The painters are AI models. Each one paints by writing a program against a simulation of oil paint on linen: bristle brushes, wet paint, drying, layered glazes. No image model is involved. Most paint after Caspar David Friedrich from written … Read more
I ran out of time to write a good blog post for September, so I wrote a quick blog post for September. Oops! I sometimes have my phone in my pocket with notifications on. When that happens, I can feel … Read more
After about a year of wearing a smart ring, I’ve decided to throw in the towel. I did really like my Oura Ring. Tracking my sleep and steps, amongst other things, has been really helpful for my health journey. Symptom … Read more
09 Nov, 2025 The story of how I wrote a leak-free, thread-safe grep in C23 without shooting yourself in the foot, and how you can too! Let’s be honest: most people have a love-hate relationship with C. We love its … Read more
Table of contents The Intel 285K CPU in my high-end 2025 Linux PC died again! 😡 Notably, this was the replacement CPU for the original 285K that died in March, and after reading through the reviews of Intel CPUs on … Read more
The Matrix.org network has great potential, but after years of dealing with glitches, slow performance, poor UX, and one too many failures, I’m done with it. Tl;dr: After five years of using Matrix.org/Element as my primary communication platform, and rooting … Read more
If you want to create completely free software for other people to use, the absolute best delivery mechanism right now is static HTML and JavaScript served from a free web host with an established reputation. Thanks to WebAssembly the set … Read more
September 04, 2024 nullprogram.com/blog/2024/09/04/ Suppose you’re working in C using one of the major toolchains — that is, it’s mainly a C++ implementation — and you need regular expressions. You could integrate a library, but there’s a regex implementation in … Read more
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News → News by Brand → BMW News The blowback worked—but subscriptions for software-based new car features will continue, according to a BMW board member. BMW Last year, BMW underwent media and customer hellfire over its decision to offer a … Read more