Grumpicles
@grumpicles.bsky.social
Grumpy, middle aged Aussie software developer who also "lifts heavy shit and puts it back down again".
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I really don't want to have to switch to Linux, but it's never had a more successful ad campaign than current Windows.
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 AM
I really don't want to have to switch to Linux, but it's never had a more successful ad campaign than current Windows.
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To which I say “It’s Bond mate. Nobody cares about the lore.
Bond's first outing in Dr. No was released in 1962, where he was meant to be in his mid 30s.
He has appeared as seven entirely different people since then and should now be in his 90s. Get on with it.”
Bond's first outing in Dr. No was released in 1962, where he was meant to be in his mid 30s.
He has appeared as seven entirely different people since then and should now be in his 90s. Get on with it.”
November 11, 2025 at 9:24 AM
To which I say “It’s Bond mate. Nobody cares about the lore.
Bond's first outing in Dr. No was released in 1962, where he was meant to be in his mid 30s.
He has appeared as seven entirely different people since then and should now be in his 90s. Get on with it.”
Bond's first outing in Dr. No was released in 1962, where he was meant to be in his mid 30s.
He has appeared as seven entirely different people since then and should now be in his 90s. Get on with it.”
Agreed - reboot it. The movies should be effectively standalone anyway.
And as a lifelong lover of Bond movies, I'd be happy to wipe the whole Daniel Craig run from the timeline.
Even better, reboot back to an 80s or 90s setting.
And as a lifelong lover of Bond movies, I'd be happy to wipe the whole Daniel Craig run from the timeline.
Even better, reboot back to an 80s or 90s setting.
November 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Agreed - reboot it. The movies should be effectively standalone anyway.
And as a lifelong lover of Bond movies, I'd be happy to wipe the whole Daniel Craig run from the timeline.
Even better, reboot back to an 80s or 90s setting.
And as a lifelong lover of Bond movies, I'd be happy to wipe the whole Daniel Craig run from the timeline.
Even better, reboot back to an 80s or 90s setting.
They way it looks to me, at the moment everything (and everyone) in Big Tech related to AI seems goofy and awkward.
November 6, 2025 at 9:52 AM
They way it looks to me, at the moment everything (and everyone) in Big Tech related to AI seems goofy and awkward.
At this point in the processing I call that "classic Ed", and I love it! 👌
Also: 😆
Also: 😆
October 25, 2025 at 10:14 AM
At this point in the processing I call that "classic Ed", and I love it! 👌
Also: 😆
Also: 😆
And because the AI is non-deterministic it changes the shape of the bricks as it's falling.
October 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
And because the AI is non-deterministic it changes the shape of the bricks as it's falling.
Meanwhile, I read Bezos now owns less than 10% shares of Amazon.
He's largely escaped that ship.
He's largely escaped that ship.
October 21, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Meanwhile, I read Bezos now owns less than 10% shares of Amazon.
He's largely escaped that ship.
He's largely escaped that ship.
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From the same dev: “it’s also that I cannot see management being concerned solving the information visibility that keeps slowing us down.
We’re rolling out AI coding tools for devs but no one thinks about the org silos that slow us down 10x more than any coding use case.”
We’re rolling out AI coding tools for devs but no one thinks about the org silos that slow us down 10x more than any coding use case.”
October 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
From the same dev: “it’s also that I cannot see management being concerned solving the information visibility that keeps slowing us down.
We’re rolling out AI coding tools for devs but no one thinks about the org silos that slow us down 10x more than any coding use case.”
We’re rolling out AI coding tools for devs but no one thinks about the org silos that slow us down 10x more than any coding use case.”
Gotta love a company that blames users for "abusing" a system when they're the ones who design the system to be wide open. 😏
And if anyone's going to maximise use, it's going to be a developer!
And if anyone's going to maximise use, it's going to be a developer!
October 15, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Gotta love a company that blames users for "abusing" a system when they're the ones who design the system to be wide open. 😏
And if anyone's going to maximise use, it's going to be a developer!
And if anyone's going to maximise use, it's going to be a developer!
The caption for a photo like this should be a simple "Living".
That looks like heaven.
That looks like heaven.
October 13, 2025 at 8:10 AM
The caption for a photo like this should be a simple "Living".
That looks like heaven.
That looks like heaven.
Reading about gameplay on any platform nowadays is why I don't play games at all any more.
Haven't played a game in 3 years. Don't think I will again unless we return to 3.5" floppy disks again.
Haven't played a game in 3 years. Don't think I will again unless we return to 3.5" floppy disks again.
October 9, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Reading about gameplay on any platform nowadays is why I don't play games at all any more.
Haven't played a game in 3 years. Don't think I will again unless we return to 3.5" floppy disks again.
Haven't played a game in 3 years. Don't think I will again unless we return to 3.5" floppy disks again.
I thought studies already showed a long time ago that multitasking isn't a "real" thing people can actually do?
Parallel agentic workflows are still multitasking for the dev by another name.
How about we focus on one thing at a time and actually doing it WELL for a change?
Parallel agentic workflows are still multitasking for the dev by another name.
How about we focus on one thing at a time and actually doing it WELL for a change?
September 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I thought studies already showed a long time ago that multitasking isn't a "real" thing people can actually do?
Parallel agentic workflows are still multitasking for the dev by another name.
How about we focus on one thing at a time and actually doing it WELL for a change?
Parallel agentic workflows are still multitasking for the dev by another name.
How about we focus on one thing at a time and actually doing it WELL for a change?
Congratulations and well done, Ed!
Every one of those subscribers is a reflection of your hard work and talent.
I'm happy to be 1 in that number and a premium support too.
Every one of those subscribers is a reflection of your hard work and talent.
I'm happy to be 1 in that number and a premium support too.
September 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Congratulations and well done, Ed!
Every one of those subscribers is a reflection of your hard work and talent.
I'm happy to be 1 in that number and a premium support too.
Every one of those subscribers is a reflection of your hard work and talent.
I'm happy to be 1 in that number and a premium support too.
I'm an outside observer of mergers/acquisitions, but doesn't "all sock" also mean "all eggs in one basket", and that basket is OpenAI?
As a founder I wouldn't want my entire wealth position lumped in with OpenAI.
I wouldn't take a deal without as least "some" cash option (even $10M).
As a founder I wouldn't want my entire wealth position lumped in with OpenAI.
I wouldn't take a deal without as least "some" cash option (even $10M).
September 3, 2025 at 5:56 AM
I'm an outside observer of mergers/acquisitions, but doesn't "all sock" also mean "all eggs in one basket", and that basket is OpenAI?
As a founder I wouldn't want my entire wealth position lumped in with OpenAI.
I wouldn't take a deal without as least "some" cash option (even $10M).
As a founder I wouldn't want my entire wealth position lumped in with OpenAI.
I wouldn't take a deal without as least "some" cash option (even $10M).