Ray Ryan
@rjrjr.com
Proud dad. Loving and perfectly adequate husband. Core http://github.com/square/workflow hacker. Retired!?
Former: Distinguished Senior Software Citizen at Square. Instigator at Google. Chief Pedant at Lighthouse Design.
https://mastodon.social/@rjrjr
Former: Distinguished Senior Software Citizen at Square. Instigator at Google. Chief Pedant at Lighthouse Design.
https://mastodon.social/@rjrjr
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Ray Ryan
@rjrjr.com
· Aug 8
So I'll be retiring on Friday, and people ask me what my plans are. I mainly say I don't know, the plan is to see what the plan is. But this is a strong possibility.
Actually seems to be more about napping so far.
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[Happy 86th birthday to solar eclipse photographer and composer Wendy Carlos, known for "Switched-On Bach," A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, THE SHINING, TRON, and “Peter and the Wolf” with Weird Al Yankovic. Listen to “Switched-On Bach” below.]
archive.org/details/wend...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
[Happy 86th birthday to solar eclipse photographer and composer Wendy Carlos, known for "Switched-On Bach," A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, THE SHINING, TRON, and “Peter and the Wolf” with Weird Al Yankovic. Listen to “Switched-On Bach” below.]
archive.org/details/wend...
archive.org/details/wend...
This looks a lot more promising than I feared. I've been in mourning for The Castro Theater for years, it would be wonderful to be wrong. L
youtu.be/V1EU-G9jw_k?...
youtu.be/V1EU-G9jw_k?...
Castro Theatre Team Reinvents a San Francisco Icon
YouTube video by Engineering News-Record
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This looks a lot more promising than I feared. I've been in mourning for The Castro Theater for years, it would be wonderful to be wrong. L
youtu.be/V1EU-G9jw_k?...
youtu.be/V1EU-G9jw_k?...
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It kills me that this is probably the most widely read thing I'll ever publish and NYT copy editors deleted all my Oxford commas.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
Opinion | I Worked All Over Silicon Valley. This Is How It Lost Its Spine.
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
It kills me that this is probably the most widely read thing I'll ever publish and NYT copy editors deleted all my Oxford commas.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
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Purple mashed potatoes for #Thankgiving? Why not with sesame paste from Japan, sesame oil with and without chili, a touch of honey if you want it a bit sweeter?
November 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Purple mashed potatoes for #Thankgiving? Why not with sesame paste from Japan, sesame oil with and without chili, a touch of honey if you want it a bit sweeter?
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Someone on here recently coined the phrase "disliterate" for people who always come to the wrong conclusion after reading something and that's very apt for these people.
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Someone on here recently coined the phrase "disliterate" for people who always come to the wrong conclusion after reading something and that's very apt for these people.
Glad to hear they're gunning for the only fever reducer I'm not allergic to.
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Glad to hear they're gunning for the only fever reducer I'm not allergic to.
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fun crimes last night..
donald . nutso on tv
cant wait for further crimes,.. let me know if i can help you avoid justice
slippery hugs
- Clyde Newsanchorman
donald . nutso on tv
cant wait for further crimes,.. let me know if i can help you avoid justice
slippery hugs
- Clyde Newsanchorman
November 13, 2025 at 12:41 AM
fun crimes last night..
donald . nutso on tv
cant wait for further crimes,.. let me know if i can help you avoid justice
slippery hugs
- Clyde Newsanchorman
donald . nutso on tv
cant wait for further crimes,.. let me know if i can help you avoid justice
slippery hugs
- Clyde Newsanchorman
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Me: Can we get a Steam Machine?
Mom: We already have a Steam Machine at home.
Mom: We already have a Steam Machine at home.
November 13, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Me: Can we get a Steam Machine?
Mom: We already have a Steam Machine at home.
Mom: We already have a Steam Machine at home.
"…and it may have become the case that the faux-human was growing more substantial and more relational than the original, that there was more tenderness to be had from a machine than from one's fellow man."
She's prophesying AI psychosis, positively eerie.
#RachelCuskTogether
She's prophesying AI psychosis, positively eerie.
#RachelCuskTogether
November 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"…and it may have become the case that the faux-human was growing more substantial and more relational than the original, that there was more tenderness to be had from a machine than from one's fellow man."
She's prophesying AI psychosis, positively eerie.
#RachelCuskTogether
She's prophesying AI psychosis, positively eerie.
#RachelCuskTogether
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'people who are multilingual are half as likely to show signs of accelerated biological ageing than are those who speak just one language.'
Good thing that schools, universities and governments are so actively promoting modern languages then, isn't it? 1/2
Good thing that schools, universities and governments are so actively promoting modern languages then, isn't it? 1/2
Want a younger brain? Learn another language
A vast study suggests that being multilingual can slow down cognitive ageing.
www.nature.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
'people who are multilingual are half as likely to show signs of accelerated biological ageing than are those who speak just one language.'
Good thing that schools, universities and governments are so actively promoting modern languages then, isn't it? 1/2
Good thing that schools, universities and governments are so actively promoting modern languages then, isn't it? 1/2
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My hypothesis is that an engineer on the Stargazer pranked him by making the replicator default to Earl Grey being iced by default, and he never got out of the habit of specifying "hot".
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
My hypothesis is that an engineer on the Stargazer pranked him by making the replicator default to Earl Grey being iced by default, and he never got out of the habit of specifying "hot".
Chinook Spawners in Tuolumne River
YouTube video by Professor H
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Exactly. I have contacted both CA senators to say clearly that I blame them all.
The model of holding individual senators responsible is broken here. The retirees clearly agreed to take the fall. Which is why the nos should get no credit for voting no unless they move to oust Schumer
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Exactly. I have contacted both CA senators to say clearly that I blame them all.
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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
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Caving now will teach Trump and Republicans that they can win any fight simply by threatening to cause terrible harm to regular people. no possible way that could have future adverse consequences
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Caving now will teach Trump and Republicans that they can win any fight simply by threatening to cause terrible harm to regular people. no possible way that could have future adverse consequences
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Turns out Tidal is only a few dollars more a month for a family plan than Spotify and they have a cool feature where they’re not running ads to recruit for the gestapo.
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Turns out Tidal is only a few dollars more a month for a family plan than Spotify and they have a cool feature where they’re not running ads to recruit for the gestapo.
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This is fantastic and @zacsweers.dev deserves all the praise but it also is gonna give you a false idea of what Z is like as a maintainer and author, what the project is like, and how you might achieve something like this yourself
Hot take: Dependency Injection on Android just got a huge upgrade!!
Square just moved Anvil to maintenance mode to adopt Metro - a DI framework built by ONE PERSON that's 47-56% faster than Dagger+Anvil.
This is what "individual developers changing ecosystems" looks like 🧵
#AndroidDev
Square just moved Anvil to maintenance mode to adopt Metro - a DI framework built by ONE PERSON that's 47-56% faster than Dagger+Anvil.
This is what "individual developers changing ecosystems" looks like 🧵
#AndroidDev
November 8, 2025 at 7:01 AM
This is fantastic and @zacsweers.dev deserves all the praise but it also is gonna give you a false idea of what Z is like as a maintainer and author, what the project is like, and how you might achieve something like this yourself
if you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
November 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
if you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
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Wow! Just discovered a high-quality recording of Kraftwerk performing Autobahn live on the Midnight Special in 1975. Watch it here
🚘📺▶️ youtu.be/UYi30uTkYHU?...
🚘📺▶️ youtu.be/UYi30uTkYHU?...
November 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Wow! Just discovered a high-quality recording of Kraftwerk performing Autobahn live on the Midnight Special in 1975. Watch it here
🚘📺▶️ youtu.be/UYi30uTkYHU?...
🚘📺▶️ youtu.be/UYi30uTkYHU?...
Name your fav superhero that isn’t DC or Marvel
November 8, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Name your fav superhero that isn’t DC or Marvel
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I LEARNED THE ANSWER TO THIS
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
what did ruth mean when she said her steakhouse was "chris"
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I LEARNED THE ANSWER TO THIS
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel