Justin Mason
@jmason.org
Dublin-based software engineer; still linkblogging at https://jmason.ie/ .
Nerdy stuff on https://mastodon.ie/@jmason .
Works at NewsWhip, used to work at Swrve, Amazon and on SpamAssassin, nowadays mostly just being a dad in Dublin.
Opinions my own.
Nerdy stuff on https://mastodon.ie/@jmason .
Works at NewsWhip, used to work at Swrve, Amazon and on SpamAssassin, nowadays mostly just being a dad in Dublin.
Opinions my own.
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Sing muse of a man who should get into the wine dark sea
November 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Sing muse of a man who should get into the wine dark sea
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Honestly believe that using 'alpha' like this is a foolproof Shibboleth for douchebaggery.
Normal human beings in finance (all three of them) do not do this.
Normal human beings in finance (all three of them) do not do this.
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Honestly believe that using 'alpha' like this is a foolproof Shibboleth for douchebaggery.
Normal human beings in finance (all three of them) do not do this.
Normal human beings in finance (all three of them) do not do this.
Really quite annoyed that my favoured current affairs radio on RTE Radio 1 has been replaced with yet more bloody sports
November 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Really quite annoyed that my favoured current affairs radio on RTE Radio 1 has been replaced with yet more bloody sports
looking forward to seeing footage of the Presidential Bee Swarms frolicking with visiting dignitaries
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
looking forward to seeing footage of the Presidential Bee Swarms frolicking with visiting dignitaries
This is some great writing about Chicago. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
I Want You to Understand Chicago
aphyr.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
This is some great writing about Chicago. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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im a major league hater so i made a collage of every sentence in the which google mentions “thermal” in their 12 page Project Suncatcher paper about putting data centers in orbit
heat dissipation is one of the top 3 problems in spaceflight and they give essentially no details lmao
heat dissipation is one of the top 3 problems in spaceflight and they give essentially no details lmao
November 7, 2025 at 3:55 AM
im a major league hater so i made a collage of every sentence in the which google mentions “thermal” in their 12 page Project Suncatcher paper about putting data centers in orbit
heat dissipation is one of the top 3 problems in spaceflight and they give essentially no details lmao
heat dissipation is one of the top 3 problems in spaceflight and they give essentially no details lmao
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emotive butlerian jihad now: the machine may not wear a human face.
There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 2:47 AM
emotive butlerian jihad now: the machine may not wear a human face.
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This is the finest finance chart ever made
So basically if the government does end up backstopping OpenAI borrowing as their CFO suggested yesterday, the three possible outcomes for a new GSE issuing newfangled MBS are -- Manna Based Securities, Meme Based Securities, and Matrix Based Securities.
www.ft.com/content/60df...
www.ft.com/content/60df...
November 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This is the finest finance chart ever made
Very impressed by @sineadgibney.bsky.social on the Tonight show just now regarding AI regulation. Couldn't agree more!
November 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Very impressed by @sineadgibney.bsky.social on the Tonight show just now regarding AI regulation. Couldn't agree more!
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Tonight's even more proof the mainstream reporters who are still on Twitter are suffering from a brain problem akin Havana Syndrome that is preventing them from accurately doing their jobs. They are being cooked alive by a snuff-focused apartheid algorithm.
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Tonight's even more proof the mainstream reporters who are still on Twitter are suffering from a brain problem akin Havana Syndrome that is preventing them from accurately doing their jobs. They are being cooked alive by a snuff-focused apartheid algorithm.
"significant engineering challenges remain, such as thermal management"
So -- the biggest challenge of GPUs in space (bar getting them up there) is still a "significant engineering challenge"? No shit
So -- the biggest challenge of GPUs in space (bar getting them up there) is still a "significant engineering challenge"? No shit
do you want to convert the entire solar system to computronium because this is how you start converting the entire solar system to computronium
research.google/blog/explori...
research.google/blog/explori...
Exploring a space-based, scalable AI infrastructure system design
research.google
November 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
"significant engineering challenges remain, such as thermal management"
So -- the biggest challenge of GPUs in space (bar getting them up there) is still a "significant engineering challenge"? No shit
So -- the biggest challenge of GPUs in space (bar getting them up there) is still a "significant engineering challenge"? No shit
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This simply incredible quote does not suggest to me an organisation that is fully across the issues
November 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This simply incredible quote does not suggest to me an organisation that is fully across the issues
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FFS, "debate" isn't just you getting to say whatever you like without being challenged.
Simon Harris has the right to make an ass of himself with ill-considered comments that will provide grist to the mill of racists, as he has done.
But the left also has the right to call him out for doing so.
Simon Harris has the right to make an ass of himself with ill-considered comments that will provide grist to the mill of racists, as he has done.
But the left also has the right to call him out for doing so.
Listening to Tánaiste Simon Harris's comments on the way into Cabinet this morning - accusing parties on the left of the 'extraordinary' move of 'trying to shut down debate' on immigration.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
FFS, "debate" isn't just you getting to say whatever you like without being challenged.
Simon Harris has the right to make an ass of himself with ill-considered comments that will provide grist to the mill of racists, as he has done.
But the left also has the right to call him out for doing so.
Simon Harris has the right to make an ass of himself with ill-considered comments that will provide grist to the mill of racists, as he has done.
But the left also has the right to call him out for doing so.
some big booms just there in the D7 Glasnevin/Cabra area..... anyone know what was going on?
November 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
some big booms just there in the D7 Glasnevin/Cabra area..... anyone know what was going on?
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I will support any New York mayoral candidate who admits bodegas are just convenience stores and everywhere in the world has them
November 4, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I will support any New York mayoral candidate who admits bodegas are just convenience stores and everywhere in the world has them
When an Amazon vendor's random name generator accidentally generates a "real" product's name
November 3, 2025 at 11:08 PM
When an Amazon vendor's random name generator accidentally generates a "real" product's name
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Oh wow, it's bad quantum takes all round this week
I’ve always thought the problem with quantum computers is that they don’t cost nearly enough money (ideally, at least a million dollars per kg!), and should experience heavy vibrations and crushing G-forces after being calibrated. ⚛️🧪
November 3, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Oh wow, it's bad quantum takes all round this week
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"No it's about redemption and longing the the forces that guide us both profound and subtle, it's a very dense work and requires several attentive reads!" Meanwhile your eyes keep glancing at this and wondering if I was lying about my English degree
October 31, 2025 at 2:38 AM
"No it's about redemption and longing the the forces that guide us both profound and subtle, it's a very dense work and requires several attentive reads!" Meanwhile your eyes keep glancing at this and wondering if I was lying about my English degree
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Far more significant than the podcast is Ivan Yates working with a national broadcaster Newstalk as a pundit when he was working for FF as an advisor ...surely the regulator has something to say about this ? www.newstalk.com/podcasts/cal.... #Spéirghorm
Calling It | Newstalk
Ivan Yates and Seán Defoe analyse the Presidential Election, reviewing candidates, the state of their campaigns, and predicting who will be moving into the ...
www.newstalk.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Far more significant than the podcast is Ivan Yates working with a national broadcaster Newstalk as a pundit when he was working for FF as an advisor ...surely the regulator has something to say about this ? www.newstalk.com/podcasts/cal.... #Spéirghorm
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If you’re out here wringing your hands writing articles about why a bloke who thinks immigrants get free cars wrote “cunt” on his ballot paper, instead of writing articles about the well funded fascists who ran a campaign aimed at that guy, then you have no business pretending to be a journalist
November 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
If you’re out here wringing your hands writing articles about why a bloke who thinks immigrants get free cars wrote “cunt” on his ballot paper, instead of writing articles about the well funded fascists who ran a campaign aimed at that guy, then you have no business pretending to be a journalist
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Sad day for the folks who staked their reputations on lab leak conspiracy theories.
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
October 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Sad day for the folks who staked their reputations on lab leak conspiracy theories.
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
This matches my thoughts also. Social media has become a terrible mistake
I'm definitely becoming a year zero guy for social media. shut it the fuck down. go back to RSS feeds and vbulletin forums. it should be more costly run a social media platform, doing so should involve more legal exposure, and it should be more difficult to access them.
October 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This matches my thoughts also. Social media has become a terrible mistake
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The Irish Times reported on Friday night, an hour after polls closed: "Historic low turnout in presidential election likely". When the votes were counted, it turned out turnout was actually up vs 2018.
Going back through the history of the Irish presidency, it's mad how many elections went uncontested. Trying to imagine the uproar had Humphreys stood down before the election and Connolly won by default, when actually there's historical precedent for it lol.
October 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The Irish Times reported on Friday night, an hour after polls closed: "Historic low turnout in presidential election likely". When the votes were counted, it turned out turnout was actually up vs 2018.
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Yes, the people have spoken, but they have said the wrong thing, so we need to rewrite the constitution to make it easier for far-right grifters to reach the presidency without ever running for so much as a council seat
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the Oireachtas may have to look at changing the process by which a person gets on the ballot in presidential elections, which he described as "restrictive".
jrnl.ie/6856687
jrnl.ie/6856687
Taoiseach suggests referendum on changing 'restrictive' process for getting on presidential ballot
One in eighter people spoiled their votes.
jrnl.ie
October 26, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Yes, the people have spoken, but they have said the wrong thing, so we need to rewrite the constitution to make it easier for far-right grifters to reach the presidency without ever running for so much as a council seat
cedarlounge.wordpress.com/2025/10/26/s... - this election saw a HIGHER turnout and more votes for the winner, than the 2018 election, despite all press predictions (and in some cases even their post match analysis...)
Sunday and other stupid statements from this week
All examples welcome. There’s this gem: The awkward truth is that the left has been predicting an imminent political breakthrough since Michael D himself was in short trousers. It never…
cedarlounge.wordpress.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
cedarlounge.wordpress.com/2025/10/26/s... - this election saw a HIGHER turnout and more votes for the winner, than the 2018 election, despite all press predictions (and in some cases even their post match analysis...)