Liam Proven
@lproven.bsky.social
Tall, dark, black-clad, atheist, skeptic, vegetarian, SF fan; writes (mostly about computers) for a living. All opinions expressed are my own & not those of any employer.
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1) Standplaats hasn't hit his monthly fundraising target yet
2) he made and sells this. The t shirt EVERY tech person should own
I think y'all can connect the dots on the rest
2) he made and sells this. The t shirt EVERY tech person should own
I think y'all can connect the dots on the rest
November 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
1) Standplaats hasn't hit his monthly fundraising target yet
2) he made and sells this. The t shirt EVERY tech person should own
I think y'all can connect the dots on the rest
2) he made and sells this. The t shirt EVERY tech person should own
I think y'all can connect the dots on the rest
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![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Labour killing the planet xx
The Chancellor just froze tax on fossil fuels, and raised it on electric-powered vehicles...
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Labour killing the planet xx
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I love this idea. My dad died when I was three and I had to figure out simple things like how to tie a tie and even shave on my own. Please retweet this because I know there are a lot of kids out there who could use some help with day to day life.
November 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I love this idea. My dad died when I was three and I had to figure out simple things like how to tie a tie and even shave on my own. Please retweet this because I know there are a lot of kids out there who could use some help with day to day life.
(AI) Smells on Medium
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Some of these are specifically LLM smells (you are so right! I know!!), whilst others are the pre-LLM lazy copy-paste meanderings that get caught up in my general frustration with the state of the online content ecosystem.
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Some of these are specifically LLM smells (you are so right! I know!!), whilst others are the pre-LLM lazy copy-paste meanderings that get caught up in my general frustration with the state of the online content ecosystem.
(AI) Smells on Medium
As part of compiling the monthly interesting links posts, I go through a ton of RSS feeds, sourced from specific blogs that I follow as well as general aggregators. These aggregators include quality…
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November 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
(AI) Smells on Medium
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Some of these are specifically LLM smells (you are so right! I know!!), whilst others are the pre-LLM lazy copy-paste meanderings that get caught up in my general frustration with the state of the online content ecosystem.
buff.ly/rJJLqmZ
Some of these are specifically LLM smells (you are so right! I know!!), whilst others are the pre-LLM lazy copy-paste meanderings that get caught up in my general frustration with the state of the online content ecosystem.
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The tech hell-scape that we currently live in basically exists for one single reason. The U.S. banking system refused to adopt a secure, efficient, free electronic fund transfer system and that allowed PayPal to happen.
May 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The tech hell-scape that we currently live in basically exists for one single reason. The U.S. banking system refused to adopt a secure, efficient, free electronic fund transfer system and that allowed PayPal to happen.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Every single person in Britain: "the chippy" or, if we're being fancy, "the chip shop"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Every single person in Britain: "the chippy" or, if we're being fancy, "the chip shop"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
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On the way to Hertfordshire!
November 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
On the way to Hertfordshire!
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
An open letter: stop spreading outdated advice about internet security
m.cje.io/4p58d5o
All this is BAD ADVICE. Don't…
• Avoid public WiFi
• Never scan QR codes
• Never charge devices from public USB ports
• Turn off Bluetooth & NFC
• Regularly “clear cookies”
• Regularly change passwords
m.cje.io/4p58d5o
All this is BAD ADVICE. Don't…
• Avoid public WiFi
• Never scan QR codes
• Never charge devices from public USB ports
• Turn off Bluetooth & NFC
• Regularly “clear cookies”
• Regularly change passwords
The Letter — Stop Hacklore!
Released Nov-24-2025
m.cje.io
November 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
An open letter: stop spreading outdated advice about internet security
m.cje.io/4p58d5o
All this is BAD ADVICE. Don't…
• Avoid public WiFi
• Never scan QR codes
• Never charge devices from public USB ports
• Turn off Bluetooth & NFC
• Regularly “clear cookies”
• Regularly change passwords
m.cje.io/4p58d5o
All this is BAD ADVICE. Don't…
• Avoid public WiFi
• Never scan QR codes
• Never charge devices from public USB ports
• Turn off Bluetooth & NFC
• Regularly “clear cookies”
• Regularly change passwords
Tuxedo Computers slams lid on Arm Linux laptop after 18 months of pain
www.theregister.com/2025/11/26/t...
Planned Snapdragon goes puff and disappears, but the code will survive
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www.theregister.com/2025/11/26/t...
Planned Snapdragon goes puff and disappears, but the code will survive
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Tuxedo slams lid on Arm Linux laptop after 18 months of pain
: Planned Snapdragon goes puff and disappears, but the code will survive
www.theregister.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Tuxedo Computers slams lid on Arm Linux laptop after 18 months of pain
www.theregister.com/2025/11/26/t...
Planned Snapdragon goes puff and disappears, but the code will survive
<- by me on @theregister.com
www.theregister.com/2025/11/26/t...
Planned Snapdragon goes puff and disappears, but the code will survive
<- by me on @theregister.com
A headless mystery
Archaeologists find evidence that a wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
Archaeologists find evidence that a wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
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November 26, 2025 at 9:53 AM
A headless mystery
Archaeologists find evidence that a wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
Archaeologists find evidence that a wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
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Oh this is so beautiful.
Read it on a small phone screen, zoomed in and scrolling so you can’t see the future boxes until they’re due.
Also beware that this somehow causes tiny pieces of grit to flake off the screen and get in your eyes.
xkcd.com/3172/
Read it on a small phone screen, zoomed in and scrolling so you can’t see the future boxes until they’re due.
Also beware that this somehow causes tiny pieces of grit to flake off the screen and get in your eyes.
xkcd.com/3172/
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Oh this is so beautiful.
Read it on a small phone screen, zoomed in and scrolling so you can’t see the future boxes until they’re due.
Also beware that this somehow causes tiny pieces of grit to flake off the screen and get in your eyes.
xkcd.com/3172/
Read it on a small phone screen, zoomed in and scrolling so you can’t see the future boxes until they’re due.
Also beware that this somehow causes tiny pieces of grit to flake off the screen and get in your eyes.
xkcd.com/3172/
Which is how it should be given how colossally ecologically destructive air travel is.
Don't get me wrong. I have loved many of my trips. I'm no saintly hero. If it's affordable, I'll do it.
But it shouldn't be affordable. Take a train.
Don't get me wrong. I have loved many of my trips. I'm no saintly hero. If it's affordable, I'll do it.
But it shouldn't be affordable. Take a train.
November 26, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Which is how it should be given how colossally ecologically destructive air travel is.
Don't get me wrong. I have loved many of my trips. I'm no saintly hero. If it's affordable, I'll do it.
But it shouldn't be affordable. Take a train.
Don't get me wrong. I have loved many of my trips. I'm no saintly hero. If it's affordable, I'll do it.
But it shouldn't be affordable. Take a train.
And they should be again, and should stay that way. Tax the absolutely tits off avgas. Slap a few zeroes on the end of all air fares. Freight included.
They did this because tickets were incredibly expensive before deregulation. Adjusted for inflation, a 1960s Pan Am flight in economy class is ~$2,000 more expensive than a 2026 business class ticket on British Airways RT LAX-LHR
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 AM
And they should be again, and should stay that way. Tax the absolutely tits off avgas. Slap a few zeroes on the end of all air fares. Freight included.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
I mean, a few decades after the AMOC collapses, they might be sunbathing under newly grown palm trees, but those few decades are going to be extraordinarily rough.
If any trees survive the hurricanes, of course.
If any trees survive the hurricanes, of course.
Iceland has designated the potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) a national security concern and an existential threat.
Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Iceland deems possible Atlantic current collapse a security risk
Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat, enabling its government to strategize for worst-case scenarios, the country's climate minister told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I mean, a few decades after the AMOC collapses, they might be sunbathing under newly grown palm trees, but those few decades are going to be extraordinarily rough.
If any trees survive the hurricanes, of course.
If any trees survive the hurricanes, of course.
The hidden chemical attack that forced the Northern line’s extraordinary repair
The hidden chemical attack that forced the Northern line’s extraordinary repair
Thirty years ago, an entire section of the Northern line had to be replaced because it was under attack from acid, and hardly anyone noticed that it was happening.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The hidden chemical attack that forced the Northern line’s extraordinary repair
How Deep is Challenger Deep?
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<- I don't like the web page style where scrolling gradually reveals animated content – but I must admit, it's a very good form for this article. Works really well.
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<- I don't like the web page style where scrolling gradually reveals animated content – but I must admit, it's a very good form for this article. Works really well.
How Deep is Challenger Deep?
Challenger Deep is the deepest point in the world ocean. Located within the already-deep Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean, the actual deepness of Challenger Deep strains the…
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November 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
How Deep is Challenger Deep?
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<- I don't like the web page style where scrolling gradually reveals animated content – but I must admit, it's a very good form for this article. Works really well.
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<- I don't like the web page style where scrolling gradually reveals animated content – but I must admit, it's a very good form for this article. Works really well.
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A really incredible article from The Register! Thanks for featuring my project! ❤️
LisaGUI recreates Apple's innovative computer OS, without emulating it
LisaGUI recreates Apple's innovative computer OS, without emulating it
Somewhere between a cover version and a loving homage of the interface that helped shape the modern desktop
LisaGUI is a faithful reconstruction of the desktop and user interface of Apple's Lisa, the workstation that fed ideas into the early Macintosh, and it shows that there are still things to learn from that system.…
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November 25, 2025 at 11:11 AM
A really incredible article from The Register! Thanks for featuring my project! ❤️
LisaGUI recreates Apple's innovative computer OS, without emulating it
www.theregister.com/2025/11/24/l...
Somewhere between a cover version and a loving homage of the interface that helped shape the modern desktop
<- by me on @theregister.com
www.theregister.com/2025/11/24/l...
Somewhere between a cover version and a loving homage of the interface that helped shape the modern desktop
<- by me on @theregister.com
LisaGUI recreates Apple’s Lisa interface in your browser
: Somewhere between a cover version and a loving homage of the interface that helped shape the modern desktop
www.theregister.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:03 AM
LisaGUI recreates Apple's innovative computer OS, without emulating it
www.theregister.com/2025/11/24/l...
Somewhere between a cover version and a loving homage of the interface that helped shape the modern desktop
<- by me on @theregister.com
www.theregister.com/2025/11/24/l...
Somewhere between a cover version and a loving homage of the interface that helped shape the modern desktop
<- by me on @theregister.com
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Lichen subscribe.
Apparently it’s Melanelixia glabratula Monday. Niche but nice…
November 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Lichen subscribe.