xtian muirhead
@babbageclunk.bsky.social
"Make the dumplings look like they're having fun."
he/him
he/him
If I never read "captured variable cannot escape `FnMut` closure" again it'll be a million years too soon.
December 3, 2025 at 1:57 AM
If I never read "captured variable cannot escape `FnMut` closure" again it'll be a million years too soon.
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Every so often I'll look up and there's this huge crazy rock just like, hovering in the sky. Freaks me right out.
September 2, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Every so often I'll look up and there's this huge crazy rock just like, hovering in the sky. Freaks me right out.
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Every school should have solar panels installed.
Every classroom should have a circulating HEPA filter installed.
Every classroom should have a circulating HEPA filter installed.
August 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Every school should have solar panels installed.
Every classroom should have a circulating HEPA filter installed.
Every classroom should have a circulating HEPA filter installed.
Two things I like: when small animals or babies walk on me, and listening to people vocalising drumming patterns.
August 17, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Two things I like: when small animals or babies walk on me, and listening to people vocalising drumming patterns.
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Anyway as a former teacher and a librarian and a parent of a kid with the learning disability, no amount of tinkering with junior readers is going to fix the literacy problem. PAY TEACHERS. INVEST IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. INVEST IN PRENATAL AND POSTNATAL CARE.
August 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Anyway as a former teacher and a librarian and a parent of a kid with the learning disability, no amount of tinkering with junior readers is going to fix the literacy problem. PAY TEACHERS. INVEST IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. INVEST IN PRENATAL AND POSTNATAL CARE.
I say that I'm shaking my head far more often online than I express disapproval by shaking my head out here in meatspace. Maybe if I get water in my ear?
August 5, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I say that I'm shaking my head far more often online than I express disapproval by shaking my head out here in meatspace. Maybe if I get water in my ear?
The King in YeLLMow, is that anything?
July 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The King in YeLLMow, is that anything?
I must have done something wrong on my YouTube to get this nonsense foisted on me. #nzpol youtu.be/IBBrOMWZUPI
WHAT HAPPENED TO WELLINGTON?! A Walk Down Courtenay Place
YouTube video by Glide Media
youtu.be
July 21, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I must have done something wrong on my YouTube to get this nonsense foisted on me. #nzpol youtu.be/IBBrOMWZUPI
I hope Luxon doesn't pronounce "nuclear" like that in front of other world leaders.
June 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I hope Luxon doesn't pronounce "nuclear" like that in front of other world leaders.
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I will never apologize for a post
June 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I will never apologize for a post
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there are many types of Guys to be, but - and this is important - some of them are Bad
www.qwantz.com/index.php?co...
www.qwantz.com/index.php?co...
April 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
there are many types of Guys to be, but - and this is important - some of them are Bad
www.qwantz.com/index.php?co...
www.qwantz.com/index.php?co...
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Five years ago today New Zealand entered Level 4 lockdown. We stayed there until April, then Level 3 until May, then at Level 2 until June. There was no vaccine, we collectively stamped out a virus that could have killed thousands - as it did overseas. This should be celebrated as a collective win.
March 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Five years ago today New Zealand entered Level 4 lockdown. We stayed there until April, then Level 3 until May, then at Level 2 until June. There was no vaccine, we collectively stamped out a virus that could have killed thousands - as it did overseas. This should be celebrated as a collective win.
Exactly this
March 21, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Exactly this
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A reminder that Finland largely "solved" homelessness by just providing housing and basic welfare. Turns out it worked out cheaper than throwing people on the street and then having to put more funding into healthcare, policing, social services, etc.
"Last year, the Ministry of Social Development introduced stricter entry criteria for emergency housing, and new requirements that make it more difficult to stay" and remember they had no idea where those turfed out or excluded went, well put your genius hat on and take a guess.
Auckland homelessness spike prompts 'please help' letter
The number of people sleeping rough in the city is up more than 50%, prompting a plea for help.
www.rnz.co.nz
March 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
A reminder that Finland largely "solved" homelessness by just providing housing and basic welfare. Turns out it worked out cheaper than throwing people on the street and then having to put more funding into healthcare, policing, social services, etc.
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I can’t stop staring at this tweet. It’s like the Mona Lisa.
February 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I can’t stop staring at this tweet. It’s like the Mona Lisa.
Aww man I spilt Worcestershire sauce in my new car
February 23, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Aww man I spilt Worcestershire sauce in my new car
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I'm going to say it again:
Immigration is good, actually.
There are no qualifications on this statement other than "don't be a comemierda" and that goes no matter what.
"Legal" and "illegal" are artificial categories imposed by States with arbitrary rules, usually with suboptimal outcomes.
Immigration is good, actually.
There are no qualifications on this statement other than "don't be a comemierda" and that goes no matter what.
"Legal" and "illegal" are artificial categories imposed by States with arbitrary rules, usually with suboptimal outcomes.
February 3, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I'm going to say it again:
Immigration is good, actually.
There are no qualifications on this statement other than "don't be a comemierda" and that goes no matter what.
"Legal" and "illegal" are artificial categories imposed by States with arbitrary rules, usually with suboptimal outcomes.
Immigration is good, actually.
There are no qualifications on this statement other than "don't be a comemierda" and that goes no matter what.
"Legal" and "illegal" are artificial categories imposed by States with arbitrary rules, usually with suboptimal outcomes.
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NVIDIA will collapse because of DeepSeek R1? Jevons Paradox says no.
Intuitively it sounds like if you made a process 20X more efficient, then you need 20X fewer resources, but ...
The rest of tech will use the new techniques themselves and the effect will be compounding? NVIDIA will be fine.
Intuitively it sounds like if you made a process 20X more efficient, then you need 20X fewer resources, but ...
The rest of tech will use the new techniques themselves and the effect will be compounding? NVIDIA will be fine.
January 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
NVIDIA will collapse because of DeepSeek R1? Jevons Paradox says no.
Intuitively it sounds like if you made a process 20X more efficient, then you need 20X fewer resources, but ...
The rest of tech will use the new techniques themselves and the effect will be compounding? NVIDIA will be fine.
Intuitively it sounds like if you made a process 20X more efficient, then you need 20X fewer resources, but ...
The rest of tech will use the new techniques themselves and the effect will be compounding? NVIDIA will be fine.
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Reading up on Zig for the first time. About half way through initial language docs page. I'm fascinated by the implications of going totally bitwise in the arithmetic and types. That's a bold step. It feels like C's bitfields but done... right?
January 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Reading up on Zig for the first time. About half way through initial language docs page. I'm fascinated by the implications of going totally bitwise in the arithmetic and types. That's a bold step. It feels like C's bitfields but done... right?
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Whangārei has a goose, which is somehow making absurd all-caps posts on Facebook, and people are unable to stop themselves taking it extremely seriously.
August 20, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Whangārei has a goose, which is somehow making absurd all-caps posts on Facebook, and people are unable to stop themselves taking it extremely seriously.
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here come old laptop
he come
bootin up slowly
he got
broken touchpad
he need
one more update
he got
no space
on this pc
one thing i can tell you
its got no warranty
he come
bootin up slowly
he got
broken touchpad
he need
one more update
he got
no space
on this pc
one thing i can tell you
its got no warranty
December 28, 2024 at 2:24 AM
here come old laptop
he come
bootin up slowly
he got
broken touchpad
he need
one more update
he got
no space
on this pc
one thing i can tell you
its got no warranty
he come
bootin up slowly
he got
broken touchpad
he need
one more update
he got
no space
on this pc
one thing i can tell you
its got no warranty
Argh where can I post about bsky outage?
December 12, 2024 at 12:08 AM
Argh where can I post about bsky outage?