Aaron
@ofaaron3.bsky.social
Dr Aaron W. Peat FRAS
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🌍📌: Polska
31 | ☀️ 🔭 Solar Physicist | Caffeine Addict | Lover of Oxford Commas | Poster of Stupid Jokes | 🏴 🇪🇺 🇵🇱 | All views mine and such | he/him/they/them
🌍📌: Polska
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There's currently a Cloudflare outage. That means OpenAI is unreachable. Vibe coders must be in absolute shambles right now.
November 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
There's currently a Cloudflare outage. That means OpenAI is unreachable. Vibe coders must be in absolute shambles right now.
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Python was awarded a funding grant, funding grant asked Python foundation to remove all diversity and inclusion initiatives they have.
Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.
If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.
Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.
If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.
Please read our statement, share it with your networks, and support us if you can. www.python.org/sponsors/app... psfmember.org/civicrm/cont...
October 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Python was awarded a funding grant, funding grant asked Python foundation to remove all diversity and inclusion initiatives they have.
Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.
If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.
Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.
If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.
I hate how most operating systems assume they are installed on laptops these days. I had my PC running a 21 hour transfer overnight. It went into hibernate after 45 minutes to "save battery power."
October 21, 2025 at 8:57 AM
I hate how most operating systems assume they are installed on laptops these days. I had my PC running a 21 hour transfer overnight. It went into hibernate after 45 minutes to "save battery power."
Another day, another horrible Android UI update.
September 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Another day, another horrible Android UI update.
I can't figure out if companies misusing memes in advertisements is out of touch or a legitimate marketing strategy.
September 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I can't figure out if companies misusing memes in advertisements is out of touch or a legitimate marketing strategy.
Why don't people understand that air conditioning doesn't work when the windows are open? This bus has air conditioning, but all the windows are open, so it doesn't matter.
August 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Why don't people understand that air conditioning doesn't work when the windows are open? This bus has air conditioning, but all the windows are open, so it doesn't matter.
Just stripped down and cleaned my mouse, and pulled all the keys from and cleaned my keyboard. They feel so good to use now. ☺️
August 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Just stripped down and cleaned my mouse, and pulled all the keys from and cleaned my keyboard. They feel so good to use now. ☺️
I finished the Polish course on Duolingo. It only goes up to A2. I've become so disillusioned with the app that now, after a 1414 day streak, I'm going to let the streak break and uninstall it.
August 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM
I finished the Polish course on Duolingo. It only goes up to A2. I've become so disillusioned with the app that now, after a 1414 day streak, I'm going to let the streak break and uninstall it.
There is no Epstein list and there is no war in Ba Sing Se.
July 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
There is no Epstein list and there is no war in Ba Sing Se.
To be honest, I didn't know TRACE was still in orbit. It was before my time in Solar Physics. I've seen some of the images, and they're pretty incredible.
NASA's TRACE solar observatory, which operated from 1998 to 2010, reentered over the ocean 600 km south of Perth, W Australia at 1137 UTC Jul 18.
July 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
To be honest, I didn't know TRACE was still in orbit. It was before my time in Solar Physics. I've seen some of the images, and they're pretty incredible.
Other than Windows, I think VSCode is the best thing Microsoft has ever put out. This comes from a guy that used to use Emacs.
July 16, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Other than Windows, I think VSCode is the best thing Microsoft has ever put out. This comes from a guy that used to use Emacs.
Good luck to all my colleagues flying from Edinburgh to London for Hinode/IRIS. The Royal Highland show is on.
June 19, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Good luck to all my colleagues flying from Edinburgh to London for Hinode/IRIS. The Royal Highland show is on.
The home page of a website should be a log in page, not an account creation page. Looking at you, Overleaf.
June 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The home page of a website should be a log in page, not an account creation page. Looking at you, Overleaf.
My Pyrex measuring cup just shattered. I didn't think it was possible. I feel kinda betrayed.
May 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
My Pyrex measuring cup just shattered. I didn't think it was possible. I feel kinda betrayed.
Remove a letter, ruin a band
David Owie
David Owie
Remove a letter, ruin a band
Skeleton itch
Skeleton itch
Remove a letter, ruin a band
Ears for Fears
Ears for Fears
May 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Remove a letter, ruin a band
David Owie
David Owie
Your greatest enemy is your past self.
Why did past me write the code like this?
Why did past me write the code like this?
May 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Your greatest enemy is your past self.
Why did past me write the code like this?
Why did past me write the code like this?
And she gave away the secrets of her past, And said,
May 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
And she gave away the secrets of her past, And said,
Now that I think about it, French toast (pain perdu) is just the western version of egg fried rice. But instead of old rice, it's old bread.
May 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Now that I think about it, French toast (pain perdu) is just the western version of egg fried rice. But instead of old rice, it's old bread.
May the Fourth be with you 🖖
May 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
May the Fourth be with you 🖖
I fear I may have lost my PyPI account. I've lost access to the primary email address, and without reverifying it, I literally can't do anything (I can't even change the primary email).
My only hope is the University of Glasgow IT helpdesk...
My only hope is the University of Glasgow IT helpdesk...
April 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I fear I may have lost my PyPI account. I've lost access to the primary email address, and without reverifying it, I literally can't do anything (I can't even change the primary email).
My only hope is the University of Glasgow IT helpdesk...
My only hope is the University of Glasgow IT helpdesk...
I tried to use Minecraft as an analogy to explain voxels in a lecture, and my students said they didn't know what Minecraft is. o.O
April 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I tried to use Minecraft as an analogy to explain voxels in a lecture, and my students said they didn't know what Minecraft is. o.O
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This Yougov survey contains an important finding: people who rely heavily on ChatGPT rate it as being "good" at tasks that we ABSOLUTELY know for sure it is very bad at
imo, this is a strong piece of evidence these heavy users simply do not ever check outputs
yougov.co.uk/technology/a...
imo, this is a strong piece of evidence these heavy users simply do not ever check outputs
yougov.co.uk/technology/a...
April 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This Yougov survey contains an important finding: people who rely heavily on ChatGPT rate it as being "good" at tasks that we ABSOLUTELY know for sure it is very bad at
imo, this is a strong piece of evidence these heavy users simply do not ever check outputs
yougov.co.uk/technology/a...
imo, this is a strong piece of evidence these heavy users simply do not ever check outputs
yougov.co.uk/technology/a...