Alexander Hudek

Another reminder about bill C-22. This is still not withdrawn and will decimate the Canadian tech industry. It will also severely impact our privacy and national security. Email your MP @liberalca.bsky.social . www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

I'm very disappointed to see @1password.bsky.social donate money to a project by DHH. Donate to a non-controversial Linux distributions instead. I care deeply about science and anti-science and racist views are right to be called out. This will make me rethink my subscription going forward.

I’m in Halifax and went to check out the bird.co bike share I see everywhere. The app presents a huge EULA and within it is claims unlimited rights to use my image and voice for their ads. This could even allow AI generated images. I immediately uninstalled without accepting. Be warned.

So Bell Canada offers 3.0 gig service for $125/mo without any year long commitment. But, me, being a customer for five years, they can only offer $145/mo for the same service. What a way to thank loyal customers. Behold the problem with "personalized pricing." Unethical.

Dear Physicists and Physics fans, I would like to encourage you to celebrate #WomenInPhysics Day this Friday, November 7th. Why November 7th? Because it is the birthday of two of the most impactful women physicists of the 1900's: Marie Curie and Lise Meitner. 🎢 ⚛️ 🧪 👩‍🔬

Liquid Glass is the biggest design crime in Apple’s history. Even putting aside personal preference for minimalism over maximalist design, from a pure usability standpoint it is absolutely beyond awful. Faded low contrast text on transparency overtop more text is unreadable.

It's frustrating when Canadian companies want USD from Canadian customers. I was looking at @voipms.bsky.social and the service looks great, but expecting Canadians to pay in USD forces us to incur exchange fees and endure unpredictable CAD/US valuation. ☹️

I haven’t tried it yet but the numbers for the new Mistral OCR look super impressive! mistral.ai/fr/news/mist...

Don't spend another dollar in America. Across the country people are cancelling long-planned trips. I just heard from a Canadian travel agent who is telling her customers she won't book trips to the United States. Canada The boycott is strong. Canada #strongasfuck We don't bend. We don't break.

I've been saying that new models are going to be less about hardware and more about data and technique. This shows exactly that. The real winners in AI will be the ones with the good researchers, not the ones with a big cloud.

As a follow-up, I did write a nearly nine minute piece of noodly electronic music which features a gnarly synth solo, so all of you who were goading me to prog out, go bask in my excesses whatever.scalzi.com/2024/06/24/n...