Justin
@jaffray.bsky.social
turning to the succor of modern computing machines, let us renounce all analytic tools
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For NULL BITMAP: I wrote about query plan caching: buttondown.com/jaffray/arch...
Query Plan Caching
Serious NULL BITMAP heads know my love for the Query Plan Diagram. This is a 2D-rendering that represents the selection of plans for a particular shape of...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
For NULL BITMAP: I wrote about query plan caching: buttondown.com/jaffray/arch...
the highlights on the sugimori drawings always hit me like a truck
The shot in the arm that the ageing Game Boy needed as the late 90s dawned: Pokémon!
Nintendo Power added fuel to the hype machine as it makes its way outside Japan in its May 1998 issue.
Nintendo Power added fuel to the hype machine as it makes its way outside Japan in its May 1998 issue.
November 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
the highlights on the sugimori drawings always hit me like a truck
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there are two wolves inside you. they are unaware of you, in any sense that you would recognize; to them you are the sunrise in the mist in the morning, and the cool moss on the warm earth in the night. the story of your life is the story of these wolves, and how they have run and hunted inside you.
July 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
there are two wolves inside you. they are unaware of you, in any sense that you would recognize; to them you are the sunrise in the mist in the morning, and the cool moss on the warm earth in the night. the story of your life is the story of these wolves, and how they have run and hunted inside you.
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video game titles that make me reflexively say “is there a mr. __________”:
- ms pac-man
- ms flight simulator
- ms pac-man
- ms flight simulator
November 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
video game titles that make me reflexively say “is there a mr. __________”:
- ms pac-man
- ms flight simulator
- ms pac-man
- ms flight simulator
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As someone who doesn't watch sports but does love human suffering, I'm having a great night
November 2, 2025 at 4:05 AM
As someone who doesn't watch sports but does love human suffering, I'm having a great night
i barely know the rules of this game so whenever i see something that looked noteworthy to me i refresh the timeline to see if any of you cared about it or not
November 2, 2025 at 4:04 AM
i barely know the rules of this game so whenever i see something that looked noteworthy to me i refresh the timeline to see if any of you cared about it or not
okay ya got me i signed up for a questionable 1-week free trial to watch "the game"
November 2, 2025 at 3:17 AM
okay ya got me i signed up for a questionable 1-week free trial to watch "the game"
convinced everyone to watch The Night of The Hunter with me. a good halloween
November 1, 2025 at 2:09 AM
convinced everyone to watch The Night of The Hunter with me. a good halloween
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DARK ARMS: BEAST BUSTER 1999
NOISE FACTORY 1999
(Captured on Neo Geo Pocket Color)
NOISE FACTORY 1999
(Captured on Neo Geo Pocket Color)
October 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
DARK ARMS: BEAST BUSTER 1999
NOISE FACTORY 1999
(Captured on Neo Geo Pocket Color)
NOISE FACTORY 1999
(Captured on Neo Geo Pocket Color)
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how wonderful to have a section of your source code which is fully legible sprite data
gladiator, type-in listing, excerpt, zx81 (1983) archive.org/details/cavg...
October 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
how wonderful to have a section of your source code which is fully legible sprite data
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CHOTINER: So you asked for a Birkin bag?
KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag.
CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this?
KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla
CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable.
KOKO: Hostility Interviewer
KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag.
CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this?
KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla
CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable.
KOKO: Hostility Interviewer
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
CHOTINER: So you asked for a Birkin bag?
KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag.
CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this?
KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla
CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable.
KOKO: Hostility Interviewer
KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag.
CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this?
KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla
CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable.
KOKO: Hostility Interviewer
lmao that we built the magic superintelligence and asked it about a stock and its insight was “fundamentals and market sentiment”
October 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
lmao that we built the magic superintelligence and asked it about a stock and its insight was “fundamentals and market sentiment”
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It’s weird that of all the scifi media predicting the future Tim and Eric’s Celery Man sketch got it the closest
October 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
It’s weird that of all the scifi media predicting the future Tim and Eric’s Celery Man sketch got it the closest
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October 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
if your marketing posts aren't getting you banned from lobste.rs you're not hustling hard enough 🔥🔥🔥💪💪💪
Lobsters
lobste.rs
October 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
if your marketing posts aren't getting you banned from lobste.rs you're not hustling hard enough 🔥🔥🔥💪💪💪
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No correct aspect ratio upload to be found on YouTube, and I could be more rigorous about my editing, but I genuinely think this is some of the funniest 106 seconds in comedy history, and definitely in my top five Simpsons jokes.
October 23, 2025 at 5:15 AM
No correct aspect ratio upload to be found on YouTube, and I could be more rigorous about my editing, but I genuinely think this is some of the funniest 106 seconds in comedy history, and definitely in my top five Simpsons jokes.
dying that the hot, based "dev focussed" "distro" has built in hotkeys to open dhh's email provider that nobody uses
October 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
dying that the hot, based "dev focussed" "distro" has built in hotkeys to open dhh's email provider that nobody uses
sending people at work a "lunch?" dm w this
October 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
sending people at work a "lunch?" dm w this
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commodore user, magazine, excerpt (1986) archive.org/details/Comm...
October 14, 2025 at 10:42 AM
commodore user, magazine, excerpt (1986) archive.org/details/Comm...
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Wait’ll you hear about MySQL notes.rolandcrosby.com/posts/unexpe...
![First announced on August 16, 1993, Debian was founded by lan Murdock, who initially called the system "the Debian Linux Release". [14][15] The word
"Debian" was formed as a portmanteau of the first name of his then-girlfriend (later ex-wife) Debra Lynn and his own first name. 16] Before Debian's release,
the Softlanding Linux System (SLS) had been a](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xraomsuf6pvh7r2cqtdwhkvm/bafkreiawh3nz4ixrqavuhvca2gng5n6ipakskzxhg3bmicr45kdgxidwfi@jpeg)
October 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Wait’ll you hear about MySQL notes.rolandcrosby.com/posts/unexpe...
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typically when i arrive in a new location i send out a pulse, an electromagnetic wave that helps me "see" the surroundings. it also helps me locate nearby objects of interest to my mission, like power sources or communication hubs
October 13, 2025 at 12:37 PM
typically when i arrive in a new location i send out a pulse, an electromagnetic wave that helps me "see" the surroundings. it also helps me locate nearby objects of interest to my mission, like power sources or communication hubs
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it's not FOR us
October 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
it's not FOR us
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got invited to the goblin group chat but none of them speak common so I'm just fire reacting random shit
May 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
got invited to the goblin group chat but none of them speak common so I'm just fire reacting random shit