roland
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searchable http://rolandtanglao.com I love people & computers & many other things like bicycling <= 18km/h :-), cross country skiing, inexpensive food […]
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Oh look, another Torment Nexus Silicon Valley has decided to build: they've named a home security system for ridiculously rich people "Sauron". We are living in the worst possible timeline.
https://www.sauron.systems/
I'm won't be long until somebody starts a meal prep company called "Donner Party".
https://www.sauron.systems/
I'm won't be long until somebody starts a meal prep company called "Donner Party".
Sauron
Our home security platform reliably identifies, understands, and deters threats. With Sauron, you always know that everything is under control.
www.sauron.systems
December 29, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Oh look, another Torment Nexus Silicon Valley has decided to build: they've named a home security system for ridiculously rich people "Sauron". We are living in the worst possible timeline.
https://www.sauron.systems/
I'm won't be long until somebody starts a meal prep company called "Donner Party".
https://www.sauron.systems/
I'm won't be long until somebody starts a meal prep company called "Donner Party".
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Essentially, their argument was that this would be a huge pain and expense to fix, and so we are all better off just keeping it on the down low. And that kind of worked, for about a hundred years, until more open communities - like computer security research - started looking seriously at locks […]
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federate.social
December 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Essentially, their argument was that this would be a huge pain and expense to fix, and so we are all better off just keeping it on the down low. And that kind of worked, for about a hundred years, until more open communities - like computer security research - started looking seriously at locks […]
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absolute worst UI innovation in the past decade is the trick multi-line text field, no two implementations of which ever agree on which modifier keys, if any, make the return key insert a newline instead of submitting the form
December 17, 2025 at 2:46 AM
absolute worst UI innovation in the past decade is the trick multi-line text field, no two implementations of which ever agree on which modifier keys, if any, make the return key insert a newline instead of submitting the form
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It's a poor craftsman who blames his tools, unless the tool is a hammer that polymorphs into a bandsaw mid-swing.
This is a post about AI coding tools.
This is a post about AI coding tools.
December 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
It's a poor craftsman who blames his tools, unless the tool is a hammer that polymorphs into a bandsaw mid-swing.
This is a post about AI coding tools.
This is a post about AI coding tools.
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Re: Last boost about the 60 minutes thing. Mostly true! Except, the canadian media is an oligopoly and is also partly foreign-owned, so there's plenty of interference to be found.
December 27, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Re: Last boost about the 60 minutes thing. Mostly true! Except, the canadian media is an oligopoly and is also partly foreign-owned, so there's plenty of interference to be found.
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It's nice that Apple added biking directions for Victoria.
It's weird - bordering on rude - that the biking directions interface doesn't have the same "Add Stop" button that the driving directions interface does.
It's weird - bordering on rude - that the biking directions interface doesn't have the same "Add Stop" button that the driving directions interface does.
December 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
It's nice that Apple added biking directions for Victoria.
It's weird - bordering on rude - that the biking directions interface doesn't have the same "Add Stop" button that the driving directions interface does.
It's weird - bordering on rude - that the biking directions interface doesn't have the same "Add Stop" button that the driving directions interface does.
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Why a predicted economic collapse never happened
▶ Tariffs didn’t spark a recession. But most Americans don’t feel benefits of a resilient economy.
https://archive.ph/XBZVt
▶ Tariffs didn’t spark a recession. But most Americans don’t feel benefits of a resilient economy.
https://archive.ph/XBZVt
December 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Why a predicted economic collapse never happened
▶ Tariffs didn’t spark a recession. But most Americans don’t feel benefits of a resilient economy.
https://archive.ph/XBZVt
▶ Tariffs didn’t spark a recession. But most Americans don’t feel benefits of a resilient economy.
https://archive.ph/XBZVt
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@blogdiva The influence of American media makes that impossible in English Canada. Quebec is the only province that invests enough in culture and media to keep everything less American.
Now that people don't watch TV anyone and our media is no longer attached to Canadian content ("CanCon") […]
Now that people don't watch TV anyone and our media is no longer attached to Canadian content ("CanCon") […]
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beige.party
December 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
@blogdiva The influence of American media makes that impossible in English Canada. Quebec is the only province that invests enough in culture and media to keep everything less American.
Now that people don't watch TV anyone and our media is no longer attached to Canadian content ("CanCon") […]
Now that people don't watch TV anyone and our media is no longer attached to Canadian content ("CanCon") […]
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One of the most important example of #Trump #censorship to date:
"DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing."
https://archive.ph/Ow3FE
Thanks as always to the #waybackmachine for preserving a copy […]
"DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing."
https://archive.ph/Ow3FE
Thanks as always to the #waybackmachine for preserving a copy […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
December 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
One of the most important example of #Trump #censorship to date:
"DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing."
https://archive.ph/Ow3FE
Thanks as always to the #waybackmachine for preserving a copy […]
"DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing."
https://archive.ph/Ow3FE
Thanks as always to the #waybackmachine for preserving a copy […]
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Newest #cogdogdailyphoto in Flickr: 2025/365/352 Out in the Prairie Grass
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/55007367454/
The land has such humble beauty here.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/55007367454/
The land has such humble beauty here.
2025/365/352 Out in the Prairie Grass
The land has such humble beauty here.
www.flickr.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Newest #cogdogdailyphoto in Flickr: 2025/365/352 Out in the Prairie Grass
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/55007367454/
The land has such humble beauty here.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/55007367454/
The land has such humble beauty here.
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I write technical articles on my blog.
AIs show up in large numbers to read them, crawl them, learn from them.
Time passes. I publish a new post.
And right on schedule, someone comments:
"This was clearly written by an AI".
Which is fascinating, really.
I write.
Machines read.
I keep writing […]
AIs show up in large numbers to read them, crawl them, learn from them.
Time passes. I publish a new post.
And right on schedule, someone comments:
"This was clearly written by an AI".
Which is fascinating, really.
I write.
Machines read.
I keep writing […]
Original post on mastodon.bsd.cafe
mastodon.bsd.cafe
December 27, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I write technical articles on my blog.
AIs show up in large numbers to read them, crawl them, learn from them.
Time passes. I publish a new post.
And right on schedule, someone comments:
"This was clearly written by an AI".
Which is fascinating, really.
I write.
Machines read.
I keep writing […]
AIs show up in large numbers to read them, crawl them, learn from them.
Time passes. I publish a new post.
And right on schedule, someone comments:
"This was clearly written by an AI".
Which is fascinating, really.
I write.
Machines read.
I keep writing […]
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Musk’s DOGE Failed To Slash Government Spending, Instead Leading To A 6% Increase
https://offthefrontpage.com/musks-doge-failed-to-slash-government-spending-instead-leading-to-a-6-increase/
https://offthefrontpage.com/musks-doge-failed-to-slash-government-spending-instead-leading-to-a-6-increase/
Musk’s DOGE Failed To Slash Government Spending, Instead Leading To A 6% Increase
Elon Musk made big promises when he took charge of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in early 2025.
offthefrontpage.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Musk’s DOGE Failed To Slash Government Spending, Instead Leading To A 6% Increase
https://offthefrontpage.com/musks-doge-failed-to-slash-government-spending-instead-leading-to-a-6-increase/
https://offthefrontpage.com/musks-doge-failed-to-slash-government-spending-instead-leading-to-a-6-increase/
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The US "banned 5 people from entering the country because it doesn’t like their speech. This ban, according to the State Dept, is necessary to protect free speech. If that sounds insane to you, congratulations on your reading comprehension."
Good piece about something bad, by @mmasnick.bsky.social.
Good piece about something bad, by @mmasnick.bsky.social.
Opinion | Marco Rubio is using real censorship to fight fake censorship
Mike Masnick: In the name of protecting free speech, the U.S. government just banned five Europeans from entering the country because it doesn’t like their speech.
www.ms.now
December 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The US "banned 5 people from entering the country because it doesn’t like their speech. This ban, according to the State Dept, is necessary to protect free speech. If that sounds insane to you, congratulations on your reading comprehension."
Good piece about something bad, by @mmasnick.bsky.social.
Good piece about something bad, by @mmasnick.bsky.social.
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Silicon Valley, drunk on exponential curves and both terrified and entranced by endless funding rounds,
has given us the "Hero Developer":
a figure who ships features at midnight,
who “moves fast and breaks things,”
who transforms whiteboard scribbles into billion-dollar unicorns through sheer […]
has given us the "Hero Developer":
a figure who ships features at midnight,
who “moves fast and breaks things,”
who transforms whiteboard scribbles into billion-dollar unicorns through sheer […]
Original post on c.im
c.im
December 28, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Silicon Valley, drunk on exponential curves and both terrified and entranced by endless funding rounds,
has given us the "Hero Developer":
a figure who ships features at midnight,
who “moves fast and breaks things,”
who transforms whiteboard scribbles into billion-dollar unicorns through sheer […]
has given us the "Hero Developer":
a figure who ships features at midnight,
who “moves fast and breaks things,”
who transforms whiteboard scribbles into billion-dollar unicorns through sheer […]
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before the end of #caturday , I present, Silvy. #catsofmastodon
December 28, 2025 at 3:23 AM
before the end of #caturday , I present, Silvy. #catsofmastodon
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One of the most incredible shots I've ever gotten, in Yellowstone. This coyote walked over a ridge in the blowing snow and posed for me, with a small grin on its face, the snowfalkes like stars in the background.
The desolation and beauty of life and nature is grounding, and so good for the soul.
The desolation and beauty of life and nature is grounding, and so good for the soul.
December 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM
One of the most incredible shots I've ever gotten, in Yellowstone. This coyote walked over a ridge in the blowing snow and posed for me, with a small grin on its face, the snowfalkes like stars in the background.
The desolation and beauty of life and nature is grounding, and so good for the soul.
The desolation and beauty of life and nature is grounding, and so good for the soul.
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Also, I found the callousness and casualness with which the movie portrayed two of its characters entering into an extramarital affair to be rather abhorrent. The man cheating on his wife of 25 years was a sympathetic character. We were supposed to like him. Am I just an old-fashioned prude for […]
Original post on federate.social
federate.social
December 28, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Also, I found the callousness and casualness with which the movie portrayed two of its characters entering into an extramarital affair to be rather abhorrent. The man cheating on his wife of 25 years was a sympathetic character. We were supposed to like him. Am I just an old-fashioned prude for […]
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Wow. I just watched "Network" for the first time with my son who is a bit obsessed with watching classic movies. It's kind of prescient; everything the main character ranted about in 1976 was true then and much more true now. And I honestly have no idea how a big budget movie so damning of the […]
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federate.social
December 28, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Wow. I just watched "Network" for the first time with my son who is a bit obsessed with watching classic movies. It's kind of prescient; everything the main character ranted about in 1976 was true then and much more true now. And I honestly have no idea how a big budget movie so damning of the […]
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Also, paywalls -- you may not be allowed to read the full article.
December 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Also, paywalls -- you may not be allowed to read the full article.
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Content is almost *never* shared in full by reliable sources on social networks. You get a headline, some click-baity image, and about 10 words of the lede.
December 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Content is almost *never* shared in full by reliable sources on social networks. You get a headline, some click-baity image, and about 10 words of the lede.
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Very few commentators note how abominable the user experience for news is on social networking software.
December 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Very few commentators note how abominable the user experience for news is on social networking software.