A year after getting it there’s still something magical each time I make espresso with my 9Barista: I think because while the mechanism is so simple, and only requires heat, it still manages pressure and temperature itself. So incredibly simple, reliable, and consistent with minimal user input

I would have more confidence in GitHub’s reimplementation of perfectly functional features if the reimplementations had fewer noticeable bugs 🤦‍♂️

The thing about a lot of the anodyne (but still unhinged) conspiracy theory content that clogs my Instagram feed these days is that the form is so reminiscent of the wild stories I remember kids telling in the playground… I think I would be less bothered somehow if they were more sophisticated

I’m always impressed by Karambolage. I see everyday things in France and Germany and am idly curious, but never expect proper explanations because if you live there it’s just normal. But the stories and histories are often really interesting, and show how human experience can vary so unpredictably

Sort of amazing how the US income tax system can be so complicated that it feels like it could never be meaningfully automated even by the IRS (if the tax preparers would stop their lobbying), while at the same time, in the UK, less than a quarter of people even need to file a vastly simpler return

Had a headache from screens yesterday so went for a long walk along the river to Hammersmith (I’m in Pimlico), then started reading Invisible Cities. I honestly feel more at home in London than anywhere else, but accurately describing what it’s like feels impossible to me because it’s so varied

On that live translation feature from WWDC: for years people have made fun of others for trying to hold up their phones with translations. Rotting in the Sun is a recent film that did this very well. I could be wrong, but it seems like such a classic AI mirage—it doesn’t actually shift the needle

Went on a surprisingly long quest for broodje haring and it does not disappoint—if you love pickles and love fish, get yourself to Amsterdam!

I wish it were advertised that Linux does have established, coherent, and expansive ecosystems. With Fedora you benefit from all the projects which (in)directly help Red Hat’s enterprise product—sane containerisation, system services, packaging, a great desktop environment… it’s not Mad Max at all

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@malcic.codes thanks for being my conference buddy! 💎❤️

Went to my first Ruby conference and #brightonruby is really great, predictably great people, can definitely recommend!
Plus an inspired talk on some logic puzzles by @rosa.codes which gave me such fond memories of formal linguistics. Also that I should read the Agda book I have!

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