Jon Udell / is on Nostr

Patron saint of trailing-edge technologies, grateful resident of the nation-state of California.

web: https://jonudell.info
blog: https://blog.jonudell.net/2023/01/30/verification/

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2024-08-31 18:33:09

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FWIW I am getting good results having them help me build vanilla web stuff. The fact that "the industry" doesn't value that is a separate issue. LLMs can assist with learning and applying the basics.

2024-08-15 17:12:47

"The only influence X has left is the influence journalists and politicians give it. For the good of all of us, it’s time for them all to unplug."
Journos and poIs I know many of you feel your brands require you to be there. I was once in a similar position, no longer am, so leaving was easier for me than it would be for you. I'm not telling you that you should, only that if you do, many of us will honor the decision.
#twitter #journalism #choices
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/the-brain-wormed-fantasies-of-elon-musks-twitter-graveyard-keep-seeping-into-real-life-its/article_bafc3f66-5a6b-11ef-8d60-cb71b76fc97e.html

2024-08-15 00:56:02

The MSM should not take being mainstream for granted. That status must be earned and can change. https://mstdn.social/@Strandjunker/112961684584733473

2024-08-13 17:33:29

The schizophrenia at the NYTimes is truly weird.
This is online now:
Musk’s Trump Talk: After Glitchy Start, a Two-Hour Ramble
I won't link, but it bears some resemblance to every other report I heard about the event.
The screenshot (with partial alt text) is from the earlier version that my local paper syndicated to its print edition:
Trump's X Return a Victory for Musk
It bears no resemblance to the revised story or to all other accounts.
I am so glad I canceled.
#NYTimes #WTF
https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/112/955/438/389/760/475/original/d6e06b4c037942bb.jpeg

2024-08-13 04:46:26

People are not likely to check their voter registration proactively.
Is there a way to do it for them, by diffing snapshots, and alerting those who have gone missing?
#VoterSuppression

2024-08-10 17:20:40

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I know, and I shouldn't have let nostalgia cloud my judgment.
Do you think these defections will matter or are they just building a whole different audience at this point?

2024-08-10 07:38:46

"This is yet another example of how LLMs don’t replace human developers: they augment us."
I so wish Doug Engelbart could be here too see this happening.
https://simonwillison.net/2024/Aug/8/django-http-debug/
#llm #augmentation

2024-08-10 03:43:22

I remember when the Times published the Pentagon papers, covered Watergate, and honored democracy in many other ways.
This was painful.
#NYTimes #GoodBye
/cc @npub1esh…ggsa, @npub1ry2…ma3q, @npub16e0…egue
https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/112/935/165/135/770/842/original/af991efd2415a0ee.png

2024-08-07 07:23:42

"Almost everything has been done by someone else before. Almost nothing you want to do is truly novel. And language models are exceptionally good at giving you solutions to things they've seen before."
I collect examples of this kind of thing, and this is by far the most exhaustive list of practical LLM uses I've seen.
https://nicholas.carlini.com/writing/2024/how-i-use-ai.html
/ht @npub149q…en5a
#llm #examples

2024-08-05 23:43:55

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This was particularly egregious I thought.
https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/112/911/593/620/419/419/original/dbe93d6661bbb638.png

2024-08-05 21:14:11

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Related: https://elk.zone/social.coop/@npub1ry2…ma3q/112910326608711366
I think that Molly Roberts article in WaPo is what prompted me to revisit Twitter and get triggered.
Not exactly gentle and empathetic pressure from @dangillmor, and to your point, @glyph, it's worth thinking about what that could look like.

2024-08-05 18:36:45

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I understand. There was a time when my social media reach was far greater than it is now, and it would have been a much harder decision to leave than it was 2 years ago.
> keep that pressure gentle and empathetic
Yep. Maybe I crossed that line today, I dunno, but seeing what I saw there today really triggered me.

2024-08-05 17:25:37

I try not to judge people who feel they must remain on Twitter for professional reasons.
But it's getting harder and harder to respect that choice. After a long absence I took a peek at my feed there and this is what I saw.
I'm not naming names. And there are so many of you. How, at this point, do you justify being there?
#Twitter #CognitiveDissonance #SelfRespect
https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/112/910/108/938/669/425/original/c949f3be2602eaba.jpeg

2024-07-28 20:50:45

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I'm wondering about this too. Are they primarily distributed via campaign emails (that I don't receive)?
I haven't even found a web archive of them and would like to be able to view the whole collection.

2024-04-20 19:59:29

There's much talk of AI-driven unemployment, not so much about AI-powered employment. Reflecting on a week in which I accomplished a lot more than I could have two years ago, I'm feeling conflicted. It's exhilarating to be empowered by tools that make me a more effective thinker and doer. It's also starting to feel exhausting. As with all forms of augmentation, we need to find balance. Just because we can exercise these new superpowers doesn't mean we always should.