Raedwald
@raedwald.bsky.social
UK resident, computer programmer, TTRPG enthusiast
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Closing the airspace over a foreign country is a de facto declaration of war but we’ve pushed so far into “let’s conspicuously underreact so everyone knows we’re savvy people not overreacting to Trump” that his de facto declaration of war is literally not even being reported on the news
November 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Closing the airspace over a foreign country is a de facto declaration of war but we’ve pushed so far into “let’s conspicuously underreact so everyone knows we’re savvy people not overreacting to Trump” that his de facto declaration of war is literally not even being reported on the news
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Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
November 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
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The main objection I have is that it seems to move along the pavement in a way that makes pedestrians feel they have to get out of the way and step into the road. It doesn't have any of the eye contact/body language abilities that humans do so it's a vehicle but one that can't go on the road.
November 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The main objection I have is that it seems to move along the pavement in a way that makes pedestrians feel they have to get out of the way and step into the road. It doesn't have any of the eye contact/body language abilities that humans do so it's a vehicle but one that can't go on the road.
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My usual experiment to find out how bad LLMs are at technical instructions (wiring a UK plug) as applied to grok. It's just as bad as any other LLM out there:
November 26, 2025 at 9:12 AM
My usual experiment to find out how bad LLMs are at technical instructions (wiring a UK plug) as applied to grok. It's just as bad as any other LLM out there:
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Evidence of Farage’s unabashed youthful racism has been in the public domain since at least 2013, yet somehow he has been allowed to remain part of the British political conversation. The fact he wasn’t driven back under a rock years ago has emboldened racists across the country to spread hatred.
November 26, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Evidence of Farage’s unabashed youthful racism has been in the public domain since at least 2013, yet somehow he has been allowed to remain part of the British political conversation. The fact he wasn’t driven back under a rock years ago has emboldened racists across the country to spread hatred.
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For the foreseeable future, when it matters, there *will* be a software developer at the wheel. If Jevons is to be believed, probably *more* of us.
I'd start hiring now if you want to beat the stampede for the remaining skilled devs when reality sinks in.
codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/t...
I'd start hiring now if you want to beat the stampede for the remaining skilled devs when reality sinks in.
codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/t...
The Future of Software Development is Software Developers
I’ve been a computer programmer all-told for 43 years. That’s more than half the entire history of electronic programmable computers. In that time, I’ve seen a lot of things chang…
codemanship.wordpress.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:46 AM
For the foreseeable future, when it matters, there *will* be a software developer at the wheel. If Jevons is to be believed, probably *more* of us.
I'd start hiring now if you want to beat the stampede for the remaining skilled devs when reality sinks in.
codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/t...
I'd start hiring now if you want to beat the stampede for the remaining skilled devs when reality sinks in.
codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/t...
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OVH CEO predicts some cloud prices to rise 5-10 percent by mid-2026
OVH CEO predicts some cloud prices to rise 5-10 percent by mid-2026
Or maybe even sooner, warns Octave Klaba, as AI sends storage costs soaring
The price of some cloud services will have to rise by five to ten percent by mid-2026, maybe sooner, according to Octave Klaba, CEO of French cloud OVH.…
dlvr.it
November 24, 2025 at 4:42 AM
OVH CEO predicts some cloud prices to rise 5-10 percent by mid-2026
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Nuremberg 2.0 is an old anti-vaxxer trope @gorskon.bsky.social wrote about in 2022. Read about it.
During COVID doctors and nurses and public health workers were constantly threatened with Nuremberg trials for being pro vaccine. Trump is tying it all together.
During COVID doctors and nurses and public health workers were constantly threatened with Nuremberg trials for being pro vaccine. Trump is tying it all together.
COVID-19 vaccines and the Nuremberg Code
Antivaxxers love to claim that vaccine mandates (especially COVID-19 vaccine mandates) violate the Nuremberg Code and call for Nuremberg-style tribunals to hold public health and vaccine advocates "ac
sciencebasedmedicine.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Nuremberg 2.0 is an old anti-vaxxer trope @gorskon.bsky.social wrote about in 2022. Read about it.
During COVID doctors and nurses and public health workers were constantly threatened with Nuremberg trials for being pro vaccine. Trump is tying it all together.
During COVID doctors and nurses and public health workers were constantly threatened with Nuremberg trials for being pro vaccine. Trump is tying it all together.
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Physical proof copy of Chris Gidlow's CREDO has descended from the heavens today (well, arrived by air courier): it's glorious! Prepare thee for an Anno Domine 2026 release.
November 24, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Physical proof copy of Chris Gidlow's CREDO has descended from the heavens today (well, arrived by air courier): it's glorious! Prepare thee for an Anno Domine 2026 release.
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All the rape, torture, and murder will be brushed under the carpet, a great lesson for any future war criminals.
November 21, 2025 at 7:08 AM
All the rape, torture, and murder will be brushed under the carpet, a great lesson for any future war criminals.
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“Transpiler, a meaningless word”
people.csail.mit.edu/rachit/post/...
thank you for speaking the truth
people.csail.mit.edu/rachit/post/...
thank you for speaking the truth
Transpiler, a meaningless word | Rachit Nigam
people.csail.mit.edu
November 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
“Transpiler, a meaningless word”
people.csail.mit.edu/rachit/post/...
thank you for speaking the truth
people.csail.mit.edu/rachit/post/...
thank you for speaking the truth
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This video summed up a lot of what I was feeling about the billionaire class dressing themselves in “serious science” garb
youtu.be/GmJI6qIqURA
youtu.be/GmJI6qIqURA
billionaires want you to know they could have done physics
YouTube video by Angela Collier
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 3:19 AM
This video summed up a lot of what I was feeling about the billionaire class dressing themselves in “serious science” garb
youtu.be/GmJI6qIqURA
youtu.be/GmJI6qIqURA
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I keep beating this drum: the kind of people one thinks of as Silicon Valley "techbro" are so often finance people with an engineering cosplay habit, not actual technologists
Elon Musk was famously *never* a good coder and I can't believe he ever scienced a rocket either. But he craves that respect
Elon Musk was famously *never* a good coder and I can't believe he ever scienced a rocket either. But he craves that respect
the worst part is that for the people at the top "good at math"/sciencey is essentially a vibe one socially codes their way into by being minimally competent at informally discussing things actual math/science people do, unless (e.g.) Elon Musk has proven a theorem I didn't hear about.
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 12, 2025 at 8:03 AM
I keep beating this drum: the kind of people one thinks of as Silicon Valley "techbro" are so often finance people with an engineering cosplay habit, not actual technologists
Elon Musk was famously *never* a good coder and I can't believe he ever scienced a rocket either. But he craves that respect
Elon Musk was famously *never* a good coder and I can't believe he ever scienced a rocket either. But he craves that respect
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[Medieval monastery]
Abbot: Did you draw in the margins of this bible?
Me: Yeah, it's called illumination. Very fancy.
Abbot: *opens book* Is this a tree growing dicks instead of fruit?
Me: lol yeah
Abbot: Did you draw in the margins of this bible?
Me: Yeah, it's called illumination. Very fancy.
Abbot: *opens book* Is this a tree growing dicks instead of fruit?
Me: lol yeah
November 9, 2025 at 11:38 PM
[Medieval monastery]
Abbot: Did you draw in the margins of this bible?
Me: Yeah, it's called illumination. Very fancy.
Abbot: *opens book* Is this a tree growing dicks instead of fruit?
Me: lol yeah
Abbot: Did you draw in the margins of this bible?
Me: Yeah, it's called illumination. Very fancy.
Abbot: *opens book* Is this a tree growing dicks instead of fruit?
Me: lol yeah
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a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
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Games industry forces RTOs (often involving moving cities for a job that may not exist in a few months) because being in office together on zoom is just ~*so heckin valuable*~
but then replaces as many people as they can get away with with chatbots because the human connection doesn’t matter
Hmm!
but then replaces as many people as they can get away with with chatbots because the human connection doesn’t matter
Hmm!
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Games industry forces RTOs (often involving moving cities for a job that may not exist in a few months) because being in office together on zoom is just ~*so heckin valuable*~
but then replaces as many people as they can get away with with chatbots because the human connection doesn’t matter
Hmm!
but then replaces as many people as they can get away with with chatbots because the human connection doesn’t matter
Hmm!
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www.nytimes.com/shared/comme... “We have reached peak insanity: $100B in annual compensation is equivalent to approximately 3M full-time minimum-wage workers (at $16/hr) for one year.
No accomplishment by any individual justifies receiving the same compensation as 3M people working full-time.”
No accomplishment by any individual justifies receiving the same compensation as 3M people working full-time.”
Read a Times Reader's Comment on: Elon Musk Wins $1 Trillion Tesla Pay Package
Tesla shareholders approved a plan to grant Elon Musk shares worth nearly $1 trillion if he meets ambitious goals, including vastly expanding the company’s stock market valuation.
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:02 AM
www.nytimes.com/shared/comme... “We have reached peak insanity: $100B in annual compensation is equivalent to approximately 3M full-time minimum-wage workers (at $16/hr) for one year.
No accomplishment by any individual justifies receiving the same compensation as 3M people working full-time.”
No accomplishment by any individual justifies receiving the same compensation as 3M people working full-time.”
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What the fuck are "biological pronouns?" This is the dumbest thing I've ever read in service of endorsing the bullying of trans kids. Half the world uses languages that don't have gendered pronouns and these illiterate and ignorant judges are creating entirely nonsensical concepts.
November 7, 2025 at 3:52 AM
What the fuck are "biological pronouns?" This is the dumbest thing I've ever read in service of endorsing the bullying of trans kids. Half the world uses languages that don't have gendered pronouns and these illiterate and ignorant judges are creating entirely nonsensical concepts.
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A comment on "intelligent agents" from Donald Norman, written in 1994, still relevant in all aspects today. It's like we learned almost nothing about how to build, use, or govern software in 30 years. Except this time the anthropomorphizing is intentional.
From dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
From dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
November 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
A comment on "intelligent agents" from Donald Norman, written in 1994, still relevant in all aspects today. It's like we learned almost nothing about how to build, use, or govern software in 30 years. Except this time the anthropomorphizing is intentional.
From dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
From dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
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Trump’s voters have become like the members of the administration, delighting in the crassness and obscenity that pours out of the president and his circle whenever they are challenged. But policies suffer and the public is poorly served.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Confederacy of Toddlers
The Trump administration is a regime of troubled children.
www.theatlantic.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Trump’s voters have become like the members of the administration, delighting in the crassness and obscenity that pours out of the president and his circle whenever they are challenged. But policies suffer and the public is poorly served.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category – arXiv blog
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November 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
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"Dear Sir, Your good name has been bought to my attention as a trustworthy man and a believer in God. I am the son of the late Queen Elizabeth II, ruler of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. My mother left me forty-five million pounds and the city of York but I am unable ..."
October 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"Dear Sir, Your good name has been bought to my attention as a trustworthy man and a believer in God. I am the son of the late Queen Elizabeth II, ruler of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. My mother left me forty-five million pounds and the city of York but I am unable ..."
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When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”
It’s very telling that opening your publication to MAGA “thought” requires a massive downgrade in quality control.
October 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”
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The contempt some people have for poor people. “I’m not going to donate what you *need*, I’m going to donate what aligns with my own ideals and expect you to be grateful for it.”
October 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The contempt some people have for poor people. “I’m not going to donate what you *need*, I’m going to donate what aligns with my own ideals and expect you to be grateful for it.”
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“It’s always on your terms […] The teleoperator does not see you. We can blur people. The teleoperator also cannot go into specific parts of your home. […] And the teleoperator can never connect to a robot unless you approve it.”
SF writer: mmhm, mmhm… gotta say, this is heavyhanded foreshadowing
SF writer: mmhm, mmhm… gotta say, this is heavyhanded foreshadowing
Why would someone pay $20k for a robot controlled by a human in a remote location to do things more slowly and clumsily when the median wage for a maid or housekeeper is $33k per year, which is typically spread across 10-20 households?
October 30, 2025 at 9:02 AM
“It’s always on your terms […] The teleoperator does not see you. We can blur people. The teleoperator also cannot go into specific parts of your home. […] And the teleoperator can never connect to a robot unless you approve it.”
SF writer: mmhm, mmhm… gotta say, this is heavyhanded foreshadowing
SF writer: mmhm, mmhm… gotta say, this is heavyhanded foreshadowing