There is a trope in VC fueled startup companies that are "wildly successful decacorns" or whatever that basically just reduce to "what if federal crime, but with a computer 🤔"
East Coast
the "code's compiling" xkcd edited to be about Claude Code being down
the software industry rn
One of the craziest things about Musk-era twitter is that because linking to anything is penalized by the algo, no one uses links and you have NO IDEA where any of the info you see is coming from. It's madness!
As seen today in MA… #patriots
I got invited to an event for JetBlue #25for25 completionists in Boston. The crazy thing to me is that I can bring a +1 but that person must _also have completed #25for25._
Infographic with stats from the promotion.
JetBlue releases some details on the #25for25 promotion: "2,370 participants from 43 states took on the challenge to fly to 25 JetBlue destinations, with 90 percent completing all 25. JetBlue awarded 811.5 million TrueBlue points..."
More than 2,000 folks now have 25years of Mosaic status.
#PaxEx
We're delighted to be hosting @richferro.com's NFL Playoffs custom feed in collaboration with @bsky.app today! This is a shining example of something only the open social web can do, and why open social will win 🧵
Woo link previews!
You should be fine if you're just mapping abc -> JSON.
I used it as the backend for pmcal.net (since it was the project I built when I wanted to try Amplify, and the Amplify documentation just pretends it's a normal database) and regret it. At some point I may vibe-code a Postgres replacement for the backend.
If you are using it for a document-oriented data store, it's not bad. If you are using it as the backend for tabular data, it's pretty bad.
There are a lot of footguns in DynamoDB...
1. A 1 MB / 1000 records max response size.
2. Limit refers to the number of records scanned, not the number of records returned.
3. There are pretty much only two read operations: forward table scan and index lookup.
View from a ski lift.
View of a mountain range from a ski trail.
Europe has a different feel for skiing that the Colorado doesn’t.
User: How do I download the macOS desktop office apps? Copilot: Option 1: From Microsoft 365 Account Go to the Microsoft 365 portal: https://www.office.com Sign in with your Microsoft account (work, school, or personal). On the homepage, click Install apps (usually in the top-right corner). Select Microsoft 365 apps. This will download the installer for the full suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote). Run the installer and follow the on-screen instructions. User: It's not there any more because that page now redirects to copilot...
Legitimately happened to me trying to download Office today.
The traditional Gävle goat has fallen forward onto the ground from hard winds.
The winds are hard enough that Gävlebocken fell.
Art of Jólaköttur or the Yule cat of Icelandic folklore. It supposedly eats people who did not get new clothes for Christmas. Giant black cat smiling and standing in front of a house with some kids sweater in its mouth.
Merry Christmas and I hope Jólaköttur the Yule cat didn’t visit last night 😆🎄🐈⬛
(The Yule cat of Icelandic folklore is supposed to eat people who do not receive new clothing before Christmas Eve)
Can confirm, GIL sucks.
We accepted the restrictions that come with Python multiprocessing and MPS to get around it.
Gift link, probably the funniest thing the Wall Street Journal has done this year.
We're cooking up a Freaky Holiday Project at Graze right now and I'm so thrilled lol
A map of my routes flying to 25 cities for JetBlue's 25for25 promotion.
Five months later, 27 JetBlue flights, 6 non-JetBlue flights, and three trains. I just touched down in Manchester NH as JetBlue city 25.
This is what the map ended up looking like. I am pleased to say that I never missed a connection or was significantly affected by a delay.
Also in charge stats: I spent $2,169 on supercharging this year, which I feel is not a bad fuel bill since I drive a ton and almost exclusively charge at superchargers.
The Tesla app summary of supercharger usage, showing a map of chargers I used in the northeast US.
I like that Tesla provides a summary of your supercharger use over the year. I’ve done a fair amount of driving but mostly MA to RI.
Don’t forget the MTA Staten Island Railway
Having been caught in the Chicago snowstorm today and dealing with a cancelled flight, Twitter remains the gold standard for airline customer service.
Chickpeas.
MYTH: Millions of people will lose benefits. FACT: That’s only Phase One.
Medicaid Work Requirements Myth Vs. Fact https://theonion.com/medicaid-work-requirements-myth-vs-fact/
A note for sports: Bluesky’s engagement rate was x10 higher than X’s across a sampling of identical posts made on both platforms by @rapsheet.bsky.social (sharing with permission)
Fwiw we see a similar trend across all communities, not just sports. Real people, real conversations.
Us: We have this really cool new feature.
Them: We love this really cool new feature and want to be the first to use it!
Us: That’s awesome!
Them: It did not make the cut for 2026 development.
I’m going to hook an LLM up to a Jacquard loom and do some vibe-knitting.
