Musing about my bad handwriting
Author: lonm
Endarkening
A new twist on the meaning of Endarkening: To be enlightened and unhappy about it
R. F. Kuangs Babel – an excellent alternate history novel
My review of R.F. Kuang’s Babel. Great alternate history novel with an insightful look at imperial oppression.
Why I wont use a chatbot
I hear lots of people who use LLM based chatbots for lots of different tasks on a daily basis. I wont because I want to avoid atrophy of thought
Dream Notions
Dream Notion – Noun – Forming ideas in the way your body does right as you are about to fall asleep
Nonstalgia
Nonstalgia – noun – Nostalgia for something that you never really held any sentimentality for, or romanticising something for an ulterior purpose.
Techscam Exceptions for Creative Commons
My non-legal view on the creative commons license as it pertains to the use of DRM, GAI and crypto on derivative works.
Fixing Wiki ‘transliteration text not Latin script’ errors
Use the “lt=” parameter before an interlanguage link to fix Wikipedia “transliteration text not Latin script” errors
Open Street Map Goals for 2025
Reviewing open street map progress and identifying some goals for the year ahead.
The state of Computer Science in Scotland
My initial reaction to a report about low pass rates in high school computer science in Scotland.
Using Machine Learning to Map
My experiences using machine learning (ML) to assist with adding data to the Open Street Map.