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Comment on Keeping up a blogging habit while being a dad in ~life.men
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Comment on Keeping up a blogging habit while being a dad in ~life.men
Roobxyz LinkI became a dad this year and have really enjoyed it. But finding the time to do anything outside of “sit on couch” when baby is asleep or “keep baby alive” when baby is awake is tough. I wrote a...I became a dad this year and have really enjoyed it. But finding the time to do anything outside of “sit on couch” when baby is asleep or “keep baby alive” when baby is awake is tough.
I wrote a bit about my experience in my blog that I’m desperately trying to keep alive… spoiler alert I end up talking about my blog in my blog because I’m a boring a**.
How has it been for you guys ?
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Keeping up a blogging habit while being a dad
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Comment on Curl will end its bug bounty program by the end of January due to excessive AI generated reports in ~comp
Roobxyz Link ParentI reckon LLMs are going to usher in a new era of ignorance and laziness. When they are as proliferated as social media sites we can expect that the internet will just become mostly slop noise. We...I reckon LLMs are going to usher in a new era of ignorance and laziness.
When they are as proliferated as social media sites we can expect that the internet will just become mostly slop noise. We will crystallise on dead internet theory, because humans simply won’t be able to produce or decode the amount of crap that the LLMs produce. Some of them may produce “good” stuff but it’s easier to produce lazy, derivative or propagandistic slop, so that will dominate.
We collectively seem to be less composed and convicted, partially I think, due to the information warfare that has been waged on us since corporate interests realised that the internet was a vehicle for their advertising. So when that’s ratcheted to the next level, with state-of-the-art machines, what hope do we have to preserve our own values based on curiosity, community and creativity.
In wonder if the future of the internet will be a series of private subnets, and a bunch of community sites and services that are genuinely helpful and hidden from the “public” internet, now a veritable wasteland of LLM bile flowing back and forth between counterparties who continue to harvest and distort every morsel of information they can find.
Through VPNs and small human led sites, maybe we can get back to some semblance of how it used to be. Where the internet was a place where dorks and nerds rejoiced at the fact other people had similar hobbies that they thought were too exotic for whichever tiny town they grew up in.
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Curl is a great tool it’s pretty sad to see the devs get overwhelmed and have to remove an initiative that was designed to reward care being afforded by skilled developers to their tool.
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Comment on Blogging in ~comp
Roobxyz Link ParentOh thanks, I didn’t know about bear blog (or actually I came across it a few years back and then repressed the memory for some reason). I might have a go at using this instead of mkdocs !Oh thanks, I didn’t know about bear blog (or actually I came across it a few years back and then repressed the memory for some reason). I might have a go at using this instead of mkdocs !
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Comment on Blogging in ~comp
Roobxyz Link ParentHey love the mumble thing and I read your last blog post too. I also use net news wire ha. A lot resonates, particularly about stack paralysis and why making a mobile app is easier though I’ve...Hey love the mumble thing and I read your last blog post too. I also use net news wire ha. A lot resonates, particularly about stack paralysis and why making a mobile app is easier though I’ve never really delved into iOS dev. I have done a little front end though.
There’s something a little more tangible and gratifying when doing front end stuff, a button is an actual button whereas in backend, you have to extrapolate and constantly figure out “what is a button, why does it click” which can be a bit exhausting.
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Comment on Blogging in ~comp
Roobxyz Link ParentThe editor is actually pretty nice but I haven’t used it extensively. Mostly inspecting stuff and modifying the odd word. I’ve often searched for a good code editor on iOS but my favourite so far...The editor is actually pretty nice but I haven’t used it extensively. Mostly inspecting stuff and modifying the odd word.
I’ve often searched for a good code editor on iOS but my favourite so far is Pythonista (but it’s a little opinionated about what you’re developing as the name suggests).
Mostly code editing on iOS is a nightmare.
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Comment on Blogging in ~comp
Roobxyz LinkHey this is a bit weird but I tried to start blogging this year with limited success. Today I decided to revive my really crappy blogging habit after a 6m hiatus. If you’re wondering why I’m...Hey this is a bit weird but I tried to start blogging this year with limited success. Today I decided to revive my really crappy blogging habit after a 6m hiatus.
If you’re wondering why I’m posting here, I guess my post is about the tech challenges and talks a little about the stack and tools I use for my shitty blog.
For me the blog was as much about engineering as writing.
Does anyone here blog ?
Any tips/tricks and stack discussion welcomed.
Cheers,
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Comment on Does anyone here enjoy a whisk(e)y ? in ~food
Roobxyz Link ParentBlack barrel is a good shout, as is Lagavulin 16. Lagavulin released a (limited edition) nick offerman edition, finished in Guinness casks. My pal got me a bottle (it was retailing for a...Black barrel is a good shout, as is Lagavulin 16. Lagavulin released a (limited edition) nick offerman edition, finished in Guinness casks. My pal got me a bottle (it was retailing for a reasonable price at the time) and a few of us nearly finished it in one night! It was one of the best whiskies I’ve ever tasted though.
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Does anyone here enjoy a whisk(e)y ?
A little background: I’m an Irish man who lived in Scotland for a long time and developed a penchant for good Scottish whisky. I’ve since moved back to Ireland and am on a quest to find good Irish...
A little background:
I’m an Irish man who lived in Scotland for a long time and developed a penchant for good Scottish whisky.I’ve since moved back to Ireland and am on a quest to find good Irish whiskey.
I’ve been looking for double distilled, single pot (or single malt) and have found a couple of nice ones, though this is somewhat counter to the Irish market which favours triple distilled and has (imo) a narrower taste profile, especially when compared to scotch.
Currently drinking: Shortcross rye and barley
Its really pleasant and quite different to the traditional Jameson/bush. There’s a bit of depth to it, some spice from the rye and a lovely classic malty finish.
Any other whisky enjoyers out there ?
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Comment on South Park mocks Donald Trump in ~tv
Roobxyz LinkI used to be a big fan of the show, haven’t watched in years now. I felt it was waning about 10 years ago when I lost interest. It all felt very samey and the jokes just didn’t land anymore. Maybe...I used to be a big fan of the show, haven’t watched in years now. I felt it was waning about 10 years ago when I lost interest. It all felt very samey and the jokes just didn’t land anymore.
Maybe it’s just because I haven’t watched in a long time but I watched this episode, off the back of the media attention, and did lol at points.
The fact that trump is depicted with the animation style of Saddam Hussein from waaay back, was a nice tip of the cap to old fans. Also, penis humour is always funny.
Nothing like a bit of spite to reignite the comedy spark of 30 year old cartoon.
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Comment on Which unanswered questions do you want to see an answer for in your lifetime? in ~science
Roobxyz Link ParentOh man, I was hoping someone else would try this. I will probably do it a disservice but… symmetry groups are ways of describing the “operations” you can perform on some object in order to...Oh man, I was hoping someone else would try this. I will probably do it a disservice but… symmetry groups are ways of describing the “operations” you can perform on some object in order to preserve their symmetry, make sense ? Good.
Consider a square, you can rotate it 90 degrees and it looks the same and you can do this 4 times before you are looking at the same thing you started with. This set of 4 operations is a symmetry group! (I think this group is called C4, cyclic group, order 4)
The monster group has an obscenely large order, but the idea is the same - a set of rotations you can perform on an object and maintain its symmetry. Except that the monster group doesn’t work with a 2D square but instead a 196,883D square. Or whatever the hell you’d call that.
It arises in some theoretical physics models (notably string theory / quantum gravity/black hole stuff ) but no one is particularly sure why. Conway (who came up with the conjecture of its existence) said:
"There's never been any kind of explanation of why it's there, and it's obviously not there just by coincidence. It's got too many intriguing properties for it all to be just an accident.
Part of me believes it pertains to some fundamental building block of the universe that we just have no intuition for. Some intrinsic truth about the fabric of existence. Like we can understand a square but not a square that can rotate in 196,883 dimensions…
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Comment on Which unanswered questions do you want to see an answer for in your lifetime? in ~science
Roobxyz Link ParentDid you read about k2-18b ? It’s quite promising given what we know about life and the biological processes associated with it on earth. Not sure how they would ever prove its existence though.Did you read about k2-18b ? It’s quite promising given what we know about life and the biological processes associated with it on earth. Not sure how they would ever prove its existence though.
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Comment on Which unanswered questions do you want to see an answer for in your lifetime? in ~science
Roobxyz Link ParentR.e cryptography, if we get commercial grade quantum computing, it’s all toast too !! I think “classic” cryptography has a shelf lifeR.e cryptography, if we get commercial grade quantum computing, it’s all toast too !! I think “classic” cryptography has a shelf life
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Which unanswered questions do you want to see an answer for in your lifetime?
A couple of things for me: What is the significance of the monster group ? Is there some upper limit on the symmetry of the universe ? Is the Riemann hypothesis true ? This looks weirdly abstract...
A couple of things for me:
What is the significance of the monster group ? Is there some upper limit on the symmetry of the universe ?
Is the Riemann hypothesis true ? This looks weirdly abstract but has some significance for cryptography. It also seems part of intuitive but is one maths hardest problems to solve!
What the hell are black holes in the context of space time and reality ? I watched this really good interview of Brian Cox by Cloe Abrams. I was sort of semi comfortable with what I thought they were, but after watching this I am more profoundly confused by them than before
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Comment on Question about sharing a photo on Tildes in ~tildes
Roobxyz Link ParentHey what’s in the image - looks cool, is it some sort of sim or game or something ?Hey what’s in the image - looks cool, is it some sort of sim or game or something ?
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Comment on I don’t want video games to challenge me in ~games
Roobxyz Link ParentYou know what no fail mode entails ? It surely cant be start again from scratch when you die? is it…? man, I think I partially agree with OP here, there’s definitely a level of challenge that’s...You know what no fail mode entails ? It surely cant be start again from scratch when you die? is it…? man, I think I partially agree with OP here, there’s definitely a level of challenge that’s stimulating beyond which it’s rage inducing. My buddy did last of us on Grounded difficulty and I’m not sure I could stomach that level of repetition and hear tearing!
Tunic, though, I think rides the line pretty well, speaking as someone who doesn’t have a whole lot of patience for being constantly punished in a game. Definitely a sweet spot!
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Comment on Review: Tunic in ~games
Roobxyz Link ParentThank you for your big warm hug of a comment <3Thank you for your big warm hug of a comment <3
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Comment on Review: Tunic in ~games
Roobxyz Link ParentThanks, didn't think I was being too shameless but apologies nonetheless. I'm just trying to share my stupid little blog and add to the discourse. I'm not cross posting across the internet, just...Thanks, didn't think I was being too shameless but apologies nonetheless.
I'm just trying to share my stupid little blog and add to the discourse. I'm not cross posting across the internet, just on tildes cause I like the community & kind of hope that some folk might enjoy reading some of this stuff :shrug:.
I'll stop if it's too much, but tis just a hobby to keep the existential fear at bay...
She’s 8m! for us a big shift was putting her in her own room - it seemed to magically flip the “everyone gets more sleep” button almost immediately. This in turn made our relationship better because we were kinda just running on empty for a long while. I don’t think there’s any universal solution though, for months we were like “are we doing something wrong ?”, then she started sleeping better and our lives improved dramatically.
I work from home so I get to see my baby during the day. I feel really lucky, it’s great being able to come down and eat lunch with both (though baby mostly smushes food around her face). The amount of time it takes now to feed her 3 times a day and clean up is crazy and I’m 100% empathetic on the time pinch in the evenings, it goes from 5-10pm super quick.
Regarding drop off on exercise, I try to keep active - in the early days there was a lot of early morning walks with the baby. Now wife and I make time similar to what you’ve described. Not exactly bookkeeping but just making sure the other has space to be a human adult without the parent label.
R.e. Endorphins - it can be tough, I’m not sure I’ve got a good answer for you other than sometimes it sucks and you just gotta tell yourself it’ll pass. Whenever I feel shitty I try and find some project to pour myself into for an evening (or a few evenings). I usually find (regardless of success of said project) that I feel better after a few days… but again everyone’s different.
Keep it up man, it’s not easy (and its hard in ways I didn’t realise it would be), try and find time for you, support your other half as best you can, and remember the golden rule “keep baby alive”. You got this!