All set for a lesson. Not as good as in person, but petty amazing anyway. With everything awful happening now, I'm glad to have something positive going on.
@TheOnlyDSC I'm a mixed race woman born in the 1980s and I know plenty others of varying mixes my age...? mixed race people didn't suddenly start existing in the 00s
These idiots have forgotten that nothing lasts forever. Not their terms, not political power, not kings, not even empires. There will be a day when their power fades...and they'd do well to remember that their fate will be decided by the people they now oppress.
This right here. I am a 64-year old white woman who was a Portland punk rocker in the 70s, worked in natural food store in San Francisco in the 80s and 90s, and now likes to sit and knit with my elderly cats purring in my lap. I AM ANTIFA. My 89 year old mother is also antifa.
There is no longer the satisfaction that your consumer is a human (who might write a comment, say thanks, post on HN, etc.); nor the cred that comes from people reading and remembering the author, posting on HN, etc.
That is, it totally destroys the incentive structure.
Setting aside copyright/commercial/other aspects, a thought about writing blog posts that LLMs train on. When people write posts, they (a) feel good about helping others, and (b) hope to get some credit and visibility for doing so. If everything is mediated through LLMs: ↵
The crew of Apollo 14 found it difficult to sleep - partly due to the angle at which they landed.
They felt they were slipping down into a crater, and Ed Mitchell would regularly lift the blinds to check they were not.
Wonderful clarity in this small section of the full panorama.
BREAKING: Trump signs executive order rescinding the undecidability of the Halting Problem, claiming it holds back American progress. All major chip manufacturers immediately slave through the night to add HALTP to their instruction sets in compliance.
@dieworkwear As a hand spinner and knitter, I appreciate the love you’ve given to the craft in this thread. One tiny correction though; in order to knit in the round, you need either 4-5 double pointed needles or one circular needle. You can’t knit in the round with regular straight needles.
If you want to be assured you're getting the real deal, you can check out Knit with Purpose and Cheryl's Trading Post. Both are indigenous-owned and -led operations with indigenous knitters.
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The sweater is then entirely hand-knitted using nothing more than two knitting needles. The body is knitted "on the round," which means it's one entire piece with no side seams. Designs typically feature traditional motifs, like snowflakes or eagles.
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The Cowichan sweater is technically a sweater because it's knitted, but it's not really a sweater in that it's not like any you've likely encountered. It's rough, rugged, and wears more like outerwear than the merino pullovers or cardigans you find at the mall.