Dan Lyke 22:42:49+0000 (2026-06-18)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (38.225,-122.628)
Craigslist posting for our Endless Pool
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/for/d/petaluma-endless-pool-late-90s-swim-spa/7941846475.html
Dan Lyke 18:46:24+0000 (2026-06-18)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (38.2249,-122.628)
The Vacancy Project has some media coverage in Petaluma Voice, including mention of next week's meeting!
https://www.petalumavoice.org/fenced-lots-and-empty-storefronts/
Dan Lyke 17:53:35+0000 (2026-06-18)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (38.2249,-122.628)
My old house server died, so looking for a cheap replacement I grabbed a pair of Optiplex 7050s off of the Sonoma County surplus auction, for about what the RAM in them would cost at retail (Moved the RAM from my old server into one of them, gonna put it in the other one).
Of course it doesn't really have room for all the drives I need to put in it, so I have an external enclosure coming...
https://www.publicsurplus.com/sms/list/current?orgid=173161
Dan Lyke 23:26:15+0000 (2026-06-17)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (38.2365,-122.643)
Searching for stuff on the TV show The Way Home last night, and the word salad that Google's AI Overview provided was... something.
I'm becoming more selective about publishing slop, even to laugh at it, but it feels like when we inadvertently uncover this stuff we need to note it, as a reminder.
Dan Lyke 21:17:01+0000 (2026-06-17)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (38.2365,-122.643)
I remember one of B.F. Skinner's books ending with "Now, let us see what man can do with man".
If the continuum from A/B testing ads to LLMs and AI psychosis is the leverage of automated exploits of unconscious human behaviors, I think...
... I think we're discovering what that means.
Dan Lyke 18:26:23+0000 (2026-06-17)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (38.2365,-122.643)
When I type this out, it feels obvious: Multi-layered AI agents (OpenClaw, etc) are an attempt by an industry that's constantly flailing at trying to automate processes they don't understand to automate their own bad processes.
Dan Lyke 23:53:41+0000 (2026-06-15)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (38.2365,-122.643)
So that I can find it in the future, grab a video frame at a particular time with:
ffmpeg -ss 12:34.5 -i video.MOV -frames:v 1 -q:v 2 output.jpg
Dan Lyke 03:22:34+0000 (2026-06-15)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (38.2249,-122.628)
Thought we'd found a place for this final SFBABC.org bench, went and talked with someone tending the space and discovered that they were delicately managing relationships with the two property owners, and didn't want to introduce a bench to that.
So we're back to the two playgrounds that feel kinda like a slap in the face of Parks & Rec, or finding another space. Anyone in Petaluma got suggestions for a public space that could use a bench?
Dan Lyke 22:21:57+0000 (2026-06-14)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (38.2249,-122.628)
If anybody in the North SF Bay area is interested in a late 1990a era Endless Pool (with some modern upgrades), hit me up before I write the whole Craigslist posting. It won't be cheap to move, but for the right DIYer with a plan it might be cool.
Dan Lyke 16:38:44+0000 (2026-06-13)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (38.225,-122.628)
Finished watching Motel Drive last night. That's a powerful (short, 1 hr) movie with no good answers, but a lot of questions we should be having conversations around.
Housing policy, drug policy, urban design, education... and it ends maybe kinda hopeful?
Dan Lyke 21:29:59+0000 (2026-06-12)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (37.8477,-122.483)
That is not the ferry...Dan Lyke 17:56:00+0000 (2026-06-12)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (38.225,-122.628)
Renaissance Petaluma: Who gets to build?
Good to see downtown merchants getting on board with reforming how we permit and approve new construction.
https://renaissancepetaluma.org/who-gets-to-build
Dan Lyke 16:57:17+0000 (2026-06-12)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (38.2291,-122.631)
The future is going great (with picture)Dan Lyke 16:54:56+0000 (2026-06-12)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (38.2299,-122.632)
The future is going great...
Dan Lyke 16:35:14+0000 (2026-06-07)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (38.2248,-122.628)
With the news that Meta's AI bot is being used to steal accounts, hat tip to everyone who's used "Facebook Login" to trust Meta with their identity on third party services.
Dan Lyke 19:24:06+0000 (2026-06-06)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (38.2519,-122.631)
I'm not sure a still picture can capture the sense of "saunter" that's happening with these geese. They own the space, and they are aware.Dan Lyke 01:53:28+0000 (2026-06-06)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (38.2365,-122.643)
Casual question: Is there a discography to YouTube database anywhere? I dummied up some data using yt-dlp and Jacob Collier's playlists, but I'm playing around with browsing an artist, and it'd be cool to do this in a more generic sense.
Dan Lyke 20:20:59+0000 (2026-06-05)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (38.2365,-122.643)
Things that put the climate crisis in context: A Nextdoor post from someone complaining that they just spent $7.99/lb on beef...
Dan Lyke 19:21:43+0000 (2026-06-05)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (38.2365,-122.643)
A "pride flag" rainbow in which the blue line extends outside the rectangle. The caption reads:
There is no such thing as pride without a thin blue line.
The brave men, women, and non-binary heroes at Stonewall couldn't have thrown bricks at cops if there hadn't been any cops.Dan Lyke 18:58:00+0000 (2026-06-05)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (38.2365,-122.643)
Interesting conversation at square dancing last night, someone had tried to use one of the chatbots, and his take-away was that as long as it didn't have any model for correctness it really wasn't useful for anything but entertainment.
Good to see non-tech people discovering this independently.
Dan Lyke 18:53:11+0000 (2026-06-05)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (38.2365,-122.643)
Woohoo! Knew that trading my privacy for a browser gamification experience would pay off some day!Dan Lyke 20:22:39+0000 (2026-06-04)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1)
Say someone wanted to buy a small batch, 50-100, of compression springs. I'm flexible, from ball point pen size to say .25"od by 1" long.
There has to be a cheaper way to do this than buying 100 retractable ball point pens, right?
Dan Lyke 15:48:11+0000 (2026-06-04)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (38.2249,-122.628)
Back from my trip. Playing catch-up.
Which has led to household discussion of what other condiments are playable.
Dan Lyke 15:24:18+0000 (2026-06-03)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (45.512,-122.631)
Portland has malware on bill boards. This is a redirect to Cody(dot)md, a chatbot that... Uh. Yeah. Don't take medical advice from a chat bot.Dan Lyke 14:54:46+0000 (2026-06-03)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (45.5149,-122.629)
Slow street signs in Portland are a mood.Dan Lyke 02:01:21+0000 (2026-06-03)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (45.5108,-122.686)
Aah, high school graduation speeches... "You are all equally unique individuals."
Dan Lyke 16:13:15+0000 (2026-06-02)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (45.5121,-122.629)
Yesterday receiving a friend took me on a tour of the Portland maker space they're a member of, Past Lives. It's an amazing space, but getting there reminded of how much zoning has taken from us.
Dan Lyke 15:55:58+0000 (2026-06-02)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (45.5121,-122.627)
Sunrise woke me up at like 5:30, so I'm out walking Portland's Hawthorne District, and I come by Golden Hour Coffee Co., opens at 9AM...
Uhhhh.
Dan Lyke 06:13:00+0000 (2026-06-02)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (45.51,-122.631)
My neighbor turned me on to this story of a former coworker of his.
If I ever deck someone in a church, I hope I'm prepared enough to throw multiple 40 oz "incendiary devices" at the cops.
https://contracostaherald.com/concord-man-convicted-of-detonating-explosives-during-high-speed-police-chase/
Dan Lyke 05:36:17+0000 (2026-06-02)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (45.5088,-122.625)
I recently learned that the city of Petaluma complained about the guerilla garden at the 5th and H St traffic circle because of the height.
This is what real cities do for neighborhood traffic circles.Dan Lyke 18:57:14+0000 (2026-06-01)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (45.51,-122.631)
Audiveris is amazing for music OCR, though I'm trying to figure out how to clean up lyrics, but dang the search engines are falling down on serving up the malware dot-com address rather than the actual site.
We definitely need a better web.
https://github.com/Audiveris/audiveris
Dan Lyke 17:59:50+0000 (2026-06-01)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (45.5101,-122.631)
I love a good "show asks if there's anyone in the audience who can play, random pianist saves the show" story.
https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/news/sydney-la-la-land-justin-hurwitz-audience-concert-video-b2987083.html
Dan Lyke 17:32:04+0000 (2026-06-01)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (45.5123,-122.64)
Helping Celia put up her pictures at the Rivermark Community Credit Union.Dan Lyke 04:20:59+0000 (2026-06-01)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (45.5096,-122.631)
That drama with the little faun who spent all day alone in the shadow by the house has the cutest resolution.
https://youtube.com/shorts/aEgeqCyW8rc
Dan Lyke 18:08:33+0000 (2026-05-31)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (45.7092,-121.903)
If we can't see its pupils, does that mean we have no eye deer?
Kinda getting concerned that this one is still here...Dan Lyke 18:06:07+0000 (2026-05-31)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (45.7092,-121.903)
I deer you.Dan Lyke 18:05:21+0000 (2026-05-31)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (45.7092,-121.903)
I double deer you.Dan Lyke 17:53:03+0000 (2026-05-31)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (45.7012,-121.895)
And then the road ended.Dan Lyke 17:23:37+0000 (2026-05-31)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (45.6701,-121.889)
Stopped to take a (picture of a) pea.Dan Lyke 15:43:42+0000 (2026-05-31)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (45.6852,-121.885)
Oh deer.Dan Lyke 03:48:50+0000 (2026-05-31)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (45.7092,-121.903)
Wat?Dan Lyke 00:58:18+0000 (2026-05-31)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (45.7093,-121.903)
Current status. (With picture)Dan Lyke 00:57:14+0000 (2026-05-31)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (45.7093,-121.903)
Current status.
Dan Lyke 23:25:43+0000 (2026-05-30)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (45.7094,-121.903)
When the AI tech bubble has lost Paul Graham....
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/tech-ceos-problem-ai-laziness
Dan Lyke 03:08:07+0000 (2026-05-30)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (38.5101,-122.806)
It's fun to point and laugh at the idea of a company spending half a billion bucks on AI tokens in one quarter, but this seems pretty bogus, 'cause a $500m revenue spike on any of the AI players would, you know, show up...
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/mystery-company-accidentally-blew-usd500-million-on-claude-in-a-single-month-failed-to-put-usage-limit-on-licenses-for-employees
Dan Lyke 01:34:55+0000 (2026-05-29)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (38.225,-122.628)
Some people could be replaced by a cron job that just posts "It's worth noting that the latest generation of models is significantly better than the previous ones" every month.
And continue to be wrong.
Dan Lyke 06:32:58+0000 (2026-05-28)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/0) — Lat,Lon: (38.2251,-122.628)
A few cranky notes on the pedestrian Kentucky St forum this evening.
https://www.flutterby.com/archives/comments/36157.html
Dan Lyke 06:32:14+0000 (2026-05-28)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/0) — Lat,Lon: (38.225,-122.628)
Why is my web server so slow?
Oh, OpenAI bot.
Fuckers.
Dan Lyke 21:47:26+0000 (2026-05-27)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (38.2365,-122.643)
So remind me again how many trillions AI is gonna have to generate in revenue to pay off the money already dumped in the shitter?Dan Lyke 18:59:33+0000 (2026-05-27)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (38.2366,-122.643)
That feeling when my Blüeski or Fediverse account gets followed by some too smiley finance or AI newsletter writer and I go back through my recent re-toots/skeets trying to figure out where I went wrong.