Donald Abrams
@hypethral.bsky.social
Striver for general adequacy occasionally employed as a software maker
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there were seven finalists that made it to the standards committee
3 of the 7 were round, so the scanner could scan from any angle
but IBM proposed the boring square barcode and they were so huge that they won the selection process
3 of the 7 were round, so the scanner could scan from any angle
but IBM proposed the boring square barcode and they were so huge that they won the selection process
November 24, 2025 at 7:31 AM
there were seven finalists that made it to the standards committee
3 of the 7 were round, so the scanner could scan from any angle
but IBM proposed the boring square barcode and they were so huge that they won the selection process
3 of the 7 were round, so the scanner could scan from any angle
but IBM proposed the boring square barcode and they were so huge that they won the selection process
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#Strawbuilding #Strawhouse is so obviously convincing that it's almost funny that I still have to explain it everywhere.
Study shows how far you can transport insulation materials so that it still extracts more CO2 than it emits.
Straw doesn't even fit fully on the scale.
zenodo.org/records/6599...
Study shows how far you can transport insulation materials so that it still extracts more CO2 than it emits.
Straw doesn't even fit fully on the scale.
zenodo.org/records/6599...
December 2, 2024 at 12:37 PM
#Strawbuilding #Strawhouse is so obviously convincing that it's almost funny that I still have to explain it everywhere.
Study shows how far you can transport insulation materials so that it still extracts more CO2 than it emits.
Straw doesn't even fit fully on the scale.
zenodo.org/records/6599...
Study shows how far you can transport insulation materials so that it still extracts more CO2 than it emits.
Straw doesn't even fit fully on the scale.
zenodo.org/records/6599...
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hahahahahaha holy shit they reinvented the junk bonds from ‘08 except it’s fucking data centre leases instead of mortgages to min. wage workers
October 31, 2025 at 5:26 AM
hahahahahaha holy shit they reinvented the junk bonds from ‘08 except it’s fucking data centre leases instead of mortgages to min. wage workers
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This is not a drill: GHC (the #Haskell compiler) now runs in your browser. See the announcement (and please report any bugs) here: discourse.haskell.org/t/ghc-now-ru...
Ghc now runs in your browser
ghc itself can now run purely client-side in the browser, here’s a haskell playground demo. terms and conditions apply, and i’ll write up more detailed explanation some time later, but i thought this ...
discourse.haskell.org
October 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This is not a drill: GHC (the #Haskell compiler) now runs in your browser. See the announcement (and please report any bugs) here: discourse.haskell.org/t/ghc-now-ru...
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They've lost the 9yos
September 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
They've lost the 9yos
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we can sneak around town / hunting working folks down / I hear they got a great benefit plan
join ICE boy ain’t it nice / join ICE take my advice
www.tiktok.com/@jessewelles...
join ICE boy ain’t it nice / join ICE take my advice
www.tiktok.com/@jessewelles...
August 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
we can sneak around town / hunting working folks down / I hear they got a great benefit plan
join ICE boy ain’t it nice / join ICE take my advice
www.tiktok.com/@jessewelles...
join ICE boy ain’t it nice / join ICE take my advice
www.tiktok.com/@jessewelles...
@scalzi.com I was not expecting the Dog King and I love it. It makes me think you could write a solid Orville episode!
August 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
@scalzi.com I was not expecting the Dog King and I love it. It makes me think you could write a solid Orville episode!
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To carry 50,000 people per hour in each direction, a city needs a 175m wide road for cars.
Even if those cars are electric.
And then there’s all the parking.
OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money, emissions, pollution, noise etc.
Choices.
Simple.
Even if those cars are electric.
And then there’s all the parking.
OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money, emissions, pollution, noise etc.
Choices.
Simple.
August 11, 2025 at 5:08 AM
To carry 50,000 people per hour in each direction, a city needs a 175m wide road for cars.
Even if those cars are electric.
And then there’s all the parking.
OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money, emissions, pollution, noise etc.
Choices.
Simple.
Even if those cars are electric.
And then there’s all the parking.
OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money, emissions, pollution, noise etc.
Choices.
Simple.
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For everyone who's now suddenly nostalgic for The Sound:
AOL (Sign On - Dial Up)
YouTube video by RetroHead92
www.youtube.com
August 9, 2025 at 4:22 AM
For everyone who's now suddenly nostalgic for The Sound:
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So apparently we are within the last 60 days of dial-up AOL being a thing.
help.aol.com/articles/dia...
ht @mat.tl
help.aol.com/articles/dia...
ht @mat.tl
August 9, 2025 at 12:41 AM
So apparently we are within the last 60 days of dial-up AOL being a thing.
help.aol.com/articles/dia...
ht @mat.tl
help.aol.com/articles/dia...
ht @mat.tl
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This is not caused primarily by "screen time".
It's been caused by the mass eradication of third places for young people in basically every city over the past three decades - and a society that's hostile to the concept of teens socialising in public spaces.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
It's been caused by the mass eradication of third places for young people in basically every city over the past three decades - and a society that's hostile to the concept of teens socialising in public spaces.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
‘Worrying’ levels of screen time means young people losing confidence to socialise in person, minister warns – UK politics live
Culture secretary Lisa Nandy says ‘majority of young people spend all, or almost all, of their free time alone in their bedrooms, online’
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
This is not caused primarily by "screen time".
It's been caused by the mass eradication of third places for young people in basically every city over the past three decades - and a society that's hostile to the concept of teens socialising in public spaces.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
It's been caused by the mass eradication of third places for young people in basically every city over the past three decades - and a society that's hostile to the concept of teens socialising in public spaces.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
This is how they need to explain reintroducing wolves
We recently got a Roomba for the first time.
So far, its primary advantage has been getting our 6 year old to pick up her toys from the floor so that the robot doesn’t eat them. Natural consequences 😂
So far, its primary advantage has been getting our 6 year old to pick up her toys from the floor so that the robot doesn’t eat them. Natural consequences 😂
July 28, 2025 at 7:29 AM
This is how they need to explain reintroducing wolves
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lies, the first draft's job is to be a referendum on the value of my existence, and whether everyone who has ever disliked me was correct
Remember, a first draft's only job is to exist
July 21, 2025 at 1:54 AM
lies, the first draft's job is to be a referendum on the value of my existence, and whether everyone who has ever disliked me was correct
My 3 year old, while setting up a soccer game with his lego models, forgot the word for referee so described them as "the people who stop us when we fall down"
July 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM
My 3 year old, while setting up a soccer game with his lego models, forgot the word for referee so described them as "the people who stop us when we fall down"
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We launched our list of Top engineering voices to follow in 2025 to spotlight engineers whose writing, posting, and contributing make the whole community smarter.
Read the full list: incident.io/blog/top-eng...
Read the full list: incident.io/blog/top-eng...
July 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
We launched our list of Top engineering voices to follow in 2025 to spotlight engineers whose writing, posting, and contributing make the whole community smarter.
Read the full list: incident.io/blog/top-eng...
Read the full list: incident.io/blog/top-eng...
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#Microsoft, under oath before the French Senate, refused to guarantee that U.S. authorities couldn’t access European data—their France director admitted no absolute assurances could be made.
CE Commande publique : compte rendu de la semaine du 9 juin 2025
www.senat.fr
July 18, 2025 at 9:22 AM
#Microsoft, under oath before the French Senate, refused to guarantee that U.S. authorities couldn’t access European data—their France director admitted no absolute assurances could be made.
When the journalist emailed to arrange a call, the arms dealer replied "What year are you in, 2004? Even my teta uses whatsapp" followed by both the old man and wink with tongue out emoji
They also expressed concern that the decline of X could negatively affect sales but had hope for FB marketplace
They also expressed concern that the decline of X could negatively affect sales but had hope for FB marketplace
July 16, 2025 at 9:05 AM
When the journalist emailed to arrange a call, the arms dealer replied "What year are you in, 2004? Even my teta uses whatsapp" followed by both the old man and wink with tongue out emoji
They also expressed concern that the decline of X could negatively affect sales but had hope for FB marketplace
They also expressed concern that the decline of X could negatively affect sales but had hope for FB marketplace
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Keep in mind: heat pumps deliver greater than 100% efficiency because they're performing a kind of thermodynamic magic trick. This means in a lot of cases it would be more efficient to heat a home with electricity generated from natural gas than it would be to heat it directly with natural gas.
Often missing in the debate about adding AC: efficient heat pumps can also replace less efficient and more carbon-intensive heat sources in the winter.
NYC experimented with new window heat pump models in some public housing units. in winter, "The window unit-heated apartments used a whopping 87% less energy than the rest of the building’s steam-heated apartments did, cutting energy costs per household in half."
heatmap.news/sustainabili...
heatmap.news/sustainabili...
July 15, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Keep in mind: heat pumps deliver greater than 100% efficiency because they're performing a kind of thermodynamic magic trick. This means in a lot of cases it would be more efficient to heat a home with electricity generated from natural gas than it would be to heat it directly with natural gas.
DUNE AND DUNER: Make Arrakis Great Again
July 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
DUNE AND DUNER: Make Arrakis Great Again
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TBH this could be a problem for them
July 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
TBH this could be a problem for them
Oh this is brilliant. I could just pretend the code I write is LLM generated!
AI codegen is walking us backwards into literate programming.
Instead of jumping directly to code, I now dump my half-baked ideas into md files in a "specs" folder and let the agent rip. Or write a comment describing the function I want and AI completes it. My code has better docs and tests.
Instead of jumping directly to code, I now dump my half-baked ideas into md files in a "specs" folder and let the agent rip. Or write a comment describing the function I want and AI completes it. My code has better docs and tests.
July 8, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Oh this is brilliant. I could just pretend the code I write is LLM generated!