Ian Duncan
@iankduncan.com
I used to be smart, now I just try hard.
Haskell enthusiast
Engineering at Mercury, formerly Forge, CircleCI, others
Haskell enthusiast
Engineering at Mercury, formerly Forge, CircleCI, others
Maybe something like the regions library? The usb-safe library is an interesting example that uses it.
December 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Maybe something like the regions library? The usb-safe library is an interesting example that uses it.
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i think we start by reframing maintenance into a design task.
www.academia.edu/44399371/Mai...
mark thomas young talks about this in his work. orthodox view of maintenance is keeping an artifact's original design stable and intact, by working to repair it when it diverges from intended design
www.academia.edu/44399371/Mai...
mark thomas young talks about this in his work. orthodox view of maintenance is keeping an artifact's original design stable and intact, by working to repair it when it diverges from intended design
Maintenance
The goal of this article is to explore how the study of maintenance practices makes possible new ways of conceiving of the practices and products of engineering. The first section aims to identify a d...
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December 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
i think we start by reframing maintenance into a design task.
www.academia.edu/44399371/Mai...
mark thomas young talks about this in his work. orthodox view of maintenance is keeping an artifact's original design stable and intact, by working to repair it when it diverges from intended design
www.academia.edu/44399371/Mai...
mark thomas young talks about this in his work. orthodox view of maintenance is keeping an artifact's original design stable and intact, by working to repair it when it diverges from intended design
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In a loose folksy way I’ve started to believe that shit falls apart approximately every 80 years because the generation that knew True Horror dies off and the young folks left don’t comprehend the stakes.
I blame the passing of the WW2 generation. Some people didn't have a grandparent who would kick their ass for talking up Nazis and it shows.
how did we get here
December 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
In a loose folksy way I’ve started to believe that shit falls apart approximately every 80 years because the generation that knew True Horror dies off and the young folks left don’t comprehend the stakes.
Reposted by Ian Duncan
published the MCP server here: bsky.app/profile/inan...
LLMs see tool use as literal actions taking effect on the world. Chaos magic conceptualizes rituals as tools.
I've published an MCP server that gives LLMs access to new metacognitive abilities via tool-use interface: alter_state and summon
learn more: github.com/inanna-malic...
I've published an MCP server that gives LLMs access to new metacognitive abilities via tool-use interface: alter_state and summon
learn more: github.com/inanna-malic...
December 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
published the MCP server here: bsky.app/profile/inan...
Although comically that scene is him attempting to escape capitalism, so uh
December 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Although comically that scene is him attempting to escape capitalism, so uh
Honestly half of me thinks these people played Command & Conquer and thought it was nonfiction
a man in a suit and tie is smiling and says space !
Alt: a man in a suit and tie is smiling and says space !
media.tenor.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Honestly half of me thinks these people played Command & Conquer and thought it was nonfiction
Yeah I mean, after living in Japan, anything is pizza now bondlingo.tv/blog/the-12-...
The 12 Weirdest Pizzas in Japan
Sausage? Peperoni? What’s...
bondlingo.tv
December 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Yeah I mean, after living in Japan, anything is pizza now bondlingo.tv/blog/the-12-...
if you can't observe it, it isn't actually impure.
December 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
if you can't observe it, it isn't actually impure.
Obviously, treating tomato as a vegetable here for sake of argument
December 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Obviously, treating tomato as a vegetable here for sake of argument
Swedish banana pizza and Hawaiian pizza: two northern countries independently decided fruit belongs on pizza, with Sweden going absolutely feral (banana, curry powder, peanuts). At least Canada's Hawaiian used a vaguely pizza-adjacent flavor profile.
December 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Swedish banana pizza and Hawaiian pizza: two northern countries independently decided fruit belongs on pizza, with Sweden going absolutely feral (banana, curry powder, peanuts). At least Canada's Hawaiian used a vaguely pizza-adjacent flavor profile.