my wife said something about Epstein that is completely correct:

it isn't that he's the epicentre of everything bad in the world. it's that he's the only rich fucker's texts we're being allowed to read.

all of the world's billionaires are, evidently, in a death-rape-cult.

As a software developer I know that creating working software is difficult. It's so easy to introduce a small bug somewhere and then nothing works. This may however contribute to how annoyed I get when software has obvious quality of life gaps that are just so incredibly obvious and not at all difficult to implement.

My Marantz receiver has HEOS. They're actually making quite a big deal out of it. HEOS is a thing that can stream music. If I put on music via HEOS, then it immediately starts playing. Great! Except for the tiny fact that it takes the receiver 8 seconds to turn on. So when I put on a track, when the receiver is off, then I'm missing the first 8 seconds of the track. Or rather, I did, until I added a Wiim (in a misunderstood attempt at getting Tidal to work properly, which it still doesn't). Now, when I start playing something on the Wiim, #homeassistant turns on the receiver, pauses the playback for 8 seconds, and then resumes the music.

This is obvious people!

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Full janson for @bagder in the closing keynote!

#fosdem

Joining the #fosdem translations room today was fun, also spontaneously taking over A/V duty for the room was a nice experience. @orangesunny brought a great energy into the room despite the very hot air and the locked windows. Thank you!

#fosdem2026 #fosdem26 #weblate

Thank you to all #fosdem volunteers, without all the time you gave, that conference wouldn't be what it currently is.

THANK YOU

So, rather than watch the rest of the performers bow out of gigs, he's just going to close it down for construction? Can't wait to see what he does with the place. From WaPo:

"Trump plans to close Kennedy Center for about two years, starting in July. Under the proposal, the Kennedy Center could close on July 4, coinciding with America’s 250th anniversary."

“I have determined that The Trump Kennedy Center, if temporarily closed for Construction, Revitalization, and Complete Rebuilding, can be, without question, the finest Performing Arts Facility of its kind, anywhere in the World,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “In other words, if we don’t close, the quality of Construction will not be nearly as good, and the time to completion, because of interruptions with Audiences from the many Events using the Facility, will be much longer. The temporary closure will produce a much faster and higher quality result!”

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I recently had a stranger comment they've never seen someone tie their shoes as fast as me before and I just went "uhh, yeah I guess..." not realizing that I was doing this knot BECAUSE I LOVED THIS SITE DECADES AGO and it must seem alien to some people

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Ian Knot (Ian's Fast Shoelace Knot)

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I never thought I'd say this but I am not changing my mind until I am sure things have changed back to what they were. #Republicans, y'all need to shapen up and I mean to the maximum degree. The republican party used to be a place where those who care about business and small governmental structures could do well. The republican party had ideals I could agree with, now, not all the way, for example, the #LGBTQ stance is old fashioned and outdated, and the whole focus on #Religion is a little forced, but the republican party were constitutionalists. I say were because now that our "fine" president #Trump is in office, we have gotten to a state where the constitution essentially means very little at this point.

The constitution is the one document that makes sure that we as citizens, for which I am proud to say I am one, are given are inalienable rights. The founding fathers, as flawed as they were, and trust me, I know how flawed they were but I'm not trying to get in that right now, tried their best and went to war against a tyranical King, sorry Brits, love you guys, to make sure that we the people are given the power of governing ourselves with representatives we choose. Trump has made the constitution something to use as a weapon. He has broken laws multiple times in office, while having the power to not have consequences for the laws he has broken. Trump has used his powers without any responsibility. He has almost caused several international insidents with countries who now no longer trust us fully, because he made these countries mad at us. Denmark, Canada, France, Greenland, Mexico, and many other nations who were once our friends but no longer want a part of us right now. Domestically, we are not in a good state. The immigrations and customs enforcement organization has been braking the law as well, killing people, hurting people, ripping children from their mothers and fathers, causing problems in cities and towns across the nation. ICE is nothing but a bunch of sanctioned thugs who deserve nothing but the harshest punishments under the constitution made by a court, and done under a speedy trial of our peers. The economy is not doing well. Sure, those who can afford it are richly rewarded from the booms in the markets but those who can't namely, us younger people receive very little reprieve from the inflation and total disaster that the president and his administration have caused. Food, shelter, electricity, even our luxuries that we receive that we want if we want them cost double or tripple what they should, and its because the president has done very little to curve pricing, and these companies run up the bill for us and get away with it because they can. I'm a capitalist, I'll always be a capitalist, however, I am for fair prices. A good or service that can make a proffit should make a proffit, but it shouldn't be at the expense of those who need that good or service. Trump has hurt our poorest citizens, food stamps are no longer what they used to be, healthcare for those who need it is harder to get, homes, even just renting is more expensive than its ever been. This isn't how a president should be.

A president should be one who serves. A president should be one who colaberates with their international neighbors. A president isn't one who insults people for having questions about what they do in office, because freedom of the press is important. A president should be presidential in tone when they speak to their citizens. A president shouldn't go on revenge plots to ruin people's careers because they are critical of their policies. A president takes responsibility for what they do in office, even Nixon did when he resigned for the good of the country. A president helps the markets be stable. A president knows when to back off when things don't work. A president listens to congress and takes their opinions into account from both parties. A president helps the towns and cities do better, not worse. A president helps immigrants, without immigrants, America wouldn't be what it is now. A president doesn't destroy the department of education, a department without whom people who need educational assistance, our poorest citizens, citizens with disabilities, from Kindergarten to College, have an education worthy of the highest excellence. A president doesn't make it harder for people with disabilities to get the support they need so they can find jobs, do well in the workforce and make a living for themselves. A president doesn't put out propaganda and they especially don't associate, with written prouf, with a person who knowingly hurt children for the rest of their lives. A president doesn't cover it up by causing international insidents with nations we like, and last but not least, a president isn't one with 34 convicted felonies under the constitution, done with a fair and speedy public trial. I say this and Trump is the exact opposite of all of this.

I declare, and its in written record so that nobody here can deny that I wrote it. Until the Republican party shapes up and becomes what they used to be, they will never get my vote. Until I see John Mccain levels of respect and honor and humility in office once more. Until I see people who aren't causing problems, who are actually helping to lower prices and make lives better for citizens, not just the business owners, they will not get my vote. #Democrats, though I may not agree with all of your views and especially not the anti-capitalist anti-business stance you seem to tout like a flag from the rafters, just know that you will get my vote. You get my vote because I've seen nothing but respect, honor, strength and courage that Trump and his band of fools will never have and that is admirable and you deserve all the praise given to you by those who already support you.
#UsPol, #Politics

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A really beautiful song. I couldn't stop playing this when it first came out: youtu.be/Xac6iuCIHv8

#music #pop #indie #emotional

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"Trump audibly shits himself on TV, immediately ends press conference." 💀

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you know what, fuck it, im choosing violence today. notbyai.fyi is an ai industry op and i can fucking prove it.

tl;dr: it's actually pretty pro-ai, it's made by an ai bro, and it's directly enriching ai companies by giving them your data

the analytics and tracking cookies from known major ai companies: bing (microsoft), youtube (google), clarity (microsoft). these cookies last anywhere from 6 months to over a year

the "chart" directly under their mission statement specifically calls out the problem of training ai on ai-generated images

the first paragraph in their mission statement begins by mentioning "help audiences identify human-generated content" and then ends with some real tescreal shit about the advancement of humanity

The Not By AI® badges are created to encourage more humans to produce original content and help audiences identify human-generated content. The ultimate goal is to make sure humanity continues to advance.

this quote from further down their mission statement makes it clear that the site is definitely pro-AI, and has yet more tescreal pro-ai-but-what-if-it-replaces-us shit

It is worth mentioning that AI technologies mark a major milestone in the history of technology and the Not By AI badge is not designed to discourage the use of AI. Instead, it is to make sure that, while we celebrate the achievement, we work with AI instead of being replaced by AI.

and the 90% rule, which explicitly allows ai. for-profit is only allowed if you pay them. you have to pay an ai bro money to declare that your for-profit work is at least 90% ai free. dystopian.

if you estimate that at least 90% of your content is created by humans, you are eligible to add the badges into your website, blog, art, film, essay, books, podcast, or whatever your project is for non-commercial use, and, with a subscription, commercial use.

and continues into explicitly allowing AI even more, and their first example is for legal documents

The 90% can include using AI for inspiration purposes, supporting legal documents such as privacy policies (assuming that legal content is not the main focus of your content or service), non-user-facing content such as SEO tags, and grammatical error and typo checks.

their about page (notbyai.fyi/about) has a quote from billionaire warren buffet which is just weirdo shit (warren buffet cares deeply about eugenicist things like poor countries having too many people)

but here's the fucking kicker. the "founder", allen hsu (notbyai.fyi/about), is the ux design lead at modo modo (modomodoagency.com/leadership), which is an ai design company (modomodoagency.com/about)

Artificial intelligence (AI) is cool and we embrace it. But when it comes to solving complex business problems, we don’t just press a few keys to generate answers with ChatGPT. We research, interview, brainstorm, and go through a human-centric process to come up with content and solutions that are tailored to your unique business need.

there you go. its made by an ai bro. its full of tescreal shit. its literally not even anti-ai, and its letting ai companies track you. this is ai shit.

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I’m still trying to process this… I just won my first ever Grammy 🏆

Winner for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella for Super Mario Praise Break, arranged by Bryan Carter, Charlie Rosen, and myself with The 8-Bit Big Band. Deeply grateful to God, my collaborators, and everyone who’s supported this journey.

#Grammy #GrammyWinner #GrammyAwards #Arrangement #Composer #Arranger #Jazz #VideoGameMusic #8BitBigBand #SuperMario #Musicians #MusicLife #Grateful