Steve Adams
@steve-adams.me
Welcome to my web page. Software developer at @hakai.org, aquatic ecology enthusiast from Victoria, BC, Canada
I was thinking about how ~90% of people think they're better than average at driving, which is impossible by definition
So I wondered, do I think I'm better? No, I don't. But that worries me and makes driving unpleasant
Is over-confidence is essentially unconscious self-soothing, to mitigate fear?
So I wondered, do I think I'm better? No, I don't. But that worries me and makes driving unpleasant
Is over-confidence is essentially unconscious self-soothing, to mitigate fear?
November 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I was thinking about how ~90% of people think they're better than average at driving, which is impossible by definition
So I wondered, do I think I'm better? No, I don't. But that worries me and makes driving unpleasant
Is over-confidence is essentially unconscious self-soothing, to mitigate fear?
So I wondered, do I think I'm better? No, I don't. But that worries me and makes driving unpleasant
Is over-confidence is essentially unconscious self-soothing, to mitigate fear?
Young people banging off insanely catchy tracks on like one paycheque-worth of electronics is kind of insane and makes me feel like an incompetent dork
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNf6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNf6...
After Louise - Angel
YouTube video by The Truth Serum
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Young people banging off insanely catchy tracks on like one paycheque-worth of electronics is kind of insane and makes me feel like an incompetent dork
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNf6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNf6...
Fording watersheds on Hecate Island to repair some monitoring equipment in the stream
November 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Fording watersheds on Hecate Island to repair some monitoring equipment in the stream
There's so much wrong with this premise that it borders on being unscientific
Oh fuck off this is just gonna start a political panic once this hits the mainstream
Even the study admits that its findings are buried under a mess of other factors they can't control for like poverty
www.psypost.org/familial-lin...
Even the study admits that its findings are buried under a mess of other factors they can't control for like poverty
www.psypost.org/familial-lin...
Familial link between ADHD and crime risk is partly genetic, study suggests
A large-scale Swedish study explored the connections between ADHD and criminal behavior within families. The findings suggest a shared liability that appears to be influenced by genetic factors, with ...
www.psypost.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:02 PM
There's so much wrong with this premise that it borders on being unscientific
Having a hell of a time making sense out of this one
Burnaby, B.C., oil refinery to fall under U.S. control in $9.1B deal
British Columbia’s largest oil refinery is set to fall under U.S. control this week with the expected takeover of Canadian fuel refiner and retailer Parkland Corporation by American fuel giant Sunoco.
www.ctvnews.ca
October 30, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Having a hell of a time making sense out of this one
Reposted by Steve Adams
There is no jump scare as profound as when you can accidentally activate the self facing camera and see the double chinned stupid face you make while youre doomscrolling
October 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
There is no jump scare as profound as when you can accidentally activate the self facing camera and see the double chinned stupid face you make while youre doomscrolling
Reposted by Steve Adams
Can some sunflower stars resist disease? Hakai researchers, with DFO, are testing stars from Calvert Island for Vibrio pectenicida resistance and how warmer waters affect infection. A step toward protecting these vital marine predators!
October 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Can some sunflower stars resist disease? Hakai researchers, with DFO, are testing stars from Calvert Island for Vibrio pectenicida resistance and how warmer waters affect infection. A step toward protecting these vital marine predators!
Reposted by Steve Adams
Food insecurity is ALWAYS a political choice. Famine is ALWAYS manmade. People go hungry because of other people’s decisions. We have more than enough food for everyone, and enormous amounts of it are wasted—literally thrown in the garbage—on purpose.
October 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Food insecurity is ALWAYS a political choice. Famine is ALWAYS manmade. People go hungry because of other people’s decisions. We have more than enough food for everyone, and enormous amounts of it are wasted—literally thrown in the garbage—on purpose.
I've switched to Android after using iOS for around 13 years. iOS is getting worse and Android gets some stuff very right, but...
What the hell is with there being no dictionary? This is something I use almost daily, and iOS has one baked in. It's great. Android offerings are so awful
Serenity now
What the hell is with there being no dictionary? This is something I use almost daily, and iOS has one baked in. It's great. Android offerings are so awful
Serenity now
October 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I've switched to Android after using iOS for around 13 years. iOS is getting worse and Android gets some stuff very right, but...
What the hell is with there being no dictionary? This is something I use almost daily, and iOS has one baked in. It's great. Android offerings are so awful
Serenity now
What the hell is with there being no dictionary? This is something I use almost daily, and iOS has one baked in. It's great. Android offerings are so awful
Serenity now
I used to make applications with Backbone, and this sense has been lingering the entire time. We're not really doing everything that much better, and my coworkers are more confused than ever.
React vs Backbone in 2025
A comparison between a React and Backbone password strength app
backbonenotbad.hyperclay.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I used to make applications with Backbone, and this sense has been lingering the entire time. We're not really doing everything that much better, and my coworkers are more confused than ever.
Trump turned the democrats into Reagan supporters
October 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Trump turned the democrats into Reagan supporters
I've been full-time in @zed.dev for something like 4 months steadily now. I'd used it on and off for a long time, but something changed and suddenly it has met all of my needs for a while. It's a joy to use
October 23, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I've been full-time in @zed.dev for something like 4 months steadily now. I'd used it on and off for a long time, but something changed and suddenly it has met all of my needs for a while. It's a joy to use
I can't stand this ambiguous rhetoric. Where is the wasteful spending? What motivated this austerity? Why aren't you willing to invest in making this spending more productive? Show us data and clear intentions, Liberals. What a disappointment.
To build the Canada we want for ourselves, we have to make responsible choices and bet big on Canadians.
We’re going to cut waste and spend less on government operations — so we can make the big investments that will grow our economy and create new opportunities for Canadians.
We’re going to cut waste and spend less on government operations — so we can make the big investments that will grow our economy and create new opportunities for Canadians.
October 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I can't stand this ambiguous rhetoric. Where is the wasteful spending? What motivated this austerity? Why aren't you willing to invest in making this spending more productive? Show us data and clear intentions, Liberals. What a disappointment.
No mask, no weapons, no protection; she's 100x the 'man' any of these ICE agents could ever dream of being
there she is, the woman in the blue polka dot dress, putting herself between that criminal cop/fed and someone he's menacing, she's in other vid/pics of today's NYC flipping double barrels at a police tank - I love her
October 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
No mask, no weapons, no protection; she's 100x the 'man' any of these ICE agents could ever dream of being
I missed that Fastmail released desktop apps: www.fastmail.com/blog/desktop...
At first I didn't get it, but 30m later I'm actually pretty happy with it.
I'd love a system-wide shortcut to start composing an email. Maybe workable through raycast?
At first I didn't get it, but 30m later I'm actually pretty happy with it.
I'd love a system-wide shortcut to start composing an email. Maybe workable through raycast?
Introducing the Fastmail desktop app
Fastmail now has native apps for Mac, Windows & Linux.
www.fastmail.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I missed that Fastmail released desktop apps: www.fastmail.com/blog/desktop...
At first I didn't get it, but 30m later I'm actually pretty happy with it.
I'd love a system-wide shortcut to start composing an email. Maybe workable through raycast?
At first I didn't get it, but 30m later I'm actually pretty happy with it.
I'd love a system-wide shortcut to start composing an email. Maybe workable through raycast?
I got resounding support from our founder at work for a project I conceived and have already built into a prototype with virtually no oversight. I'm going to rate the experience is an 11/10 for relief after months of wondering if I know what the hell I'm doing
October 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I got resounding support from our founder at work for a project I conceived and have already built into a prototype with virtually no oversight. I'm going to rate the experience is an 11/10 for relief after months of wondering if I know what the hell I'm doing
Skibidi is brain-rot, said the man who used to slap a bicycle wheel with a stick for hours
October 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Skibidi is brain-rot, said the man who used to slap a bicycle wheel with a stick for hours
My kids were talking about how their friends have no idea what anyone's phone number is and how they all thought it was insane that my kids remember phone numbers.
I got thinking... What do these kids remember now? What exercises their brains, if even mundane things are managed by their phones now?
I got thinking... What do these kids remember now? What exercises their brains, if even mundane things are managed by their phones now?
October 14, 2025 at 7:07 AM
My kids were talking about how their friends have no idea what anyone's phone number is and how they all thought it was insane that my kids remember phone numbers.
I got thinking... What do these kids remember now? What exercises their brains, if even mundane things are managed by their phones now?
I got thinking... What do these kids remember now? What exercises their brains, if even mundane things are managed by their phones now?
Reposted by Steve Adams
"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" is the laziest moral philosophy ever invented and I'm tired of pretending it's wisdom.
youtu.be/A1z2xW6Zyto
youtu.be/A1z2xW6Zyto
The Existential Danger of Stoic Sadism
When Marcus Aurelius started popping up everywhere, I thought maybe we were getting somewhere. But stoicism has twisted into something darker: stoic sadism, ...
www.youtube.com
October 7, 2025 at 10:18 AM
"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" is the laziest moral philosophy ever invented and I'm tired of pretending it's wisdom.
youtu.be/A1z2xW6Zyto
youtu.be/A1z2xW6Zyto
Very sad to see Arduino acquired by Qualcom. I suspect it's the end of that era, and I don't like ESP or other alternatives. I'm not sure what Arduino could have done differently, but the writing has been on the wall for quite some time
October 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Very sad to see Arduino acquired by Qualcom. I suspect it's the end of that era, and I don't like ESP or other alternatives. I'm not sure what Arduino could have done differently, but the writing has been on the wall for quite some time
I don't know how people did life without ibuprofen
October 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I don't know how people did life without ibuprofen
Apple has gotten so bad at software that they released a version of TV (macOS) that doesn't allow you to search. You can click search, but... There's no search field. It just opens a view that says "Browse". You can navigate in this view, but not search in it. Clicking search does nothing from here
October 4, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Apple has gotten so bad at software that they released a version of TV (macOS) that doesn't allow you to search. You can click search, but... There's no search field. It just opens a view that says "Browse". You can navigate in this view, but not search in it. Clicking search does nothing from here