* now that i've announced mine, a real one will show up. that's still a win

GitHub - maphew/zist: gzip inspired zstd zip and unzip cli gzip inspired zstd zip and unzip cli. Contribute to maphew/zist development by creating an account on GitHub.

we made a thing: zist - zip/unzip zstd compressed files like gzip github.com/maphew/zist
why? because i reached for one, and couldn't find one all the places i looked
is it any good? i dunno
does it work? yes, for me
will it still be a thing next month, year? shrug. for me, likely. for you? tell me

Ada Palmer is the best history teacher I never had, bar none. Until now. For 2 hours she says something every minute or two that straightens my spine with insight.

Why Leonardo was a saboteur, Gutenberg went broke, and Florence was weird – Ada Palmer YouTube video by Dwarkesh Patel

#History always happens fast, and always has. It's just that when we teach it we skip over all the events and technologies we don't care about in this moment. The digital revolution is happening with the same cadence as print did 550 years ago. Ada Palmer, at ~1hr youtu.be/PAIhVfGbREA?...

I want both. So many problems can be resolved by answering "where the hell on your site is ____ to solve ___". When that fails I want the real person, but many times I'd rather start with the robot. My best support experiences have been when robot cleanly hands off to person with appropriate context

Any/all of these forks and PR claim to the have Claude's code. There's no guarantee they're a) authentic, b) untampered with.
As I write there is only 1 google result for 0de48c69ea7eb1d35b37e98353740e3
Reminds of DeCSS on it's Day 1. ;-)

The rust port ultraworkers/claw-code repo on github is locked and can no longer be forked (101k forks exist). Commit 0de48c69ea7eb1d35b37e98353740e320ffa50b6 in anthropics/claude-code/ has typescript code from PR #42063, now closed w/unmerged commits. There are at least 3 other still open PR.

truth.

and one rediscovered not so long ago by a big corp whose name escapes me (hah! there's a sign...). They invested on the order of $70mill in automated AI support replacing live support, and then walked it back about 10 months later.

IMO there IS a place for robot support, but care-fully

Welcome to Canadaland — CanadaLabs The best news podcast in Canada just got easier to share than ever. Jump in with our favourite episodes and help us double our audience.

I've encountered #canadaland podcast a few months ago. I keep coming back to listen to more, and eventually became a subscriber. So they're worth banging on about, at least a little. Check 'em out #canada! you might appreciate also
www.labs.canadaland.com/share

Cows Go Moo The hottest band in northern Canada the Cows are keeping live music alive.

OMG, how could I forget:
Cows Go Moo!! www.youtube.com/@cowsgomoo9708

excuse my ignorance, but how/where?

I am reminded once again, that computing and digitalization spawned from knitting. Gran would smile and say "but of course dear"

Scientists Say the Inca May Have Invented the World’s First Computer System 600 Years Ago Before silicon, before writing, the Inca were computing. Scientists just proved their 600-year-old knotted cords can run spreadsheets, encryption, and file systems.

Huh. Maybe the data structure underlying my next project should be #quipu. A 600 year track record that's open to hand implementation, literally, might be considered a solid enough basis, yes? indiandefencereview.com/thought-was-...

You’ve Never Heard a Voice Like This YouTube video by Brandon Acker

www.youtube.com/watch?v=81St...
Wow! I didn't know a man could sing that cleanly in such a high register. I kept wondering if it was lip synch -- until watching some of "what is a countertenor' in the description.

Is that new to the world (released in last 12 months) or new to me?

Give Me A Reason - Diyet and the Love Soldiers (2025)

Companion - Shawn Stephenson (2012)

Hey you! Yes, you!

What's your favourite new Canadian music you've heard since the start of the year?

We feature fresh Canadian music in The National Interest, (along with charts and policy analysis from the team.)

What's some cool Canadian music we haven't heard yet?

how complicated could pdf metadata be?

*hours later*

let me out

Oh what could that be in the short list for the New York Festivals 2026 Radio Awards award for fiction audio book, could it be There Is No Antimemetics Division by me, qntm, narrated by Rebecca Calder?

Quantization from the ground up | ngrok blog A complete guide to what quantization is, how it works, and how it's used to compress large language models

Found via simonwillison.net/2026/Mar/26/..., @simonwillison.net

Quantization from the ground up | ngrok blog A complete guide to what quantization is, how it works, and how it's used to compress large language models

Save this to your permanent reference library: ngrok.com/blog/quantiz...
It's about how large language models store and use numbers, which for the bits I understand is amazing, but what really caught my attention is how different number types are converted to binary. I finally get it!

EXTENDED CUT: Watch until the end for 3 min of nonstop dancing aurora last night in my driveway from North Pole, Alaska. Insane show!

The use of pricing algorithms isn’t new. What’s newer is just how much personal data and information these companies are able to access, and advancements in AI and machine learning have made it possible to extract and analyze it at massive scales. Vass Bednar, Managing Director, Canadian Shield Institute

What does it mean that Manitoba is banning algorithmic pricing?

Shield Managing Director @vassb.bsky.social spoke to @cstarnino.bsky.social at The Walrus to get into why this is a big deal for consumers, and a big deal for how we govern the digital realm.

thewalrus.ca/manitoba-mov...

I'm old enough to remember when software just opened and then you could start working.

Now it's: wait, checking for updates, installing updates (wait I didn't want to install an update), checking for updates, please login, ask for 2FA code, login to 2FA app, verify email, why did I open this again?

slop is something that takes more human effort to consume than it took to produce. When my coworker sends me raw Gemini output he’s not expressing his freedom to create, he’s disrespecting the value of my time

"slop is something that takes more effort to consume than it took to produce"

I love this definition. I've wanted this concise articulation for years without knowing it, long before LLM hit the scene. All those 5 word emails to support desk expecting hours of thoughtful response!

Fwiw, I'm not anti OpenAI. I use Codex frequently. I just don't think it's good for tools that are fundamental to the python ecosystem to become partisan.

#Astral acquired by OpenAI? Oh no no no. You don't need them, they need you. I'm bummed. Astral is-was enough on its own! We need to tilt away from monopolies not into them :-/
#python

Hallucinations in LLMs Are Not a Bug in the Data | Towards Data Science It’s a feature of the architecture

Hallucinations in LLMs Are Not a Bug in the Data | Towards Data Science
towardsdatascience.com/hallucinatio...
The LLM isn't necessarily making something up because it doesn't know, it's confabulating because it's a better fit with what's come before. How uncomfortably human.

::maligna kodera; by Krzyhau Coder's fever dream

Awesome concept for a keyboard game. Instant fan. I have to try this tomorrow. krzyhau.itch.io/maligna-kodera
#Krzyhau #malignakodera

but maybe it’s just the maddening short-term thinking in our line of work where the average tenure is like 2 years so nobody has their skin in the game & nobody ever faces consequences for anything. 7/8