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Hans Yu
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From fluid mechanics to software and data. Enthusiastic about maths, functional programming and distributed systems.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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The Sovereign Tech Fund Invests in Scala:

🔐 security audits
🔧 sbt 2.0
📚 core library maintenance
💪 and long-term resilience for critical digital infrastructure

Check out the announcement: www.scala-lang.org/b...

🙏 Huge thanks to @sovereign.tech
January 27, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Look for the helpers.
January 26, 2026 at 1:50 AM
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I'm doing an online event with @chris.blue and Tzach Livyatan (ScyllaDB) in two weeks. We'll talk about the upcoming 2nd edition of Designing Data-Intensive Applications and data systems in general www.oreilly.com/live/in-conv...
In Conversation: Martin Kleppmann and Chris Riccomini on Designing Data-Intensive Applications 2E - O'Reilly Media
Learn the principles of building reliable, scalable, and maintainable data systems.
www.oreilly.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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This is like an old fashioned Gawker blog but somehow British and high-brow. I'll take it. www.ft.com/content/ad94...
Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter
A look inside Elon Musk’s big tent
www.ft.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.

Just fuck you. Fuck you all.

I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
December 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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bluesky checked the IP addresses of pro-turkey posters and they're all posting from hungry
November 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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For everyone interested in data infra, want to get a quick sense of how big data works, how data systems are designed, and what the tradeoffs are, start with this share from @xiangpeng.systems, really nice intro!

intro-data-system.xiangpeng.systems
October 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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I’ve been a fan of @eff.org for a long time, and I’m joining them in the fight to #TakeBackCTRL. Authoritarians are using tech to spy on us and silence our voices. Technology should enhance our lives and support democracy, not make them worse. Join the fight today: takebackctrl.org
Take Back CTRL
Dont let tyrants co-opt tech. Join EFF and help fight back
takebackctrl.org
October 29, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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This morning my ChatGPT quota was inexplicably exhausted.

It took a while but I pieced it together. Voice mode somehow got activated when I went to bed.

The bot then engaged in a 10 hour conversation with my snoring dog, answering questions the pup wasn’t asking and praising him for his insight.
October 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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goddamn is there anything Wikipedia editors can’t do www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/n...
Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
signal.org
October 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Historischer Schritt: Die #RWTH gründet neue Fakultät für #Informatik. 👍 Erstmals seit 1966 wird an der Aachener Universität dieser Schritt vollzogen. Aus der bisherigen Fachgruppe Informatik wird die Fakultät 9. 😀

➡️ www.rwth-aachen.de/go/id/bpvsdt

📸: Fakultät für Informatik/RWTH Aachen
September 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
September 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Loved this piece from Cal Newport in the New Yorker about what if AI doesn't get much better than it is today, and not just because he quotes me
www.newyorker.com/culture/open...
August 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Welcome to the ✨For You✨ feed!

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August 3, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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The next book we're reading in the Software Internals Email Book Club is the 2nd edition of The Art of Multiprocessor Programming.

Sign up and volunteer to kick off discussion for one chapter!

eatonphil.com/2025-art-of-...
August 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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February 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered
July 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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OPEN SCIENCE IS THE FUTURE!

Very pleased to see the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM — the parent organization to my “home” conference SIGGRAPH) has announced it is transitioning to full open access by January 2026!!

#ACM #open #access #science #publication #journal #compsci
Open Access Publication & ACM
Open Access Publication & ACM
www.acm.org
July 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Help us plan for what’s next. Make a monthly gift today. Stand with public media: n.pr/458sOhq
July 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM