Julian Simioni
@juliansimioni.bsky.social
Riding some bikes, writing some code, still making Geocode Earth after 7 years
So let me get this straight. Nvidia, which has GPUs in such high demand they can't make enough, is giving money to the AI companies that are deeply unprofitable, so the AI companies can buy more GPUs from Nvidia...
cool cool cool
cool cool cool
October 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
So let me get this straight. Nvidia, which has GPUs in such high demand they can't make enough, is giving money to the AI companies that are deeply unprofitable, so the AI companies can buy more GPUs from Nvidia...
cool cool cool
cool cool cool
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Tip for Civil Society: Never Negotiate. Always make them do the bad thing. Don’t help them do it, but make their choice either: do something really bad, or nothing at all
https://alecmuffett.com/article/115274
https://alecmuffett.com/article/115274
Tip for Civil Society: Never Negotiate. Always make them do the bad thing. Don’t help them do it, but make their choice either: do something really bad, or nothing at all
I started messing with Unix in my 2nd year at university in 1986, I got into cryptography in 1990, open source/free software in 1991, and then pretty much constant battles with regulators & aut…
alecmuffett.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Tip for Civil Society: Never Negotiate. Always make them do the bad thing. Don’t help them do it, but make their choice either: do something really bad, or nothing at all
https://alecmuffett.com/article/115274
https://alecmuffett.com/article/115274
I’m proud to announce that the Pelias Geocoder was featured in the second cohort for the GitHub Secure Open Source Fund!
Here’s more info on the program from the GitHub blog: github.blog/open-source/...
Here’s more info on the program from the GitHub blog: github.blog/open-source/...
Securing the supply chain at scale: Starting with 71 important open source projects
Learn how the GitHub Secure Open Source Fund helped 71 open source projects significantly improve their security posture.
github.blog
August 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I’m proud to announce that the Pelias Geocoder was featured in the second cohort for the GitHub Secure Open Source Fund!
Here’s more info on the program from the GitHub blog: github.blog/open-source/...
Here’s more info on the program from the GitHub blog: github.blog/open-source/...
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A.I. won't replace you. Someone getting paid twice as much because the company was desperate after they tried to replace you with A.I. will replace you.
June 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A.I. won't replace you. Someone getting paid twice as much because the company was desperate after they tried to replace you with A.I. will replace you.
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Feel like "Don't you want to fight these bastards for real?" would be a good campaign slogan for a primarily challenger to a Democratic incumbent.
July 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Feel like "Don't you want to fight these bastards for real?" would be a good campaign slogan for a primarily challenger to a Democratic incumbent.
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just setting up my twtr
June 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
just setting up my twtr
AI will sometimes give you the right answer, sometimes a subtly wrong one, sometimes a very wrong one, but it never says "actually you don't want that"
Often that's most what you need to hear
Often that's most what you need to hear
June 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
AI will sometimes give you the right answer, sometimes a subtly wrong one, sometimes a very wrong one, but it never says "actually you don't want that"
Often that's most what you need to hear
Often that's most what you need to hear
"In a moment where machines churn out mediocrity, make something yourself. Make it imperfect. Make it rough. Just make it.
dansinker.com/posts/2025-0...
dansinker.com/posts/2025-0...
The Who Cares Era | dansinker.com
dansinker.com
May 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"In a moment where machines churn out mediocrity, make something yourself. Make it imperfect. Make it rough. Just make it.
dansinker.com/posts/2025-0...
dansinker.com/posts/2025-0...
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There is some small bit of joy when you have a sentence that is going to be published online where you need an example of people doing the stupid thing you said they were doing and you can set it up so that every word in the sentence is a different hyperlink to someone making that mistake.
May 21, 2025 at 8:09 PM
There is some small bit of joy when you have a sentence that is going to be published online where you need an example of people doing the stupid thing you said they were doing and you can set it up so that every word in the sentence is a different hyperlink to someone making that mistake.
there's gonna be a lot of "lil DuckDB"s out there
You're mappy rap name is "lil" plus the last GIS tool you used. What are we calling you?
May 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
there's gonna be a lot of "lil DuckDB"s out there
Anyone built a new desktop PC lately? I'm speccing one out now and as always it's the most wonderful of choose your own adventures:
- Did Intel's latest line, Core Ultra, really end up being slower than the 14000 series?
- Is _anyone_ even buying Intel CPUs or is it all AMD?
- Did Intel's latest line, Core Ultra, really end up being slower than the 14000 series?
- Is _anyone_ even buying Intel CPUs or is it all AMD?
April 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Anyone built a new desktop PC lately? I'm speccing one out now and as always it's the most wonderful of choose your own adventures:
- Did Intel's latest line, Core Ultra, really end up being slower than the 14000 series?
- Is _anyone_ even buying Intel CPUs or is it all AMD?
- Did Intel's latest line, Core Ultra, really end up being slower than the 14000 series?
- Is _anyone_ even buying Intel CPUs or is it all AMD?
People that, you know, actually care about stuff are rightly flabbergasted and horrified by AI slop content
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4I6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4I6...
AI Titanic Content is Out of Control
YouTube video by Oceanliner Designs
www.youtube.com
April 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
People that, you know, actually care about stuff are rightly flabbergasted and horrified by AI slop content
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4I6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4I6...
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A beeline for Null Island
🎶It's time to try deifying gravity
I think I'll try deifying gravity🎵
I think I'll try deifying gravity🎵
April 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
A beeline for Null Island
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There is something so inescapably bleak seeing a survivor of Japanese internment warning about where we are headed.
Folks are still alive who lived through the national shame of internment. Our government only apologized in 1988.
And yet we have forgotten so quickly.
Folks are still alive who lived through the national shame of internment. Our government only apologized in 1988.
And yet we have forgotten so quickly.
This is where we are headed. If you don’t believe me, ask what basis the government had to send me and my family to a prison camp in Arkansas. We “looked like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor.”
April 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
There is something so inescapably bleak seeing a survivor of Japanese internment warning about where we are headed.
Folks are still alive who lived through the national shame of internment. Our government only apologized in 1988.
And yet we have forgotten so quickly.
Folks are still alive who lived through the national shame of internment. Our government only apologized in 1988.
And yet we have forgotten so quickly.
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It's time for #gischat !
What geospatial topic could you talk about for 10 minutes with no preparation?
Remember to use the hashtag in your replies!
What geospatial topic could you talk about for 10 minutes with no preparation?
Remember to use the hashtag in your replies!
April 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
It's time for #gischat !
What geospatial topic could you talk about for 10 minutes with no preparation?
Remember to use the hashtag in your replies!
What geospatial topic could you talk about for 10 minutes with no preparation?
Remember to use the hashtag in your replies!
Sponsoring SOTMUS, one of my favorite conferences, is just such a joy.
Looking forward to seeing everyone in Boston.
@stateofthemapus.bsky.social
Looking forward to seeing everyone in Boston.
@stateofthemapus.bsky.social
Hello BlueSky!
We're Geocode Earth, geocoding specialists and providers of quality, global autocomplete since 2018.
Our products are made by a small, caring team outside the circle of big-tech.
Take a look: geocode.earth
We're Geocode Earth, geocoding specialists and providers of quality, global autocomplete since 2018.
Our products are made by a small, caring team outside the circle of big-tech.
Take a look: geocode.earth
April 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Sponsoring SOTMUS, one of my favorite conferences, is just such a joy.
Looking forward to seeing everyone in Boston.
@stateofthemapus.bsky.social
Looking forward to seeing everyone in Boston.
@stateofthemapus.bsky.social
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I don't want gen AI in my geospatial technology. I want
April 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I don't want gen AI in my geospatial technology. I want
You can tell the internet's really changed because you don't get a bunch of happy birthday emails from random message boards anymore
April 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
You can tell the internet's really changed because you don't get a bunch of happy birthday emails from random message boards anymore
This is a cool little thing: git now recognizes if you are "reverting a revert", giving it the much better name "reapply".
It's common if you say, merge a pull request, find an issue and revert, then want to re-apply the pull request and put a new fix on top.
It's common if you say, merge a pull request, find an issue and revert, then want to re-apply the pull request and put a new fix on top.
March 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This is a cool little thing: git now recognizes if you are "reverting a revert", giving it the much better name "reapply".
It's common if you say, merge a pull request, find an issue and revert, then want to re-apply the pull request and put a new fix on top.
It's common if you say, merge a pull request, find an issue and revert, then want to re-apply the pull request and put a new fix on top.
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UPLIFTING NEWS: 🔌 92.5% of new power capacity added worldwide in 2024 was from renewables - CleanTechnica.
March 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
UPLIFTING NEWS: 🔌 92.5% of new power capacity added worldwide in 2024 was from renewables - CleanTechnica.
When the historians are like "I've seen this before, and it doesn't end well for anyone" 😬
A president who thinks this may find that he does not command an army either, to the misery of all involved, including you and me, dear reader.
One close Trump adviser simply says that the president’s ultimate leverage against certain judges who try to stand in the way of his agenda is that the judiciary does not command an army, while the president of the United States does.
March 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
When the historians are like "I've seen this before, and it doesn't end well for anyone" 😬
A lot of dotcom-era stories have (understandably) been coming up on Hacker News lately, so I've been reading @siliconundergro.bsky.social's awesome blog.
dfarq.homeip.net/va-linux-the...
I had NO idea VA Linux became SourceForge!!
dfarq.homeip.net/va-linux-the...
I had NO idea VA Linux became SourceForge!!
VA Linux: The biggest dotcom IPO
But it bottomed out at $1.19 a share due to competition from Dell and HP
dfarq.homeip.net
March 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
A lot of dotcom-era stories have (understandably) been coming up on Hacker News lately, so I've been reading @siliconundergro.bsky.social's awesome blog.
dfarq.homeip.net/va-linux-the...
I had NO idea VA Linux became SourceForge!!
dfarq.homeip.net/va-linux-the...
I had NO idea VA Linux became SourceForge!!
It's been over 10 years since I lived in the Bay Area, but if I still did, you'd bet you could find me here.
Next month @geomob.bsky.social is co-hosting a geo meetup in San Francisco: www.meetup.com/geomeetup/ev...
I RSVP’d, we haven’t had in-person events like this in the Bay Area in some time
I RSVP’d, we haven’t had in-person events like this in the Bay Area in some time
GeoMeetup x GeoMob: A Night of GeoInnovation in San Francisco, Tue, Apr 15, 2025, 5:30 PM | Meetup
**GeoMeetup x GeoMob: A Night of GeoInnovation in San Francisco!**
We’re beyond thrilled to announce that **GeoMeetup** is teaming up with **GeoMob**, the legendary Europe
www.meetup.com
March 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
It's been over 10 years since I lived in the Bay Area, but if I still did, you'd bet you could find me here.
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How to install Pelias locally on Windows in less than 3 days
What is Pelias and why do you want a local one? Pelias is an open source tool that allows you to look up locations by name and turn them into geographically located data. In my line of work, I frequently use tools like this to geocode…
What is Pelias and why do you want a local one? Pelias is an open source tool that allows you to look up locations by name and turn them into geographically located data. In my line of work, I frequently use tools like this to geocode…
How to install Pelias locally on Windows in less than 3 days
What is Pelias and why do you want a local one? Pelias is an open source tool that allows you to look up locations by name and turn them into geographically located data. In my line of work, I frequently use tools like this to geocode addresses, that is, turn addresses into lat/long coordinates. My teams typically need the coordinates for addresses so we can put them together with other datasets like demographics, socioeconomic measures, or environmental data to find out what the people in our households of interest are experiencing.
experimentalcraft.wordpress.com
March 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
How to install Pelias locally on Windows in less than 3 days
What is Pelias and why do you want a local one? Pelias is an open source tool that allows you to look up locations by name and turn them into geographically located data. In my line of work, I frequently use tools like this to geocode…
What is Pelias and why do you want a local one? Pelias is an open source tool that allows you to look up locations by name and turn them into geographically located data. In my line of work, I frequently use tools like this to geocode…
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The administration got rid of 18F under the cover of night. People who own skyscrapers are afraid of 100 people who make websites.
Not because of the latest tech fad, but because we proved the government can be fixed, the government can be made better and the government can work for the people.
Not because of the latest tech fad, but because we proved the government can be fixed, the government can be made better and the government can work for the people.
March 2, 2025 at 2:51 AM
The administration got rid of 18F under the cover of night. People who own skyscrapers are afraid of 100 people who make websites.
Not because of the latest tech fad, but because we proved the government can be fixed, the government can be made better and the government can work for the people.
Not because of the latest tech fad, but because we proved the government can be fixed, the government can be made better and the government can work for the people.