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dad, climber, bikes, runner, devops, team topologies, sw engineering

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New version of my iOS rock climbing journal app SendLog released!
New:
- track also top rope routes
- track repeats (and include them in the stats)
- better project handling
- enhanced daily stats
- smaller fixes
apps.apple.com/at/app/sendl...
‎SendLog
‎SendLog is your personal climbing companion, designed to help you capture and relive every ascent. Record routes with voice or text, rate your climbs, and keep detailed offline logs — no signal requi...
apps.apple.com
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and it seems like this intellectual tradition, the thinking about programming as a craft, and considering longevity, and outcomes (especially negative ones), has been replaced with nothing but tool choice
these are essays that were 30+ years old, then, but still fresh (and still are)

bc it’s about thinking about programming as a process and a tool

programming was an intellectual tradition not just a job

of which there seems very little today
learning to program in the late 90s and early 00s, you’d inevitably run across classic works like Goto Considered Harmful and No Silver Bullet, even if you weren’t particularly bookish, and there was tons of discourse about HCI as well, all grounded in decades of research

i’m afraid that’s all gone
July 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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"Mice seem to assist pregnant females when they get into difficulty giving birth, with experienced mothers being the most helpful. This is thought to be the first official sighting of such assistance in non-primates, and so expands our knowledge of caregiving behaviours across the animal kingdom."
Mouse 'midwives' help their pregnant companions give birth
Scientists have observed mice helping each other when they encounter difficulties during birth, prompting a rethink of caregiving among rodents and other animals
www.newscientist.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”
Aldous Huxley, English writer, author of Brave New World, died #OTD 1963.
Photo by Charles Sheeler, Michener Art Museum
November 22, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Maybe time again to repost @timnitgebru.bsky.social paper.
Seems like there are still many people not aware of it.

firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...
View of The TESCREAL bundle: Eugenics and the promise of utopia through artificial general intelligence | First Monday
firstmonday.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Recommended reading.

academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

Das Studien-Design ist ziemlich OK und die Ergebnisse recht eindeutig. Und unsere politischen Hebelzieherinnen lächzen danach, das großflächig in Schulen einzusetzen.

Wir tun den jüngeren Generationen nichts Gutes damit.
Experimental evidence of the effects of large language models versus web search on depth of learning
Abstract. The effects of using large language models (LLMs) versus traditional web search on depth of learning are explored. A theory is proposed that when
academic.oup.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
LLM-basierende Chatbots helfen nicht beim Lernen. Wer hätte es gedacht...
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.

Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
In days like these a bit more of Voltaire would be needed!
“Cela est bien dit…mais il faut cultiver notre jardin.”
The smile of reason: Voltaire, influential French Enlightenment writer, philosopher, crusader for freedom, tolerance & truth; born #OTD 1694; author of Candide (1759).
Portrait by Nicolas de Largillière, c. 1718, Musée Carnavalet, Paris
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Ceci n’est pas une pipe: René Magritte, influential Belgian surrealist painter, born #OTD 1898; commemorated in Brussels by the comprehensive Magritte Museum, and a street “Ceci n’est pas une rue”.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art | Magritte Museum Brussels | Grant Snider cartoon
November 21, 2025 at 6:05 AM
I mean this is not surprising but just devastating. Think about something terrible and the LLM will do it 🤷‍♂️.
November 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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I laughed at loud. These people are so pathetic; our enemies are numbskulls. They will kill us all and still not know hs physics.

COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?

ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.

conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
November 19, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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Measuring AI Progress in Drug Discovery - A NEW LEADERBOARD IN TOWN

2015-2025: turns out that there's hardly any improvement. AI bubble?

GPT is at 70% for this task, whereas the best methods get close to 85%.

Leaderboard: huggingface.co/spaces/ml-jk...
P: arxiv.org/abs/2511.14744
November 19, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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Some thoughts on why OpenAI et Al should be held accountable for all of the slop that comes out of their systems.
As they say "Let's think this through step by step"

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November 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Some great charts on #AI from the Wall Street Journal. t.ly/xvvbw "AI products would have to create an additional $650 billion a year, indefinitely, to give investors a reasonable 10% annual return. That’s more than 150% of Apple’s yearly revenue"
November 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
How do I hurt OpenAI more? By using ChatGPT or by not using it?
November 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Just read @rainermuehlhoff.bsky.social “Künstliche Intelligenz und der neue Faschismus”, highly recommended. A disturbing overview why categorizing AI as technology is not the right frame. It is a tool to project power and is deeply connected to the ideas of the Alt Right movement . 1/n
November 16, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Can I quietly ask we stop talking about what "AI" *could* do in education and identify instead what's actually happening with AI in education? I'll start...
November 15, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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The European Commission uses ChatGPT outputs in public documents.

@iccl.bsky.social has filed a complaint to the European Ombudsman as this use likely violates Commission's own guidelines and its obligation under EU treaties

www.iccl.ie/news/europea...
European Commission breaches own AI guidelines by using ChatGPT in public documents
ICCL has filed a complaint to the European Ombudsman against the European Commission for its use of generative AI in public documents, which likely violates its own guidelines and its obligation under...
www.iccl.ie
November 14, 2025 at 7:17 AM
The deterioration of social media during the last couple of years has also changed my view on their dangers and benefits. More self-discipline is totally needed.
Very good article.

open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
You should quit social media for good
Platforms optimized for engagement warp our politics, erode attention, and harm our wellbeing. Here’s how I minimize time on the (anti‑)social web.
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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I’ve been thinking a lot about how teams handle complexity. The pace of change is relentless, challenges pop up everywhere, and yet so many organisations feel stuck. I joined Tomas Björkholm and Michael Göthe on an episode of Leading Complexity to explain more 👉🏻
Crisp Leading Complexity Video Podcast episode 17 with Matthew Skelton — Matthew Skelton
In this episode we interview Matthew Skelton, co-author of Team Topologies. This insightful conversation delves into how organizations can adapt in today’s complex and fast-evolving environment. Tomas and Michael guide listeners through key parts of the interview, highlighting Skelton’s expertise on
matthewskelton.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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How to find bottoms quickly🧵

I’m working on a 3d physics platformer right now called Oeuf. Wanting to take a break from interface coding, I opened up the profiler, to be surprised that a pretty innocuous function in my camera code was featuring quite highly: [1/x]
November 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Brexit was devastating for UK. Who would have thought? Ultimately, the carving in to the right wing Anti-EU folks achieved just one result: Making them stronger.
Headline from a serious and long working paper on the economic impact of Brexit. Possible that this has been feeding into OBR and HMT discussions?
November 10, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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“Against stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.”
Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens. (Die Jungfrau von Orleans)
Friedrich Schiller, German philosopher, playwright, co-founder with Goethe of Weimar Theatre; born #OTD 1759.
Portrait c 1810 by von Kügelgen Frankfurter Goethe-Haus
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM