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RIP Tony Hoare o7

10.03.2026 16:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

computer, show me something poetic

10.03.2026 03:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

phone vendors *otherwise* would want to fork the kernel (if there was no stable driver ABI)

09.03.2026 14:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i used to joke that our old OS project needed a stable driver ABI because phone vendors want to fork the kernel and β€œwe as a civilization don’t know how to rebase.” funny that that’s no longer true

09.03.2026 12:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

loved this!

09.03.2026 12:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

what the people want is more desktop

03.03.2026 17:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

saame bsky.app/profile/some...

03.03.2026 17:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

…therefore… [unintelligible]… M5 Max [unintelligible]…

03.03.2026 17:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

maybe a hot take, maybe a lukewarm one:

i think we’ve already crested the transformers + flash attention + KVcache performance S-curve and I think 100b parameters will be enough for interactive LLM use cases with the right harnesses

03.03.2026 17:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

pheww πŸ˜…

03.03.2026 15:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

wait is that real?

03.03.2026 14:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Here's a tiny bit of hopium:

In 2024 we were planning on adding 160 GW of renewable energy to the grid by 2030.

As of the start of this year, we had added 100 GW and are planning on adding 220 GW more by 2030.

(In 2022 we planned for 60 GW in 2030. We hit that by the end of 2023)

03.03.2026 03:01 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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On one end, the Anthropic team is a massive user of AI to write code (80%+ of all code deployed is written by Claude Code). They ship amazingly fast.

On the other hand, seeing these beyond terrible reliability numbers suggests there might be a downside to all this speed:

02.03.2026 13:42 πŸ‘ 184 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 12

but what about the plankton :,(

02.03.2026 20:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

this is awesome!

i'm curious what the "default" model served to people when they go to chatgpt.com is - currently I think that's "GPT-5.2-Instant" - is that the same as "GPT-5.2" in 25th place on this graph?

02.03.2026 19:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i quit watching basketball a few years later and remembering that i'd gotten to see this as it happened (along with the 2016 Finals) made me feel like my basketball life was complete

02.03.2026 19:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
screenshot of a youtube thumbnail where Steph Curry is releasing a shot. "38 Feet Deep | The Greatest Regular-Season Game in NBA History"

screenshot of a youtube thumbnail where Steph Curry is releasing a shot. "38 Feet Deep | The Greatest Regular-Season Game in NBA History"

i've been feeling this way for years.. i remember this moment sometimes apropos of nothing and get chills. watched this in a hotel room on a work trip and I almost leapt out the room

02.03.2026 19:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
The Legend of Zelda was principally inspired by Shigeru Miyamoto's "explorations" as a young boy in the hillsides and forests surrounding his childhood home in Sonobe, Japan. According to Miyamoto, one of his most memorable experiences was finding a cave entrance in the middle of the woods.[88] After some hesitation, he entered the cave and explored its depths with the aid of a lantern. Miyamoto has referred to the creation of the Zelda games as an attempt to bring to life a "miniature garden" for players to play with in each game of the series.[89]

The Legend of Zelda was principally inspired by Shigeru Miyamoto's "explorations" as a young boy in the hillsides and forests surrounding his childhood home in Sonobe, Japan. According to Miyamoto, one of his most memorable experiences was finding a cave entrance in the middle of the woods.[88] After some hesitation, he entered the cave and explored its depths with the aid of a lantern. Miyamoto has referred to the creation of the Zelda games as an attempt to bring to life a "miniature garden" for players to play with in each game of the series.[89]

Whenever you make great art, you risk creating a surrogate experience for your audience that displaces the original.

01.03.2026 19:25 πŸ‘ 83 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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02.03.2026 00:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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flipping through codex seraphinianus with the homies

01.03.2026 04:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@hyl.st check it out!

26.02.2026 15:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Decentralized Deliberation Standard (DDS) An open protocol for sovereign, verifiable, interoperable, and resilient deliberation.

Work-in-progress www.dds.xyz thanks for the mention Boris

26.02.2026 05:50 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

somebody make it a thing

26.02.2026 04:18 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

polis-on-atproto... is this a thing?

25.02.2026 22:30 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

I went a little overboard with this and a little bit insane. moultano.wordpress.com/2026/02/22/t...

23.02.2026 05:32 πŸ‘ 265 πŸ” 72 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 31
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Projection on drawing

21.02.2026 10:36 πŸ‘ 95 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

dm me if you wanna read my short story! :)

19.02.2026 12:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

went to writing group with the zine people! they read my biogas car article and i wrote a new short story

it was rad ⚑️🌱

19.02.2026 12:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

a massive of junglists

16.02.2026 15:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0