Brian Campbell
@unlambda.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
Working on eVTOLs at Beta Technologies. Python, C, Rust.
Too many hobbies, but right now spending the most of my time learning to fly.
[bridged from https://hachyderm.io/@unlambda on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Too many hobbies, but right now spending the most of my time learning to fly.
[bridged from https://hachyderm.io/@unlambda on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Trying to think about Imbolc themed movies, and the only one I can think of is Groundhog Day.
February 3, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Trying to think about Imbolc themed movies, and the only one I can think of is Groundhog Day.
[uspol, ice, cbp]
https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountability-for-ice-and-cbp
"In total, according to CBP’s own discipline reports, over the 20 years from 2005 to 2024 — the last year numbers are available — at least 4,913 CBP officers and Border Patrol agents have been arrested […]
https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountability-for-ice-and-cbp
"In total, according to CBP’s own discipline reports, over the 20 years from 2005 to 2024 — the last year numbers are available — at least 4,913 CBP officers and Border Patrol agents have been arrested […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
February 2, 2026 at 12:36 AM
[uspol, ice, cbp]
https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountability-for-ice-and-cbp
"In total, according to CBP’s own discipline reports, over the 20 years from 2005 to 2024 — the last year numbers are available — at least 4,913 CBP officers and Border Patrol agents have been arrested […]
https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountability-for-ice-and-cbp
"In total, according to CBP’s own discipline reports, over the 20 years from 2005 to 2024 — the last year numbers are available — at least 4,913 CBP officers and Border Patrol agents have been arrested […]
TIL about "chain racing"
It's a form of car racing where you have two cars chained together. The front one has an engine but no brakes. The rear has brakes but no engine.
It works out... about as well as you'd expect.
I guess that's something to love about car nerds; not only did someone have […]
It's a form of car racing where you have two cars chained together. The front one has an engine but no brakes. The rear has brakes but no engine.
It works out... about as well as you'd expect.
I guess that's something to love about car nerds; not only did someone have […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
January 31, 2026 at 1:54 AM
TIL about "chain racing"
It's a form of car racing where you have two cars chained together. The front one has an engine but no brakes. The rear has brakes but no engine.
It works out... about as well as you'd expect.
I guess that's something to love about car nerds; not only did someone have […]
It's a form of car racing where you have two cars chained together. The front one has an engine but no brakes. The rear has brakes but no engine.
It works out... about as well as you'd expect.
I guess that's something to love about car nerds; not only did someone have […]
Reposted by Brian Campbell
@dalias @whitequark this is not only obvious but literally, empirically, true https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.18150
Understanding the Helpfulness of Stale Bot for Pull-based Development: An Empirical Study of 20 Large Open-Source Projects
Pull Requests (PRs) that are neither progressed nor resolved clutter the list of PRs, making it difficult for the maintainers to manage and prioritize unresolved PRs. To automatically track, follow up, and close such inactive PRs, Stale bot was introduced by GitHub. Despite its increasing adoption, there are ongoing debates on whether using Stale bot alleviates or exacerbates the problem of inactive PRs. To better understand if and how Stale bot helps projects in their pull-based development workflow, we perform an empirical study of 20 large and popular open-source projects. We find that Stale bot can help deal with a backlog of unresolved PRs as the projects closed more PRs within the first few months of adoption. Moreover, Stale bot can help improve the efficiency of the PR review process as the projects reviewed PRs that ended up merged and resolved PRs that ended up closed faster after the adoption. However, Stale bot can also negatively affect the contributors as the projects experienced a considerable decrease in their number of active contributors after the adoption. Therefore, relying solely on Stale bot to deal with inactive PRs may lead to decreased community engagement and an increased probability of contributor abandonment.
arxiv.org
January 27, 2026 at 2:28 AM
@dalias @whitequark this is not only obvious but literally, empirically, true https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.18150
Reposted by Brian Campbell
@whitequark Nothing says fuck you to community like a stalebot threatening to close issues.
January 23, 2026 at 1:58 PM
@whitequark Nothing says fuck you to community like a stalebot threatening to close issues.
Reposted by Brian Campbell
i will pick a fight over stale bots in literally any community
January 23, 2026 at 12:26 AM
i will pick a fight over stale bots in literally any community
Reposted by Brian Campbell
"... Intel Corporation, a partially state-owned enterprise with extensive links to the United States Republican Party and its armed wing, Department of War..."
January 25, 2026 at 5:36 AM
"... Intel Corporation, a partially state-owned enterprise with extensive links to the United States Republican Party and its armed wing, Department of War..."
Lol, even the open source LLM projects are banning vibe coded contributions: https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/blob/master/AGENTS.md
They had previously had a policy of "all AI assisted contributions need to be human reviewed before submitting them", but got too many people breaking that […]
They had previously had a policy of "all AI assisted contributions need to be human reviewed before submitting them", but got too many people breaking that […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
January 23, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Lol, even the open source LLM projects are banning vibe coded contributions: https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/blob/master/AGENTS.md
They had previously had a policy of "all AI assisted contributions need to be human reviewed before submitting them", but got too many people breaking that […]
They had previously had a policy of "all AI assisted contributions need to be human reviewed before submitting them", but got too many people breaking that […]
Was going down a wiki rabbit hole on animation, and was reminded of this style I'd seen of oil paint on glass animation.
Found this short film that I think I've seen a clip of before, and oh my god, this is some of the most gorgeous animation I've ever seen […]
Found this short film that I think I've seen a clip of before, and oh my god, this is some of the most gorgeous animation I've ever seen […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
January 22, 2026 at 5:52 AM
Was going down a wiki rabbit hole on animation, and was reminded of this style I'd seen of oil paint on glass animation.
Found this short film that I think I've seen a clip of before, and oh my god, this is some of the most gorgeous animation I've ever seen […]
Found this short film that I think I've seen a clip of before, and oh my god, this is some of the most gorgeous animation I've ever seen […]
Reposted by Brian Campbell
things will get better
January 22, 2026 at 1:25 AM
things will get better
Man, every time I think "I'll make a tool that uses Markdown to track issues/requirements/etc", I run up against the question of "which Markdown flavor, and how will I extend it to add the necessary metadata?"
There's the original docs, which weren't really detailed enough to use as a spec […]
There's the original docs, which weren't really detailed enough to use as a spec […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
January 15, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Man, every time I think "I'll make a tool that uses Markdown to track issues/requirements/etc", I run up against the question of "which Markdown flavor, and how will I extend it to add the necessary metadata?"
There's the original docs, which weren't really detailed enough to use as a spec […]
There's the original docs, which weren't really detailed enough to use as a spec […]
Wow, GitHub is having a tough day today, huh?
There was a GitHub actions incident earlier. Now I'm getting a Unicorn error trying to load some pages. When I checked their status page, it was down too. The status page resolved after a few minutes, but it's […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
There was a GitHub actions incident earlier. Now I'm getting a Unicorn error trying to load some pages. When I checked their status page, it was down too. The status page resolved after a few minutes, but it's […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
January 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Wow, GitHub is having a tough day today, huh?
There was a GitHub actions incident earlier. Now I'm getting a Unicorn error trying to load some pages. When I checked their status page, it was down too. The status page resolved after a few minutes, but it's […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
There was a GitHub actions incident earlier. Now I'm getting a Unicorn error trying to load some pages. When I checked their status page, it was down too. The status page resolved after a few minutes, but it's […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
Holy crap, the vibe coders are really starting to go off the deep end. This is a real paragraph written by a real vibe-coder about a real vibe coding tool he is vibe coding.
'“Idle polecats” is an example of a heresy that plagues Gas Town. There is no such thing as an idle polecat; it’s not a […]
'“Idle polecats” is an example of a heresy that plagues Gas Town. There is no such thing as an idle polecat; it’s not a […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
January 14, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Holy crap, the vibe coders are really starting to go off the deep end. This is a real paragraph written by a real vibe-coder about a real vibe coding tool he is vibe coding.
'“Idle polecats” is an example of a heresy that plagues Gas Town. There is no such thing as an idle polecat; it’s not a […]
'“Idle polecats” is an example of a heresy that plagues Gas Town. There is no such thing as an idle polecat; it’s not a […]
If you haven't seen this Windows 386 commercial before, you are in for a ride. It just keeps going harder.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noEHHB6rnMI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noEHHB6rnMI
January 4, 2026 at 5:26 PM
If you haven't seen this Windows 386 commercial before, you are in for a ride. It just keeps going harder.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noEHHB6rnMI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noEHHB6rnMI
I've just realized my bunnies are better about going up to bed at a reasonable hour than we are.
They've both learned how to go up the stairs. And after they've had their dinner, they both go upstairs because they know that upstairs is their home at night.
And then we follow them... sometimes […]
They've both learned how to go up the stairs. And after they've had their dinner, they both go upstairs because they know that upstairs is their home at night.
And then we follow them... sometimes […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
January 3, 2026 at 4:54 AM
I've just realized my bunnies are better about going up to bed at a reasonable hour than we are.
They've both learned how to go up the stairs. And after they've had their dinner, they both go upstairs because they know that upstairs is their home at night.
And then we follow them... sometimes […]
They've both learned how to go up the stairs. And after they've had their dinner, they both go upstairs because they know that upstairs is their home at night.
And then we follow them... sometimes […]
OK, tried a new Sichuan restaurant tonight ("BOS Sichuan Taste"), and you know it's good because some of the things on the menu didn't have any English translation.
Found one called "🌶️🌶️🌶️成都绝味米豆腐" that looked interesting, and with the help of Google Translate found out that's "Chengdu-style […]
Found one called "🌶️🌶️🌶️成都绝味米豆腐" that looked interesting, and with the help of Google Translate found out that's "Chengdu-style […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
December 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
OK, tried a new Sichuan restaurant tonight ("BOS Sichuan Taste"), and you know it's good because some of the things on the menu didn't have any English translation.
Found one called "🌶️🌶️🌶️成都绝味米豆腐" that looked interesting, and with the help of Google Translate found out that's "Chengdu-style […]
Found one called "🌶️🌶️🌶️成都绝味米豆腐" that looked interesting, and with the help of Google Translate found out that's "Chengdu-style […]
@dragonminded might be interested in this video of a mouse cleaning up someone's workbench: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jLDPzQ42kws
December 27, 2025 at 10:41 PM
@dragonminded might be interested in this video of a mouse cleaning up someone's workbench: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jLDPzQ42kws
My friend offers her son some chocolate.
He shakes his head, and reaches for the kale chips.
He shakes his head, and reaches for the kale chips.
December 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
My friend offers her son some chocolate.
He shakes his head, and reaches for the kale chips.
He shakes his head, and reaches for the kale chips.
December 24, 2025 at 3:08 AM
@kirakira meets the bunnies.
December 21, 2025 at 4:23 AM
@kirakira meets the bunnies.
Willow learned how to climb the stairs today.
Like our other bunnies, down is far more daunting than up, so she's only learned up so far.
So today, when she learned that she could go up, we had to carry her back down in her litter box, then she'd immediately […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
Like our other bunnies, down is far more daunting than up, so she's only learned up so far.
So today, when she learned that she could go up, we had to carry her back down in her litter box, then she'd immediately […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
December 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Willow learned how to climb the stairs today.
Like our other bunnies, down is far more daunting than up, so she's only learned up so far.
So today, when she learned that she could go up, we had to carry her back down in her litter box, then she'd immediately […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
Like our other bunnies, down is far more daunting than up, so she's only learned up so far.
So today, when she learned that she could go up, we had to carry her back down in her litter box, then she'd immediately […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
Children of the magenta line
"We're Captains & pilots, not automation managers."
Somehow feels relevant even to a non aviation audience these days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ESJH1NLMLs
"We're Captains & pilots, not automation managers."
Somehow feels relevant even to a non aviation audience these days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ESJH1NLMLs
December 8, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Children of the magenta line
"We're Captains & pilots, not automation managers."
Somehow feels relevant even to a non aviation audience these days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ESJH1NLMLs
"We're Captains & pilots, not automation managers."
Somehow feels relevant even to a non aviation audience these days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ESJH1NLMLs
Are my posts actually getting bridged to Bluesky via the bridge? I tried to reply to a thread that had been bridged over here, but I'm not seeing my replies over on the Bluesky side. Testing a top level post to see if that gets bridged over.
December 7, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Are my posts actually getting bridged to Bluesky via the bridge? I tried to reply to a thread that had been bridged over here, but I'm not seeing my replies over on the Bluesky side. Testing a top level post to see if that gets bridged over.
Reposted by Brian Campbell
I was curious about the parameter space for the bitwise fractal function, so I bashed out a quick animation script. I'm varying the x offset parameter, which was -350 in the original, but I've found thing stay more interesting in this 400x400 window if I keep […]
[Original post on clacks.link]
[Original post on clacks.link]
November 22, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I was curious about the parameter space for the bitwise fractal function, so I bashed out a quick animation script. I'm varying the x offset parameter, which was -350 in the original, but I've found thing stay more interesting in this 400x400 window if I keep […]
[Original post on clacks.link]
[Original post on clacks.link]