Evil Jim O’Donnell
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Evil Jim O’Donnell
@eatyourgreens.org.uk
Research software engineer. Comics lover. Accessibility enthusiast.

https://mastodon.social/@eatyourgreens

Oxford RSE: https://www.rse.ox.ac.uk
Professional bio: https://www.rse.ox.ac.uk/dr-jim-odonnell
Isn’t that one of the reasons that Air Raid Wardens had to be sent out during the Blitz? Some people are just naturally arseholes.
February 12, 2026 at 11:06 PM
During the Blitz, I think there were people in London who refused to obey the blackout. They’d definitely have a subreddit now.
February 12, 2026 at 11:04 PM
I could swear that I read a story, maybe in Interzone in the 90s, where Indiana legislates that π is exactly 3, catastrophically changing the laws of physics (but only inside the state borders.)
February 12, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Or a Philip K Dick story where every search changes reality to match the LLM hallucination.
February 12, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Google are probably figuring out how much it will cost to move Highbury to agree with the search results.
February 12, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Google still betting that AI-powered search is going to be the next big thing. Any day now.
February 12, 2026 at 10:32 PM
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Married name

Birth certificate name …
February 12, 2026 at 8:32 PM
I’ve had the same experience with TypeScript, where it’s also excellent at completing short functions based on a name and return type.

I haven’t tried it with type annotations in Python (yet.)
February 12, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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Here’s a bit of Last Exit, to celebrate.

https://youtu.be/GkMP5eRj1v0
February 12, 2026 at 8:55 PM