Watts Martin
chipotle@mstdn.social
<p>Emacs-using writer, of both technical and sf/fantasy persuasions. Cocktail aficionado. Social justice coyote.</p>
Posts
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Post #2652267
New post: &quot;Ready for the revolution&quot; https://coyotetracks.org/blog/ready-for-revolution/ Technology needs another revolution. It&#39;s just not the one the industry seems hellbent on delivering.
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Post #2652266
It occurred to me while I was writing my most recent blog post that we don’t talk nearly enough about how and why PayPal incubated so many of the worst people in tech and technofascist politics. What the hell was going on there?
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Post #2652265
@mdhughes re: Mac IRC clients (a bit late), did you ever try Textual? That was my go-to until I gave up and started using weechat on my VPS.
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Post #2652264
Every pollen forecast in Florida: “Is there a plant nearby? It’s trying to kill you.”
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Post #2652263
VCs, I am waiting for your call
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Post #2652262
New post: &quot;Soylent Confessions&quot; https://coyotetracks.org/blog/soylent-confessions/ Soylent is frequently held up as a poster child of everything wrong with Silicon Valley, which makes it hard to admit that I liked it.
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Post #2652261
The Mayo Clinic has surprisingly good restaurants. (Taking mom here for a consultation.)
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Post #2652260
Yesterday was one of those days that simultaneously felt incredibly exhausting and like I did nothing.
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Post #2652259
Okay, while these are still infection-like symptoms, I discovered my heart rate has been around 90 bpm since Sunday. Making an urgent appointment with the doctor tomorrow morning. Yikes.
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Post #2652258
When Rosetta x86 emulation ends on Apple Silicon, won’t that effectively kill all techniques for running x86 Windows programs on those chips, too?
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Post #2652257
This flu, or perhaps Covid that has managed to return three negative tests, has really messed with my appetite. You know what? I wish I still had some damn Soylent. (I’ve ordered vegan Ensure that’ll get here tomorrow morning.)
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Post #2652256
It’s always fascinating when a service I don’t remember ever using lets me know it’s shutting down. “Salesforce will be retiring Quip, which means your free Quip account will not be available after March 31, 2027.” Oh no! What the hell is Quip?
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Post #2652255
Considering writing about moving my email to mu4e, the Emacs-based mail client, which is ugly and difficult to set up and, if you aren’t happy with any other mail client, might actually be what you’re looking for in spite of yourself.
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Post #2652254
I’m beginning to suspect Andon Labs, the startup that keeps creating businesses run entirely by AI models just to see what happens, is actually a subversive anti-AI art project.