Robert Atkins
@ratkins.net
I miss Usenet. Prompt engineering and other things at https://beams.tech, ex Pivotal Labs. Also @ratkins, @[email protected]
Check out these magnificent specimens newly installed out the front of my kids’ school, @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Check out these magnificent specimens newly installed out the front of my kids’ school, @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social
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Ever hear the term "up at sparrowfart", referring to waking up very early?
Here is a photo of a sparrow fart.
Here is a photo of a sparrow fart.
December 3, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Ever hear the term "up at sparrowfart", referring to waking up very early?
Here is a photo of a sparrow fart.
Here is a photo of a sparrow fart.
I dunno, Minecraft branded Lego just seems redundant.
December 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I dunno, Minecraft branded Lego just seems redundant.
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a second generation monk is an heir friar
December 3, 2025 at 5:14 AM
a second generation monk is an heir friar
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This is Mr. Paworotti. His favorite Christmas song is Howl-lelujah. If you'll excuse him, his solo is coming up. 13/10 (TT: therealpaworotti)
December 2, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This is Mr. Paworotti. His favorite Christmas song is Howl-lelujah. If you'll excuse him, his solo is coming up. 13/10 (TT: therealpaworotti)
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imagine working on Franklin the Turtle and suddenly getting called into an emergency meeting to discuss the US government’s fan art of your beloved Canadian cartoon turtle carrying out extrajudicial killings in Venezuela
December 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
imagine working on Franklin the Turtle and suddenly getting called into an emergency meeting to discuss the US government’s fan art of your beloved Canadian cartoon turtle carrying out extrajudicial killings in Venezuela
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Queensland is Greater NSW, Victoria is Lesser NSW, this is in the constitution.
December 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Queensland is Greater NSW, Victoria is Lesser NSW, this is in the constitution.
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I find the American cultural norm of using seasons as a time reference device so weird.
"Such and such is stepping down in spring" means absolutely nothing to anyone in the Southern Hemisphere without some mental gymnastics.
"Such and such is stepping down in spring" means absolutely nothing to anyone in the Southern Hemisphere without some mental gymnastics.
December 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I find the American cultural norm of using seasons as a time reference device so weird.
"Such and such is stepping down in spring" means absolutely nothing to anyone in the Southern Hemisphere without some mental gymnastics.
"Such and such is stepping down in spring" means absolutely nothing to anyone in the Southern Hemisphere without some mental gymnastics.
Sooo close!
go is good because it makes typescript fast so I can write more typescript
December 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Sooo close!
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Instead of generative models, we need destructive models.
I believe the future is bright for engineers that love to delete huge unnecessary chunks of a codebase.
The days when I get to push PRs with a net -1000 lines of code, are nice days.
Lines of code are liability. Recycle them and put them to better use!
The days when I get to push PRs with a net -1000 lines of code, are nice days.
Lines of code are liability. Recycle them and put them to better use!
December 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Instead of generative models, we need destructive models.
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in seriousness, I do think one of the most important tells of a good and competent tech worker is that they're not afraid of being replaced by the robot. the robot doesn't do the important parts.
December 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
in seriousness, I do think one of the most important tells of a good and competent tech worker is that they're not afraid of being replaced by the robot. the robot doesn't do the important parts.
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Hiring managers the last two years: “Wait, we’ve been putting HOW MUCH weight on leetcode screening interviews?”
An unfortunately large number of people in the Computer Touching industry think their job is exclusively about touching computers when it's actually about Solving Problems via computer touching. Having a new kind of computer that solves even more problems when you touch it is good actually!
December 2, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Hiring managers the last two years: “Wait, we’ve been putting HOW MUCH weight on leetcode screening interviews?”
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but more practically AI haterade is like
"hey I heard you hate plutocrats. instead of fighting them in any way that matters, you should instead exhaust yourself fighting a technological paradigm shift. this one you can totally turn back the tide on. it won't be like any of the other ones"
"hey I heard you hate plutocrats. instead of fighting them in any way that matters, you should instead exhaust yourself fighting a technological paradigm shift. this one you can totally turn back the tide on. it won't be like any of the other ones"
December 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
but more practically AI haterade is like
"hey I heard you hate plutocrats. instead of fighting them in any way that matters, you should instead exhaust yourself fighting a technological paradigm shift. this one you can totally turn back the tide on. it won't be like any of the other ones"
"hey I heard you hate plutocrats. instead of fighting them in any way that matters, you should instead exhaust yourself fighting a technological paradigm shift. this one you can totally turn back the tide on. it won't be like any of the other ones"
Isn’t this the problem that Mojo is meant to solve?
No public link yet but Amazon says they're able to beat NVIDIA on price with their new Trainium3 accelerator. Just one problem: "Amazon’s chips lack the deep software libraries that help customers get Nvidia’s graphics processing units up and running fast."
December 3, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Isn’t this the problem that Mojo is meant to solve?
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no i'm not doing the heart hands thing i'm miming that i need you to bring me a burger
December 2, 2025 at 4:22 AM
no i'm not doing the heart hands thing i'm miming that i need you to bring me a burger
Read the article for an existence proof of German humour!
December 3, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Read the article for an existence proof of German humour!
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Christmas Dinners Around The World.
UK: Sage and onion turkey, sips mulled wine.
Australia: Thymey kangaroo, downs port.
UK: Sage and onion turkey, sips mulled wine.
Australia: Thymey kangaroo, downs port.
December 2, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Christmas Dinners Around The World.
UK: Sage and onion turkey, sips mulled wine.
Australia: Thymey kangaroo, downs port.
UK: Sage and onion turkey, sips mulled wine.
Australia: Thymey kangaroo, downs port.
It is darkly hilarious to me that everyone is adding type checkers to python and node/JS and rewriting the toolchains in Rust and Zig. You’re *this* close, guys!
December 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
It is darkly hilarious to me that everyone is adding type checkers to python and node/JS and rewriting the toolchains in Rust and Zig. You’re *this* close, guys!
I’m sure this has never once occurred to Vlad.
Yeah, one of the many nightmare scenarios facing us is that a badly led and mostly destroyed intelligence infrastructure fails to prevent a major terrorist attack and that attack is then used as justification to speed up the fascism.
I do in fact stay awake at night sometimes thinking about how the MAGA ghouls are destroying actually-essential counterterrorism efforts in favor of directing resources towards brutalizing elderly taco truck workers
December 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I’m sure this has never once occurred to Vlad.
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Sweet potato fries should never be an upgrade item on a menu. I won't have them in the house, they're shit. Restaurants should charge a quid less for them
December 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Sweet potato fries should never be an upgrade item on a menu. I won't have them in the house, they're shit. Restaurants should charge a quid less for them
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My bank's website is one letter off from a gross German porn site and it's annoying because I keep accidentally visiting my bank's website.
October 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
My bank's website is one letter off from a gross German porn site and it's annoying because I keep accidentally visiting my bank's website.
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My first thought was "if this works, maybe Apple can buy The Peripheral off Amazon and finish it right". After all, The Expanse bounced around between different homes and that all worked out fine in the end.
December 2, 2025 at 8:50 AM
My first thought was "if this works, maybe Apple can buy The Peripheral off Amazon and finish it right". After all, The Expanse bounced around between different homes and that all worked out fine in the end.
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Through a somewhat unexpected series of events I'm listening to Neuromancer read by the man himself, @greatdismal.bsky.social . It is, without hyperbole, the most excellent experience. I am a very happy boy
December 2, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Through a somewhat unexpected series of events I'm listening to Neuromancer read by the man himself, @greatdismal.bsky.social . It is, without hyperbole, the most excellent experience. I am a very happy boy
Christ, it was colder in Canberra in summer than Berlin in winter?! That’s a first.
Canberra plummets to -0.3°C, its first sub-zero summer temperature on record
Canberra plummets to -0.3°C, its first sub-zero summer temperature on record
Record low minimum temperature for Canberra in summer, with the first ever sub-zero reading as the mercury fell to -0.3°C.
www.weatherzone.com.au
December 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Christ, it was colder in Canberra in summer than Berlin in winter?! That’s a first.