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· Nov 24
Got final joists in place this weekend for the mezzanine.
Below will be workbenches, tools, and cupboards.
Top will be 3d printers, electronics, and maker things.
Below will be workbenches, tools, and cupboards.
Top will be 3d printers, electronics, and maker things.
Building an art installation thing with 4040 aluminium extrusion - it's like giant Meccano.
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Building an art installation thing with 4040 aluminium extrusion - it's like giant Meccano.
Prime example of ensloppification of UI
Designers are even manage to fuck up calculators. No longer are trig functions one click away in scientific mode. They are two clicks for every time you want to use them.
Have the people that did this ever used a calculator?
Designers are even manage to fuck up calculators. No longer are trig functions one click away in scientific mode. They are two clicks for every time you want to use them.
Have the people that did this ever used a calculator?
November 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Prime example of ensloppification of UI
Designers are even manage to fuck up calculators. No longer are trig functions one click away in scientific mode. They are two clicks for every time you want to use them.
Have the people that did this ever used a calculator?
Designers are even manage to fuck up calculators. No longer are trig functions one click away in scientific mode. They are two clicks for every time you want to use them.
Have the people that did this ever used a calculator?
Does anyone know why the US govt accounts disappeared from clearsky stats?
November 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Does anyone know why the US govt accounts disappeared from clearsky stats?
New Zealand has debt to GDP ratio of ~50%. This is less than half the OECD average and roughly comparable to Australia.
Despite this, National supporters keep thinking we are horrendously in debt and need all the austerity cuts that National has done.
Despite this, National supporters keep thinking we are horrendously in debt and need all the austerity cuts that National has done.
November 2, 2025 at 7:13 AM
New Zealand has debt to GDP ratio of ~50%. This is less than half the OECD average and roughly comparable to Australia.
Despite this, National supporters keep thinking we are horrendously in debt and need all the austerity cuts that National has done.
Despite this, National supporters keep thinking we are horrendously in debt and need all the austerity cuts that National has done.
Apparently Sam Altman dunked on Tesla, and Elon rebutted it. But because Elon has hidden replies unless you log in to X, he has hidden his rebuttals to anyone - like me - who is not on X.
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www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-re...
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www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-re...
Elon Musk fires back at Sam Altman's posts about trying to cancel a Tesla Roadster order: 'You received a refund within 24 hours'
"And you forgot to mention act 4, where this issue was fixed and you received a refund within 24 hours," Elon Musk replied to the OpenAI CEO.
www.businessinsider.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Apparently Sam Altman dunked on Tesla, and Elon rebutted it. But because Elon has hidden replies unless you log in to X, he has hidden his rebuttals to anyone - like me - who is not on X.
😂
www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-re...
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www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-re...
Note that Goldman needs to project the bubble further out, that's how to make money from the plebs.
If the bubble fails too early, they are left holding the bag instead of pension funds.
If the bubble fails too early, they are left holding the bag instead of pension funds.
November 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Note that Goldman needs to project the bubble further out, that's how to make money from the plebs.
If the bubble fails too early, they are left holding the bag instead of pension funds.
If the bubble fails too early, they are left holding the bag instead of pension funds.
For a industry as regulated as electricity supply, I'm surprised there is no New Zealand regulation requiring electricity companies to actually transparently show the prices on all their plans.
I'm also surprised they can get away with conflating cost vs usage.
I'm also surprised they can get away with conflating cost vs usage.
November 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
For a industry as regulated as electricity supply, I'm surprised there is no New Zealand regulation requiring electricity companies to actually transparently show the prices on all their plans.
I'm also surprised they can get away with conflating cost vs usage.
I'm also surprised they can get away with conflating cost vs usage.
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I’ve joked before that Rationalism is to Silicon Valley as Scientology is to Hollywood.
And that’s… not a joke, actually.
The rationalist community is very influential and more than a little cult like.
Eliezer Yudkowsky is the L. Ron Hubbard of rationalism.
This book is his Battlefield Earth
And that’s… not a joke, actually.
The rationalist community is very influential and more than a little cult like.
Eliezer Yudkowsky is the L. Ron Hubbard of rationalism.
This book is his Battlefield Earth
October 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I’ve joked before that Rationalism is to Silicon Valley as Scientology is to Hollywood.
And that’s… not a joke, actually.
The rationalist community is very influential and more than a little cult like.
Eliezer Yudkowsky is the L. Ron Hubbard of rationalism.
This book is his Battlefield Earth
And that’s… not a joke, actually.
The rationalist community is very influential and more than a little cult like.
Eliezer Yudkowsky is the L. Ron Hubbard of rationalism.
This book is his Battlefield Earth
2-days until I've finished downloading a copy of pre-LLM reddit for the archive.
October 31, 2025 at 6:08 PM
2-days until I've finished downloading a copy of pre-LLM reddit for the archive.
Sneaky Blue Owl hiding datacenter loans in infrastructure bonds and labelling them A+, so then they get bought by pension funds.
a statue in a garden with the words i see you above it
ALT: a statue in a garden with the words i see you above it
media.tenor.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Sneaky Blue Owl hiding datacenter loans in infrastructure bonds and labelling them A+, so then they get bought by pension funds.
Poolside to buy $950 million of Nvidia GPUs.
Nvidia to invest up to $1 billion in AI startup Poolside. $NVDA
October 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Poolside to buy $950 million of Nvidia GPUs.
"We reach our limits with technology when we feel we’re out of control, and that feeds a lot of these negative cycles with technology."
So much of tech design is about removing control from the user and creating forced helplessness.
distressedscientists.substack.com/p/the-digita...
So much of tech design is about removing control from the user and creating forced helplessness.
distressedscientists.substack.com/p/the-digita...
The Digital Architect
How Spencer Chang engineers playful, intimate software for Our Internet.
distressedscientists.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
"We reach our limits with technology when we feel we’re out of control, and that feeds a lot of these negative cycles with technology."
So much of tech design is about removing control from the user and creating forced helplessness.
distressedscientists.substack.com/p/the-digita...
So much of tech design is about removing control from the user and creating forced helplessness.
distressedscientists.substack.com/p/the-digita...
Is it possible to build good software that enhances life in the modern world?
Or is it just all investment-seeking engagement slop now?
Or is it just all investment-seeking engagement slop now?
October 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Is it possible to build good software that enhances life in the modern world?
Or is it just all investment-seeking engagement slop now?
Or is it just all investment-seeking engagement slop now?
Staircase walls panelled up and handrail installed.
October 30, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Staircase walls panelled up and handrail installed.
Alternate headline - Nvidia blind to impending bubble pop
Nvidia sees $500 billion of business in the next six quarters. $NVDA
October 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Alternate headline - Nvidia blind to impending bubble pop
It does feel like companies have weaponised UX to make it impossible to get refunds for claims for items not received.
October 27, 2025 at 11:51 PM
It does feel like companies have weaponised UX to make it impossible to get refunds for claims for items not received.
Man, remember when this was the zeitgeist
October 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Man, remember when this was the zeitgeist
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TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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I would posit that instant text messaging is one of those things that is actually very tolerant of latency.
Unlike video/audio streaming, realtime control systems, gaming, any number of things that actually require near zero latency.
Unlike video/audio streaming, realtime control systems, gaming, any number of things that actually require near zero latency.
Instant messaging demands near-zero latency. Voice and video in particular require complex global signaling & regional relays to manage jitter and packet loss. These are things that AWS, Azure, and GCP provide at global scale that, practically speaking, others (in the western context) don’t. 5/
October 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I would posit that instant text messaging is one of those things that is actually very tolerant of latency.
Unlike video/audio streaming, realtime control systems, gaming, any number of things that actually require near zero latency.
Unlike video/audio streaming, realtime control systems, gaming, any number of things that actually require near zero latency.
In my 20s I could grind, but honestly I was just creating slop and learning how things work.
Took until my 30s to realise that rest -> innovation.
You don't come up with great solutions if you are constantly sitting at a desk and have no space to let your subconscious work on the problem.
Took until my 30s to realise that rest -> innovation.
You don't come up with great solutions if you are constantly sitting at a desk and have no space to let your subconscious work on the problem.
Great piece by @natolambert.bsky.social on the current state of human exhaustion in the AI world. Makes this important point:
October 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
In my 20s I could grind, but honestly I was just creating slop and learning how things work.
Took until my 30s to realise that rest -> innovation.
You don't come up with great solutions if you are constantly sitting at a desk and have no space to let your subconscious work on the problem.
Took until my 30s to realise that rest -> innovation.
You don't come up with great solutions if you are constantly sitting at a desk and have no space to let your subconscious work on the problem.
Reposted by joel
I'll cautiously say I've noticed more skepticism about AI in the corporate world and it's mostly because people's coworkers are creating extra work for them. They don't have the vocabulary to describe it yet but it's basically the "Why should I read what you couldn't be bothered to write" thing
October 23, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I'll cautiously say I've noticed more skepticism about AI in the corporate world and it's mostly because people's coworkers are creating extra work for them. They don't have the vocabulary to describe it yet but it's basically the "Why should I read what you couldn't be bothered to write" thing
Technology makes me so mad sometimes. Not technology itself, but designers and developers making completely terrible decisions and facing no repercussions for causing frustration to millions of humans.
October 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Technology makes me so mad sometimes. Not technology itself, but designers and developers making completely terrible decisions and facing no repercussions for causing frustration to millions of humans.
For about 20 years, and more commonly used now, testosterone supplementation is a thing to combat the natural age related reduction in men.
This has been one of my pet theories for population level influences explaining the state of the world.
This has been one of my pet theories for population level influences explaining the state of the world.
October 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
For about 20 years, and more commonly used now, testosterone supplementation is a thing to combat the natural age related reduction in men.
This has been one of my pet theories for population level influences explaining the state of the world.
This has been one of my pet theories for population level influences explaining the state of the world.
Useful list of USA government accounts you probably want to mute or block bsky.app/profile/did:...
October 18, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Useful list of USA government accounts you probably want to mute or block bsky.app/profile/did:...
Smaller wire gauge numbers are thicker.
Smaller screw gauge numbers are thinner.
Smaller body piercing gauge numbers are thicker.
No wonder I can never remember the directionality of "gauge" magnitude.
Smaller screw gauge numbers are thinner.
Smaller body piercing gauge numbers are thicker.
No wonder I can never remember the directionality of "gauge" magnitude.
October 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Smaller wire gauge numbers are thicker.
Smaller screw gauge numbers are thinner.
Smaller body piercing gauge numbers are thicker.
No wonder I can never remember the directionality of "gauge" magnitude.
Smaller screw gauge numbers are thinner.
Smaller body piercing gauge numbers are thicker.
No wonder I can never remember the directionality of "gauge" magnitude.