Psylok
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How broken is today's frontend culture?
A friend points out that the median *mobile* page is now larger than a copy of DOOM (2.6 MiB vs. 2.48 MiB), the 75th percentile page is more than 2 DOOMs, and the P90 mobile page is 4.5x the size of DOOM:
httparchive.org/reports/page...
A friend points out that the median *mobile* page is now larger than a copy of DOOM (2.6 MiB vs. 2.48 MiB), the 75th percentile page is more than 2 DOOMs, and the P90 mobile page is 4.5x the size of DOOM:
httparchive.org/reports/page...
HTTP Archive: Page Weight
This report tracks the size and quantity of many popular web page resources. Sizes represent the number of bytes sent over the network, which may be compressed.
httparchive.org
November 23, 2025 at 10:43 PM
How broken is today's frontend culture?
A friend points out that the median *mobile* page is now larger than a copy of DOOM (2.6 MiB vs. 2.48 MiB), the 75th percentile page is more than 2 DOOMs, and the P90 mobile page is 4.5x the size of DOOM:
httparchive.org/reports/page...
A friend points out that the median *mobile* page is now larger than a copy of DOOM (2.6 MiB vs. 2.48 MiB), the 75th percentile page is more than 2 DOOMs, and the P90 mobile page is 4.5x the size of DOOM:
httparchive.org/reports/page...
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Oh bravo 👌
Your dog is frightened of fireworks? I don't know why. The fireworks are only being friendly.
November 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Oh bravo 👌
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Happy Trans Day of Remembrance.
I'm glad you're here.
I'm glad you're here.
November 21, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Happy Trans Day of Remembrance.
I'm glad you're here.
I'm glad you're here.
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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Somewhere out there someone who’s the best at what they do is terrified that they have imposter syndrome while a bunch of barely literate pedophiles are very calmly running the world
November 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Somewhere out there someone who’s the best at what they do is terrified that they have imposter syndrome while a bunch of barely literate pedophiles are very calmly running the world
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The prospect of replacing people's already dwindling intelligence with an artificial one that they can control
has billionaires salivating
has billionaires salivating
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
November 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
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1) every time LLMs have been tested for coding it has been found it makes development slower, although it feels faster
2) they are useless for "general enquiries" because they have no mechanism to detect truth, they just spit out likely text in a way that emulates human produced output
2) they are useless for "general enquiries" because they have no mechanism to detect truth, they just spit out likely text in a way that emulates human produced output
November 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
1) every time LLMs have been tested for coding it has been found it makes development slower, although it feels faster
2) they are useless for "general enquiries" because they have no mechanism to detect truth, they just spit out likely text in a way that emulates human produced output
2) they are useless for "general enquiries" because they have no mechanism to detect truth, they just spit out likely text in a way that emulates human produced output
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The CIA recently declassified this map of Europe
October 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The CIA recently declassified this map of Europe
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If you just banked that coffee money every week and denied yourself every other instance of life’s gastronomic pleasures, however small and ordinary, you could save enough to make the down payment on that starter house in [checks notes] five hundred and seventy three years
“At the same time, more than half of Gen Z members say they are struggling to make ends meet, yet a majority buy themselves a small treat, such as a pastry, coffee, or sweet, at least once a week. That can lead to overspending…”
archive.ph/2TI8J
archive.ph/2TI8J
October 31, 2025 at 6:25 PM
If you just banked that coffee money every week and denied yourself every other instance of life’s gastronomic pleasures, however small and ordinary, you could save enough to make the down payment on that starter house in [checks notes] five hundred and seventy three years
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
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A religious upbringing in childhood is linked to poorer mental and cognitive health in later life
A religious upbringing in childhood is linked to poorer mental and cognitive health in later life
The long-term health effects of a religious childhood are not uniform, a new study of older Europeans finds. On average, the experience is linked to poorer self-rated health, though the association differs across health domains.
www.psypost.org
October 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
A religious upbringing in childhood is linked to poorer mental and cognitive health in later life
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Good morning to everyone, but especially women who don’t like the vehicle
October 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Good morning to everyone, but especially women who don’t like the vehicle
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I talk to many professional #UX designers and no one is using genAI in any MEANINGFUL way to revolutionize their design work.
Sure, everyone is playing with it, and it can do some cool parlor tricks, but there isn't anything significant happening in design.
This needs to be said louder.
Sure, everyone is playing with it, and it can do some cool parlor tricks, but there isn't anything significant happening in design.
This needs to be said louder.
October 16, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I talk to many professional #UX designers and no one is using genAI in any MEANINGFUL way to revolutionize their design work.
Sure, everyone is playing with it, and it can do some cool parlor tricks, but there isn't anything significant happening in design.
This needs to be said louder.
Sure, everyone is playing with it, and it can do some cool parlor tricks, but there isn't anything significant happening in design.
This needs to be said louder.
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Anyone who started their web development career in the last ten years has come up in an era where you frequently learn React as your first exposure to building websites
Try surveying people on how they would implement a search feature using an HTML <form> with no JavaScript
Try surveying people on how they would implement a search feature using an HTML <form> with no JavaScript
October 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Anyone who started their web development career in the last ten years has come up in an era where you frequently learn React as your first exposure to building websites
Try surveying people on how they would implement a search feature using an HTML <form> with no JavaScript
Try surveying people on how they would implement a search feature using an HTML <form> with no JavaScript
I knew my grandma number as a geometry shape.
Not too dissimilar from current days PIN numbers for banks, reason why I forget them if I don't use them often.
Not too dissimilar from current days PIN numbers for banks, reason why I forget them if I don't use them often.
They weren't just numbers, they were physical patterns.
sooo much was different about the 70s-80s phone ecosystem. I mean, yes, you memorized a few key 7-digit numbers (my best friend's was 392-2280) but it wasn't hard because you also dialed them, one number at a time, every time you made a call - lots of physical practice of any number you called often
October 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I knew my grandma number as a geometry shape.
Not too dissimilar from current days PIN numbers for banks, reason why I forget them if I don't use them often.
Not too dissimilar from current days PIN numbers for banks, reason why I forget them if I don't use them often.
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They weren't just numbers, they were physical patterns.
sooo much was different about the 70s-80s phone ecosystem. I mean, yes, you memorized a few key 7-digit numbers (my best friend's was 392-2280) but it wasn't hard because you also dialed them, one number at a time, every time you made a call - lots of physical practice of any number you called often
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
October 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
They weren't just numbers, they were physical patterns.
AI was the New Coke all along
boost your user satisfaction and growth with this one weird trick (removing the shit everyone hates that you added for no reason)
October 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
AI was the New Coke all along
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We know our customers
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
rm -rf ~/
rm -rf ~/
"The chancellor approved it"
October 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
We know our customers
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I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
October 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
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history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed
student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism
teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.
student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism
teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.
October 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed
student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism
teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.
student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism
teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.