zesterer/atto
github.com
An insanely simple self-hosted functional programming language
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Air Canada must honor refund policy invented by airline’s chatbot
arstechnica.com
According to Air Canada, Moffatt never should have trusted the chatbot and the airline should not be liable for the chatbot’s misleading information because Air Canada essentially argued that “the chatbot is a separate legal entity that is responsible for its own actions,” a court order said.
tvler/streetpass
github.com
Find your people on Mastodon
Handling Death Gracefully in Digital Experiences
cloudfour.com
So we’ve been dealing with our fair share of loss lately. And to make matters worse, we’ve encountered applications that handle death poorly and add to our pain.
The Real Computer Revolution Hasn’t Happened Yet
tinlizzie.org
But it looks as though the actual revolution will take longer than our optimism suggested, largely because the commercial and educational interests in the old media and modes of thought have frozen personal computing pretty much at the “imitation of paper, recordings, film and TV” level.
So many amazing ideas in this talk by Alan Kay. Ironic that it was given in 2007, the year the iPhone debuted.
Joey Castillo: Comprehensible Open Hardware
patreon.com
So many good nuggets in this quick talk, from teaching users that they don’t have to accept tech that wasn’t made with their best interests at heart, to breaking out castellated submodules, to directions on the silkscreen, to self-documenting circuit boards.
Why NetNewsWire Isn’t Available for Vision Pro
inessential.com
So I want to be careful and go slowly, because if I made it available it would be extremely difficult to reverse the decision and take it away, even with an excellent reason.
Brent, as awesomely considered and thoughtful as ever.
mogenson/lua-macos-app
github.com
A sample GUI Lua REPL, showing how to bundle LuaJIT into a self-contained MacOS app
ntfy.sh | Send push notifications to your phone via PUT/POST
ntfy.sh
ntfy (pronounced notify) is a simple HTTP-based pub-sub notification service. It allows you to send notifications to your phone or desktop via scripts from any computer, and/or using a REST API. It’s infinitely flexible, and 100% free software.
POLY555 Synth
blog.tommy.sh
It’s an analog, 20 note polyphonic, square wave synthesizer based on the 555 timer chip. The enclosure and keys are 3D-printed, its models were programmed in OpenSCAD, and its PCB was designed in Kicad.
I especially like the gallery of abandoned ideas on the path to making this.