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(based off the RSS feeds I subscribe to)“The internet is both a blessing and a curse”
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Jo (CC BY-NC)
I saw this post on station over on the gemini protocol today:
Every now and then online, I see the following statement: “The internet is both a blessing and a curse”.
I agree with this statement, what is Station’s thoughts on this statement?
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Jo (CC BY-NC)
At Homebrew Website Club on Wednesday we talked a bit about "contenteditable" – and I had never come across it before, I think? The concept of it seems so cool to me! From how much extra programming is always put into the web, I've been conditioned to think about HTML and CSS as way weaker and more limited than it is! I really like discovering attributes of
Just a short post complaining about AI
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Jo (CC BY-NC)
Quote from Blood in the Machine The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech by Brian Merchant
This book details the pushback against the first signs of Industrialisation and Capitalism in the weaving industry of 1810s England.
“We and other countries are already so placed by [machinery] that a very large number of people are thrown idle greatly against their will and they must be supported or starve,” Booth said at the shop. “We know this is so, but are we therefore to conclude that machinery is in itself an evil?”
(…) “Cropping by hand as you now practice it is by no means easy work,” Booth said. “We all know that it is very painful for learners to handle the shears until the wrist has become hoofed up. Now look at one of these machines,” he said, meaning the gig mill. “Observe how smoothly and how beautifully it works! How perfectly it does for the workman the arduous part of his task. By its aid, as we well know, your task has become chiefly one of care and watchfulness.” (…)
“To say that a machine that can do this for you is in itself an evil is manifestly absurd,” Booth continued. “Under proper conditions it would be to you an almost unmixed blessing, but unfortunately the favorable conditions do not exist.” (…)
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Waffle!
Last breakfast at the hotel in Amsterdam before going home (^:
Last Movie
Trainspotting
Watched for the first time on Sat, 12 Apr 2025 Comment: what a nice film about trains. and spotting them.
Latest Poem
There is life in a desert
never trust a poet
there is life in a desert
there is life in a desert
despite the letters they rehearse
observe the cultures in the dirt
those who think and show it
say there's no point in glee
say there's no point in glee
and nothing matters to the universe
— but everything matters to me
Retro graphics collection (may include flashing GIFs)
88x31 Buttons
Those that survived since my last collection
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