Scott Mackie
@smackie.org
Lapsed Ginger. Scottish. Retired Internet Plumber. Old Macs. Splinter Maker. Photography. SF Giants. Snark. MDANT. Santa Cruz. Kendal.
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IPv6 is a wonderful example of what happens if you let a disparate group of engineers try to solve all the pet problems they can think of rather than just the problems that need fixed.
Doubling the IP address size (with legacy V4 being 0.0.0.0.A.B.C.D) would have been more than fine, even now.
Doubling the IP address size (with legacy V4 being 0.0.0.0.A.B.C.D) would have been more than fine, even now.
IPv6 just turned 30 and still hasn’t taken over the world, but don't call it a failure
IPv6 just turned 30 and still hasn’t taken over the world, but don't call it a failure
The world has passed it by in many ways, yet it remains relevant
Feature In the early 1990s, internetworking wonks realized the world was not many years away from running out of Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) addresses, the numbers needed to identify any device connected to the public internet. Noting booming interest in the internet, the internet community went looking for ways to avoid an IP address shortage that many feared would harm technology adoption and therefore the global economy.…
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December 31, 2025 at 1:58 PM
IPv6 is a wonderful example of what happens if you let a disparate group of engineers try to solve all the pet problems they can think of rather than just the problems that need fixed.
Doubling the IP address size (with legacy V4 being 0.0.0.0.A.B.C.D) would have been more than fine, even now.
Doubling the IP address size (with legacy V4 being 0.0.0.0.A.B.C.D) would have been more than fine, even now.
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how all youtube ads sound to me
December 30, 2025 at 10:27 AM
how all youtube ads sound to me
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If you need a hearty laugh (I did) you need to read this entire thread (I did). I’m in my house laughing like a *fool*. I’m good for the rest of the day now 😆
I have my coffee
December 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
If you need a hearty laugh (I did) you need to read this entire thread (I did). I’m in my house laughing like a *fool*. I’m good for the rest of the day now 😆
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1/x What do you do if you need to lift or lower ships 70m (230ft) in height difference on your inland waterways? Locks, you say...? could be a solution, but...
December 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
1/x What do you do if you need to lift or lower ships 70m (230ft) in height difference on your inland waterways? Locks, you say...? could be a solution, but...
Also - who supplied the numbers here? OpenAI? Well, I’m sure they wouldn’t have any incentive at all to show a service of theirs being used at an incredible rate.
In addition to that, if we’re comparing apples to apples, are they saying they have 800M unique users?
Suuuuuuuure. 😉
In addition to that, if we’re comparing apples to apples, are they saying they have 800M unique users?
Suuuuuuuure. 😉
I hate these charts so much because they imply chatgpt is comparable to the internet or phones
You could create the same graphic for full screen pop-up advertising on websites and make them look like ultra-rapid technology adoption when really they were just baked unavoidably into the internet
You could create the same graphic for full screen pop-up advertising on websites and make them look like ultra-rapid technology adoption when really they were just baked unavoidably into the internet
In 2025, AI became pervasive in American life and the economy, with ChatGPT surging in adoption much faster than any other major technology in memory. @nytopinion.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Also - who supplied the numbers here? OpenAI? Well, I’m sure they wouldn’t have any incentive at all to show a service of theirs being used at an incredible rate.
In addition to that, if we’re comparing apples to apples, are they saying they have 800M unique users?
Suuuuuuuure. 😉
In addition to that, if we’re comparing apples to apples, are they saying they have 800M unique users?
Suuuuuuuure. 😉
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
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It’s the Gail Sale!
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20% OFF unframed prints
Use code GAILSALE
Ends 18 January 2026
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50% OFF Christmas cards & wrap
20% OFF unframed prints
Use code GAILSALE
Ends 18 January 2026
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December 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
It’s the Gail Sale!
50% OFF Christmas cards & wrap
20% OFF unframed prints
Use code GAILSALE
Ends 18 January 2026
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
50% OFF Christmas cards & wrap
20% OFF unframed prints
Use code GAILSALE
Ends 18 January 2026
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
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“Buy our home security package named after someone who was utterly destroyed by a back door break-in he didn’t see coming because he was focused solely on the front door.”
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for "super premium" customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos | TechCrunch
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
techcrunch.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:53 AM
“Buy our home security package named after someone who was utterly destroyed by a back door break-in he didn’t see coming because he was focused solely on the front door.”
I wish I could quote this with enormous flashing neon lights shouting “THIS!”.
Machine learning has been with us for decades and is an invaluable tool for domain specific evaluation. That it’s now endlessly mixed up with AI LLMs is unbelievably infuriating.
Machine learning has been with us for decades and is an invaluable tool for domain specific evaluation. That it’s now endlessly mixed up with AI LLMs is unbelievably infuriating.
Meanwhile this is *machine learning* and what it is *good at*. Not generative AI bullshit, actual useful predictive statistical models. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
AI being used to help cut A&E waiting times in England this winter
Forecasting tool predicts when demand will be highest, allowing NHS trusts to better plan staffing and bed space
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I wish I could quote this with enormous flashing neon lights shouting “THIS!”.
Machine learning has been with us for decades and is an invaluable tool for domain specific evaluation. That it’s now endlessly mixed up with AI LLMs is unbelievably infuriating.
Machine learning has been with us for decades and is an invaluable tool for domain specific evaluation. That it’s now endlessly mixed up with AI LLMs is unbelievably infuriating.
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It’s simultaneously annoying and unsurprising to see academics and researchers who argue that creating a digital mind is improbable or impossible being subjected to more criticism and held to a higher standard than those arguing that tech bros are creating a completely new form of sentient life
December 29, 2025 at 9:35 AM
It’s simultaneously annoying and unsurprising to see academics and researchers who argue that creating a digital mind is improbable or impossible being subjected to more criticism and held to a higher standard than those arguing that tech bros are creating a completely new form of sentient life
This is deeply creepy and disturbed shit. If you work on this stuff as an engineer, you’re an absolute fuckwit asshat and need to seriously review the life choices that got you to this point.
This whole area needs to be drowned in prohibitive legal liability conditions…
This whole area needs to be drowned in prohibitive legal liability conditions…
"And I never say no"
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
December 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This is deeply creepy and disturbed shit. If you work on this stuff as an engineer, you’re an absolute fuckwit asshat and need to seriously review the life choices that got you to this point.
This whole area needs to be drowned in prohibitive legal liability conditions…
This whole area needs to be drowned in prohibitive legal liability conditions…
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This is wild shit. And it happened to more than one person so I guess it could be legit. Of course, take everything with a grain of salt. But. DoorDasher made AI pics of delivered food using Street View imagery. Burrito Taxi Meets AI Slop was bound to happen at some point
December 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This is wild shit. And it happened to more than one person so I guess it could be legit. Of course, take everything with a grain of salt. But. DoorDasher made AI pics of delivered food using Street View imagery. Burrito Taxi Meets AI Slop was bound to happen at some point
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Every year I make handmade crackers, and the kid moans about the “dad jokes”, so this year I have decided to talk more directly to Gen Z.
(Also: clipper lighters and scratch cards in every one. HAPPY CHRISTMAS!)
(Also: clipper lighters and scratch cards in every one. HAPPY CHRISTMAS!)
December 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Every year I make handmade crackers, and the kid moans about the “dad jokes”, so this year I have decided to talk more directly to Gen Z.
(Also: clipper lighters and scratch cards in every one. HAPPY CHRISTMAS!)
(Also: clipper lighters and scratch cards in every one. HAPPY CHRISTMAS!)
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Ooh heck. It's Xmas at the Greenwich Meridian, which means it's officially Xmas everywhere in the known universe.
a cartoon of snoopy standing next to a christmas tree with a candy cane
ALT: a cartoon of snoopy standing next to a christmas tree with a candy cane
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December 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Ooh heck. It's Xmas at the Greenwich Meridian, which means it's officially Xmas everywhere in the known universe.
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An image of the Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool.
I lived beside it for so many years when I directed plays on the Unity Theatre stage and taught community film workshops. Looking across the Mersey when I captured this photograph years later made me proud and emotional. A wonderful city.
I lived beside it for so many years when I directed plays on the Unity Theatre stage and taught community film workshops. Looking across the Mersey when I captured this photograph years later made me proud and emotional. A wonderful city.
December 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
An image of the Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool.
I lived beside it for so many years when I directed plays on the Unity Theatre stage and taught community film workshops. Looking across the Mersey when I captured this photograph years later made me proud and emotional. A wonderful city.
I lived beside it for so many years when I directed plays on the Unity Theatre stage and taught community film workshops. Looking across the Mersey when I captured this photograph years later made me proud and emotional. A wonderful city.
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Just passing through the Pennines (namely Royston Vasey) as I head back to Manchester. The shops offer some rather questionable Christmas card options.
December 22, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Just passing through the Pennines (namely Royston Vasey) as I head back to Manchester. The shops offer some rather questionable Christmas card options.
This feels like it should be @katebevan.com’s Christmas card for next year…
December 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
This feels like it should be @katebevan.com’s Christmas card for next year…
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Bob Hoskins in … The Long Christmas Day
December 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Bob Hoskins in … The Long Christmas Day
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One reason it seems to you like your parents were better off financially when you were kid is that you didn’t have to pay any of the bills
Americans in their 20s and 30s may not feel that they’re richer than their equivalents 60 years ago, but they’re objectively wrong.
It’s fascinating how important it is to some people not to say “I’m struggling, it’s hard” or “I need help”—objectively true—but to instead insist they have it worse.
It’s fascinating how important it is to some people not to say “I’m struggling, it’s hard” or “I need help”—objectively true—but to instead insist they have it worse.
December 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
One reason it seems to you like your parents were better off financially when you were kid is that you didn’t have to pay any of the bills
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Me: I don’t see the appeal of boxing
TV: OK but what if it’s professional boxers savagely brutalizing influencers
Me:
TV: OK but what if it’s professional boxers savagely brutalizing influencers
Me:
December 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Me: I don’t see the appeal of boxing
TV: OK but what if it’s professional boxers savagely brutalizing influencers
Me:
TV: OK but what if it’s professional boxers savagely brutalizing influencers
Me:
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It’s QVC time, Christmas edition 🎄
Open 11–5pm every day till Christmas Eve (or till I fall over 😅).
T-shirts restocked, music/art/culture books, merino beanies, alpaca socks, coffee & candles.
In-person, no postie panic. South Side secret. Big love, Richie X
Open 11–5pm every day till Christmas Eve (or till I fall over 😅).
T-shirts restocked, music/art/culture books, merino beanies, alpaca socks, coffee & candles.
In-person, no postie panic. South Side secret. Big love, Richie X
December 20, 2025 at 10:41 AM
It’s QVC time, Christmas edition 🎄
Open 11–5pm every day till Christmas Eve (or till I fall over 😅).
T-shirts restocked, music/art/culture books, merino beanies, alpaca socks, coffee & candles.
In-person, no postie panic. South Side secret. Big love, Richie X
Open 11–5pm every day till Christmas Eve (or till I fall over 😅).
T-shirts restocked, music/art/culture books, merino beanies, alpaca socks, coffee & candles.
In-person, no postie panic. South Side secret. Big love, Richie X
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THREAD.
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
December 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
THREAD.
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
Jake Paul’s fortunate to be conscious after that. If Joshua had hit him straight on to the front of his head rather than rounded a hit to his jaw (that broke it), he’d be lucky just to be in a coma right now.
You can see AJ take a beat to work out how to finish it without actually killing him. Oof.
You can see AJ take a beat to work out how to finish it without actually killing him. Oof.
December 20, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Jake Paul’s fortunate to be conscious after that. If Joshua had hit him straight on to the front of his head rather than rounded a hit to his jaw (that broke it), he’d be lucky just to be in a coma right now.
You can see AJ take a beat to work out how to finish it without actually killing him. Oof.
You can see AJ take a beat to work out how to finish it without actually killing him. Oof.