Dmitrii 'Mamut' Dimandt
@dmitriid.bsky.social
Opinions on things I know nothing about
September 10, 2026 at 8:02 AM
I Am the Very Model of a Modern Day Typographer www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ck-...
Modern Day Typographer - Elle Cordova
Modern Day Typographer
Lyrics by Elle Cordova, set to the tune of "Modern Major General" by Gilbert & Sullivan -- with a tip of the hat to the great Tom Lehrer!
Music arranged by Toni Lindgren
Audio…
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September 9, 2026 at 9:20 AM
I Am the Very Model of a Modern Day Typographer www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ck-...
QBittorrent escaped its sandbox last night beige.party/@intransitiv...
Ritalin Invitees (@[email protected])
I regret to inform everyone that my copy of QBittorrent escaped its sandbox last night and downloaded a whole bunch of content owned by major corporations, and then my copy of Jellyfin broke…
beige.party
September 6, 2026 at 7:00 PM
QBittorrent escaped its sandbox last night beige.party/@intransitiv...
via @[email protected]
Is the entire AI industry dependent on... X???
What a fucking joke.
www.engadget.com/2250789/spac...
Is the entire AI industry dependent on... X???
What a fucking joke.
www.engadget.com/2250789/spac...
SpaceXAI apologizes for outage that affected Grok and other 'compute partners' - Engadget
Several AI companies experienced issues at around the same time.
www.engadget.com
September 3, 2026 at 10:44 PM
via @[email protected]
Is the entire AI industry dependent on... X???
What a fucking joke.
www.engadget.com/2250789/spac...
Is the entire AI industry dependent on... X???
What a fucking joke.
www.engadget.com/2250789/spac...
The EU is requesting feedback from EU residents regarding the use of LLMs within the arts, and guidance on policymaking toward it.
If you are an EU resident, feedback here, as it's already heavily slanted in favor of slop
via @[email protected]
ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
If you are an EU resident, feedback here, as it's already heavily slanted in favor of slop
via @[email protected]
ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
European Commission - Have your say
European Commission - Have your say
ec.europa.eu
September 3, 2026 at 8:33 PM
The EU is requesting feedback from EU residents regarding the use of LLMs within the arts, and guidance on policymaking toward it.
If you are an EU resident, feedback here, as it's already heavily slanted in favor of slop
via @[email protected]
ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
If you are an EU resident, feedback here, as it's already heavily slanted in favor of slop
via @[email protected]
ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
"iT woRKs BeTter in THe aPp!!" shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/08...
"iT woRKs BeTter in THe aPp!!"
The monkey-punchers at Google never quite seem to finish any of their apps. There's always some useful bit of work left undone, or showstopping bug which remains unfixed, a thousand jagged edges as…
shkspr.mobi
August 28, 2026 at 3:41 PM
"iT woRKs BeTter in THe aPp!!" shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/08...
So, Facebook got fined for damaging children's mental health.
Meanwhile Facebook: Reels button cannot be removed, and now shows a permanent "you got new reels" icon even if you never interact with the reels (and the algorithmeec feed there is atrocious)
Meanwhile Facebook: Reels button cannot be removed, and now shows a permanent "you got new reels" icon even if you never interact with the reels (and the algorithmeec feed there is atrocious)
August 27, 2026 at 8:17 PM
So, Facebook got fined for damaging children's mental health.
Meanwhile Facebook: Reels button cannot be removed, and now shows a permanent "you got new reels" icon even if you never interact with the reels (and the algorithmeec feed there is atrocious)
Meanwhile Facebook: Reels button cannot be removed, and now shows a permanent "you got new reels" icon even if you never interact with the reels (and the algorithmeec feed there is atrocious)
I now have 3 side projects that I'm too hesitant to release as products. And 1 side project I'm too hesitant to release as open source.
I'm a coward.
I'm a coward.
August 26, 2026 at 5:04 PM
I now have 3 side projects that I'm too hesitant to release as products. And 1 side project I'm too hesitant to release as open source.
I'm a coward.
I'm a coward.
"I don't read AI code"
Meanwhile AI: "Yes. I replaced working reconnect behavior, IDs, selectors, copy, and accessibility markup when none of that was in scope. That was not a layout fix. "
Meanwhile AI: "Yes. I replaced working reconnect behavior, IDs, selectors, copy, and accessibility markup when none of that was in scope. That was not a layout fix. "
August 13, 2026 at 10:58 PM
"I don't read AI code"
Meanwhile AI: "Yes. I replaced working reconnect behavior, IDs, selectors, copy, and accessibility markup when none of that was in scope. That was not a layout fix. "
Meanwhile AI: "Yes. I replaced working reconnect behavior, IDs, selectors, copy, and accessibility markup when none of that was in scope. That was not a layout fix. "
I do read AI code dmitriid.com/adding-to-i-...
I do read AI code
Adding to "I don't read AI code" discourse
dmitriid.com
August 11, 2026 at 1:01 PM
I do read AI code dmitriid.com/adding-to-i-...
Anthropic's Opus 4.6 is the 4.5 they completely nerfed in spring. Only now they made it 100x more verbose to waste as many of your tokens as possible.
Fable is original (very capable) Opus 4.5 with slightly improved context and slightly reduced verbosity.
Haven't tried Opus 5
Fable is original (very capable) Opus 4.5 with slightly improved context and slightly reduced verbosity.
Haven't tried Opus 5
August 9, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Anthropic's Opus 4.6 is the 4.5 they completely nerfed in spring. Only now they made it 100x more verbose to waste as many of your tokens as possible.
Fable is original (very capable) Opus 4.5 with slightly improved context and slightly reduced verbosity.
Haven't tried Opus 5
Fable is original (very capable) Opus 4.5 with slightly improved context and slightly reduced verbosity.
Haven't tried Opus 5
Hate it when modern authors learn a new word and think it's the only one worth using all the time
Reading Mieville's Bas Lag books. There are no other words for "power" than "puissance". Even if used three times in the same paragraph
And most modern writers suffer from this
Reading Mieville's Bas Lag books. There are no other words for "power" than "puissance". Even if used three times in the same paragraph
And most modern writers suffer from this
August 5, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Hate it when modern authors learn a new word and think it's the only one worth using all the time
Reading Mieville's Bas Lag books. There are no other words for "power" than "puissance". Even if used three times in the same paragraph
And most modern writers suffer from this
Reading Mieville's Bas Lag books. There are no other words for "power" than "puissance". Even if used three times in the same paragraph
And most modern writers suffer from this
Funniest thing about World Cup final was Madonna basically being an opening act for BTS, and only being let out of catacombs for 10 seconds, flanked by guards so she doesn't escape
July 20, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Funniest thing about World Cup final was Madonna basically being an opening act for BTS, and only being let out of catacombs for 10 seconds, flanked by guards so she doesn't escape
Codex is still incapable of producing any useful designs, and will constantly break existing ones.
v0 by Vercel is "Corporate Memphis, AI version"
Claude is close to v0, can actually work within existing designs
Variant deteriorated into 5 repeating templates
v0 by Vercel is "Corporate Memphis, AI version"
Claude is close to v0, can actually work within existing designs
Variant deteriorated into 5 repeating templates
July 17, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Codex is still incapable of producing any useful designs, and will constantly break existing ones.
v0 by Vercel is "Corporate Memphis, AI version"
Claude is close to v0, can actually work within existing designs
Variant deteriorated into 5 repeating templates
v0 by Vercel is "Corporate Memphis, AI version"
Claude is close to v0, can actually work within existing designs
Variant deteriorated into 5 repeating templates
It's 2026 -- DOES YOUR HARDWARE ACCELERATED WINDOW MANAGER CAST SHADOWS ACCURATELY?? 1996 for comparison.
oldbytes.space/@Kroc/116923...
oldbytes.space/@Kroc/116923...
Kroc Camen (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image It's 2026 -- DOES YOUR HARDWARE ACCELERATED WINDOW MANAGER CAST SHADOWS ACCURATELY?? 1996 for comparison. #psion #wayland #linux #retrocomputing
oldbytes.space
July 15, 2026 at 5:17 PM
It's 2026 -- DOES YOUR HARDWARE ACCELERATED WINDOW MANAGER CAST SHADOWS ACCURATELY?? 1996 for comparison.
oldbytes.space/@Kroc/116923...
oldbytes.space/@Kroc/116923...
OpenAI codex: "I've created 15 000 321 unit tests. All functionality from the plan implemented. Things not implemented: 99% of the functionality in the plan."
July 13, 2026 at 6:52 PM
OpenAI codex: "I've created 15 000 321 unit tests. All functionality from the plan implemented. Things not implemented: 99% of the functionality in the plan."
People claiming amazing things that Fable is doing are lying. Finally tried it. Just as stupid as Opus 4.6 with or without explicit instructions.
(And the "flicker-free new renderer" in Claude Code they've now spent a year trying to make is ass)
(And the "flicker-free new renderer" in Claude Code they've now spent a year trying to make is ass)
July 13, 2026 at 8:41 AM
People claiming amazing things that Fable is doing are lying. Finally tried it. Just as stupid as Opus 4.6 with or without explicit instructions.
(And the "flicker-free new renderer" in Claude Code they've now spent a year trying to make is ass)
(And the "flicker-free new renderer" in Claude Code they've now spent a year trying to make is ass)
There are 15 000 managers and 25 000 designers at Apple who looked at the Playground app icon (and product) and said: yup, this is an app and icon worthy of Apple brand.
(Well, it is, isn't it, these days)
(Well, it is, isn't it, these days)
July 12, 2026 at 7:09 AM
There are 15 000 managers and 25 000 designers at Apple who looked at the Playground app icon (and product) and said: yup, this is an app and icon worthy of Apple brand.
(Well, it is, isn't it, these days)
(Well, it is, isn't it, these days)
It's incredibly funny just how absolutely incompetent and greedy @AnthropicAI is.
Usage "extensions" for a day or two. "Promotion credits" for €1.70. No reverts or compensation for fuckups.
Usage "extensions" for a day or two. "Promotion credits" for €1.70. No reverts or compensation for fuckups.
July 10, 2026 at 7:17 AM
It's incredibly funny just how absolutely incompetent and greedy @AnthropicAI is.
Usage "extensions" for a day or two. "Promotion credits" for €1.70. No reverts or compensation for fuckups.
Usage "extensions" for a day or two. "Promotion credits" for €1.70. No reverts or compensation for fuckups.
I took a week for Apple to give me my iCloud Photos takeout. Download links are generated client side. To use curl, you have to manually click each link, copy download link from browser download, stop the download, start curl
Surprised that curl works
Interoperability and user choice, Apple style
Surprised that curl works
Interoperability and user choice, Apple style
July 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM
I took a week for Apple to give me my iCloud Photos takeout. Download links are generated client side. To use curl, you have to manually click each link, copy download link from browser download, stop the download, start curl
Surprised that curl works
Interoperability and user choice, Apple style
Surprised that curl works
Interoperability and user choice, Apple style
Where to Find the Colors Your Screen Can’t Show You moultano.wordpress.com/2026/06/19/w...
Where to Find the Colors Your Screen Can’t Show You
An atlas of the vibrance of the real world
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July 4, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Where to Find the Colors Your Screen Can’t Show You moultano.wordpress.com/2026/06/19/w...
Atvthe top of AppStore today
June 26, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Atvthe top of AppStore today
In Stockholm today. Yes, charity "fighting" against climate change. Let's ask ChatGPT.
June 24, 2026 at 2:14 PM
In Stockholm today. Yes, charity "fighting" against climate change. Let's ask ChatGPT.
I can't believe that people who flood Steam's Next Fest and other Steam campaigns/sales with shit don't see that whatever games/demos they put out are just that: shit.
So many games lack even basic understanding of controls, much less of gameplay.
So many games lack even basic understanding of controls, much less of gameplay.
June 23, 2026 at 5:32 PM
I can't believe that people who flood Steam's Next Fest and other Steam campaigns/sales with shit don't see that whatever games/demos they put out are just that: shit.
So many games lack even basic understanding of controls, much less of gameplay.
So many games lack even basic understanding of controls, much less of gameplay.