Trevor Vallender

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He/him

Software Engineer
Rubyist
Maker
Tabletop gamer

Homepagehttps://tsvallender.co.uk
Bloghttps://blog.tsvallender.co.uk/
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Trevor VallenderMar 11
MichaelMar 10
Trevor VallenderMar 11
Fuzzy LeapfrogMar 10

"Independent bookshops are dangerous because they interrupt us. They do not optimise our curiosity. They derail it. Is that the reason why Germany’s culture commissioner, Wolfram Weimer, is now consulting the domestic intelligence agency before approving funds to bookshops?"

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/10/why-independent-bookshops-strike-fear-in-the-heart-of-germanys-culture-tsar

Why independent bookshops strike fear in the heart of Germany’s culture tsar

First he came for Berlin’s film festival. Now it’s books. Wolfram Weimer seems to be on a mission to curb progressive thinking, says Guardian Europe columnist Fatma Aydemir

The Guardian
Trevor VallenderMar 2
The office door is coming along nicely
Trevor VallenderFeb 27

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@katemorley/116140746891954470

So good to hear _good_ news, I actually made a big loud happy noise while washing up this morning and my daughter didn’t know what was happening 😆

Trevor VallenderFeb 26
Ludovic CourtèsFeb 26

We went from copyright law being shaped by Disney demanding ever-increasing terms, to copyright law being effectively “optional” with OpenAI & co. lobbying so LLM output is not considered a derivative work of its inputs.

A 180° turn.

The law is still shaped by the powerful, but they now have different interests.

Trevor VallenderFeb 24
Yves JeanrenaudFeb 23

I made an app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.pocketpc.nearbyglasses
Nearby Glasses is here to warn you when smart glasses are nearby.

I hope it's useful for someone.

The app is now open source (AGPL-3.0), the app is free and rather simple
https://github.com/yjeanrenaud/yj_nearbyglasses

It's also downloadable outside the Play Store. iOS port is in the making. F-Droid is an option, will have to look into that

Trevor VallenderFeb 24

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@rebane2001/116123227412288110

This is _insane_ and I love it.

Show threadTrevor VallenderFeb 24

@pointlessone

Heh, I guess maybe CI isn’t the right analogy either when you put it like that. I’ll try and remember to grab a couple next time I deal with some. I will just reinforce though, I was only arguing that it does have value, not that it’s fantastic!

Show threadTrevor VallenderFeb 24

@pointlessone @nateberkopec @zenspider

If there’s evidence of that I’d be interested, but I don’t think those things are analagous. Alerts are different in that they’re _push_, so they do need to be high value or you will tune them out entirely, agreed. But I _don’t_ think learning to tune out AI noise turns into tuning out humans here, you go into the process with a different headspace (I do, at least). The AI feedback feels like a CI step, the human feedback is a conversation.

Show threadTrevor VallenderFeb 24
@zenspider @nateberkopec @pointlessone Translates fine, but it’s a false analogy. If the F- student made my work better and it took me next to no time to check their work, then that sounds fine. As for your first point, that feels more just like a random insult 🤷