Would be cool if Redox os gets more popular, they have an explicitly anti-LLM policy.
Microkernels are neat, and I enjoy Rust. I think it's an unfortunate truth that everything in the future will still have to be Unix-y with compatibility layers to support existing software.
For the Hainish Cycle books the order doesn't matter too much, they're not direct sequels.
I started with (and would recommend starting with) The Left Hand of Darkness. The first 3 Hainish novels are also her first novels and she was still developing her style, in my opinion. I think The Dispossessed is her finest work, although I still haven't read all of her novels.
Of course, the "AI Control" in Firefox for Android conveniently doesn't include the "make-a-jerkoff-motion-to-llm-summarize a-page" "feature" Mozilla has added.
The first I heard of a project doing this was iocaine, an anti-scraper tool (that I think awful.systems uses??) which has module names like "sex_dungeon" and "GargleBargle" intended to make the codebase unmanageable to navigate for llm tooling. It's pretty funny that this has become an established technique.
Continuing to track only crypto would mean missing half the story. The same operatives are running both campaigns. Josh Vlasto, longtime adviser and spokesperson for Fairshake — the cryptocurrency super PAC network responsible for the bulk of crypto’s 2024 spending — is now simultaneously heading Leading the Future, a pro-AI super PAC network. Chris Lehane, the political consultant and Coinbase board member who helped establish Fairshake and famously told Coinbase employees who questioned whether a crypto voter bloc existed that they would simply invent one, is now also an OpenAI executive and one of the people behind the Leading the Future PAC network. The same venture capital firms are funding both: Andreessen Horowitz, a crypto heavyweight in the 2024 elections, is now splitting its political spending across crypto and AI PACs.
Yeah, I haven't been feeling great about having to nod vigorously and feign enthusiasm for slop on every damn cover letter and interview I've had recently. The best I've managed is saying I only use it in professional capacity and try to emphasize the personal learning angle as a defense.
It's brutal out there and I'm losing hope. I wish I had another industry I could pivot to await the passing of the bubble that gives me the flexibility to be a musician like remote work programming does.
Also, these are more targeted at beginners to programming, but Daniel Shiffman has a youtube channel and a free book about creative coding with p5 (The Nature of Code) that is very good. Depending on your background, it may contain a lot of remedial material, but there's some really great ideas on how to think about designing dynamic systems that make cool images and interactive art in there, especially in the later chapters if you skip around.
Would be cool if Redox os gets more popular, they have an explicitly anti-LLM policy. Microkernels are neat, and I enjoy Rust. I think it's an unfortunate truth that everything in the future will still have to be Unix-y with compatibility layers to support existing software.
For the Hainish Cycle books the order doesn't matter too much, they're not direct sequels.
I started with (and would recommend starting with) The Left Hand of Darkness. The first 3 Hainish novels are also her first novels and she was still developing her style, in my opinion. I think The Dispossessed is her finest work, although I still haven't read all of her novels.
See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Institution
You can't make this shit up.
Of course, the "AI Control" in Firefox for Android conveniently doesn't include the "make-a-jerkoff-motion-to-llm-summarize a-page" "feature" Mozilla has added.
The first I heard of a project doing this was iocaine, an anti-scraper tool (that I think awful.systems uses??) which has module names like "sex_dungeon" and "GargleBargle" intended to make the codebase unmanageable to navigate for llm tooling. It's pretty funny that this has become an established technique.
Claude v6.0, "Tall Tale"
Claude v6.1 "Big Fish Story"
Molly White continuing to slam it out of the park with a pivot to AI. As always, worth a read in full, but this intro bit stuck out to me after reading lots of inane blather on how crypto and AI are different:
Eschatoken
If it's this easy to coerce the Magic Eight Ball, what chance do the rest of us have against DOOM?!?
https://theintercept.com/2026/04/23/chatgpt-ai-false-confession-interrogation-crime/
“If ChatGPT can be induced into a false confession, then who isn’t vulnerable?”
I don't have words for how stupid this is.
Ultex Jazz III XL, like the regular jazz III in tone but actually large and grippy enough to stay between your fingers and more durable than nylon.
Thin Ultex sharps for strummier and acoustic stuff.
I like tortex but it wears out too quickly IMO.
Topic adjacent, jazz musician/music theory youtuber Adam Neely has an 1hr30 video eviscerating Suno/AI music. Very high quality sneering with some wonderful Ben Levin animations.
Starlight Network No-AI List
why, the unlucky stiff
Yeah, I haven't been feeling great about having to nod vigorously and feign enthusiasm for slop on every damn cover letter and interview I've had recently. The best I've managed is saying I only use it in professional capacity and try to emphasize the personal learning angle as a defense.
It's brutal out there and I'm losing hope. I wish I had another industry I could pivot to await the passing of the bubble that gives me the flexibility to be a musician like remote work programming does.
I really wish this was my average experience trying to land another software gig in the past year...
I regret reading that in full. Really, read the opener summary, stop at "What if pee pee was poo poo" and you will be wiser and happier.
Insane that people got paid large sums to write this.
"Intelligence Displacement" indeed.
Also, these are more targeted at beginners to programming, but Daniel Shiffman has a youtube channel and a free book about creative coding with p5 (The Nature of Code) that is very good. Depending on your background, it may contain a lot of remedial material, but there's some really great ideas on how to think about designing dynamic systems that make cool images and interactive art in there, especially in the later chapters if you skip around.
I need a shower.