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@teacherbuknoy@masto.ai

I eat cringe for breakfast. I produce content for @antaresphdev

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- ukay-ukay finds
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- Gawking on red carpet events and outfits
- Religious trauma as an ex-Jehovah's Witness
- Pinoy excellence
- Philippine politics
- Encantadia

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Just got back from a work trip. Well, actually, it's not supposed to be a work trip but rather a company-sponsored out-of-town trip to Anilao, Batangas. And I, being the department head, had to organize everything.

I am so tired mentally from being the organizer, and on top of being surrounded by too much masculine energy. We desperately need to hire more female developers so I could just kiki with my sisters in the craft 💀

I remember when Prevost became Pope Leo XIV, I was like "oh it sucks that it wasn't Tagle, but what do I care lol"

I wonder what Tagle would've done had he been pope during this time. It was probably for the best that an American became pope.

RE: masto.ai/@teacherbuknoy/116390

Anyway, I am so glad AI sucks ass at design because every time I'm asked "why are you still writing your CSS by hand?" I can just go tell 'em "go ahead and let your coding agent write it for you so you can see for yourself why."

It's either they see my point or they see nothing, in which case I can fully say they're creating just another web app with a generic design that screams Vibe Code™ you'll be better off buying a Wordpress template instead.

What they couldn't do with crypto, the tech bros are now doing with AI. Remember when they said crypto was going to replace every currency in existence? Now they're saying AI is going to replace every human worker. Now someone benefits from that propaganda, I wonder who! 🤷‍♂️

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O diba nga, may natiketan kasi naka-shirtless sa public area, samantalang yung tao ay naghahalo ng semento sa initan at nasa tapat lang naman ng bahay. At magkano ang pataw ng fine. Wala pang 1st offense, 2nd offense, etc., ticket agad??

Edi Martial Law Lite™ nga. Anti-poor pa.

link to ABS-CBN report (Instagram link, wala kong makita sa youtube pa eh sorry)

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Kapagka may ganyang mga pautot ang gobyerno na radical short-term solutions, mahirap magtiwala na sasabihing about disiplina or whatever. Alam nating yang term na yan winawasiwas lang nila pero wala silang pake jan.

Ang gusto nila makahuli, kumita ng pera galing sa mga multa, at power tripping na rin ng kapulisan. Ang pagkatiwalaan natin ay gago ang mga mag-i-implement. Lagi silang ganyan.

Criticism

It's a cute track that will probably grow on me eventually. I just didn't expect it to go that direction. I thought it would have more belty vocals from Gaga. And the chorus doesn't feel big enough, it actually confused my normie music brain because I thought it was the pre-chorus and then it just went straight into the next verse.

Magprangkahan tayo, wala naman talagang lasa ang ube. Habol nyo lang jan yung kulay. Mga ube flavored kineme ay artificial lang. Lalo sa kape, overpowered lalo ng pait yung aftertaste ng ube. Kaya lasang sago lang din yang bagong ube flavors ng Starbucks.

Let's see, here's the people Lady Gaga is collaborating with for that Devil Wears Prada 2 sound track:

Madonna - her mother
Chappell Roan - her daughter in pop
Doechii - her daughter in rap

I mean… that's the entire family. I know gay clubs will never be the same. Plus she's set to attend the May 5 Met Gala to promote the movie so I'm gonna sit patiently.

Apart from the telltale signs like "not x but y", there's soul to a human's writings that you cannot feel that much with AI-generated text. When you read human-written text, there's "texture" to it, it's not "bland" even if it's simplistic in style. I know it's kinda abstract, but that's how I'd put it.

And I *will* know more than anything if a wedding vow is human-written or AI-generated.

In my workplace, since we don't have UI/UX designers, I have taken it on myself to fix the microcopy of the enterprise apps we are building. One of the most important work I've done (that no one acknowledges of course) is making sure that instructions and help texts are not constrained to any specific modality, e.g. they can't assume users have a mouse or touchscreen.

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As developers, we have the tendency to lack empathy for users. We think that because what we're building is easy for us to use that it will also be just as trivial for the users. And it's a miracle to work with developers who care (or are even aware) about accessibility.

That's why the face of the agentic AI revolution is a mere chat area—devs love the terminal so much they started plastering it everywhere thinking common people would know how to use it.

RAYE actually making me like jazz music even more than Lady Gaga ever did 😭 her new album is so good, but I can't get too much into it just yet. I feel like I have to get into a very specific and particular headspace in order to enjoy jazz music.

Digging through my old files, and I found this concept for my website redesign that I made in 2024. This was before I came up with the Cyber Chrome theming I ended up going with.

I had a thought that, since I was doing photo shoots every year, I could make each a theme for the entire website. I didn't go through with it because to me it was too much work (although I ended up rewriting the entire thing anyway).

English translation: "Good morning. Awhile ago during the 'Salubong', a Born Again [Christian] was walking with a placard that says 'Do not worship [statues made of] wood' while pointing at the resurrected Jesus. But Sister Josie suddenly came towards them and said "It's not made of wood, it's fiberglass, because Jesus is RESIN today.' Hehehe, Sister Chato here."

My Razer Seiren Mini condenser mic has been with me for about four years now. Surprisingly long lasting, seeing that I bought it for around 5k pesos only (I say only but I saved up for two months for it lol) It still works surprisingly well, with very clear raw audio. I only have to adjust some settings in Audacity.

Weird thing I do, since I live in a concrete box, I cover myself and the mic under a duvet to get the crispiest sound possible with no reverb, echo, and noise. I used to plug it into my laptop and bring it with me into my closet to achieve the same thing, but I got tired of it so much that it barred me from creating videos. So this was the middle ground.

Unfortunately, though, that has made it impossible for me to shoot talking head videos since the head that does the talking is covered under thick sheets. In that case, I just lay my foldable mattress down so it absorbs most of the reverb and echo.

Isn't it so bad that Sandrone was literally colonizing Nod-Krai, in particular Lauma's dominion in Hiisi Island, and then suddenly Dottore appears and they forged alliance?

That's like if the Philippines was colonized by a big country like USA and then forged alliance with them to fight another big bad China—oh wait...

It's absurd when people forget that money is time and time is money, so if you're paying for a commission on, say, an artwork or a website, more money doesn't necessarily mean it will be finished faster. Throwing more money is in reality buying more of the artist/developer's time and energy.

If they say it's going to be finished in a week for $500, they're not gonna magically finish it in two and a half days for $1000.

Mahigit isang linggo nang nagra-rally ang mga PUV drivers para sa solusyon sa pagtaas ng presyo ng langis, pero ang solusyon ng LTFRB ay community carpooling?? Na magpapababa lalo sa kita ng mga tsuper at uubos sa limited supply ng langis?? tatanga nyo teh sarap nyo pagkukutusan sa epiglottis nyo

Sara Duterte, AI-generated images

Isa sa mga reason baket sobrang against ako sa AI-generated images, tingnan mo ginagamit na now ng mga DDS for propaganda ang Gemini to generate images ni Sara Duterte na namimigay ng ayuda.

Partida, di pa nila tinanggal yung watermark ng Gemini pero paniwalang-paniwala ang mga tao. May mental gymnastics pa na "just because it's AI doesn't mean it's not true, it's just enhancement" 😭

Sa totoo lang at this point, nakakapagod na ring labanan yung mga taong gamit nang gamit ng AI. Siguro out of respect na lang, kung magpa-publish ka ng art, music, o writeup na galing sa AI, i-label mo na lang as such at kaming audience na lang ang pipili kung gusto ba naming tangkilikin o hindi.

Parang yung recent na issue regarding Nvidia DLSS5 at mga digital games na ire-required dapat ng game stores na i-disclose kung AI-generated o hindi. May mga game developers na ayaw ipasabi kung AI-generated o hindi. So baket? Kung legit enjoyable at maganda yung laro mo, may maglalaro at maglalaro regardless; after all, AI can still be a tool. So baket ayaw i-disclose?

Kasi mawawalan sila income. So ano dapat gawin para hindi mawala income? Kayo na sumagot.

I miss the special TV program schedule during Holy Week in the Philippines. Regular programming is out of the window until Easter Sunday, and all that's playing in households are cartoons, soap opera specials made by noontime show hosts, and a part-by-part showing of the entire 1956 film Ten Commandments dubbed in Tagalog.

And somehow the heat during that holy weekend feels different, or maybe that was just my imagination. Because I remember being a child playing outside during those days with the noontime sun's scorching heat somehow not burning my skin as usual.

Also, mentally, everything looks like it has that yellow filter American movies put on when the setting is in Mexico. Like everything is yellow in my eyes lol

Coffee shops wanna save money on paint so they keep their walls bare grey concrete and call it Brutalist, but they keep hanging those vinyl records with the disc and the cover both hung separately alongside picture frames and sticker decals to make it look more homey, so they end up with a place that is neither Brutalist nor homey but a third thing that was born in post-COVID Philippines and I don't have a name for yet.

Happy birthday sa taong kilala natin na maraming bumabatikos at nagpoprotesta noong nandito pa siya sa bansa natin. Pero ngayon nasa ibang bansa na siya, kaya ang hiling ko sa kanya ay mahabang buhay at inspirasyon.

Happy birthday Lady Gaga.

I took up computer science in college, and no joke, I did bad on all hardware-related classes.

PC Assembly? Flopped.
Circuit design? Failed twice. Took me three years to complete. My degree was four years.
Network administration? Loved the software part with Cisco shit, but hated the part where we had to crimp up Ethernet cables with raw RJ45 heads.

But really, now that I think about it, I didn't exactly hate hardware programming. I just didn't have enough resources to afford trying again. With software, you mess up, you rewrite the code and try again.

With hardware, you cut the wires too short, or you crimp the RJ45 wrong, it's in the trash. Your battery explodes, you have no choice but to get a new one. Breadboard malfunctions, you buy another one.

Sorry but if you don't see that the new Harry Potter series has been made so resident Transphobe JK Rowling could undermine the legacy of the actors of the original movie franchise because they spoke against Israel and her transphobic ass, then you're blind.

Also, in paying these streamers to watch that shit, you are funneling your money into JKR's wallet, and you are effectively investing on transphobic agenda. <3

The reaction to Chappell Roan sending a security guard to drive a kid away (which wasn't true btw, it was the hotel staff, totally unaffiliated with her, she didn't even see there was a kid) is way too overblown. People are acting like she killed that kid.

They don't even give the same reaction to Gal Gadot who's a nazi and a former IDF soldier, she probably actually killed kids, you know? At least Chappell Roan has enough talent to flood the Nile.

Idk about y'all but having good manners is so important for me. I love helping people, but if you approach me in a demanding tone and don't even thank me, you're not getting a second round from me.

If I'm in the mood, I'll even give you a freebie and cuss you out.

God. How to Get Away With Murder was such a fun watch. It had its problems, but it was so enjoyable nonetheless. I looked forward to every Friday* of my life when that show was on. Viola Davis I miss seeing you on my screen.

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* It came out on Thursdays but I watched it the next Friday mornings after it first aired.

In particular, it is being criticized for inconsistency in the use of the term "Akawnts" as a Filipino translation of "Accounts", and then immediately using the English word "Feedback" with no Filipino respelling.

It also violates Filipino grammar rules for conjugating loan words by using "Pagdelete" instead of "Pag-delete".

Notably, the Linguistic Society of the Philippines opposed the appointment of the current KWF Commissioner Atty. Marites A. Barrios-Taran for lacking experience in linguistics, literature, and cultural studies.

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LSP LSP's Statement on the Appointment of Atty. Marites A. Barrios-Taran as Commissioner and Chairperson of the KWF The Linguistic Society of the Philippines (LSP) strongly opposes the appointment of Atty. Marites A. Barrios-Taran. The Society acknowledges her solid legal education, background, and proven administrative and managerial skills in previous government posts. However, as Commissioner and Chairperson of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF), her legal training and juridical experience do not demonstrate the cultural grounding, competencies, or expertise required in Philippine linguistics, literatu

I'm really trying to be as rational about AI as possible because I recognize that it as a tool is here to stay. But it just hit me especially sharp today that it annoyed me so much.

Every post I see in favor of AI, regardless of how much they make sense, just sound like they're just another Tech Bro™ ad. It's ReactJS Is The Future in 2015 all over again. And it just ticks me off so much.

I have just gotten word that Jehovah's Witnesses have made a major amendment to their doctrines. They are now allowed to accept blood transfusions as long as it's their own blood, i.e. blood they extracted/donated at an earlier date that they now use for reinfusion.

This is such a painful change. Decades of people dying from not allowing themselves to receive life-saving medical procedures because they believe it's a sin. And now, it was all man-made apparently.

I feel like 27 years old is too young for me to say this, but I swear my age has caught up to me. I'd been on nights out with just two different friend groups in three consecutive days and I am *spent*! I can't even get up to get myself a glass of water! 😭

God may have forgiven you, but I haven't. He has granted me liberty of mind, and it is only right that he respect my choices and honor the freedom he so lovingly gifted me.

Who the fuck cares if Jesus already died for your sins? He's not the one you're accountable for. This shit is between us.

It seems that the new design trend nowadays is "card islands", i.e. sections of UI grouped together in cards laid out in a grid, each elevated with drop shadows and decorated with huge corner radii.

I've seen this in MacOS, Jetbrains IDEs, some Obsidian themes, and now, the Firefox Nova redesign that's coming.

Firefox's upcoming Nova redesign, featuring user interface components grouped together in cards laid out in a grid. IntelliJ IDEA rendered in the default theme Islands, featuring components grouped together in cards with rounded corners. Finder in MacOS Tahoe. Sidebar is grouped in a liquid glass panel that floats on top of the entire window. Toolbars at the top are similarly grouped and elevated in cards.

Nag-post ako sa FB kasi magbi-birthday ang dedz kong nanay sa March 16. Sabi ko 15 years na pala akong walang nanay. Tas nag-comment yung epal kong pinsan na buti raw 15 years lang ako, siya nga raw 28 years nang walang nanay (died from childbirth)

Okay teh sayo na ang Gawad Parangal sa Pinakateging Nanay 😭

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