Raedwald
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UK resident, computer programmer, TTRPG enthusiast
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“Transpiler, a meaningless word”
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thank you for speaking the truth
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thank you for speaking the truth
Transpiler, a meaningless word | Rachit Nigam
people.csail.mit.edu
November 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
“Transpiler, a meaningless word”
people.csail.mit.edu/rachit/post/...
thank you for speaking the truth
people.csail.mit.edu/rachit/post/...
thank you for speaking the truth
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This video summed up a lot of what I was feeling about the billionaire class dressing themselves in “serious science” garb
youtu.be/GmJI6qIqURA
youtu.be/GmJI6qIqURA
billionaires want you to know they could have done physics
YouTube video by Angela Collier
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 3:19 AM
This video summed up a lot of what I was feeling about the billionaire class dressing themselves in “serious science” garb
youtu.be/GmJI6qIqURA
youtu.be/GmJI6qIqURA
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I keep beating this drum: the kind of people one thinks of as Silicon Valley "techbro" are so often finance people with an engineering cosplay habit, not actual technologists
Elon Musk was famously *never* a good coder and I can't believe he ever scienced a rocket either. But he craves that respect
Elon Musk was famously *never* a good coder and I can't believe he ever scienced a rocket either. But he craves that respect
the worst part is that for the people at the top "good at math"/sciencey is essentially a vibe one socially codes their way into by being minimally competent at informally discussing things actual math/science people do, unless (e.g.) Elon Musk has proven a theorem I didn't hear about.
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 12, 2025 at 8:03 AM
I keep beating this drum: the kind of people one thinks of as Silicon Valley "techbro" are so often finance people with an engineering cosplay habit, not actual technologists
Elon Musk was famously *never* a good coder and I can't believe he ever scienced a rocket either. But he craves that respect
Elon Musk was famously *never* a good coder and I can't believe he ever scienced a rocket either. But he craves that respect
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[Medieval monastery]
Abbot: Did you draw in the margins of this bible?
Me: Yeah, it's called illumination. Very fancy.
Abbot: *opens book* Is this a tree growing dicks instead of fruit?
Me: lol yeah
Abbot: Did you draw in the margins of this bible?
Me: Yeah, it's called illumination. Very fancy.
Abbot: *opens book* Is this a tree growing dicks instead of fruit?
Me: lol yeah
November 9, 2025 at 11:38 PM
[Medieval monastery]
Abbot: Did you draw in the margins of this bible?
Me: Yeah, it's called illumination. Very fancy.
Abbot: *opens book* Is this a tree growing dicks instead of fruit?
Me: lol yeah
Abbot: Did you draw in the margins of this bible?
Me: Yeah, it's called illumination. Very fancy.
Abbot: *opens book* Is this a tree growing dicks instead of fruit?
Me: lol yeah
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a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
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Games industry forces RTOs (often involving moving cities for a job that may not exist in a few months) because being in office together on zoom is just ~*so heckin valuable*~
but then replaces as many people as they can get away with with chatbots because the human connection doesn’t matter
Hmm!
but then replaces as many people as they can get away with with chatbots because the human connection doesn’t matter
Hmm!
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Games industry forces RTOs (often involving moving cities for a job that may not exist in a few months) because being in office together on zoom is just ~*so heckin valuable*~
but then replaces as many people as they can get away with with chatbots because the human connection doesn’t matter
Hmm!
but then replaces as many people as they can get away with with chatbots because the human connection doesn’t matter
Hmm!
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www.nytimes.com/shared/comme... “We have reached peak insanity: $100B in annual compensation is equivalent to approximately 3M full-time minimum-wage workers (at $16/hr) for one year.
No accomplishment by any individual justifies receiving the same compensation as 3M people working full-time.”
No accomplishment by any individual justifies receiving the same compensation as 3M people working full-time.”
Read a Times Reader's Comment on: Elon Musk Wins $1 Trillion Tesla Pay Package
Tesla shareholders approved a plan to grant Elon Musk shares worth nearly $1 trillion if he meets ambitious goals, including vastly expanding the company’s stock market valuation.
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:02 AM
www.nytimes.com/shared/comme... “We have reached peak insanity: $100B in annual compensation is equivalent to approximately 3M full-time minimum-wage workers (at $16/hr) for one year.
No accomplishment by any individual justifies receiving the same compensation as 3M people working full-time.”
No accomplishment by any individual justifies receiving the same compensation as 3M people working full-time.”
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What the fuck are "biological pronouns?" This is the dumbest thing I've ever read in service of endorsing the bullying of trans kids. Half the world uses languages that don't have gendered pronouns and these illiterate and ignorant judges are creating entirely nonsensical concepts.
November 7, 2025 at 3:52 AM
What the fuck are "biological pronouns?" This is the dumbest thing I've ever read in service of endorsing the bullying of trans kids. Half the world uses languages that don't have gendered pronouns and these illiterate and ignorant judges are creating entirely nonsensical concepts.
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A comment on "intelligent agents" from Donald Norman, written in 1994, still relevant in all aspects today. It's like we learned almost nothing about how to build, use, or govern software in 30 years. Except this time the anthropomorphizing is intentional.
From dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
From dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
November 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
A comment on "intelligent agents" from Donald Norman, written in 1994, still relevant in all aspects today. It's like we learned almost nothing about how to build, use, or govern software in 30 years. Except this time the anthropomorphizing is intentional.
From dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
From dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
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Trump’s voters have become like the members of the administration, delighting in the crassness and obscenity that pours out of the president and his circle whenever they are challenged. But policies suffer and the public is poorly served.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Confederacy of Toddlers
The Trump administration is a regime of troubled children.
www.theatlantic.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Trump’s voters have become like the members of the administration, delighting in the crassness and obscenity that pours out of the president and his circle whenever they are challenged. But policies suffer and the public is poorly served.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category – arXiv blog
blog.arxiv.org
November 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
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"Dear Sir, Your good name has been bought to my attention as a trustworthy man and a believer in God. I am the son of the late Queen Elizabeth II, ruler of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. My mother left me forty-five million pounds and the city of York but I am unable ..."
October 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"Dear Sir, Your good name has been bought to my attention as a trustworthy man and a believer in God. I am the son of the late Queen Elizabeth II, ruler of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. My mother left me forty-five million pounds and the city of York but I am unable ..."
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When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”
It’s very telling that opening your publication to MAGA “thought” requires a massive downgrade in quality control.
October 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”
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The contempt some people have for poor people. “I’m not going to donate what you *need*, I’m going to donate what aligns with my own ideals and expect you to be grateful for it.”
October 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The contempt some people have for poor people. “I’m not going to donate what you *need*, I’m going to donate what aligns with my own ideals and expect you to be grateful for it.”
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“It’s always on your terms […] The teleoperator does not see you. We can blur people. The teleoperator also cannot go into specific parts of your home. […] And the teleoperator can never connect to a robot unless you approve it.”
SF writer: mmhm, mmhm… gotta say, this is heavyhanded foreshadowing
SF writer: mmhm, mmhm… gotta say, this is heavyhanded foreshadowing
Why would someone pay $20k for a robot controlled by a human in a remote location to do things more slowly and clumsily when the median wage for a maid or housekeeper is $33k per year, which is typically spread across 10-20 households?
October 30, 2025 at 9:02 AM
“It’s always on your terms […] The teleoperator does not see you. We can blur people. The teleoperator also cannot go into specific parts of your home. […] And the teleoperator can never connect to a robot unless you approve it.”
SF writer: mmhm, mmhm… gotta say, this is heavyhanded foreshadowing
SF writer: mmhm, mmhm… gotta say, this is heavyhanded foreshadowing
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As we have been saying: Keir Starmer could personally machine gun refugees in the channel and *it still wouldn't be enough* because the entire point of the fascist worldview is to rage against the external and internal enemies of the people and the soft traitors who enable them.
October 30, 2025 at 8:20 AM
As we have been saying: Keir Starmer could personally machine gun refugees in the channel and *it still wouldn't be enough* because the entire point of the fascist worldview is to rage against the external and internal enemies of the people and the soft traitors who enable them.
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I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering
October 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering
Hellscape Ltd. update: I've just introduced one of my fellow "senior developers" to the _Refactor_ menu of their IDE.
#refactoring #ide
#refactoring #ide
October 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Hellscape Ltd. update: I've just introduced one of my fellow "senior developers" to the _Refactor_ menu of their IDE.
#refactoring #ide
#refactoring #ide
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You have one week to opt out or become fodder for LinkedIn AI training
www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/l...
www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/l...
One week to opt out or be fodder for LinkedIn AI training
: Nations previously exempt from scraping now in the firing line
www.theregister.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
You have one week to opt out or become fodder for LinkedIn AI training
www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/l...
www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/l...
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This is the most requested feature at GitHub, but will Microsoft listen?
Via mastodon.social/@IvanSanchez...
Via mastodon.social/@IvanSanchez...
October 24, 2025 at 11:03 PM
This is the most requested feature at GitHub, but will Microsoft listen?
Via mastodon.social/@IvanSanchez...
Via mastodon.social/@IvanSanchez...
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Josh Marshall; gift link.
Civic virtue is incredibly important. People who study crime say: most people don’t commit crimes not because they’re scared of punishment, but because you just don’t do that. Imagine how awful it would be if that weren’t true; if we couldn’t rely on people’s decency.
Civic virtue is incredibly important. People who study crime say: most people don’t commit crimes not because they’re scared of punishment, but because you just don’t do that. Imagine how awful it would be if that weren’t true; if we couldn’t rely on people’s decency.
Fear, Greed, Civic Virtue and the Fall of the Elites
Members of America’s founding generation had an ambivalent and evolving understanding of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Josh Marshall; gift link.
Civic virtue is incredibly important. People who study crime say: most people don’t commit crimes not because they’re scared of punishment, but because you just don’t do that. Imagine how awful it would be if that weren’t true; if we couldn’t rely on people’s decency.
Civic virtue is incredibly important. People who study crime say: most people don’t commit crimes not because they’re scared of punishment, but because you just don’t do that. Imagine how awful it would be if that weren’t true; if we couldn’t rely on people’s decency.
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Look, I'm not saying I told you so, but I was right
EA's AI Game Development Tools Are Apparently So Bad That It's Costing More Money To Fix Their Mistakes
A new report suggests that EA's pivot to AI is just causing costly mistakes, and the developers hate it.
www.thegamer.com
October 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Look, I'm not saying I told you so, but I was right
It's a bitter irony that the Internet was designed to be resilient against parts of it being literally nuked, but now *one* broken DNS service cripples large parts of it
October 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
It's a bitter irony that the Internet was designed to be resilient against parts of it being literally nuked, but now *one* broken DNS service cripples large parts of it
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The Bear hears it everywhere: snip-snip-snip. ✂️
Every party’s reaching for the scissors again – even though there’s nothing left to cut.
A furious, funny howl at Britain’s obsession with “efficiency”.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
Every party’s reaching for the scissors again – even though there’s nothing left to cut.
A furious, funny howl at Britain’s obsession with “efficiency”.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
The ceaseless snip-snip-snip of a dying state
Fifteen years of cuts have left the UK trying to "efficiency" its way out of a collapse – and somehow still expecting growth to show up as well
eastangliabylines.co.uk
October 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The Bear hears it everywhere: snip-snip-snip. ✂️
Every party’s reaching for the scissors again – even though there’s nothing left to cut.
A furious, funny howl at Britain’s obsession with “efficiency”.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
Every party’s reaching for the scissors again – even though there’s nothing left to cut.
A furious, funny howl at Britain’s obsession with “efficiency”.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
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Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
anildash.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!