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: coyotetracks.orgThe Case of the Robot Web Thief: coyotetracks.org
","summary":"If you ask an AI agent to build you an application, can you be sure it's not helping itself to somebody else's code?","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/blog/case-of-robot-thief/","date_published":"2026-08-13T00:00:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-13 00:00","date_timestamp":1786579200,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95741115","content_html":"AI's Chicken Sandwich Problem: coyotetracks.org
","summary":"Generative AI may have more uses than its critics allow, but the ethical quagmire isn't merely how you use it.","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/blog/ai-chicken-sandwich/","date_published":"2026-08-07T00:00:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-07 00:00","date_timestamp":1786060800,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95741114","content_html":"Bring Back the Insert Key on Emacs: coyotetracks.org
","summary":"Are you old and/or weird enough to want the [Insert] key to actually toggle between insert and overwrite modes on Emacs? I have a function for you.","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/blog/emacs-overwrite/","date_published":"2026-07-07T00:00:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-07 00:00","date_timestamp":1783382400,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95741113","content_html":"The Best Worst Email Client: coyotetracks.org
","summary":"The Emacs-based mu4e email client is ugly, painful to set up, difficult to configure, and might be exactly what a tiny percentage of you are looking for.","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/blog/best-worst-email/","date_published":"2026-05-25T00:00:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-25 00:00","date_timestamp":1779667200,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95741112","content_html":"Soylent Confessions: coyotetracks.org
","summary":"Soylent is frequently held up as a poster child of everything wrong with Silicon Valley, which makes it hard to admit that I liked it.","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/blog/soylent-confessions/","date_published":"2026-04-27T00:00:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-27 00:00","date_timestamp":1777248000,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95741111","content_html":"Ready for the Revolution: coyotetracks.org
","summary":"Technology needs another revolution. It's just not the one the industry seems hellbent on delivering.","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/blog/ready-for-revolution/","date_published":"2026-04-16T00:00:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-16 00:00","date_timestamp":1776297600,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95741110","content_html":"\"How are you leveraging AI in your technical writing?\": coyotetracks.org
","summary":"It's a question I expect to be asked in the future. I have an answer, but I can't help suspect it's the wrong question.","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/blog/leveraging-ai-in-writing/","date_published":"2026-04-06T00:00:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-06 00:00","date_timestamp":1775433600,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95741109","content_html":"What You're Allowed to Do: coyotetracks.org
","summary":"On real restrictions in computing life versus imagined ones.","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/blog/what-youre-allowed/","date_published":"2026-03-15T00:00:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-15 00:00","date_timestamp":1773532800,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95741108","content_html":"“Trim Silence”: Threat or Menace? coyotetracks.org
","summary":"","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/blog/trim-silence/","date_published":"2026-02-18T00:00:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-18 00:00","date_timestamp":1771372800,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95741107","content_html":"Is AI Helping You to Do Work, or Just to Do Stuff? coyotetracks.org
","summary":"","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/blog/ai-work-vs-stuff/","date_published":"2026-02-10T00:00:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-10 00:00","date_timestamp":1770681600,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95741106","content_html":"Emacs and Shortcuts: coyotetracks.org
","summary":"","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/blog/emacs-and-shortcuts/","date_published":"2025-12-07T18:41:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-07 18:41","date_timestamp":1765132901,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95741105","content_html":"Apple Wins Me Over Again, but It’s Getting Tougher: coyotetracks.org
","summary":"","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/blog/apple-wins-me-over/","date_published":"2025-11-21T00:00:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-11-21 00:00","date_timestamp":1763683200,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95741104","content_html":"The Emacs for Everything Obsession: coyotetracks.org
","summary":"","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/blog/everything-in-emacs/","date_published":"2025-11-04T00:00:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-11-04 00:00","date_timestamp":1762214400,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95741103","content_html":"Collaboration or Privacy: Pick One: coyotetracks.org
","summary":"","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/blog/collaboration-privacy/","date_published":"2025-10-23T00:00:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-23 00:00","date_timestamp":1761177600,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95741102","content_html":"If Not the Mac, What? : coyotetracks.org
Seriously, Markdown: coyotetracks.org
","summary":"","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/blog/markdown/","date_published":"2025-08-20T10:51:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-20 10:51","date_timestamp":1755687065,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95741100","content_html":"It's the Heat and the Humidity; Also, the Fascism: coyotetracks.org
","summary":"","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/blog/heat-humidity/","date_published":"2025-08-05T00:00:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-05 00:00","date_timestamp":1754352000,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95741099","content_html":"Dr. Neckbeard, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Emacs: coyotetracks.org
","summary":"","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/blog/dr-neckbeard-emacs/","date_published":"2025-06-04T09:44:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-04 09:44","date_timestamp":1749030260,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95741098","content_html":"Maybe the Waiting Is Actually the Easiest Part: coyotetracks.org
","summary":"The common wisdom seems to be that Apple is critically behind in AI, but that makes some 'AI triumphalist' assumptions that bear examining.","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/blog/easiest-part/","date_published":"2025-05-12T15:45:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-05-12 15:45","date_timestamp":1747064700,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95741097","content_html":"The Robots Have Come for Your Em Dashes: coyotetracks.org
","summary":"There's a claim running around that em dashes are a sign of AI writing. That might say something bleak about the level of writing polish we expect from humans.","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/blog/em-dashes/","date_published":"2025-04-14T11:11:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-04-14 11:11","date_timestamp":1744629060,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95741096","content_html":"What Makes an App Feel “Right” on the Mac? coyotetracks.org
","summary":"I always think of myself as a big proponent of Mac apps that are as Mac-like as possible, but what does “Mac-like” really mean?","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/blog/app-feel-on-mac/","date_published":"2025-03-31T10:45:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-03-31 10:45","date_timestamp":1743417900,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95741095","content_html":"Having to Think About Essential Computerness: coyotetracks.org
","summary":"The Mac’s allure has always been that its power didn’t require users to understand “computerness,” while still rewarding those who wanted to dig in. But it feels like that’s slowly changing.","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/blog/essential-computerness/","date_published":"2025-03-24T11:35:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-03-24 11:35","date_timestamp":1742816100,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95741094","content_html":"Just Slap an LLM on the Front End—How Hard Can It Be? coyotetracks.org
","summary":"LLMs are hit-and-miss for generative output, but what about as front ends to other systems? Would that be more reliable and simpler? Apple’s “Personalized Siri” travails suggest no on both counts.","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/blog/slap-an-llm-on/","date_published":"2025-03-17T11:31:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-03-17 11:31","date_timestamp":1742211060,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95741093","content_html":"The Reluctant Technologist: coyotetracks.org
","summary":"On hating what's happened to technology over the last quarter century, yet still kind of loving it in spite of it all.","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/blog/reluctant-technologist/","date_published":"2025-03-10T11:15:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-03-10 11:15","date_timestamp":1741605300,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95741092","content_html":"The Pressure to Stay Genteel: coyotetracks.org
","summary":"Musings on Micro.blog and the features and flaws of 'gentle' social media in our current age.","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/blog/pressure-to-stay-genteel/","date_published":"2025-01-24T12:30:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-24 12:30","date_timestamp":1737721800,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"38162290","content_html":"@mandaris There’s a few in the ridiculously long post about AI and creative writing: coyotetracks.org/blog/ai-w…
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/chipotle/38162290","date_published":"2024-05-24T16:29:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-05-24 16:29","date_timestamp":1716568188,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"37742200","content_html":"@jsonbecker That definitely sounds like it! Thanks.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/chipotle/37742200","date_published":"2024-05-18T13:23:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-05-18 13:23","date_timestamp":1716038601,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"37097519","content_html":"@mandaris That makes sense. I suspect I noticed it when they were talking about the new 13” Air and called out how useful it was for split screen without mentioning Stage Manager at all, which seemed a little odd.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/chipotle/37097519","date_published":"2024-05-08T22:19:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-05-08 22:19","date_timestamp":1715206782,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"36926787","content_html":"@pratik @stupendousman It’s at least worth noting that it hasn’t been established as a matter of law that using copyrighted material for LLM training is automatically fair use. It’s a plausible interpretation, but one of the factors used to determine whether a given reproduction is fair use is “the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work”; generative AI can clearly create works that do compete with the copyrighted work they’re trained on.
\nI publish a lot of things on the web and explicitly specify the Creative Commons “Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike” license, which means the material cannot be used for commercial purposes without my explicit permission; if my work is being used to train an LLM that the LLM’s owners are charging access for, that seems on its face to violate the terms of the license. “But you made it available on the internet, too bad so sad” is not and has never been a valid defense against copyright infringement, legally speaking. :)
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/chipotle/36926787","date_published":"2024-05-06T15:11:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-05-06 15:11","date_timestamp":1715008297,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"36306920","content_html":"@manton Didn’t you mention a while ago that you had thoughts about a sort of “check-in” app like Foursquare/Swarm?
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/chipotle/36306920","date_published":"2024-04-26T19:13:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-04-26 19:13","date_timestamp":1714158834,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"35981442","content_html":"@jsonbecker That makes sense. I suspect if I get blogging again not all of the topics would be particularly endearing to recruiters. :)
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/chipotle/35981442","date_published":"2024-04-22T00:54:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-04-22 00:54","date_timestamp":1713747269,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"35372223","content_html":"@help Probably odd question: will Hugo redirects work for a category feed, e.g., have <micro.coyotetracks.org/categorie…> redirect to a new blog’s RSS feed?
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/chipotle/35372223","date_published":"2024-04-12T14:35:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-04-12 14:35","date_timestamp":1712932508,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"33015794","content_html":"@cdevroe I ended up switching back to Safari from Arc a few months ago, as I got more uncomfortable relying on Chrome. Safari adding profiles—and me forcing myself to figure out the way it does tab groups—was pretty helpful in migrating back.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/chipotle/33015794","date_published":"2024-03-07T00:09:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-03-07 00:09","date_timestamp":1709770185,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"32288151","content_html":"@pratik he is also busy destroying the liberal arts college I went to in Florida.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/chipotle/32288151","date_published":"2024-02-24T04:36:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-02-24 04:36","date_timestamp":1708749386,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"26329983","content_html":"@odd It is!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/chipotle/26329983","date_published":"2023-11-13T16:15:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-11-13 16:15","date_timestamp":1699892115,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"25428835","content_html":"@manton There is some great coffee in both San Jose and Sacramento, at least. :)
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/chipotle/25428835","date_published":"2023-10-25T15:48:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-10-25 15:48","date_timestamp":1698248889,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"24774062","content_html":"@zorinlynx The office is in Mountain View, so, yes. TBF, I would prefer to be living out in NorCal, but I’m in Florida for family reasons, so moving back would mean either abandoning my mother or moving her with me, both of which would be pretty fraught.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/chipotle/24774062","date_published":"2023-10-11T14:27:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-10-11 14:27","date_timestamp":1697034477,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"24774000","content_html":"@Tuftears Pretty much, yes.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/chipotle/24774000","date_published":"2023-10-11T14:26:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-10-11 14:26","date_timestamp":1697034391,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"23491456","content_html":"@jasonekratz The vast majority of my non-techie friends hang onto their phones for three or more years—basically until they stop working (and they may pay for a battery replacement). Apple would love everyone to be on an annual upgrade cycle, but they absolutely know that’s the exception.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/chipotle/23491456","date_published":"2023-09-13T15:14:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-09-13 15:14","date_timestamp":1694618058,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"23437131","content_html":"@marcoarment That’s what I had, and will probably miss, but it’s a challenge in my current workspace. If I really pine for bigger speakers, I can work on the couch in the den. :)
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/chipotle/23437131","date_published":"2023-09-12T14:09:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-09-12 14:09","date_timestamp":1694527767,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"22554821","content_html":"@jsonbecker There is not, which I suspect is a big chunk of the problem—I’m now in a rural part of Florida, nothing but a single gas station within walking distance and very little else closer than a 20-minute drive. This is an extreme switch from living for ~20 years in Silicon Valley!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/chipotle/22554821","date_published":"2023-08-23T14:00:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-08-23 14:00","date_timestamp":1692799202,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"21720485","content_html":"@jsonbecker I like many things about Nova, but I continue to be bemused that my old warhorse BBEdit really feels like it has better LSP support. (Absolutely no attempt at Vim emulation, of course, but that might be better than Nova’s kinda-sorta emulation.)
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/chipotle/21720485","date_published":"2023-08-04T15:01:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-08-04 15:01","date_timestamp":1691161269,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"21128487","content_html":"@craigmcclellan I confess that as much as I love the idea of MarsEdit, in practice the editor and I don’t seem to vibe with one another. I end up writing longer posts in Ulysses and just publishing directly from there.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/chipotle/21128487","date_published":"2023-07-20T15:58:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-07-20 15:58","date_timestamp":1689868738,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"21068769","content_html":"@jatowler There’s a non-alcoholic version of that?? I’m definitely going to have to investigate that…
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/chipotle/21068769","date_published":"2023-07-18T23:01:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-07-18 23:01","date_timestamp":1689721273,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"20839610","content_html":"@jtillessen @craiggrannell I think you’re right, and I didn’t fully consider the value of following Threads users on Mastodon clients, even if Threads makes them second-class citizens. As for the other, though, I’m still a bit skeptical. You make a good case—never underestimate the power of branding!—but I genuinely think the culture difference is real, and users who click with one aren’t too likely to click with the other.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/chipotle/20839610","date_published":"2023-07-12T14:11:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-07-12 14:11","date_timestamp":1689171082,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"20812418","content_html":"@SallyStrange There are marginalized communities using Facebook and IG and, now, Threads, which is kind of what I’m trying to get at. I’m aware there are lots of people who take the position that because Facebook is awful and at a corporate level tolerates awful people, anyone who has an account on Facebook is awful. I am not sure they really understand how many queer and marginalized people are on giant services like that, and how few of them are going to go get an account on Mastodon because we’re yelling at them about how awful they are. The collateral damage potential seems to me to be pretty high, it will include marginalized people, and I think it could seriously break the Fediverse, which is kind of the core of my argument. I guess you think it’s not as serious as I’m making it out to be; I think it’s more serious than “eh, you might have to refollow a few people”.
\nAt any rate, thank you for not really yelling yourself, even if you disagree with me. I knew I was probably going to kick a hornet’s nest if this went viral, and it kind of did, and I’m sorry people who, to be overly diplomatic about it, I don’t think I want to have speaking for me have engaged with you over this.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/chipotle/20812418","date_published":"2023-07-11T19:18:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-07-11 19:18","date_timestamp":1689103112,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"20811181","content_html":"@SallyStrange @anttipeltola @tchambers I didn’t argue that instances shouldn’t be able to choose who they federate with, including Threads. I argued they should consult their users, not do it unilaterally, and that defederating with huge general-interest instances in retaliation for them not blocking Threads runs a high risk of breaking Mastodon as we know it. Maybe “treat Threads as if it’s functionally identical to Gab, no matter how much collateral damage doing so creates” is the morally correct answer. But it seems like people want to insist there won’t be any collateral damage at all. :,
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/chipotle/20811181","date_published":"2023-07-11T18:45:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-07-11 18:45","date_timestamp":1689101158,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"20799201","content_html":"@misc @tchambers I was certainly counting LoTT as TERFs, even if they’re technically more…TERF-like? What I was trying to get at is that Threads is going to be akin to any other general-interest social media service with a percentage of bad actors and imperfect moderation (including larger existing Mastodon instances as they exist now), as distinct from Gab, Kiwi Farms, and other services whose membership is effectively 100% bad actors. We didn’t all get off Twitter because they had a percentage of bad actors and imperfect moderation, at least until Musk came in and more or less said “bad actors are now our preferred audience.” Does Threads need to be demonstrably better at moderation than pre-Musk Twitter, or is that level of wobbliness sufficient? Because it seems like we’re kind of saying “no, that’s not good enough,” but I’m not convinced Mastodon as it exists now is collectively better at moderation than pre-Musk Twitter, except at the technical level that federation affords—which I don’t think really goes away merely with Threads existing.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/chipotle/20796653","date_published":"2023-07-11T11:54:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Watts Martin","url":"https://coyotetracks.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F45%2F590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chipotle"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-07-11 11:54","date_timestamp":1689076480,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"20786099","content_html":"@mastodonmigration That’s understandable, yet “my posts must never end up on Server Foo” isn’t achievable unless there is literally no possible path between your server and Foo, is it?
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