penryu
@penryu.bsky.social
ecce consequentiae factorum.
Rust aficionado. Functional programming advocate. Final Fantasy collector. Vim fanboi. Oxford comma proponent. Armchair etymologist and reluctant descriptivist. Opinions my own.
No shilling. Cat photos will be liked.
Rust aficionado. Functional programming advocate. Final Fantasy collector. Vim fanboi. Oxford comma proponent. Armchair etymologist and reluctant descriptivist. Opinions my own.
No shilling. Cat photos will be liked.
I see a lot of friends asking some LLM to spiff up their self photos for websites and CVs and ask me what I think.
Half the time it doesn't even look like them, but they like it. I have to wonder what that says about our self-image in general.
Half the time it doesn't even look like them, but they like it. I have to wonder what that says about our self-image in general.
Want more Generative AI to roll eyes at? This is appearing all over ancestry and other genealogy sites.
A two-minute photo restoration of my grandparents in 1934. The colour? Excellent. The bokeh? Slick. The new lighting? Delicious.
The people? Different faces and ages, and more fingers.
A two-minute photo restoration of my grandparents in 1934. The colour? Excellent. The bokeh? Slick. The new lighting? Delicious.
The people? Different faces and ages, and more fingers.
January 3, 2026 at 8:29 AM
I see a lot of friends asking some LLM to spiff up their self photos for websites and CVs and ask me what I think.
Half the time it doesn't even look like them, but they like it. I have to wonder what that says about our self-image in general.
Half the time it doesn't even look like them, but they like it. I have to wonder what that says about our self-image in general.
I am 100% on board with this... just as soon as they stop producing slop. https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-really-wants-you-to-stop-calling-ai-slop-in-2026
January 2, 2026 at 7:08 PM
I am 100% on board with this... just as soon as they stop producing slop. https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-really-wants-you-to-stop-calling-ai-slop-in-2026
Ruin two bands by combining them:
10cnc Music Factory
10cnc Music Factory
Ruin two bands by combining them:
R.E.M. Speedwagon
R.E.M. Speedwagon
Ruin two bands by combining them:
Fleetwood Mac Sabbath
Fleetwood Mac Sabbath
January 2, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Ruin two bands by combining them:
10cnc Music Factory
10cnc Music Factory
Normalize an industry where "10x Devs" don't commit secrets to version control.
January 1, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Normalize an industry where "10x Devs" don't commit secrets to version control.
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January 1, 2026 at 5:35 AM
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This is your energy for 2026
*via Zjaan on masto/original source unknown
*via Zjaan on masto/original source unknown
January 1, 2026 at 3:34 AM
This is your energy for 2026
*via Zjaan on masto/original source unknown
*via Zjaan on masto/original source unknown
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There is no next year, only Zuul.
December 31, 2025 at 10:18 PM
There is no next year, only Zuul.
In case anything thinks automated transcriptions are anything more than useless
December 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
In case anything thinks automated transcriptions are anything more than useless
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Orson Welles has a new gig — despite being dead since 1985 — thanks to AI.
His voice has been digitally re-created "using licensed audio from his estate."
Which reminds me of something the real Welles once said: "I hate almost everything in the modern world.”
variety.com/2025/digital... #FilmSky
His voice has been digitally re-created "using licensed audio from his estate."
Which reminds me of something the real Welles once said: "I hate almost everything in the modern world.”
variety.com/2025/digital... #FilmSky
Orson Welles Can Now Be Your AI-Generated Tour Guide
Orson Welles is back -- as a disembodied AI-generated voice in location-based storytelling app Storyrabbit.
variety.com
May 23, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Orson Welles has a new gig — despite being dead since 1985 — thanks to AI.
His voice has been digitally re-created "using licensed audio from his estate."
Which reminds me of something the real Welles once said: "I hate almost everything in the modern world.”
variety.com/2025/digital... #FilmSky
His voice has been digitally re-created "using licensed audio from his estate."
Which reminds me of something the real Welles once said: "I hate almost everything in the modern world.”
variety.com/2025/digital... #FilmSky
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Before the Internet, I got a lot of my computer news from this man. RIP 🫡 obits.goldsteinsfuneral.com/stewart-chei...
Stewart Cheifet Obituary December 28, 2025 - Goldsteins Funeral
View Stewart Cheifet's obituary, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.
obits.goldsteinsfuneral.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Before the Internet, I got a lot of my computer news from this man. RIP 🫡 obits.goldsteinsfuneral.com/stewart-chei...
Gettin' real tired of people turning 500-word articles into 20-minute videos... and taking the articles down.
December 31, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Gettin' real tired of people turning 500-word articles into 20-minute videos... and taking the articles down.
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I was today years old when I learned about the `accent-color` css property
December 31, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I was today years old when I learned about the `accent-color` css property
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The source for this meme is stored in documents/memes, on my own computer, I don't even need the internet to access it, revolutionary stuff
December 30, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The source for this meme is stored in documents/memes, on my own computer, I don't even need the internet to access it, revolutionary stuff
Watching "Mayor of Kingstown" and I can't deny it's relatable.
Mike is a veteran of his industry. He knows all the rules and has seen how they get broken.
He's highly valued and is often hired for his unique experience, yet his advice is consistently ignored, despite constantly being proven right.
Mike is a veteran of his industry. He knows all the rules and has seen how they get broken.
He's highly valued and is often hired for his unique experience, yet his advice is consistently ignored, despite constantly being proven right.
December 30, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Watching "Mayor of Kingstown" and I can't deny it's relatable.
Mike is a veteran of his industry. He knows all the rules and has seen how they get broken.
He's highly valued and is often hired for his unique experience, yet his advice is consistently ignored, despite constantly being proven right.
Mike is a veteran of his industry. He knows all the rules and has seen how they get broken.
He's highly valued and is often hired for his unique experience, yet his advice is consistently ignored, despite constantly being proven right.
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I'm not saying I expected the movie "Y2K" (2024) to be rigorously accurate, but it was fun to spot this goof of Ubuntu Linux in 2000.
April 14, 2025 at 8:52 AM
I'm not saying I expected the movie "Y2K" (2024) to be rigorously accurate, but it was fun to spot this goof of Ubuntu Linux in 2000.
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There are no photos where Sam Altman doesn't look like a live-action Hanna-Barbera character.
January 19, 2025 at 9:08 AM
There are no photos where Sam Altman doesn't look like a live-action Hanna-Barbera character.
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September 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Well here I come
I'm dropping' plates
On your asphalt
I'm dropping' plates
On your asphalt
September 11, 2023 at 12:02 PM
Well here I come
I'm dropping' plates
On your asphalt
I'm dropping' plates
On your asphalt
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someone: "Instagram: ruin a perfect meme with one widget"
instagram:
instagram:
April 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
someone: "Instagram: ruin a perfect meme with one widget"
instagram:
instagram:
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It's nearly the 10 year anniversary of me finding this extraordinary property listing (which Rightmove eventually featured on their blog, but their bitly link has broken). You can still look at the pictures by clicking in the usual way. www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/4...
www.rightmove.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 7:19 AM
It's nearly the 10 year anniversary of me finding this extraordinary property listing (which Rightmove eventually featured on their blog, but their bitly link has broken). You can still look at the pictures by clicking in the usual way. www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/4...
For months (years?) I've been convinced that the HTML textarea element supported the <C-t> keychord to swap the two characters at the cursor, and I've been disappointed lately that it's no longer working.
December 30, 2025 at 7:21 AM
For months (years?) I've been convinced that the HTML textarea element supported the <C-t> keychord to swap the two characters at the cursor, and I've been disappointed lately that it's no longer working.
thank you everyone for your patience while I learn how much bsky doesn't work like mastodon
December 30, 2025 at 7:09 AM
thank you everyone for your patience while I learn how much bsky doesn't work like mastodon
Ruin two bands by combining them:
Echo and the Danny Elfman
(actually, I'd kinda like to hear this one)
Echo and the Danny Elfman
(actually, I'd kinda like to hear this one)
Ruin two bands by combining them:
R.E.M. Speedwagon
R.E.M. Speedwagon
Ruin two bands by combining them:
Fleetwood Mac Sabbath
Fleetwood Mac Sabbath
December 30, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Ruin two bands by combining them:
Echo and the Danny Elfman
(actually, I'd kinda like to hear this one)
Echo and the Danny Elfman
(actually, I'd kinda like to hear this one)
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