Electronic Istanbul
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11.03.2026 03:22
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Is this earth shattering? Not to most, but to people like Grammarly maybe? I look forward to the nuggets of gold that come from all the people making things.
I make most of my stuff for me. Recent example, I want to write more, I do not want to pay for an editor with features I don’t want and lacking those I do. So I made my own, Python, NLTK, spaCy, and an on device LLM for certain uses. Does what I need, few hours of dev with a free Claude.
someone at the pentagon frantically typing “Claude, open the strait of Hormuz for me, quickest possible strategy, make no mistakes.”
You can run a decent model on 16 gigs of ram on a M series Mac now. Building agents is a lot like web dev, request response and doing things in between. I have enjoyed working with the smaller ones, it’s interesting what can be done.
So much this. I built my own text editor this week because I wasn’t happy with what was available.
Ignorance is bliss?
Never know when one of the hundred tabs might be useful again
I read something, somewhere, that was basically, it’s all just maps, and I’ve been thinking about that a lot.
A little bit of good news, to break up the horrors.
We've driven over to this house a few times when we've had friends in for a visit, and it just never gets old. I'm glad it's being protected and preserved for future generations.
SCOOP: Proton Mail provided Swiss authorities with payment data that the FBI then used to determine who was allegedly behind an anonymous account affiliated with the Stop Cop City movement in Atlanta, according to a court record reviewed by 404 Media.
A cartoon from the 1950’s that’s more relevant than ever 💔
It’s plateaued out for me to a degree. I’m at a comfortable level of understanding and have been using it pretty hard core since November, CC+Codex+Gemini. To me the issue is good problems. What do we do with this new ability to benefit, and not just make the wheel spin faster.
Hope this story ends well. I really like Qwen models.
You may not need that “AI” voice thing that reads your web pages aloud to users. It comes free in the browser:
• Edge’s Read Aloud (Ctrl + Shift + U),
• Firefox’s and Chrome’s reader mode text-to-speech,
• Safari’s Speech feature.
Stop adding trackers to your sites. Don’t add WCAG risk.
SCOOP: An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations.
This surveillance can happen through all sorts of apps, such as video games, news apps, weather trackers, and dating apps.
I have seen a lot of cursed stuff in my time in academia but this is among the *most* cursed.
Grammarly is generating miniature LLMs based on academic work so that users can have their writing ‘reviewed’ by experts like David Abulafia, who died less than two months ago.
One of the greatest, Bruce Campbell, announcing he has cancer. Our hearts are with you Bruce, Hail to the King.
The BSFA Awards shortlists are up, highlighting an array of excellent work. Do take a look, whether or not you're voting. (Especially if you're in need of an alternative to doomscrolling)
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Minnesota would like a word.
For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.
Is that Grey Poupon?
This is cool
What? You want us to sign something? I’m from the DoW my word is my bond!
Now that CNN and WBD are set to become state media in a sale to Paramount/Oracle/TikTok, it is especially important to support independent media.
Off the top of my head:
www.thehandbasket.co
404media.co
www.garbageday.email
Add your favorites in the replies. Fuck state-backed media monopolies.
Netflix won't counter Ellison's offer.
Ladies and gentleman, the full right wing power grab is here and will now be beamed into every home on CBS, CNN, HBO, movies from Warner and Paramount.
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I moved to cloudflare then back to netlify due to cloudflare being so painful. In the end I just want pages on the web, path of least resistance. Cloudflare has some cool features though
I think it is good enough that most developers who use it wisely will produce more; since you’re not writing the code anyways use TDD to the max. Smaller teams can get more done. Having a good use case is the issue I see. What problems are we solving now that we can. I see it as a plus for coding.
McSweeney’s 81 is out TODAY and we’re celebrating with a 12-hour flash sale! Get four issues for just $60 (plus shipping) until 6:00 pm pacific! Truly the deal of the century.
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