Edmund Edgar
@goat.navy
Free software developer. Live in Mashiko, Japan. Made https://reality.eth.link
Mainly skeet about goats
Mainly skeet about goats
Pinned
Edmund Edgar
@goat.navy
· Jun 12
AtProto and BlueSky notes and resources
www.edochan.com
Links and notes for my talk about ATProto at @protocol.berlin (Friday 13th)
www.edochan.com/talks/atproto/
www.edochan.com/talks/atproto/
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dogs were domesticated because they could be trained to locate buried vcr's by scent
November 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
dogs were domesticated because they could be trained to locate buried vcr's by scent
What is the evolutionary function of this feature? Electronics must have existed earlier than historians have previously assumed
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
What is the evolutionary function of this feature? Electronics must have existed earlier than historians have previously assumed
Can dogs smell electronics, I had no idea
November 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Can dogs smell electronics, I had no idea
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Still holding some Honda stock but I can't see how they're going to compete with the Chinese EVs that are faster, cheaper, more comfortable and so tasty
November 8, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Still holding some Honda stock but I can't see how they're going to compete with the Chinese EVs that are faster, cheaper, more comfortable and so tasty
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Just posted a paper on the detection of wash trading with an application to Polymarket (joint with Allen Sirolly, Hongyao Ma, Yash Kanoria):
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Network-Based Detection of Wash Trading
Wash trading refers to the practice of buying and selling securities without taking a net position, for the purpose of artificially inflating recorded volume. I
papers.ssrn.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Just posted a paper on the detection of wash trading with an application to Polymarket (joint with Allen Sirolly, Hongyao Ma, Yash Kanoria):
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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‼️ Fields near Pokrovsk. Everything is covered with fiber optics, which has covered hundreds and hundreds of hectares of Ukrainian land.
There are more drones than birds…
There are more drones than birds…
November 7, 2025 at 11:33 AM
‼️ Fields near Pokrovsk. Everything is covered with fiber optics, which has covered hundreds and hundreds of hectares of Ukrainian land.
There are more drones than birds…
There are more drones than birds…
Does anyone else's goat sound like a maracas
November 6, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Does anyone else's goat sound like a maracas
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Let's try PLC websockets right now! ⚡
wss://plcbundle.atscan.net/ws
wss://plcbundle.atscan.net/ws
November 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Let's try PLC websockets right now! ⚡
wss://plcbundle.atscan.net/ws
wss://plcbundle.atscan.net/ws
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I was an MoJ statistician from 2013-15. Guns are practically impossible to acquire for crime. Gangs "rent" guns (linking seemingly unrelated crimes). Bullets are almost impossible purchase. The most common firearm offences were owning an imitation gun, improper storage, or recommissioning antiques.
November 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I was an MoJ statistician from 2013-15. Guns are practically impossible to acquire for crime. Gangs "rent" guns (linking seemingly unrelated crimes). Bullets are almost impossible purchase. The most common firearm offences were owning an imitation gun, improper storage, or recommissioning antiques.
Talking of office chairs I'm looking for a chair with an unfeasibly tall raising capacity. I don't care about lumbar support or whatever.
Goal is that I have a tiny regulatory limit on floor space but I can build as high as I like, so I want to be able to zoom upwards to reach stuff on high shelves
Goal is that I have a tiny regulatory limit on floor space but I can build as high as I like, so I want to be able to zoom upwards to reach stuff on high shelves
anybody want to pitch me on the office chair model they're using before i just buy another herman miller sayl
November 2, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Talking of office chairs I'm looking for a chair with an unfeasibly tall raising capacity. I don't care about lumbar support or whatever.
Goal is that I have a tiny regulatory limit on floor space but I can build as high as I like, so I want to be able to zoom upwards to reach stuff on high shelves
Goal is that I have a tiny regulatory limit on floor space but I can build as high as I like, so I want to be able to zoom upwards to reach stuff on high shelves
Gonna turn into a huge EV bore, I can feel the transformation in myself
November 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Gonna turn into a huge EV bore, I can feel the transformation in myself
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Anti-prohibition but also anti-pretence this stuff is good
November 2, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Anti-prohibition but also anti-pretence this stuff is good
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Do you have 40GB of free space on your server for an experiment?
Help me with better resilience and monitoring of plcbundle forking by running your own mirror. If you use your own implementation, even better! 🙏
Help me with better resilience and monitoring of plcbundle forking by running your own mirror. If you use your own implementation, even better! 🙏
November 1, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Do you have 40GB of free space on your server for an experiment?
Help me with better resilience and monitoring of plcbundle forking by running your own mirror. If you use your own implementation, even better! 🙏
Help me with better resilience and monitoring of plcbundle forking by running your own mirror. If you use your own implementation, even better! 🙏
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the way forum brain manifests itself the most clearly is how 'settling scores' is the highest value goal. In this framework, thing A is bad, but the most vocal person against it is/was annoying (often personal grudge), and them being inconvenienced is funny actually you see, if not outright good
October 31, 2025 at 8:47 AM
the way forum brain manifests itself the most clearly is how 'settling scores' is the highest value goal. In this framework, thing A is bad, but the most vocal person against it is/was annoying (often personal grudge), and them being inconvenienced is funny actually you see, if not outright good
truck indicator is flashing really fast. Is that bad or does it just mean the truck is very excited
October 30, 2025 at 12:57 AM
truck indicator is flashing really fast. Is that bad or does it just mean the truck is very excited
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thank you China for making didchain
October 27, 2025 at 2:18 AM
thank you China for making didchain
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Introducing plcbundle
A Transparent and Verifiable Way to Sync the AT Protocol's PLC Directory
leaflet.pub
October 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Because I learn. Because connecting with people is always a good thing. Disagreeing or even being trolled online is not a problem if good comes out of it
Why do you always throw chum to people that will shit on you no matter what?
October 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Because I learn. Because connecting with people is always a good thing. Disagreeing or even being trolled online is not a problem if good comes out of it
The thing about this is the BYDs are so good and so cheap that you could put a 100% tariff on them and they would still be better value than any Japanese or American car. The 100% tariff is basically protectionism for Hyundais
Chinese state media reports that Canada considers dropping the 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs.
October 28, 2025 at 3:35 AM
The thing about this is the BYDs are so good and so cheap that you could put a 100% tariff on them and they would still be better value than any Japanese or American car. The 100% tariff is basically protectionism for Hyundais
Are there more bears in people's gardens than there used to be or is it just one of those information salience effects where everyone is talking about the bears so you notice when there's one in your garden and make a big song and dance about it
October 27, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Are there more bears in people's gardens than there used to be or is it just one of those information salience effects where everyone is talking about the bears so you notice when there's one in your garden and make a big song and dance about it
WTF they're closing basically the entire central Tokyo expressway system to accommodate the mad king
October 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
WTF they're closing basically the entire central Tokyo expressway system to accommodate the mad king
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The Sleaze Theorem: Any technology that can reshape society will be applied to sleazy ends first.
Examples: credit cards and porn, optical storage and porn, synthetic voice generation and scam calls, email and scams/porn, the internet and ...
This has implications for likely AI x-risk scenarios 1/
Examples: credit cards and porn, optical storage and porn, synthetic voice generation and scam calls, email and scams/porn, the internet and ...
This has implications for likely AI x-risk scenarios 1/
November 21, 2023 at 4:47 PM
The Sleaze Theorem: Any technology that can reshape society will be applied to sleazy ends first.
Examples: credit cards and porn, optical storage and porn, synthetic voice generation and scam calls, email and scams/porn, the internet and ...
This has implications for likely AI x-risk scenarios 1/
Examples: credit cards and porn, optical storage and porn, synthetic voice generation and scam calls, email and scams/porn, the internet and ...
This has implications for likely AI x-risk scenarios 1/
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just incredible content. all the fancy data centers to generate shitty video, and yet nothing beats the following
October 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
just incredible content. all the fancy data centers to generate shitty video, and yet nothing beats the following
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Now, I am not in the market for a fog machine, but this Craigslist ad certainly makes a compelling case
newyork.craigslist.org/lgi/msg/d/ea...
newyork.craigslist.org/lgi/msg/d/ea...
October 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Now, I am not in the market for a fog machine, but this Craigslist ad certainly makes a compelling case
newyork.craigslist.org/lgi/msg/d/ea...
newyork.craigslist.org/lgi/msg/d/ea...