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macroplastic

@ macroplastic @sh.itjust.works

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  • How have you made art with code?

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  • Processing and its descendants, p5.js, p5.py. Nannou for Rust.

    vpype is a really powerful python library/toolkit for generating art for plotters (drawing robots).

    Blender with python scripting is also widely used.

    Some relevant keywords: "procedural art", "generative art" (generative AI is kinda killing this one), "creative coding", "algorithmic art", "plotter art", "pen plotter", "live coding" (for music with code)

    The fediverse (mostly mastodon) has a decent presence of artists, usually tagging works with some of the above keywords.

  • I did not care for the Godfather

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  • Stalker makes 2001: a Space Odyssey feel like an action movie

  • Meet the AI vegans. They are refusing to use artificial intelligence for environmental, ethical and personal reasons

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  • sloppers

  • ‘Open Source And Ethical’ TikTok, WhatsApp And Instagram Alternatives Could Transform Social Media

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  • Signal? Isn't that the app for drugs? /s

  • Building a tiny Linux from scratch

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  • 50 years of C and still no sane standardized way of packaging dependencies 😫

    Very cool!

  • Do I really need one account per service?

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  • Every time I see that URL, I wince

  • Bathroom scale options?

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  • I use openscale and a Beuer BF700 (I think that's the model #, it's a model listed in the github wiki) and it works great, although I had to do the initial setup on their proprietary app to get the profiles to work right, and the scale had to be imported/was a bit hard to find. The wiki includes instructions for modifying a scale to add an arduino and the necessary bits to DIY one if you're at all technically inclined.

    I recommend it, but YMMV if you try to use a newer scale. If I ever have more time I would like to try to extend the drivers to support more scales, because openscale is very good software.

  • Don't reply "just Google it"

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  • Yep, agreed! Just advocating critical thinking. Part of the problems of pseudonymous platforms with open signups is that it makes it easy and imposes low financial cost to control a bunch of accounts that people can use for ends like that.

    Of course other websites and search engines themselves are doing the same, the cost for setup is just higher (hosting, SEO optimization, advertising, etc.)

    I don't really think that's a solvable issue for open platforms, which is why I think critical thinking is crucial as an advocate for platforms. That's why I'm here!

  • Don't reply "just Google it"

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  • Paranoia Level: Virtualization vs Isolated Machines for Self-Hosting?

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  • Nothing is impossible to compromise. It's about making it not worth it (why go after some home lab when they can use the same methods to extort milliions of dollars?).

  • Don't reply "just Google it"

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  • Unfortunately, these days it's quite possible it's coming from an LLM. I agree with your sentiment, you just have to always keep in mind what other possible incentives an actor on the internet may have for sharing a fact or opinion, whether it's simply monetary (corporate wants you to buy this product), political (this state wants to you to believe this thing), or personal (this person has a grudge against this thing and is willing to use bots to amplify their discontent).

  • Opensource @programming.dev
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    What's the best Matrix client?

  • The rebellion will be federated

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  • Ask HN: Best non-fiction book you read in 2024?

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  • A couple things I read this year I can vouch for:

    • The Decipherment of Linear B; A history of the decipherment of the Myceanean language; part linguistics, part code breaking.
    • Ignition!: An informal history of liquid rocket propellants; Fucking hilarious, full of insane stories about the early history of rocketry and the many characters involved.

  • Ask HN: Best non-fiction book you read in 2024?

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  • Nudge has been on my list for a while! Will add Elements of Choice for sure.

  • How do you find content to consume on social media?

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  • Under filters and blocks in settings! You definitely can.

  • Strava closes the gates to sharing fitness data with other apps

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  • How Did REST Come To Mean The Opposite of REST? | htmx

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  • Lol, I probably should have said "legacy". Would hope no one is writing new SOAP APIs in 2024!

  • How could we convince Reddit subs to move over to Lemmy?

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  • A few niche examples:

    /r/generative /r/musicians /r/wildernessbackpacking /r/tropicalweather /r/analogcommunity /r/heavymind

    Good luck convincing the non-technical users there to come here. This place is currently great for interests catered to programmers and sysadmins (speaking as one!), but artist and hobby communities are seriously lacking.

  • How Did REST Come To Mean The Opposite of REST? | htmx

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  • SOAP, which is basically dead, or GraphQL.