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  • Proof that AI is bunk: Nav is still so stupid

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    AI is supposed to revolutionize everything, but I call BS. AI is 90% smoke, mirrors, and promises that will remain unfulfilled. Given a choice between fulfilling a past promise and making a new one, tech companies will generally choose the latter. Let’s look at an application that should benefit from AI and showcase AI’s potential…

  • WordPress, Mastodon, ActivityPub….workflow?

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    Short version: How do I set all this up so I have my blog and one Mastodon account that I can use in Mastodon apps like a normal user but the content I create (either posts or replies) goes out via my blog? With hashtags. Long version: How is the whole WordPress/Mastodon/ActivityPub thing supposed to…

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    When you consider how difficult many business suppression units IT departments are to work with, maybe they don’t even need to steal data. Just slow things down and gum up the works.

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    Happiness is a new bidet and a clean backside. A new Toto Washlet. Reasonable cost, easy to install, and just like the toilets I experienced in Japan. The other night I turned to my wife after telling Siri to turn off lights, and said “Remember when we had to get up to turn off lights?”…

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    There’s nothing like spending hours experimenting with a new platform only in the end to say “huh, well that ain’t gonna work” Like they say, frustration is the pain you feel just before you learn something. Perhaps regret is a pain sometimes felt just after learning something.

  • Static site generator and mobile posting?

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    Is it possible to use a static site generator and still have: Posts federated Be able to post via an app – preferably Ulysses, but something available on a phone

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    Personally, I will be less likely to choose Automattic for anything in the future. I recently moved this blog off of WordPress.com to self-hosting, although that was more about value proposition than anything else. I don’t think it’s hurting open source in general. WordPress is a different story. WordPress.org’s login dialog now has a check…

  • In response to the Reddit post asking “Why is Mastodon struggling to survive?”

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    You can see the post here: Why is Mastodon struggling to survive? Interesting how different people can have a very different view of a chart. You see a “platform” struggling to survive. I see a totally new approach that has doubled in size in 18ish months. Sure, it would be better to see growth in…

  • Bandanas. Old. Forgotten. And Useful

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    There was a time when people wouldn’t think of pulling a scrap of fabric out of a pocket or bag, blowing their nose in it, folding it back up and putting it back where they pulled it from. Yeah, I know, it seems pretty gross and during Covid I recall there being some back and…

  • Why do I want to get a server again?

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    This morning, really a few times over the last few days, I’ve had this rush of nostalgia for the days when I was leasing a Rackspace server. For some reason it’s really attractive…the freedom & possibility of being able to put up whatever site or idea came to mind. Want to make something in Ruby…