Paul Bauer
@bauer.codes
https://bauer.codes
Made significant contributions to the @datadoghq timeseries database, now working on continuous profiler product.
#databases, #lisp, #clojure, #freebsd, #pkm
Made significant contributions to the @datadoghq timeseries database, now working on continuous profiler product.
#databases, #lisp, #clojure, #freebsd, #pkm
The second best way to eat turkey is to drown it in gravy until you can no longer taste the turkey.
The best way is to not.
The best way is to not.
November 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The second best way to eat turkey is to drown it in gravy until you can no longer taste the turkey.
The best way is to not.
The best way is to not.
3rd degree burns.
"Putting aside GitHub’s relationship with ICE, [the] talented folks who used to work on the product have moved on to bigger and better things, with the remaining rookies eager to inflict some kind of bloated, buggy [JS] framework on us ..."
ziglang.org/news/migrati...
"Putting aside GitHub’s relationship with ICE, [the] talented folks who used to work on the product have moved on to bigger and better things, with the remaining rookies eager to inflict some kind of bloated, buggy [JS] framework on us ..."
ziglang.org/news/migrati...
Migrating from GitHub to Codeberg
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Zig Programming Language
ziglang.org
November 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
3rd degree burns.
"Putting aside GitHub’s relationship with ICE, [the] talented folks who used to work on the product have moved on to bigger and better things, with the remaining rookies eager to inflict some kind of bloated, buggy [JS] framework on us ..."
ziglang.org/news/migrati...
"Putting aside GitHub’s relationship with ICE, [the] talented folks who used to work on the product have moved on to bigger and better things, with the remaining rookies eager to inflict some kind of bloated, buggy [JS] framework on us ..."
ziglang.org/news/migrati...
Cursive >> Cursor
There. That's my hot take for the day.*
*take limit not guaranteed
There. That's my hot take for the day.*
*take limit not guaranteed
Cursive 2025.2.1-eap5 is out. No new dev features, it contains the IDE part of a new centralised licence management feature. cursive-ide.com/blog/cursive...
Cursive: Cursive 2025.2.1-eap5
Cursive, the Clojure IDE that understands your code. Advanced structural editing, refactorings, VCS integration and much more, all out of the box.
cursive-ide.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Cursive >> Cursor
There. That's my hot take for the day.*
*take limit not guaranteed
There. That's my hot take for the day.*
*take limit not guaranteed
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Great moments in Verge background policy here btw - @tinanguyen.bsky.social nailed this one
November 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Great moments in Verge background policy here btw - @tinanguyen.bsky.social nailed this one
Articles like this are why I'm subscribed.
@theverge.com @404media.co @wired.com @propublica.org are holding a line.
@theverge.com @404media.co @wired.com @propublica.org are holding a line.
I did a deep dive into the White House's draft executive order that would have counteracted states' abilities to write and enforce their own AI laws.
Boy, does it give David Sacks a lot of influence over setting federal AI regulatory policy!
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Boy, does it give David Sacks a lot of influence over setting federal AI regulatory policy!
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
David Sacks tried to kill state AI laws — and it blew up in his face
A leaked executive order reveals that the tech billionaire would have become America’s AI policy gatekeeper.
www.theverge.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Articles like this are why I'm subscribed.
@theverge.com @404media.co @wired.com @propublica.org are holding a line.
@theverge.com @404media.co @wired.com @propublica.org are holding a line.
(Condescending AI Bro Voice)
"remember, this is the worst the models will ever be."
"remember, this is the worst the models will ever be."
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
(Condescending AI Bro Voice)
"remember, this is the worst the models will ever be."
"remember, this is the worst the models will ever be."
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Anyway my prediction is supported by uhhh Microsoft, which happily traded away any and all rights to OpenAI consumer hardware but still insisted on a panel of mysterious experts to evaluate AGI claims in its new deal
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Anyway my prediction is supported by uhhh Microsoft, which happily traded away any and all rights to OpenAI consumer hardware but still insisted on a panel of mysterious experts to evaluate AGI claims in its new deal
Remember that super weird time when bored VCs and cryptobro influencer types stuck at home pushed this voice-only social media platform to (temporary) popularity so hard that the Clubhouse project management SaaS had to rebrand as Shortcut?
November 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Remember that super weird time when bored VCs and cryptobro influencer types stuck at home pushed this voice-only social media platform to (temporary) popularity so hard that the Clubhouse project management SaaS had to rebrand as Shortcut?
Count me in.
I too encourage all members of the US military to disobey illegal orders.
1) See Amendment 1
2) They shouldn't need reminded because they all sign an oath and take training on that.
A competent POTUS would know this.
I too encourage all members of the US military to disobey illegal orders.
1) See Amendment 1
2) They shouldn't need reminded because they all sign an oath and take training on that.
A competent POTUS would know this.
“Within the White House, Trump and his lieutenants aren’t planning on letting up…Trump has told some advisers that he wants RICO prosecutions and conspiracy charges leveled against the six Democrats, a source with direct knowledge of the matter tells Zeteo…
zeteo.com/p/how-we-gre...
zeteo.com/p/how-we-gre...
November 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Count me in.
I too encourage all members of the US military to disobey illegal orders.
1) See Amendment 1
2) They shouldn't need reminded because they all sign an oath and take training on that.
A competent POTUS would know this.
I too encourage all members of the US military to disobey illegal orders.
1) See Amendment 1
2) They shouldn't need reminded because they all sign an oath and take training on that.
A competent POTUS would know this.
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Hmmm…what USAID wasn’t bad for America…what if getting rid of it only hurt us and everyone else?
What if the richest man in the world being responsible for ending aid to the poorest people in the world will go down as one of the most bizarre and disgusting acts of the 21st century?
What if the richest man in the world being responsible for ending aid to the poorest people in the world will go down as one of the most bizarre and disgusting acts of the 21st century?
November 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Hmmm…what USAID wasn’t bad for America…what if getting rid of it only hurt us and everyone else?
What if the richest man in the world being responsible for ending aid to the poorest people in the world will go down as one of the most bizarre and disgusting acts of the 21st century?
What if the richest man in the world being responsible for ending aid to the poorest people in the world will go down as one of the most bizarre and disgusting acts of the 21st century?
My sleep hygiene may be terrible, but stickers are key to fostering technical curiosity from a young age.
November 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
My sleep hygiene may be terrible, but stickers are key to fostering technical curiosity from a young age.
I'm extremely troubled that my 10 year old and his classmates use GOAT as a verb as in "he GOATed" and "she's GOATing"
November 20, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I'm extremely troubled that my 10 year old and his classmates use GOAT as a verb as in "he GOATed" and "she's GOATing"
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Huge @tinanguyen.bsky.social scoop: Trump is preparing to try and ban all state AI laws, going so far as having Brendan Carr’s FCC pull rural broadband funds from states that try to regulate AI www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Here’s the Trump executive order that would ban state AI laws
Trump is launching an all-out broadside against states with strict AI regulations.
www.theverge.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Huge @tinanguyen.bsky.social scoop: Trump is preparing to try and ban all state AI laws, going so far as having Brendan Carr’s FCC pull rural broadband funds from states that try to regulate AI www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Vibe businessing.
It's all about the vibes. Enron vibes, Bernie Madoff vibes, FTX vibes ...
It's all about the vibes. Enron vibes, Bernie Madoff vibes, FTX vibes ...
Billionaires handing money back and forth, no one creating anything except carbon in the air. Anthropic buys Nvidia chips; Nvidia gives Anthropic billions to buy even more chips; Microsoft gives Anthropic billions, which Anthropic spends on Microsoft Azure, run by Nvidia, etc. An ouroboros of shit.
New @axios: Anthropic lands $15 billion investment from Microsoft, Nvidia
November 19, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Vibe businessing.
It's all about the vibes. Enron vibes, Bernie Madoff vibes, FTX vibes ...
It's all about the vibes. Enron vibes, Bernie Madoff vibes, FTX vibes ...
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why is Nvidia propping up a company that seems doomed? www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Meet CoreWeave, the AI industry’s ticking time bomb
The debt-laden AI compute company has been boosted by Nvidia.
www.theverge.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
why is Nvidia propping up a company that seems doomed? www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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What is the point of all this AI investment if not being able to seamlessly traverse arbitrary databases and systems without coddling
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
What is the point of all this AI investment if not being able to seamlessly traverse arbitrary databases and systems without coddling
None of these people actually saw with their eyes what their over-saturated phone cam image processing pipeline pooped out. The overton window on "what is a photo" keeps moving. @davidpierce.xyz
November 12, 2025 at 5:55 AM
None of these people actually saw with their eyes what their over-saturated phone cam image processing pipeline pooped out. The overton window on "what is a photo" keeps moving. @davidpierce.xyz
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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From my friend Kyle. This is essential reading for all Americans. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
I Want You to Understand Chicago
aphyr.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
From my friend Kyle. This is essential reading for all Americans. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
Target making introverts "Add to cart" harder.
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Target making introverts "Add to cart" harder.
Yet Another Meeting Layover
November 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Yet Another Meeting Layover
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We're witnessing the culminating rot of shareholder capitalism in real time.
Some of the most powerful corporations in America have sided with an authoritarian regime in order to protect their short term profits — the fundamental rights of everyone else be damned.
Some of the most powerful corporations in America have sided with an authoritarian regime in order to protect their short term profits — the fundamental rights of everyone else be damned.
'Blunt Corruption': Trump DOJ Hands Google an Antitrust Win After Tech Giant's Ballroom Donation | Common Dreams
Alphabet, Google's parent company, is contributing $22 million to the president's ballroom project.
www.commondreams.org
November 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
We're witnessing the culminating rot of shareholder capitalism in real time.
Some of the most powerful corporations in America have sided with an authoritarian regime in order to protect their short term profits — the fundamental rights of everyone else be damned.
Some of the most powerful corporations in America have sided with an authoritarian regime in order to protect their short term profits — the fundamental rights of everyone else be damned.