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I write code and stuff

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I had to request my academic transcript once and surprised myself by having completely forgotten that Iโ€™d actually been expelled from computer science and maths. ๐Ÿ˜‚

09.12.2025 06:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A network of M5 Macs running a network of LLMs over local mesh network. Freak them right out.

09.12.2025 06:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think theyโ€™d serve more as a โ€œthis is the kind of thing that can be doneโ€ rather than โ€œhereโ€™s how itโ€™s doneโ€ example. Plus all the worldโ€™s docs of course. Just knowing something is actually possible is an incredible motivator.

09.12.2025 05:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Presuming you are sending it back to be ripped apart & studied by the best scientific minds of the day, send several MBPs full of documentation, phones (which yeah thereโ€™s no network but the modem / touch screen / mems chips etc +bluetooth would blow scientists away) & of course a few smart watches.

09.12.2025 04:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I donโ€™t agree with 100% of it but thereโ€™s meat on the bones of his argument worth chewing.

We are hiring plenty of junior and senior devs but very few mid level. Not entirely sure what happens to the juniors as they progress. Time will tell I guess.

My focus remains eliminating managers not devs.

08.12.2025 06:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Preserving code that shaped generations: Zork I, II, and III go Open Source Microsoftโ€™s Open Source Programs Office (OSPO), Team Xbox, and Activision are making Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III available under the MIT License.

Zork is open source now?!
opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11...

20.11.2025 20:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Next step get GPT to rewrite it in typescript so itโ€™s playable in a browser.

20.11.2025 20:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Love Octavia Butlerโ€™s books.

10.10.2025 10:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thereโ€™s some interesting nuggets there, strewn amongst the straw men, hyperbole, and plain old hysteria. But yes; replacing managers has been my goal since the 1990s when I started down this road.

The core skill people need when using an LLM to write for them is critical thinking. Alas itโ€™s rare.

09.10.2025 23:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was hoping it would be โ€œI know you are but what am Iโ€ but thatโ€™s eight words.

06.10.2025 02:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Me holding my newly purchased copy of the LP โ€œX Live at the Whisky A Go-Go on the Fabulous Sunset Stripโ€. The cover is a collage of colourful hand drawn faces.

Me holding my newly purchased copy of the LP โ€œX Live at the Whisky A Go-Go on the Fabulous Sunset Stripโ€. The cover is a collage of colourful hand drawn faces.

My vinyl collection has re-started. Iโ€™ve been looking for this album for years. โ€œX: Live at the Whisky A Go-Go on the Fabulous Sunset Stripโ€ is one of the greatest live albums of all time. And now I finally have my own copy. Now I just need a turntable, amp, and speakers. #babysteps #80s #punkrock

02.10.2025 08:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s happening again. Time to give up on #llamagrama I think. Too unreliable.

24.09.2025 20:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Absolutely beautiful... and deeply inspiring ๐Ÿ’™

20.09.2025 19:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Done. Worked. But somehow lost my streak. Ah well.

20.09.2025 16:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Problem happening now. Australian east coast. So approx 2am here.

20.09.2025 15:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screen snap of Llamagrama failing to load and asking me to try again later. This happens far too often.

Screen snap of Llamagrama failing to load and asking me to try again later. This happens far too often.

Loving Llamagrama but not loving its general unreliability.

20.09.2025 14:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thatโ€™s brilliant. And now I want cheesecake.

14.09.2025 08:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Llamagrama - Play the Daily Word Puzzle Game Challenge your vocabulary with Llamagrama, the fun and exciting daily word puzzle game. Start playing now!

Llamagrama 153 - Gears in Motion
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www.llamagrama.com

That was fun. I pressed the letter button first because I didnโ€™t know what I was doing and then again by accident twice because Iโ€™m clumsy haha. Iโ€™ll do better tomorrow. Thanks for sharing this Jo. Itโ€™s fun.

14.09.2025 01:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Former minister working for three companies linked to controversial religious group The Sydney-based church has been described by former members and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as a "cult".

BREAKING from us at #4Corners: Former Morrison govt Health Minister Greg Hunt working for a Brethren company which received $54 million in COVID-19 contracts from Health Department while he was Minister. Mr Hunt says decisions made by his department, not him. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

12.09.2025 20:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 379    ๐Ÿ” 183    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 34    ๐Ÿ“Œ 22
View from the trig point atop Red Hill in Canberra. The sky is blue. Thereโ€™s a light covering of grass on the hills and a thin layer of cloud in the distance. You can just see the Black Mountain tower off to the left. There are rocks.

View from the trig point atop Red Hill in Canberra. The sky is blue. Thereโ€™s a light covering of grass on the hills and a thin layer of cloud in the distance. You can just see the Black Mountain tower off to the left. There are rocks.

Back in the โ€˜Berra. Great to go on a frosty morning hike with a friend and his dogs. Red Hill is looking fresh! #canberra

12.09.2025 22:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A beach on the island of Milos in Greece. Best accessed by boat as the ladder (left) is extremely rickety. Cliffs, beach, water, tiny little people. Big ladder.

A beach on the island of Milos in Greece. Best accessed by boat as the ladder (left) is extremely rickety. Cliffs, beach, water, tiny little people. Big ladder.

I spent quite some time watching people struggle up and down this ridiculous ladder.

11.09.2025 20:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Labor plans to make it harder to access government information A new proposal would introduce a fee for Freedom of Information requests and tighten the rules around the release of documents related to government deliberations.

Government secrecy and obfuscation was one of the key reasons we chucked out Morrison and his putrid pals. What the hell is the former Minister for Gambling doing now?

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

02.09.2025 09:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 224    ๐Ÿ” 90    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

Horrific footage circulating of the National Socialist Network attacking the peaceful Camp Sovereignty in Melbourne. We've heard the main targets of their extreme violence were women.

31.08.2025 08:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 305    ๐Ÿ” 168    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

The cure is to read the Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea. Like Joyce on acid but funnier.

27.08.2025 21:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was given it as a birthday present and only read it a few years ago.

27.08.2025 21:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The Sinclair Spectrum display at the Riverside Museum in Glasgow.

The Sinclair Spectrum display at the Riverside Museum in Glasgow.

Nerding out to the legendary Clive Sinclair. How cool was the Sinclair Spectrum! Integer arithmetic FTW!

27.08.2025 21:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How can you not enjoy the last part though when Molly Bloom turns the tables on everything that preceded it. I was literally laughing out loud reading it.

27.08.2025 20:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™ve been meaning to give it a go. Probably the most difficult book Iโ€™ve read would be Gravityโ€™s Rainbow which was both hilarious and frustrating. Rewarding however once finished.

27.08.2025 20:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Some of us just read Ulysses for fun.

27.08.2025 09:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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