Frederic Marx
@fmarx.com
Enthusiasm enthusiast. Frontend developer at Ableton. Writes about code, design, music, and general nerdery.
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Frederic Marx
@fmarx.com
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Pink goo and stolen sandwiches
The rudeness of ignoring the hidden labor costs of generative AI
fmarx.com
If you tell me you’re hungry and I then walk up to another person, punch them in the face, take their sandwich, and hand it to you, the appropriate response is “What the hell is wrong with you?”, not “Thank you for the nice sandwich”.
New post about the rudeness of AI: fmarx.com/journal/pink...
New post about the rudeness of AI: fmarx.com/journal/pink...
If you tell me you’re hungry and I then walk up to another person, punch them in the face, take their sandwich, and hand it to you, the appropriate response is “What the hell is wrong with you?”, not “Thank you for the nice sandwich”.
New post about the rudeness of AI: fmarx.com/journal/pink...
New post about the rudeness of AI: fmarx.com/journal/pink...
Pink goo and stolen sandwiches
The rudeness of ignoring the hidden labor costs of generative AI
fmarx.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
If you tell me you’re hungry and I then walk up to another person, punch them in the face, take their sandwich, and hand it to you, the appropriate response is “What the hell is wrong with you?”, not “Thank you for the nice sandwich”.
New post about the rudeness of AI: fmarx.com/journal/pink...
New post about the rudeness of AI: fmarx.com/journal/pink...
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"Like capital punishment, torture, and slavery, deportation is wrong. Always, all of it, no exceptions. People of conscience must not let ourselves be pulled into line-drawing between acceptable and unacceptable instances of this violence"
littlevillagemag.com/letter-to-th...
littlevillagemag.com/letter-to-th...
Letter to the editor: Deportation is wrong, period - Little Village
By Nate Holdren, Des Moines I write this letter to the editor on the evening of Friday, Sept. 26 after hearing the news that Ian Roberts, the superintendent of the […]
littlevillagemag.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
"Like capital punishment, torture, and slavery, deportation is wrong. Always, all of it, no exceptions. People of conscience must not let ourselves be pulled into line-drawing between acceptable and unacceptable instances of this violence"
littlevillagemag.com/letter-to-th...
littlevillagemag.com/letter-to-th...
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reading theory
November 7, 2025 at 10:58 PM
reading theory
“My personal website is not an emergency service, so I’ll optimize the CSS when I get to it. Which is never.” — @ohhelloana.blog reminding us to set realistic expectations for our side projects #btconf
November 7, 2025 at 10:47 AM
“My personal website is not an emergency service, so I’ll optimize the CSS when I get to it. Which is never.” — @ohhelloana.blog reminding us to set realistic expectations for our side projects #btconf
“If the first generation of the Web gave us villages, and the second generation gave us unlivable megacities, I want the third generation to have neighborhoods again.” — @sachajudd.com #btconf
November 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“If the first generation of the Web gave us villages, and the second generation gave us unlivable megacities, I want the third generation to have neighborhoods again.” — @sachajudd.com #btconf
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
“Writing a useful encyclopedia entry does not mean “putting down random facts in no discernible order.””
“Real humans with real taste and real thoughts and real perspectives discuss and debate the types of information that should be included in any given article”
www.404media.co/grokipedia-i...
“Real humans with real taste and real thoughts and real perspectives discuss and debate the types of information that should be included in any given article”
www.404media.co/grokipedia-i...
Grokipedia Is the Antithesis of Everything That Makes Wikipedia Good, Useful, and Human
Grokipedia is not a 'Wikipedia competitor.' It is a fully robotic regurgitation machine designed to protect the ego of the world’s wealthiest man.
www.404media.co
November 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
“Writing a useful encyclopedia entry does not mean “putting down random facts in no discernible order.””
“Real humans with real taste and real thoughts and real perspectives discuss and debate the types of information that should be included in any given article”
www.404media.co/grokipedia-i...
“Real humans with real taste and real thoughts and real perspectives discuss and debate the types of information that should be included in any given article”
www.404media.co/grokipedia-i...
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The violence of policing is proportional to the inequality it maintains.
Our current level of inequality requires constant, shocking violence.
Our current level of inequality requires constant, shocking violence.
The reason they fund cops with the money they cut from libraries and schools and parks is that the more you take from people, the more force is required to keep them from upending the whole thing
Cops and jails will be the only things left funded in a second Adams term.
May 15, 2024 at 1:28 PM
The violence of policing is proportional to the inequality it maintains.
Our current level of inequality requires constant, shocking violence.
Our current level of inequality requires constant, shocking violence.
Finally bought my ticket for #btconf Berlin next week. Who else is gonna be there?
beyondtellerrand.com/events/berli...
beyondtellerrand.com/events/berli...
beyond tellerrand // BERLIN 2025, taking place 06 - 07 Nov 2025
beyond tellerrand 2025 in Berlin. Join us on 06 - 07 Nov 2025 for talks about web, design, technology, typography and much more. In the renowned friendly atmosphere.
beyondtellerrand.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Finally bought my ticket for #btconf Berlin next week. Who else is gonna be there?
beyondtellerrand.com/events/berli...
beyondtellerrand.com/events/berli...
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look every programmer needs an emotional support bard and every writer needs a programmer to do their wretched little tasks so why are we dancing around like this
October 29, 2025 at 8:19 AM
look every programmer needs an emotional support bard and every writer needs a programmer to do their wretched little tasks so why are we dancing around like this
“Single point of failure? Oh no, we have a lot more than that.”
October 29, 2025 at 9:20 AM
“Single point of failure? Oh no, we have a lot more than that.”
Reposted by Frederic Marx
Reposted by Frederic Marx
Unbelievable bargain
Online on a weekend? You can grab access to my web components course for $25 today and tomorrow. Big ol’ discount. Use the code OCT25-26.
(And as usual, if you need further accommodation, just use the email form and we’ll work it out.)
scottjehl.com/learn/webcom...
(And as usual, if you need further accommodation, just use the email form and we’ll work it out.)
scottjehl.com/learn/webcom...
Web Components Demystified online course | Scott Jehl, Web Designer/Developer
A comprehensive, premium course about building dynamic, fast, resilient apps with standard web components.
scottjehl.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Unbelievable bargain
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"Social media regulation took far too long to arrive, and even then, it came in an imperfect form. But governments don’t appear ready to grapple with the reality that chatbots and image and video generators are speedrunning the harms caused by social media."
The AI industry wants us to believe AI superintelligence is the real threat from generative AI.
But that narrative was crafted to distract from the many ways genAI is being used to tear our societies apart, as we saw this week when a deepfake video rocked the Irish election. It must be reined in.
But that narrative was crafted to distract from the many ways genAI is being used to tear our societies apart, as we saw this week when a deepfake video rocked the Irish election. It must be reined in.
Generative AI is a societal disaster
Governments are deluding themselves into believing investment justifies allowing AI to upend society
disconnect.blog
October 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
"Social media regulation took far too long to arrive, and even then, it came in an imperfect form. But governments don’t appear ready to grapple with the reality that chatbots and image and video generators are speedrunning the harms caused by social media."
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Another view of ITC Zapf Dingbats in U&lc, vol. 5, no. 2, 1978. Layout probably by Herb Lubalin.
archive.org/details/ulc-...
archive.org/details/ulc-...
October 25, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Another view of ITC Zapf Dingbats in U&lc, vol. 5, no. 2, 1978. Layout probably by Herb Lubalin.
archive.org/details/ulc-...
archive.org/details/ulc-...
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I'm at the beginning of my rope. I'm doing great.
October 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I'm at the beginning of my rope. I'm doing great.
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People are opening up Meta AI Ray Ban glasses and modding out the LED recording light, then selling them on eBay. There is huge interest in disabling this functionality, which means basically you cannot trust anyone wearing these (i'm sure you already weren't)
www.404media.co/how-to-disab...
www.404media.co/how-to-disab...
A $60 Mod to Meta’s Ray-Bans Disables Its Privacy-Protecting Recording Light
Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses usually include an LED that lights up when the user is recording other people. One hobbyist is charging a small fee to disable that light, and has a growing list of customers ar...
www.404media.co
October 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
People are opening up Meta AI Ray Ban glasses and modding out the LED recording light, then selling them on eBay. There is huge interest in disabling this functionality, which means basically you cannot trust anyone wearing these (i'm sure you already weren't)
www.404media.co/how-to-disab...
www.404media.co/how-to-disab...
Reposted by Frederic Marx
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
October 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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"Transsexuality is bourgeois" reflects the common belief that medicine, technology, and any improvements to quality of life are owed to capitalism. The reality is that capitalism holds these improvements hostage for the sake of wealth.
October 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
"Transsexuality is bourgeois" reflects the common belief that medicine, technology, and any improvements to quality of life are owed to capitalism. The reality is that capitalism holds these improvements hostage for the sake of wealth.
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This was super relevant when reviewing some recent user testing, design folks commented on how zoomed in the user was and how it throws off button placement and spacing leading to confusion. Sorry (not sorry) to say, not everyone is going to see the interface exactly as it is mocked up in Figma!
“It is accepted and expected that the user will make changes to how content is displayed.”
— @press1forjosh.bsky.social
#A11yTOconf #a11y
— @press1forjosh.bsky.social
#A11yTOconf #a11y
October 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This was super relevant when reviewing some recent user testing, design folks commented on how zoomed in the user was and how it throws off button placement and spacing leading to confusion. Sorry (not sorry) to say, not everyone is going to see the interface exactly as it is mocked up in Figma!
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I know the headline everyone's running with is "erotica" but "we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues" and "we are putting personality back in ChatGPT so it will act like a friend" are diametrically opposed statements
that's the cause of most of the mental health issues
that's the cause of most of the mental health issues
Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year
October 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I know the headline everyone's running with is "erotica" but "we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues" and "we are putting personality back in ChatGPT so it will act like a friend" are diametrically opposed statements
that's the cause of most of the mental health issues
that's the cause of most of the mental health issues
Reposted by Frederic Marx
Reposted by Frederic Marx
rawdogging some shape() to build "round out" tabs.
I'll blog it eventually. modern CSS rules.
I'll blog it eventually. modern CSS rules.
October 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
rawdogging some shape() to build "round out" tabs.
I'll blog it eventually. modern CSS rules.
I'll blog it eventually. modern CSS rules.