Manufacturing consent! Their narrative seems to be that the Reform lot are the "Real Britain"

Not actually that spicy! Disappointing

Got some new equipment for my rowboat. They were having a sale. It was quite an OAR DEAL

I think that if someone is motivated enough to make a non trivial patch, signing up for GitLab etc. is only a small step on top of that

ME: [pre-emptively shooing the cat away so it doesn't jump/sit on me]

CAT: he must want me to sit on him in a different, more complicated way

Vagrant Story was the apex of what you could do visually with the PSX - along with the amazing Quake 2 port

Notice how they avoid the usual affine texture "wobbling"

It's not like I want to hand code stuff even if it's clearly wasting time (for me or my employer)

But I can't be in the position of losing hard skills and being replaced by a langchain either

It's been a mixed bag honestly. I've had good employers but I've also been through layoffs. It makes it hard not to take a more mercenary perspective.

My worry about going all in on AI is, it puts the operator in a very precarious position

And does your employer want you to do something that erodes your skills and makes you more replaceable? In extremis, that's what this is. Do you consent to that?

I think you can address it in 2 ways

One is that exploration and play - including writing code that goes nowhere - is developing your problem solving muscles

But also: why do we regard non productive time as a Sin? Why am I so anxious when I feel my day wasn't "delivering value"? It's very Puritan

I agree with much of this

I think there is a cultural thing in tech circles to disavow the power of programming

It's almost a shibboleth to argue that "code" (derogatory) is this trivial thing

Take a look at github.com/nonara/ts-pa..., it basically wraps the compiler API to support hooking into it

I reckon you could do some transformations as a pre-transpile step, for example adding `readonly` to all object-like types

I suggested something here: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4596...

Basically a compiler extension

a seagull stands in front of a sign on a beach which has a seagull saying “please don’t feed me”

hey! i don’t remember saying that

A photo of my computer screen. On it is a window that has 'Epson Printer Connection Checker' as a header bar, then a blue circle with an exclamation mark inside. Next to that are the words 'Problems are found. Fix them.'

Is everyone's printer this rude, or just mine?

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A photo showing the American Robin and its scientific name Turdus migratorius. Referencing the US fish and wildlife service

Blue Jay: My scientific name is Cyanocitta cristata

American Robin: Oh that's beautiful, I don't know mine, not sure if I have one

Impressive that they managed to avoid the affine mapping artefacts the PSX GPU was prone to. Presumably some smart subsquaring

In the Future All Food Will Be Cooked in a Microwave, and if You Can’t Deal With That Then You Need to Get Out of the Kitchen

In the Future All Food Will Be Cooked in a Microwave, and if You Can’t Deal With That Then You Need to Get Out of the Kitchen As a restaurant owner – I’m astounded at the rate of progress since microwaves were released a few short years ago. Today’s microwave can cook a frozen burrito. Tomorrow’s m…

in a world where everything is a generic AI thing, trading in generic AI things makes you completely replaceable

there's a fun piece that makes this point: www.colincornaby.me/2025/08/in-t...

The person who invented the video game joystick has disappeared, they down right up and left.

Someone needs to port TimeSplitters to modern PC

It's beautiful, but I think I'd find the long winter evenings very tough

He's 106. It's common to have bloodshot eyes at that age, especially if you are taking blood thinning medication

I also prefer them soft. They taste too grassy and vegetal otherwise. I feel the same way about peppers. Some veg are nicer when "over" cooked