Gregory de Souza
@gregoryds.bsky.social
I make software, and sometimes Dad jokes too
I'm far from the first to share it today, but for the many broken hearted today, who like me, would find listening to this demo of 'Africa', featuring only D'Angelo on vocals and piano, a fitting way to remember him.
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October 16, 2025 at 6:05 AM
I'm far from the first to share it today, but for the many broken hearted today, who like me, would find listening to this demo of 'Africa', featuring only D'Angelo on vocals and piano, a fitting way to remember him.
music.youtube.com/watch?v=_RLP...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=_RLP...
Had NASA devoted significant funding to video slop, not only would they have made it to the moon in the 60s, they'd have stayed there
a man in a leather jacket is making a funny face while looking at the camera .
ALT: a man in a leather jacket is making a funny face while looking at the camera .
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October 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Had NASA devoted significant funding to video slop, not only would they have made it to the moon in the 60s, they'd have stayed there
mmmm did Russia just attack Poland?
September 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
mmmm did Russia just attack Poland?
The Trump admin really knows how to score own goals www.axios.com/2025/09/05/t...
Raid at Georgia battery plant points to conflicts in Trump's growth plans
The Trump administration wants more U.S. factories — but also wants to crack down on foreign workers.
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September 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The Trump admin really knows how to score own goals www.axios.com/2025/09/05/t...
Bravo to Lenovo, this is insane, but totally worth exploring and welcome given the tech industry's tendency for group think.
TheVerge reviewed it www.theverge.com/reviews/7174... and found it gasp, "genuinely useful."
TheVerge reviewed it www.theverge.com/reviews/7174... and found it gasp, "genuinely useful."
August 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Bravo to Lenovo, this is insane, but totally worth exploring and welcome given the tech industry's tendency for group think.
TheVerge reviewed it www.theverge.com/reviews/7174... and found it gasp, "genuinely useful."
TheVerge reviewed it www.theverge.com/reviews/7174... and found it gasp, "genuinely useful."
The time is right to give to the poor children of Eve, banished from Eden, and condemned to labor in Excel, the power of code notebooks (marimo), a sane package manager (uv), and source control management that will lead them to a reproducible salvation
July 29, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The time is right to give to the poor children of Eve, banished from Eden, and condemned to labor in Excel, the power of code notebooks (marimo), a sane package manager (uv), and source control management that will lead them to a reproducible salvation
Debugging with an LM really does feel like pulling the lever on a slot machine; I wasted a lot of cycles yesterday forgetting that fact until I decided to R(ead)TFM(anual)
July 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Debugging with an LM really does feel like pulling the lever on a slot machine; I wasted a lot of cycles yesterday forgetting that fact until I decided to R(ead)TFM(anual)
We saw Superman last night and I'm happy to report that the corny man of steel is 💯
July 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
We saw Superman last night and I'm happy to report that the corny man of steel is 💯
When did Amazon start writing specs? Isn't a 1-pager all you need? ;-)
July 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
When did Amazon start writing specs? Isn't a 1-pager all you need? ;-)
The venerable google search box (an <input type="text" />) is being supplanted by a question box, a <textarea /> and this seemingly tiny change will profoundly change how we browse the web
July 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The venerable google search box (an <input type="text" />) is being supplanted by a question box, a <textarea /> and this seemingly tiny change will profoundly change how we browse the web
AWS IAM Identity Center is a complete usability disaster.
And yes, you could have guessed that just by the sheer number of acronyms involved.
And yes, you could have guessed that just by the sheer number of acronyms involved.
July 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
AWS IAM Identity Center is a complete usability disaster.
And yes, you could have guessed that just by the sheer number of acronyms involved.
And yes, you could have guessed that just by the sheer number of acronyms involved.
I'd like to think fair use is for HUMAN BEINGs and NOT machines that can memorize and regurgitate at completely inhuman scale.
simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/24/...
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Anthropic wins a major fair use victory for AI — but it’s still in trouble for stealing books
Major USA legal news for the AI industry today. Judge William Alsup released a "summary judgement" (a legal decision that results in some parts of a case skipping a trial) …
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June 24, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I'd like to think fair use is for HUMAN BEINGs and NOT machines that can memorize and regurgitate at completely inhuman scale.
simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/24/...
simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/24/...
June 24, 2025 at 2:11 AM
🤔 Why doesn't lazy.nvim default to hererocks if it can install an isolated luarocks along w/ the required version of Lua that Neovim works with?
I mean, that seems l like the lazy thing to do?
I mean, that seems l like the lazy thing to do?
June 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
🤔 Why doesn't lazy.nvim default to hererocks if it can install an isolated luarocks along w/ the required version of Lua that Neovim works with?
I mean, that seems l like the lazy thing to do?
I mean, that seems l like the lazy thing to do?
Is the iPad a computer yet? Can I install chrome?
June 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Is the iPad a computer yet? Can I install chrome?
Liquid glass is gratuitous
June 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Liquid glass is gratuitous
Wow, shareholders are finally questioning Elons ability to work 40h work weeks at n different companies. You’d think our capitalists would be better at math than this, but hey, better late than never
May 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Wow, shareholders are finally questioning Elons ability to work 40h work weeks at n different companies. You’d think our capitalists would be better at math than this, but hey, better late than never
TIL that “agentic search” is actually just letting the LLM call `grep` on your codebase.
You really have to wonder why the LLM providers have to be so over the top with their terminology.
You really have to wonder why the LLM providers have to be so over the top with their terminology.
May 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
TIL that “agentic search” is actually just letting the LLM call `grep` on your codebase.
You really have to wonder why the LLM providers have to be so over the top with their terminology.
You really have to wonder why the LLM providers have to be so over the top with their terminology.
Am I alone in finding that Sam x Jony video cringe inducing?
May 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Am I alone in finding that Sam x Jony video cringe inducing?
Google's AI mode makes a ton of sense. I've long predicted Google would augment search with a chat.
I've long wanted to just ask questions about the Google search results, and refine with follow-ups questions.
I've long wanted to just ask questions about the Google search results, and refine with follow-ups questions.
May 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Google's AI mode makes a ton of sense. I've long predicted Google would augment search with a chat.
I've long wanted to just ask questions about the Google search results, and refine with follow-ups questions.
I've long wanted to just ask questions about the Google search results, and refine with follow-ups questions.
the comments to this Japanese carpenter's video are just one foreign carpenter after another praising his craftsmanship
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[Full Video] 5-Month Build of an American House by Japanese Carpenters | Season 5
YouTube video by Shoyan Japanese Carpenter
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May 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
the comments to this Japanese carpenter's video are just one foreign carpenter after another praising his craftsmanship
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRn8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRn8...
Airbnb designers interviewed millions of customers to discover that at the root of their often unpredictable experience with the service was …
boring, static icons.
boring, static icons.
May 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Airbnb designers interviewed millions of customers to discover that at the root of their often unpredictable experience with the service was …
boring, static icons.
boring, static icons.
How ironic is it that criminals are using bitcoin to ransom Coinbase?
May 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
How ironic is it that criminals are using bitcoin to ransom Coinbase?
Stuck in endless loop on Eventbrite trying to 'claim' tickets; Eventbrite just keeps redirecting from the mobile app to the website, then back again.
May 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Stuck in endless loop on Eventbrite trying to 'claim' tickets; Eventbrite just keeps redirecting from the mobile app to the website, then back again.