Matt Lewis
@semiprime.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy
Brit in Paris. Always coding (started on a ZX Spectrum). PhD maths (but I've forgotten it all now). Embodied AI research. Baroque dancer. Learning the harpsichord […]
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Spotted in Paris:
January 17, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Spotted in Paris:
Reposted by Matt Lewis
It does make a nice change when leaked whatsapp group messages show government MPs being privately better than they are in public; used to be very much the opposite.
EXCLUSIVE: Leaked WhatsApp messages show Labour MPs urging govt to leave X, arguing that it should "show direction to others in the UK"
The MPs said X owner Elon Musk is "fascist" and that the platform's AI tool, Grok, had put "children in harm's way"
The MPs said X owner Elon Musk is "fascist" and that the platform's AI tool, Grok, had put "children in harm's way"
January 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM
It does make a nice change when leaked whatsapp group messages show government MPs being privately better than they are in public; used to be very much the opposite.
Happy World Introvert Day to all those who don't celebrate, preferring to stay in and maybe read a book or take part in some other quiet activity.
January 2, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Happy World Introvert Day to all those who don't celebrate, preferring to stay in and maybe read a book or take part in some other quiet activity.
Just a quick end-of-year plug for the #slackware Linux Patreon :
https://www.patreon.com/slackwarelinux
Slackware is the oldest still-maintained Linux distribution. It is still led by @volkerdi, who pushes updates to slackware-current almost daily and provides security updates for […]
https://www.patreon.com/slackwarelinux
Slackware is the oldest still-maintained Linux distribution. It is still led by @volkerdi, who pushes updates to slackware-current almost daily and provides security updates for […]
Original post on mastodon.online
mastodon.online
December 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Just a quick end-of-year plug for the #slackware Linux Patreon :
https://www.patreon.com/slackwarelinux
Slackware is the oldest still-maintained Linux distribution. It is still led by @volkerdi, who pushes updates to slackware-current almost daily and provides security updates for […]
https://www.patreon.com/slackwarelinux
Slackware is the oldest still-maintained Linux distribution. It is still led by @volkerdi, who pushes updates to slackware-current almost daily and provides security updates for […]
That's the Christmas meal prepared. As well as the traditional test of the smoke alarm.
December 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
That's the Christmas meal prepared. As well as the traditional test of the smoke alarm.
Thirty years ago today, on 18th September 1995, I started working at #psion. I was put on the "Protea" project: a new 32-bit PDA and a portable operating system written in C++ named EPOC32.
We didn't have hardware yet, but Colly Myers had implemented enough that we had a basic OS running on top […]
We didn't have hardware yet, but Colly Myers had implemented enough that we had a basic OS running on top […]
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mastodon.online
September 18, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Thirty years ago today, on 18th September 1995, I started working at #psion. I was put on the "Protea" project: a new 32-bit PDA and a portable operating system written in C++ named EPOC32.
We didn't have hardware yet, but Colly Myers had implemented enough that we had a basic OS running on top […]
We didn't have hardware yet, but Colly Myers had implemented enough that we had a basic OS running on top […]
[USPolitics, Kirk, trolls, groyper]
You know online troll culture has crossed a threshold when KnowYourMeme has some of the most informative content (to me) on the background of a recent political assassination […]
You know online troll culture has crossed a threshold when KnowYourMeme has some of the most informative content (to me) on the background of a recent political assassination […]
Original post on mastodon.online
mastodon.online
September 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
[USPolitics, Kirk, trolls, groyper]
You know online troll culture has crossed a threshold when KnowYourMeme has some of the most informative content (to me) on the background of a recent political assassination […]
You know online troll culture has crossed a threshold when KnowYourMeme has some of the most informative content (to me) on the background of a recent political assassination […]
Rick Beato interview with Les Claypool went live yesterday. Managed to watch the beginning this morning, but now I'm at work, and out this evening. This is going to be a long day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDdHdKtD-uM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDdHdKtD-uM
September 10, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Rick Beato interview with Les Claypool went live yesterday. Managed to watch the beginning this morning, but now I'm at work, and out this evening. This is going to be a long day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDdHdKtD-uM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDdHdKtD-uM
I looked in at a kiosque on the way to work, looking for a birthday card. A quick glance and it was clear that many of the cards were produced by generative AI. I walked away.
September 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I looked in at a kiosque on the way to work, looking for a birthday card. A quick glance and it was clear that many of the cards were produced by generative AI. I walked away.
Evil laugh.
I'm imagining what would happen if hoards of #slackware users responded to this survey on dependency resolution in package managers...
https://mastodon.social/@andrewnez/115133883892852674
(Probably best if we didn't.)
I'm imagining what would happen if hoards of #slackware users responded to this survey on dependency resolution in package managers...
https://mastodon.social/@andrewnez/115133883892852674
(Probably best if we didn't.)
Andrew Nesbitt (@[email protected])
Shamim is running a survey to better understand how developers view dependency resolution of package managers. The hope is that this will help inform and improve package managers in the future. Please fill it out and share it: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/McbinF3Tnn?origin=lprLink
mastodon.social
September 2, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Evil laugh.
I'm imagining what would happen if hoards of #slackware users responded to this survey on dependency resolution in package managers...
https://mastodon.social/@andrewnez/115133883892852674
(Probably best if we didn't.)
I'm imagining what would happen if hoards of #slackware users responded to this survey on dependency resolution in package managers...
https://mastodon.social/@andrewnez/115133883892852674
(Probably best if we didn't.)
I've released version 0.3.8 of my WIP #psion Agenda-like "Pygenda" app targeting keyboard-equipped PDAs running Linux (e.g. #geminipda, #cosmocommunicator, #pinephone with keyboard).
The main additions this release are:
• Anniversaries – something that Psion […]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
The main additions this release are:
• Anniversaries – something that Psion […]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
August 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I've released version 0.3.8 of my WIP #psion Agenda-like "Pygenda" app targeting keyboard-equipped PDAs running Linux (e.g. #geminipda, #cosmocommunicator, #pinephone with keyboard).
The main additions this release are:
• Anniversaries – something that Psion […]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
The main additions this release are:
• Anniversaries – something that Psion […]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
Uh-oh. An email from a private domain that was routed through Gmail failed to be delivered due to missing SPF/DKIM.
Previously Google added a "DKIM-Signature" header, but this time it only added an "X-Google-DKIM-Signature" header, so it was rejected by Yahoo's server.
I wonder if this is a sign […]
Previously Google added a "DKIM-Signature" header, but this time it only added an "X-Google-DKIM-Signature" header, so it was rejected by Yahoo's server.
I wonder if this is a sign […]
Original post on mastodon.online
mastodon.online
August 29, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Uh-oh. An email from a private domain that was routed through Gmail failed to be delivered due to missing SPF/DKIM.
Previously Google added a "DKIM-Signature" header, but this time it only added an "X-Google-DKIM-Signature" header, so it was rejected by Yahoo's server.
I wonder if this is a sign […]
Previously Google added a "DKIM-Signature" header, but this time it only added an "X-Google-DKIM-Signature" header, so it was rejected by Yahoo's server.
I wonder if this is a sign […]
If only there was as much public concern for the victims of people smugglers as there is for the victims of animal smugglers...
https://flipboard.com/@bbcnews/world-c8sqdvr9z/-/a-cp_b8EBJR8acpj9EjRHdMQ%3Aa%3A3199692-%2F0
https://flipboard.com/@bbcnews/world-c8sqdvr9z/-/a-cp_b8EBJR8acpj9EjRHdMQ%3Aa%3A3199692-%2F0
Rescued baby gorilla Zeytin recovers from smuggling ordeal | Flipboard
BBC News - A baby gorilla, rescued last year from a plane's shipping container at Istanbul airport, may soon be returned to his native Nigeria. The infant - named Zeytin in a public competition - was cared for at Turkey's Polonezkoy Zoo while he underwent rehabilitation following his ordeal at the hands of …
flipboard.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
If only there was as much public concern for the victims of people smugglers as there is for the victims of animal smugglers...
https://flipboard.com/@bbcnews/world-c8sqdvr9z/-/a-cp_b8EBJR8acpj9EjRHdMQ%3Aa%3A3199692-%2F0
https://flipboard.com/@bbcnews/world-c8sqdvr9z/-/a-cp_b8EBJR8acpj9EjRHdMQ%3Aa%3A3199692-%2F0
Reposted by Matt Lewis
News channels somehow managing to cover a War Summit as if it were a Royal Wedding - both breathless and adding no insight.
This isn't a dig at Sky - have shopped around. They're all like this. "Oh what jolly fun this is!" seemingly oblivious to the actual stakes for an entire nation at war. ~AA
This isn't a dig at Sky - have shopped around. They're all like this. "Oh what jolly fun this is!" seemingly oblivious to the actual stakes for an entire nation at war. ~AA
August 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
News channels somehow managing to cover a War Summit as if it were a Royal Wedding - both breathless and adding no insight.
This isn't a dig at Sky - have shopped around. They're all like this. "Oh what jolly fun this is!" seemingly oblivious to the actual stakes for an entire nation at war. ~AA
This isn't a dig at Sky - have shopped around. They're all like this. "Oh what jolly fun this is!" seemingly oblivious to the actual stakes for an entire nation at war. ~AA
Skim-reading a review* of a bicycle. I haven't cycled in years, but I was thinking how nice it was that bike technology continues to advance even after ~200 years. Then I came to the bit about how the only way to know what gear the bike is in … is by a phone app.
* - this review […]
* - this review […]
Original post on mastodon.online
mastodon.online
July 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Skim-reading a review* of a bicycle. I haven't cycled in years, but I was thinking how nice it was that bike technology continues to advance even after ~200 years. Then I came to the bit about how the only way to know what gear the bike is in … is by a phone app.
* - this review […]
* - this review […]
[US politics, racist president]
BBC: Trump threatens to block constuction of (American) football stadium if Washington Commanders don't revert their name to "Redskins".
I mean, "Washington Orangeskins" is there for the taking… https://www.bbc.com/sport/american-football/articles/cx209jnkl5xo
BBC: Trump threatens to block constuction of (American) football stadium if Washington Commanders don't revert their name to "Redskins".
I mean, "Washington Orangeskins" is there for the taking… https://www.bbc.com/sport/american-football/articles/cx209jnkl5xo
Washington Commanders: President Donald Trump threatens stadium block unless Commanders change name
President Donald Trump threatens to block Washington Commanders' new stadium build if the team does not revert to their original name.
www.bbc.com
July 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
[US politics, racist president]
BBC: Trump threatens to block constuction of (American) football stadium if Washington Commanders don't revert their name to "Redskins".
I mean, "Washington Orangeskins" is there for the taking… https://www.bbc.com/sport/american-football/articles/cx209jnkl5xo
BBC: Trump threatens to block constuction of (American) football stadium if Washington Commanders don't revert their name to "Redskins".
I mean, "Washington Orangeskins" is there for the taking… https://www.bbc.com/sport/american-football/articles/cx209jnkl5xo
Reposted by Matt Lewis
I’m profoundly sceptical of AI/LLMs and don’t/won’t use them myself, however my daughter who has SEN read me a long screed she had written to try to articulate some difficult feelings, and then she read me the same text having fed it through chatGPT, and I do see how it can help her.
July 18, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I’m profoundly sceptical of AI/LLMs and don’t/won’t use them myself, however my daughter who has SEN read me a long screed she had written to try to articulate some difficult feelings, and then she read me the same text having fed it through chatGPT, and I do see how it can help her.
Good summary of how the Texas floods were connected to climate change, and the role of forecasting/NWS cuts: https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/update-on-texas-flooding (warning: Substack link)
July 8, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Good summary of how the Texas floods were connected to climate change, and the role of forecasting/NWS cuts: https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/update-on-texas-flooding (warning: Substack link)
I've just been challenged by a Captcha that refused to confirm I was a human unless I identified the image below as containing a pedestrian crossing. Unfortunately for future self-driving car passengers, the image shows the exclusion zone separating lanes on a major road, possibly a motorway.
July 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I've just been challenged by a Captcha that refused to confirm I was a human unless I identified the image below as containing a pedestrian crossing. Unfortunately for future self-driving car passengers, the image shows the exclusion zone separating lanes on a major road, possibly a motorway.
Experimenting with custom CSS for different calendar sources in Pygenda on my Gemini PDA. (Photo shows dummy entries - not my real agenda)
June 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Experimenting with custom CSS for different calendar sources in Pygenda on my Gemini PDA. (Photo shows dummy entries - not my real agenda)
I just upgraded my phone to LineageOS 22.2 (Android 15). Thanks to all the devs who do the ports to individual devices.
The ugrade had to be done with adb, but it was very smooth. I took a backup (obviously) but it wasn't needed and all the user data persisted.
Android 15 looks … just like […]
The ugrade had to be done with adb, but it was very smooth. I took a backup (obviously) but it wasn't needed and all the user data persisted.
Android 15 looks … just like […]
Original post on mastodon.online
mastodon.online
June 22, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I just upgraded my phone to LineageOS 22.2 (Android 15). Thanks to all the devs who do the ports to individual devices.
The ugrade had to be done with adb, but it was very smooth. I took a backup (obviously) but it wasn't needed and all the user data persisted.
Android 15 looks … just like […]
The ugrade had to be done with adb, but it was very smooth. I took a backup (obviously) but it wasn't needed and all the user data persisted.
Android 15 looks … just like […]
Reposted by Matt Lewis
June 20, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Researching my family tree. It's worth all the effort when you find someone called "Minnie Tinkler"
May 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Researching my family tree. It's worth all the effort when you find someone called "Minnie Tinkler"
Reposted by Matt Lewis
@marioguzman I really began programming on one of these, a Psion Series 3a. It was way too expensive for me but still bought one and loved it ❤️
It even had an Epoc OPL (object oriented language) manual in the box!
It even had an Epoc OPL (object oriented language) manual in the box!
May 23, 2025 at 8:56 AM
@marioguzman I really began programming on one of these, a Psion Series 3a. It was way too expensive for me but still bought one and loved it ❤️
It even had an Epoc OPL (object oriented language) manual in the box!
It even had an Epoc OPL (object oriented language) manual in the box!