"let's scrape obituaries and then use the survivors mentioned in the text as leads for our estate settling startup!"
Shame on everyone involved.
Shame on everyone involved.
November 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"let's scrape obituaries and then use the survivors mentioned in the text as leads for our estate settling startup!"
Shame on everyone involved.
Shame on everyone involved.
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I thought the vscode ssh extension's automatic port forwarding feature was neat and assumed it was doing something smart like watching procfs but no it's looking for localhost URIs in stdout
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I thought the vscode ssh extension's automatic port forwarding feature was neat and assumed it was doing something smart like watching procfs but no it's looking for localhost URIs in stdout
I suspect "as reliable as electricity" is prophetic but not in the way the author of this press release intended.
October 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I suspect "as reliable as electricity" is prophetic but not in the way the author of this press release intended.
Sometimes I hate it here.
October 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Sometimes I hate it here.
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TIL Claude's new code interpreter mode has a /mnt/skills/public/ folder full of prompt instructions and Python utilities for creating and manipulating pdf, docx, pptx, xlsx files - and you can ask Claude for a copy and learn a TON about working with those formats
simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/10/...
simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/10/...
simonw/claude-skills
One of the tips I picked up from Jesse Vincent's Claude Code Superpowers post (previously) was this: Skills are what give your agents Superpowers. The first time they really popped …
simonwillison.net
October 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
TIL Claude's new code interpreter mode has a /mnt/skills/public/ folder full of prompt instructions and Python utilities for creating and manipulating pdf, docx, pptx, xlsx files - and you can ask Claude for a copy and learn a TON about working with those formats
simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/10/...
simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/10/...
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we’re hitting hn!
i wrote about atproto and why it matters
Open Social — overreacted
The protocol is the API.
overreacted.io
September 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
we’re hitting hn!
We will have achieved housing abundance when "living rent-free in my head" stops being a thing people think will resonate when they write.
September 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
We will have achieved housing abundance when "living rent-free in my head" stops being a thing people think will resonate when they write.
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We’re in the discovery phase to #FreeJavaScript from Oracle: depositions, surveys, evidence, expert testimony. Costly, but vital to protect "JavaScript" for all.
Help us put forward the strongest case possible👇
deno.com/blog/javascr...
Help us put forward the strongest case possible👇
deno.com/blog/javascr...
Help Us Raise $200k to Free the JavaScript from Oracle | Deno
Our legal battle over Oracle's claim on the word "JavaScript" is entering the discovery phase. Here's how you can help.
deno.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We’re in the discovery phase to #FreeJavaScript from Oracle: depositions, surveys, evidence, expert testimony. Costly, but vital to protect "JavaScript" for all.
Help us put forward the strongest case possible👇
deno.com/blog/javascr...
Help us put forward the strongest case possible👇
deno.com/blog/javascr...
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American Years of Lead Paint
September 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
American Years of Lead Paint
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American football once tried to use instant replay to assist with pass interference calls, which are rather subjective and dependent upon officials’ judgment. The NFL scrapped replay on those calls immediately because it was a trainwreck.
Continue to hope the EPL will learn this lesson. #epl-live
Continue to hope the EPL will learn this lesson. #epl-live
August 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
American football once tried to use instant replay to assist with pass interference calls, which are rather subjective and dependent upon officials’ judgment. The NFL scrapped replay on those calls immediately because it was a trainwreck.
Continue to hope the EPL will learn this lesson. #epl-live
Continue to hope the EPL will learn this lesson. #epl-live
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regular random reminder that Truth Social is just a skinned Mastodon instance github.com/milesmcc/tru...
GitHub - milesmcc/truthsocial: Automatically updated dump of Truth Social's source code (reskinned Mastodon)
Automatically updated dump of Truth Social's source code (reskinned Mastodon) - milesmcc/truthsocial
github.com
August 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
regular random reminder that Truth Social is just a skinned Mastodon instance github.com/milesmcc/tru...
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I’ve been thinking about this a lot as, is the machine learning or am I? For most engineering problems, I’d prefer me to be learning, for stuff like boilerplate, the machine. but it’s a question I’m constantly asking myself throughout a session.
i rely on llms daily but using them well requires constantly staying in an extremely unnatural mind state, constantly adversarial. i’m not sure this scales very well and i hope we’ll figure out something more sustainable
August 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I’ve been thinking about this a lot as, is the machine learning or am I? For most engineering problems, I’d prefer me to be learning, for stuff like boilerplate, the machine. but it’s a question I’m constantly asking myself throughout a session.
August 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I swear there's a name for this
August 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I swear there's a name for this
I have Gyokeres on the brain, clearly.
July 29, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I have Gyokeres on the brain, clearly.
"What do we mean when we say 'Golden Age?' What we certainly don't mean is that it felt nice living through. What it means is that it left us cool things that are in museums."
www.foreignexchanges.news/p/how-to-inv...
www.foreignexchanges.news/p/how-to-inv...
How to Invent a Renaissance, with Ada Palmer
A discussion of the Renaissance and why it looms so large European history.
www.foreignexchanges.news
July 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
"What do we mean when we say 'Golden Age?' What we certainly don't mean is that it felt nice living through. What it means is that it left us cool things that are in museums."
www.foreignexchanges.news/p/how-to-inv...
www.foreignexchanges.news/p/how-to-inv...
Nominative determinism strikes again.
July 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Nominative determinism strikes again.
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The sooner you catch up w Jamelle on this stuff, the better.
If you're still doing "they can't do that it's unconstitutional" in 2025, come on
If you're still doing "they can't do that it's unconstitutional" in 2025, come on
i also think that it is only a matter of time before this court rewrites section 1 of the 14th to effectively end birthright citizenship. the 14th amendment is the chief obstacle to a legal regime of tiered citizenship and subordinate castes, and they will not let it stand.
June 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The sooner you catch up w Jamelle on this stuff, the better.
If you're still doing "they can't do that it's unconstitutional" in 2025, come on
If you're still doing "they can't do that it's unconstitutional" in 2025, come on
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Of course he was going to bomb Iran.
Is there an antiwar party in the U.S.?
Is there an antiwar party in the U.S.?
War on Terror Nightmare Arrives As Trump Bombs Iran
Just want to congratulate everyone who said Trump was the president of peace, didn't start any new wars, etc. Is there an antiwar party in America?
www.forever-wars.com
June 22, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Of course he was going to bomb Iran.
Is there an antiwar party in the U.S.?
Is there an antiwar party in the U.S.?
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Literally begging you to post about Just Some Stuff. We will see the news I absolutely promise. Twenty people will repost the same exact thing about the news. Only you can post about a turtle you saw
i don't mean to come off as rude but we cannot sustain ourselves on outrage and anger forever. i think it's even more important now to post about other things too. even if it gets less engagement. you never know who will find it cool and interesting.
It’s a real mindfuck when most ppl wanna post about their latest failures/successes, or weird shit they saw in the wild or cool stuff they made…but the country is a cesspool so cool/weird shit seems trite.
June 21, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Literally begging you to post about Just Some Stuff. We will see the news I absolutely promise. Twenty people will repost the same exact thing about the news. Only you can post about a turtle you saw
'you may read my meaning to be, “The subways are fine if you are brave,” or “Riding the subway is a character-building because it teaches you to be tough.” No. I’m not saying that. I’m saying that the subway is fine. It is not scary.'
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-subway...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-subway...
The Subway Is Not Scary
Fear of the subway is a mark of low moral character.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
June 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
'you may read my meaning to be, “The subways are fine if you are brave,” or “Riding the subway is a character-building because it teaches you to be tough.” No. I’m not saying that. I’m saying that the subway is fine. It is not scary.'
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-subway...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-subway...
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Lots of things about podcast ad reads are embarrassing but having to say "this episode is sponsored by example.com. go to example.com/deals for 20% off. These discounts aren't available on their regular site" ... a true humiliation.
June 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Lots of things about podcast ad reads are embarrassing but having to say "this episode is sponsored by example.com. go to example.com/deals for 20% off. These discounts aren't available on their regular site" ... a true humiliation.