"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."

https://http1mustdie.com/

I think I've just received my first "AI told me to write this, and it doesn't work" bug report at work today. Unconfirmed, but the logs are filled with emojis and filled with "method does not exist" lines, so I expect that's the case

Ha, I've been directed to this thread on Bluesky looks like I'm a little behind https://bsky.app/profile/reckless.bsky.social/post/3lvqn6sjvtc2u

There were rumors last year that the Verge was moving to Wordpress specifically so they could integrate directly w/ the Fediverse and AtProto. So if that's true I imagine yesterday's changes have a similar goal in mind (both are owned by Vox media)

context: https://www.sbnation.com/sb-nation-news/24480968/the-new-sb-nation-is-faster-and-built-for-community

I am very much hoping that the SBNation migration yesterday and the Verge updates are related so that eventually SBNation will be a native website on the social web

Spencer Steered that

A social media that hides all show spoilers before you've watched it, then shows you all the old posts from when everyone was watching once you have

Cool, I didn't realize 404 media was built on Ghost

@Mastodon https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/114970908518687748

I think MLB should replace the trade dealine with one big random shuffle button that replaces 10% of every team

New potato just dropped

@GiftArticles https://tomkahe.com/@GiftArticles/114950721433956471

Reading the news.

Hm, i wonder what that report is about

Economic analysis of the AI industry

Made some pizza in a bread cloche

"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."

It does make an unexpected positive difference seeing full like/boost counts on statuses

This is a test after moving from glitch

"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. "

" 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."

Photo upload test after server updates

"this page serves as an archive for the art of cathy jarboe, creator of skull trumpet and many other pieces of art."

http://cjarboe.com/image26.html

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I like finding websites built on WordPress that don't know about any of the other WordPress features

This bar in Columbus (https://www.thewalruscolumbus.com) has a comments rss feed that contains 3 comments, all of which are porn bots. And I'm the only one that has seen them (until now)

Playing some Speedy Eggbert on android

Static site generator powered by Python

Source Code: https://github.com/getpelican/pelican

"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

Generate cat sprites

Source Code: https://github.com/cgen-tools/pixel-cat-maker

"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."

Any response time is good response time is what I always say

"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."

Apple ML Research paper

Another related blog post: https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/a-knockout-blow-for-llms

"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."

A web-based WeatherStar 4000

https://github.com/netbymatt/ws4kp

"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

"HTML/CSS drawing inspired by Flemish baroque oil portraits. Hand-coded entirely in HTML & CSS. "

https://github.com/cyanharlow/purecss-lace

"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)