Alejandro Revilla

jPOS project founder. CX4CC. What one fool can do, another can. Naides es más que naides.

[Punch Newspapers @MobilePunch]

𝗡𝗜𝗕𝗦𝗦, 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁-𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲: https://t.co/jpYBn7A7yG

[Alejandro Revilla @apr]

Following PICHON-IV balloon—great job @RCU_CX1AA !

#hamradio

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I used to argue with people, including old-time colleagues, about this nonsense. Now I encourage them to stick to their convictions. The hysteria will inevitably subside, but these crazy times are invaluable for sharpening our tools. Fewer augmented minds, greater edge for the rest of us. A bit evil, I know. Sorry, but life's too short to argue with doomers.

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@htmx_org Great article. I’d add, while you try to find a job, by any means, including the four Fs, make yourself visible in the open source world. That’s a great addition to any CV.

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@guxlar @pcalcado My turn: Discord is Citizen Band

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Made myself another little three-letter tool: gmd, an agent-friendly Gmail drafter. I use mdl and gmd all day, and they're saving me a lot of time.

https://t.co/IVR3XeORPe

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@brunoborges I agree with you 100% and that's how we are building software, but in a large licensed software system, the monorepo creates a delivery problem when some teams/customers are entitled to access a restricted set of functionality. That's an interesting problem to solve.

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And wait until data sovereignty joins the welcoming committee. If you happen to use Bitwarden, you'll be very confused when your vault stops working and you have no clue why. It just silently moves you to the European vault because, of course, data sovereignty, and you're locked out of your passwords precisely when you need them most.

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@maxandersen @jbangdev TIL jbang export

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@htmx_org If you want to try a sixth: terminal-browser is fast and agent friendly.

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@ethauvin I wrote about this insanity a few years ago, problem is check-list security self appointed experts go crazy just by mentioning SHA-1

https://t.co/Uh9K5SKJbM

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In art, there are artists and observers. AI may become extraordinarily good at producing what observers see and hear. But art is not only about what reaches our senses.

Sometimes, something happens between the artist and the observer that is harder to explain. A connection that goes beyond the medium itself. And for the artist, creation is also a physical experience—the vibration of an instrument, the smell of paint, the touch of a brush. AI doesn't take any of that away.

I play guitar. Flamenco guitar. The vibration of the instrument in your hands is indescribable. Flamenco even has a word for that elusive connection between artist and audience: duende.

The Pope recently watched a flamenco performance during his visit to Madrid. I suspect he felt some of that duende himself. That particular connection won't be so easy for AI to recreate.

And the same applies beyond art. Those who love to drive will continue to drive their manual cars even when there’s FSD. AI may generate a convincing football match for spectators, but those who love to sweat and play will still play.

AI may change what we consume. I’m much less convinced that it can replace what we experience.

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#jPOS and jPOS-EE 3.0.2 have been released.

Info here: https://t.co/7ateTzCX70

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Now I understand @htmx_org

[Dmitrii Kovanikov @ChShersh]

Open-source is for millionaires who have enough money and looking for ways to achieve fulfilment in their life.

Us, working class, don’t have the luxury to code for free.

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The excellent Hacker’s Diet was written by John Walker, creator of AutoCAD and founder of Autodesk. He sadly passed away a few years ago, but Fourmilab, his website, is still online: https://t.co/6CC1mbAS9I

I wanted a local CLI implementation, so I built one:

https://t.co/JsnXiKvzkx

Hope you’ll give it a try, it saves to a simple markdown file.

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@htmx_org and don’t get me started on the OLPC tablet I have instead of a decent set of gauges... simple things like turning on the AC can make you end up on your roof at a roundabout.

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Cars have gone insane. The other day, my door wouldn’t fully close—it was closed, but not completely latched—because the seat belt was sticking out slightly as I was leaving a parking lot. The car kept shifting from Drive to Park automatically while people were yelling behind me. Imagine trying to get off a railroad crossing after an accident.

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@KioscoToni los titulares del Kiosco podrían incluir joyitas como esta de https://t.co/hd8XTD8uyq

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@dhh I saved from age 13 to buy a car at 18; could afford a Fiat 600. Then sold it to buy a C64. Crazy move, but a good one! Took another year to save for the 1541, which I still have. If it weren't for the C64, I'd probably still be driving that whacked 600.