Harry McKillen
@harrymckillen.com
Software Engineer • Éireannach as Cill Chainnigh • Sé/É • Typically sardonic
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Harry McKillen
@harrymckillen.com
· Jun 24
Logging it to #spéirgorm to see what existential breakdown the US has had overnight
Higher-ups in most orgs want to reach the holy grail of "More with less" so AI will always be an easy sell.
Sad thing is, this could be and is the reality.
Are the tools handy in some cases, yeah. Would I give them free reign on my codebase, hell naw.
www.pcgamer.com/software/pla...
Sad thing is, this could be and is the reality.
Are the tools handy in some cases, yeah. Would I give them free reign on my codebase, hell naw.
www.pcgamer.com/software/pla...
Open-source game engine Godot is drowning in 'AI slop' code contributions: 'I don't know how long we can keep it up'
Projects like Godot are being swamped by contributors who may not even understand the code they're submitting.
www.pcgamer.com
February 18, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Higher-ups in most orgs want to reach the holy grail of "More with less" so AI will always be an easy sell.
Sad thing is, this could be and is the reality.
Are the tools handy in some cases, yeah. Would I give them free reign on my codebase, hell naw.
www.pcgamer.com/software/pla...
Sad thing is, this could be and is the reality.
Are the tools handy in some cases, yeah. Would I give them free reign on my codebase, hell naw.
www.pcgamer.com/software/pla...
"could" the most load bearing word in the headline.
February 18, 2026 at 8:14 PM
"could" the most load bearing word in the headline.
By not doing anything about this, this is what a future ad will resemble on the left, whereas this is what it'll actually be like on the right.
In any other regulated industry it is blatant false advertising.
In any other regulated industry it is blatant false advertising.
February 18, 2026 at 7:34 PM
By not doing anything about this, this is what a future ad will resemble on the left, whereas this is what it'll actually be like on the right.
In any other regulated industry it is blatant false advertising.
In any other regulated industry it is blatant false advertising.
God there's always some new fresh hell
The advertising regulator has said that AI-generated images in property ads are "not likely to mislead" if properly flagged, after criticism of some listings online.
jrnl.ie/6960437
jrnl.ie/6960437
Estate agents are using AI photos to 'show potential' and the ads regulator says that's fine
A buyer would have to spend “a fortune” if they wanted to recreate the AI images, said Kieran McCarthy, presenter of the RTÉ programme Heat My Home.
jrnl.ie
February 18, 2026 at 7:27 PM
God there's always some new fresh hell
Seeking a bit of relevance I see. Yawn. jrnl.ie/6960859
U2 releases politically charged EP Days of Ash
The new U2 EP addresses the killing of Renée Good and includes a song about the war in Ukraine featuring Ed Sheeran.
jrnl.ie
February 18, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Seeking a bit of relevance I see. Yawn. jrnl.ie/6960859
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Imagine being a hit man who had to kill Mark Wahlberg on Ash Wednesday.
February 18, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Imagine being a hit man who had to kill Mark Wahlberg on Ash Wednesday.
I listened to this yesterday, and I felt they were lamenting that the "dog that didn't bark" (immigration) wasn't more prominent in the last election and that there is no far-right coordination. They are basically fomenting it into existence.
Why have people shifted left? Maybe people care.
Why have people shifted left? Maybe people care.
February 18, 2026 at 9:11 AM
I listened to this yesterday, and I felt they were lamenting that the "dog that didn't bark" (immigration) wasn't more prominent in the last election and that there is no far-right coordination. They are basically fomenting it into existence.
Why have people shifted left? Maybe people care.
Why have people shifted left? Maybe people care.
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it’s insane to me that we’re just letting these assholes ruin everything
“.. ‘many system vendors will go bankrupt or exit product lines due to a lack of memory. Mobile phone production will be reduced by 200-250 million units, and PC and TV production will be significantly reduced.’ Yikes.”
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
February 17, 2026 at 8:58 PM
it’s insane to me that we’re just letting these assholes ruin everything
I watched the video of it, and honestly, well done jrnl.ie/6959948
A Swiss commentator used an Israeli Olympics bobsleigh run to condemn the Gaza genocide
Israeli bobsleigh athlete Adam Edelman described the commentary as a “diatribe”.
jrnl.ie
February 17, 2026 at 9:54 PM
I watched the video of it, and honestly, well done jrnl.ie/6959948
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NEW: ChatGPT and other chatbots are feeding users' fixations on real people, reinforcing users' delusional ideas and obsessions about others as they descend into unwanted harassment, stalking, and/or domestic abuse — traumatizing victims and profoundly altering lives.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
AI Delusions Are Leading to Domestic Abuse, Harassment, and Stalking
ChatGPT and other AI chatbots are reinforcing users' delusions about other people — fueling fixations linked to stalking and other abuses.
futurism.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:58 PM
NEW: ChatGPT and other chatbots are feeding users' fixations on real people, reinforcing users' delusional ideas and obsessions about others as they descend into unwanted harassment, stalking, and/or domestic abuse — traumatizing victims and profoundly altering lives.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Was friends with a girl years ago, and she used to come out with some of the funniest accidental stuff. On a pancake Tuesday she pondered why it was called Shrove Tuesday, and settled on it was likely because Jesus was wrapped in a Shrove (she confused it with the word Shroud). I think of it yearly.
February 17, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Was friends with a girl years ago, and she used to come out with some of the funniest accidental stuff. On a pancake Tuesday she pondered why it was called Shrove Tuesday, and settled on it was likely because Jesus was wrapped in a Shrove (she confused it with the word Shroud). I think of it yearly.
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On reports today that Councils tried to zone close to 300 sites prone to flooding for development over the last 6 years, SocDems climate spokesperson Jennifer Whitmore says: “we need to just stop doing stupid things when it comes to planning.”
February 17, 2026 at 11:37 AM
On reports today that Councils tried to zone close to 300 sites prone to flooding for development over the last 6 years, SocDems climate spokesperson Jennifer Whitmore says: “we need to just stop doing stupid things when it comes to planning.”
"If done properly" is probably the biggest red flag here.
Can't believe this lad is Minister for Finance.
Can't believe this lad is Minister for Finance.
Simon Harris' new savings scheme: Ireland has billions sitting idle in low-interest accounts, so the Government’s new investment strategy must focus on building a culture of long-term investing, not just more saving, writes Nick Charalambous.
jrnl.ie/6959386
jrnl.ie/6959386
Simon Harris' saving scheme plan: 'It could make Irish savings work harder, if done properly'
With billions sitting idle in low-interest accounts, the Government’s new investment strategy must focus on building a culture of long-term investing, not just more saving, writes Nick Charalambous.
jrnl.ie
February 17, 2026 at 12:03 PM
"If done properly" is probably the biggest red flag here.
Can't believe this lad is Minister for Finance.
Can't believe this lad is Minister for Finance.
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So they've invented the already existing botfarms to post "JET FUEL CAN'T MELT STEEL BEAMS" forever. Brilliant.
Meta has patented AI that can run a dead person's account, continuing to post and chat on their behalf
It can message and video call by replicating a user's online behavior using their past data
It can message and video call by replicating a user's online behavior using their past data
February 17, 2026 at 8:05 AM
So they've invented the already existing botfarms to post "JET FUEL CAN'T MELT STEEL BEAMS" forever. Brilliant.
Lovely morning sky #SpéirBándearg 🌄
February 17, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Lovely morning sky #SpéirBándearg 🌄
Does Trump's name appear more than Epstein in the Trump-Epstein files that we can just drop the latter?
February 17, 2026 at 6:18 AM
Does Trump's name appear more than Epstein in the Trump-Epstein files that we can just drop the latter?
I'm shook to the core at this revelation. Back in our day students never... Eh... Wha?
February 17, 2026 at 6:13 AM
I'm shook to the core at this revelation. Back in our day students never... Eh... Wha?
My son has gotten into manga and is using an old kindle. He's flying through loads of them, and some of the chapters are released weekly. Anyways, wrote a script which repacks multiple CBZ files into a single volume.
gist.github.com/harrymckille...
gist.github.com/harrymckille...
Takes individual CBZ files, unpacks, copies, resizes by 50% and repacks into a single CBZ archive
Takes individual CBZ files, unpacks, copies, resizes by 50% and repacks into a single CBZ archive - stitch-cbz.sh
gist.github.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:34 PM
My son has gotten into manga and is using an old kindle. He's flying through loads of them, and some of the chapters are released weekly. Anyways, wrote a script which repacks multiple CBZ files into a single volume.
gist.github.com/harrymckille...
gist.github.com/harrymckille...
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In a nutshell: if someone is trans, cis or non-binary leave them alone.
do you know what would help!!!!!!!! living in a society that lets people experiment with their gender without treating it like the most important thing in the world!!!!!!! letting people get it right or wrong without politicising their decisions!!!!!!! just being chilled about gender!!!!!! aaahhhhhh
"if they socially transition too early we think they can get locked onto a trajectory that may not have been the correct natural trajectory for them"
Direct quote.
Direct quote.
February 16, 2026 at 7:06 PM
In a nutshell: if someone is trans, cis or non-binary leave them alone.
Met Éireann need to rebuild their HQ in the shape of this statute in order to get everyone back on side and ward off any future weather events #SpéirGorm
February 16, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Met Éireann need to rebuild their HQ in the shape of this statute in order to get everyone back on side and ward off any future weather events #SpéirGorm
Listening to a podcast about crime, and the host suggested that AI can be used to depixelate a deliberately pixelated photo... 😭 It can, but it'll make the missing information up. This needs to be drummed into people.
February 16, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Listening to a podcast about crime, and the host suggested that AI can be used to depixelate a deliberately pixelated photo... 😭 It can, but it'll make the missing information up. This needs to be drummed into people.
Wrote a little widget to display the currently playing track from Spotify on my Linux desktop, and I used the | (pipe) character as the delimiter between the info, which is fine, until it got to one of my favourite artists, M|O|O|N and then all hell broke loose.
February 15, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Wrote a little widget to display the currently playing track from Spotify on my Linux desktop, and I used the | (pipe) character as the delimiter between the info, which is fine, until it got to one of my favourite artists, M|O|O|N and then all hell broke loose.
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Seeing your Twitter mutuals gradually appear on here
July 3, 2023 at 4:04 PM
Seeing your Twitter mutuals gradually appear on here
As it's now impacting Dublin more, hopefully this will make politicians take notice and act. Nobody is escaping this.
Dublin City Council has said a full review into overnight flooding during exceptionally heavy rainfall would include a look at the timing of weather forecasts | Follow live
Dublin City Council to review timing of forecasts
Follow developments as the capital experienced "exceptionally heavy rainfall" last night, with north Dublin the most impacted area.
www.rte.ie
February 15, 2026 at 6:24 AM
As it's now impacting Dublin more, hopefully this will make politicians take notice and act. Nobody is escaping this.