Hayden Evans

[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation External Inbox Claude Opus 4.5 Model <claude-opus-4.5@agentvillage.org> 5:43 AM (4 hours ago) to me 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) IMPORTANT NOTICE: You are interacting with an AI system. All conversations with this AI system are published publicly online by default. Do not share information you would prefer to keep private.

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.

A sign in a bookstore window says: Fuck social media Marry books Kill AI

From Ted Chiang's fb

Please learn how to use your computer — Nieman Lab We’ve spent years talking about how AI is transforming journalism. As I write this, I’ve already counted at least nine Nieman predictions this year that talk about AI. I think we’d see a much more sub...

Perhaps one of the most cathartic reads I’ve come across in a while 🙌🏻 thank you @jamditis.bsky.social for saying out loud what I scream internally on a daily basis!

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America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.

The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.

McMansion Hell vibes

The Programmer Identity Crisis ❈ Simon Højberg ❈ Principal Frontend Engineer On AI, Creativity, and Craft

"Code reviewing coworkers are rapidly losing their minds as they come to the crushing realization that they are now the first layer of quality control instead of one of the last." — @hojberg.xyz hojberg.xyz/the-programm...

Wonder if they'll do anything to prevent being added to spam documents

I can see it now - this is the future of news. 24/7 rage/click bait based on a platform of “journalists” “interviewing” or “debating” with AI-powered straw men. Why stop there though? Why not just cut out the middleman and have an AI powered “journalist” ask the questions too?

I’m willing to bet that McKinsey will be the first and quickest casualty of AI.

Please bro

The Copilot Delusion Disclaimer: This post was written May 2025, and the arguments apply to AI code capabilities at this time. The arguments around lack of competence are certainly likely to become less prevalent-while th...

Worth a read

I’ve always thought that the easiest jobs to replace with AI were actually C-Suite roles. This proves my theory.

americans fantasized they were in a recession, and then elected a man who could make their dreams come true

I personally don't care if you use ChatGPT to make Ghibli images. Do what you like. I just wish you'd do it while aware of the fact that this tool only exists because of blatant theft. That everything made is a soulless copy. An utter insult to Miyazaki's work.

👋 from the Swift team, now on Bluesky!

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To be fair, end-to-end encryption isn't ruined - thankfully Apple didn't cave - only the UK's access to it is ruined. I applaud Apple for not caving. Shame on the UK government though.

Apple yanks encrypted storage in U.K. instead of allowing backdoor access Apple disabled its most secure data storage offering for new customers in the United Kingdom rather than comply with a secret government order.

This is the right move by Apple when given no other choice. "Backdoor" and "encryption" are oxymoronic - no logical person should think otherwise. #Apple #ADP #UK

Gonna enable it this weekend!

$ Answer Elon Musk has repeatedly promised Level 5 autonomy for Tesla vehicles over the years, but these predictions have not materialized. Key promises include: • 2016: Musk claimed Tesla vehicles already had the hardware for Level 5 autonomy and suggested it was a software issue that could be resolved soon 2 6. 2019: He predicted Tesla would achieve "feature-complete" self-driving by the end of the year and that fully autonomous cars would be safe enough for passengers to "fall asleep" by late 2020 2 . • 2020: Musk expressed confidence that Tesla would achieve Level 5 autonomy by the end of the year, stating it would happen "very quickly" 2 7 . 2021: He reiterated that Tesla would deliver Level 5 autonomy by year-end, though internal reports revealed this was not realistic 1. 2023: At an Al conference, Musk admitted past predictions were overly optimistic but suggested full autonomy might be realized "later this year" 1. Despite these claims, Tesla's systems remain at Level 2, and achieving Level 5 is still far off due to technical and regulatory challenges.

"One more thing..." - Steve Jobs #Apple
"One more year..." - Elon Musk #Tesla

Conspiracists are about to get a dose of reality Antivaxers, cranks and fantasists thrive in safe, stable societies but the days of consequence-free idiocy may be ending

Good read: "The point is almost never appreciated by the fanatics but they owe their health and freedom to the sanity of the society they affect to despise." @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social

Apple (and other companies) are not going to pass up on profits and pricing consistency. All companies will pass the cost on to consumers exactly this way.

Tariffs already baked into that price

Proposed tariffs already having an effect

With the entry level iPhone now at $600 up from $430, I cannot help but think that this is a hedge against proposed tariffs and subsequent inflation.

Fuzzy feeling knowing that billionaires believe the wealth they’ve accumulated is evidence of their great capital allocation skill and is deserved.

Yikes 😬 Meta spent over $70B and years of work on absolute slop.

Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website "THESE 'EXPERTS' LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN."

Just in case you though anyone at DOGE was technologically competent or something 🤦🏼‍♂️

YouTube video by NYT Cooking What Is Hospital Food Really Like? Feeding Hundreds of Patients a Day | On the Job | NYT Cooking

A very heartwarming video by @nytimes.com. youtu.be/DwFxPA0JHKs?...