John Children
@johnchildren.bsky.social
Software Engineer working on Quantum Computing Web Services. Into Programming Languages, Compilers, Video Games and Anime.
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I haven't played Clair Obscura but I assume this is what it's about
“Technology has made us into zombies, and yet here is a robot showing us the truth,” said 43-year-old Clémence Lefèvre echoing the sentiment of the entire French populace
Entire French Populace Moved To Tears By Cartoon Of Robot Holding Flower
PARIS—Clutching their chests in wonder at the newly unveiled work by an anonymous street artist, all 68 million members of the French populace were reportedly brought to tears Friday by a cartoon of a...
theonion.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:34 AM
I haven't played Clair Obscura but I assume this is what it's about
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COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows
Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in multiple ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:06 PM
COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
"I watched a lot of Alan Partridge on the flight and now I'm hyped for Norwich" is a bit of a weird thing to say upon landing in Tokyo but I have just said it.
January 18, 2026 at 10:57 PM
"I watched a lot of Alan Partridge on the flight and now I'm hyped for Norwich" is a bit of a weird thing to say upon landing in Tokyo but I have just said it.
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If you're looking for a sign to switch careers: this is the sign.
January 18, 2026 at 12:44 AM
If you're looking for a sign to switch careers: this is the sign.
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It’s sort of insane how pervasive the framing that multiculturalism is some weird liberal experiment has become.
It’s the default state of what happens when people have easy movement and aren’t actively being told to hate each other. You can prove it by going outside in almost any city.
It’s the default state of what happens when people have easy movement and aren’t actively being told to hate each other. You can prove it by going outside in almost any city.
Hard agree. I'm increasingly just zero sympathy for the cowardly chauvinists who can't handle places where lots of different people get along together.
I realise I'm just a freak, but living in a multicultural city is the best thing of all time, it's just the best possible human experience and i can not understand why anyone on earth would be like "weve got to destroy this"
January 17, 2026 at 8:24 AM
It’s sort of insane how pervasive the framing that multiculturalism is some weird liberal experiment has become.
It’s the default state of what happens when people have easy movement and aren’t actively being told to hate each other. You can prove it by going outside in almost any city.
It’s the default state of what happens when people have easy movement and aren’t actively being told to hate each other. You can prove it by going outside in almost any city.
This is why computers are good actually
January 15, 2026 at 11:07 PM
This is why computers are good actually
god help me I might try to write multithreaded python
January 14, 2026 at 5:15 PM
god help me I might try to write multithreaded python
Making random changes to some code I don't understand and seeing whether it results in more or less test failures. I probably could get an LLM to do this for me.
January 14, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Making random changes to some code I don't understand and seeing whether it results in more or less test failures. I probably could get an LLM to do this for me.
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Once again my firm conviction is that ordinary people are meeting the moment in a way that the upper echelons of the media, judiciary, and capital (albeit I probably didn't expect any better from them) are not. People, in fact, are typically not so evil as fascists want and need us to be.
I added captions to this video of people heckling Greg Bovino leaving a Target in Minneapolis, and there's so many people yelling things at him it's like a comedy skit
January 13, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Once again my firm conviction is that ordinary people are meeting the moment in a way that the upper echelons of the media, judiciary, and capital (albeit I probably didn't expect any better from them) are not. People, in fact, are typically not so evil as fascists want and need us to be.
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the vibes are so fucking bad, man.
they‘re bad not even because of any component inherent to the technology itself (not even the ethicality of the training data, imo!).
just everyone coked out of their mind gorging themselves on the seed corn of our industry.
they‘re bad not even because of any component inherent to the technology itself (not even the ethicality of the training data, imo!).
just everyone coked out of their mind gorging themselves on the seed corn of our industry.
January 10, 2026 at 5:52 AM
the vibes are so fucking bad, man.
they‘re bad not even because of any component inherent to the technology itself (not even the ethicality of the training data, imo!).
just everyone coked out of their mind gorging themselves on the seed corn of our industry.
they‘re bad not even because of any component inherent to the technology itself (not even the ethicality of the training data, imo!).
just everyone coked out of their mind gorging themselves on the seed corn of our industry.
making a note to myself
January 9, 2026 at 2:32 PM
making a note to myself
The wax on Icarus' wings melted when he flew too high? Sounds like a skill issue.
January 8, 2026 at 11:01 AM
The wax on Icarus' wings melted when he flew too high? Sounds like a skill issue.
Considering violence
January 6, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Considering violence
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kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
Questions you ask when doing something diabolical
how do people share Nix store paths in a K8s cluster at scale?
e.g. if i want to set up a CI system where i don’t need each pod to wait for binary substitution before it’s ready to build
that’s easy with a dedicated set of builders and the semantics of GC all make sense, but not so much with K8s.
e.g. if i want to set up a CI system where i don’t need each pod to wait for binary substitution before it’s ready to build
that’s easy with a dedicated set of builders and the semantics of GC all make sense, but not so much with K8s.
January 6, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Questions you ask when doing something diabolical
I think I am a Cloud watch hater. Particularly CloudWatch metrics, the traces are almost useful.
January 5, 2026 at 11:25 AM
I think I am a Cloud watch hater. Particularly CloudWatch metrics, the traces are almost useful.
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Doing this challenge called “January” where I try to make it through the whole month of January
January 4, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Doing this challenge called “January” where I try to make it through the whole month of January
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I don’t think it could be more clear that they have no intention whatsoever of resisting the global rise of fascism, or that they are absolutely committed to ensuring a future far right government will have as many coercive powers to use against protestors and dissidents as they can push through now
January 4, 2026 at 1:10 PM
I don’t think it could be more clear that they have no intention whatsoever of resisting the global rise of fascism, or that they are absolutely committed to ensuring a future far right government will have as many coercive powers to use against protestors and dissidents as they can push through now
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i have had to say, in writing, at work, "the only thing we should ever write in python is code for calling AI libraries" at least three times
On a vacation I heard a teenager talking to his dad about coding. The kid was at that era of perfect insufferability, good enough to be sure he knew everything and thus condescend to his father.
He said “python is lame, that’s just for AI developers” and my brain melted
He said “python is lame, that’s just for AI developers” and my brain melted
January 3, 2026 at 5:42 AM
i have had to say, in writing, at work, "the only thing we should ever write in python is code for calling AI libraries" at least three times
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I hate that this is probably correct
January 2, 2026 at 11:54 PM
I hate that this is probably correct
Become immortal or die trying
January 2, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Become immortal or die trying