Bookmarks from @tom@bookmarks.tomkahe.com #
XY Problem - Wikipedia
"The XY problem is a communication problem encountered in help desk, technical support, software engineering, or customer service situations where the question is about an end user's attempted solution (X) rather than the root problem itself (Y or Why?).
The XY problem obscures the real issues and may even introduce secondary problems that lead to miscommunication, resource mismanagement, and sub-par solutions. The solution for the support personnel is to ask probing questions as to why the information is needed in order to identify the root problem Y and redirect the end user away from an unproductive path of inquiry."
The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble
Economic analysis of the AI industry
Omote
"OMOTE is an ESP32 based open source universal remote. Its capacitive 2.8” touchscreen provides an intuitive and snappy user interface for switching devices and settings. No hub or docking station is required as the remote features infrared, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity. With its well optimized power consumption, OMOTE can run for months on a charge. And since the design files are open source, you can fully customize them to your devices and needs."
Example
This is a test after moving from glitch
Matrix Client Tutorial
"This book is an introduction to creating a client using the Matrix Client-Server API
. It will show how to make HTTP calls to a Matrix homeserver, and discuss issues that clients will need to consider, such as reliability and security issues. It does not attempt to be a comprehensive guide to the entire Client-Server API, but will point you to the relevant portions of spec for further details.
You should read this book if:
you are creating a Matrix library/SDK,
you are writing a Matrix client without the use of a library/SDK, or
you want to get a better understanding of how Matrix works. "
Does it play?
" We are an international community dedicated to the preservation of video games and their respective systems.
Our goal: We are testing physical video games and hardware completely offline to inform you about issues that can make them unusable now and in the future. Along the way, we want to highlight positive examples of preservation as well."
Archive for the Art of Cathy Jarboe - Jeffiot
"this page serves as an archive for the art of cathy jarboe, creator of skull trumpet and many other pieces of art."
Wayback Machine location of Skull Trumpet gif
http://cjarboe.com/image26.html
Splinter
"Splinter is a tool for Mastodon threads. Splinter turns long articles into Mastodon threads and posts them for you automatically. "
Source Code: https://codeberg.org/neiman/splinter
honk
"Take control of your honks and join the federation. An ActivityPub server with minimal setup and support costs. Spend more time using the software and less time operating it."
Blasta
"A federated PubSub bookmarking system for XMPP.
Blasta is a collaborative bookmarks manager for organizing online content.
It allows you to add links to your personal collection of links, to categorize them with keywords, and to share and synchronize your collection among your own software, devices, machines, and also with others.
The ability of Blasta to display to you the links that other people have collected and shared, as well as showing you who else has bookmarked a specific link is what makes Blasta a collaborative system.
You can also view the links collected by others, and subscribe to the links of people whose lists you deem to be interesting.
Blasta does not limit you to save links of certain types; you can save links of types adc, dweb, ed2k, feed, ftp, gemini, geo, gopher, http, ipfs, irc, magnet, mailto, monero, mms, news, sip, udp, xmpp and any scheme and type that you desire."
The Illusion of Thinking: Understanding the Strengths and Limitations of Reasoning Models via the Lens of Problem Complexity
Apple ML Research paper
Another related blog post: https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/a-knockout-blow-for-llms
Wii Mart
"WiiMart is an open-source revival for the defunct Wii Shop Channel service. It was closed on January 30, 2019, making an entire library of digital-exclusive games get left behind. WiiMart brings back the experience of downloading and playing these titles with a revival of the Wii Shop Channel."
CSS Minecraft
"There is no JavaScript on this page. All the logic is made 100% with pure HTML & CSS"
Minecraft made w/ HTML and CSS
https://github.com/BenjaminAster/CSS-Minecraft
purecss-lace
"HTML/CSS drawing inspired by Flemish baroque oil portraits. Hand-coded entirely in HTML & CSS. "
https://github.com/cyanharlow/purecss-lace
Vanilla
"This is a work-in-progress software clone of the Wii U gamepad for Linux (including Raspberry Pi and Steam Deck) and Android"
Turn your device into a Wii U Gamepad that works w/ an actual Wii U (hopefully should help all the consoles out there with non replaceable gamepads)