The reality of AI costs. At some point, you are paying for the brand, not the model https://jamesoclaire.com/2026/06/25/the-unbearable-cheapness-of-open-weight-models/ — — — https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260629182320

Reading Notes on Being a Man by Scott Galloway and I am blown away by how raw and insightful it is. Highly recommend it to anyone with a pulse. https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260516001931

First observation with Niri, holy crap does my battery lasy longer. We are talking a 30% improvement in battery life. I cannot explain why yet, but this alone is a huge reason not to go back to Hyprland https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260514211939

Trying Niri seeing as Hyprland seems intent on making my life way more difficult than it needs to be and so far I am liking it. The whole scrolling tile affair is weirdly nice. https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260513164859

Kinda related point. Games Workshop should have this whole Black Library Phone App shoved right up their back passage. After years of DRM free ebooks they decided to put everything in their walled garden and frankly thats kinda gross https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260513033731

DRM on ebooks is such a pointless affair. I buy my ebooks (support authors y'all!) but I want to be able to read MY books on whatever damn device I want. Stripping most ebook DRM is a 2 minute job with Calibre... Why do they even bother?... https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260513033034

Hell yeah! SQLite is brilliant, it is more than enough for the vast majority of applications, and I am so stoked it got recognized like this https://sqlite.org/locrsf.html -- https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260507174125

The Scrubs reboot was almost perfect! Finally got done watching it and they did such a fantastic job capturing the feel of the original show. The OG cast were great, the new cast were incredible, the highs and lows, the emotional bits, a... https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260503185241

Good. I have nothing against Spirit, but we have to stop bailing out bad businesses just because they are big enough to have a presence in DC. No one is saving a local bakery at a federal level, why should an airline be any different? h... https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260502165443

"Don't let the bastards grind you down" is the kind of generic advice that can seem super unhelpful in certain situations. Today though, today I needed to hear that. Let'em try, I refuse to break https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260428154226

I love this! Bring on the retro tractors https://wheelfront.com/this-alberta-startup-sells-no-tech-tractors-for-half-price/ https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260424153300

Also trying out this whole grayscale iPhone thing to see if it really does impact my usage. More to come… https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260306233704

And this is why no surveillance is good surveillance. It does not matter if you trust the people doing the surveillance or not, if a backdoor exists ANYONE can use it given a little effort. https://ground.news/article/fbi-confirms-cyber... https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260306234140

Made the switch to noble for my cell service. Putting my money where my mouth is when it comes to getting people off of their phones and engaging with the real world! https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260306233429

In a world that seems a little grim, this is the kind of news I find exciting. We are going to start making artificial retinas in SPACE. https://ground.news/article/biotech-firm-books-space-on-starlab-to-make-artificial-retinas-in-orbit... https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260224170815

Living with depression and anxiety long term is a weird life experience. One minute, you can be fine, and then things go quiet and suddenly your brain just… rebels? https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260218173116

I am so glad that the way we have decided to combat AI is by throwing tools in front of websites that break browsers and require you to open up your device to weird code runs… https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260217194730

My drive to de-Amazon is mostly down to me wanting to just cut subscriptions, and Amazon is kind of pointless without Prime. Also copied today, UberOne… https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260208194429

De-Amazon-ing is surprisingly difficult. Over the many years I’ve had a Prime subscription I have become so dependent on the ease. Gonna do it this year though! https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260208192112

My problem with the AI discussion as it stands today is simple. Most of the people talking about it are the absolute fanatics and the absolute detractors. We need a middle ground discussion that focuses on facts https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260207201921

Getting all nostalgic and playing a little Fallout 1 thanks to the excellent work done by Fallout 1 Community Edition https://github.com/alexbatalov/fallout1-ce Runs like a dream on Linux (so long as you throw in some symlinks...) ---... https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260206051413

Every couple of years I get the insatiable urge to completely rebuild my laptop OS. This time I went from Ubuntu/i3 to Arch/Hyprland and I kinda like it. A lot. You can find my setup notes here: https://pdg.thesatelliteoflove.com/os --... https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260205193002

You may marvel at AI, but I am amazed at just how easy printing is in Linux now. 2026 is VERY different to 1996 in CUPS land https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260205164150

I am noticing that the AI cheerleaders are saying we have hit AGI. Upon further investigation, it appears they have achieved this… by moving the goalposts that constitute AGI Bravo… Muppets https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260123224204

I am trying something new and publishing my longer thoughts in my digital garden. I am not sure if this is a long term solution but I am kicking the tires. Here are some ramblings from an Old Man about social media: https://pdg.thesatel... https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260121210304

I think my Apple Watch is going to officially retire. It’s just not bringing me anything right now that a normal watch cannot provide https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260120165958

I am so bored of being told that the entire economy is going to change in 12 months. It’s been 4 years, it ain’t happening… https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260120145337

Few things are more annoying than group texts https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260120010047

I love having a self hosted git server, but Gitea seems to be getting buggier, especially Actions and their runner. Anyone got an alternative? https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260119224911

I saw a poster at the post office today reminding folk that it is mandatory to sign up for the Selective Service System and it had a weirdly emotional impact on me. (SSS is essentially registering for the draft for non US folk) https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260118023639

EV's are still, in my opinion, one of the dumbest ideas that have met main stream acceptance. What problem are they trying to solve? Emissions? Where do you think the electricity is coming from? https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260117012706

I am all for this https://ground.news/article/nj-school-phone-ban-signed-into-law-by-governor-murphy_bf798c Phones are just one massive distraction in an educational context and getting them out of there is key to raising a generation ... https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260109180756

Booking medical appointments is maddening! How have we not mastered an online system by now https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260108001724

No matter what you think about AI, corporate accountability should be non-negotiable. https://ground.news/article/teen-dies-following-drug-combination-advice-from-chatgpt_f2b144 OpenAI should have to answer for this. https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260107171449

I know that talking about AI and vibe coding is a little taboo around these parts, but I cannot help but wonder just how many more "things" have been developed in the past year that would never have come to fruition otherwise https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260107153559

Also, super excited about Lorwyn Eclipsed, that is going to be a great set by the looks of it and should keep me busy enough to ignore whatever UB shite is after it. https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260107051255

Decided to give Qutebrowser a go and so far I am kinda loving it. I miss browser extensions, especially my password manager, but I am working around that right now and using userscripts to integrate what I can https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260107050245

Gettin stoked for con season this year! https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260107003230

Ice floes are always so damn pretty https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260105165152

I cannot tell if the world is just getting more violent or if I am just getting softer. https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260105165018

I see the crappiness of the companies he confounded is exceeded only by the awfulness of his ideas https://ground.news/article/israeli-cybersecurity-ceo-calls-to-limit-the-first-amendment_a17126?utm_source=mobile-app&utm_medium=newsroom... https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260104234815

AI/Super Intelligence dread is STRONG today. I think I’d feel better with different people at the wheel? The future is going to be weird. https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260104184158

More Pauper nuttiness, Slivers went 2-0 against an Elf Ball deck. The more Pauper I play, the less I want to play cEDH or Commander in general https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260103220016

Having pulled a Chrome Mox in the Mirrodin pre release in checks notes 2003 I finally put it in a deck today... I will not be discussing the fact that I have had this card in my binder for almost 23 years https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260103192844

Finally finished watching the first season of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. It was pretty good? I guess? The pacing was all over the place but I am stoked for season 2 https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260102235932

Just spent 10 minutes swearing at my work laptop because it appeared that an update broke it only to realize that the update just turned the brightness all the way down to basically a black screen? Thanks Apple… https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260102180224

And even more Lego (because I forgot to finish posting them) https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260102175602

I am not a New Years Resolution guy, but there are absolutely some things I need to adjust in my life now I am OLD. Firstly I need to cook more at home, and actually cook, not just throw junk together in interesting combinations. https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260102144447

People, if you are going to insist on bringing 4+ kids into a coffee shop, you could at least keep them at your table and not have them run around like they are being pursued by a predator. https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260101213853

First MTG game of the year, best of 3 pauper and my Slivers won 2-1. Gotta love them weird stacking critters. https://starpunk.thesatelliteoflove.com/note/20260101205503