Ken Scambler
@kenscambler.me
Architecture, FP, compositionality.
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I guess I now have to do a thread on shoes in ancient Mesopotamia in response to this (which happens to be from one of my favourite accounts).
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
can't believe this ancient mesopotamia shoe wearing ass said people need to dress up at the airport
November 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I guess I now have to do a thread on shoes in ancient Mesopotamia in response to this (which happens to be from one of my favourite accounts).
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
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My series explaining the Standard Model of particle physics has 3 parts so far:
1) Particles
2) The Big Ideas
3) Qubits
Next:
4) Quantum Physics
5) Spinors
Then isospin, pions and more particle physics!
Alas, I've been slowed down by our kitchen remodeling. I want to pick up the pace.
1) Particles
2) The Big Ideas
3) Qubits
Next:
4) Quantum Physics
5) Spinors
Then isospin, pions and more particle physics!
Alas, I've been slowed down by our kitchen remodeling. I want to pick up the pace.
Thoroughly enjoying this very approachable series from @johncarlosbaez.bsky.social on the Standard Model and quantum mechanics
youtu.be/0yjxqMoX-y8?...
youtu.be/0yjxqMoX-y8?...
Standard Model - Part 1: Particles
YouTube video by John Baez
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
My series explaining the Standard Model of particle physics has 3 parts so far:
1) Particles
2) The Big Ideas
3) Qubits
Next:
4) Quantum Physics
5) Spinors
Then isospin, pions and more particle physics!
Alas, I've been slowed down by our kitchen remodeling. I want to pick up the pace.
1) Particles
2) The Big Ideas
3) Qubits
Next:
4) Quantum Physics
5) Spinors
Then isospin, pions and more particle physics!
Alas, I've been slowed down by our kitchen remodeling. I want to pick up the pace.
Thoroughly enjoying this very approachable series from @johncarlosbaez.bsky.social on the Standard Model and quantum mechanics
youtu.be/0yjxqMoX-y8?...
youtu.be/0yjxqMoX-y8?...
Standard Model - Part 1: Particles
YouTube video by John Baez
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Thoroughly enjoying this very approachable series from @johncarlosbaez.bsky.social on the Standard Model and quantum mechanics
youtu.be/0yjxqMoX-y8?...
youtu.be/0yjxqMoX-y8?...
If I paste a URL over text and it just replaces the text with the dead URL text, then your app is an old app, you're not paying attention and you can't deliver
November 19, 2025 at 2:58 AM
If I paste a URL over text and it just replaces the text with the dead URL text, then your app is an old app, you're not paying attention and you can't deliver
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important journalism from @theconversation.com theconversation.com/how-do-you-f...
November 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM
important journalism from @theconversation.com theconversation.com/how-do-you-f...
"I realized that if I was going to keep doing hard things, and I am wired that way, they needed to be hard in a different sense.
Hard, but harmless.
Hard, but mine."
mindthenerd.com/why-im-learn...
Hard, but harmless.
Hard, but mine."
mindthenerd.com/why-im-learn...
Why I’m Learning Sumerian, and What It Taught Me About Hard Work, Burnout, and the Joy of Doing Useless Things
After burning out on a massive project, I started learning Sumerian, a language no one’s spoken in 4,000 years. What began as a useless obsession turned into a lesson on meaning, burnout, and the quie...
mindthenerd.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:57 AM
"I realized that if I was going to keep doing hard things, and I am wired that way, they needed to be hard in a different sense.
Hard, but harmless.
Hard, but mine."
mindthenerd.com/why-im-learn...
Hard, but harmless.
Hard, but mine."
mindthenerd.com/why-im-learn...
Treaty yeah!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Australia's first treaty with Aboriginal people becomes law in Victoria
Victoria's first treaty with Aboriginal people has been signed by members of the Aboriginal community, the premier and state governor.
www.abc.net.au
November 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Treaty yeah!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Oglaf is Australian!? I had no idea!
A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Talking Oglaf with Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne: 'We'd stay up all night drawing stuff to make each other laugh' - The Comics Journal
Other than some time off every year for Christmas, Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne have delivered a new Oglaf comic, skewering fantasy tropes with absolutely not safe for work humor, every week since 2008...
www.tcj.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Oglaf is Australian!? I had no idea!
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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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I hope this is just the beginning. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Australian-first treaty legislation passes in Victorian parliament
Historic legislation has passed that will see the creation of an Indigenous council that will be consulted on laws and policies affecting Indigenous communities.
www.abc.net.au
October 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I hope this is just the beginning. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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It's our best theory of elementary particles and forces. It took centuries of genius to discover that the world is like this, and it's absolutely shocking. But nobody believes it's the last word, so we simply call it The Standard Model.
I will try to explain it...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yjx...
I will try to explain it...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yjx...
Standard Model - Part 1
YouTube video by John Baez
www.youtube.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:46 AM
It's our best theory of elementary particles and forces. It took centuries of genius to discover that the world is like this, and it's absolutely shocking. But nobody believes it's the last word, so we simply call it The Standard Model.
I will try to explain it...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yjx...
I will try to explain it...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yjx...
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all the anxiety human evolution developed to help me spot bears now kicks in when i have to answer emails
October 19, 2025 at 3:42 AM
all the anxiety human evolution developed to help me spot bears now kicks in when i have to answer emails
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just a reminder that bandcamp friday is tomorrow & streaming services are interrupting music streams with ai generated shit, flooding the database with artists that don't exist in any way other than profiting the platform owners
so instead of paying a monthly fee, buy an album or two each month ok
so instead of paying a monthly fee, buy an album or two each month ok
October 3, 2025 at 4:23 AM
just a reminder that bandcamp friday is tomorrow & streaming services are interrupting music streams with ai generated shit, flooding the database with artists that don't exist in any way other than profiting the platform owners
so instead of paying a monthly fee, buy an album or two each month ok
so instead of paying a monthly fee, buy an album or two each month ok
Typeclasses in Java! youtu.be/Gz7Or9C0TpM?...
Growing the Java Language #JVMLS
YouTube video by Java
youtu.be
September 27, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Typeclasses in Java! youtu.be/Gz7Or9C0TpM?...
I'm not very plugged into British politics, but isn't Farage the leader of a fringe extremist party, with no actual power? Why on earth are you all treating him like he's the PM?
September 24, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I'm not very plugged into British politics, but isn't Farage the leader of a fringe extremist party, with no actual power? Why on earth are you all treating him like he's the PM?
Bluesky was really on top of the spam followers for a while there, but it looks like online mosquito season is back
September 7, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Bluesky was really on top of the spam followers for a while there, but it looks like online mosquito season is back
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This is fucking fantastic analysis. Have a read.
hachyderm.io/@shafik/1151...
Links to the original article - mikelovesrobots.substack.com/p/wheres-the... via my terrible Discord crew
hachyderm.io/@shafik/1151...
Links to the original article - mikelovesrobots.substack.com/p/wheres-the... via my terrible Discord crew
Where's the Shovelware? Why AI Coding Claims Don't Add Up
78% of developers claim AI makes them more productive. 14% say it's a 10x improvement. So where's the flood of new software? Turns out those productivity claims are bullshit.
mikelovesrobots.substack.com
September 4, 2025 at 2:09 AM
This is fucking fantastic analysis. Have a read.
hachyderm.io/@shafik/1151...
Links to the original article - mikelovesrobots.substack.com/p/wheres-the... via my terrible Discord crew
hachyderm.io/@shafik/1151...
Links to the original article - mikelovesrobots.substack.com/p/wheres-the... via my terrible Discord crew
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bad news: computer science has run out of verbs
buffers must now be ensorcelled and desorcelled
buffers must now be ensorcelled and desorcelled
September 3, 2025 at 8:05 AM
bad news: computer science has run out of verbs
buffers must now be ensorcelled and desorcelled
buffers must now be ensorcelled and desorcelled
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Much like "crab", industrial music is constantly re-evolving from first principles basically anywhere where there's a bunch of metal and plastic laying about
September 1, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Much like "crab", industrial music is constantly re-evolving from first principles basically anywhere where there's a bunch of metal and plastic laying about
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There is some confusion about whether or not we understand LLMs. The answer is yes and no, but mostly no. It's a complicated enough question that it seemed like it needed an article.
www.verysane.ai/p/do-we-unde...
www.verysane.ai/p/do-we-unde...
Do we understand how neural networks work?
Yes and no.
www.verysane.ai
August 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
There is some confusion about whether or not we understand LLMs. The answer is yes and no, but mostly no. It's a complicated enough question that it seemed like it needed an article.
www.verysane.ai/p/do-we-unde...
www.verysane.ai/p/do-we-unde...
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telling that people who are professionally Very Computer so often want Less Computer in their lives
I just don’t want a more ambient, pervasive computer, actually. If anything I would like less computer
Microsoft's Windows lead has teased the future of Windows will be more ambient, pervasive, and multi-modal in the wake of AI, promoting voice as a primary input method for using your PC. www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/wi...
August 14, 2025 at 4:08 AM
telling that people who are professionally Very Computer so often want Less Computer in their lives
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JUDGE: As for the issue of bail?
ME: Bail, your honor?
PUBLIC DEFENDER: Oh. You can—you can pay gems to speed up the jail timer.
JUDGE: Did defense counsel not explain the gem packages yet?
PUBLIC DEFENDER: *sigh* For $49.99 you get 2200 gems plus 500 free. That’s the most popular option
ME: Bail, your honor?
PUBLIC DEFENDER: Oh. You can—you can pay gems to speed up the jail timer.
JUDGE: Did defense counsel not explain the gem packages yet?
PUBLIC DEFENDER: *sigh* For $49.99 you get 2200 gems plus 500 free. That’s the most popular option
January 13, 2024 at 7:03 AM
JUDGE: As for the issue of bail?
ME: Bail, your honor?
PUBLIC DEFENDER: Oh. You can—you can pay gems to speed up the jail timer.
JUDGE: Did defense counsel not explain the gem packages yet?
PUBLIC DEFENDER: *sigh* For $49.99 you get 2200 gems plus 500 free. That’s the most popular option
ME: Bail, your honor?
PUBLIC DEFENDER: Oh. You can—you can pay gems to speed up the jail timer.
JUDGE: Did defense counsel not explain the gem packages yet?
PUBLIC DEFENDER: *sigh* For $49.99 you get 2200 gems plus 500 free. That’s the most popular option
There's a brand of creepy animatronic AI toys called "FurReal", but the writing is all squished so it looks like "FurKed", so every time I see them in a store I think "Ugh, that's FurKed". And now you will too
August 8, 2025 at 11:42 AM
There's a brand of creepy animatronic AI toys called "FurReal", but the writing is all squished so it looks like "FurKed", so every time I see them in a store I think "Ugh, that's FurKed". And now you will too
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忄 is 心 but it's been radicalized by the far left
August 7, 2025 at 6:34 AM
忄 is 心 but it's been radicalized by the far left