posted this 6 years ago and it’s still relevant

How these people can't realise ATC could decide to do a strike any fucking day and bring the whole country to a grinding halt?

Yeah, like why can't we have robots with actual fucking wheels like Johnny 5. Lack of imagination in a domain that claims to bring futuristic?

It's official, I reached the age when I cannot sleep anymore. I don't know if is the social anxiety, lifelong trauma, or just the unhinged absurdity of current times, but I cannot just fall asleep like I used to.

My 1974 HP calculator surpasses human intelligence in key tasks

Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!

I had to upgrade to mac OS Tahoe (corp rules), and now my mouse keys setup doesn't work. I use a separate numerical keyboard to replace the mouse click to avoid RSI, and now it's useless. Why Apple? Why? #mac #a11y #apple

My home address amd phone number was leaked somehow and I'm getting scam calls where they try to use it to convince me the call is legitimate. Good news is that whoever leaked it are so incompetent that the actual address is wrong, so I always know anyone quoting that address is a scammer.

He’s designing the ballroom with AI isn’t he www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Dear ppl who are complaining that this image "has no alt text": the image is CLEARLY DESCRIBED IN THE SKEET. THAT IS ALT TEXT. Using the specific Bluesky mechanism to add an alt="" attribute to an image is ONE WAY of doing image description but some of y'all treat "alt text" as a magic incantation.

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.

Building the wrong thing faster, makes you wronger. #BVSSH

Welcome to Argentina my friend

Colonialism historicly erased trans existence from every culture it came across, and now have the audacity to claim its a modern creation.

Irish novelist Naoise Dolan has been abducted by Israel. lithub.com/irish-noveli...

BREAKING: Venezuela's Maria Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 reut.rs/42uh3Aw

New blog post: The illegible nature of software development talent surfingcomplexity.blog/2025/10/08/t...

seems bad!

I miss watching a movie credits without having to press a button to keep watching them.

The official database of works eligible for the Anthropic AI settlement has been released and, as I suspected, many authors are screwed. Basically, if your books weren't officially registered with the US Copyright Office you're out of luck. 1/ secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/results

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From: Patlabor 2 (1993), dir. Mamoru Oshii, Production I.G

I've somewhat reluctantly concluded it's more of a clever debater's point than anything else, but still: Biologically based pronouns are not a thing. We use gendered pronouns for everything from boats to fictional characters to stick figure drawings.

my latest is expanding on the observation that your view of the politics of opposition to the administration depend largely on your view of the election (gift link)

There’s never been a better time to switch from Next.js to Astro nitter.net/rauchg/statu...

My new Genre Grapevine dives into the book club scams targeting authors. These scams now include creating fake Discord communities filled with AI slop and chatbots. Artificial intelligence circles every level of this scam like water down the toilet. www.patreon.com/posts/139940...

"A Luddite is someone who is against the *abuse* - not the use - of technology." The kids get it.

Implementing a data pipeline from scratch must be one of the most fun and technically challenging jobs I've ever done. 100% pure learning!

LOL it looks like my heart after being beaten more than a few times, deliciously metaphorical

The way you can now put a simple idea into an LLM to have it spit out a bunch of words that express roughly the same idea, but with some random shit added to it, probably isn't good for the whole "words have meanings and are chosen on purpose, figure out what that purpose was" angle of text analysis

Refined the transitions from my gravity ramps to knock out most edge cases. Level design is going to be fun with this gravity mechanic (and difficult). The ability to reset gravity at any time will open up some creative movement for players.

The only way to protect your future is by taxing the billionaires more. At the @makethempay.bsky.social rally today.

Billions dumped into this. Billions wasted. Meanwhile the cost of living crisis makes people's lives a living hell. This stuff makes me so mad.

Ah, yes. The Mythical Software Perfectionist, who spends hours "refactoring" their code instead of making it "good enough" to ship straight away. Except that if they really were refactoring, you could have shipped it at any time. That's kind of the point.

Buen día, queridas, querides y queridos. Quienes nos seguís en otras redes o estáis cerquita ya sabréis que ayer nos entraron a robar (por segunda vez en 10 días). Ya repuestas del susto y con toda la burocracia en marcha, muches nos estáis preguntando cómo apoyar, así que aprovechamos este desvelo:

Choosing not to sign up for protests, and advising others to do the same, is not about showing how much you care. It is about keeping your name off various lists of people to arrest, harass, or closely monitor. Your identity doesn't matter at a protest. Your participation does.

Security researchers have identified at least 187 npm packages compromised in an ongoing supply chain attack. The coordinated worm-style campaign dubbed 'Shai-Hulud' started yesterday with the compromise of the @ctrl/tinycolor npm package, and has now expanded to CrowdStrike's npm namespace.

We know where is all of this leading. We also know arguing is not changing anything. Arguments are just cheap justifications. Logic is cheap. We know whoever wants to commit horrible acts will do so anyway. No point arguing with such a person. We've been here before.

May I remind everyone that there is currently NO cure for rabies. May I also remind everyone there is absolutely NO scientific proof connecting ANY vaccine that we produce today with autism. This is true regarding vaccination in both humans AND in dogs. Vaccinate your pets please.

Let's normalize using readable and copy-paste friendly email accounts in email client UIs!! How much time have I spent trying to copy an email from an email app (outlook, gmail, etc)? The process is frustrating...

If something is wrong you need to find the way to say it, or it will poison you from the inside. You need to find the way to say it without making things worse with whom you need to say it. Which is difficult, but hey

Another AI casualty: the em dash, and any credibility associated to it.

This was pushed out with a rushed security review, a coerced and unwilling engineering team, and in full opposition to our supposed company values. If you don't want it, tell them. Social media and support forums. Leadership won't listen to employees. github.blog/changelog/20...

the juxtaposition of 'let's enjoy Paddington bear!' and 'let's deport human migrants to the Taliban!' is too perfect

The horror

I just saw a thread debating if React is a library or framework again so I’m here to give the answer once and for all: Stop. Just stop. It doesn’t matter. It’s 2025 not 2015, debate something useful.

a reminder

Today is my birthday! 🥂😁 Would you share my art, please?? 😇🥰 It is the best gift an artist can get!! 💖 Thank you!!! 💜