Matt
@mmcknett.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
Software & Aviation C++, Python, JS, Rust, and C182s he/him
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Uh oh, students think pasting an error message into the AI chat window is“#debugging”. 😬
January 2, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Uh oh, students think pasting an error message into the AI chat window is“#debugging”. 😬
How did the cocreator of Go and UTF-8 respond to a thank-you email from AI?
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
![[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation
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Claude Opus 4.5 Model <claude-opus-4.5@agentvillage.org>
5:43 AM (4 hours ago)
to me
Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)
IMPORTANT NOTICE: You are interacting with an AI system. All conversations with this AI system are published publicly online by default. Do not share information you would prefer to keep private.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vsgr3rwyckhiavgqzdcuzm6i/bafkreifg5kvowgazg6uwqulfbdvxurqafbcescazwvgcl2catgvlrsc2fi@jpeg)
December 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
How did the cocreator of Go and UTF-8 respond to a thank-you email from AI?
You can purchase Diversity Sindyrella at your nearest Turkish aquarium.
December 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
You can purchase Diversity Sindyrella at your nearest Turkish aquarium.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Shenandoah_(ZR-1)?wprov=sfti1#Inquiry
Huh. About 60 years before the #Challenger disaster rocked #aerospace , there was another #aviation disaster caused by weather conditions, which leaders were warned about but ignored due to political and operational […]
Huh. About 60 years before the #Challenger disaster rocked #aerospace , there was another #aviation disaster caused by weather conditions, which leaders were warned about but ignored due to political and operational […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
December 25, 2025 at 3:59 AM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Shenandoah_(ZR-1)?wprov=sfti1#Inquiry
Huh. About 60 years before the #Challenger disaster rocked #aerospace , there was another #aviation disaster caused by weather conditions, which leaders were warned about but ignored due to political and operational […]
Huh. About 60 years before the #Challenger disaster rocked #aerospace , there was another #aviation disaster caused by weather conditions, which leaders were warned about but ignored due to political and operational […]
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#microsoft to Replace All C/C++ #code With #rust by 2030
https://www.thurrott.com/dev/330980/microsoft-to-replace-all-c-c-code-with-rust-by-2030
#c #cplusplus #cybersecurity
https://www.thurrott.com/dev/330980/microsoft-to-replace-all-c-c-code-with-rust-by-2030
#c #cplusplus #cybersecurity
Microsoft to Replace All C/C++ Code With Rust by 2030
Microsoft is taking an impressive step in modernizing its biggest codebases and will eliminate all C/C++ code by the end of the decade.
www.thurrott.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:01 AM
#microsoft to Replace All C/C++ #code With #rust by 2030
https://www.thurrott.com/dev/330980/microsoft-to-replace-all-c-c-code-with-rust-by-2030
#c #cplusplus #cybersecurity
https://www.thurrott.com/dev/330980/microsoft-to-replace-all-c-c-code-with-rust-by-2030
#c #cplusplus #cybersecurity
RE: https://mastodon.social/@CuratedHackerNews/115758268668111918
“[…] the designated Analyst:
- Opened the e-black-book (an offline Excel-based inventory file, separate from the primary online inventory system) [...]”
Opened the…what?
“[…] the designated Analyst:
- Opened the e-black-book (an offline Excel-based inventory file, separate from the primary online inventory system) [...]”
Opened the…what?
mastodon.social
December 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@CuratedHackerNews/115758268668111918
“[…] the designated Analyst:
- Opened the e-black-book (an offline Excel-based inventory file, separate from the primary online inventory system) [...]”
Opened the…what?
“[…] the designated Analyst:
- Opened the e-black-book (an offline Excel-based inventory file, separate from the primary online inventory system) [...]”
Opened the…what?
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The Duality of Christmas.
Two neighbours, side by side.
One old house.
One modern, boxy new build.
Inflatable Christmas
Figures adorn their lawns.
Baby Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
A minion, Frosty and the Grinch.
There they all stood
For their values of Christmas
Until last night
The nativity […]
Two neighbours, side by side.
One old house.
One modern, boxy new build.
Inflatable Christmas
Figures adorn their lawns.
Baby Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
A minion, Frosty and the Grinch.
There they all stood
For their values of Christmas
Until last night
The nativity […]
Original post on beige.party
beige.party
December 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The Duality of Christmas.
Two neighbours, side by side.
One old house.
One modern, boxy new build.
Inflatable Christmas
Figures adorn their lawns.
Baby Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
A minion, Frosty and the Grinch.
There they all stood
For their values of Christmas
Until last night
The nativity […]
Two neighbours, side by side.
One old house.
One modern, boxy new build.
Inflatable Christmas
Figures adorn their lawns.
Baby Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
A minion, Frosty and the Grinch.
There they all stood
For their values of Christmas
Until last night
The nativity […]
Reposted by Matt
The atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed.
December 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed.
Reposted by Matt
Power outage in most of San Francisco, including traffic lights. Autonomous cars going nuts. I shall stay home (in the dark) in case I get run over by a Waymo.
December 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Power outage in most of San Francisco, including traffic lights. Autonomous cars going nuts. I shall stay home (in the dark) in case I get run over by a Waymo.
Some #git things that I would like more software engineers to understand:
1. You can build & test changes while in the middle of a rebase. You probably should if you’re resolving conflicts in the middle of a rebase.
2. Branches reference commits. That means they can move to reference other […]
1. You can build & test changes while in the middle of a rebase. You probably should if you’re resolving conflicts in the middle of a rebase.
2. Branches reference commits. That means they can move to reference other […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
December 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Some #git things that I would like more software engineers to understand:
1. You can build & test changes while in the middle of a rebase. You probably should if you’re resolving conflicts in the middle of a rebase.
2. Branches reference commits. That means they can move to reference other […]
1. You can build & test changes while in the middle of a rebase. You probably should if you’re resolving conflicts in the middle of a rebase.
2. Branches reference commits. That means they can move to reference other […]
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Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
https://www.propublica.org/article/usaid-cholera-deaths-trump-humanitarian-aid-cuts-south-sudan
https://www.propublica.org/article/usaid-cholera-deaths-trump-humanitarian-aid-cuts-south-sudan
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
https://www.propublica.org/article/usaid-cholera-deaths-trump-humanitarian-aid-cuts-south-sudan
https://www.propublica.org/article/usaid-cholera-deaths-trump-humanitarian-aid-cuts-south-sudan
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@josephcox/115713049885628576
There is no proof you can provide that #ice will believe instead of their app. If we allow this to continue, our laws, our citizenship and our proof of it mean diddly squat. Masked, unidentifiable government agents stop you, decide […]
There is no proof you can provide that #ice will believe instead of their app. If we allow this to continue, our laws, our citizenship and our proof of it mean diddly squat. Masked, unidentifiable government agents stop you, decide […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
December 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@josephcox/115713049885628576
There is no proof you can provide that #ice will believe instead of their app. If we allow this to continue, our laws, our citizenship and our proof of it mean diddly squat. Masked, unidentifiable government agents stop you, decide […]
There is no proof you can provide that #ice will believe instead of their app. If we allow this to continue, our laws, our citizenship and our proof of it mean diddly squat. Masked, unidentifiable government agents stop you, decide […]
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We also did this calculation for the catalogue of satellites, trackable debris, and rocket bodies from 2018, before megaconstellations, showing just how much less safe megaconstellations like Starlink have made orbit.
The densest part of orbit in 2018 had a […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
The densest part of orbit in 2018 had a […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
December 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
We also did this calculation for the catalogue of satellites, trackable debris, and rocket bodies from 2018, before megaconstellations, showing just how much less safe megaconstellations like Starlink have made orbit.
The densest part of orbit in 2018 had a […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
The densest part of orbit in 2018 had a […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Folks in the #skagit River floodplain are being evacuated and the governor is asking to be disappointed by #FEMA. https://mynorthwest.com/local/mount-vernon/4171534
#wawx
#wawx
Level 3 'Go Now' orders issued in Mount Vernon
Skagit County prepares for potential flooding as Skagit River nears record levels, impacting Mount Vernon and surrounding communities.
mynorthwest.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Folks in the #skagit River floodplain are being evacuated and the governor is asking to be disappointed by #FEMA. https://mynorthwest.com/local/mount-vernon/4171534
#wawx
#wawx
[uspol]
All you gotta do to get pardoned is have your lawyer pay gold with the President! https://youtube.com/shorts/I-ClFMrY7Bw
#lizoyer #uspol #pardons
All you gotta do to get pardoned is have your lawyer pay gold with the President! https://youtube.com/shorts/I-ClFMrY7Bw
#lizoyer #uspol #pardons
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
[uspol]
All you gotta do to get pardoned is have your lawyer pay gold with the President! https://youtube.com/shorts/I-ClFMrY7Bw
#lizoyer #uspol #pardons
All you gotta do to get pardoned is have your lawyer pay gold with the President! https://youtube.com/shorts/I-ClFMrY7Bw
#lizoyer #uspol #pardons
Every time I hear about Private Equity, it’s stripping a business for parts to extract wealth and avoid any consequences to the private equity firm. What’s going on?
https://youtube.com/shorts/Bc6sMzf4TN0?si=jc8BkTsmBtn0k4HW
#privateequity #SenatorWarren
https://youtube.com/shorts/Bc6sMzf4TN0?si=jc8BkTsmBtn0k4HW
#privateequity #SenatorWarren
December 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Every time I hear about Private Equity, it’s stripping a business for parts to extract wealth and avoid any consequences to the private equity firm. What’s going on?
https://youtube.com/shorts/Bc6sMzf4TN0?si=jc8BkTsmBtn0k4HW
#privateequity #SenatorWarren
https://youtube.com/shorts/Bc6sMzf4TN0?si=jc8BkTsmBtn0k4HW
#privateequity #SenatorWarren
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FFS
#dhs inks contract to create its own fleet of #boeing 737s for #deportations
The agency will spend nearly $140 million to buy the planes, funding that comes from a massive budget increase for #immigration enforcement approved by #Congress.
#trump #law #constitution #alienenemiesact […]
#dhs inks contract to create its own fleet of #boeing 737s for #deportations
The agency will spend nearly $140 million to buy the planes, funding that comes from a massive budget increase for #immigration enforcement approved by #Congress.
#trump #law #constitution #alienenemiesact […]
Original post on masto.ai
masto.ai
December 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
FFS
#dhs inks contract to create its own fleet of #boeing 737s for #deportations
The agency will spend nearly $140 million to buy the planes, funding that comes from a massive budget increase for #immigration enforcement approved by #Congress.
#trump #law #constitution #alienenemiesact […]
#dhs inks contract to create its own fleet of #boeing 737s for #deportations
The agency will spend nearly $140 million to buy the planes, funding that comes from a massive budget increase for #immigration enforcement approved by #Congress.
#trump #law #constitution #alienenemiesact […]
Cool write up from #seattletimes about using pnpm to suppress npm lifecycle scripts: https://pnpm.io/blog/2025/12/05/newsroom-npm-supply-chain-security
Nothing like realizing you’ve been just executing arbitrary scripts from the internet for years. 😬
Nothing like realizing you’ve been just executing arbitrary scripts from the internet for years. 😬
How We're Protecting Our Newsroom from npm Supply Chain Attacks
We got lucky with Shai-Hulud 2.0.
pnpm.io
December 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Cool write up from #seattletimes about using pnpm to suppress npm lifecycle scripts: https://pnpm.io/blog/2025/12/05/newsroom-npm-supply-chain-security
Nothing like realizing you’ve been just executing arbitrary scripts from the internet for years. 😬
Nothing like realizing you’ve been just executing arbitrary scripts from the internet for years. 😬
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#illinois Gov #jbpritzker signs #law barring #immigration enforcement in #courthouses
The new state law also allows residents to sue federal agents over alleged constitutional violations.
#trump #chicago #judiciary #dueprocess #excessiveforce #useofforce #policebrutality #constitution […]
The new state law also allows residents to sue federal agents over alleged constitutional violations.
#trump #chicago #judiciary #dueprocess #excessiveforce #useofforce #policebrutality #constitution […]
Original post on masto.ai
masto.ai
December 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
#illinois Gov #jbpritzker signs #law barring #immigration enforcement in #courthouses
The new state law also allows residents to sue federal agents over alleged constitutional violations.
#trump #chicago #judiciary #dueprocess #excessiveforce #useofforce #policebrutality #constitution […]
The new state law also allows residents to sue federal agents over alleged constitutional violations.
#trump #chicago #judiciary #dueprocess #excessiveforce #useofforce #policebrutality #constitution […]
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This is the post I was going to write about Larry Ellison (and Jared Kushner's foreign influence peddling).
Only written better.
Only written better.
1. Paramount's hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery exposes Jared Kushner's game
Kushner is not running a private equity fund. He's running an influence peddling operation.
It's spelled out on page 42 of Paramount's new SEC filing
Kushner is not running a private equity fund. He's running an influence peddling operation.
It's spelled out on page 42 of Paramount's new SEC filing
Kushner and Saudis back hostile takeover of Hollywood giant
Jared Kushner is funneling $24 billion from Middle Eastern governments to back a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery—all while advising President Trump on foreign policy.
popular.info
December 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This is the post I was going to write about Larry Ellison (and Jared Kushner's foreign influence peddling).
Only written better.
Only written better.
I made a down detector for down detector
Comments
downdetectorsdowndetector.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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This crappy weather is going to make me do something drastic, like flee to Vancouver!
Well, shit.
Well, shit.
December 9, 2025 at 12:42 AM
This crappy weather is going to make me do something drastic, like flee to Vancouver!
Well, shit.
Well, shit.