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Will Test-Driven Development Be The Savior Of Vibe-Driven Development?
February 9, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Will Test-Driven Development Be The Savior Of Vibe-Driven Development?
Gonna be That Guy and share a thing our family does. We have a household@[familydomain] address that goes to my wife and I that we use for a bunch of stuff like this
(also if you want to ditch Gmail, Fastmail's pretty good)
(we also have receipts@[familydomain] which helps on junk)
(also if you want to ditch Gmail, Fastmail's pretty good)
(we also have receipts@[familydomain] which helps on junk)
I have two teens and after all this time it is still wild to me how many educators and care providers and administrators will meet both my spouse and me in person, talk with us, work with us etc. for months or years and still. only. email. or. call. me. Why??? I mean, I know why, but
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February 9, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Gonna be That Guy and share a thing our family does. We have a household@[familydomain] address that goes to my wife and I that we use for a bunch of stuff like this
(also if you want to ditch Gmail, Fastmail's pretty good)
(we also have receipts@[familydomain] which helps on junk)
(also if you want to ditch Gmail, Fastmail's pretty good)
(we also have receipts@[familydomain] which helps on junk)
most detailed measurement yet of the ABPR, atmospheric background post radiation confirms anistropic theory
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
Bluesky Map
Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.
bluesky-map.theo.io
February 9, 2026 at 10:03 PM
most detailed measurement yet of the ABPR, atmospheric background post radiation confirms anistropic theory
All these github outages and istr they're trying to do their architecture migration again?
February 9, 2026 at 9:54 PM
All these github outages and istr they're trying to do their architecture migration again?
What even is a Panican
Is it like a Panician
A pelican
Is it like a Panician
A pelican
February 9, 2026 at 9:37 PM
What even is a Panican
Is it like a Panician
A pelican
Is it like a Panician
A pelican
musk just setting a progressively closer set of targets for spacex, from mars, to the moon, to idk Australia "which isn't really that far away if you think about it but is also inhospitable to humanity, we will establish a base there as the cradle for the evolution of our consciousness"
February 9, 2026 at 9:36 PM
musk just setting a progressively closer set of targets for spacex, from mars, to the moon, to idk Australia "which isn't really that far away if you think about it but is also inhospitable to humanity, we will establish a base there as the cradle for the evolution of our consciousness"
Darwin Awards but for stupid people like VCs letting agents do stupid things
February 9, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Darwin Awards but for stupid people like VCs letting agents do stupid things
Reposted by Dan Hon
As a wise man once said, "Beware you that stare long into the abyss, because you may become known as an abyss domain expert and expected to keep staring into the damned thing."
February 9, 2026 at 4:48 PM
As a wise man once said, "Beware you that stare long into the abyss, because you may become known as an abyss domain expert and expected to keep staring into the damned thing."
Does "coded as" essentially mean the same thing as "portrayed as" or "written as" or is there also something else going on?
February 9, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Does "coded as" essentially mean the same thing as "portrayed as" or "written as" or is there also something else going on?
Pouring one out again on a Monday morning for the systems thinkers who have gazed into the abyss and now the abyss is inside them
the systems thinking angle: even when you fully understand “the system” as you’ve defined it, you can always zoom out to a bigger system you do not understand, which affects and is affected by your more narrowly defined system. a fixed “the system” is a convenient fiction
two other counterpoints: 1. there are abstractions, even in system software, and 2. even if the systems programmer understands the system from their layer down, they still don’t understand the broader system that their software is a part of
February 9, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Pouring one out again on a Monday morning for the systems thinkers who have gazed into the abyss and now the abyss is inside them
New Not Susan Calvin Just Dropped
“She compares her work to the efforts of a parent raising a child. She’s training Claude to detect the difference between right and wrong while imbuing it with unique personality traits.”
This Philosopher Is Teaching AI to Have Morals
The tech company has entrusted the philosopher to endow its chatbot with a sense of right and wrong.
www.wsj.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
New Not Susan Calvin Just Dropped
"The sun emits the most visible light" is also a reminder of the opposite; the light we evolved to see is the light most emitted by the sun, and that's what happened to determine colors to us.
February 9, 2026 at 4:39 PM
"The sun emits the most visible light" is also a reminder of the opposite; the light we evolved to see is the light most emitted by the sun, and that's what happened to determine colors to us.
Tom Paris attempts to calculate how many reward miles he would earn on Voyager's 70,000ly trek back to earth from the Delta quadrant, and whether it's worth it to recruit Harry Kim as an additional card member:
February 9, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Tom Paris attempts to calculate how many reward miles he would earn on Voyager's 70,000ly trek back to earth from the Delta quadrant, and whether it's worth it to recruit Harry Kim as an additional card member:
UGH they HAVE no HONOR
the modern republican party makes me talk like a klingon
February 9, 2026 at 6:48 AM
UGH they HAVE no HONOR
Now I want to track the usage of the phrase "climate evacuee" over time
‘To live a normal life again, it’s a dream come true’: UK’s first climate evacuees can cast off their homes and trauma
‘To live a normal life again, it’s a dream come true’: UK’s first climate evacuees can cast off their homes and trauma
Forty-odd residents of Clydach Terrace in Ynysybwl, south Wales, relieved by council buyout after years in fear of fast flooding
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:45 AM
Now I want to track the usage of the phrase "climate evacuee" over time
The Enterprise is sent to intervene in peace negotiations on Matalas Prime when a mistranslated file sharing request brings two species close to war.
February 9, 2026 at 6:37 AM
The Enterprise is sent to intervene in peace negotiations on Matalas Prime when a mistranslated file sharing request brings two species close to war.
I remember thinking Americans were so weird when I first encountered a kiss-n-ride in DC in 2000
February 9, 2026 at 6:06 AM
I remember thinking Americans were so weird when I first encountered a kiss-n-ride in DC in 2000
Ubiquiti Unifi Protect stuff for cameras/doorbells but they're super expensive
Question for you & your tech followers
Anyone got a recommended replacement for a Ring doorbell and floodlight that isn't doing all this shit?
Our Echo is primarily used for voice activated lights and checking the weather. That's probably pretty easily replaceable with something else right?
Anyone got a recommended replacement for a Ring doorbell and floodlight that isn't doing all this shit?
Our Echo is primarily used for voice activated lights and checking the weather. That's probably pretty easily replaceable with something else right?
February 9, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Ubiquiti Unifi Protect stuff for cameras/doorbells but they're super expensive
Ghostbusters?
What’s the last broadly popular piece of culture that has modern conservative premises at its heart? I really genuinely have trouble thinking of what it could be.
Bad Bunny “together we are America”
February 9, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Ghostbusters?
I'm just saying that there's a way to listen to Jonathon Groff's performance of Beyond the Sea from Just in Time as King George continuing from Hamilton and if you don't believe me you should listen to it.
February 8, 2026 at 5:48 PM
I'm just saying that there's a way to listen to Jonathon Groff's performance of Beyond the Sea from Just in Time as King George continuing from Hamilton and if you don't believe me you should listen to it.
After the Washington Post's destruction I had misunderstood this as the demise of McSweeney's as well.
McSweeney going is excellent news. It doesn't fix any problems by itself, but it is the precondition for fixing those problems.
February 8, 2026 at 3:54 PM
After the Washington Post's destruction I had misunderstood this as the demise of McSweeney's as well.
Feels like people don't know how to watch tv these days?
February 8, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Feels like people don't know how to watch tv these days?
Reposted by Dan Hon
Potential scenes in the thought leader class in Ireland. Looking forward to some amazing posts on unintended consequences.
So LinkedIn avoids the social media under 16 ban.
This could lead to the funniest thing in a few months
This could lead to the funniest thing in a few months
February 7, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Potential scenes in the thought leader class in Ireland. Looking forward to some amazing posts on unintended consequences.
In Ministry for the Future, Kim Stanley Robinson also suggested doing this (and extra-judicial killings) as a required tactic for dealing with anthropogenic climate change
i'm waiting for NATO member states to realize that black-bagging like a dozen rich freaks could do wonders for the whole geopolitical situation
February 7, 2026 at 3:50 PM
In Ministry for the Future, Kim Stanley Robinson also suggested doing this (and extra-judicial killings) as a required tactic for dealing with anthropogenic climate change