It would appear that GPT-5.3-Codex is not familiar with the very-not-reassuring idiom "the fix is in".
(e.g. idioms.thefreedictionary.com/the+fix+is+in)
03.03.2026 21:49
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It would appear that GPT-5.3-Codex is not familiar with the very-not-reassuring idiom "the fix is in".
(e.g. idioms.thefreedictionary.com/the+fix+is+in)
I feel seen
I've never been great about writing documentation for my ephemeral side projects. I'm looking at some old ones right now, though, and I can't believe how many readmes I actually did write by hand.
The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
Thinking about how what's on marketing pages affects the side-by-side feature comparison ChatGPT generates between competing solutions; the strengths and limitations it infers; the target customer it declares each is "best for." 😬
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One of many many favourite Catherine O’Hara clips…
youtu.be/ZQMUtkWv3Ik?...
as someone who works with information for a living, i can tell you that even good, uplifting lighthearted information has an affect on your body and mind
recency and frequency biases are powerful, emotional responses even more so
there’s a lot of information out there, engage with it intentionally
Incidentally, touring bands can't be beat for hustle. We saw @thehappyfits.bsky.social at the tail end of an intense tour and they played their hearts out for an appreciative 1000-person crowd. Really good live show. Apparently planning a bunch more US dates in spring.🤘
Thanks to the same young person who years ago implanted Megalovania permanently into my brain, I have this by @thehappyfits.bsky.social on relentless internal repeat.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYZr...
The start of a Gemini chat reply: "To understand the difference between these two fields, it is helpful to visualize the Large Language Model (LLM) as a talented improvisational actor."
webcomic_name_oh_no dot gif
If I get any errands run today, the true motivation will have been to see how cute that frat/sorority house with the extensive residual halloween decorations and the 80% burnt-out strings of xmas lights looks under a fresh blanket of snow
qwen3:0.6b may not put the right words around lagomorphs, but it knows of the existence of a character named Cathy in The Office, in order to put the wrong words around her too.
I'm still squeezing a little bit of amusement out of being among the last humans to grow up confident that words came out of people with intent.
(re: qwen3:0.6b informing me that lagomorphs are small primates distinguished by their ability to produce and consume fruits and nuts)
I may be Corrosion's biggest fan (who hasn't got large quantities of fast-changing globally distributed services to keep track of). Love to see it finally get its Fly.io blog post!
fly.io/blog/corrosi...
I was contacted by someone via my website. They played the Star Trek mainframe game on an actual computer at a university - one with no screen. He still has the printouts form one of his games, some of which can be seen here.
A fascinating piece of gaming history.
The guy who filled the pop machine's was fire
Still haunted by last night's dream about an all-hands meeting where everyone's value was to be judged by the spectacularity of the Sora videos they made to dramatize their previous-quarter contributions.
I now want to learn Ash just so I have an excuse to buy the strangely appetizing book
The Happy Fits are growing on me. Lots of layers, very tight. Love the vocals in this, especially the second half after the beat drops
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj-Z...
I made this a while back with Elixir/Phoenix and Fly.io, and I still get a kick out of it. Create a Fly Machine near you, with the push of a button! It's useless!
where.fly.dev
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There's more than one accessibility problem in my TUI app. Some are easier to fix than others...
(This is iTerm2; in GhosTTY there's simply no VoiceOver)
I decided to nail down which keybindings I can use in my TUI writing app, and things got a little out of control
clutterstack.com/posts/2025-0...
DESTRUCTION NOTICE WHY---To prevent the enemy from using or salvaging this equipment for his benefit. WHEN---When ordered by your commander. HOW--- 1. Smash---Use sledges, axes, handaxes, pickaxes, hammers, crow bars, heavy tools. 2. Cut---Use axes, handaxes, machetes. 3. Burn---Use gasoline, kerosene, oil, grenades. flame throwers, incendiary TNT. 4. Explosives---Use firearms, grenades, 5. Disposal---Bury in slit trenches, fox holes, other holes. Throw in streams. Scatter.
Older teletypewriter manual (TG-16 and TG-17)
Line drawing of a teletype machine with a rotary phone dial on the top panel and a "directory holder" installed on the side, labelled.
"DIRECTORY HOLDER"
(Yes I have opened up a Teletype manual again. What's it to you?)
I'm editing a long blog post. In searching for confirmation of technical details, I keep discovering other people's blog posts that would have connected the dots for me, had I read them first.
Wonder if in my ignorance I passed over them, or if a useful niche article is just not very discoverable.
Circuit diagram with the printed text "Even a stopped clock is right twice a day" in a blank area. Maybe a sticker?
Found a peppering of adages in a c. 1963 Teletype manual (www.navy-radio.com/manuals/tty/...)
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Part of what I like about this is the implied optimism about where we're going to look back from ;)
