Paul Jensen
@paulbjensen.bsky.social
“There is no big lie. There is no system. The universe is indifferent” - Donald Draper
Today I learned about Small Language Models: www.datacamp.com/blog/small-l...
Quite appealing in terms of the ease of deployment, and more significantly the energy costs.
Quite appealing in terms of the ease of deployment, and more significantly the energy costs.
Small Language Models: A Guide With Examples
Learn about small language models (SLMs), their benefits and applications, and how they compare to large language models (LLMs).
www.datacamp.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Today I learned about Small Language Models: www.datacamp.com/blog/small-l...
Quite appealing in terms of the ease of deployment, and more significantly the energy costs.
Quite appealing in terms of the ease of deployment, and more significantly the energy costs.
I have a contract that I want to sign in Sweden, but I have none of the 16 different authentication systems available to digitally sign the document with.
16 different authentication systems? How is this possible?
Makes me appreciate the Estonian e-residency system even more.
16 different authentication systems? How is this possible?
Makes me appreciate the Estonian e-residency system even more.
November 14, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I have a contract that I want to sign in Sweden, but I have none of the 16 different authentication systems available to digitally sign the document with.
16 different authentication systems? How is this possible?
Makes me appreciate the Estonian e-residency system even more.
16 different authentication systems? How is this possible?
Makes me appreciate the Estonian e-residency system even more.
Duolingo giving off psychopath vibes in their email copy.
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Duolingo giving off psychopath vibes in their email copy.
Written by Vince Gilligan, starring the brilliant Rhea Seehorn, and funded by Apple’s giant money cannon.
It’s happening.
It’s happening.
November 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Written by Vince Gilligan, starring the brilliant Rhea Seehorn, and funded by Apple’s giant money cannon.
It’s happening.
It’s happening.
What a hero. I hope he gets an award for his bravery. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Train hero who saved passengers during attack named
The rail worker credited with saving multiple lives is named as Samir Zitouni.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 11:47 AM
What a hero. I hope he gets an award for his bravery. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Apparently X now preloads links in tweets in the background in a webview.
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4580...
What a great way to juke the stats on traffic referral.
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4580...
What a great way to juke the stats on traffic referral.
Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether you press it or not | Hacker News
news.ycombinator.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Apparently X now preloads links in tweets in the background in a webview.
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4580...
What a great way to juke the stats on traffic referral.
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4580...
What a great way to juke the stats on traffic referral.
October 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Over 1/3 of the market cap of the entire S&P 500 is in just 6 companies.
Their combined market cap of $19.163tn is 34.6% of the $55.379tn market cap of the S&P 500:
- NVidia ($4.461tn)
- Microsoft ($3.818tn)
- Apple ($3.744tn)
- Alphabet ($3.067tn)
- Amazon ($2.272tn)
- Meta ($1.801tn)
Bonkers.
Their combined market cap of $19.163tn is 34.6% of the $55.379tn market cap of the S&P 500:
- NVidia ($4.461tn)
- Microsoft ($3.818tn)
- Apple ($3.744tn)
- Alphabet ($3.067tn)
- Amazon ($2.272tn)
- Meta ($1.801tn)
Bonkers.
October 18, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Over 1/3 of the market cap of the entire S&P 500 is in just 6 companies.
Their combined market cap of $19.163tn is 34.6% of the $55.379tn market cap of the S&P 500:
- NVidia ($4.461tn)
- Microsoft ($3.818tn)
- Apple ($3.744tn)
- Alphabet ($3.067tn)
- Amazon ($2.272tn)
- Meta ($1.801tn)
Bonkers.
Their combined market cap of $19.163tn is 34.6% of the $55.379tn market cap of the S&P 500:
- NVidia ($4.461tn)
- Microsoft ($3.818tn)
- Apple ($3.744tn)
- Alphabet ($3.067tn)
- Amazon ($2.272tn)
- Meta ($1.801tn)
Bonkers.
TIL about Weather derivatives: financial products that pay out based on weather conditions.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather...
I am rather tempted to introduce the concept into Babsland - it adds an element of needing to think about extreme weather scenarios and how to mitigate them.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather...
I am rather tempted to introduce the concept into Babsland - it adds an element of needing to think about extreme weather scenarios and how to mitigate them.
Weather derivative - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 13, 2025 at 8:53 AM
TIL about Weather derivatives: financial products that pay out based on weather conditions.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather...
I am rather tempted to introduce the concept into Babsland - it adds an element of needing to think about extreme weather scenarios and how to mitigate them.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather...
I am rather tempted to introduce the concept into Babsland - it adds an element of needing to think about extreme weather scenarios and how to mitigate them.
Even on a cloudy Sunday in Essex, a set of solar panels plus a 5kWh battery and hybrid inverter mean that I’m exporting to the grid right now.
The daylight is enough to meet the house’s electricity needs and send the excess up.
The daylight is enough to meet the house’s electricity needs and send the excess up.
October 12, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Even on a cloudy Sunday in Essex, a set of solar panels plus a 5kWh battery and hybrid inverter mean that I’m exporting to the grid right now.
The daylight is enough to meet the house’s electricity needs and send the excess up.
The daylight is enough to meet the house’s electricity needs and send the excess up.
This long-read article on geoengineering is worth sitting down and reading.
Also, who knew that seaweed absorbs CO2 more effectively than trees?
www.governance.fyi/p/all-natura...
Also, who knew that seaweed absorbs CO2 more effectively than trees?
www.governance.fyi/p/all-natura...
All-Natural Geoengineering with Frank Herbert's Dune
Can We Terraform the Earth Using Life Itself?
www.governance.fyi
October 11, 2025 at 7:49 AM
This long-read article on geoengineering is worth sitting down and reading.
Also, who knew that seaweed absorbs CO2 more effectively than trees?
www.governance.fyi/p/all-natura...
Also, who knew that seaweed absorbs CO2 more effectively than trees?
www.governance.fyi/p/all-natura...
This is a lovely blog post on Will Wright’s thoughts about Game Design, UI, SimCity and the sequel that became the Sims.
donhopkins.medium.com/designing-us...
donhopkins.medium.com/designing-us...
Will Wright on Designing User Interfaces to Simulation Games (1996) (2023 Video Update)
A summary of Will Wright’s talk to Terry Winograd’s User Interface Class at Stanford, written in 1996 by Don Hopkins, before they worked…
donhopkins.medium.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This is a lovely blog post on Will Wright’s thoughts about Game Design, UI, SimCity and the sequel that became the Sims.
donhopkins.medium.com/designing-us...
donhopkins.medium.com/designing-us...
Good night from Babsland #gamedev #buildinpublic
October 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Good night from Babsland #gamedev #buildinpublic
If you publish npm packages and want to make sure that the package.json is good, then publint is worth looking at.
www.npmjs.com/package/publ...
Publint.dev
#nodejs
www.npmjs.com/package/publ...
Publint.dev
#nodejs
www.npmjs.com
October 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
If you publish npm packages and want to make sure that the package.json is good, then publint is worth looking at.
www.npmjs.com/package/publ...
Publint.dev
#nodejs
www.npmjs.com/package/publ...
Publint.dev
#nodejs
Reposted by Paul Jensen
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
September 30, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Added some pavements, even for the rounded corners. Not perfect but the image assets can be tweaked at any time (they’re just png images).
#gamedev #buildinpublic
#gamedev #buildinpublic
September 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Added some pavements, even for the rounded corners. Not perfect but the image assets can be tweaked at any time (they’re just png images).
#gamedev #buildinpublic
#gamedev #buildinpublic
A classic photo of Higgs
September 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
A classic photo of Higgs
Turns out html5 canvas elements have a hard limit of 268,435,456 pixels to render.
In other news, Babsland will let you make maps that are 256x256 tiles wide, the same number as SimCity 4 had.
#gamedev #buildinpublic
In other news, Babsland will let you make maps that are 256x256 tiles wide, the same number as SimCity 4 had.
#gamedev #buildinpublic
September 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Turns out html5 canvas elements have a hard limit of 268,435,456 pixels to render.
In other news, Babsland will let you make maps that are 256x256 tiles wide, the same number as SimCity 4 had.
#gamedev #buildinpublic
In other news, Babsland will let you make maps that are 256x256 tiles wide, the same number as SimCity 4 had.
#gamedev #buildinpublic
Added some trees to Babsland. Pixel artist I am not, but will hopefully get better with practice.
Still amazed that the whole website (including assets) is only 110KB. Great job by @vite.dev and @svelte.dev #gamedev #buildinpublic
Still amazed that the whole website (including assets) is only 110KB. Great job by @vite.dev and @svelte.dev #gamedev #buildinpublic
September 26, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Added some trees to Babsland. Pixel artist I am not, but will hopefully get better with practice.
Still amazed that the whole website (including assets) is only 110KB. Great job by @vite.dev and @svelte.dev #gamedev #buildinpublic
Still amazed that the whole website (including assets) is only 110KB. Great job by @vite.dev and @svelte.dev #gamedev #buildinpublic
I watched the 2015 UK election debate. It was one heck of a time capsule:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WoL...
It’s amazing how many of the issues debated then (e.g housing, what happened in Ukraine) are issues today, as well as Nigel Farage’s obsession with immigration.
Shows how stagnant things are.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WoL...
It’s amazing how many of the issues debated then (e.g housing, what happened in Ukraine) are issues today, as well as Nigel Farage’s obsession with immigration.
Shows how stagnant things are.
debate.it
September 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I watched the 2015 UK election debate. It was one heck of a time capsule:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WoL...
It’s amazing how many of the issues debated then (e.g housing, what happened in Ukraine) are issues today, as well as Nigel Farage’s obsession with immigration.
Shows how stagnant things are.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WoL...
It’s amazing how many of the issues debated then (e.g housing, what happened in Ukraine) are issues today, as well as Nigel Farage’s obsession with immigration.
Shows how stagnant things are.
It’s windy in Babsland #gamedev #buildinpublic
September 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It’s windy in Babsland #gamedev #buildinpublic
Babsland (which will be changing name - turns out it gets blocked by internet filters) can render different image asset sets.
Will be adding support to swap between image asset sets for maps shortly.
Will be adding support to swap between image asset sets for maps shortly.
September 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Babsland (which will be changing name - turns out it gets blocked by internet filters) can render different image asset sets.
Will be adding support to swap between image asset sets for maps shortly.
Will be adding support to swap between image asset sets for maps shortly.