John Morris 🐀

lapsed electrical engineer; still not enough paid music gigs to quit the day job; builder of rule engines and their tools. he/him

[John Morris 🐀 @anotherjtm]

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.

[John Morris 🐀 @anotherjtm]

@ShriramKMurthi @geofflangdale @krishnanrohit I commit a lot more interim stuff than usual when I’m using these tools 😞

[Adriana Porter Felt @__apf__]

@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

[Amateur Agitator — @CatSec on bsky @CatsVaxnNatSec]

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.

[Suzanne Wlaschin @SuzanneWlaschin]

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.

[John Morris 🐀 @anotherjtm]

@fredcantu @cbsaustin took them 18 minutes to decide they should show some ads

[Shriram Krishnamurthi (primary: Bluesky) @ShriramKMurthi]

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.

[Shriram Krishnamurthi (primary: Bluesky) @ShriramKMurthi]

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: ↵

[* @soiled_plants2]

i would like to show everyone the micro crochet hibiscus i just finished! it matches my hydrangeas 🌺

[Scott Wlaschin @ScottWlaschin]

How I feel reading comments about C# and F# on HN and reddit 🙄

[Andy Saunders - Apollo Remastered @AndySaunders_1]

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.

[Shriram Krishnamurthi (primary: Bluesky) @ShriramKMurthi]

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.

[Cory Burns Barger @corybee]

@samfbiddle Naming the people who took my social security number and home address from a government agency so they could post it on 4chan

[Emily @emilycharette @em4fab4]

@dieworkwear This wonderful children's book describes the process of making a Cowichan sweater.
https://t.co/iwzY2p5PC9

[Twowackykids @twowackykids]

@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.

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

this site is so funny. imagine seeing this sweater and being mad

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

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.

IG knit_with_purpose and cherylstradingpost

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

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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[derek guy @dieworkwear]

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.

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

Smallpox wants a word

[John Morris 🐀 @anotherjtm]

@SuzanneWlaschin Yay. I missed that.