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Post #3034301
Cracks in the bubble, they&#39;re all getting desperate. Emperor&#39;s new clothes. (I might be a lousy poet, but I write my own damn material) #ai
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Post #3034300
Cool, now give us back dislikes. https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/improving-ai-labels-viewers-creators/
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Post #3034299
Delighted to wake up to Vimjoyer&#39;s intro video to devenv, which you should watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj9AxyiaVvU I&#39;ve been using devenv for a year, combining the best of: - docker, - package management, - per-project toolling, - task running all without the overhead of containers. It&#39;s the power of nix without the upfront complexity of nix π
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Post #2772440
I&#39;m at #rustweek2026 and Greg Kroah-Hartman from the Linux Foundation is PREACHINGπ :rust:
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Post #2772439
:youtube_logo: New video! An unusual one today, I came across Relationship Anarchy when researching a topic for @lostterminal last year, and found it gave a framework for many ideas I already had floating around in my mind. https://youtu.be/vaKeCPgay9I
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Post #2609403
By popular (for some reason!) request, I&#39;ll be continuing my &quot;100 Obsidian Plugins&quot; livestream on Sunday 6pm London time, all patrons invited, deets here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/157503066
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Post #2609402
:youtube_logo: New video! I&#39;ve just published a tiny command-line tool called Savepoint. It&#39;s a command watcher that commits when you fix errors, automating a TDD workflow. I hope it&#39;s handy! (it&#39;s especially good for #rust projects!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBa3BK4Efcw
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Post #2488571
Working with LLMs is like working with asbestos. π° Really cheap for the business (the CEO LOVES it!), β οΈ Poison for the workers (the effects are subtle and long-lasting), β We need unions to push back against mandates requiring it, πΌ And, eventually, governments must regulate this national health catastrophe. #ai
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Post #2464666
:rust: `bacon clippy` basically taught me Rust. I would not have the job that I do today without the work of the excellent @dystroy, who ALSO built #broot #dysk, #lazy-regex and a bunch of other Rust tools! The crazy thing? Despite this, he&#39;s currently looking for a job or freelance work - imagine having him on your team! If you&#39;re not hiring, you can support him directly, like I&#39;ve just done, right here: https://github.com/sponsors/Canop
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Post #2319457
We&#39;re really entering the endgame of Google&#39;s 15 year monopoly plan, huh. https://reclaimthenet.org/google-broke-recaptcha-for-de-googled-android-users
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Post #2171752
Models so slow they need dedicated #AI hardware? Yikes. (Don&#39;t tell them what happened to the LISP Machines...) https://taalas.com/
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Post #1682283
Who could have predicted this! https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/22/anthropic_mythos_hype_nothingburger/
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Post #1512272
I&#39;ve spent my whole life chasing ergonomics tricks and hacks to solve my constant back problems and, most recently, terrible RSI. This year I rediscovered powerlifting, and it&#39;s changed my LIFE, and now I&#39;m making it YOUR PROBLEM! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxN9VzwoGGw
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Post #1391659
#Accessability is vital for for SOME people ALL of the time, and ALL people SOME of the time. If your app or site is not accessible, it is broken. Not just for disabled people, but for me If I: - Have misplaced my glasses and can&#39;t read your grey on grey fine text - Have my hands full child caring and would sure love a screenreader to read your site to me - Have broken the touchpad on my laptop and have to tab through buttons to use your nasty app We are all only temporarily NOT disab...
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Post #1357489
@aurochs a fine sentiment, but is *3-Nines* of uptime too much to ask?? π
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Post #1357488
I have never felt more autistic than explaining my ACTUAL Obsidian second brain systems on yesterday&#39;s livestream. Fun, though! π If you&#39;d like to sign up to support my work, the recording of the stream is here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/recording-of-100-154826013
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Post #1357487
UNBELIEVABLE news today that Anthropic have developed an #ai model they say is too dangerous to release: https://slate.com/technology/2019/02/openai-gpt2-text-generating-algorithm-ai-dangerous.html β οΈ OH SORRY WRONG LINK! That&#39;s OpenAI claiming the same thing 7 years ago. (I wonder why these companies keep saying this even after they&#39;re proved wrong... π« ) Poe had it right, folks: :quote_red: *&quot;Believe nothing you hear, and one half that you see.&quot;*
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Post #1357484
Hell yeah https://kentwalters.com/posts/corners/
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Post #1357483
how, after all these years, does xkcd keep on smashing it?!
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Post #945563
*slow clap* https://damrnelson.github.io/github-historical-uptime/
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Post #875395
I have often ragged on Hoare&#39;s &quot;Billion Dollar Mistake&quot; of nulls, but this is sad news. RIP. https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/03/tony-hoare-1934-2026.html
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Post #875394
RE: https://zeroes.ca/@VeeRat/116217413471160500 EXACTLY. Feynman put it like this: &quot;Notes aren&#39;t a record of my thinking process. They are my thinking process.&quot;
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Post #875393
The Neo is proof that even Apple fear European regulators https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbPCGqoBB4Y
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Post #875392
Pick a lane, Keychron π
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Post #875391
Do these people ever look at themselves and wonder if they&#39;re the baddies?
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Post #875390
If I were still working at the wonderful GDS, I would have concerns about shipping a feature that was misleading 10% of the time. https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/19/govuk_chatbot_accuracy/
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Post #875389
:youtube_logo: New video! The biggest unanswered question in nearly every book, article, and video on note-taking I have seen is: WHAT DO YOU DO AFTER YOU HAVE TAKEN #NOTES?! Well, to misquote the great Carl Sagan, before you can write an essay from scratch, you must first invent the universe: https://youtu.be/Tyw6quANpiY
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Post #625385
It strikes me that the most popular programming language in the world isn&#39;t js or python, it&#39;s Excel macros - and I bet it&#39;s not even close. Nearly all of the vital code that keeps modern life running is written by underpaid pink-collar admin staff with no formal programming training. This means that, contrary to popular belief, women vastly outnumber men in programming.
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Post #620033
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@fasterthanlime/116000618330998762 WHAT DID YOU DO
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Post #552955
RE: https://front-end.social/@stephaniewalter/116091023539075697 My videos have no animations, no music, no shouting or lolrandom meme cutaways. Accessibility is more important than engagement. πͺ