Duncan MacGregor
@aardvark179.bsky.social
Mostly active as aardvark179@mastodon.scot
Went and saw Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, and I feel like I’ve been through the emotional wringer. I’m not a huge Springsteen fan but loved Nebraska the first time I heard it, and could strongly relate to the obsession and cutting off of people when deep into creating something.
November 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Went and saw Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, and I feel like I’ve been through the emotional wringer. I’m not a huge Springsteen fan but loved Nebraska the first time I heard it, and could strongly relate to the obsession and cutting off of people when deep into creating something.
I am so glad somebody on lobsters linked to this. It is becoming increasingly easy to dismiss little knowns things as modern fabrications, and it’s good to see contemporary citations being tracked down.
FWIW (& you may know these already), a few other bits and pieces about the "Some observations concerning large
programming efforts" paper. It did get some attention: it's listed in William E. Riddle's 103-page 1972 "Annotated Bibliography of Software Architecture" slac.stanford.edu/vault/collva... …
programming efforts" paper. It did get some attention: it's listed in William E. Riddle's 103-page 1972 "Annotated Bibliography of Software Architecture" slac.stanford.edu/vault/collva... …
slac.stanford.edu
October 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I am so glad somebody on lobsters linked to this. It is becoming increasingly easy to dismiss little knowns things as modern fabrications, and it’s good to see contemporary citations being tracked down.
So happy to see that @bluejo.bsky.social is the GoH at Montreal.
August 17, 2025 at 4:40 AM
So happy to see that @bluejo.bsky.social is the GoH at Montreal.
Really exciting to see the possibility of a Czech WorldCon bid!
August 17, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Really exciting to see the possibility of a Czech WorldCon bid!
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It took me rather too long to realize that George Conway is not talking about computer network cables.
Erin seems too nice a name for a Cat 5
August 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It took me rather too long to realize that George Conway is not talking about computer network cables.
@dublin2029.bsky.social running a couple of minutes late due to buses. Will be at desk as soon as I can.
August 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
@dublin2029.bsky.social running a couple of minutes late due to buses. Will be at desk as soon as I can.
August 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Hello Seattle, I am in you.
August 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Hello Seattle, I am in you.
I see the beavers have been busy. scottaaronson.blog?p=8972. @lproven.bsky.social you may need a few coffees to even understand the notation for the numbers here. They are quite unimaginably large.
BusyBeaver(6) is really quite large
For overdetermined reasons, I’ve lately found the world an increasingly terrifying and depressing place. It’s gotten harder and harder to concentrate on research, or even popular scienc…
scottaaronson.blog
June 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I see the beavers have been busy. scottaaronson.blog?p=8972. @lproven.bsky.social you may need a few coffees to even understand the notation for the numbers here. They are quite unimaginably large.
So, while listening to @hugogirlpodcast.bsky.social I misheard Moon Punch as Moon Cup, and I don’t think Capri-Sun would really go for that as a brand.
June 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
So, while listening to @hugogirlpodcast.bsky.social I misheard Moon Punch as Moon Cup, and I don’t think Capri-Sun would really go for that as a brand.
Thunderbolts* feels cohesive in a way many big movies don’t quite, it made me care about some characters I didn’t think I would, it was funny at the right moments, and I liked the theme… and all of this is stuff that should make me like it more than I did. It was good, but it just wasn’t great.
May 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Thunderbolts* feels cohesive in a way many big movies don’t quite, it made me care about some characters I didn’t think I would, it was funny at the right moments, and I liked the theme… and all of this is stuff that should make me like it more than I did. It was good, but it just wasn’t great.
Can’t pitch a convention in Glasgow without mentioning its vibrant food culture.
April 20, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Can’t pitch a convention in Glasgow without mentioning its vibrant food culture.
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I am watching the movie Heat and I wanted to check if the actress is a young Angelina Jolie so I went to google and-
April 19, 2025 at 4:41 AM
I am watching the movie Heat and I wanted to check if the actress is a young Angelina Jolie so I went to google and-
Have they no shame? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Arlington Cemetery strips content on black and female veterans from website
The Army-run cemetery said it is working to follow Trump's orders on ending diversity while restoring information.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Have they no shame? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Watching the rugby.
March 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Watching the rugby.
Where was this Scotland team during the first half?
February 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Where was this Scotland team during the first half?
Hey @richardfairhurst.bsky.social, have you heard Getdown Services? I figure they might be up your street musically speaking.
February 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Hey @richardfairhurst.bsky.social, have you heard Getdown Services? I figure they might be up your street musically speaking.
The cold weather brings out the best dressed hounds.
January 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The cold weather brings out the best dressed hounds.
@kermodeandmayo.bsky.social I am so happy to hear that I am not the only one who cannot help but think of the Trumpton firemen when I hear Florence Pugh’s name.
January 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
@kermodeandmayo.bsky.social I am so happy to hear that I am not the only one who cannot help but think of the Trumpton firemen when I hear Florence Pugh’s name.
Time to start the new year with a couple of films. The Order, and Nosferatu.
January 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Time to start the new year with a couple of films. The Order, and Nosferatu.
Happy new year everybody!
January 1, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Happy new year everybody!
@richardfairhurst.bsky.social thinking of you, and emergency morbier purchases.
December 28, 2024 at 10:40 PM
@richardfairhurst.bsky.social thinking of you, and emergency morbier purchases.
Merry christmas everyone.
December 25, 2024 at 12:28 AM
Merry christmas everyone.
Daniel Craig really is rather good in Queer, and Lesley Manville is utterly unrecognisable. I really liked it, but it starts off with a subtle sense of weirdness that builds exponentially as the film goes on.
December 13, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Daniel Craig really is rather good in Queer, and Lesley Manville is utterly unrecognisable. I really liked it, but it starts off with a subtle sense of weirdness that builds exponentially as the film goes on.
Is The Substance a musical, or a comedy, or do the Golden Globes need to have a long hard think about their categories?
December 9, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Is The Substance a musical, or a comedy, or do the Golden Globes need to have a long hard think about their categories?