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Armin was once one of the most prolific programmers in Python. Says he never writes code anymore. Seeing more and more people like him write stuff like this on what are supposedly computer programming forums. https://lobste.rs/s/qmjejh/ai_is_slowly_munching_away_my_passion#c_jcgdju
Notably, once a person crosses this threshold, I see them still hang out on programming forums, but they never talk about any of the puzzles of programming anymore. Only about running agents. Which feels strange and sad. Why hang out on the forums at all then?
@cwebberChristine Lemmer-Webber In another thread he defends DHH and Andreas Kling. Maybe that’s why.
I‘m sad.
France's Foreign Ministry has announced that it is revoking the government access of US Ambassador Charles Kushner, father of President Trump's son-in-law, after he failed to appear when summoned regarding comments made by the Trump administration concerning the killing of a far-right activist.
Playing the Doctor is not remotely similar to playing Rose, but I've seen her in other things and I think she could do it, and I think she could do it well. And the timeline where we look back on this as "iconic companion promoted to Doctor, and becomes equally iconic as that" sounds really cool to me.
Cloud on the mountain top, near Wanaka.
Armin was once one of the most prolific programmers in Python. Says he never writes code anymore. Seeing more and more people like him write stuff like this on what are supposedly computer programming forums. https://lobste.rs/s/qmjejh/ai_is_slowly_munching_away_my_passion#c_jcgdju
Notably, once a person crosses this threshold, I see them still hang out on programming forums, but they never talk about any of the puzzles of programming anymore. Only about running agents. Which feels strange and sad. Why hang out on the forums at all then?
We dodged a bullet with bcachefs. Kent has lost it.
comment link: https://old.reddit.com/r/bcachefs/comments/1rblll1/the_blog_of_an_llm_saying_its_owned_by_kent_and/o6tmlib/
So it looks like zirk.us has died (RIP 2026-02-23, hope it comes back). But this is just what I needed to finally get my own instance - we will see how this goes.
My previous account was 
@Paperposts@zirk.usMurray GM - Paperposts
So this is my new home, expect the usual mix of design, dogs, data, art, snark, nature, typos and general slapdashedness
Sorry if folk are getting follow requests and pings, please follow back as this will be my home going forward.
UPDATE- it came back up, I have migrated anyway
ASML unveils EUV light source advance that could yield 50% more chips by 2030
Link: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/asml-unveils-euv-light-source-advance-that-could-yield-50-more-chips-by-2030-2026-02-23/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47125349
Binance fired employees who found $1.7B in crypto was sent to Iran
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/technology/binance-employees-iran-firings.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47127396
The women's team told him to go fuck off. https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/article/winter-olympics-2026-team-usa-womens-hockey-declines-president-donald-trumps-invite-to-state-of-the-union-194108743.html
RE: https://mastodon.online/@vwbusguy/116105608250025802
ICE is “de-escalating” in exactly the same way that cockroaches de-escalate when you turn on the light.
I'm going to snuggle this literally every day. #mastodon #Plushtodon
I'm going to snuggle this literally every day. #mastodon #Plushtodon
Americans are destroying Flock surveillance cameras
Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/23/americans-are-destroying-flock-surveillance-cameras/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47127081
The women's team told him to go fuck off. https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/article/winter-olympics-2026-team-usa-womens-hockey-declines-president-donald-trumps-invite-to-state-of-the-union-194108743.html
起きました
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I feel like there was a real loss of identity when an IC software engineer becomes a tech lead/EM.
Instead of heads down writing code, it’s more about reviewing PRs, spec-ing out next steps, thinking high level about the architecture, etc.
AI is looking like it will force that transition on huge swaths of software engineers at some point.
Maybe not 100% and maybe not tomorrow, but it seems pretty likely to change the profession pretty dramatically.
It’s gonna be a tricky inflection point.
Decided to fly to the US to buy some hard drives
Link: https://old.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/1rb9ot4/decided_to_fly_to_the_us_to_buy_some_hard_drives
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47125046
I feel like I need to create a "post engagement" panel that is made up of fake numbers about how many people viewed your posts, etc, to keep people engaged.
I'm going to snuggle this literally every day. #mastodon #Plushtodon
:주무세요
"Cat.exe has crashed, please reboot"
Loving and silly 🐱💖 #FosterKittens #cats #CatsOfMastodon
"I think the most remarkable thing about this document is how unremarkable it is. Usually getting an AI to act badly requires extensive 'jailbreaking' to get around safety guardrails. There are no signs of conventional jailbreaking here. There are no convoluted situations with layers of roleplaying, no code injection through the system prompt, no weird cacophony of special characters that spirals an LLM into a twisted ball of linguistic loops until finally it gives up.
No, it’s a simple file written in plain English: this is who you are, this is what you believe, now go and act out this role. And it did."
https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-wrote-a-hit-piece-on-me-part-4/
探したけど、MMはらくがきありました
Lol, most of these impressions were on a post I made about why you maybe shouldn't verify your LinkedIn account.
Show HN: PgDog – Scale Postgres without changing the app
Link: https://github.com/pgdogdev/pgdog
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47123631
"I think the most remarkable thing about this document is how unremarkable it is. Usually getting an AI to act badly requires extensive 'jailbreaking' to get around safety guardrails. There are no signs of conventional jailbreaking here. There are no convoluted situations with layers of roleplaying, no code injection through the system prompt, no weird cacophony of special characters that spirals an LLM into a twisted ball of linguistic loops until finally it gives up.
No, it’s a simple file written in plain English: this is who you are, this is what you believe, now go and act out this role. And it did."
https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-wrote-a-hit-piece-on-me-part-4/
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Butterfly, by Daphni
testing my misskey app
閃光のハサウェイのパンフ見ながらダラダラしてたら
寝るかー
misskey.ioに新しい絵文字 
(blobcat_snot)が追加されたかも。
misskey.ioに新しい絵文字 
(blobcat_bluegreen)が追加されたかも。
misskey.ioに新しい絵文字 
(kritter_sub_somosomoisshoukenmeihatarakisuginaihougaii)が追加されたかも。
2018, an all male retreat in the woods for scientists and a literary agent. Epstein specifically de inviting women. The agent and edge foundation guy then calling #MeToo "mccarthyism". Jfc. These fucking losers
How Epstein’s influence shaped the exclusion of women in STEM
https://19thnews.org/2026/02/epstein-files-academic-research-women-scientists/
misskey.ioに新しい絵文字 
(pink_armadillo)が追加されたかも。
2018, an all male retreat in the woods for scientists and a literary agent. Epstein specifically de inviting women. The agent and edge foundation guy then calling #MeToo "mccarthyism". Jfc. These fucking losers
How Epstein’s influence shaped the exclusion of women in STEM
https://19thnews.org/2026/02/epstein-files-academic-research-women-scientists/
it turns out that RSC is actually making the whole model too easy to implement (literally maybe ~100 lines of wiring on top of the agnostic library i’m working to extract). but when i tried to make a generic swiftui client i realized i don’t know how to do server part without smth like RSC
RE: https://dice.camp/@artemis/116121642495262421
“Purity culture” is part of patriarchy and is the close sibling of rape culture. It is part of misogyny and specifically exists to shame and devalue women for their innate sexuality. It’s part of a system that grooms you as a child to accept psychological abuse and have low self worth.
It’s not when you feel uncomfy because someone pointed out the consequences of your actions.
Canadians can have a comfy hoodie, as a treat
“Our main story tonight concerns Twitter, or as it’s being called since Elon Musk purchased it a few years ago: Twitter.”
John Oliver is a treasure.
(And I hope you’re not active on that shit site anymore. 😉😉)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZG_xWYLzI
Das Gegenteil von e-Moll ist Verbrenner-Dur.
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Jaja, ich geh ja schon ins Bett.
What I'm listening to today: "You and I are in a Dark Crypt Forever", Warlock Corpse
This somewhat defies description and it makes more sense to just watch five seconds and you'll get the idea. "Dungeon synth" music with metal drumming and 80s goth synths and a guy dressed like… some sort of troll? They went to the bother of putting fake VHS effects on it even though the equipment on the table clearly dates this performance to the 2020s. This is *really* fun actually
What I'm listening to today: "Speed Learn", Tomaga
Got lost on Bandcamp and wound up listening to sleepy jazz for tired cats. Here is a machine gradually coming online, whirring wheels over tracks and indifferent buzzing and uncorrelated electronic blorps. It has some kind of meaning, hidden from you, in the firmware of the thing that blorp is issued at some meaningful moment, in a service manual not distributed outside the manufacturer its secret truth is revealed
https://handsinthedarkrecords.bandcamp.com/track/speed-learn
Paul Cantrell
Jeff Atwood
Eugen Rochko
Glyph
Dan Piponi
竹鳥すばる
Jan Lehnardt 
Chris Siebenmann
✧✦Catherine✦✧