Mark Wotton
@mwotton.bsky.social
freelance goblin technologist
Reposted by Mark Wotton
new jynpost jyn.dev/the-terminal...
November 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
new jynpost jyn.dev/the-terminal...
Hoi An really copped the brunt /cc @timwoolworth.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Hoi An really copped the brunt /cc @timwoolworth.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
@arachno.capital your mortal enemy! bsky.app/profile/fain...
I am describing my politics as “arachno-communism” from now on
October 30, 2025 at 12:08 AM
@arachno.capital your mortal enemy! bsky.app/profile/fain...
Heavy Vegetable are incredible, listen to them.
March 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Heavy Vegetable are incredible, listen to them.
just failed at napping, a feat routinely managed by newborns minutes after birth
March 9, 2025 at 6:27 AM
just failed at napping, a feat routinely managed by newborns minutes after birth
starting to think they’re smuggling some Lovecraftian geometry into my kid’s maths comp
January 29, 2025 at 7:01 AM
starting to think they’re smuggling some Lovecraftian geometry into my kid’s maths comp
Aghast at the possibility of needing to introduce integers to my law model. Lawyers shouldn’t have to be able to count!
January 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Aghast at the possibility of needing to introduce integers to my law model. Lawyers shouldn’t have to be able to count!
Grothendiecking (verb): surrounding a problem with moisture until the nut emerges. Gentle hand pressure may be required.
January 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Grothendiecking (verb): surrounding a problem with moisture until the nut emerges. Gentle hand pressure may be required.
I think the most depressing part of this whole Gaiman thing is how starkly it shows that someone can have great talent and insight and enough empathy to create evocative characters and still be absolutely rotten at the core.
January 14, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I think the most depressing part of this whole Gaiman thing is how starkly it shows that someone can have great talent and insight and enough empathy to create evocative characters and still be absolutely rotten at the core.
If it’s stupid and it works it’s not stupid
January 14, 2025 at 2:21 AM
If it’s stupid and it works it’s not stupid
People on my street: “At last, a pleasant sunny day. Time to burn the accumulated green matter from the last month of rain”
January 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
People on my street: “At last, a pleasant sunny day. Time to burn the accumulated green matter from the last month of rain”
@simonwillison.net I’ve been poking around with datasette and MCP, trying to work out how to make them work together. A plugin seems awkward given that MCP is connection-oriented: currently I’m at just connecting the underlying SQLite db, but curious about how you’d approach it?
January 1, 2025 at 1:34 AM
@simonwillison.net I’ve been poking around with datasette and MCP, trying to work out how to make them work together. A plugin seems awkward given that MCP is connection-oriented: currently I’m at just connecting the underlying SQLite db, but curious about how you’d approach it?
Superunknown is 30 years old?!
December 30, 2024 at 7:24 AM
Superunknown is 30 years old?!
There are three tiers of wine at my local grog shop. The (relatively) good stuff has actual names, like Cabernet. The mid-tier stuff is labeled red or white. The tier I have not yet been brave enough to try is labeled simply Grape Wine. Strangely ominous.
December 24, 2024 at 9:24 AM
There are three tiers of wine at my local grog shop. The (relatively) good stuff has actual names, like Cabernet. The mid-tier stuff is labeled red or white. The tier I have not yet been brave enough to try is labeled simply Grape Wine. Strangely ominous.
Models using stuff designed for normal people with dull problems and trying to make it look sexy and assured is my favourite photography genre
December 22, 2024 at 12:42 AM
Models using stuff designed for normal people with dull problems and trying to make it look sexy and assured is my favourite photography genre
OpenAI model naming schemes make Windows versions look principled
December 1, 2024 at 12:27 AM
OpenAI model naming schemes make Windows versions look principled
My kids (5 and 8) love Munchkin and Rick and Morty Munchkin is the only version I can get, so @amayoco.bsky.social and I are going through the deck playing censor. Modernity is weird.
November 20, 2024 at 2:05 AM
My kids (5 and 8) love Munchkin and Rick and Morty Munchkin is the only version I can get, so @amayoco.bsky.social and I are going through the deck playing censor. Modernity is weird.
The Kübler-Ross model of househunting.
Denial: “our requirements are very reasonable, I’m sure we’ll find somewhere exactly right.”
Anger: “they want _how_ much for this moldy shithole?”
Bargaining: “offer them $300/mo below asking, it’s been on the market 3 months.”
Denial: “our requirements are very reasonable, I’m sure we’ll find somewhere exactly right.”
Anger: “they want _how_ much for this moldy shithole?”
Bargaining: “offer them $300/mo below asking, it’s been on the market 3 months.”
September 28, 2023 at 11:04 AM
The Kübler-Ross model of househunting.
Denial: “our requirements are very reasonable, I’m sure we’ll find somewhere exactly right.”
Anger: “they want _how_ much for this moldy shithole?”
Bargaining: “offer them $300/mo below asking, it’s been on the market 3 months.”
Denial: “our requirements are very reasonable, I’m sure we’ll find somewhere exactly right.”
Anger: “they want _how_ much for this moldy shithole?”
Bargaining: “offer them $300/mo below asking, it’s been on the market 3 months.”
Lost one of my earbuds at the beach. Now I walk without rhythm.
August 23, 2023 at 2:41 AM
Lost one of my earbuds at the beach. Now I walk without rhythm.
ah yes, the three genders
July 28, 2023 at 7:17 AM
ah yes, the three genders
We are here to make friends and chew gum, and I’m all out of gum.
we are here to make friends
July 20, 2023 at 1:21 PM
We are here to make friends and chew gum, and I’m all out of gum.
Oh fuck, the unhappiness was structural
July 20, 2023 at 1:48 AM
Oh fuck, the unhappiness was structural