Mislav @mislav.net · 05/10/2026Can anyone explain to me how such policies alleviate maintainer stress? It sounds like the number of incoming PRs needing review stays the same; it’s just that now in addition to reviewing open PRs, the team needs to also review auto-closed PRs to see if they’re worth keeping. Am I missing something 430
Mislav @mislav.net · 14/05/2026Super excited for the next stop-motion feature from the studio that brought us Coraline. Incredible work here 010
Reposted by MislavJosh Collinsworth @collinsworth.dev · 22/10/2025This whole piece is a deeply thoughtful journey well worth taking, but the section about Miyazaki and Spirited Away is particularly salient. frankchimero.com/blog/2025/be...frankchimero.comFrank Chimero · Beyond the MachineFrank Chimero’s Personal Website 341
Reposted by MislavMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 16/09/2025PIN Number ATM Machine UPC Code LCD Display We regret to inform you that his phenomenon has a name: RAS Syndrome. Redundant Acronym Syndrome…Syndrome. 561263253
Mislav @mislav.net · 31/08/2025“Something that might seem very crass and horrifying today [ads being fed to us by AI avatars of dead people] is not going to seem so farfetched or inappropriate once it becomes normalized and fairly common” Hear me out—how about we DON’T normalize it nor make it common www.npr.org/2025/08/26/n...npr.orgAI 'deadbots' are persuasive — and researchers say they're primed for monetizationThe digital afterlife industry may near $80 billion in a decade, fueled by AI "deadbots." Tech firms see profit. But experts warn of troubling consequences. 000
Reposted by MislavBryant Francis @bryantfrancis.me · 29/07/2025This is an insane thing to write about game development. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/a... 40978431278
Mislav @mislav.net · 08/07/2025«Our fear of AI “damaging our brains” is actually a fear of our own laziness. The technology offers an easy out from the hard work of thinking, and we worry we'll take it.» 000
Reposted by MislavXe @xeiaso.net · 07/07/2025www.404media.co/the-open-sou...404media.coThe Open-Source Software Saving the Internet From AI Bot ScrapersAnubis, which block AI scrapers from scraping websites to death, has been downloaded almost 200,000 times. 212928
Mislav @mislav.net · 18/05/2025Mr Beast should make a real life version of the mansion from Blue Prince 000
Reposted by MislavKaren Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Some news many years in the making: My book EMPIRE OF AI, out May 20, is ready for pre-order at empireofai.com. It tells the inside story of OpenAI as a lens for understanding the moment we’re in: the tech elite's extraordinary seizure of power and its threat to democracy. 1/ 28671211
Mislav @mislav.net · 03/03/2025I’ve googled “sean baker” and Google rendered THIS on the screen; now I’m trying to decide whether my phone got hacked or if Google completely lost it 020
Mislav @mislav.net · 13/02/2025In a world of leafcutter ants, be the one who is inexplicably carrying a flower petal. 000
Mislav @mislav.net · 29/01/2025My most boomer trait is that I don’t like seeing those social media image posts that are just large text. Sorry but if it’s not a meme, it should have been a text post. What made you think you are deserving of larger font than everyone else 010
Mislav @mislav.net · 16/01/2025A web form is asking me yet again “Enter your name exactly as it is on your passport” so here we go, let’s see if a major airline has figured out how to store a character in a database in 2025 110
Reposted by MislavBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 12/01/2025The scientific method served humanity well for hundreds of years but it was rendered obsolete in 2013 with the discovery of Vibes 8588171209
Reposted by MislavKevin Parry @kevinbparry.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Chair Stop-Motion 🪑💨 Made with 444 pictures taken over 10 days 443320758430
Reposted by MislavKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 09/01/2025"the fact that these fires are burning in unusually dry winter months has highlighted how climate change is reshaping fire seasons around the world" Jo Lauder at the ABC puts the shocking LA fires in all-important context: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...abc.net.auWhat does climate change have to do with California's fires?As Los Angeles battles catastrophic wildfires, experts say there are signs climate change is already reshaping fire seasons around the world. 20770283
Mislav @mislav.net · 08/01/2025Does my fresh Ubuntu installation come with an advertisement in its login message to the terminal? The funny thing is, that URL is a 404 000
Mislav @mislav.net · 31/12/2024Never understood why people google for things like “{famous person} net worth”, spouse, height; but when I encounter a social media profile of a dog, I instantly pull up their profile page and rigorously scan it: what exact breed are they, how old, what is their weight? I need information 010
Mislav @mislav.net · 20/12/2024This, but as a giant Live, Laugh, Love-style poster to hang in my living room 011
Mislav @mislav.net · 20/12/2024OpenAI scoring 85% on the ARC-AGI benchmark is really impressive and certainly took me by surprise, but the cost and compute power thrown at the problem is just staggering. Machines solving novel problems seems to be still just an expensive parlor trick. arcprize.org/blog/oai-o3-...arcprize.orgOpenAI o3 Breakthrough High Score on ARC-AGI-PubOpenAI o3 scores 75.7% on ARC-AGI public leaderboard. 000
Mislav @mislav.net · 19/12/2024This, by @collinsworth.dev, was a great read. I’ve been writing vanilla JS for so long that I’ve fallen out of the loop when it comes to frameworks, and this essay serves not only as an overview of the space right now, but also as pointers for what to learn next. joshcollinsworth.com/blog/antiqua...joshcollinsworth.comThings you forgot (or never knew) because of ReactIf you don't often look beyond established comfortable defaults, you might be surprised to learn just how far the world of frontend has moved away from React, and how big that gap continues to grow. 010
Reposted by MislavHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Huge win from @franzanth.bsky.social creating a Content Scraper Blocklist: bsky.app/profile/cont... It's a blocklist for the kinds of engagement bait accounts that repost stolen content, often with misleading captions. 460129643435
