From 7c56292cbdc13f848a0c9e8b97dc78584edafc50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lynxize Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 19:26:14 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 1/9] add bluesky --- content/about.md | 3 +-- templates/base.html | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/about.md b/content/about.md index 9d1a9e0..4743521 100644 --- a/content/about.md +++ b/content/about.md @@ -16,11 +16,10 @@ I like gamedev (though I'm not particularly great at it), D&D, reading Epic Fant I explain why I set up this site [over here](/blog/yet-another-blog), if you're curious. I'm not quite sure what I'm going to put here, probably just random stuff I feel like writing about. -Profile picture on most sites is from [this picrew](https://picrew.me/en/image_maker/2122621) (for now). - ### Contact You can find me in the following places: - Discord - `@lynxize` +- Bluesky - [`@lynxize.dev`](https://bsky.app/profile/lynxize.dev) - Mastodon - [`@emilia@lynxize.dev`](https://mastodon.lynxize.dev/@emilia) - GitHub - [`@lynxize`](https://github.com/lynxize) diff --git a/templates/base.html b/templates/base.html index cf68f7c..45375d0 100644 --- a/templates/base.html +++ b/templates/base.html @@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ GitHub | Mastodon + | + Bluesky From ff9c8d3427c0b281efd7c35021ff6213d0c4ac40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lynxize Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 19:45:03 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 2/9] shrink horizontally --- static/main.css | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/static/main.css b/static/main.css index f7decff..080a8f2 100644 --- a/static/main.css +++ b/static/main.css @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ body { background-color: #0a0a0a; - max-width: clamp(800px, 45%, 1000px); + max-width: clamp(600px, 35%, 800px); height: 100vh; margin: auto; From 2cfda6ff0acacff3b353499ce842cb69cd13a793 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lynxize Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 09:08:31 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 3/9] soop fix --- static/main.css | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/static/main.css b/static/main.css index 080a8f2..e975d25 100644 --- a/static/main.css +++ b/static/main.css @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ body { background-color: #0a0a0a; + color: #fafafa; max-width: clamp(600px, 35%, 800px); height: 100vh; @@ -154,4 +155,4 @@ pre table td:nth-of-type(1) { pre table { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; -} \ No newline at end of file +} From 16cb699a133775af467deb38046610d8c68dd0a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lynxize Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 19:57:08 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 4/9] update --- content/about.md | 2 +- content/blog/framework-13.md | 14 +++++++++++++- content/stuff.md | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ templates/base.html | 11 ++--------- templates/index.html | 9 ++++++++- 5 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) create mode 100644 content/stuff.md diff --git a/content/about.md b/content/about.md index 4743521..107980c 100644 --- a/content/about.md +++ b/content/about.md @@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ I'm not quite sure what I'm going to put here, probably just random stuff I feel You can find me in the following places: - Discord - `@lynxize` - Bluesky - [`@lynxize.dev`](https://bsky.app/profile/lynxize.dev) -- Mastodon - [`@emilia@lynxize.dev`](https://mastodon.lynxize.dev/@emilia) - GitHub - [`@lynxize`](https://github.com/lynxize) +- ~~Mastodon - [`@emilia@lynxize.dev`](https://mastodon.lynxize.dev/@emilia)~~ You can also reach me [through email](mailto:lynxize@gmail.com), though response times will ~~definitely~~ probably be slower. diff --git a/content/blog/framework-13.md b/content/blog/framework-13.md index 5a64a61..11ce001 100644 --- a/content/blog/framework-13.md +++ b/content/blog/framework-13.md @@ -1,14 +1,21 @@ +++ -title = "Framework 13 @ 6 months" +title = "Framework 13 Thoughts" date = 2024-10-15 +++ +{% warning() %} +Update 01/2025 - Some Stuff(tm) has happened, and I have some New Thoughts(tm) +I'll get around to updating this post at some point. +{% end %} + The internet does not need another "framework laptop cool" post. Unfortunately, I don't care what the internet wants or needs. --- +# 6 Months + I've been using my Framework 13 (Ryzen 7040 edition) for around 6 months now, and I have some thoughts. This post is mainly to organize them all in one place - I may or may not randomly update this when I have New Thoughts, we'll see. @@ -56,3 +63,8 @@ It's kind of nice to just have that on hand, rather than carrying even more adap I like the laptop, it works for me, but I understand that it's by no means a perfect laptop for everyone. The value isn't great, and it's definitely not as *polished* a product as, say, a macbook. Despite that, I really like Framework's mission, and I don't regret buying it. It's been great for me overall. + +# Update as of 01/2025 +## Support +## Upgraded Display +## Colors?? \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/stuff.md b/content/stuff.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ddece8d --- /dev/null +++ b/content/stuff.md @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ ++++ +title = "Random Stuff" +template = "post.html" ++++ + +These are some things (youtube channels, software, games, whatever) I found that I thought were cool/interesting. +None of these are any sort of promotional link, and I don't know most of the people who made these things. +They're just things that I stumbled upon, thought "this was neat," and wanted to put in one place, so I could find them again later. + +Maybe you'll find them cool too :) + +[A Long Way to the Nearest Star](https://svlin.itch.io/a-long-way-to-the-nearest-star) +[Alexander the ok](https://www.youtube.com/@Alexander-the-ok) +[Apollo in Real Time](https://apolloinrealtime.org/) +[Cathode Ray Dude](https://www.youtube.com/@CathodeRayDude) +[Cats are Liquid](https://catsareliquid.lastquarterstudios.com/) +[Counterfeit Monkey](https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=aearuuxv83plclpl) +[CrossCode](https://www.cross-code.com/en/home) +[DeDRM Tools](https://github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools) +[dufs](https://github.com/sigoden/dufs) +[ESC](https://radicaldreamland.itch.io/esc) +[fasterthanlime](https://www.youtube.com/@fasterthanlime) +[Hyperspace Dogfights](https://sleeper-games.itch.io/hyperspace-dogfights) +[Lost Terminal](https://lostterminal.com/) +[Mindustry](https://mindustrygame.github.io/) +[Oldschool PC Fonts](https://int10h.org/oldschool-pc-fonts/fontlist/) +[Portal 2 Community Edition](https://portal2communityedition.com/) +[Roshar Interactive Map](https://roshar.17thshard.com/#/en-US) +[the_miracle_aligner](https://www.youtube.com/@the_miracle_aligner) +[The Grown-Up Detective Agency](https://bphennessy.itch.io/grown-up-detective-agency) +[Trigaea](https://ryngm.itch.io/trigaea) diff --git a/templates/base.html b/templates/base.html index 45375d0..15cc16c 100644 --- a/templates/base.html +++ b/templates/base.html @@ -17,15 +17,10 @@ /home /about /blog + /stuff -
- Hey! This is a new version of my site rewritten from scratch! - I still don't really know what I'm doing with web dev, and this is still very WIP. - Stuff is still very broken/incomplete relative to the old site, but I'm working on it! (Hopefully) -
-
{% block content %} {% endblock %}
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- New Website!! (WIP) + New Website!! (Still very WIP)

+
+ Hey! This is a new version of my site rewritten from scratch! + I still don't really know what I'm doing with web dev, and this is still very WIP. + Stuff is still very broken/incomplete relative to the old site, but I'm working on it! +
+ +
Professional waster of time, purveyor of useless activities, and chronic avoider of productivity.
From 62dc1d2fea411c39d74778645071246c984f96bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lynxize Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 19:57:49 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 5/9] aiposting --- content/blog/im-sick-of-ai.md | 129 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 129 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/blog/im-sick-of-ai.md diff --git a/content/blog/im-sick-of-ai.md b/content/blog/im-sick-of-ai.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..968c0d3 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/im-sick-of-ai.md @@ -0,0 +1,129 @@ ++++ +title = "I'm sick of AI" +date = 2025-01-15 ++++ + +{% warning() %} +This is a bit of an unhinged rant, feel free to completely ignore it. +If you're not in the mood to read somebody's upset rant about AI taking over, just do yourself a favor and skip this. +{% end %} +​ +{% note() %} +It should be obvious, but when talking about to AI, I'm referring to generative AI, and *primarily* ChatGPT. +{% end %} + + +Earlier today, one of my professors gave our class an assignment along the lines of +> Co-create a 1000-1500 word creative piece with ChatGPT by next class. + +Creative writing. +Generative AI. +What???? + +Something about that just didn't make sense to me. It didn't compute. +Is that really what we're doing now? +It's graded *specifically* on the use of AI. + +Oh, and the grading rubric? Yeah, that's AI generated too. + +And I guess that was sort of a wake-up call for me. + +Why is a thousand words of AI slop considered more valuable than a couple hundred of actual, genuine, human-generated words? +There's no chance the professor will actually *read* the forty-odd submissions for this assignment, chances are they'll be summarized by AI and spat right back to us, just like the last assignment was. + +And everyone else was just... okay with this? +Nobody else in the class seemed to care, at all. +And that *genuinely terrifies me*. + +`--- BEGIN ANGRY RANT ---` + +--- + +If we're going to make generative AI so central to everything, it **cannot** be ChatGPT. +We can not be building our education, our society, around OpenAI's inscrutable magic word box, that almost none of us actually understand. + +This is pointless. +Actually, no, this is worse than pointless, it's actively harmful. + +It's like those AI email generation tools, that send emails to people who don't read them, instead just summarize them with AI. +It's just a shitty form of lossy anti-compression. It's introducing a middleman that does not need to be there. +***It doesn't need to be this way.*** This doesn't help *anyone*. + +{% note() %} +Arguably, it helps the companies behind the AI-as-a-service stuff. +Have you read any of their privacy policies lately? They're farming you for both training data and profit. +And *nobody* cares. +{% end %} + +Am I just backwards and stuck in the past? Maybe. I know some people would say so. + +Maybe it's just necessary practice. +Maybe AI crammed into every aspect of life is the inevitable future we're heading toward, and I need to get used to it, adapt, embrace it. +But AAAAAAAAAAAAAA I *REALLY* DON'T WANT TO. + +- AI is being shoved into *everything*, and we're supposed to pretend that's a good thing? +- It's trained on questionably-obtained source material, and we're supposed to pretend that's a good thing? +- The power consumption is astronomical, and we're supposed to pretend that's a good thing? +- It (well, ChatGPT at least) is controlled by giant companies, and we're supposed to pretend that's a good thing? + +We've jumped headfirst into this without stopping to consider the consequences. + +Generative AI has valid uses, but obfuscating human-to-human communication should not be one of them. +Creating slop that nobody wants to read or look at should not be one of them. + +{% note() %} +I want to be very clear that I don't hate the *technology*. The technology itself is super cool. +I think AI generated images and video is an amazing feat of computing. Quick summarization of text is genuinely super useful. +Easy brainstorming of project or gift ideas? Epic! Code line completion that doesn't suck? Yeah, I want that. + +But at least to me, there is a very clear line between using the technology *for a valid purpose*, and just generating slop that nobody actually wants. +It's not the tools themselves that bother me, but rather the overuse and abuse of them. +{% end %} + +I know a lot of people, who when getting stuck on a homework problem go *straight* to ChatGPT. +Not to a friend, not the textbook, not a TA or professor, ChatGPT. +What kind of precedent is that setting for where people get their information? +ChatGPT is *not* a search engine, despite what a concerning number of people seem to think. + +A week or so ago, my dad sent me an article comparing and contrasting different programming languages. +It was obviously AI generated. I don't think he *cared*. + +Generative AI is integral to too much at this point. We **can't** go back. It's too late for that. +Legislature can not and will not fix this. I don't think most people *want* to "fix" this. + +When I was in high school, I watched AI take over writing essays in English classes. +And now in college, I'm watching AI take over teaching too. +It's taken over online search results, it's taken over communication apps. +We are wayyy beyond going back to how it was before. + +I don't want to be second-guessing whether something was written by a machine, and not a human. +Because yes, for some stupid reason, that still matters to me. +I'd rather read an actual person's broken, disorganized, messy pile of words than some perfect Idealized Text™ from a machine. + +I'll be the first to admit that my writing is not the best. +I actively struggle to produce words that are at all close to coherent. (heck, I mean, just look at this post) +At least when I'm done, it's words that *I've* written. +*Me.* +Not some mysterious algorithm trained on stolen data and shoved down my throat when I don't want it. + +I don't *want* to get used to this. +I don't *want* this to be the new normal. +I DON'T *WANT* AI IN MY CHAT APP, I WANT TO TALK TO *PEOPLE*. + +I really, *really* hope I'm not alone in feeling this way. + +{% note() %} +Oh also, go watch [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-opBifFfsMY). +{% end %} + +--- +`--- END ANGRY RANT ---` + +This will (hopefully) be the only time I write anything like this. I don't like being upset. +I plan to go right back to sticking my head in the sand and pretending this isn't a problem, and try my best to just ignore it. + +I really don't know what else I can do at this point. + +Hopefully my next blog post will be about gamedev or something I actually *want* to write/think about. + +Oh, also, the funny part? This is now just as long as that assignment would have been, had I written it by hand. \ No newline at end of file From c228ed5c5cc43dcfc41f49540db312e355b8b165 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lynxize Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 20:00:05 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 6/9] edit --- content/blog/im-sick-of-ai.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/blog/im-sick-of-ai.md b/content/blog/im-sick-of-ai.md index 968c0d3..fbdbb21 100644 --- a/content/blog/im-sick-of-ai.md +++ b/content/blog/im-sick-of-ai.md @@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ Oh also, go watch [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-opBifFfsMY). --- `--- END ANGRY RANT ---` -This will (hopefully) be the only time I write anything like this. I don't like being upset. +This will (hopefully) be the only time I write anything like this. +I don't like being upset, I just wanted to get this off my chest. I plan to go right back to sticking my head in the sand and pretending this isn't a problem, and try my best to just ignore it. I really don't know what else I can do at this point. From d9870d7e9875a79a18409e78fd1acb1df96d3931 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lynxize Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 20:31:18 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 7/9] edits --- content/blog/im-sick-of-ai.md | 29 +++++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/blog/im-sick-of-ai.md b/content/blog/im-sick-of-ai.md index fbdbb21..b7a7063 100644 --- a/content/blog/im-sick-of-ai.md +++ b/content/blog/im-sick-of-ai.md @@ -45,28 +45,30 @@ We can not be building our education, our society, around OpenAI's inscrutable m This is pointless. Actually, no, this is worse than pointless, it's actively harmful. -It's like those AI email generation tools, that send emails to people who don't read them, instead just summarize them with AI. +It's like those AI email generation tools that send emails to people who don't read them, and instead just summarize them with a different AI tool. It's just a shitty form of lossy anti-compression. It's introducing a middleman that does not need to be there. ***It doesn't need to be this way.*** This doesn't help *anyone*. - + {% note() %} Arguably, it helps the companies behind the AI-as-a-service stuff. Have you read any of their privacy policies lately? They're farming you for both training data and profit. And *nobody* cares. {% end %} -Am I just backwards and stuck in the past? Maybe. I know some people would say so. +Am I just backwards and stuck in the past? Maybe. I know some people would say so. +Most people seem to be able to embrace it. Maybe it's just necessary practice. Maybe AI crammed into every aspect of life is the inevitable future we're heading toward, and I need to get used to it, adapt, embrace it. But AAAAAAAAAAAAAA I *REALLY* DON'T WANT TO. -- AI is being shoved into *everything*, and we're supposed to pretend that's a good thing? -- It's trained on questionably-obtained source material, and we're supposed to pretend that's a good thing? -- The power consumption is astronomical, and we're supposed to pretend that's a good thing? -- It (well, ChatGPT at least) is controlled by giant companies, and we're supposed to pretend that's a good thing? +We're supposed to pretend that this is *good*? This is *human progress*? +- AI is being shoved into *everything*, where it doesn't even provide any actual benefit +- It's trained on questionably-obtained source material (copyright, anyone?) +- The computing resource consumption is astronomical +- It (well, ChatGPT at least) is controlled by giant companies -We've jumped headfirst into this without stopping to consider the consequences. +We've jumped headfirst into this AI mess without stopping to consider the consequences. Generative AI has valid uses, but obfuscating human-to-human communication should not be one of them. Creating slop that nobody wants to read or look at should not be one of them. @@ -89,14 +91,17 @@ A week or so ago, my dad sent me an article comparing and contrasting different It was obviously AI generated. I don't think he *cared*. Generative AI is integral to too much at this point. We **can't** go back. It's too late for that. -Legislature can not and will not fix this. I don't think most people *want* to "fix" this. +Legislature can not and will not fix this. I don't think most people *want* to fix this. +I have no idea what it will look like five or ten years into the future, but I doubt it'll be better. When I was in high school, I watched AI take over writing essays in English classes. -And now in college, I'm watching AI take over teaching too. +And now in college, I'm watching AI take over the teaching side too. It's taken over online search results, it's taken over communication apps. We are wayyy beyond going back to how it was before. -I don't want to be second-guessing whether something was written by a machine, and not a human. +Something's being lost here, though I can't quantify it. + +I don't want to keep having to second-guess whether something was written by a machine, and not a human. Because yes, for some stupid reason, that still matters to me. I'd rather read an actual person's broken, disorganized, messy pile of words than some perfect Idealized Text™ from a machine. @@ -121,7 +126,7 @@ Oh also, go watch [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-opBifFfsMY). This will (hopefully) be the only time I write anything like this. I don't like being upset, I just wanted to get this off my chest. -I plan to go right back to sticking my head in the sand and pretending this isn't a problem, and try my best to just ignore it. +I plan to go right back to sticking my head in the sand and pretending the constant bombardment of everything with AI isn't a problem, and try my best to just ignore it. I really don't know what else I can do at this point. From 8e3b64350fc97734b4e8b6dfc0136d2621378c5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lynxize Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2025 20:15:55 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 8/9] updates --- content/blog/keyboard-lighting.md | 4 ++++ content/stuff.md | 7 ++++++- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/blog/keyboard-lighting.md b/content/blog/keyboard-lighting.md index c7147ec..606477e 100644 --- a/content/blog/keyboard-lighting.md +++ b/content/blog/keyboard-lighting.md @@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ I'm not going to say it's the best keyboard ever and that you should go out and or conversely that it's the *worst* keyboard and you should avoid it at all costs. It's fine for my purposes, and is a huge improvement over my old keyboard, but that's beside the point. +{% note() %} +...though I have since sold off the C1 Pro and replaced it with a Rainy 75. It's sooo much better, and I'm not going back. +{% end %} + I didn't buy it for the RGB effects. To be honest, I don't even *like* RGB lighting most of the time. I find it kind of distracting, and I usually try to avoid "gamer-branded" products stuffed to the brim with multicolored lights like the plague. diff --git a/content/stuff.md b/content/stuff.md index ddece8d..46a0f75 100644 --- a/content/stuff.md +++ b/content/stuff.md @@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ These are some things (youtube channels, software, games, whatever) I found that None of these are any sort of promotional link, and I don't know most of the people who made these things. They're just things that I stumbled upon, thought "this was neat," and wanted to put in one place, so I could find them again later. -Maybe you'll find them cool too :) +Maybe you'll find some of them cool too :) +[Adventures with Anxiety](https://ncase.itch.io/anxiety) [A Long Way to the Nearest Star](https://svlin.itch.io/a-long-way-to-the-nearest-star) [Alexander the ok](https://www.youtube.com/@Alexander-the-ok) [Apollo in Real Time](https://apolloinrealtime.org/) @@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ Maybe you'll find them cool too :) [CrossCode](https://www.cross-code.com/en/home) [DeDRM Tools](https://github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools) [dufs](https://github.com/sigoden/dufs) +[Emily Young](https://www.youtube.com/@emily-young) [ESC](https://radicaldreamland.itch.io/esc) [fasterthanlime](https://www.youtube.com/@fasterthanlime) [Hyperspace Dogfights](https://sleeper-games.itch.io/hyperspace-dogfights) @@ -25,7 +27,10 @@ Maybe you'll find them cool too :) [Mindustry](https://mindustrygame.github.io/) [Oldschool PC Fonts](https://int10h.org/oldschool-pc-fonts/fontlist/) [Portal 2 Community Edition](https://portal2communityedition.com/) +[Questionable Content](https://questionablecontent.net/) [Roshar Interactive Map](https://roshar.17thshard.com/#/en-US) [the_miracle_aligner](https://www.youtube.com/@the_miracle_aligner) [The Grown-Up Detective Agency](https://bphennessy.itch.io/grown-up-detective-agency) [Trigaea](https://ryngm.itch.io/trigaea) + +`(Updated 02-06-2025)` \ No newline at end of file From 36d70b7e16915eb3575b00c72ac1ff2823a4ebd0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lynxize Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2025 21:16:29 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 9/9] improve note/warn/important boxes --- static/main.css | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/static/main.css b/static/main.css index e975d25..397d545 100644 --- a/static/main.css +++ b/static/main.css @@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ footer { border-radius: 5px; border-style: solid; border-color: #8aadf4; + background-color: #242e42; padding: 2px 8px 2px 15px; } @@ -80,7 +81,8 @@ footer { .insert-warning { border-radius: 5px; border-style: solid; - border-color: hsl(343deg, 81%, 50%); + border-color: #e71853; + background-color: #42242c; padding: 2px 8px 2px 15px; } @@ -88,7 +90,8 @@ footer { .insert-important { border-radius: 5px; border-style: solid; - border-color: hsl(23deg, 92%, 50%); + border-color: #f5640a; + background-color: #32241b; padding: 2px 8px 2px 15px; }