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Once I picked up my daughter from daycare while wearing a suit because I'd been to a funeral. She said "Daddy, why are you dressed like a prince?"

08.03.2026 03:25 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Cohen Brothers movies. Kind of ok, I guess? But nothing to write home about.

07.03.2026 10:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"obedience school shooter" is the best one

06.03.2026 06:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

every image of her I've seen has looked like a different person

02.03.2026 23:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

damn, I'm in Australia and last month's arrived only two days ago

28.02.2026 10:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

At the scale these things operate, 16 million is hardly anything

23.02.2026 23:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

looks like something out of Dune

23.02.2026 03:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the first rule of child psychology is it doesn't only work on kids

21.02.2026 23:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've always felt like it would look ok as a toy a few inches long

16.02.2026 05:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – More Things Have Happened Context: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting to damage my reputation and shame me into acceptin…

There is a follow-up

theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-...

16.02.2026 05:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

-20C is -4F. 35C is is 95F. This comparison makes no sense.

15.02.2026 21:09 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"And they all lived happily ever after."

15.02.2026 00:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me Summary: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting to damage my reputation and shame me into acceptin…

This story is fucking nuts

theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-...

12.02.2026 22:37 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Labour?

11.02.2026 03:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Raw Milk Podcast Episode Β· Maintenance Phase Β· 13/11/2025 Β· 1h 6m

The Maintenance Phase podcast recently had an episode on this

podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/r...

04.02.2026 02:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Plus the first four chapters of Telemachus just travelling around asking "yo, anybody seen my Dad?"

02.02.2026 23:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

needs , more weirdly spaced , commas

31.01.2026 23:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have a Samsung microwave whose beeps can be fully disabled, I love it so much

29.01.2026 05:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Coates extracting genuine utility and impact from the word "Woke" in the year 2026, legend

27.01.2026 00:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The first two episodes are a slow burn, be patient. Episode three onwards is pure gold.

10.01.2026 02:42 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Got me seein' E-motherfuckin'-T" The narrator assumes he is hallucinating. ET is an abbreviation for β€œExtra Terrestrial”, and a reference to a 1982 film entitled β€œE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial”, where a young boy happens upon a ship-wre...

genius.com/11621470

02.01.2026 22:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I finally 100%'d Silksong, phew

20.12.2025 22:27 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Compare the angle of the skirting board to the bottom of the picture. They're not even close to parallel

18.12.2025 01:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Rubio shot is badly tilted!

17.12.2025 23:25 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

yes, they deliver internationally

12.12.2025 02:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

four mentions of The New York Times, lol

10.12.2025 04:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

pulling the good spanking paddle out of its velvet pouch

07.12.2025 07:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My theory on Roberts: he's an institutionalist who prizes court credibility above all else. He knows Trump might disobey any unfavourable ruling, which would immediately destroy all credibility. So instead he always sides with Trump. In practice this destroys credibility gradually.

05.12.2025 22:12 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
How to speed up the Rust compiler in December 2025 It has been more than six months since my last post on the Rust compiler’s performance. In that time I lost one job and gained another. I have less time to work directly on the Rust compiler than I us...

nnethercote.github.io/2025/12/05/h...

05.12.2025 05:00 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

South Australia is at something like 75-80%

02.12.2025 23:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0