Mastodawn

Everyone is talking about coding agents when what we need is an accountability agent

I just finished the movie Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die. I don't even know how to describe it, except to say I'm still thinking about it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Luck,_Have_Fun,_Don%27t_Die

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die - Wikipedia

Richard Audette Mar 20

Jérôme Mar 20

If you live in #Willowdale two journalists are starting a new initiative to bring a new news outlett to the neighborhood.

They want to hear from the community, fill out this Google survey
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfDK7C3D5D4VKVYtnaHAWuBZyAz2CWnZn4kR8TMHOH6Jao6Uw/alreadyresponded?fbclid=IwY2xjawQqMzRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEet51QIPPxyKvUotbQds-EULItPuzmv_SbSzusFaPeAztWrOHYKBHZCvMU3WA_aem_6e_CKGxToqLutsAfaxYchg

#northyork

Introducing The Willowdale Wire

Hello! We are two journalists living in the neighbourhood. Everyday, walking around Willowdale, we keep coming across stories we think are worth telling. And so, we decided to start a publication to see if we can fill a gap in local coverage. We're keen to understand the issues that most animate this community, to help broaden our reporting ideas. To get started, we came up with this quick poll. Look out for more updates coming soon. - Aparita + Rachel

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Richard Audette Mar 20

TVO's #onpoli podcast is always excellent - today's coverage of the Ford government's proposed freedom of information act changes was worth listening to:
https://www.tvo.org/podcasts/onpoli-a-tvo-podcast/how-free-is-information-under-fords-government

Ford is looking to exempt records of the premier, cabinet ministers, parliamentary assistants and their offices from freedom-of-information requests - useful for the media - or anyone - looking to understand the government's decisions on the Greenbelt, Therme spa, Ontario Place, the Science Centre, bike lanes...

TVO Today | Current Affairs Journalism, Documentaries and Podcasts

Richard Audette Mar 18

As seen in Hackernews comments - a collection of fun, useless volume control mock-ups:
https://uxdesign.cc/the-worst-volume-control-ui-in-the-world-60713dc86950

A favourite was the curling-style control, designer unknown.

Richard Audette Mar 16

Downloading tax documents today - found the following on a nameless Canadian financial institution's site.

Richard Audette Mar 16

A fun video from the by the Norwegian Consumer Council, a fun take on enshittification - introducing the job of an enshittificator:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Upf_B9RLQ

As seen in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/16/norway-rails-against-enshittifcation-deliberate-tech-deterioration

A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator

Digital products and services keep getting worse. In the new report Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future, the Norwegian Consumer Council ha...

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Richard Audette Mar 16

Having another go at posting updates from a live sports stream. This time, I'm not using OpenClaw - it's working MUCH better and just costing pennies instead of burning up dollars of tokens. I'm just looking at the transcription in 15 minute chunks.

Richard Audette Mar 15

I have a Casio W-800H with broken lugs.

Could I make a new body for it? I've taken a 1st try at it, learning FreeCAD, just eyeballing measurements - just to see if it's within reach for my skill level.

I see great models for the F-91W: https://grabcad.com/library/casio-f-91w-clear-case-v1-1 which apparently can be printed in stainless steel affordably...

And there are stainless steel AE1200 bodies that look like they could be made to work on Aliexpress.

#casio

Richard Audette Mar 12

I have played with OpenSCAD previously, but have a project in mind that I think might be a bit beyond what I could do with it, so I am working my way through a FreeCAD tutorial.

I haven't committed myself to this idea, just trying to get a handle on how hard it will be.