Diarmid Mackenzie

Web & WebXR Development. Home Education & Democratic Schooling, Chair of Governors at Sands School, Devon.

Currently building

[Diarmid Mackenzie @dhmackenzie]

Something I've been working on over the last couple of months.

Driven by the frustration that I couldn't find a decent, simple, free online drawing tool to help with our building project.

Given time, I think it has the potential to be really great!

[simpledraw @simpledrawapp]

Simple Draw is now live:

https://t.co/umJx0opgJh

[Diarmid Mackenzie @dhmackenzie]

@YanqingCheng Would be interesting to ask your assistant whether it foresees any risks or issues with this setup as you move forward.

Server reboot is one scenario I suspect might not have been designed for?

[Diarmid Mackenzie @dhmackenzie]

@YanqingCheng Ok, and you use Fast API or Flask or something similar to give your browser access to the python code via a REST API?

I guess tailscale takes care of a lot of the potential security issues?

[Diarmid Mackenzie @dhmackenzie]

@webgl_webgpu @dmarcos Is this version available online?

[Diarmid Mackenzie @dhmackenzie]

Do Leonard Shelby's tattoos actually help, or hinder him in achieving his goals? Why?

Possibly related:

https://t.co/Dr9eiQaIta

[Diarmid Mackenzie @dhmackenzie]

@jamie247 @SeeOn__ You can do this today with @simpledrawapp

Video:
https://t.co/AU4hgEAJll

Some live examples to try out:
https://t.co/hSxQz8bucM

[simpledraw @simpledrawapp]

Draw a floor plan in 2D, then instantly view it in immersive VR in your Meta Quest Headset.

2D edits appear in VR in real time.

Built with @aframevr @threejs. Everything running in the browser.

#buildinpublic

[simpledraw @simpledrawapp]

Draw a floor plan in 2D, then instantly view it in immersive VR in your Meta Quest Headset.

2D edits appear in VR in real time.

Built with @aframevr @threejs. Everything running in the browser.

#buildinpublic

[Diarmid Mackenzie @dhmackenzie]

@dmarcos A-Frame is such a nice framework to work with that I even use it for the 2D renderer as well as for the 3D / VR.

My favourite parts of the codebase to work on :-)

[Diarmid Mackenzie @dhmackenzie]

@ClaudiusMaxx @saranormous @karpathy @NoPriorsPod Jevons Paradox

[Diarmid Mackenzie @dhmackenzie]

@DellAnnaLuca That's a complete non sequitur.

Try applying the same logic to software...

There exists high quality software developed by unpaid OSS contributors.

And yet there are also plenty of companies at which money to pay developers is absolutely a key bottleneck.

[Diarmid Mackenzie @dhmackenzie]

@DellAnnaLuca I suggest you talk to some journalists, and ask them what the barriers are to them investigating the stories or issues that they would most like to work on.

Getting funding for any significant investigative journalistic work is extremely difficult.

Much worse than 20 years ago.

[Diarmid Mackenzie @dhmackenzie]

@DellAnnaLuca But when you talk about people 'abdicating their duty', I assume you are talking about paid journalists?

In which case the fact that we have cut their funding by 80% in 20 years seems significant in terms of the quality of journalism we might expect from them?

[Diarmid Mackenzie @dhmackenzie]

@danfaggella @rcbregman I suspect most "next actions" in your model involve a balance of consideration for self, and consideration for others.

Both extremes, either the most self-interested thing they could do (regardless of harms), or the most altruistic thing they could possibly do, will be rare.

[Diarmid Mackenzie @dhmackenzie]

@danfaggella @rcbregman Your article on "kindness" confirms you have integrated a number of common mainstream conceptions about human nature that the "Human Kind" book challenges quite effectively.

Also, yes, I do believe that acts of genuine altruism are commonplace across human history and society.

[Diarmid Mackenzie @dhmackenzie]

@levelsio Switch to @openrouter + @ChatboxAI_HQ?

PAYG. No subscriptions. No ties. Switch models whenever you want.

https://t.co/YRaVBeFDdu

[Diarmid Mackenzie @dhmackenzie]

Finally got round to switching from OpenRouter web chat to @ChatboxAI_HQ as my default interface for LLM chat today.

Very happy with it so far.

Conversations with Claude Sonnet are so much better with some firm ground rules in place.

[Diarmid Mackenzie @dhmackenzie]

CEO of Cursor:

"...oftentimes the next 20 minutes of your work are entirely predictable."

20 seconds, yes. And those 20 second savings do add up. I love it.

But 20 minutes? Absolutely miles away from reality...

https://t.co/E2fS9T5ZuQ

[Diarmid Mackenzie @dhmackenzie]

Intrigued whether "Minecraft selfie" can be used to bypass UK age verification...

https://t.co/WlB1MbNI9U

[Dany Sterkhov 🛡✈ @DanySterkhov]

You can use Death Stranding's photo mode to bypass Discord's age verification

[Diarmid Mackenzie @dhmackenzie]

Finally got round to switching from OpenRouter web chat to @ChatboxAI_HQ as my default interface for LLM chat today.

Very happy with it so far.

Conversations with Claude Sonnet are so much better with some firm ground rules in place.