David Dossot
@david.dossot.net
SSE at Author. Music enthusiast. Rusty Pilot. Jules Verne aficionado. 🇫🇷 + 🇨🇦 PNW dweller. More at http://david.dossot.net
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In 1930, this toy kitchen could really cook food, heating up to 260°C. Many children suffered serious burns and even died from old toy ovens throughout #history. spectrum.ieee.org/electric-toy...
December 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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TIL that the hallmark of a household committed to 3D printing is desiccant beads all over the place 😅
December 11, 2025 at 11:42 PM
TIL that the hallmark of a household committed to 3D printing is desiccant beads all over the place 😅
One more sleep and then… youtube.com/shorts/SVKeB...
New music on Wednesday 🪐
YouTube video by M83
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December 10, 2025 at 5:17 AM
One more sleep and then… youtube.com/shorts/SVKeB...
Remembering Sirima, an amazing singer and woman, brutally murdered by her companion. She only gave the world one album and it’s a banger. music.apple.com/ca/artist/si...
December 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Remembering Sirima, an amazing singer and woman, brutally murdered by her companion. She only gave the world one album and it’s a banger. music.apple.com/ca/artist/si...
I can’t possibly imagine anything going wrong with this 🫠 www.businessinsider.com/meta-ai-empl...
Meta is about to start grading workers on their AI skills
Meta employee performance will be assessed by AI-driven impact starting in 2026, as the company prioritizes AI adoption across its workforce.
www.businessinsider.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I can’t possibly imagine anything going wrong with this 🫠 www.businessinsider.com/meta-ai-empl...
Thanks Rogers for more enshittification! Now I need to use an app and go through the internet to configure my local router 🤦♂️ Genius!
November 30, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Thanks Rogers for more enshittification! Now I need to use an app and go through the internet to configure my local router 🤦♂️ Genius!
Hilarious to see LLMs absolutely losing it! I can attest to that, having seen Claude going all-caps-trash-talk in frustration of not succeeded a coding task it was repeatedly asked to perform.
youtu.be/bDOM3cy6IYg?...
youtu.be/bDOM3cy6IYg?...
this made me smile
YouTube video by ThePrimeTime
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November 30, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Hilarious to see LLMs absolutely losing it! I can attest to that, having seen Claude going all-caps-trash-talk in frustration of not succeeded a coding task it was repeatedly asked to perform.
youtu.be/bDOM3cy6IYg?...
youtu.be/bDOM3cy6IYg?...
I'm really concerned about the impact of LLMs on the software engineering industry, not for the job losses but for the mass dumbification. LLMs can give superpowers to seasoned engineers, but they're pure kryptonite for the rest. At this rate, we will not have a next generation of senior engineers.
November 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I'm really concerned about the impact of LLMs on the software engineering industry, not for the job losses but for the mass dumbification. LLMs can give superpowers to seasoned engineers, but they're pure kryptonite for the rest. At this rate, we will not have a next generation of senior engineers.
It’s suddenly less cold.
November 9, 2025 at 3:25 AM
It’s suddenly less cold.
🎶 Opening concert of the Justice X Kaytranada north American tour tonight in Vancouver! Trop bien 🥰 kaytranadaxjusticetour.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:57 AM
🎶 Opening concert of the Justice X Kaytranada north American tour tonight in Vancouver! Trop bien 🥰 kaytranadaxjusticetour.com
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Great opportunity for someone keen on software quality to join the team at Apple in Ottawa working on fun devtools!
jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail...
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Tools and Automation Engineer - Jobs - Careers at Apple
Apply for a Tools and Automation Engineer job at Apple. Read about the role and find out if it’s right for you.
jobs.apple.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Great opportunity for someone keen on software quality to join the team at Apple in Ottawa working on fun devtools!
jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail...
jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail...
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Exciting new memory safety features with MTE 👀
Blog - Memory Integrity Enforcement: A complete vision for memory safety in Apple devices - Apple Security Research
Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE) is the culmination of an unprecedented design and engineering effort spanning half a decade that combines the unique strengths of Apple silicon hardware with our advanced operating system security to provide industry-first, always-on memory safety protection across our devices — without compromising our best-in-class device performance. We believe Memory Integrity Enforcement represents the most significant upgrade to memory safety in the history of consumer operating systems.
security.apple.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Exciting new memory safety features with MTE 👀
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Want to come help us build Swift Testing and XCTest? WELL NOW YOU CAN.
jobs.apple.com/en-ca/detail...
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Swift Testing Frameworks Engineer - Jobs at Apple
Apply for a Swift Testing Frameworks Engineer job at Apple. Read about the role and find out if it’s right for you.
jobs.apple.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Want to come help us build Swift Testing and XCTest? WELL NOW YOU CAN.
jobs.apple.com/en-ca/detail...
jobs.apple.com/en-ca/detail...
An excellent video, as always from this channel!
History of BC Electric Railway New Video Aug. 5, 2025
youtube.com/watch?v=X2nI...
20.7 mins by History of British Columbia
@seanorr.bsky.social
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20.7 mins by History of British Columbia
@seanorr.bsky.social
History of BC Electric Railway
YouTube video by History of British Columbia
youtube.com
August 9, 2025 at 4:07 AM
An excellent video, as always from this channel!
Interesting sound from a no less interesting time period 🎶🎸 youtu.be/mbyp0LQRdIQ
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July 28, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Interesting sound from a no less interesting time period 🎶🎸 youtu.be/mbyp0LQRdIQ
It’s going to be epic! Justice @ Rogers Arena www.bandsintown.com/e/107143919?...
Justice @ Rogers Arena
Oct 16, 2025 - Vancouver, BC
www.bandsintown.com
July 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
It’s going to be epic! Justice @ Rogers Arena www.bandsintown.com/e/107143919?...
Crazy busy bear season this year: a visitor in our backyard almost every evening these past few days. Getting the gear handy just in case.
July 25, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Crazy busy bear season this year: a visitor in our backyard almost every evening these past few days. Getting the gear handy just in case.
Whoa, I had forgotten that Moebius did the art for the Alice, a 80s microcomputer derived from the Tandy MC-10 😍 Thanks @olipix.bsky.social for the reminder.
July 15, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Whoa, I had forgotten that Moebius did the art for the Alice, a 80s microcomputer derived from the Tandy MC-10 😍 Thanks @olipix.bsky.social for the reminder.
Rewatched Firefly and now I’m bitter sweet. What a great show that was and could have been 🥲
July 13, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Rewatched Firefly and now I’m bitter sweet. What a great show that was and could have been 🥲
AppleTV + DualSense has become my favourite casual gaming rig.
July 10, 2025 at 3:57 AM
AppleTV + DualSense has become my favourite casual gaming rig.
Teams is a terrible Skype 😤
June 22, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Teams is a terrible Skype 😤
Amazing what new brake pads can do! I can now stop my bike before accidentally barging in intersections 😅
June 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Amazing what new brake pads can do! I can now stop my bike before accidentally barging in intersections 😅
Reposted by David Dossot
One of Granville Island's ideas to create a more sustainable funding source for Granville Island is to establish a Granville Island Foundation, an independent charity for funding the arts and culture on the island. Share your thoughts about this idea here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/QVP6HBK
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June 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
One of Granville Island's ideas to create a more sustainable funding source for Granville Island is to establish a Granville Island Foundation, an independent charity for funding the arts and culture on the island. Share your thoughts about this idea here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/QVP6HBK
Just finished watching Andor Season 2. What an absolute masterpiece: stellar acting, photography, directing and soundtrack. With Rogue 1, Andor is the best thing that happened to Star Wars since the original trilogy. There, the empire is no joke, but is cruel, oppressive and instills hopelessness.
June 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Just finished watching Andor Season 2. What an absolute masterpiece: stellar acting, photography, directing and soundtrack. With Rogue 1, Andor is the best thing that happened to Star Wars since the original trilogy. There, the empire is no joke, but is cruel, oppressive and instills hopelessness.
