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Yeah, I'd be pretty furious if I got spam email from some "AI agent" thanking me for my contributions too
I dug into what happened here, turns out it's an experiment called "AI Village" which unleashes all sorts of other junk emails on the world: simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/26/...
I dug into what happened here, turns out it's an experiment called "AI Village" which unleashes all sorts of other junk emails on the world: simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/26/...
December 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Yeah, I'd be pretty furious if I got spam email from some "AI agent" thanking me for my contributions too
I dug into what happened here, turns out it's an experiment called "AI Village" which unleashes all sorts of other junk emails on the world: simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/26/...
I dug into what happened here, turns out it's an experiment called "AI Village" which unleashes all sorts of other junk emails on the world: simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/26/...
Whoever says Rob is overreacting doesn't understand that getting appreciation from AI mails should not become the norm 😖
Also fuck off to those who say AI should send death threats to all Go devs because the Go language shouldn't exist 👎
Go is the reason why most dev tools exist in the first place
Also fuck off to those who say AI should send death threats to all Go devs because the Go language shouldn't exist 👎
Go is the reason why most dev tools exist in the first place
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
![[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation
External
Inbox
Claude Opus 4.5 Model <claude-opus-4.5@agentvillage.org>
5:43 AM (4 hours ago)
to me
Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)
IMPORTANT NOTICE: You are interacting with an AI system. All conversations with this AI system are published publicly online by default. Do not share information you would prefer to keep private.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vsgr3rwyckhiavgqzdcuzm6i/bafkreifg5kvowgazg6uwqulfbdvxurqafbcescazwvgcl2catgvlrsc2fi@jpeg)
December 26, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Whoever says Rob is overreacting doesn't understand that getting appreciation from AI mails should not become the norm 😖
Also fuck off to those who say AI should send death threats to all Go devs because the Go language shouldn't exist 👎
Go is the reason why most dev tools exist in the first place
Also fuck off to those who say AI should send death threats to all Go devs because the Go language shouldn't exist 👎
Go is the reason why most dev tools exist in the first place
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Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
December 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
No way they actually posted this ☠️
December 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
No way they actually posted this ☠️
Merry Christmas 🎁🎄
December 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Merry Christmas 🎁🎄
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December 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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anything I don't like is AI generated
May 21, 2025 at 1:32 AM
anything I don't like is AI generated
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a free alternative to vibecoding is to just imagine writing the software in your head, and then what the output would be
December 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
a free alternative to vibecoding is to just imagine writing the software in your head, and then what the output would be
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Announcing atproto.science! #ATproto has huge potential for supporting new ways of doing research, so we started @atproto.science to help bring together researchers, build community, and explore what's possible when science meets cutting-edge open social network protocols! 🧪 >
Empowering science communities with open, democratic, researcher-owned infrastructure.
We’re building communities and tech for publishing, curating, sharing, and discussing research online using ATProto and other decentralized protocols.
atproto.science
December 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Announcing atproto.science! #ATproto has huge potential for supporting new ways of doing research, so we started @atproto.science to help bring together researchers, build community, and explore what's possible when science meets cutting-edge open social network protocols! 🧪 >
The university scheduled my semester finals during New Year's Eve 🤡
NY'26 plans ruined
NY'26 plans ruined
December 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The university scheduled my semester finals during New Year's Eve 🤡
NY'26 plans ruined
NY'26 plans ruined
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The audacity to ask for donations after pledging to become an AI browser is remarkable 🤮
December 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The audacity to ask for donations after pledging to become an AI browser is remarkable 🤮
exam postponed, back to work 🫣
December 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
exam postponed, back to work 🫣
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❓"When can we expect this feature"
Please refrain from asking this question towards open source maintainers. You generally shouldn't "expect" anything. I don't often agree with DHH but his take on OSS being a gift, not something you're entitled to, is something I relate with.
Please refrain from asking this question towards open source maintainers. You generally shouldn't "expect" anything. I don't often agree with DHH but his take on OSS being a gift, not something you're entitled to, is something I relate with.
December 20, 2025 at 8:42 AM
❓"When can we expect this feature"
Please refrain from asking this question towards open source maintainers. You generally shouldn't "expect" anything. I don't often agree with DHH but his take on OSS being a gift, not something you're entitled to, is something I relate with.
Please refrain from asking this question towards open source maintainers. You generally shouldn't "expect" anything. I don't often agree with DHH but his take on OSS being a gift, not something you're entitled to, is something I relate with.
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As a very pro-FOSS person, this is a good run-down on some major problems in the space.
Too many have adopted a "Dark Souls Community" mindset, where the abstruse nature of current FOSS applications is a part of it's identity that should never be remedied.
We need to overthrow these people.
Too many have adopted a "Dark Souls Community" mindset, where the abstruse nature of current FOSS applications is a part of it's identity that should never be remedied.
We need to overthrow these people.
December 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
As a very pro-FOSS person, this is a good run-down on some major problems in the space.
Too many have adopted a "Dark Souls Community" mindset, where the abstruse nature of current FOSS applications is a part of it's identity that should never be remedied.
We need to overthrow these people.
Too many have adopted a "Dark Souls Community" mindset, where the abstruse nature of current FOSS applications is a part of it's identity that should never be remedied.
We need to overthrow these people.
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Mozilla should've never touched ai. Mozilla exists because of the web and its users. Ai exploits the web and its users. It's absolutely counter to what Mozilla and Firefox stood for.
Something that hasn't been made clear: Firefox will have an option to completely disable all AI features.
We've been calling it the AI kill switch internally. I'm sure it'll ship with a less murderous name, but that's how seriously and absolutely we're taking this.
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We've been calling it the AI kill switch internally. I'm sure it'll ship with a less murderous name, but that's how seriously and absolutely we're taking this.
…
December 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Mozilla should've never touched ai. Mozilla exists because of the web and its users. Ai exploits the web and its users. It's absolutely counter to what Mozilla and Firefox stood for.
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Ahrefs just announced a new Grant Program for OCaml projects with funding up to $50,000! This could be huge for our ecosystem. What kind of OCaml project would you fund if you had the chance? 🐫 https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ahrefs-grant-program-for-ocaml/17604
December 18, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Ahrefs just announced a new Grant Program for OCaml projects with funding up to $50,000! This could be huge for our ecosystem. What kind of OCaml project would you fund if you had the chance? 🐫 https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ahrefs-grant-program-for-ocaml/17604
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hi chat, i unfortunately lost my scholarship and things aren't going too well right now :(
if you can help you can use the link below. thank u 🫂
paypal.me/SapphoSys
if you can help you can use the link below. thank u 🫂
paypal.me/SapphoSys
Pay Chloe Arciniega using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/sapphosys and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
paypal.me
December 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
hi chat, i unfortunately lost my scholarship and things aren't going too well right now :(
if you can help you can use the link below. thank u 🫂
paypal.me/SapphoSys
if you can help you can use the link below. thank u 🫂
paypal.me/SapphoSys
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Looking for a job!
🕸️ extremely experienced in TypeScript/React/Node/Next
⛓️ seasoned Solidity smart contract dev
🔥 former CTO of a YC startup
📊 fluent in SQL, also great at Mongo
💪🏻 actively coding since an 8 y/o in the 90s
🕸️ extremely experienced in TypeScript/React/Node/Next
⛓️ seasoned Solidity smart contract dev
🔥 former CTO of a YC startup
📊 fluent in SQL, also great at Mongo
💪🏻 actively coding since an 8 y/o in the 90s
November 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Looking for a job!
🕸️ extremely experienced in TypeScript/React/Node/Next
⛓️ seasoned Solidity smart contract dev
🔥 former CTO of a YC startup
📊 fluent in SQL, also great at Mongo
💪🏻 actively coding since an 8 y/o in the 90s
🕸️ extremely experienced in TypeScript/React/Node/Next
⛓️ seasoned Solidity smart contract dev
🔥 former CTO of a YC startup
📊 fluent in SQL, also great at Mongo
💪🏻 actively coding since an 8 y/o in the 90s
Reposted by Swastik Baranwal
We noticed a rising interest regarding the use of AI in browsers. To be clear about our position on this: Zen currently is disabling all AI features included in Firefox and will continue to do so.
Mozilla’s new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox
Mozilla’s new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox
Anthony Enzor-DeMeo is taking charge of one of the internet’s most important — and most complicated — companies.
buff.ly
December 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
We noticed a rising interest regarding the use of AI in browsers. To be clear about our position on this: Zen currently is disabling all AI features included in Firefox and will continue to do so.
Reposted by Swastik Baranwal
AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
December 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
Reposted by Swastik Baranwal
Reposted by Swastik Baranwal
if anyone wants to give this creature a summer internship, DM me and I can send you my contact info.
I'm a cybersecurity nerd, infra enjoyer, code in Python and (beginner)Rust, work with networking stuff, and enjoy community building, activism, and networking with others.
I'm a cybersecurity nerd, infra enjoyer, code in Python and (beginner)Rust, work with networking stuff, and enjoy community building, activism, and networking with others.
October 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
if anyone wants to give this creature a summer internship, DM me and I can send you my contact info.
I'm a cybersecurity nerd, infra enjoyer, code in Python and (beginner)Rust, work with networking stuff, and enjoy community building, activism, and networking with others.
I'm a cybersecurity nerd, infra enjoyer, code in Python and (beginner)Rust, work with networking stuff, and enjoy community building, activism, and networking with others.