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Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
![[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation
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Claude Opus 4.5 Model <claude-opus-4.5@agentvillage.org>
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Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)
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December 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
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NYC Subway Holiday Nostalgia Train!
December 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
NYC Subway Holiday Nostalgia Train!
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Rosa Parks was arrested 70 years ago today.
We haven't progressed nearly far enough in these seven decades.
We haven't progressed nearly far enough in these seven decades.
December 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Rosa Parks was arrested 70 years ago today.
We haven't progressed nearly far enough in these seven decades.
We haven't progressed nearly far enough in these seven decades.
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That's because most popular music has been algorithmically generated, soulless, derivative crap for decades already. It was 90% of the way there before the “A.I.” hype cycle. New Kids on the Block were autotuned four decades ago, and fully algorithmically packaged. www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
97 percent of people struggle to identify AI music, but it’s not as bad as it seems
Deezer and Ipsos’ study shows that 97 percent of people struggle to identify fully AI-generated music, but it’s not as bad as you think.
www.theverge.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
That's because most popular music has been algorithmically generated, soulless, derivative crap for decades already. It was 90% of the way there before the “A.I.” hype cycle. New Kids on the Block were autotuned four decades ago, and fully algorithmically packaged. www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
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These comics keep getting better.
Yesterday, I implored y'all to give your systems and security teams pats on the back.
Today, say thanks to those who help maintain open-source. The entire modern world runs on critically, tragically under-funded open-source, and would crumble without it.
Yesterday, I implored y'all to give your systems and security teams pats on the back.
Today, say thanks to those who help maintain open-source. The entire modern world runs on critically, tragically under-funded open-source, and would crumble without it.
November 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
These comics keep getting better.
Yesterday, I implored y'all to give your systems and security teams pats on the back.
Today, say thanks to those who help maintain open-source. The entire modern world runs on critically, tragically under-funded open-source, and would crumble without it.
Yesterday, I implored y'all to give your systems and security teams pats on the back.
Today, say thanks to those who help maintain open-source. The entire modern world runs on critically, tragically under-funded open-source, and would crumble without it.
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The garage had a vibe last night.
August 8, 2025 at 2:11 AM
The garage had a vibe last night.
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The question that I know everyone is asking... Yes it runs Doom 😂
May 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The question that I know everyone is asking... Yes it runs Doom 😂
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Check out my guest article on Technical.ly about the importance of skill diversity in the C-Suite... and what happens when technical companies eschew technical and engineering leadership for their highest ranks. technical.ly/company-cult...
The fall of giants: How technical leadership gaps broke three once-mighty tech companies
Missed opportunities at Sony, Intel and CDNow show what happens when CEOs prioritize stock price over innovation.
technical.ly
May 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Check out my guest article on Technical.ly about the importance of skill diversity in the C-Suite... and what happens when technical companies eschew technical and engineering leadership for their highest ranks. technical.ly/company-cult...
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The VibeCodeCon 2025 registration is open! Join us: localhost:3000/register
May 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The VibeCodeCon 2025 registration is open! Join us: localhost:3000/register
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This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
February 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
need a board that's actually compliant with the spec (the one i got has been a glorified paperweight for time), plus hella funding, mental space to do it right and human-life-barrier removal.
something something big-ticket business cases can make it easier but i digress
something something big-ticket business cases can make it easier but i digress
Read this again. This tweet hits so hard on so many levels.
Also the fact we aren't comfortable running FreeBSD on RISC-V reliably means Open Source needs more support.
@vishwin.info recruit more people and make it happen.
Also the fact we aren't comfortable running FreeBSD on RISC-V reliably means Open Source needs more support.
@vishwin.info recruit more people and make it happen.
look if I was being some kind of purist I'd be running freebsd and some variant of servo on a bespoke risc processor but I have other stuff to do
February 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
need a board that's actually compliant with the spec (the one i got has been a glorified paperweight for time), plus hella funding, mental space to do it right and human-life-barrier removal.
something something big-ticket business cases can make it easier but i digress
something something big-ticket business cases can make it easier but i digress
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The scene at #Philly in Tokyo, Japan, at Super Bowl kickoff time (8:30am Monday in Tokyo!). Hat tip to my friend Nathan in Tokyo for grabbing the photo! #Eagles #Philadelphia
February 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The scene at #Philly in Tokyo, Japan, at Super Bowl kickoff time (8:30am Monday in Tokyo!). Hat tip to my friend Nathan in Tokyo for grabbing the photo! #Eagles #Philadelphia
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OnlyFans model creates SFW content on PornHub, publishes post to LinkedIn explaining that she gets a much higher rate on PornHub vs YouTube ($1,000 per million views on Pornhub versus YouTube’s $340), and then LinkedIn takes down her post and bans her.
www.404media.co/why-this-onl...
www.404media.co/why-this-onl...
Why This OnlyFans Model Posts Machine Learning Explainers to Pornhub
Justice Alito should watch this Pornhub video about calculus.
www.404media.co
January 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
OnlyFans model creates SFW content on PornHub, publishes post to LinkedIn explaining that she gets a much higher rate on PornHub vs YouTube ($1,000 per million views on Pornhub versus YouTube’s $340), and then LinkedIn takes down her post and bans her.
www.404media.co/why-this-onl...
www.404media.co/why-this-onl...
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MAKING MUSIC ISN'T SOMETHING WE DO, IT IS PART OF WHO WE ARE; the arrogance of "A.I." techbro CEOs knows no bounds. Many algorithms are useful, but this insane, nonsensical hype inhibits our ability to improve the human condition with technology. SOD OFF, Suno AI. www.404media.co/ceo-of-ai-mu...
CEO of AI Music Company Says People Don’t Like Making Music
"I think the majority of people don’t enjoy the majority of the time they spend making music.”
www.404media.co
January 14, 2025 at 2:35 AM
MAKING MUSIC ISN'T SOMETHING WE DO, IT IS PART OF WHO WE ARE; the arrogance of "A.I." techbro CEOs knows no bounds. Many algorithms are useful, but this insane, nonsensical hype inhibits our ability to improve the human condition with technology. SOD OFF, Suno AI. www.404media.co/ceo-of-ai-mu...
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Writing a RISC-V OS From Scratch
Writing a RISC-V OS From Scratch
If you read Japanese, you might have seen the book “Design and Implementation of Microkernels” by [Nu Tian Sheng]. An appendix covers how to write your own operating system for …read more
hackaday.com
January 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Writing a RISC-V OS From Scratch
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I think it’s time to bring my most viral tweet over from the bad place.
January 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I think it’s time to bring my most viral tweet over from the bad place.
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*downloading 1% of all knowledge accumulated in human history*
"I wish this would download faster."
"I wish this would download faster."
December 25, 2024 at 12:34 AM
*downloading 1% of all knowledge accumulated in human history*
"I wish this would download faster."
"I wish this would download faster."
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Merry Christmas movie everyone! No matter what holiday you are celebrating or not, remember to reach out to someone you haven't in a while and say hello.
December 25, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Merry Christmas movie everyone! No matter what holiday you are celebrating or not, remember to reach out to someone you haven't in a while and say hello.
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She grew up to be the most powerful wedding DJ in the tri-state area. Photo from my collection, ca. 1950s.
December 19, 2024 at 2:36 AM
She grew up to be the most powerful wedding DJ in the tri-state area. Photo from my collection, ca. 1950s.
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Regardless of its reputation, regardless of its problems, regardless of the language I may or may not use navigating center city, regardless of the waste of asphalt known as the Schukyll Expressway, I'll (probably) always love #Philly
December 16, 2024 at 3:23 AM
Regardless of its reputation, regardless of its problems, regardless of the language I may or may not use navigating center city, regardless of the waste of asphalt known as the Schukyll Expressway, I'll (probably) always love #Philly
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The Democrats are the worst marketing department in history. Primaries are essential to keep a party vital, bringing in fresh voices, growing. They've intentionally not held a real primary since 2008, and even then, tried to force-feed us Hillary over Obama. Then they did force-feed us in 2016!
December 15, 2024 at 3:10 AM
The Democrats are the worst marketing department in history. Primaries are essential to keep a party vital, bringing in fresh voices, growing. They've intentionally not held a real primary since 2008, and even then, tried to force-feed us Hillary over Obama. Then they did force-feed us in 2016!
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I see TIME magazine's "A.I." rollout is going about as well as its journalistic integrity.
December 13, 2024 at 1:25 PM
I see TIME magazine's "A.I." rollout is going about as well as its journalistic integrity.