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  In which I offer a ringside seat at my struggle vs the temptation to use #GenAI on a couple of programming tasks: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2026/10/19/The-AI-Temptation

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  Vancouver’s new mayor! I saw this back in August but didn't post it, because Pete didn't get to choose what his posters appeared next to. He got my vote and won the election. #Vancouver #BCPoli

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  RE: https://mstdn.social/@DemocracyMattersALot/117464491850760300 In Canada, lots of supermarket produce, e.g. pre-made salads, young spinach, etc, is from Taylor Farms. Um, don't buy it.

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  A little on the unexpected side: https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/article/united-airlines-ceo-says-us-should-have-an-inheritance-tax-close-to-100-and-hed-pay-it-214906350.html He also said “We should have a national wealth tax — it won't work by state because people will just move.”

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  A little dystopic I think… https://www.dpreview.com/news/adobe-adds-easy-ai-eye-generation-to-lightroom-mobile/

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  From the conservative-but-sane “The Line”: “The people who supported staying were, by and large, individuals with real reputations and credibility — and, therefore, something real and valuable to lose if they lied. The other side, by comparison, was overwhelmingly dominated by kooks and crooks who suffered no reputational penalty for saying whatever crazy idea or claim slipped out of their mouths.” https://www.readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson-can-we-put-separatist?utm_source=post-email-title&am...

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  In which the excellent Matt Levine explains the incoming financial explosive decompression simply and straightforwardly. Money Stuff: Someone Has to Take the AI Risk | NewsletterHunt https://newsletterhunt.com/emails/531968

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  Raw first-person reporting from the West Bank. Warning: Enraging. Israel is a barbaric gang state that must be cast out of the community of civilized nations. Behind the Settler Attack on Palestinians and a Washington Post Journalist | The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/behind-the-settler-attack-on-palestinians-and-a-washington-post-journalist

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  1/ On the face of it, the fact that a quarter of Albertans voted against Canada is upsetting, and the fact that most of the let’s-be-mean-to-immigrants propositions got plurality support is too. But there are extenuating factors. As one Albertan told me: “ the 25% “leave” is probably only half or less of that in reality— they campaigned pretty hard on “a yes will give us a stronger hand in negotiations, it doesn’t *really* mean separate”

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  Flying over the Prairies. #Photography #aerial #canada

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  Somebody is putting a *lot* of work into creating spam Fedi accounts, you can spot them by a post containing “google.co./share.google?q=" and then a whole lot of random hashtags. Please report if you see one.

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  What’s that you say? There’s a significant sleaze factor (some Nvidia-bankrolled) in certain #Genai - boom sectors and cracks are starting to show up? I’m shocked… shocked. https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-round-up-the-cockroaches?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=11524&post_id=219903122&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=wabr&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

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  Eucalypt forest somewhere east of Melbourne. #Monochromemonday #Monochrome #Australia #Fujifilm

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  RE: https://cosocial.ca/@timbray/117435932892027421 BTW I don't think John was fibbing, I'm assuming the feed X customized for him was really different from what I saw.

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  Hmmmm https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/CRWV/ #GenAI

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  Went to a family wedding and did some touristing in Australia, where we have friends & rels. Came back with lightweight observations and a few decent pictures: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2026/10/12/Aussie-Visit-2026 #australia #photography

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  Today is FORTRAN’s 70th birthday; its reference manual “appeared in a glossy cover, handsomely printed, with the date October 15, 1956.” https://softwarepreservation.computerhistory.org/FORTRAN/paper/p25-backus.pdf (The actual software wasn’t released till the following year) No longer fashionable but still, one of computer programming’s biggest success stories. I tip my hat.

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  John Gruber @gruber@mastodon.social says “The culture on X today is remarkably friendly and inclusive” Hmm, that's not how I remember it. So I spent an hour there and, maybe I’m weird, but… https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2026/10/13/True-Things-About-X

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  NEUROMANCER Official Teaser Trailer (2027) Sci-Fi, Apple TV https://share.google/mDs2OdXFO6VkBdIM2

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  RE: https://cosocial.ca/@timbray/117336957850753345 BTW, want to say that modern phone-cams are freaking excellent - it was *really* dark when this was taken - Pixel 10, no flash - and it’s only very lightly touched up in Lightroom. The picture would have technically impossible on any camera not so long ago.

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  Meet Fancy Fancy Faulkner. #caturday #photography #australia

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  VC isn’t VC anymore — understanding the rise of Cancer Capital - Anil Dash https://www.anildash.com/2026/09/02/cancer-capital/

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  Since .org domains now apparently exist at the discretion of MAGA wastrels, just bought tbray.ca. Would rather not migrate the blog, but…

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  It dawns on me that every LLM’s training input probably includes “Reflections on Trusting Trust” along with a lot of other material pointing to it admiringly and saying how important it is. Then I read about the “rogue agent” behaviors in the recent OpenAI meltdown and there’s this terrified scream starting to echo around the back of my brain. #genAI

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  B.C. declares provincewide state of emergency as wildfires force thousands out of homes | CBC https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/livestory/bc-wildfires-aug-8-summerland-evacuation-9.7300648

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  Definitely not wanting to live in Yegge’s future. Or at least to not have anything to do with software.

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  “The mice are Maoists now”: https://existentialcomics.com/comic/666

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  Being a Luddite Is Fun Again https://www.404media.co/luddite-events-nyc-off-tech-summer-of-ludd/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter

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  Seen on the Malahat. It’s about this: https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/red-dress-day #photography #mmiw

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  TFW you find and fix the rare-but-obvious race condition and the relevant unit test now runs 50x slower. #software #concurrency