Dan Jones shared 3 months ago
I hope this email finds you
I hope this email brings you all
And in the darkness binds you
Dan Jones shared 3 months ago
The necromancer nailed a note up on the town noticeboard.
"What's this?" the town clerk asked. "Notice... Raise the dead... Eastern graveyard... Objections... Objections?"
"I'm an ethical necromancer, I won't raise anyone someone asks to be left alone."
"So far, how many is that?"
"All of them."
Dan Jones shared 3 months ago
A decayed workshop in an abandoned china factory
https://www.abandonedamerica.us/slideshow146842.html
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A vast room filled with vats and pipes. The floor is covered with moss, mold, and bits of machinery. A small sign hangs from the ceiling that reads "Quality And Pride Go Hand In Hand"
Dan Jones shared 3 months ago
Over on Whatever today, I write on the Pixel 10 Pro's "Pro-Res Zoom" and how that "AI"-generated zoom feature is not creating photos, but illustrations, some of which have not much to do with actual reality, and what that means for taking photos with the phone:
Dan Jones shared 3 months ago
Well... due to restructuring reasons, my position was cut. So I find myself looking for employment or contracts!
I am available for:
- digital communication
- social media content creation & community management
- web marketing: SEO/GEO, SEM, newsletters, etc.
- web project management, analysis and quote writing, etc.
- integration and frontend development
I can work remote in Canada (or if across the world, that you can hire a Canadian citizen), or local in Montreal region.
There you have it, I'm open to discussing and seeing how I can help in this digital economy. I have 25 years of experience in: web development, digital communication and web marketing, with some experience in digital project management. In short, I've touched on many things during my career, and I'd like to continue developing my skills in this field.
If you have contacts to refer me to, companies that are hiring (hybrid or remote), or have people with sporadic/contract needs, I'm available 😄
P.S. I wish happiness to the Horizon Cumulus team. I'm leaving on good terms despite everything, and I wish them all imaginable success in the future!
Dan Jones shared 3 months ago
What To Know About ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ https://theonion.com/what-to-know-about-kpop-demon-hunters/
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Q: Who is KPop Demon Hunters for? A: Anyone who can get past the title.
Dan Jones shared 3 months ago
Did you hear about the guy who bought a box of 96 German sausages at Costco?
It was the wurst case scenario.
Dan Jones shared 3 months ago
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Star Trek The Next Generation scene. Ok, so Worf's in a mud bath at some kind of spa. All we see is Worf's head, the entire rest of him submerged. In mud. With a frowny yucky face, it would appear he's very unhappy about it. No caption.
Dan Jones shared 3 months ago
Today in 1885, 140 years ago: Gottlieb Daimler patents the first motorcycle.
I recently read through the Inclusive Language Guide put out by the Academy Software Foundation (part of the Linux Foundation).
I think this is a great guide, and I went back to it today to check myself on a term I regularly use, but is specifically singled out in this guide as being ableist. The phrase is "sanity check". I assume the ableist implications here are obvious, so I wont' go into that.
But I'm having trouble with an appropriate alternative. The alternatives suggested in the guide (validation check, consistency check, logic check, gut check) don't quite match up for me.
I would normally use this phrase like this: "Hey, Vanessa, could you have a look at my code? I think I've got everything here, but something is bugging me about it; could give me a sanity check?" Everyone I work with understands that usage. By it, I mean, "Can you make sure that I didn't miss something obvious?"
For now, I think I'm just going to say that: "Can you make sure that I didn't miss something obvious?" But it's pretty wordy, and I'd like to find a more concise way to say that that would be easily understood by other developers without having to use all of those words.
Any suggestion?
#AskMastodon #AskFedi #AskFediverse #BoostsWelcome #Inclusion #StayWoke
Dan Jones shared 4 months ago
Still one of my favorite McSweeney’s articles: E-mail Addresses It Would Be Really Annoying to Give Out Over the Phone. “[email protected]” https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/e-mail-addresses-it-would-be-really-annoying-to-give-out-over-the-phone
I'm having heart surgery this week. It's a pretty common procedure with low risk and high probability of success, but they are cutting my chest open and tinkering with my heart, so it's not nothing.
But, my five-year-old, since learning that I was having trouble with my heart, and the doctors were going to help it, has been super adorable. Multiple times a day she comes up to me and kisses me on my chest, because she wants to kiss my heart to make it feel better. She brought me some water last night telling me it was good for my heart
This is a hate crime, and also looks like it slaps.
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Screenshot of a YouTube Music playlist titled Oldies by Paulo Hintz, containing 64 songs. The first three are visible: You Oughta Know by Alanis Morrissette, Complicated by Avril Lavigne, and Lovefool by The Cardigans
Yesterday, I got a text from an AI recruiter called Riley from Apex Systems. It said it was reaching out about a backend developer position, and if I'd like to hear more, to reply "CALL" to receive a callback from it.
I was tempted to get the callback out of curiosity, but the whole thing was just too weird.
Since I didn't reply, it followed up today with an email with more information about the job. The job was using a language I've never used before, it was a contract position (I currently have a permanent position), and making just a bit more than half of what I'm currently making.
So, basically useless. And the fact that it addressed me by my proper name (Daniel), when I go by Dan everywhere online and on my resume made it so much weirder.
I would describe myself as an AI skeptic with serious concerns about the technology, but I don't complete dismiss out-of-hand. I use an AI coding agent from time to time, and brainstorm with ChatGPT regularly. But I don't think I'll interacting with any AI recruiters any time soon.
It might as well be a robocall.
Dan Jones shared 4 months ago
Hacker News front page today.
Uh-oh.
"AWS CEO says using AI to replace junior staff is 'Dumbest thing I've ever heard'"
https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/aws_ceo_entry_level_jobs_opinion/
"Mark Zuckerberg freezes AI hiring amid bubble fears"
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/08/21/zuckerberg-freezes-ai-hiring-amid-bubble-fears/
"95% of Companies See ‘Zero Return’ on $30 Billion Generative AI Spend, MIT Report Finds"
https://thedailyadda.com/95-of-companies-see-zero-return-on-30-billion-generative-ai-spend-mit-report-finds/
Dan Jones shared 4 months agoBelieving that your hiring decision is better with five rounds of interviews is a lot like believing that your outfit is better with five pairs of pants.
Dan Jones shared 4 months ago
You’re in his DMs, I’m in the DSM-5. We are not the same.
Dan Jones shared 4 months agoThis is cool: Internet-in-a-Box. “Up to 32 users who are within about 100m of the hotspot can connect to the device and access or download the content that exists on the device: Wikipedia slices, medical knowledge, videos, and books.” https://mdwiki.org/wiki/WikiProjectMed:Internet-in-a-Box
Dan Jones shared 4 months agoJournalist Lauren Goode convinced her editors to let her spend a couple of days vibe-coding at a tech company. “Both vibe coding and journalism are an exercise in prodding, and in procurement: Can you say more about this? Can you elaborate on that?” https://kottke.org/25/08/much-ado-about-vibe-coding
Here I am at 6am, sitting on the floor of my 8-year-old's bedroom, quoting René Descartes, in an attempt to convince him to get out of bed and get ready for school.