodawn

Clawmaxxers will mass-email 10,000 strangers using AI to "personalise" a pitch about "authentic connection" and see absolutely no irony in that. None. Zero. The irony detector has been automated and it also doesn't work.

jcaron 6d ago

JD's Notes: Predictions 2026!!

https://mont.social/JD%27s-Notes/Predictions-2026%21%21

Predictions 2026!!

source oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/predictions-2026 by Simon Willison Coding agents work well because code is reversible — we have Git and can undo mistakes.

(social 🏔️)

jcaron Mar 14

Jim Nielsen Mar 13

The mistake in advocating any technology is denying that there is always a trade-off (there always is).

Granted, trade-offs are often not known on the frontier, but to pretend there is always only upside is crazy talk.

jcaron Mar 7

RE: https://mastodon.social/@mntmn/116168236866690617

> ... do more with less ...

Lately I did set my mind on "doing better with less", I prefer it to "doing more with less". Still, I enjoy Lucie post, which I consider worth to be amplified. I care about the humans who see software as a craft, those who also pay attention to what is not there.

Français: ... faire mieux avec moins ...

jcaron Mar 3

Craig S. Kaplan Mar 3

In my online undergraduate P5.js course, students are about to begin the module on motion and physics, including a bit of physics simulation using Matter.js. It suddenly occurred to me that I had never seen anybody put together this particular demo before, and I realized it had to be done. Messy source code at https://editor.p5js.org/isohedral/full/vJa5RiZWs.

jcaron Feb 23

David Ho Dec 1, 2024

The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil 4x more than electric cars due to their staggering uptake in China and elsewhere.

The world’s 280 million electr...

The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars

Electric vehicles get all the press – but it’s the smaller unsung two wheelers cutting oil demand the most.

The Conversation

jcaron Feb 20

Peter Gleick Feb 17

AI can't fix climate change because the problem is politicians in the pocket of fossil-fuel interests, not a lack of information or understanding.

jcaron Feb 14

Simon Willison Feb 13

I had some fun pulling OpenAI's mission statement out of their IRS tax filings from 2016 to 2024, loading them into a git repo with fake commit dates and then taking a look at the diffs https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/13/openai-mission-statement/

The evolution of OpenAI’s mission statement

As a USA 501(c)(3) the OpenAI non-profit has to file a tax return each year with the IRS. One of the required fields on that tax return is to “Briefly …

Simon Willison’s Weblog

jcaron Feb 8

Greenpeace International Feb 8

Friendly reminder:

NO ONE needs AI slop and more AI data centres

EVERYBODY needs clean water, affordable energy, and a habitable planet

jcaron Feb 8

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Jeff Atwood Feb 7

My homeboy Henry George was so far ahead of his time. I'd gladly join his posse any old day. https://rgmii.org/history-gmi-1791-early/

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