OK. I did it, finally.
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I gotta finish this curséd blog post first though. 3500 words and I'm almost done with the introduction. Starting to wonder if I'm actually just writing a book and I should be looking at a markdown -> epub pipeline instead
@glyph non serious suggestion: do a Typst -> epub pipeline instead because that'll cause you to also write an additional short blog post about the process of producing epub from Typst as a side effect which means it's almost free! Aside from the huge time investment.
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I gotta be honest, I'm a bit annoyed at the amount of AI nonsense going on at both the conference and within the community right now. It was more emotionally difficult to book this year than it has been in years prior. I am expecting more tense social interactions that require a far higher degree of self-regulation this time than I am used to at an event where I usually feel like I am Among My People.
@glyph Me, about PyCon AU's proposal review process this year: "We don't know the proportions, but we expect the audience to range from "all in" LLM enthusiasts to adamant "never LLMs" hardliners. Crafting a program that encourages everyone on that spectrum to *talk* to each other rather than yelling over or at each other is going to be a challenging task."
I can only assume the PyCon US program committee faced the same challenge.
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I gotta be honest, I'm a bit annoyed at the amount of AI nonsense going on at both the conference and within the community right now. It was more emotionally difficult to book this year than it has been in years prior. I am expecting more tense social interactions that require a far higher degree of self-regulation this time than I am used to at an event where I usually feel like I am Among My People.
@glyph I was at a Blacksmithing event and had to discuss a surprising amount of AI. It was a spectator though.
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@glyph Me, about PyCon AU's proposal review process this year: "We don't know the proportions, but we expect the audience to range from "all in" LLM enthusiasts to adamant "never LLMs" hardliners. Crafting a program that encourages everyone on that spectrum to *talk* to each other rather than yelling over or at each other is going to be a challenging task."
I can only assume the PyCon US program committee faced the same challenge.
@ancoghlan I'm wondering what "all in" folks are looking to get that they don't get from their vendor.
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I gotta finish this curséd blog post first though. 3500 words and I'm almost done with the introduction. Starting to wonder if I'm actually just writing a book and I should be looking at a markdown -> epub pipeline instead
I am going to need some volutnteer copy-editors / advance readers for this monstrosity. if you're a booster this is going to be a hard read because it's relentlessly negative. but if you're a critic it's going to be a hard read because there's a lot of harm-reduction safety-tips language assuming that the reader doesn't agree with me and that they will continue to use AI (or at the very least are not able to escape mandates to use AI). so does anyone feel like doing some self-abuse next week
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I am going to need some volutnteer copy-editors / advance readers for this monstrosity. if you're a booster this is going to be a hard read because it's relentlessly negative. but if you're a critic it's going to be a hard read because there's a lot of harm-reduction safety-tips language assuming that the reader doesn't agree with me and that they will continue to use AI (or at the very least are not able to escape mandates to use AI). so does anyone feel like doing some self-abuse next week
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I am going to need some volutnteer copy-editors / advance readers for this monstrosity. if you're a booster this is going to be a hard read because it's relentlessly negative. but if you're a critic it's going to be a hard read because there's a lot of harm-reduction safety-tips language assuming that the reader doesn't agree with me and that they will continue to use AI (or at the very least are not able to escape mandates to use AI). so does anyone feel like doing some self-abuse next week
@glyph I got you
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I am going to need some volutnteer copy-editors / advance readers for this monstrosity. if you're a booster this is going to be a hard read because it's relentlessly negative. but if you're a critic it's going to be a hard read because there's a lot of harm-reduction safety-tips language assuming that the reader doesn't agree with me and that they will continue to use AI (or at the very least are not able to escape mandates to use AI). so does anyone feel like doing some self-abuse next week
@glyph /me raises hand
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I am going to need some volutnteer copy-editors / advance readers for this monstrosity. if you're a booster this is going to be a hard read because it's relentlessly negative. but if you're a critic it's going to be a hard read because there's a lot of harm-reduction safety-tips language assuming that the reader doesn't agree with me and that they will continue to use AI (or at the very least are not able to escape mandates to use AI). so does anyone feel like doing some self-abuse next week
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@glyph I got you
@mttaggart I was gonna tag you privately if you didn't volunteer on account of assuming you just hadn't seen it if not
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@glyph Ah, yeah, frontmatter is annoyingly even less standardized than Markdown itself. I went down a rabbit hole the other day trying to even find specifications for what markers should be used for different kinds of front matter and just gave up.
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I gotta finish this curséd blog post first though. 3500 words and I'm almost done with the introduction. Starting to wonder if I'm actually just writing a book and I should be looking at a markdown -> epub pipeline instead
@glyph And honestly maybe a book deal too.
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I am going to need some volutnteer copy-editors / advance readers for this monstrosity. if you're a booster this is going to be a hard read because it's relentlessly negative. but if you're a critic it's going to be a hard read because there's a lot of harm-reduction safety-tips language assuming that the reader doesn't agree with me and that they will continue to use AI (or at the very least are not able to escape mandates to use AI). so does anyone feel like doing some self-abuse next week
@glyph I would very much love to help, though I also have to be realistic about my chances of getting anything meaningful done in the five days between two vacation trips....
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I am going to need some volutnteer copy-editors / advance readers for this monstrosity. if you're a booster this is going to be a hard read because it's relentlessly negative. but if you're a critic it's going to be a hard read because there's a lot of harm-reduction safety-tips language assuming that the reader doesn't agree with me and that they will continue to use AI (or at the very least are not able to escape mandates to use AI). so does anyone feel like doing some self-abuse next week
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I am going to need some volutnteer copy-editors / advance readers for this monstrosity. if you're a booster this is going to be a hard read because it's relentlessly negative. but if you're a critic it's going to be a hard read because there's a lot of harm-reduction safety-tips language assuming that the reader doesn't agree with me and that they will continue to use AI (or at the very least are not able to escape mandates to use AI). so does anyone feel like doing some self-abuse next week
Feel free to ping me when you get to that stage and I will if I'm in the mood
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I am going to need some volutnteer copy-editors / advance readers for this monstrosity. if you're a booster this is going to be a hard read because it's relentlessly negative. but if you're a critic it's going to be a hard read because there's a lot of harm-reduction safety-tips language assuming that the reader doesn't agree with me and that they will continue to use AI (or at the very least are not able to escape mandates to use AI). so does anyone feel like doing some self-abuse next week
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I am going to need some volutnteer copy-editors / advance readers for this monstrosity. if you're a booster this is going to be a hard read because it's relentlessly negative. but if you're a critic it's going to be a hard read because there's a lot of harm-reduction safety-tips language assuming that the reader doesn't agree with me and that they will continue to use AI (or at the very least are not able to escape mandates to use AI). so does anyone feel like doing some self-abuse next week
@glyph hmu
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I am going to need some volutnteer copy-editors / advance readers for this monstrosity. if you're a booster this is going to be a hard read because it's relentlessly negative. but if you're a critic it's going to be a hard read because there's a lot of harm-reduction safety-tips language assuming that the reader doesn't agree with me and that they will continue to use AI (or at the very least are not able to escape mandates to use AI). so does anyone feel like doing some self-abuse next week
@glyph sounds like you might be covered, but if you need more eyes, you can have mine.
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I gotta be honest, I'm a bit annoyed at the amount of AI nonsense going on at both the conference and within the community right now. It was more emotionally difficult to book this year than it has been in years prior. I am expecting more tense social interactions that require a far higher degree of self-regulation this time than I am used to at an event where I usually feel like I am Among My People.
@glyph On the plus side (for very particular values of “plus,”) there will probably be far fewer people than the previous years, as most foreigners will likely forfeit it, so it might balance out the amount of arguing.
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I am going to need some volutnteer copy-editors / advance readers for this monstrosity. if you're a booster this is going to be a hard read because it's relentlessly negative. but if you're a critic it's going to be a hard read because there's a lot of harm-reduction safety-tips language assuming that the reader doesn't agree with me and that they will continue to use AI (or at the very least are not able to escape mandates to use AI). so does anyone feel like doing some self-abuse next week
@glyph so I’m someone who’s extremely worried about the overall societal effects, but is also a manager at an aggressively AI-focused company.
I think I’m your demo, happy to review
