40 years later and the art people painstaking made in MacPaint on their little Macs still amazes me.
Gotta love good ol' 1-bit pixel dithering (ordered, Floyd-Steinberg, etc.) 💚
𝙈𝙖𝙘𝙋𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝘼𝙧𝙩 𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙞𝙙-80𝙨 𝙎𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙇𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙏𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮
https://blog.decryption.net.au/posts/macpaint.html
#PixelArt #RetroComputing #VintageComputing #retro #apple #BlackAndWhite #computers #computing #1980s #macOS #Mac #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #old #graphics #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #digital #DigitalArt #art #artist #arte #arts #GraphicDesign #MastoArt #FediArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon
Was reminded of this paper a minute ago, and I just read it again. Damn, Edsger Dijkstra weirdly relevant for a 40 year old paper.
"The question [of whether machines can think] is just as relevant and just as meaningful as the question whether submarines can swim."
"if computers could amplify intelligence, they could amplify stupidity as well."
"The most crazy thing of all this is that, in all the more spectacular cases, the failure has been predicted, quite convincingly and well in advance. Apparently, the lure of the dream is still so strong that people become to deaf for warnings: the computer represents Babbage’s Dream Come True, and no one wants to hear that the Dream has deteriorated into a fully transistorized nightmare."
"I refer to the wide-spread, but in general unchallenged, belief that making something “computer-aided” amounts to making it better. Computer-aided design, computer-aided management, computer-aided composition, computer-aided manufacturing, computer-assisted learning, computerized examinations, you name it. Under no circumstances the dogma of improvement should be accepted without challenge: in no time we would have computerized jurisdiction."
https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcriptions/EWD08xx/EWD867.html
The artificial intelligence industry depends on plagiarism, mimicry, and exploited labor, not intelligence.
“AIs don’t ‘write’ essays or anything else—the use of that verb shows how easily we anthropomorphize,” James Gleick writes. “As plagiarists, they obscure and randomize their sources but do not transcend them.” https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2025/07/24/the-parrot-in-the-machine-the-ai-con-bender-hanna/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=2025-07-12_Gleick-AI-3
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We've spent a decade imagining better futures. Now what?
I missed last month's #solarpunk essay from @AndrewDanaHudson , but I think the 10-year-check-in is a worthy read:
https://www.solarshades.club/p/the-political-dimensions-of-solarpunk10
The world has changed. Solarpunk influenced it, even without a single Masterpiece. We are continuing to build from multiple sides.
People are doing a lot on the ground - whether in the North or the South - and we're finally getting a language which can share their stories.
#writing #essay #manifesto #climate #climateChange #politics
Scientists discover a giant thousand-year-old tree called Tessmannia princeps, a new species that reaches 131 feed high and 3,000 years old.
Sea temperatures around places like Majorca exceeded 30C earlier this month, far above average.
How can you deter the Trump administration's immigrant deportation machine when it pops up in your community? Follow these steps.
Our research shows that even the latest "reasoning" models are vulnerable
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