Mastodawn

Uhh, Greg Storey hit a point regarding my rejection of AI:

"It’s easy to reject a tool when you’re not under pressure to use it ... For most people, using an LLM isn’t an abdication of thought - it’s often the only way to carve out enough time and focus to do any real thinking at all."

https://brilliantcrank.com/the-luxury-of-saying-no/

Thanks @adactio for sharing

The luxury of saying no.

Lets start this post with two statements 2,400 years apart. “This invention [writing] will produce forgetfulness in the minds of those who learn to use it, because they will not practice their memory. Their trust in writing, produced by external characters which are no part of themselves, will discourage

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Kristof Zerbe 1d ago

🔗 Discoveries #34 - JS Libraries

This is only the third issue of Discoveries in the last six months ...
However, here are a few discoveries from the last few months on the topic of JavaScript libraries that I would like to try out for myself as soon as possible…

https://kiko.io/post/Discoveries-34-JS-Libraries/

Discoveries #34 - JS Libraries - kiko.io

This is only the third issue of Discoveries in the last six months. That’s because I currently have significantly less time and energy to devote to no...

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Kristof Zerbe 3d ago

Changelog 3d ago

🗿 Neal Agarwal put together a virtual museum of Internet Artifacts, including a map of ARPANET, the first spam email, the first smiley, the first mp3, the first online pizza delivery website (which was probably earlier than you're thinking), and much more. https://neal.fun/internet-artifacts/

Internet Artifacts

Browse through the old internet

Kristof Zerbe 3d ago

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Anuj Ahooja 4d ago

Numerous people have also asked how they can support our mission, so we're launching a Patreon!

If you sign up for the Sponsors tier or higher, you'll receive a coupon code for our People, Not Platforms merch launch next week!

Thank you for your continued support!

https://patreon.com/ANewSocial

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Kristof Zerbe 3d ago

Anuj Ahooja 4d ago

Today, we're launching two things at @anewsocial: a Bridgy Fed settings page and a Patreon!

Bridgy Fed Config lets you switch bridging on/off for your Bluesky, Mastodon, or Pixelfed accounts. For ActivityPub-based accounts, you can add a custom domain to look native on Bluesky.

https://blog.anew.social/bridgy-fed-config-patreon/

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Bridgy Fed Config & Patreon

Today, we're launching two projects we've been excited to unveil for a while: a settings page for Bridgy Fed and a Patreon for all the folks who have asked us how they can support our work. Let's dive in! Bridgy Fed Config Until now, if you wanted to bridge your

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Kristof Zerbe 3d ago

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Ketan Joshi 4d ago

A reminder of this great David Pope cartoon

Kristof Zerbe 6d ago

Tim Chambers 6d ago

#FediIndex is a great toolset. We are lucky to have both them and #Fedidb as resources to see trends along this part of the open social web. https://fedi.wrm.sr cc: @fediversenews #fediverse

FediIndex

Detailed Fediverse statistics

Kristof Zerbe May 18

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@securingdev #funny #javascript #coding

Kristof Zerbe May 16

✍️ Of Illustrations and Ignorance

This is a kind of promotional post. For David “ReverentGeek” Neal (@reverentgeek) and his craft … his art. But this is also a post about ignorance and repression … on my part.

https://kiko.io/post/Of-Illustrations-and-Ignorance/