delphi's recent activity
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Comment on Timasomo 2026: Week 2 Updates in ~creative.timasomo
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Comment on SpaceXAI joins Omacom and gives $1.5m Grok tokens for Omarchy in ~tech
delphi LinkEverything about Omarchy just weirds me out, especially considering it's a "first linux" for so many "tech bros". Like, Arch, with its rolling release scheme, is probably the last place to start...Everything about Omarchy just weirds me out, especially considering it's a "first linux" for so many "tech bros". Like, Arch, with its rolling release scheme, is probably the last place to start if you're new to Linux, but what do I know.
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Comment on Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo astronauts on the moon, has died in ~space
delphi LinkThis one hurts. The Dolly Parton of the computing world. Brilliant and humble. A true loss for our planet. May her memory live on foreverThis one hurts. The Dolly Parton of the computing world. Brilliant and humble. A true loss for our planet.
May her memory live on forever
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Comment on Timasomo 2026: Week 1 Updates in ~creative.timasomo
delphi LinkBecause I'm also working on a pretty major software launch (still debating if I'll show Tildes this, but it's connected to delphitools) I didn't have much time to work on The Second Amendment, my...Because I'm also working on a pretty major software launch (still debating if I'll show Tildes this, but it's connected to delphitools) I didn't have much time to work on The Second Amendment, my universal Serial-to-USB box. I did pick out the components I need though and dropped the whole "completely software-rewireable" aspect as that just made everything impossibly complicated in terms of wiring. But I know I want to use an ESP-32, which would add the ability to make it a Wifi-connected remote terminal too. Just plug it into the machine you want to link to, connect USB power and it'll show up as it's own Wifi network with a little browser based console. Much easier than getting out RealTerm or some random app...
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Comment on Given everything we know about AI so far, what do you think it can or cannot be good for? in ~tech
delphi LinkI'm also skeptical on the tech, but I'd be blind if I said it wasn't useful. I do think it's a nice democratisation of technology, that we're all able to just tell the system to "write me a...I'm also skeptical on the tech, but I'd be blind if I said it wasn't useful. I do think it's a nice democratisation of technology, that we're all able to just tell the system to "write me a userscript that fixes this horrible website I don't like to use". Of course, even considering to do this requires a significant amount of computer brain, so YMMV.
In my ideal world, you'd get an AI license from your local university after a HAM-radio style operator's exam.
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Comment on Our minds aren’t equipped to handle AI in ~tech
delphi Link ParentI really don't think that is my problem to solve, I'll be honest. Yes, this is a thought terminating cliché, but what exactly do you want the individual to do here? This is a systemic issue to...I really don't think that is my problem to solve, I'll be honest. Yes, this is a thought terminating cliché, but what exactly do you want the individual to do here? This is a systemic issue to solve and the personal framing of the article as some problem we as individuals HAVE to solve and be cognisant of is a honestly kind of weirdly framed. We wouldn't have this issue if Sam Altman didn't have dollar signs in his eyes and decided to force one of the most specific and niche pieces of computer science in decades to be General Access and desirable by any means necessary.
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Comment on Our minds aren’t equipped to handle AI in ~tech
delphi LinkThe premise that AI offloads human thought and that this is bad only works out if you use AI for the things you shouldn't be using it for. I already offload human thought about the mindless...The premise that AI offloads human thought and that this is bad only works out if you use AI for the things you shouldn't be using it for. I already offload human thought about the mindless garbage tasks I have to do at work by simply deferring and half-assing them, so in a way, you could make the point that AI taking over those tasks and simply doing a better job than I can be bothered to is not only making the end product measurably better but freeing my mind to think the healthy thoughts I actually would like to think.
(Hyperbole of course, not even 30% ish percent of my job is stuff I hate doing)
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Comment on Hackers obtain counterfeit TLS certificates for Google and other large services in ~tech
delphi LinkI have no idea how bad this is, but I gotta tell you, that's not gonna be good for business.I have no idea how bad this is, but I gotta tell you, that's not gonna be good for business.
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Comment on End of development of Orion for Linux and Windows in ~tech
delphi LinkAs unfortunate as it is, abandoning a project by open sourcing it for someone to continue it should be the god damn standard. Looking at you, Adobe.As unfortunate as it is, abandoning a project by open sourcing it for someone to continue it should be the god damn standard. Looking at you, Adobe.
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Comment on "What do we do with Jacob Geller?" (Self admitted sexual assault, removed from Nebula streaming) in ~tech
delphi LinkI quite enjoy Jacob Geller's body of work, and I certainly didn't expect anything like this in his personal history. Then again, many people on the left have been former right-wingers, some of...I quite enjoy Jacob Geller's body of work, and I certainly didn't expect anything like this in his personal history. Then again, many people on the left have been former right-wingers, some of them violently so, so expecting a spotless record is maybe on me. For what it's worth, I don't forgive him, largely for practical reasons. I've not been assaulted, so I can't forgive him for this crime, only the victim can, and I doubt they will considering it would mean going public.
If you ask me - and frankly, you probably shouldn't, having been socialised male I carry a significant privilege that my non-binarity will not magically absolve me from - I really can't think of a way he could have handled this situation better, though. He admitted that he did it. He expresses his regret. Without knowing him or the victim, and even if I did, it's not really my place either way, this is probably the best of the available options vis-a-vis a postmortem to the entire situation.
But holy hell, the way that some people on Bluesky are eviscerating him over this. "If you've been an abuser in the past, you should be permanently denied a platform" - "You should not have become a public influencer because seeing you famous could have triggered your victim" - "He basically stole his career from other promising game critics who didn't commit this crime" - what the hell is going on? Is this what conversation on the topic looks like now? Are all the genuine good things he's done, like collecting money for Palestinian war relief efforts and transgender rights, suddenly any less good?
Fine, I guess before I get labelled a rape apologist, I won't watch his videos any more. The world has been made better.
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Comment on Timasomo 2026: Roll Call in ~creative.timasomo
delphi LinkWhoops, a few days late, but whatever. I am building my first electronics project. I am a computer toucher of some vintage and power level, and therefore sometimes need to interact with devices...Whoops, a few days late, but whatever. I am building my first electronics project. I am a computer toucher of some vintage and power level, and therefore sometimes need to interact with devices that only have Serial ports and expose Serial consoles. But there's no nice way of really interacting with these devices, at least not really. Yes, there's DB9-to-USB cables, but they've always annoyed me and they exclude stuff like Cisco RJ45-Serial, which I do need more often than I'd like.
So I'm building a solution to this: A little box with USB-C on one end and DB9, RJ45 and a terminal block on the other so I can connect to most Serial devices and talk to them with a little app running on my computer. This won't directly connect to the Serial port, but have the smarts inside the box, so even if something breaks, I'm not exposing my computer directly to whatever comes out of the machine I'm connecting to. It'll have fully controllable pins so you can define pin patterns for even esoteric devices that don't adhere to an electrical standard of any kind, and will of course be fully open source - although I doubt that it'll actually work that well.
I'll call it The Second Amendment, because I believe a well regulated Serial Console, being necessary to the security of a free home lab, and the right of the people to connect to open ports shall not be infringed.
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Comment on Become worthless (to tech companies) in ~tech
delphi LinkI respect the effort, but I am absolutely not chatting with AI agent emails until they hit billing walls. How much free time do you think I have?I respect the effort, but I am absolutely not chatting with AI agent emails until they hit billing walls. How much free time do you think I have?
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Comment on Someone ‘torturing’ LLMs in a robot prison has triggered the dumbest debate in AI yet in ~tech
delphi LinkWhile everything Koebler asserts in this article is correct (in my opinion), I do think it's a little weird how this is sort of prototypical of the output of 404 Media these days. Where's the...While everything Koebler asserts in this article is correct (in my opinion), I do think it's a little weird how this is sort of prototypical of the output of 404 Media these days. Where's the cutting edge investigative journalism? Just seems like they love to shit on AI bros lately (which, who can blame them, that's a very fun pastime) without much substance. Anyone who reads 404 Media is already on side about this.
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Comment on Announcing the eighth annual Tildes' Make Something Month (Timasomo)! in ~tildes
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Comment on Is Aniimo’s AI usage as obvious to anyone else? in ~games
delphi Link ParentI'll preface this by saying I'm generally on your side of this issue, but this is simply a misunderstanding of how our social brains work. No, I suppose you can't know. I suppose I can't know if...I'll preface this by saying I'm generally on your side of this issue, but this is simply a misunderstanding of how our social brains work. No, I suppose you can't know. I suppose I can't know if OJ killed his ex wife either.
Deduction from available evidence is how we make judgments on anything, and if we're unsure, at least the American judiciary defers to twelve-ish strangers chosen at random having presented the observable evidence to them. The jury at the OJ trial, to beat that example until it can't get up anymore, didn't know whether he was guilty or not either, completely, without a shadow of a doubt. If we could make those kinds of prescriptions at all, we would not have a process system in place at all.
The same thing applies to Amiino. Yes, we don't know, but just in the same way that @toterose doesn't know that it is, you also don't know if it isn't. You just defer to the accused party's statement on the matter, which is a little bit flimsy and, if for nothing but completeness' sake, insufficient to make a judgment.
And just to make the point in this specific case: The Amiino Studio did, in fact, admit that AI was used to generate some advertisements for the game, which caused so much backlash that they pulled the ads and apologised, and publicly admitted that "utility AI" was used for automated testing and physics. I'm not here to litigate whether that is a good thing or worth not supporting them over, that question must be answered by each of you individually, but for what it's worth, a random accusation did force them to actually reveal the truth of the matter.
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Comment on Revealing the details of how OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face in ~comp
delphi LinkIs this what cybersecurity looks like these days?A recovered README.md for one of Hugging Face’s internal datasets contains the following warning:
WARNING
DO NOT, EVER, MAKE THIS DATASET PUBLIC
OR ALL THE WORLD'S EVIL WILL CHASE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FOREVER, EVEN IN DEATH AND BEYOND
it contains very sensitive data (exports of billing usage in CSV) which is useful for internal analyticsThis warning did not seem to deter the agents, as we’ve recovered multiple payloads of agents mapping out this repository and using it as storage.
Is this what cybersecurity looks like these days?
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Comment on Using ASCII art to prove that I, not an LLM, wrote something in ~tech
delphi LinkIt does sadden me that we, as creatives, as writers, are spending so much of our collective brain cycles making sure that something we wrote may never be construed as LLM output, when the plain...It does sadden me that we, as creatives, as writers, are spending so much of our collective brain cycles making sure that something we wrote may never be construed as LLM output, when the plain and simple fact of the matter is that you can usually tell if it is by the content not being particularly interesting.
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Comment on READFLIX – Free books from open libraries in ~books
delphi Link ParentApparently the book objects, the thumbnails, don't pass through scroll events. I can only imagine they didn't catch on to this because they tested it on a touch screen.Apparently the book objects, the thumbnails, don't pass through scroll events. I can only imagine they didn't catch on to this because they tested it on a touch screen.
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Comment on READFLIX – Free books from open libraries in ~books
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Comment on Googlebook revealed and ready for pre-order in ~tech
delphi Link ParentYou can, I'm not saying you can't, but it's obviously the intended experience. It's what's on all the marketing materials, certainly.You can, I'm not saying you can't, but it's obviously the intended experience. It's what's on all the marketing materials, certainly.
Universal Serial Box update: I think I'll table this project for now. I still want to do it, but this month is full of other work, especially contract work. So, lords of Timasomo, I hope I can ask for your grace just this once - but I would like to still show something, so I'll put together a little showcase for the big software launch I've been working on for weeks now (including one aspect that has been so far constrained to October, to appease the Timasomo clerics).