Liam Proven
@lproven.bsky.social
Tall, dark, black-clad, atheist, skeptic, vegetarian, SF fan; writes (mostly about computers) for a living. All opinions expressed are my own & not those of any employer.
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I enjoyed this take on LLM.
The AI hater's guide to code with LLMs (The Overview)
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<- TBH: I still hate it, still consider it a scam, & am only interested in takes from the hardcore skeptics. But I learned stuff from this.
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<- TBH: I still hate it, still consider it a scam, & am only interested in takes from the hardcore skeptics. But I learned stuff from this.
The AI hater's guide to code with LLMs (The Overview) | All Confirmation Bias, All The Time
This is the post I don’t think many people expected me to write, and I have (rightly!) surrounded myself with people who are generally uncomfortable to somewhat hostile to “AI”, mostly for good…
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February 14, 2026 at 5:41 PM
I enjoyed this take on LLM.
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The AI hater's guide to code with LLMs (The Overview)
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<- TBH: I still hate it, still consider it a scam, & am only interested in takes from the hardcore skeptics. But I learned stuff from this.
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<- TBH: I still hate it, still consider it a scam, & am only interested in takes from the hardcore skeptics. But I learned stuff from this.
The AI hater's guide to code with LLMs (The Overview) | All Confirmation Bias, All The Time
This is the post I don’t think many people expected me to write, and I have (rightly!) surrounded myself with people who are generally uncomfortable to somewhat hostile to “AI”, mostly for good…
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February 14, 2026 at 4:23 PM
The AI hater's guide to code with LLMs (The Overview)
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<- TBH: I still hate it, still consider it a scam, & am only interested in takes from the hardcore skeptics. But I learned stuff from this.
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<- TBH: I still hate it, still consider it a scam, & am only interested in takes from the hardcore skeptics. But I learned stuff from this.
How Serifs Lost the Road War but Won the Streets
How Serifs Lost the Road War but Won the Streets
It is 1961. At Benson Airfield in south Oxfordshire, a test car driver employed by the Roads Research Laboratory is revving the engine of his Morris Oxford and preparing to release the handbrake. W…
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February 14, 2026 at 1:40 PM
How Serifs Lost the Road War but Won the Streets
RFK Jr: MAGA's Mengele. This should go viral.
The trouble is that the people who need to know have no idea who Dr Josef Mengele was & think where he did it is fictitious.
It's not. I've been there.
The trouble is that the people who need to know have no idea who Dr Josef Mengele was & think where he did it is fictitious.
It's not. I've been there.
Maga’s Mengele
February 14, 2026 at 1:22 PM
RFK Jr: MAGA's Mengele. This should go viral.
The trouble is that the people who need to know have no idea who Dr Josef Mengele was & think where he did it is fictitious.
It's not. I've been there.
The trouble is that the people who need to know have no idea who Dr Josef Mengele was & think where he did it is fictitious.
It's not. I've been there.
Make social media companies fully responsible for their members & content. All the laws are there. They are not carriers, they are publishers. Apply the existing laws to them that apply to legacy broadcast media.
this is comically evil. brazenly anti-social. just absolute black-pilled nihilism. we will not have a republic, we will not be free, until we regulate these companies to the point where — at a bare minimum — they're too afraid to put stuff like this down on paper.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
February 14, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Make social media companies fully responsible for their members & content. All the laws are there. They are not carriers, they are publishers. Apply the existing laws to them that apply to legacy broadcast media.
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Roses are red.
Sugar is sweet.
I’ve never snorted cocaine
off a toilet seat.
Sugar is sweet.
I’ve never snorted cocaine
off a toilet seat.
February 14, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Roses are red.
Sugar is sweet.
I’ve never snorted cocaine
off a toilet seat.
Sugar is sweet.
I’ve never snorted cocaine
off a toilet seat.
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if you're an older person who finds words like mogg and maxxing annoying, just starting using them. people over the age of 30 have the superpower to end trends by simply adopting them
February 14, 2026 at 1:50 AM
if you're an older person who finds words like mogg and maxxing annoying, just starting using them. people over the age of 30 have the superpower to end trends by simply adopting them
China has planted so many trees around the Taklamakan Desert, it's turned this 'biological void' into a carbon sink
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Huge-scale ecological engineering around the edges of 1 of the world's largest, driest deserts has turned it into a carbon sink that absorbs more CO2 than it emits
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Huge-scale ecological engineering around the edges of 1 of the world's largest, driest deserts has turned it into a carbon sink that absorbs more CO2 than it emits
China has planted so many trees around the Taklamakan Desert that it's turned this 'biological void' into a carbon sink
Huge-scale ecological engineering around the edges of one of the world's largest and driest deserts has turned it into a carbon sink that absorbs more CO2 than it emits, research suggests.
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February 14, 2026 at 9:53 AM
China has planted so many trees around the Taklamakan Desert, it's turned this 'biological void' into a carbon sink
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Huge-scale ecological engineering around the edges of 1 of the world's largest, driest deserts has turned it into a carbon sink that absorbs more CO2 than it emits
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Huge-scale ecological engineering around the edges of 1 of the world's largest, driest deserts has turned it into a carbon sink that absorbs more CO2 than it emits
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i often think about this review
February 14, 2026 at 3:13 AM
i often think about this review
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And here's a somewhat different view which I'm sure you've seen before. Beinerts is often good value on such matters.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKor...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKor...
The Expert (Short Comedy Sketch)
YouTube video by Lauris Beinerts
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:51 PM
And here's a somewhat different view which I'm sure you've seen before. Beinerts is often good value on such matters.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKor...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKor...
Carl Sagan’s Baloney Detection Kit: Tools for Thinking Critically & Knowing Pseudoscience When You See It
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… This assembled metaphorical box of tools for diagnosing fraudulent arguments & constructing reasoned ones involves 9 principles…
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Carl Sagan’s Baloney Detection Kit: Tools for Thinking Critically & Knowing Pseudoscience When You See It
Though he died too young, Carl Sagan left behind an impressively large body of work, including more than 600 scientific papers and more than 20 books.
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February 13, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Carl Sagan’s Baloney Detection Kit: Tools for Thinking Critically & Knowing Pseudoscience When You See It
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… This assembled metaphorical box of tools for diagnosing fraudulent arguments & constructing reasoned ones involves 9 principles…
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23 lessons you will learn living in a very snowy place
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<- I laughed, and I learned that I do not want to live in a Very Snowy Place.
Looking at the state of the AMOC, I may die in one, though.
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<- I laughed, and I learned that I do not want to live in a Very Snowy Place.
Looking at the state of the AMOC, I may die in one, though.
23 lessons you will learn living in a very snowy place
6. Snow is heavier than you think. You might think physical strength is useful for lots of things, like overall health or familiar household tasks or picking up dudes (literally or metaphorically.)…
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February 13, 2026 at 1:40 PM
23 lessons you will learn living in a very snowy place
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<- I laughed, and I learned that I do not want to live in a Very Snowy Place.
Looking at the state of the AMOC, I may die in one, though.
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<- I laughed, and I learned that I do not want to live in a Very Snowy Place.
Looking at the state of the AMOC, I may die in one, though.
Do not apologize for replying late to my email
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<- I am guilty of this. Nearly 2 decades of Inbox Zero are but a fading memory.
Maybe I should stop saying it.
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<- I am guilty of this. Nearly 2 decades of Inbox Zero are but a fading memory.
Maybe I should stop saying it.
Do not apologize for replying late to my email
Do not apologize for replying late to my email par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.
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February 13, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Do not apologize for replying late to my email
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<- I am guilty of this. Nearly 2 decades of Inbox Zero are but a fading memory.
Maybe I should stop saying it.
buff.ly/SuTo7Xj
<- I am guilty of this. Nearly 2 decades of Inbox Zero are but a fading memory.
Maybe I should stop saying it.
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My evil scheme to boost the "xenobiological Audubon/Barlowe's 'Expedition' adjacent art book" market footprint finally comes to fruition >:3
I have received my copies of my first ever book: 'Other Words' and it looks amazing! I have taken some photos for a /thread/ below
Copies are going out to Kickstarter supporters, and you can order it here :)
#illustration #art #conceptart
Amazon: amzn.to/3QYsn1s
Other Sellers: bit.ly/3FwsC18
Copies are going out to Kickstarter supporters, and you can order it here :)
#illustration #art #conceptart
Amazon: amzn.to/3QYsn1s
Other Sellers: bit.ly/3FwsC18
February 12, 2026 at 7:21 PM
My evil scheme to boost the "xenobiological Audubon/Barlowe's 'Expedition' adjacent art book" market footprint finally comes to fruition >:3
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February 13, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Why this country declared an ocean current collapse a national security risk
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Climate modeling shows Icelandic winter extremes plunging to an unprecedented -50º F (-45º C). Sea ice could surround the country for the first time since it was settled by Vikings.
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Climate modeling shows Icelandic winter extremes plunging to an unprecedented -50º F (-45º C). Sea ice could surround the country for the first time since it was settled by Vikings.
Why this country declared an ocean current collapse a national security risk
The disruption of a current that carries heat north from the tropics would make much of the world hotter, while turning Iceland into “one giant glacier.”
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February 12, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Why this country declared an ocean current collapse a national security risk
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Climate modeling shows Icelandic winter extremes plunging to an unprecedented -50º F (-45º C). Sea ice could surround the country for the first time since it was settled by Vikings.
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Climate modeling shows Icelandic winter extremes plunging to an unprecedented -50º F (-45º C). Sea ice could surround the country for the first time since it was settled by Vikings.
The big FOSS vendors don't eat their own dogfood – they pay for proprietary groupware
www.theregister.com/2026/02/12/s...
That's… *not* a good idea
<- by me on @theregister.com
#OpenSourcePolicySummit2026
www.theregister.com/2026/02/12/s...
That's… *not* a good idea
<- by me on @theregister.com
#OpenSourcePolicySummit2026
SUSE exec blurts that the company uses Teams
Open Source Policy Summit 2026: That's not a good idea
www.theregister.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:21 PM
The big FOSS vendors don't eat their own dogfood – they pay for proprietary groupware
www.theregister.com/2026/02/12/s...
That's… *not* a good idea
<- by me on @theregister.com
#OpenSourcePolicySummit2026
www.theregister.com/2026/02/12/s...
That's… *not* a good idea
<- by me on @theregister.com
#OpenSourcePolicySummit2026
How Much of CP/M’s Design Ended Up in MS‑DOS?
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MS-DOS was designed to be API compatible with CP/M. But how much of CP/M’s internal design carried over?
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MS-DOS was designed to be API compatible with CP/M. But how much of CP/M’s internal design carried over?
How Much of CP/M’s Design Ended Up in MS‑DOS?
MS-DOS was designed to be API compatible with CP/M. But how much of CP/M’s internal design carried over?
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February 12, 2026 at 1:40 PM
How Much of CP/M’s Design Ended Up in MS‑DOS?
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MS-DOS was designed to be API compatible with CP/M. But how much of CP/M’s internal design carried over?
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MS-DOS was designed to be API compatible with CP/M. But how much of CP/M’s internal design carried over?
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There's no patriot like a Monaco-based patriot.
February 12, 2026 at 9:23 AM
There's no patriot like a Monaco-based patriot.
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LOL. Possibly even a ROFL.
A Korean bitcoin market intended to give away prizes worth ₩620,000 or about $425. Instead, they gave away 620,000 bitcoins worth roughly $40 BILLION at the time—despite not actually holding that many tokens. It’s a massive failure of crypto safety protocols. Now they’re asking for the coins back.
February 12, 2026 at 9:59 AM
The Linux mid-life crisis that's an opportunity for Tux-led transformation
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Sudo make me a star
<- on the Reg, but not by me. Mr Goodwins here has a good idea, though.
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Sudo make me a star
<- on the Reg, but not by me. Mr Goodwins here has a good idea, though.
Linux mid-life crisis: A Tux-led transformation chance
Opinion: Sudo make me a star
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February 12, 2026 at 9:53 AM
The Linux mid-life crisis that's an opportunity for Tux-led transformation
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Sudo make me a star
<- on the Reg, but not by me. Mr Goodwins here has a good idea, though.
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Sudo make me a star
<- on the Reg, but not by me. Mr Goodwins here has a good idea, though.
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My favorite exchange on Twitter in the history of the site
February 12, 2026 at 5:53 AM
My favorite exchange on Twitter in the history of the site