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Derek Graham

@deejaygraham.github.io

Software Architect | Jazz Maverick | Literally works *in* The Cloud | Ensembler | Infrequent Sketchnoter | micro:bit hacker | STEAM Ambassador | He/Him

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Randall Munroe@xkcd.com · 5d ago

My mom sent me some papers that belonged to my grandfather, Darwin Randall Crum, which included a collection of “Disfrustrating Puzzles” he created

Photo of a bound folder labeled “Disfrustrating puzzles and diversions for people who don't have time for the hard ones"COIN ARRAY PUZZLE You have nine coins, arranged as shown below. Which coin can you remove, (being careful not to touch the others), so that only eight coins remain? [Drawing of nine coins]DISCONNECT THE DOTS PUZZLE If you very carefully erase the lines which connect the dots you will find a common household pet waiting to catch a mouse. Be sure you erase only the lines connecting consecutive numbers. (Hint: Start at number one.) [Puzzle art featuring lines and dots]ROPE AND PULLEY PUZZLE If Billy pulls down on the rope, will the 100 lb weight move up or down? [Drawing of a rope and pulley system]
Derek Graham@deejaygraham.github.io · 4w ago

“There are two ways of constructing software: one way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult.” C. A. R. Hoare

Jason Gorman@jasongorman.bsky.social · 4w ago

Claude Code has about 15,000 open issues - of which ~2/3rds are labeled as bugs - in a code base that was around 500 KLOC when the source leaked. But sure, tell us again about your amazing code review tool.

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Mike Masnick@masnick.com · 3mo ago

In case you wanted about 3,700 words on the problems with today's "settlement" that gives Meta way more power over how the internet works than it should have.

Techdirt@techdirt.com · 3mo ago

Meta Just Paid Nearly $17 Billion To Make Sure It Gets To Write The Kid Safety Rules For Every Other Social Media Platform By now... https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/26/meta-just-paid-nearly-17-billion-to-make-sure-it-gets-to-write-the-kid-safety-rules-for-every-other-social-media-platform/

Giles Booth@blogmywiki.bsky.social · 3mo ago

You can play an early online version of THE MIND CHILDREN text adventure here: blogmywiki.github.io/listenwithot... Move with s, n, sw etc. remember to examine things. You can also ‘save’ and ‘restore.’

Screen shot of white ZX Spectrum style text of an adventure game called The Mind Children
Giles Booth@blogmywiki.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Friends fear he's gone down another interactive fiction rabbit-hole making a MIND CHILDREN adventure game for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, instead of working on his next proper project. #sinclair #zxspectrum #interactiveFiction

Dhruv Mehrotra@dmehro.bsky.social · 3mo ago

NEW: Flock has said for years its cameras don’t identify or track people. We obtained the code for its police AI and rebuilt parts of it. The tool can find witnesses, surface associates, search people by race or physical description, and flag vehicles by how they move. W/ @dell.bsky.social

Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its Code

Flock’s surveillance cameras have already sparked outrage. WIRED reconstructed its next-generation AI system, already in use by some police, to confirm it goes much further than tracking license plate...

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 3mo ago

Hardly a day goes by without my getting email from someone looking for ways to do good with tech. From computer science students thinking about post-grad careers to seasoned coders with decades of experience, there's an army of hackers looking for a way to turn their expertise into public goods. 1/

The giant head of the Statue of Liberty. Around it are many medieval machines, tended by little medieval rude mechanicals. In the background is a crosshatched architectural drawing of some classical arches and such.
Amy Hoy@amyhoy.bsky.social · 4mo ago

llms only “exist” to give one reply at a turn you: x llm: y then the whole process starts over. there is no continuity. each reply is 100% fresh. the context of your previous “conversation” is included, hidden from you, in every request you make. continuity is an illusion

Stephan Geering@stephangeering.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Great explainer. I don't think LLMs are conscious but a few additional arguments for LLMs nearing AI consciousness here: ai-frontiers.org/articles/the...

Cat Hicks@grimalkina.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Can you, as one person, possibly make a difference in whether an unusual, creative, category-breaking book (a book without a marketing department or a budget behind it) succeeds? Yes you can, and I'm going to tell you why it's a hell of a lot more attainable than you think.

Ana Marie Cox@anamariecox.com · 5mo ago

AI has been foisted upon us, for sure, but one reason it lands with so many is that LLMs *feel like* a solution for loneliness/estrangement/isolation: People who crave feedback and iteration but lack the courage or social capital to get it. Showing a first draft to someone is exposure. /1