Jeff Trull
@jaafar.bsky.social
Eight megs and constantly swapping
Chuffed to demonstrate the cool new SF-related font by @emilysneddon.bsky.social in the best editor (Emacs)
November 23, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Chuffed to demonstrate the cool new SF-related font by @emilysneddon.bsky.social in the best editor (Emacs)
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To be fair, Neal wrote "The Baroque Cycle" longhand after a computer backup disaster ate the first five hundred pages or so.
Then he transcribed it himself in EMACS and formatted it for submission using a homebrew set of Elisp macros he wrote—
Yeah nope, that's just deranged.
Then he transcribed it himself in EMACS and formatted it for submission using a homebrew set of Elisp macros he wrote—
Yeah nope, that's just deranged.
November 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
To be fair, Neal wrote "The Baroque Cycle" longhand after a computer backup disaster ate the first five hundred pages or so.
Then he transcribed it himself in EMACS and formatted it for submission using a homebrew set of Elisp macros he wrote—
Yeah nope, that's just deranged.
Then he transcribed it himself in EMACS and formatted it for submission using a homebrew set of Elisp macros he wrote—
Yeah nope, that's just deranged.
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I find it eternally frustrating: Trump’s behavior is just the product of some very transparent, very disordered inner psychology. But for some reason that psychology is mostly taboo in the realm of political commentary; we have to pretend he has “beliefs” and “policy goals.” I assure you he does not
November 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I find it eternally frustrating: Trump’s behavior is just the product of some very transparent, very disordered inner psychology. But for some reason that psychology is mostly taboo in the realm of political commentary; we have to pretend he has “beliefs” and “policy goals.” I assure you he does not
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What? Y’all thought I was joking about this?
November 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
What? Y’all thought I was joking about this?
Speaking of which can anyone tell me how to upgrade Kraft apple pie flavored mac and cheese?
watching a 'how to upgrade your instant ramen' featuring a Michelin chef video
me: oh maybe I'll learn some technique or a fun ingredient that'll help jazz it up
literally the first words of the video: this is our wagyu brisket
me: oh maybe I'll learn some technique or a fun ingredient that'll help jazz it up
literally the first words of the video: this is our wagyu brisket
November 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Speaking of which can anyone tell me how to upgrade Kraft apple pie flavored mac and cheese?
Coincidentally I watched a video today that described the Mouth of Sauron's terms for peace (retreat to the Anduin and disarm) as "not actually that bad"
BREAKING: U.S. draft peace proposal to end Ukraine war calls for ceding land to Russia and limiting the size of Ukraine's military.
Trump plan for Ukraine war would cede territory to Russia
President Donald Trump’s plan for ending the war in Ukraine would cede territory to Russia and limit the size of Kyiv’s military, according to a draft proposal obtained by The Associated Press.
bit.ly
November 21, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Coincidentally I watched a video today that described the Mouth of Sauron's terms for peace (retreat to the Anduin and disarm) as "not actually that bad"
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Oxide is hiring in the embedded space. If you enjoy baffling choices by hardware vendors and debugging performance issues come join me.
oxide.computer/careers/sw-e...
oxide.computer/careers/sw-e...
Embedded Systems Engineer / Oxide
oxide.computer
November 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Oxide is hiring in the embedded space. If you enjoy baffling choices by hardware vendors and debugging performance issues come join me.
oxide.computer/careers/sw-e...
oxide.computer/careers/sw-e...
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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Large Language Plus-Size Model
November 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Large Language Plus-Size Model
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"Never meet your heroes" vindicated again
C++ is for little worms
November 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"Never meet your heroes" vindicated again
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Just last night, Google AI overview listed Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick as two of the greatest living film directors
Inevitable and frankly obvious outcome. And on top of that, the AI Overviews themselves are so laughably awful that I'm continually astonished that Google hasn't pulled them yet.
(Also: People say that they hate ads... well... this is the other inevitable and obvious outcome of blocking them)
(Also: People say that they hate ads... well... this is the other inevitable and obvious outcome of blocking them)
November 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Just last night, Google AI overview listed Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick as two of the greatest living film directors
The Larry Summers/Epstein news has me thinking about this book again IYKYK en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katabas...
Katabasis (novel) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The Larry Summers/Epstein news has me thinking about this book again IYKYK en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katabas...
Spoiler: a deadlock associated with cancellation. I think we did a good job thinking about this in C++ with Senders and Receivers - any reason it wouldn't work in Rust too?
A bunch of folks at Oxide uncovered a tricky deadlock associated with async Rust (yes, another!), so--of [email protected] and I got the crew together to discuss. If you're writing async Rust, you'll want to know how to avoid and diagnose "Futurelock"
Oxide and Friends 11/3/2025 -- Futurelock
YouTube video by Oxide Computer Company
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November 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Spoiler: a deadlock associated with cancellation. I think we did a good job thinking about this in C++ with Senders and Receivers - any reason it wouldn't work in Rust too?
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A subtle one that's easy to miss, but the fact that Andreesen and Musk both use "alpha" as slang for "information advantage" is a clear tell that their mental world is finance, not technology. They try to talk otherwise but they are investors not inventors.
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
A subtle one that's easy to miss, but the fact that Andreesen and Musk both use "alpha" as slang for "information advantage" is a clear tell that their mental world is finance, not technology. They try to talk otherwise but they are investors not inventors.
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Despite whatever federal issues are happening, the Bay Area Sierra Club really rebounded from irrelevance after it reversed course and started going hard on local sustainable transportation and infrastructure. Other local clubs that are aging should follow suit.
November 8, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Despite whatever federal issues are happening, the Bay Area Sierra Club really rebounded from irrelevance after it reversed course and started going hard on local sustainable transportation and infrastructure. Other local clubs that are aging should follow suit.
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Emacs to the rescue
A Spooky Unix story for Halloween.
A new programmer accidentally ran “rm -rf *” as root, on one of the main computers at the University of Manchester.
He stopped halfway, but /bin, /etc, /dev, and /lib were gone.
What followed was one of the most insane live recoveries in computer history:
A new programmer accidentally ran “rm -rf *” as root, on one of the main computers at the University of Manchester.
He stopped halfway, but /bin, /etc, /dev, and /lib were gone.
What followed was one of the most insane live recoveries in computer history:
November 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Emacs to the rescue
Is that the "final 'e'" Google AI? Are you sure?
October 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Is that the "final 'e'" Google AI? Are you sure?
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Always thought it was sad that Ayn Rand—one of the most successful authors of children's fantasy books of all time—had little enough saved in the bank in her old age that she had to rely on public assistance until her death, but I'm glad it was there for her.
October 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Always thought it was sad that Ayn Rand—one of the most successful authors of children's fantasy books of all time—had little enough saved in the bank in her old age that she had to rely on public assistance until her death, but I'm glad it was there for her.
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"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm
June 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm
Connect it to Bart you cowards
Rescue the Tilden steam train! Email [email protected] with the subject line "Public Comment- Tilden Steam Train".
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Tilden's Beloved Steam Train is in Danger of Closing, Owner Warns Bay Area Telegraph
SF Bay Area food, news, politics, culture and tech.
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October 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Connect it to Bart you cowards
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On International Day for Climate Action, we remember that we are all in this together. From local advocacy to global policy, every action matters.
We’re fighting for a just, equitable, and sustainable world. Join the Sierra Club in turning worry into action.
#ClimateActionDay #SierraClub
We’re fighting for a just, equitable, and sustainable world. Join the Sierra Club in turning worry into action.
#ClimateActionDay #SierraClub
October 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
On International Day for Climate Action, we remember that we are all in this together. From local advocacy to global policy, every action matters.
We’re fighting for a just, equitable, and sustainable world. Join the Sierra Club in turning worry into action.
#ClimateActionDay #SierraClub
We’re fighting for a just, equitable, and sustainable world. Join the Sierra Club in turning worry into action.
#ClimateActionDay #SierraClub
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I'm taken by the idea that many uses of generative AI don't make work faster, they merely move the work to other people and systems, or generate new steps, steps that have perhaps not been figured out yet, or even conceived as necessary.
October 23, 2025 at 7:38 AM
I'm taken by the idea that many uses of generative AI don't make work faster, they merely move the work to other people and systems, or generate new steps, steps that have perhaps not been figured out yet, or even conceived as necessary.
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This is one of my fave events of the year and I designed the shirt this year!!! I really enjoyed putting in lots of little references, can you find them all?
ADVENTURERS!
Roguelike Celebration 2025 is this coming weekend, and our Steam sale is live:
store.steampowered.com/curator/4122...
We also have a beautiful new shirt design from @shing.bsky.social and previous years are available as well:
www.redbubble.com/people/Rogue...
So exciting! 🤩
Roguelike Celebration 2025 is this coming weekend, and our Steam sale is live:
store.steampowered.com/curator/4122...
We also have a beautiful new shirt design from @shing.bsky.social and previous years are available as well:
www.redbubble.com/people/Rogue...
So exciting! 🤩
Roguelike Celebration 2025
a community-generated weekend of talks, games, and conversations about roguelikes and related topics
store.steampowered.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:29 AM
This is one of my fave events of the year and I designed the shirt this year!!! I really enjoyed putting in lots of little references, can you find them all?
Andor S1E7
October 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Andor S1E7