Discussion of why respecting user preferences is satisfying, covering how respecting user autonomy, embracing diversity, solving dual-nature problems, practicing quality craftsmanship, and seeing visible impact creates fulfilling work beyond mere functionality.

Le mercredi 12 mars 2025, à 19h30, should i STAY or should i GO. J'ai le plaisir d'animer une soirée d’information et de débat pour mieux comprendre les médias sociaux afin de les utiliser en toute connaissance de cause. Rendez-vous au Café Palto - 1020 Laeken (Bruxelles) Conférence imaginée, illustrée et organisée...

Beverley Hills Internet in 1995, before being renamed GeoCities. By 1995, people had begun to create their own web pages on the World Wide Web — or “home pages” as they were called back then. Previously, home pages had typically been created by professional coders, or academics who had technical knowledge of the...

Hello! Today I want to talk about ANSI escape codes. For a long time I was vaguely aware of ANSI escape codes (“that’s how you make text red in the terminal and stuff”) but I had no real understanding of where they were supposed to be defined or whether or not there were standards for them. I just had a kind of...

Ha pasado un buen rato desde que escribí algo aquí, pero no he dejado de tener ideas. Una de ellas es realmente ambiciosa y todavía no estoy seguro del todo como estructurarla, se trata de un articulo o una serie de artículos para explorar la movida del videojuego indie desde el punto de vista de personas...

This post is about something I'm struggling with in my philosophical research, and I hope that by writing about it, I will gain some clarity. Don't expect neatly structured arguments here. When talking about decentering the human in ethics, a common pushback is that animals do not behave ethically in the same way...

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March 07, 2025 | An LLM ("AI") Stochastic Parrot in the Sheets (SPITS) I just want a Google Sheets formula function that lets me ask an LLM about some of the data in my file. Surprisingly, Google has yet to implement this, so I made one[1]. If you have a Google Sheet with data like this: A B C 1 Transaction Date...

Anlässlich des feministischen Kampftages am kommenden Samstag standen für den KölnTag im Museum Ludwig heute die Künstlerinnen im Mittelpunkt; nicht die etablierten „Dauerbrennerinnen“ wie Paula Modersohn-Becker, sondern eine neue Arbeit für die große Stirnwand im Treppenhaus des Museums von Kresiah Mukwazhi im...

Let's set the scene.I'm a professor. I have different employers, but in one school I have a very straightforward task: help students improve their level of English and attain a "B1--B2" level, with a focus on reading a news article and summarizing it. The restrictions are boons for me. The final exam of this course...