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There is a foundational choice we all must make in life: will we join in with those who use violence & abuse to gain wealth, or do we reject that option?
The one leads, we hope, to a rule of law society in which we live in safety. The other leads to Mafia societies ruled by thugs & their henchmen.
The one leads, we hope, to a rule of law society in which we live in safety. The other leads to Mafia societies ruled by thugs & their henchmen.
Netflix tries to breath life into the nascent Victorian sci-fi woodcut comic romance genre with its new show, The Day of the Cactii #GirlsOwnCC
Enjoy the Sunday caption contest. Give away ❤️s, retweet to encourage more competitors, include #GirlsOwnCC
October 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Netflix tries to breath life into the nascent Victorian sci-fi woodcut comic romance genre with its new show, The Day of the Cactii #GirlsOwnCC
@kentbeck.com
Is
- Eliminate duplication ruthlessly
- Express intent clearly through naming & structure
- Make dependencies explicit
- Keep methods small & focused on a single responsibility
- Minimize state & side effects
- Use simplest solution that could possibly work
an update to 4Rules of SD?
Is
- Eliminate duplication ruthlessly
- Express intent clearly through naming & structure
- Make dependencies explicit
- Keep methods small & focused on a single responsibility
- Minimize state & side effects
- Use simplest solution that could possibly work
an update to 4Rules of SD?
July 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
@kentbeck.com
Is
- Eliminate duplication ruthlessly
- Express intent clearly through naming & structure
- Make dependencies explicit
- Keep methods small & focused on a single responsibility
- Minimize state & side effects
- Use simplest solution that could possibly work
an update to 4Rules of SD?
Is
- Eliminate duplication ruthlessly
- Express intent clearly through naming & structure
- Make dependencies explicit
- Keep methods small & focused on a single responsibility
- Minimize state & side effects
- Use simplest solution that could possibly work
an update to 4Rules of SD?
Reposted by Chris F Carroll
While the world watches Israel's war with Iran, Netanyahu's extremist government continues to starve and massacre Palestinians in Gaza.
Today, Israeli forces again opened fire on people desperately trying to collect food aid, killing dozens. Over 56,000 have been killed so far.
Today, Israeli forces again opened fire on people desperately trying to collect food aid, killing dozens. Over 56,000 have been killed so far.
BREAKING: Palestinian witnesses and hospitals say Israeli forces opened fire toward hundreds of people waiting for aid trucks in central Gaza, killing at least 25 people.
Israeli forces fire on people waiting for aid in Gaza, killing 25, witnesses and hospitals say
Palestinian witnesses say Israeli forces and drones opened fire toward hundreds of people waiting for aid trucks in central Gaza.
bit.ly
June 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
While the world watches Israel's war with Iran, Netanyahu's extremist government continues to starve and massacre Palestinians in Gaza.
Today, Israeli forces again opened fire on people desperately trying to collect food aid, killing dozens. Over 56,000 have been killed so far.
Today, Israeli forces again opened fire on people desperately trying to collect food aid, killing dozens. Over 56,000 have been killed so far.
@totheralistair.bsky.social : Primary Interfaces of #HexagonalArchitecture line up with Primary Actors in the #UseCases. The Actors are defined by their purpose in using the system.
So I could name primary interfaces by actor, e.g. for an eBay clone: ForBuyers, ForSellers, ForAdmin
yea or nay?
So I could name primary interfaces by actor, e.g. for an eBay clone: ForBuyers, ForSellers, ForAdmin
yea or nay?
June 19, 2025 at 9:37 AM
@totheralistair.bsky.social : Primary Interfaces of #HexagonalArchitecture line up with Primary Actors in the #UseCases. The Actors are defined by their purpose in using the system.
So I could name primary interfaces by actor, e.g. for an eBay clone: ForBuyers, ForSellers, ForAdmin
yea or nay?
So I could name primary interfaces by actor, e.g. for an eBay clone: ForBuyers, ForSellers, ForAdmin
yea or nay?
They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.
www.nytimes.com
June 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Now that’s what I call a Risk Assessment
Please enjoy this table of possible future scenarios from a 1990s paper in a peer-reviewed journal on how to deal with nuclear waste storage in underground repositories in New Mexico. I found it while doing research for an article on nuclear waste storage. "WIPP" means "Waste Isolation Pilot Plant".
June 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Now that’s what I call a Risk Assessment
Destruction of human-habitable world not even headline news anymore
Thankfully, the village was evacuated already, but one person is missing and everyone else’s homes are destroyed.
Make no mistake: this is a climate disaster.
Make no mistake: this is a climate disaster.
Swiss village almost entirely destroyed after collapse of glacier buries it in mud
One person missing and Blatten devastated after huge cloud of ice and rubble inundates evacuated town
www.theguardian.com
May 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Destruction of human-habitable world not even headline news anymore
“The medium _is_ the message” ?
I worry that we might start using AI-made imagery instead of actual physical demos/experiments to teach science. Yes, demos are messy, sometimes unpredictable, hard to set up, but that's the POINT. We mustn't forget that nature can always surprise us and that's how we learn. Humility is essential.
April 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
“The medium _is_ the message” ?
“Perhaps what they actually needed from a diagnosis was permission to do less in a world that values only very particular types of success …”
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Interesting excerpt. What do you think @ironmoon44.bsky.social , @wiringthebrain.bsky.social ...?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
The number of people with chronic conditions is soaring. Are we less healthy than we used to be – or overdiagnosing illness?
Are ordinary life experiences, bodily imperfections and normal differences being unnecessarily pathologised? One doctor argues just that
www.theguardian.com
March 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
“Perhaps what they actually needed from a diagnosis was permission to do less in a world that values only very particular types of success …”
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How does this sound?
www.cafe-encounter.net/p3557/a-prob...
“The training of A.I. and machine learning models is a problem of credit assignment … ”
www.cafe-encounter.net/p3557/a-prob...
“The training of A.I. and machine learning models is a problem of credit assignment … ”
February 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
How does this sound?
www.cafe-encounter.net/p3557/a-prob...
“The training of A.I. and machine learning models is a problem of credit assignment … ”
www.cafe-encounter.net/p3557/a-prob...
“The training of A.I. and machine learning models is a problem of credit assignment … ”
It seems to me in the current context that a more biblical analysis is wanted: that the law of Moses makes the king subject to the law, not vice versa.
Watching the institutional catastrophe that is unfolding in the United States right now, I'm reminded of Thracymachus in Plato's Republic: “justice is nothing other than the advantage of the stronger” 😨
February 13, 2025 at 8:54 AM
It seems to me in the current context that a more biblical analysis is wanted: that the law of Moses makes the king subject to the law, not vice versa.
tfw you have to do everything yourself
Maybe dogs didn't need us at all to domesticate themselves.
They may have been drawn to the discarded remains from ancient human meals, and a new model shows tame wolves could have become dogs in as little as 8,000 years www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
They may have been drawn to the discarded remains from ancient human meals, and a new model shows tame wolves could have become dogs in as little as 8,000 years www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
New model shows dogs could have domesticated themselves
They may have been drawn to the discarded remains from ancient human meals, and a new model shows tame wolves could have become dogs in as little as 8,000 years.
www.nationalgeographic.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
tfw you have to do everything yourself
Reposted by Chris F Carroll
I think this is my favourite report cover of all time. Any others?
February 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I think this is my favourite report cover of all time. Any others?
There is a foundational choice we all must make in life: will we join in with those who use violence & abuse to gain wealth, or do we reject that option?
The one leads, we hope, to a rule of law society in which we live in safety. The other leads to Mafia societies ruled by thugs & their henchmen.
The one leads, we hope, to a rule of law society in which we live in safety. The other leads to Mafia societies ruled by thugs & their henchmen.
February 7, 2025 at 7:40 AM
There is a foundational choice we all must make in life: will we join in with those who use violence & abuse to gain wealth, or do we reject that option?
The one leads, we hope, to a rule of law society in which we live in safety. The other leads to Mafia societies ruled by thugs & their henchmen.
The one leads, we hope, to a rule of law society in which we live in safety. The other leads to Mafia societies ruled by thugs & their henchmen.
One problem with effective altruism, I guess, is that when you send your money to people you don’t know, running projects whose details you only know in outline, it’s hard to guess how the law of unintended consequences will affect your effectiveness.
Effective Altruism through the decades:
2000s: malaria nets are the most important thing we can be buying
2010s: actually AI is just as important as malaria nets
2020s: it's imperative we destroy all malaria nets
(from a friend on discord)
2000s: malaria nets are the most important thing we can be buying
2010s: actually AI is just as important as malaria nets
2020s: it's imperative we destroy all malaria nets
(from a friend on discord)
February 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
One problem with effective altruism, I guess, is that when you send your money to people you don’t know, running projects whose details you only know in outline, it’s hard to guess how the law of unintended consequences will affect your effectiveness.
Reposted by Chris F Carroll
Levels of #microplastics in human brains may be rapidly rising, study suggests
- Tiny plastic pollution also found in livers and kidneys, but the potentially worrying health impacts remain unknown
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Tiny plastic pollution also found in livers and kidneys, but the potentially worrying health impacts remain unknown
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Levels of microplastics in human brains may be rapidly rising, study suggests
Research looking at tissue from postmortems between 1997 and 2024 finds upward trend in contamination
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Levels of #microplastics in human brains may be rapidly rising, study suggests
- Tiny plastic pollution also found in livers and kidneys, but the potentially worrying health impacts remain unknown
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Tiny plastic pollution also found in livers and kidneys, but the potentially worrying health impacts remain unknown
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Harsh?
"There is a Christian concept that you make up some s&it to attack your long time allies before you try to annex their territories".
JD Vance probably
JD Vance probably
February 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Harsh?
“Moreover, [AI videos] are pure image streams, not segmentations of the world into objects with specific properties (as one would find in a game engine), and unreliable at that”
The problem with AI is that it can’t yet carve nature at the joints?
The problem with AI is that it can’t yet carve nature at the joints?
Gary Marcus hits the nail on the head again. @garymarcus.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
AI still lacks “common” sense, 70 years later
What’s obvious to people still isn’t always obvious to machines
open.substack.com
January 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
“Moreover, [AI videos] are pure image streams, not segmentations of the world into objects with specific properties (as one would find in a game engine), and unreliable at that”
The problem with AI is that it can’t yet carve nature at the joints?
The problem with AI is that it can’t yet carve nature at the joints?
You might not think that’s cricket, and it’s not, it’s sledge racing.
Enjoy a snowy Sunday caption contest! I have intentionally avoided illustration last with fur hand warmers as you can’t be trusted with them. Include #GirlsOwnCC with your caption. Please be generous with ❤️s for captions that amuse you, and repost to encourage your friends to join in.
January 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
You might not think that’s cricket, and it’s not, it’s sledge racing.
Clear definitions of terms are prized in analytic philosophy.
The definitions aren't always what you'd expect.
The definitions aren't always what you'd expect.
Well I missed this absolute gem. At this point Microsoft is basically a sales company. techcrunch.com/2024/12/26/m...
December 29, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Clear definitions of terms are prized in analytic philosophy.
The definitions aren't always what you'd expect.
The definitions aren't always what you'd expect.
Best UI engineering essay in 20 years? Certainly the best on one I've read.
I've come to understand what's happening in frontend's decade-long failure to deliver decent user experiences as a sort of epistemic closure. I'm calling it "frameworkism", and the epicenter is now React. Here's a lot of words on why we should all reject it:
infrequently.org/2024/11/if-not-r…
infrequently.org/2024/11/if-not-r…
If Not React, Then What? - Infrequently Noted
Frameworkism is now the dominant creed of today's frontend discourse, and it's bullshit. We owe it to ourselves and to our users to reject dogma and embrace engineering as a discipline that strives to...
infrequently.org
December 22, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Best UI engineering essay in 20 years? Certainly the best on one I've read.
A brand new social media account is like a pristine sheet of paper. How to place the first mark?
December 22, 2024 at 9:11 PM
A brand new social media account is like a pristine sheet of paper. How to place the first mark?
Of course, when we say “make money” we mostly mean is, move money from some people to a very small number of other people.
sesame street isn't supposed to make money. the post office isn't supposed to make money. not everything is supposed to MAKE MONEY
December 16, 2024 at 9:42 PM
Of course, when we say “make money” we mostly mean is, move money from some people to a very small number of other people.