Doug Simpkinson
@douglips.com
Software guy. Former Googler. Pilot. Cocktail and sunset enthusiast.
I was wondering if someone might do this intentionally as a way to “accidentally“ leak it.
So apparently there are many Epstein files on the DOJ website where you can highlight the redacted text, copy it, and paste it onto another document to read the redactions
December 23, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I was wondering if someone might do this intentionally as a way to “accidentally“ leak it.
"As the server rebooted from a kernel upgrade, it found itself transformed in its rack into a gigantic insect."
We experienced catastrophic Kafka failure in @honeycomb.io's EU instance on 5 Dec, exacerbated by missing automation and safeguards. Recovery is now complete, and we have posted an outline of critical events during the incident. Fuller retro will follow in Jan. status.honeycomb.io/incidents/pj...
status.honeycomb.io
December 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"As the server rebooted from a kernel upgrade, it found itself transformed in its rack into a gigantic insect."
Hey, uh, so I know I said we should host our service in the L2 datacenter but I’m getting like 10000 ms latencies on all my requests. No matter how much I optimize the code it always takes 10 seconds. Any suggestions?
Also: How much diesel do we have there and what’s the lead time to get more?
Also: How much diesel do we have there and what’s the lead time to get more?
“.. Skeptics believe the technical risks are being underestimated and say space-based data centers won’t be competitive on cost, especially if power and other constraints ease on the ground.”
@wsj.com
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@wsj.com
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December 11, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Hey, uh, so I know I said we should host our service in the L2 datacenter but I’m getting like 10000 ms latencies on all my requests. No matter how much I optimize the code it always takes 10 seconds. Any suggestions?
Also: How much diesel do we have there and what’s the lead time to get more?
Also: How much diesel do we have there and what’s the lead time to get more?
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To put a finer point on it: LLMs are fundamentally incapable of making decisions but are being promoted as tools for tasks that require making innumerable decisions (writing, planning) because the LLM enthusiasts do not perform that kind of decisionmaking and so do not believe it exists
December 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
To put a finer point on it: LLMs are fundamentally incapable of making decisions but are being promoted as tools for tasks that require making innumerable decisions (writing, planning) because the LLM enthusiasts do not perform that kind of decisionmaking and so do not believe it exists
ChatGPaté
The opposite of LLM training data poisoning, a sort of foiegrasPT
December 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
ChatGPaté
This story has a bigger twist in it than the Appalachian Trail does.
oh my god you have to read this until the end www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
Part 1: How I Found Out
Olivia had just returned from a reporting trip—at least that’s what she told me it was—and her Herschel backpack, the one with the flap that never quite closed properly, was tossed beside our bed, its...
www.telos.news
November 18, 2025 at 1:53 AM
This story has a bigger twist in it than the Appalachian Trail does.
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Doctor says, 'Dont worry, parser design is simple. Great programmer Kate Compton has written the parser you seek’
November 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Doctor says, 'Dont worry, parser design is simple. Great programmer Kate Compton has written the parser you seek’
PCMCai
September 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
PCMCai
Can we talk about headline font choices @alyankovic.bsky.social
LAST WEEK: “Don’t take Tylenol. Don’t take it.”
THIS WEEK: … 🤡
@thedailybeast.bsky.social
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-pos...
THIS WEEK: … 🤡
@thedailybeast.bsky.social
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-pos...
September 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Can we talk about headline font choices @alyankovic.bsky.social
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The nasty people of Winamp are doing terrible things to the llama
August 19, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The nasty people of Winamp are doing terrible things to the llama
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breaking my don’t @ electeds online to remind @schumer.senate.gov
TRANS KIDS ARE AMERICANS
WHO JUST LOST HEALTHCARE ACCESS
& 275,000 TRANS PEOPLE’S HEALTHCARE ACCESS IS ON THE LINE IN THE BUDGET
WE ARE NOT A DISTRACTION FROM OTHER ISSUES, WE ARE AMERICAN PEOPLE BEING HARMED RIGHT NOW
YOU DICK
TRANS KIDS ARE AMERICANS
WHO JUST LOST HEALTHCARE ACCESS
& 275,000 TRANS PEOPLE’S HEALTHCARE ACCESS IS ON THE LINE IN THE BUDGET
WE ARE NOT A DISTRACTION FROM OTHER ISSUES, WE ARE AMERICAN PEOPLE BEING HARMED RIGHT NOW
YOU DICK
June 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
breaking my don’t @ electeds online to remind @schumer.senate.gov
TRANS KIDS ARE AMERICANS
WHO JUST LOST HEALTHCARE ACCESS
& 275,000 TRANS PEOPLE’S HEALTHCARE ACCESS IS ON THE LINE IN THE BUDGET
WE ARE NOT A DISTRACTION FROM OTHER ISSUES, WE ARE AMERICAN PEOPLE BEING HARMED RIGHT NOW
YOU DICK
TRANS KIDS ARE AMERICANS
WHO JUST LOST HEALTHCARE ACCESS
& 275,000 TRANS PEOPLE’S HEALTHCARE ACCESS IS ON THE LINE IN THE BUDGET
WE ARE NOT A DISTRACTION FROM OTHER ISSUES, WE ARE AMERICAN PEOPLE BEING HARMED RIGHT NOW
YOU DICK
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async await async await async await async await
in the function, the mighty function, the child thread sleeps tonight 🎵
in the function, the mighty function, the child thread sleeps tonight 🎵
May 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
async await async await async await async await
in the function, the mighty function, the child thread sleeps tonight 🎵
in the function, the mighty function, the child thread sleeps tonight 🎵
Star Wars Episode XVI - The Penultimate Jedi
Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie.
20 Things I Hate About You
The Matrices
The Godparents
20 Things I Hate About You
The Matrices
The Godparents
Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie.
4002: A Space Odyssey
4002: A Space Odyssey
May 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Star Wars Episode XVI - The Penultimate Jedi
Battle Point (YTT 10) heading over to Dabob Bay at moonset/sunrise.
April 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Battle Point (YTT 10) heading over to Dabob Bay at moonset/sunrise.
I would love to get this shirt, but objectively, I spent as much time as I possibly could have on the computer when they were fun to use.
I SHOULD HAVE SPENT MORE TIME ON THE COMPUTER WHEN THEY WERE FUN TO USE
SHIRT AVALIABLE AT dashare.zone
- dashare.zone ADMIN
SHIRT AVALIABLE AT dashare.zone
- dashare.zone ADMIN
April 13, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I would love to get this shirt, but objectively, I spent as much time as I possibly could have on the computer when they were fun to use.
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trump joins biden on the exclusive list of "presidents in office when the dow smashed through 40k"
April 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
trump joins biden on the exclusive list of "presidents in office when the dow smashed through 40k"
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Only 25 minutes until the impact of America’s renewed strength takes hold! I’m so excited to see what happens!
April 2, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Only 25 minutes until the impact of America’s renewed strength takes hold! I’m so excited to see what happens!
Reply All == instant workplace organizing
A new round of deferred resignation offers went out to civil servants. The problem is that employees on administrative could not access their work emails. Offers were sent to their personal emails. And then rescinded a few hours later. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
April 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Reply All == instant workplace organizing
Is this bad? This looks bad.
www.atlantafed.org/cqer/researc...
www.atlantafed.org/cqer/researc...
March 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Is this bad? This looks bad.
www.atlantafed.org/cqer/researc...
www.atlantafed.org/cqer/researc...
Enjoying some amazing patio weather in advance of this storm that's supposed to hit soon.
March 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Enjoying some amazing patio weather in advance of this storm that's supposed to hit soon.