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The speed of writing code has never, and will never be the bottleneck. The bottleneck, the limiting factor, is always in the thinking about the code and how it works, understanding it. People who use chatgpt to write code are literally removing the only part of programming that is actually useful.

submitted 8 days ago • 12 comments

First pic of me... hello! I'm Victoria - I create aerial embroidery landscapes, mainly of the countryside and wild areas. The art I'm working on here is a particularly large landscape commission inspired by Ireland I've been busy with! I hope to meet other artists on here, embroidery or otherwise 💚

submitted 14 days ago • 8 comments

Slowly rebuilding our Hoosier cabinet and I’m pretty darn pleased with how these drawers have turned out. Stained with coffee and conditioned with butcher block oil.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

The unnecessary stress of filling out 'country' in any given drop down: Scroll down to United Kingdom. Not there. Scroll up for Great Britain. Nope. England? Nope. Panic??? (It was under 'Britain')

submitted 26 days ago • 9 comments

Here's how I feel about gen AI- why would I want to read something that nobody wrote? Why would I want to look at art nobody made? Why would I listen to music nobody played? What's the point?

submitted 26 days ago • 6 comments

I've been working on my largest ever commission in April - a 16-inch aerial embroidery inspired by Ireland's landscapes ☘️ Rich green fields, purple heather moorland and lakes... and lots of animals when its complete! :) Also, expect many more posts from me this month after such a quiet April!

submitted 42 days ago • 10 comments

My Royal Mail messenger-bag-turned-bicycle-pannier continues to be a frigging delight (…even if I’m still patiently waiting for fellow expats to comment on it)

submitted 44 days ago • 1 comment

There’s no rule saying you can’t high five a tree 🖐️

submitted 50 days ago • 3 comments

It’s a dismantle-your-gear-hub kind of day

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

Cycling down a multi-use footpath, lined with old thick trees that send shadows and dabbled sunlight across the pavement

submitted 55 days ago • 1 comment

regardless of today’s outcome, it is morally indefensible to have a court ruling on something that affects a population, using evidence and findings that did not consult a single member of that population.

submitted 57 days ago • 0 comments

It’s worth noting that JK Rowling is not only funding meritless legal challenges against trans people until they can appeal up to the court that will back them, she openly gloats about how this is where her money is going. This is what the Harry Potter TV show is bankrolling.

submitted 57 days ago • 35 comments

Look, I don’t have control of a whole lot of things… BUT I do have these plants I can encourage and care for and that feels nice!

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

Every day I wake up to the news

submitted 70 days ago • 106 comments

My new hobby is fixing local bus routes on Open Street Map and adding bus stops

submitted 72 days ago • 1 comment

openai’s new ghibli “generator” is explicitly an intentional attempt at humiliation of a prominent objector openai is culturally fascist as well as functionally fascist it’s not an accident

submitted 77 days ago • 8 comments

eBay have changed their terms of service and you're automatically opted-in for your personal data to be used for AI development and training. To turn this off, sign into your account click on the Hi (your name)! > My eBay > Account > AI training preferences and you can toggle off the permission.

submitted 85 days ago • 145 comments

Looks like it’s 1996 all over again!

submitted 87 days ago • 1 comment

When I’m working on stuff past midnight, this is who finds me to tell me to go to bed.

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

This, precisely, is what I think Dem voters want from their representatives: direct confrontation with people who are used to bullying others both as a matter of substance and style. You don't have to back down to these fucking clowns.

submitted 93 days ago • 170 comments

Having a hard time understanding why Elon Musk thinks its a good odea to degrade NOAA’s ability to give us lifesaving early warnings for Hurricanes & Tornadoes. www.axios.com/2025/03/03/d...

submitted 101 days ago • 695 comments

Great breakdown of how the "WoeMeter" from the latest Severance episode was built: make3.co/work/woemeter @adafruit.com ESP32-S3 Feather spotted!

submitted 101 days ago • 6 comments

One of the most common arguments you hear from fans of generative ‘AI’ is that it’s not plagiarizing people’s work, it’s just learning like a human learns. So I’m going to break down why that’s just not true, and why it can never be true, with the existing systems. 1/

submitted 106 days ago • 105 comments

A reminder as NOAA layoffs are underway:

submitted 105 days ago • 0 comments

Just a big ol’ floof

submitted 112 days ago • 0 comments

Also I don't know who needs to hear this, but GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS ARE SUPPOSED TO OPERATE AT A LOSS. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS. WE ALL PAY IN. GOVERNMENT DOES THINGS THAT AREN'T PROFITABLE BUT THAT WE NEED. LIKE MAIL. AND ROADS. AND MAKING SURE AIRPLANES DONT LAND UPSIDE DOWN YOU MORONS

submitted 113 days ago • 6 comments

Bus tracker project: It’s a tiny thing really… but I’m pretty pleased with this little bus sprite I made. Changes colour based on whether the tracked bus is moving or stopped.

submitted 113 days ago • 1 comment

Me awake: no idea about cows. Me asleep: The Ayrshire is a breed of Scottish cattle…

submitted 114 days ago • 0 comments

So one of the things that I think is lost on AI proponents is what I call the card catalog effect, a thing I shouldn’t call it because a lot of people probably have no experience with a card catalog.

submitted 115 days ago • 105 comments

'Castle ruins in the wild' - this aerial embroidery took me over 50 hours! All those tiny French knots... building up the wild ground around the ruins :) I know they aren't everyone's favourite but I could do those knots forever! Available here: victoriaroserichards.co.uk/collection/a... #landscape

submitted 115 days ago • 15 comments

Executive wants to frame the NIH indirects cut as $4B in savings. But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.

submitted 125 days ago • 73 comments

The NIH overhead cut doesn't just hurt universities. It's deadly to the US economy. The US is a world leader in tech due to the ecosystem that NIH and NSF propel. It drives innovation for tech transfer, creates a highly-skilled sci/tech workforce, and fosters academic/industry crossfertilization.

submitted 125 days ago • 30 comments

This is very good. Clear and succinct.

submitted 128 days ago • 82 comments