Manish
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unmappable territory
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i do want to point out that this does challenge the ironclad conventional wisdom that no one gives a shit about democracy
this would mean half of registered california voters voted in an odd year special election with a single arcane proposition on the ballot
November 7, 2025 at 7:07 AM
i do want to point out that this does challenge the ironclad conventional wisdom that no one gives a shit about democracy
lol @hikikomorphism.bsky.social just described Ea-Nāṡir as "CMOT Dibbler (Assyrian Edition)"
November 6, 2025 at 2:31 AM
lol @hikikomorphism.bsky.social just described Ea-Nāṡir as "CMOT Dibbler (Assyrian Edition)"
was helping these older Marathi folks figure out how to BART
at one point the machine gave them a pile of quarters and they asked me what the coin was. I unthinkingly responded "४ आणे" (4 annas)
which is both a very culturally accurate translation but also makes no sense
at one point the machine gave them a pile of quarters and they asked me what the coin was. I unthinkingly responded "४ आणे" (4 annas)
which is both a very culturally accurate translation but also makes no sense
November 5, 2025 at 1:17 AM
was helping these older Marathi folks figure out how to BART
at one point the machine gave them a pile of quarters and they asked me what the coin was. I unthinkingly responded "४ आणे" (4 annas)
which is both a very culturally accurate translation but also makes no sense
at one point the machine gave them a pile of quarters and they asked me what the coin was. I unthinkingly responded "४ आणे" (4 annas)
which is both a very culturally accurate translation but also makes no sense
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ECMAScript excitement 😉
Congrats to @manishearth.bsky.social on unflagging TC39 Stage 3 Temporal in V8 today. Heading for Chrome 144 🎉
By many metrics this new date-time API is the single biggest change to JS ever 🔥
V8 uses Boa's temporal_rs by @jason-williams.co.uk Kevin Ness & Manish 👍
Congrats to @manishearth.bsky.social on unflagging TC39 Stage 3 Temporal in V8 today. Heading for Chrome 144 🎉
By many metrics this new date-time API is the single biggest change to JS ever 🔥
V8 uses Boa's temporal_rs by @jason-williams.co.uk Kevin Ness & Manish 👍
November 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
ECMAScript excitement 😉
Congrats to @manishearth.bsky.social on unflagging TC39 Stage 3 Temporal in V8 today. Heading for Chrome 144 🎉
By many metrics this new date-time API is the single biggest change to JS ever 🔥
V8 uses Boa's temporal_rs by @jason-williams.co.uk Kevin Ness & Manish 👍
Congrats to @manishearth.bsky.social on unflagging TC39 Stage 3 Temporal in V8 today. Heading for Chrome 144 🎉
By many metrics this new date-time API is the single biggest change to JS ever 🔥
V8 uses Boa's temporal_rs by @jason-williams.co.uk Kevin Ness & Manish 👍
declaring that the singular of pierogi in american english is not pierog as everyone seems to be claiming
it is "pierogus"
for the same reason as the one that makes "octopi" valid english
(love to apply descriptive morphology prescriptively)
it is "pierogus"
for the same reason as the one that makes "octopi" valid english
(love to apply descriptive morphology prescriptively)
October 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
declaring that the singular of pierogi in american english is not pierog as everyone seems to be claiming
it is "pierogus"
for the same reason as the one that makes "octopi" valid english
(love to apply descriptive morphology prescriptively)
it is "pierogus"
for the same reason as the one that makes "octopi" valid english
(love to apply descriptive morphology prescriptively)
me after years of working with french: double negatives are the stupidest thing, thank god the kids these days don't do it anymore
me after a month or so of learning ASL: double negatives are the most natural thing why don't we have more of that
me after a month or so of learning ASL: double negatives are the most natural thing why don't we have more of that
October 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
me after years of working with french: double negatives are the stupidest thing, thank god the kids these days don't do it anymore
me after a month or so of learning ASL: double negatives are the most natural thing why don't we have more of that
me after a month or so of learning ASL: double negatives are the most natural thing why don't we have more of that
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October 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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In an old ad for board game Scattergories in Spain a player was shown flouncing out while anothet said “OK, we’ll accept ‘octopus’ as a pet”.
“Aceptamos pulpo” has now entered the language in the meaning of “that’s a bit of a stretch but let’s go with it just for the sake of argument”.
“Aceptamos pulpo” has now entered the language in the meaning of “that’s a bit of a stretch but let’s go with it just for the sake of argument”.
October 8, 2025 at 10:55 AM
In an old ad for board game Scattergories in Spain a player was shown flouncing out while anothet said “OK, we’ll accept ‘octopus’ as a pet”.
“Aceptamos pulpo” has now entered the language in the meaning of “that’s a bit of a stretch but let’s go with it just for the sake of argument”.
“Aceptamos pulpo” has now entered the language in the meaning of “that’s a bit of a stretch but let’s go with it just for the sake of argument”.
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This is jawdropping. The idea that a state about to be invaded by out-of-state soldiers that Trump is moving around the nation like chess pieces has no standing to object to the invasion!
DOJ: Well, CA NG already federalized, and ...
Judge: Anything else you want to argue?
DOJ: Yes, your honor. OR and Portland lack standing to challenge relocation of out-of-state National Guard. Only CA could possibly sue under 12406, but CA can't establish standing or irreparable harm.
Judge: Anything else you want to argue?
DOJ: Yes, your honor. OR and Portland lack standing to challenge relocation of out-of-state National Guard. Only CA could possibly sue under 12406, but CA can't establish standing or irreparable harm.
October 6, 2025 at 3:05 AM
This is jawdropping. The idea that a state about to be invaded by out-of-state soldiers that Trump is moving around the nation like chess pieces has no standing to object to the invasion!
man, telling me that Open Source Man Known For Throwing Tantrums threw a tantrum about something makes me *less* inclined to fix it
i have so little patience for this crap
github.com/rust-lang/ru...
i have so little patience for this crap
github.com/rust-lang/ru...
[unstable option] `imports_granularity` · Issue #4991 · rust-lang/rustfmt
Tracking issue for unstable option: imports_granularity. Option documentation. See Processes.md, "Stabilising an Option": Is the default value correct? The design and implementation of the option a...
github.com
October 6, 2025 at 3:27 AM
man, telling me that Open Source Man Known For Throwing Tantrums threw a tantrum about something makes me *less* inclined to fix it
i have so little patience for this crap
github.com/rust-lang/ru...
i have so little patience for this crap
github.com/rust-lang/ru...
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i do not think that destroying an object is wrong. i think that treating a thing like a person exclusively for the purpose of dehumanizing it is insane behavior.
Thinking about this, being mean to AI is not off-limits
Some tools are single-use, you destroy them to achieve your goal
You can't destroy a person to achieve a goal
How you treat an AI falls into the realm of tool usage, completely separate from how you treat people, and conflating them is naive
Some tools are single-use, you destroy them to achieve your goal
You can't destroy a person to achieve a goal
How you treat an AI falls into the realm of tool usage, completely separate from how you treat people, and conflating them is naive
i do not think that nonhuman things have feelings to be hurt but i do think the intent to hurt feelings is bad for a person notwithstanding whether the object of their sadism is real
October 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
i do not think that destroying an object is wrong. i think that treating a thing like a person exclusively for the purpose of dehumanizing it is insane behavior.
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i do not think that nonhuman things have feelings to be hurt but i do think the intent to hurt feelings is bad for a person notwithstanding whether the object of their sadism is real
You seem to be under the impression the fancy search engine has feelings that can be hurt, which it doesn’t because it’s just a bunch of 1’s and 0’s.
October 3, 2025 at 5:57 AM
i do not think that nonhuman things have feelings to be hurt but i do think the intent to hurt feelings is bad for a person notwithstanding whether the object of their sadism is real
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I agree that NYC nightlife is better than SF. NYC being more diverse in industries and housing affordability makes for a better city. But it's easy to avoid tech crowds if you avoid tech scenes. Its a self report when people complain that everyone they know is tech. Tech's only 12% of the workforce.
October 3, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I agree that NYC nightlife is better than SF. NYC being more diverse in industries and housing affordability makes for a better city. But it's easy to avoid tech crowds if you avoid tech scenes. Its a self report when people complain that everyone they know is tech. Tech's only 12% of the workforce.
partner: so what's georgism
me: ... huh I feel like I'm supposed to have explained this to you on our second date in some café in sf, that's usually how I see georgism getting explained
me: ... huh I feel like I'm supposed to have explained this to you on our second date in some café in sf, that's usually how I see georgism getting explained
October 3, 2025 at 6:21 AM
partner: so what's georgism
me: ... huh I feel like I'm supposed to have explained this to you on our second date in some café in sf, that's usually how I see georgism getting explained
me: ... huh I feel like I'm supposed to have explained this to you on our second date in some café in sf, that's usually how I see georgism getting explained
having a fun time asking my friends to guess what language family this language is from
October 3, 2025 at 6:16 AM
having a fun time asking my friends to guess what language family this language is from
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I used to use this example when teaching about epistemic vs. deontic uses of modal verbs like “can”.
@gretchenmcc.bsky.social has a great post that elaborates on this distinction (as well as the possibility vs necessity dimension) allthingslinguistic.com/post/1380488...
@gretchenmcc.bsky.social has a great post that elaborates on this distinction (as well as the possibility vs necessity dimension) allthingslinguistic.com/post/1380488...
All Things Linguistic
The difference between epistemic & deontic, necessity & possibility, in an overlapping diagram
This is a handy reference diagram I made way back in grad school for remembering the difference between...
allthingslinguistic.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I used to use this example when teaching about epistemic vs. deontic uses of modal verbs like “can”.
@gretchenmcc.bsky.social has a great post that elaborates on this distinction (as well as the possibility vs necessity dimension) allthingslinguistic.com/post/1380488...
@gretchenmcc.bsky.social has a great post that elaborates on this distinction (as well as the possibility vs necessity dimension) allthingslinguistic.com/post/1380488...
i wish merriam-webster my most enthusiastic contrafibularities
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
i wish merriam-webster my most enthusiastic contrafibularities
back on my bullshit again (flipping through various Oriya and Bangla dictionaries trying to understand the ground truth behind a subtle encoding issue)
September 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
back on my bullshit again (flipping through various Oriya and Bangla dictionaries trying to understand the ground truth behind a subtle encoding issue)
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lmao purple-ass comment
I firmly believe people who say they have synesthesia are making it up for attention
September 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
lmao purple-ass comment
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CHOTINER: So You created us right
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: In Your image
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: And sometimes we do bad things
GOD: Oh Yes
CHOTINER: And then you send plagues and floods
GOD: OK I think I see where you are going with this
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: In Your image
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: And sometimes we do bad things
GOD: Oh Yes
CHOTINER: And then you send plagues and floods
GOD: OK I think I see where you are going with this
September 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
CHOTINER: So You created us right
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: In Your image
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: And sometimes we do bad things
GOD: Oh Yes
CHOTINER: And then you send plagues and floods
GOD: OK I think I see where you are going with this
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: In Your image
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: And sometimes we do bad things
GOD: Oh Yes
CHOTINER: And then you send plagues and floods
GOD: OK I think I see where you are going with this
partner: do you want a cookie now or one with chocolate chips later?
me: are you ... running the stanford marshmallow experiment on me ... with cookies?
her: ... would it be hot if i did?
(she wasn't, she was just making multiple batches)
me: are you ... running the stanford marshmallow experiment on me ... with cookies?
her: ... would it be hot if i did?
(she wasn't, she was just making multiple batches)
September 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
partner: do you want a cookie now or one with chocolate chips later?
me: are you ... running the stanford marshmallow experiment on me ... with cookies?
her: ... would it be hot if i did?
(she wasn't, she was just making multiple batches)
me: are you ... running the stanford marshmallow experiment on me ... with cookies?
her: ... would it be hot if i did?
(she wasn't, she was just making multiple batches)
i refuse to learn how to spell onion in french
September 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
i refuse to learn how to spell onion in french
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honestly it does suck for the people who've put their time into building something only to see it being burned to the ground in slow motion
so as flippant as i am about ruby stuff it is pretty bad all around
so as flippant as i am about ruby stuff it is pretty bad all around
September 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
honestly it does suck for the people who've put their time into building something only to see it being burned to the ground in slow motion
so as flippant as i am about ruby stuff it is pretty bad all around
so as flippant as i am about ruby stuff it is pretty bad all around
love too get an email from github saying i am exceeding cache limits without any indicator of which repository i should look at
bro I have hundreds of repos across multiple organizations I have absolutely no idea where to start, and you don't have a central panel for this
bro I have hundreds of repos across multiple organizations I have absolutely no idea where to start, and you don't have a central panel for this
September 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
love too get an email from github saying i am exceeding cache limits without any indicator of which repository i should look at
bro I have hundreds of repos across multiple organizations I have absolutely no idea where to start, and you don't have a central panel for this
bro I have hundreds of repos across multiple organizations I have absolutely no idea where to start, and you don't have a central panel for this