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30 years ago today, Netscape announced a new programming language, one that emerged from a frantic, week-and-a-half-long sprint. It ended up sticking around far longer than anyone could've expected.
In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet
Thirty years later, JavaScript is the glue that holds the interactive web together, warts and all.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
30 years ago today, Netscape announced a new programming language, one that emerged from a frantic, week-and-a-half-long sprint. It ended up sticking around far longer than anyone could've expected.
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All super rich guys sound the same now. It’s all “I sleep four hours a night and spend the other twenty hours a day developing a product that’s going to bring us the best widespread poverty anyone’s ever seen.”
December 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
All super rich guys sound the same now. It’s all “I sleep four hours a night and spend the other twenty hours a day developing a product that’s going to bring us the best widespread poverty anyone’s ever seen.”
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i might be an adult but i will always go “oooooo!” when i see the shinkansen
December 2, 2025 at 11:22 AM
i might be an adult but i will always go “oooooo!” when i see the shinkansen
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(holding up the phone to my 3yo) these women sealed the honmoon long before huntrix ever existed
3yo: what are their names
me: this is scary spice, there’s also posh, baby, sporty and ginger
3yo: what are their names
me: this is scary spice, there’s also posh, baby, sporty and ginger
November 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
(holding up the phone to my 3yo) these women sealed the honmoon long before huntrix ever existed
3yo: what are their names
me: this is scary spice, there’s also posh, baby, sporty and ginger
3yo: what are their names
me: this is scary spice, there’s also posh, baby, sporty and ginger
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when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
November 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
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Sure, they've made an environmentally catastrophic mass hallucination disinformation plagiarism Clippy that will destabilize the world, but also their other goal is to replace human workers entirely and let us humans starve. A boycott of AI is the most important boycott of your entire life.
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
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November 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Sure, they've made an environmentally catastrophic mass hallucination disinformation plagiarism Clippy that will destabilize the world, but also their other goal is to replace human workers entirely and let us humans starve. A boycott of AI is the most important boycott of your entire life.
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Now's a great time to pick up my girls love mecha novel Star Sword Nemesis for 10% off! Can a true believer in the cause of human connectedness warm the heart of a broken warrior, with humanity's future in space on the line? loveconquersallgames.itch.io/star-sword-n...
November 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Now's a great time to pick up my girls love mecha novel Star Sword Nemesis for 10% off! Can a true believer in the cause of human connectedness warm the heart of a broken warrior, with humanity's future in space on the line? loveconquersallgames.itch.io/star-sword-n...
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"Am I being really fucking stupid right now?" is an important question every single person should ask themselves regularly. We all make mistakes but it's a good way to course correct before you do something really embarrassing like getting suckered into thinking a chatbot is sentient.
November 26, 2025 at 4:26 AM
"Am I being really fucking stupid right now?" is an important question every single person should ask themselves regularly. We all make mistakes but it's a good way to course correct before you do something really embarrassing like getting suckered into thinking a chatbot is sentient.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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You do not have a conversation, because this requires a consciousness to answer back.
It does not think, it calculates probability and turns it into words.
It is not intelligent, it mimics what its programme calculates a likely response will be.
It drives me nuts when execs speak of it like this.
It does not think, it calculates probability and turns it into words.
It is not intelligent, it mimics what its programme calculates a likely response will be.
It drives me nuts when execs speak of it like this.
November 21, 2025 at 8:26 AM
You do not have a conversation, because this requires a consciousness to answer back.
It does not think, it calculates probability and turns it into words.
It is not intelligent, it mimics what its programme calculates a likely response will be.
It drives me nuts when execs speak of it like this.
It does not think, it calculates probability and turns it into words.
It is not intelligent, it mimics what its programme calculates a likely response will be.
It drives me nuts when execs speak of it like this.
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#AmWorking
Big businesses: "We do n% of our code with AI now"
Me: BUT IT DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE! YOU BROKE IT! YOU COMPLETELY RUINED IT!
Had this TWICE today with two different kinds of big business software product and I am ready to throw things.
Big businesses: "We do n% of our code with AI now"
Me: BUT IT DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE! YOU BROKE IT! YOU COMPLETELY RUINED IT!
Had this TWICE today with two different kinds of big business software product and I am ready to throw things.
November 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
#AmWorking
Big businesses: "We do n% of our code with AI now"
Me: BUT IT DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE! YOU BROKE IT! YOU COMPLETELY RUINED IT!
Had this TWICE today with two different kinds of big business software product and I am ready to throw things.
Big businesses: "We do n% of our code with AI now"
Me: BUT IT DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE! YOU BROKE IT! YOU COMPLETELY RUINED IT!
Had this TWICE today with two different kinds of big business software product and I am ready to throw things.
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My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Rebecca Heineman - Wikipedia
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November 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
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AND THIS IS WHY YOU VOTE IN THE MIDTERMS
AT THE STATE LEVEL
AT THE COUNTY LEVEL
IN ALL ELECTIONS
THEY'RE ALL FUCKING IMPORTANT
AT THE STATE LEVEL
AT THE COUNTY LEVEL
IN ALL ELECTIONS
THEY'RE ALL FUCKING IMPORTANT
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
AND THIS IS WHY YOU VOTE IN THE MIDTERMS
AT THE STATE LEVEL
AT THE COUNTY LEVEL
IN ALL ELECTIONS
THEY'RE ALL FUCKING IMPORTANT
AT THE STATE LEVEL
AT THE COUNTY LEVEL
IN ALL ELECTIONS
THEY'RE ALL FUCKING IMPORTANT
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smelly
October 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
smelly
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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Remember when i said we're living in the scariest parts of a Gibson novel thanks to a bunch of dudes who misunderstand Gibson's novels?
Well now I want to discuss the verified govt accounts spewing rightwing propaganda— possibly via a bot-run troll farm— & why you should block them for your safety.
Well now I want to discuss the verified govt accounts spewing rightwing propaganda— possibly via a bot-run troll farm— & why you should block them for your safety.
October 18, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Remember when i said we're living in the scariest parts of a Gibson novel thanks to a bunch of dudes who misunderstand Gibson's novels?
Well now I want to discuss the verified govt accounts spewing rightwing propaganda— possibly via a bot-run troll farm— & why you should block them for your safety.
Well now I want to discuss the verified govt accounts spewing rightwing propaganda— possibly via a bot-run troll farm— & why you should block them for your safety.
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I can’t be any more unequivocal I only want to read, watch, listen to, drink, enjoy and consume stuff made by people.
October 16, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I can’t be any more unequivocal I only want to read, watch, listen to, drink, enjoy and consume stuff made by people.
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On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, there have been predictable calls for a memorial to her memory. But Britain's 2300 food banks serve that purpose already.
October 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, there have been predictable calls for a memorial to her memory. But Britain's 2300 food banks serve that purpose already.
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quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric
October 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric
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3. If you see content that disturbs you, immediately (or as fast as possible) go and play 20-30 minutes of Tetris (or any other fast-paced game with your eyes sweeping over the visual field that has caused visual artifacts to linger when you close your eyes for you in the past).
September 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
3. If you see content that disturbs you, immediately (or as fast as possible) go and play 20-30 minutes of Tetris (or any other fast-paced game with your eyes sweeping over the visual field that has caused visual artifacts to linger when you close your eyes for you in the past).
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Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!