Craig Read
@catharz.bsky.social
Aussie, living in Burrinja on Wurundjeri land, working with Elixir and playing with Unreal.
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I am so torn between wanting to share this with no context so that the reader can have the full experience of developing a relationship with each of the parties in the discussion to this PR, and with knowing that the full impact of what is happening here might evade many without more explanation
DWARF support for macOS and Linux by joelreymont · Pull Request #14369 · ocaml/ocaml
DWARF v5 Debugging Support for OCaml Native Compiler
This PR adds DWARF v5 debug information to the OCaml native compiler, allowing proper source-level debugging in GDB and LLDB.
What's Impleme...
github.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I am so torn between wanting to share this with no context so that the reader can have the full experience of developing a relationship with each of the parties in the discussion to this PR, and with knowing that the full impact of what is happening here might evade many without more explanation
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As a programmer, if your code compiles and runs but the design is misunderstood/wrong/etc then it's more problematic than code that doesn't run in many situations.
I do some financial compliance work. Not life critical but definitely end up in jail critical.
I do some financial compliance work. Not life critical but definitely end up in jail critical.
November 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
As a programmer, if your code compiles and runs but the design is misunderstood/wrong/etc then it's more problematic than code that doesn't run in many situations.
I do some financial compliance work. Not life critical but definitely end up in jail critical.
I do some financial compliance work. Not life critical but definitely end up in jail critical.
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Throughout this exchange, Joel — our protagonist — brings the energy of a guy who goes to a Baptist wedding and insists on contributing by taking a long thoughtful shit in every punchbowl
hijinks ensue
hijinks ensue
November 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Throughout this exchange, Joel — our protagonist — brings the energy of a guy who goes to a Baptist wedding and insists on contributing by taking a long thoughtful shit in every punchbowl
hijinks ensue
hijinks ensue
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Throw in the fact that we charge students HECS fees to learn and we don't tax fossil fuel exports much at all.
November 27, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Throw in the fact that we charge students HECS fees to learn and we don't tax fossil fuel exports much at all.
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Budgets are about priorities. The idea is to tax things you want less of & subsidise things you want more of
In Australia we spend $14 billion per year on fossil fuel subsidies & we are cutting science jobs at CSIRO…
As i said, budgets are about priorities #climate
thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...
In Australia we spend $14 billion per year on fossil fuel subsidies & we are cutting science jobs at CSIRO…
As i said, budgets are about priorities #climate
thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...
If the Government's top priority is productivity, slashing the CSIRO budget does not make sense
Research and development is one of the major drivers of productivity and the CSIRO has a long track record of making productivity enhancing breakthroughs.
thepoint.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Budgets are about priorities. The idea is to tax things you want less of & subsidise things you want more of
In Australia we spend $14 billion per year on fossil fuel subsidies & we are cutting science jobs at CSIRO…
As i said, budgets are about priorities #climate
thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...
In Australia we spend $14 billion per year on fossil fuel subsidies & we are cutting science jobs at CSIRO…
As i said, budgets are about priorities #climate
thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...
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The idea that “Big Balls” at DOGE would vibe code America to a balanced budget is in the top 3 of silliest ideas to come out of the union of Silicon Valley and politics.
November 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The idea that “Big Balls” at DOGE would vibe code America to a balanced budget is in the top 3 of silliest ideas to come out of the union of Silicon Valley and politics.
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open.substack.com/pub/angrypic... The last colony and exploding imperial myths.
Scotland: The Empire's Last Colony
How Scotland’s Elite Sold Scotland, Helped Build Britain’s Empire, and then Lost It
open.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
open.substack.com/pub/angrypic... The last colony and exploding imperial myths.
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If we don't privatise everything that the people own and award contracts to the company that donates the most to a political party then where do we expect politicians to make money from when their terms end
November 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
If we don't privatise everything that the people own and award contracts to the company that donates the most to a political party then where do we expect politicians to make money from when their terms end
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One of the many joys of using AI for programming is the creation of huge PRs on complex topics that the authors barely understand, but still suggest "because they work". Here's a great example from #OCaml github.com/ocaml/ocaml/...
Kudos to OCaml's maintainers for handling this so gracefully.
Kudos to OCaml's maintainers for handling this so gracefully.
DWARF support for macOS and Linux by joelreymont · Pull Request #14369 · ocaml/ocaml
DWARF v5 Debugging Support for OCaml Native Compiler
This PR adds DWARF v5 debug information to the OCaml native compiler, allowing proper source-level debugging in GDB and LLDB.
What's Impleme...
github.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:48 AM
One of the many joys of using AI for programming is the creation of huge PRs on complex topics that the authors barely understand, but still suggest "because they work". Here's a great example from #OCaml github.com/ocaml/ocaml/...
Kudos to OCaml's maintainers for handling this so gracefully.
Kudos to OCaml's maintainers for handling this so gracefully.
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AI coding has revealed just how many people in our industry don’t appreciate that for any long lived code the cost of initial implementaion is absolutely dwarfed by the cost of maintenance. So much that for long lived projects we can consider: cost of code = cost of maintenance.
November 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
AI coding has revealed just how many people in our industry don’t appreciate that for any long lived code the cost of initial implementaion is absolutely dwarfed by the cost of maintenance. So much that for long lived projects we can consider: cost of code = cost of maintenance.
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Since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, AI related stocks have accounted for 75% of S&P 500 returns, 79% of earnings growth, and 90% of capital spending (Capex and R&D) growth. am.jpmorgan.com/content/dam/...
November 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, AI related stocks have accounted for 75% of S&P 500 returns, 79% of earnings growth, and 90% of capital spending (Capex and R&D) growth. am.jpmorgan.com/content/dam/...
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Vaguely defined terms are so often used to cover up some really horrible shit
The way 'democracy' is used to refer to elections happening at all, but people act like they mean the actual will of the people being accomplished, not who wins between 2 genocidal ghouls in a fucken voting game
The way 'democracy' is used to refer to elections happening at all, but people act like they mean the actual will of the people being accomplished, not who wins between 2 genocidal ghouls in a fucken voting game
November 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Vaguely defined terms are so often used to cover up some really horrible shit
The way 'democracy' is used to refer to elections happening at all, but people act like they mean the actual will of the people being accomplished, not who wins between 2 genocidal ghouls in a fucken voting game
The way 'democracy' is used to refer to elections happening at all, but people act like they mean the actual will of the people being accomplished, not who wins between 2 genocidal ghouls in a fucken voting game
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"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
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The EPBC Act changes are nowhere near perfect, but there have been some important improvements to the pretty shite original bill.
Good on the govt for negotiating with the Greens to deliver something not completely shit.
Maybe think on doing a bit more of that?
live.thepoint.com.au
Good on the govt for negotiating with the Greens to deliver something not completely shit.
Maybe think on doing a bit more of that?
live.thepoint.com.au
The Point Live: Labor and Greens to pass environment laws today, Nationals pretend to care about Barnaby Joyce's future
Labor wants a political win and wants its environment legislation pushed through, even if it means sitting on Friday to do it, while the Nationals are pretending to care about Barnaby Joyce's potentia...
live.thepoint.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The EPBC Act changes are nowhere near perfect, but there have been some important improvements to the pretty shite original bill.
Good on the govt for negotiating with the Greens to deliver something not completely shit.
Maybe think on doing a bit more of that?
live.thepoint.com.au
Good on the govt for negotiating with the Greens to deliver something not completely shit.
Maybe think on doing a bit more of that?
live.thepoint.com.au
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This is good! This is really good! Read this. Thanks, @dennycarter.bsky.social
badfaithtimes.com/they-banned-...
badfaithtimes.com/they-banned-...
They Banned Woke And Suzy Still Can’t Read
Far-right school board officials are finding out the hard way that the political pendulum has swung
badfaithtimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This is good! This is really good! Read this. Thanks, @dennycarter.bsky.social
badfaithtimes.com/they-banned-...
badfaithtimes.com/they-banned-...
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Injecting malware right into the source code is going to get soooo easy.
November 27, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Injecting malware right into the source code is going to get soooo easy.
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I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
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“A recent clinical trial of a treatment based on stem cell transplants has found the procedure may be able to safely reverse the cumulative damage to the hard-working macula – that part of the retina responsible for all you see directly in front of you.”
www.sciencealert.com/first-of-its...
🧪 👁️
www.sciencealert.com/first-of-its...
🧪 👁️
First-of-Its-Kind Treatment Boosts Vision in Human Trial, Scientists Report
Taking a photo of a friend? You've probably got their face centered and focused.
www.sciencealert.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:07 PM
“A recent clinical trial of a treatment based on stem cell transplants has found the procedure may be able to safely reverse the cumulative damage to the hard-working macula – that part of the retina responsible for all you see directly in front of you.”
www.sciencealert.com/first-of-its...
🧪 👁️
www.sciencealert.com/first-of-its...
🧪 👁️
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This is the best kind of chemistry that can have an immediate positiv impact: 🧪
newatlas.com/environment/...
newatlas.com/environment/...
Simple solvent makes polycotton fabric completely recyclable
What we think of as polyester fabric is most often actually a blend of polyester and cotton, which has proven very difficult to recycle. A new solvent, however, breaks the blend down into its two comp...
newatlas.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
This is the best kind of chemistry that can have an immediate positiv impact: 🧪
newatlas.com/environment/...
newatlas.com/environment/...
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Let them melt down every silver candlestick until they’ve paid every cent.
Let them sell the churches.
Everyone who places money in the plate needs to think about the rapes they have aided and abetted over decades.
No backwards steps, take them for everything they have.
Let them sell the churches.
Everyone who places money in the plate needs to think about the rapes they have aided and abetted over decades.
No backwards steps, take them for everything they have.
Anglican Diocese of Ballarat under financial strain from abuse payouts
An Anglican bishop says regional dioceses around Australia are facing financial pressure and potential closure due to having to pay millions of dollars to abuse victim-survivors.
www.abc.net.au
November 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Let them melt down every silver candlestick until they’ve paid every cent.
Let them sell the churches.
Everyone who places money in the plate needs to think about the rapes they have aided and abetted over decades.
No backwards steps, take them for everything they have.
Let them sell the churches.
Everyone who places money in the plate needs to think about the rapes they have aided and abetted over decades.
No backwards steps, take them for everything they have.
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The X platform now has a new tool that promotes scrutiny about the origin of X accounts.
I've noticed lately that more trolls are invading Bsky. This same feature that X has so members can check an account's country of origin would be super helpful to weed out the bad guys from causing harm here.
I've noticed lately that more trolls are invading Bsky. This same feature that X has so members can check an account's country of origin would be super helpful to weed out the bad guys from causing harm here.
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The X platform now has a new tool that promotes scrutiny about the origin of X accounts.
I've noticed lately that more trolls are invading Bsky. This same feature that X has so members can check an account's country of origin would be super helpful to weed out the bad guys from causing harm here.
I've noticed lately that more trolls are invading Bsky. This same feature that X has so members can check an account's country of origin would be super helpful to weed out the bad guys from causing harm here.