friends, internet compatriots, incredibly lost sworn foes: do any of you know of any good resources for learning more about data center cooling systems?
Olu Niyi-Awosusi
@olu.online
web developer, writer, video maker, mad/disabled + audhd, queer, luddite, black innit | they/them | elsewhere: https://olu.online/contact
second july reply, deciding if i go for a third today lol or just reply outside of the challenge to the other thing: olu.online/re-the-robot...
RE: “The robots work at night”: How AI helps the world’s poorest, and where it falls short
tldr; ew. the long read on this isn't much more nuanced
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have you heard of JSSS? it was a competing alternative to CSS, promoted by Netscape, back in the mid 90s before CSS was standardized and boy was it a weird choice
when someone is mad at you on the computer they make up stuff about your identity to justify their behavior (youre straight, youre rich, you live in new york) because they're not mad enough to identify your actual crimes (i have killed before and i will kill again)
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hark, a #julyreply! have NOT done a great job at keeping up with the blogosphere this month annoyingly but i'm hoping to make 3 at least olu.online/re-knitting-...
RE: knitting the web: we need interlinkers
metablogging isn't bad! unless...
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it's monday and i'm on ontogether again, hmu if you want to join
back on working on a video essay, wild friday night! ontogether???? ontogether tonite queen?????
back on working on a video essay, wild friday night! ontogether???? ontogether tonite queen?????
if anyone uses ontogether i'm on for the next few hours working on a video essay script, message me for the code!
writers: do you have any tips for reducing scope when you're working on something? intentionally vague and open lol
if anyone uses ontogether i'm on for the next few hours working on a video essay script, message me for the code!
i like to come up with opinions that no one has ever believed or even heard of before and put "gentle reminder:" in front of them
ironically, this is an argument for exercising more agency, in order to influence the environment which forms people's views.
The fundamental thing to realize is that free will does not exist. People's views are entirely formed by the environments they are in. If the environment is bad their views become worse. If the environment is good their views become better
LLMs and a trap, and if you step into them as your first step in computering, they are highly likely to be your last step as well. you're doomed to ignorance. the LLM is magic and you're never going to be a wizard, you're just subject to the whims of wizards
"People are already using AI all throughout the college, for all kinds of different things. We can't talk about whether or not AI is appropriate for education, because it's already here." A video addressing the terrible argument that "the cat is out of the bag." www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUMB...
To A Point: "…but the cat is out of the bag!" (AI and Education)
YouTube video by josh (with parentheses)
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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but people who are cis don’t spend a lot of time wondering if they’re trans
I’ve posted it before, but it feels evergreen The two hardest problems in Computer Science are 1. Human communication 2. Getting people in tech to believe that human communication is important
I think we need an inverse thread where we talk about things that normal intelligent people universally agree upon that are for some reason hot takes within your profession
thought about this and had to write it, the gist is that it's weird and bad for people to use llms to try and get people to care about them or their projects and the mean take that unfortunately i believe is that most people are cowards when it comes to writing and art macwright.com/2026/06/24/a...
Accidental anonymity
JavaScript, math, maps, etc
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“I can be better than this” - weak, cowardly “I already am better than this” - strong, sexy
I’ll eventually have to stop thinking of all of this new stuff as “out of character for me” and just accept that it’s in character for me to do cool and fun stuff.
the upside to moving and upending your entire life is that it really gives you the mental freedom to continue making changes because there's not the old baseline to fall back to as easily. i keep asking myself "aspirationally, how do i want to live my life?" and just Doing it instead of shying away.
“I want to fix this industry. I want you to have a place in it. I want *us* to have a place in it. Maybe you do, too.” https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/all-tomorrows-parties/
All tomorrow’s parties. — Ethan Marcotte
What happens next? Well, you tell me.
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I just put out a new video 🙂. it's about American visual culture—where it's been (derogatory) and where it's going (vaguely ominous). viewable by tRUE PATRIOTS ONLY rAAHH 🦅🇺🇸 youtu.be/45ynsws5zVk
The New Americana
YouTube video by pagemelt
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Is there an accepted best resource to gain a practical understanding of electricity? What is an amp, a volt, a watt, why do plugs need earth, what is earth leakage, what’s an RCD, what is AC and DC, how to safely experiment with this stuff and see its effects with my own eyes?
is anyone going to EMF this year? I am speaking but have not thought about the social side enough yet lol, let me know! https://www.emfcamp.org
bsky wont let me reply but wrote up this quickly in obsidian about self-studying math sorry not sorry for this
I'd love to know any other resources you're using; I was good (did my GCSE early!) at maths till IB (and then I was busy being mentally ill for a decade lol) and always try to circle back but nothing has felt correctly pitched?