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One can imagine a world where, when you fire a PR at a project that's been quiet for a few months, your PR-related CI doesn't end up face-down in a pool of bits because Something Somewhere Changed. But that's not the world we live in.

submitted 13 hours ago • 1 comment

(Quoting Matt Levine) Maybe use GenAI for “200,000 lines of Cobol code written by Dave at Chemical Bank in 1973, which now underpin the entire US payments system, and which no one at any bank has understood since Dave passed away in 2005, and then have it rewrite the code in the style of Dave […]

submitted 16 hours ago • 3 comments

Why Google should proactively break itself up: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/technology/google-antitrust-breakup.html?unlocked_article_code=1.L08.oUPn.B0yCN3RUyZxS&smid=url-share (gift link) Feels like a no-brainer to me.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

So sad: https://www.404media.co/teachers-are-not-ok-ai-chatgpt/

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“This considers how two modern cameras handle a difficult color challenge, illustrated by photos of a perfect rose and a piano.” https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/05/31/Colors

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I’ve read a lot of horrible news this last couple of years but this is maybe the worst? https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-05-28/ty-article-magazine/.premium/yes-to-transfer-82-of-jewish-israelis-back-expelling-gazans/00000197-12a4-df22-a9d7-9ef6af930000 Can someone provide a convincing […]

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

New turntable thinking: Hold the arm steady and slide the platter sideways. No, really: https://soulution-audio.com/soulution-787-turntable/

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

It’s language pedantry! No, it’s math pedantry! Anyhow, “Comparing Numbers Badly” gripes about the mis-use of “order(s) of magnitude” and percentages in comparing numbers: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/05/30/Number-Comparison-Representation

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Scientists Capture Sharpest Images Ever of Sun's Corona | PetaPixel https://petapixel.com/2025/05/30/scientists-capture-sharpest-images-ever-of-suns-corona/ There's video in there you might want to full-screen.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Vibe coding: https://bramcohen.com/p/vibe-coding “Vibe coding definitely changes the, uh, vibe of coding. Traditional programming feels like a cold uncaring computer calling you an idiot a thousand times a day. Of course the traditional environment isn’t capable of calling you an idiot so it’s […]

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

“I am disappointed in the AI discourse” https://steveklabnik.com/writing/i-am-disappointed-in-the-ai-discourse/

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https://aphyr.com/posts/388-the-future-of-comments-is-lies-i-guess Tl;dr: Spam+LLM is a combo that’s hard to deal with.

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Heh, so people in the import/export world, instead of dealing with Trump’s short-attention-span/TACO tariff policies, now have to deal with the uncertainties of US constitutional litigation. Joking aside, I think that’s an improvement. #USpol

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Ik lig dubbel….

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

#LetGazaLive

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Here are a couple of springtime pictures with small associated stories. It’s a thrill to find something positive to write about: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/05/27/Happy-Colors

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

I bet a lot of folks (especially on the tech side) have just stopped paying attention to crypto, which is perfectly sane because we all know that it’s bad technology. On the other hand, the finance sector, with MAGA cheerleading, is still wildly enthusiastic. See […]

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

New IETF Working Group: Digital Emblems: https://datatracker.ietf.org/group/diem/about/ When I first saw this I thought “WTF?!” but… OK, I guess?

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Pretty amazing. And yet, the majority of Americans won’t see this story because the truth is paywalled but the bullshit is free. Which feels more and more to me like one of the world’s most important problems. https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/114580574368958399

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

The Education Vigilante - Existential Comics https://existentialcomics.com/comic/604

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

That… is quite a number. I wonder what the return on that investment will look like? https://finance.yahoo.com/news/how-nvidia-played-a-central-role-in-the-306-billion-ai-startup-boom-195741749.html

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

Made my day!

submitted 8 days ago • 10 comments

Interesting… Canadian GitHub competitor: https://about.worktree.ca

submitted 8 days ago • 4 comments

The Canadian and Mexican governments could set up COVID booster clinics just past the drive-in border crossings, and right near the exits at airports. Require a US passport, charge a service fee of $25, and have a kiosk to let the recipient send a personalized email to RFK Jr.

submitted 12 days ago • 3 comments

Big thrill today, saw two humpbacks breaching by Bowen Island, about here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Ly9AteWe1JHN7SyX6 Wonderful creatures and so obviously having fun.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Je suis passé par #Bluesky et j'y ai vu les mêmes publications qu'ici, les mêmes photos de chats, les mêmes égoportraits au coucher du soleil, les mêmes vidéos, les mêmes indignations. Et bien sûr exactement la même mentalité : ici, c'est mieux qu'ailleurs.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Átl'ka7tsem (Howe Sound) at dusk. Peace be upon you all. #Photography #HoweSound

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Looks sensible: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/05/legal-features-updates/

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submitted 11 days ago • 4 comments

@cheeaun little Phanpy weirdness when I open it and it hasn't been opened for a while. See picture

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Qobuz is good… keep coming across delightful little features. Playing tunes on the big stereo with the Mac Mini driving. I open up my Pixel and Qobuz is there in the notifications telling me it's playing on the Mac, offering full remote control. Cool. Current vibe: “Light As A Feather” feat […]

submitted 12 days ago • 4 comments

Construction geometry abstracts. (For Vancouver folk: Oakridge from QE Park.) #Photography #Vancouver

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments

Requested SMS/RCS app feature: Delete all the old 2FA verification code messages from history. No confirmation, just do it. Even better, just do it automatically every day for everything older than 24hrs.

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

TIL about Android XR: https://blog.google/products/android/android-xr/ If I were a couple decades younger and still employed, I’d probably piss off my employer by getting sucked into this stuff. Notes: - The (still unannounced) glasses are probably more interesting than Project Moohan, a Vision […]

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Plenty of humor in the comments here. https://mastodon.me.uk/@DreadShips/114550640357419963

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

I have repeatedly derived value from these “Recent movies and TV” posts from @jwz: https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/05/recent-movies-and-tv-30/ Obvs he’s inexplicably wrong about #Murderbot but still.

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment