Brian Sletten

bsletten@mastodon.social

Liberal Arts-Educated Foodie Machine Learning SemWeb REST Architectural Music Geek Software and Security Consultant. Member: @LongNow, <a href="https://mastodon.social/@eff" class="u-url mention">@eff</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/@ACM" class="u-url mention">@ACM</a> Author: "WebAssembly : The Definitive Guide” (<a href="https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/webassembly-the-definitive/9781492089834/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/webassembly-the-definitive/9781492089834/</a>).Advocate of less typing

Posts

Post #4470554
That thing where you discover that someone in your sleepy little mountain town is creating a satyr-headed, centaur-bodied, chainsaw-wielding fire fighting robot. #auburn #norcal #robot https://www.kcra.com/article/centaur-style-robot-satyress-auburn-three-halves/73324206
Post #4470553
The first few slides of my agentic coding class for a customer quotes Shakespeare, Rush, my worst bug, and an extended metaphor around the Big Mac.
Post #4470552
Tedeschi Trucks from Red Rocks on 8/1 is 🔥. Nugs.net is your best entertainment value bet to copyright infringement. It’s like a Parliament configuration fit the 21st Century. Embrace it.
Post #4470551
Tonight @KNS made the famous cold Spanish veggie soup (it is 🔥). In honor of the occasion, I cite the worst lyric maybe ever: “Did you carry out those threats I heard Or were you only playing macho? And the stains on her Versace scarf Were they really just Gazpacho?” - Marillion
Post #4470550
This is kind of funny. I have a codebase for my agentic coding class. The purpose of the class isn’t to teach what buttons to push or type, but how it impacts the SDLC, role, risk of skill atrophy, how to onboard junior devs, etc. There are several exercises where they look at a codebase and try to find bugs, predict where something needs to change, etc. to gauge their skills against the agents. It’s not to make them feel bad, but to show that their role remains judgement, prioritization, etc.
Post #4470549
I don’t normally link to Twitter, but this is what Joe Biden would call a BFD: #science #climate #california #hydrogen https://x.com/CJHandmer/status/2084709069013778483
Post #4343336
Every once in a while, the internet delivers sublime joy. #humor #foundontheinternet #magritte #comewithmeifyoufearthetreacheryofimages
Post #4039395
Ole, Beloved of the Aesir and Vanir, wishes you a good morning. #dogs #dogsofmastodon #corgis #corgisofmastodon #goodmorning
Post #3707062
We lost our little boy Loki very suddenly earlier this summer. We were shattered and not looking to replace him, but his sister, Freyja, was very sad and lonely. We were told about this little boy who needed a home. They met today and got along. He’s staying. Name TBD. #dogs #dogsofmastodon
Post #3053754
The next time a company updates their privacy policy with long, thick legalese, let me give you this visual summary. #privacy #technology #eula
Post #2437951
This is a terrific follow-up to their original episode. If you are interested in what is going on at the intersection of technology and society, please watch this: https://youtu.be/IiLGwsu5XVw #devrandom #technology
Post #2207107
Last post about Phish at the Sphere (until they return, probably). What an amazing confluence of skills: #phish #sphere https://youtube.com/shorts/lc0LmTgIaI0
Post #2207103
If you’re a fan of Grosse Pointe Blank, this is a really fun collection of facts/discussion. If you haven’t seen it, it is an absolute winner. https://youtu.be/OUs_23wPY4A
Post #1897041
Waterfox, A new privacy-focused meta search engine with a commitment to zero #ai summarization and not stealing hits from content creators has entered public beta. No tracking across your search history. Free tier returns ads relevant to your search. There is a subscription model w/ no ads in the works. Definitely keeping my eye on this. https://www.waterfox.net/blog/waterfox-private-search/ #search #privacy #web
Post #1735093
I just saw someone refer to the Agile Industrial Complex and I can’t stop laughing. #agile #scrum #xp #kanban
Post #1314939
“Maybe we can live with oil trading at 100 bucks and a disintegration of the global defence order after all? The market value of Nato stability appears to be pretty much zero. Even if you anticipated a bright year for risky assets, this is really something to behold.” Katie Martin, FT Wow.
Post #1113481
RE: https://mastodon.social/@DanielSuarez/115948794413927935 This is a wild development, not just because Daniel wrote about it years ago. This is an exciting step forward.
Post #1066825
WebAssembly in space! The wasmtime runtime is being used aboard a satellite payload. It reached orbit about a week and will start being used soon after a commissioning test: #wasm #webassembly #wasmtime https://www.federation-openspacemakers.com/en/participate/projects/phoenix-infrastructure-informatique-orbi/fosm-1/
Post #1066824
Everything is so stupid. #music #pinkfloyd #internet #stupid https://youtu.be/Qrw-jLpTjtg
Post #1066823
My Williamsburg Boy, Bruce Hornsby is so freaking likable. Tupac, Grateful Dead, Vampire Weekend, and more. I used to see him play ball on campus. This is a great interview: https://youtu.be/4OdpmPnv2Ek
Post #1066822
We are fortunate to have access to late model Billy Strings. He and his boys are producing such high-quality music that is a fusion of traditional bluegrass and rock-infused blue grass psychedelia. Such a beautiful mix of old and new. #billystrings #music #bluegrass #bmfs
Post #1066821
My mental health will be buoyed in the next month with a steady stream of Goose, Phish, and Billy Strings webcasts. I think there will be a handful of moe. and Greensky Bluegrass shows as well. #goose #goosetheband #phish #billystrings #bmfs #moe. #greenskybluegrass
Post #1066820
I’m not fronting. I would totally have puked in that final ride. #artemis #nasa #splashdown
Post #1066819
This is a great summary of why it has been so satisfying to watch humble, distinguished competence in action on this journey. We’re desperate for a reminder of what has and can be in the face of abject, corrupt weaponized stupidity. #artemis #space #nasa https://lizplank.substack.com/p/artemis-ii-is-competency-porn-and
Post #1066818
In case you thought AGI was imminent. #ai #agi #genai
Post #976760
&lt;cough&gt; Hinton. #ai #stillneedradiologists https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00892-3
Post #976759
I’m a sucker for reaction videos. This made me smile. I hope it does for you. You have to factor in that these kids haven’t experienced sincere music like this. Autotuned post-modern slop lacks an authenticity that resonates. #queen #reaction #thekidsareallright https://youtu.be/pVMF7cyN1tQ
Post #976758
https://youtu.be/TAwU1RkFqEw #magneticfields #busbyberkeley #glorious #music
Post #976757
This is your anti-AI content. Real is badass. #okgo #thistooshallpass #music https://youtu.be/qybUFnY7Y8w
Post #976756
This is one of my favorite videos ever. It’s hard to find optimism and sincerity is passe, but they pull the transition off from despair to hope. #music #tvontheradio https://youtu.be/bunJBFtlt-I