Text adaptation of Andrew Kelley's Software Should Work 2026 keynote andrewkelley.me/post/dont-ta...
Don't Take the Black Pill (Text Adaptation) - Andrew Kelley
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Good talk by Terence Tao on problems with AI in math research I'm finding the language helpful for thinking about AI in non-math stuff (writing, coding) teorth.github.io/tao-web/slid...
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July atproto.nyc meetup — who's in?! 🌀 Tues, July 7 🌀 5:30pm (talks ~6:30) 🌀 Brooklyn, near Atlantic Terminal 🔹 Pizza & drinks 🔹 A few short talks 🔹 Good conversation Please ping @schlage.town if interested in doing a ~10 min talk & share with friends / communities who might like to come!
atproto.nyc - July 2026
Join us once again for pizza, a few short talks, and a whole lot of atmospheric conversation! ## When The evening of Tuesday, July 7, 2026. - Come at 5 to help set up - Doors at 5:30 - Pizza at 6 o...
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In case somebody missed this with all the AI thingy and world news. The 2nd edition of the best (imo) software engineering book has been recently released. Thanks for the gem, @martin.kleppmann.com
TIL my urge to pronounce Classon Ave like it's French is entirely unfounded The origin is almost certainly Dutch ("Claes-son" or similar)
what's your ai strategy? what's your quantum computing strategy? what's your ww3 strategy? what's your collapse of consensus reality strategy? what's your restructuring of global supply chains strategy? what's your pedophile billionaire cabal blackmail ring strategy?
Saw a rec from a friend for this, very tempted to switch $15/mo on the T-mobile 5g network www.computers4people.org/shield
Computers 4 People
Unlocking Access to the Digital World.
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The future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed. I see plenty of developers insisting AI coding tools are overhyped and error-prone. But I’m also starting to see the opposite, people who’ve fully embraced them and now find they’re so good it’s triggering a real crisis of confidence.
Time for my big year end blogpost about the Atmosphere. From the personal computing perspective, the cloud has been a disaster — but we shouldn't run away from it. We can solve a lot of problems by connecting our clouds, turning it into atmospheric computing.
Atmospheric Computing
Cloud computing has been extremely successful, but it lost the values that drove personal computing. We can solve this by evolving forward.
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Welcome to the Public Domain, THE PICNIC (1930) 🐕 🐾 Little Rover barked onto the scene as Minnie’s dog in THE PICNIC (1930). He’d get a new name (Pluto) & a new owner, Mickey Mouse, the following year. Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai... #PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
Welcome to the Public Domain, THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD (1930) 🚂 💪 Choo Choo Choo! We all learned about perseverance & trying from this iconic train. She thought she could, and she did 🥹 Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai... #PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
Welcome to the public domain: KING OF JAZZ (1930) 🎷 🎙️ Bing Crosby’s first on-screen appearance, as a member of the Rhythm Boys, performing in this early sound-era jazz moment filmed in two-strip Technicolor! Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai... #PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
Yeah, I'd be pretty furious if I got spam email from some "AI agent" thanking me for my contributions too I dug into what happened here, turns out it's an experiment called "AI Village" which unleashes all sorts of other junk emails on the world: simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/26/...
How Rob Pike got spammed with an AI slop “act of kindness”
Rob Pike (that Rob Pike) is furious. Here’s a Bluesky link for if you have an account there and a link to it in my thread viewer if you don’t. …
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rob pike@robpike.io · 7mo agoFuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software. Just fuck you. Fuck you all. I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
![[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation
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Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)
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the sort of wintry week in December where you linger after showering just for a crumb of humidity
Super cool ferrofluid standing wave modulator at ITP Winter Show Artist is Matthew Blanco
20th century - "dictated but not read" 21st century - "prompted but not thought about"
