Open post peter sibley @petersibley@mastodon.social · 9mo ago Replying to @anildash@me.dm <p>One amazing thing about 2025 is that, if you start up an Apple product, it forces you to choose between _three different_ window mangers, but if you start up a clean install of a current version of Linux, it just chooses good defaults for you.</p> @anildash@me.dm is it finally the year of the linux desktop?
Open post peter sibley @petersibley@mastodon.social · 4mo ago Replying to @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io my last name has wound up on some campaign database without my first name, so i keep hitting unsubscribe pages that ask "Not white? Please don't use this form" @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io this is like having null as a name.
Open post peter sibley @petersibley@mastodon.social · 7mo ago Replying to @marcoarment__dup_2255@mastodon.social I have been a Macintosh user for quite some time now and I have never, not once, not a single time, correctly distinguished "brew update" from "brew upgrade" on the first try @marcoarment@mastodon.social i got into the habit of just running both .
Open post peter sibley @petersibley@mastodon.social · 5mo ago Replying to @nasser@merveilles.town <p>whoa what if SAWA just stood for "Simple Administration Without Administrators"</p> @nasser anarchy for normies?
Open post peter sibley @petersibley@mastodon.social · 6mo ago Replying to @taylorlorenz@mastodon.social I'm working on a YouTube mini series explaining the Fediverse!! Who are the most knowledgeable people in this realm who I should definitely talk to? What do you think is important to include in my series? I want to hear thoughts!! @taylorlorenz the author of @pixelfed might be cool ?
Open post peter sibley @petersibley@mastodon.social · 8mo ago Replying to @taylorlorenz@mastodon.social on mastodon.social @taylorlorenz@mastodon.social no elon , no zuck by technical design?
Open post peter sibley @petersibley@mastodon.social · 4mo ago Replying to @kdriscoll@aoir.social Just watched a dude drive a minivan through a giant soapy pit of some kind??? @kdriscoll@aoir.social too true
Open post peter sibley @petersibley@mastodon.social · 5mo ago RE: @vga256@mastodon.tomodori.net@kdriscoll@aoir.social mastodon.tomodori.net vga256: "https://minidisc.pics #minidisc" - Tomodori Cybercafé
Open post peter sibley @petersibley@mastodon.social · 5mo ago Replying to @BrunoLevy01@fosstodon.org <p>Packing my luggage for Eurographics Conference and fixing some last minute details for our course with Cyprien Plateau-Holleville on fluid simulation with Optimal Transport, Monday afternoon.<br />See you there !</p> @BrunoLevy01@fosstodon.org looks interesting do you know if this or siggraph will have slides or notes about the course ?
Open post peter sibley @petersibley@mastodon.social · 5mo ago Replying to @shantini@techhub.social It just feels extra stupid in a time where half my friends are out of work and folks are getting laid off left and right. You don’t have to use your new job as content for the timeline, just update your LinkedIn and move on @shantini@techhub.social the default tone of self promotional content-free nature of many of the posts is truely aggravating.
Open post peter sibley @petersibley@mastodon.social · 5mo ago Replying to @anildash@me.dm <p>This has been on my mind for *weeks*. I've been saying for a long time that it's possible to have an AI that only uses consensually-gathered content, is open source + open weights, runs on your own machine, and is designed to empower creators instead of exploit them. Well, we've finally got one. <a href="https://www.anildash.com/2026/04/28/one-good-ai-is-here/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">anildash.com/2026/04/28/one-go</span><span class="invisible">od-ai-is-here/</span></a></p> @anildash nice writeup !
Open post peter sibley @petersibley@mastodon.social · 5mo ago Replying to @_Davidsmith@mastodon.social I've spent the last five years working towards having the best possible mapping experience on the wrist possible. This has involved building a completely custom mapping engine which runs natively on the watch and working with a cartographer to create a highly legible dark mode map. I use it for all the navigation on my longer walks and once you have a map on your wrist it is hard to go back. @_Davidsmith it looks great
Open post peter sibley @petersibley@mastodon.social · 5mo ago Replying to @lefticus@mas.to FYI, I'm putting out a call for brand new guests for CppCast. Please see the reddit post and respond there! https://www.reddit.com/r/cpp/comments/1suls4e/cppcast_looking_for_guests/ @lefticus cool to see the podcast continue .
Open post peter sibley @petersibley@mastodon.social · 5mo ago Replying to @kdriscoll@aoir.social <p>In 1989, an NYT reporter went to SIGCHI and the paper commissioned this adorable little illustration by Stuart Goldenberg for the write-up. Someone put this on a hat for me?</p><p>Lewis, Peter H. “PERSONAL COMPUTERS; New Ways To Interact Electronically.” Science. *The New York Times*, May 9, 1989. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/09/science/personal-computers-new-ways-to-interact-electronically.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/1989/05/09/science</span><span class="invisible">/personal-computers-new-ways-to-interact-electronically.html</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://aoir.social/tags/hci" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hci</span></a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>illustration</span></a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/drawing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>drawing</span></a></p> @kdriscoll@aoir.social that’s amazing i didn’t know they covered CHI in the past
Open post peter sibley @petersibley@mastodon.social · 5mo ago RE: @bikecloud9@social.ridetrans.it@kdriscoll@aoir.social social.ridetrans.it bikecloud9: "Our neighborhood has someone running a PBX networ…" - Mastodon Transit Authority
Open post peter sibley @petersibley@mastodon.social · 5mo ago Replying to @Daojoan@mastodon.social <p>Peter Thiel: the only man who read The Lord of the Rings and deeply identified with Sauron</p> @Daojoan next book : zero to sauron.
Open post peter sibley @petersibley@mastodon.social · 6mo ago Replying to @icanzilb@mastodon.social @petersibley @Tinrocket I've set my Claude Code status line to show the directory name, also very helpful @icanzilb @Tinrocket cc also lets you color code sub agent outputs which can be handy to make a consistent ux across parallel seasons.
Open post peter sibley @petersibley@mastodon.social · 6mo ago Replying to @Tinrocket@mastodon.online @icanzilb Oh, that's smarter. The Claude and Codex desktop clients are single-window. @Tinrocket @icanzilb there’s some tweaks for getting nicer terminal titles for sessions that help a bit too with keeping the context more obvious when you’re running multiple agents
Open post peter sibley @petersibley@mastodon.social · 9mo ago Replying to @nixCraft@mastodon.social <p>Microsoft Teams is experiencing issues, with thousands reporting problems sending messages, including delays 🤣</p> @nixCraft@mastodon.social pinnacle of quality
Open post peter sibley @petersibley@mastodon.social · 31mo ago Replying to @zephoria@mastodon.social <p>Ummm... This chart is TERRIFYING. Have the data centers that undergird AI already triggered this much of a shift in energy consumption? ::shudder:: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/03/07/ai-data-centers-power/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/business/20</span><span class="invisible">24/03/07/ai-data-centers-power/</span></a></p> @zephoria What’s even more terrifying the amount of high energy AI algorithms will be used to solve well known / easy to solve problems.
Open post peter sibley @petersibley@mastodon.social · 5mo ago Replying to @tojiro@mastodon.social <p>Parts of my job that I enjoy:<br /> - Designing systems<br /> - Writing elegant code<br /> - Learning new things<br /> - Solving interesting problems<br /> - Sharing knowledge</p><p>Parts of my job I don't enjoy:<br /> - Reviewing other people's code<br /> - Debugging systems I'm not familiar with<br /> - Blindly using poorly documented interfaces<br /> - Dependency hell<br /> - Being forced into the latest fad</p><p>AI enthusiasts: "What if I told you I've solved one of those lists for you?" 😏</p> @tojiro great summary of the madness .
Open post peter sibley @petersibley@mastodon.social · 6mo ago Replying to @tylerhall@social.lol <p>I’m opening 50 TestFlight spots for Iris, a new photo and video library app for Mac. It works with your existing libraries, whether they’re in Apple Photos or folders of images stored locally or on external drives.</p><p><a href="https://retina.studio/iris/preview/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">retina.studio/iris/preview/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Feedback very much appreciated.</p> @tylerhall@social.lol looks neat
Open post peter sibley @petersibley@mastodon.social · 8mo ago Replying to @simon@fedi.simonwillison.net The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions! This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/the-world-factbook/ @simon@fedi.simonwillison.net that’s really strange but I guess i shouldn’t be surprised.
Open post peter sibley @petersibley@mastodon.social · 13mo ago Replying to @overcastfm@mastodon.social on mastodon.social @overcastfm@mastodon.social ouch
Open post peter sibley @petersibley@mastodon.social · 5mo ago Quanta Magazine A Powerful New ‘QR Code’ Untangles Math’s Knottiest Knots | Quanta Magazine With a newly discovered mathematical tool, researchers are hoping to gain unprecedented insight into the structure of complex knots.
Open post peter sibley @petersibley@mastodon.social · 7mo ago Replying to @marcoarment__dup_2255@mastodon.social <p>"Updating", huh? What a word choice. I wonder in which direction it's updating!</p> @marcoarment updating that must be good news !
Open post peter sibley @petersibley@mastodon.social · 4mo ago Replying to @kdriscoll@aoir.social <p>bananas how many times i've rinsed this romy+HAAi set over the past few months <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/thisismyjam" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>thisismyjam</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp78RrjAauw" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=Bp78RrjAauw</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p> @kdriscoll@aoir.social straight outta greenpoint
Open post peter sibley @petersibley@mastodon.social · 5mo ago Replying to @mitchellh@hachyderm.io <p>Our family grew yesterday to 2 kids! A healthy baby boy and healthy wife post labor. ❤️</p> @mitchellh@hachyderm.io congratulations
Open post peter sibley @petersibley@mastodon.social · 23mo ago Replying to @zephoria@mastodon.social <p>Personal update: I'm joining Cornell as a Professor of Communication starting in Fall of 2025. ::bounce:: If you're curious about my thinking, see: <a href="https://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2024/10/29/im-joining-the-cornell-faculty.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">zephoria.org/thoughts/archives</span><span class="invisible">/2024/10/29/im-joining-the-cornell-faculty.html</span></a></p> @zephoria congrats.
Open post peter sibley @petersibley@mastodon.social · 5mo ago Replying to @nasser@merveilles.town <p>whoa the merkle tree, the data structure that underlies git history, was originally... patented 😮 </p><p><a href="https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search/family/022107098/publication/US4309569A?q=pn%3DUS4309569" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">worldwide.espacenet.com/patent</span><span class="invisible">/search/family/022107098/publication/US4309569A?q=pn%3DUS4309569</span></a></p> @nasser reminds me of the patents ibm had on arithmetic coding which was kind of maddening that it had been patented .
Open post peter sibley @petersibley@mastodon.social · 5mo ago Replying to @codinghorror@infosec.exchange <p>Yet again stellar reporting by 404 Media. I don't make a big deal about it, but yet another illustration of <strong>how powerful cutting-edge digital native journalism can be</strong>, and why we donated ~$1m to this org as part of Stay Gold, America. <a href="https://www.404media.co/hello-boss-inside-the-chinese-realtime-deepfake-software-powering-scams-around-the-world/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">404media.co/hello-boss-inside-</span><span class="invisible">the-chinese-realtime-deepfake-software-powering-scams-around-the-world/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter</span></a></p> @codinghorror@infosec.exchange i’ve been quite impressed by all their work - they managed to make flock cameras a widely known thing !
Open post peter sibley @petersibley@mastodon.social · 5mo ago Replying to @BrunoLevy01@fosstodon.org @petersibley@mastodon.social yes we'll publish everything online. @BrunoLevy01@fosstodon.org thanks