Stephen May
@idhrendur.com
Software engineer, Tolkien nerd, reader of books. The paradox converter guy. Probably fae.
http://stephendanielmay.com
idhrendur most places online
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idhrendur most places online
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Stephen May
@idhrendur.com
· Jul 23
Joining the fun.
1 like = 1 opinion of mine
1 like = 1 opinion of mine
I'm a day-and-a-half late to the party, so you all are probably tired of opinions by now, but
1 like = 1 opinion of mine
1 like = 1 opinion of mine
Sure, fine, me too. It'll get me writing non-angry things on here I think.
1 like = 1 opinion of mine
1 like = 1 opinion of mine
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Puzzle #897
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November 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Less than 35 hours until they wheel Kaitlin back to surgery. The fact that I'm mathing it out should tell you a bit about my anxiety levels.
November 24, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Less than 35 hours until they wheel Kaitlin back to surgery. The fact that I'm mathing it out should tell you a bit about my anxiety levels.
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Perhaps not coincidentally, Steve Wozniak is -- unlike Musk, Thiel, Zuckerberg, Altman, and the vast, vast majority of Silicon Valley celebrity CEOs -- an actual, genuine, no-bullshit tech genius and innovator.
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Perhaps not coincidentally, Steve Wozniak is -- unlike Musk, Thiel, Zuckerberg, Altman, and the vast, vast majority of Silicon Valley celebrity CEOs -- an actual, genuine, no-bullshit tech genius and innovator.
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In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
November 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Forgot to take my meds yesterday. Today is gonna be fun.
November 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Forgot to take my meds yesterday. Today is gonna be fun.
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the way these chatbots flatter, encourage, prop up, and reinforce delusions is an intentional design choice, just like grok publicly whacking it to elon musk is an intentional design choice
What the fuck
November 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
the way these chatbots flatter, encourage, prop up, and reinforce delusions is an intentional design choice, just like grok publicly whacking it to elon musk is an intentional design choice
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Puzzle #895
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November 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Google is using AI to scan your email.
Plus: a quick guide to the two-step process for opting out.
If You Use Gmail, You're Going To Want To Turn Off This 1 Automatic Setting ASAP
Plus: a quick guide to the two-step process for opting out.
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Google is using AI to scan your email.
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i don't think it tells us anything all that new (trump is senile, mamdani has insane rizz) but boy is it fucking funny
November 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
i don't think it tells us anything all that new (trump is senile, mamdani has insane rizz) but boy is it fucking funny
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Speaking as someone who worked in tech for two decades, if you work in tech and you do not care about whether thing you are making really works or not (to include what good or harm it actually does in the world), you are *not* a technologist. You are a pay pig.
November 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Speaking as someone who worked in tech for two decades, if you work in tech and you do not care about whether thing you are making really works or not (to include what good or harm it actually does in the world), you are *not* a technologist. You are a pay pig.
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
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Puzzle #894
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November 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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This is actually better than most of the WDStF parodies since, like the original, it is both in strict chronological order and keeps a rhyme scheme.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBvo...
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“We Didn’t Start The Fire” The Silmarillion Edition
YouTube video by BardOfArda
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 AM
This is actually better than most of the WDStF parodies since, like the original, it is both in strict chronological order and keeps a rhyme scheme.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBvo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBvo...
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Zork I, II, and III are now open source. Microsoft has released the classic Infocom text adventures under the MIT license! opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11...
Preserving code that shaped generations: Zork I, II, and III go Open Source
Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office (OSPO), Team Xbox, and Activision are making Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III available under the MIT License.
opensource.microsoft.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Zork I, II, and III are now open source. Microsoft has released the classic Infocom text adventures under the MIT license! opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11...
Wait, we can attack LLMs with poetry now? I really gotta get on my goal of learning alliterative verse and go all skaldic on things.
November 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Wait, we can attack LLMs with poetry now? I really gotta get on my goal of learning alliterative verse and go all skaldic on things.
This morning, I joked that our testers are seeing things. And after testing, I'm right.
The problem is that I'm seeing the same things.
The problem is that I'm seeing the same things.
November 20, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This morning, I joked that our testers are seeing things. And after testing, I'm right.
The problem is that I'm seeing the same things.
The problem is that I'm seeing the same things.
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Less than 120 hours until Kate is in surgery. I'm definitely feeling all the feels.
November 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Less than 120 hours until Kate is in surgery. I'm definitely feeling all the feels.
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Tonight on Ken Burns's American Revolution, Rick Atkinson is going is going to tell you:
"Muskets are mostly inaccurate beyond 80 yards...so a lot of the killing is done with the bayonet... this is really eyeball to eyeball."
The trouble is, this just isn't true. 🧵1/16
"Muskets are mostly inaccurate beyond 80 yards...so a lot of the killing is done with the bayonet... this is really eyeball to eyeball."
The trouble is, this just isn't true. 🧵1/16
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Tonight on Ken Burns's American Revolution, Rick Atkinson is going is going to tell you:
"Muskets are mostly inaccurate beyond 80 yards...so a lot of the killing is done with the bayonet... this is really eyeball to eyeball."
The trouble is, this just isn't true. 🧵1/16
"Muskets are mostly inaccurate beyond 80 yards...so a lot of the killing is done with the bayonet... this is really eyeball to eyeball."
The trouble is, this just isn't true. 🧵1/16
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November 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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the fae actually have the rights to take anyone into their realm who pressed "accept" on the GPL which is why you aren't supposed to put it in your installers. you have to do the whole transforming into a flaming sword and shit thing from tam lin to get out of it
Turning into my father one "the problem is no one reads enough books these days" grumble at a time
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 AM
the fae actually have the rights to take anyone into their realm who pressed "accept" on the GPL which is why you aren't supposed to put it in your installers. you have to do the whole transforming into a flaming sword and shit thing from tam lin to get out of it
If you're a dev, would you make tools for C++ or even C? Tools that work best on Windows instead of Linux or MacOS?
And have you looked at the TIOBE index or C++ community survey results? Like, ever? Because that's where the need is, and it's not even close.
And have you looked at the TIOBE index or C++ community survey results? Like, ever? Because that's where the need is, and it's not even close.
23. Part of the problem with software quality is that people who make tools for devs focus on what they personally find exciting instead of what most people are using.
November 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
If you're a dev, would you make tools for C++ or even C? Tools that work best on Windows instead of Linux or MacOS?
And have you looked at the TIOBE index or C++ community survey results? Like, ever? Because that's where the need is, and it's not even close.
And have you looked at the TIOBE index or C++ community survey results? Like, ever? Because that's where the need is, and it's not even close.
More people liked my opinions thread as I reposted further thoughts, so I need to come up with more (non-political) opinions.
November 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
More people liked my opinions thread as I reposted further thoughts, so I need to come up with more (non-political) opinions.