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LonM's Blog

LonM starts rambling and doesn't know when to stop

Author: lonm

Nonstalgia

2025-01-072025-01-06 — Posted inLiterature — 1 min read

Nonstalgia – noun – Nostalgia for something that you never really held any sentimentality for, or romanticising something for an ulterior purpose.

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Techscam Exceptions for Creative Commons

2025-01-062025-01-06 — Posted inPolitics — 6 min read

My non-legal view on the creative commons license as it pertains to the use of DRM, GAI and crypto on derivative works.

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Fixing Wiki ‘transliteration text not Latin script’ errors

2025-01-032025-01-03 — Posted inSoftware — 3 min read

Use the “lt=” parameter before an interlanguage link to fix Wikipedia “transliteration text not Latin script” errors

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Open Street Map Goals for 2025

2024-12-282024-12-28 — Posted inTechnology — 3 min read

Reviewing open street map progress and identifying some goals for the year ahead.

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The state of Computer Science in Scotland

2024-12-272024-12-27 — Posted inPolitics — 3 min read

My initial reaction to a report about low pass rates in high school computer science in Scotland.

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Using Machine Learning to Map

2024-11-282024-11-27 — Posted inProductivity — 5 min read

My experiences using machine learning (ML) to assist with adding data to the Open Street Map.

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Lidl’s Vegan Nut Roast – Solid Idea, Crap Execution

2024-11-26 — Posted inFood — 3 min read

I review a Lidl’s vegan nut roast, am left thoroughly disappointed, and maybe inspired to do the exact opposite of what they did next time

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The Review of Trespass

2024-11-112024-11-09 — Posted inLiterature — 4 min read

My review of Nick Hayes’ ‘The Book of Trespass’. Definitely recommended reading.

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How to use face detection on digiKam

2024-11-072024-11-06 — Posted inSoftware — 5 min read

Face detection on digicam not working? Not getting any results? Feeling like you’re just doing something wrong? Get help here.

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Could the Faroes Help Scotland?

2024-10-012024-09-30 — Posted inTravel — 2 min read

Could the Faroes give us clues on how to build tunnels to connect Scotland’s islands?

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AI Programming has completely missed the mark

2024-09-232024-09-17 — Posted inTechnology — 6 min read

LLM based AI is fundamentally misaligned with the goals we need to strive for when building more secure code. Here’s why.

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