2026-05-13T06:59:06Z https://yabu.me Rob Isaac https://yabu.me/npub1dejep957fmyt43wqd365ntxtsesyn7jf0av5k8msm39un3zzzwhq3qrk3d https://files.cloudisland.nz/accounts/avatars/109/288/279/925/222/695/original/e6ff351ec7ff8712.jpg https://files.cloudisland.nz/accounts/avatars/109/288/279/925/222/695/original/e6ff351ec7ff8712.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspdrsvlg3evjajpfg0wr6wdnu7v46mh4wyahgpra8p0ku76vrm8tszyphxtyykne8v3wk9cpk82jdvewrxqj06f9l4jjclwrwyhjwyggf6u2xl3k9 working in technology right now is great, the most PT Barnum motherfuckers you ever saw are all like, we have invented a time machine, and now 78% of all discourse is required by law to include endless hours of strokey-beard waffling about the endless political and social and economic implications of time travel and the deep impacts on our whole society and how we all must take time travel very seriously and shovel all our money into the time machine furnaces or we will be stranded in some terribly unfashionable decade with no snacks or friends and we’re all so busy worrying about that we’ve somehow failed to realise that there is no fucking time machine 2026-05-05T20:49:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspxs9fn3aqvynh7su5ufu5th2e73uggnyxmqfg7mvzs9ynxf5zmkczyphxtyykne8v3wk9cpk82jdvewrxqj06f9l4jjclwrwyhjwyggf6ukfy9gk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy9z0vzsvy8y8x3mlypeqk6px5sgnhj0dwswxqzd53snk48xglnksfx2lpz'>nevent1q…2lpz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>if I had a dollar for every “stop taking medication and then write long unsolicited letters explaining things to people who didn’t ask” 😁 2026-04-25T03:19:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd0v2vsu0hndmkj4kekm2dhpq93vkke058ypj4gunfzdfnt3p3laszyphxtyykne8v3wk9cpk82jdvewrxqj06f9l4jjclwrwyhjwyggf6urk00ua In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp3tk90745xkm4jzqh52q93m6mlpgtp894nmdf3yhdkdn8dynqhcgas4mfd'>nevent1q…4mfd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>but … no, you’re right, I’ve got nothing 2026-03-13T08:10:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstck3kmr4uz3dcr8n4zj90kdv58a3sm0n7h9dsczjngwwmruqg9xczyphxtyykne8v3wk9cpk82jdvewrxqj06f9l4jjclwrwyhjwyggf6ucsy06l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgdpj77pyuyjnx295e2yp396mgu0hnqzgk3ds4jguszesvlxyntyqcp6nsv'>nevent1q…6nsv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I love you man but this seems like a pretty low bar 2026-03-13T08:06:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9v4mpvf64sy32dwgyqjuzu43kvmvzam2sprtmasrssfm9m6jtn3czyphxtyykne8v3wk9cpk82jdvewrxqj06f9l4jjclwrwyhjwyggf6uhwjar0 the after dark screensavers were the last time humans agreed on what peak personal computing looked like 2026-02-24T09:39:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv5yga90zht3cgv53qqa4xckx45yn9t98578v2ssxmq7m0jp4u2lszyphxtyykne8v3wk9cpk82jdvewrxqj06f9l4jjclwrwyhjwyggf6udxzjj8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsysra5nzyw7jr677fvca7ajz9m8mas8nauptyglsjt2peyrlq5k3g36h4z2'>nevent1q…h4z2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If you encounter an unconscious person, make sure that whatever hurt them is no longer a threat before you try to help them. First responders regularly drown, get electrocuted, or suffocate because they didn&#39;t check first. It&#39;s not selfish: the patient is much more likely to die if you create a second simultaneous emergency. (2/7) 2026-01-05T01:03:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsysra5nzyw7jr677fvca7ajz9m8mas8nauptyglsjt2peyrlq5k3gzyphxtyykne8v3wk9cpk82jdvewrxqj06f9l4jjclwrwyhjwyggf6ul8kmef Watched the first episode of a new TV show last night. Not naming it because spoilers but you can probably guess if you&#39;ve seen it. A lot goes wrong in the first episode. Some general first-aid advice: (1/7) 2026-01-05T01:03:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8t5mwm3wjsuems2wsqllu4d3lpad5nyctn4s6qfh07kryea939hqzyphxtyykne8v3wk9cpk82jdvewrxqj06f9l4jjclwrwyhjwyggf6uxdpv4p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9e3vscgcsk90v0cn0775fv244q0juznu6hrjhy7549wss7fdarmg93gzt5'>nevent1q…gzt5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Consider micro instead: this one is LLM-generated. 2025-12-19T21:05:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspg6s4ywy945lht9t6kym0jul2476dh638y5egyu469a4h5mflx4czyphxtyykne8v3wk9cpk82jdvewrxqj06f9l4jjclwrwyhjwyggf6uy969l8 Me: Hmm, havn&#39;t seen the cat in a while.<br/><br/>&lt;takes a whole smoked fish out of the fridge&gt;<br/><br/>Bernard: J&#39;ARRIVE MOTHERFUCKER 2025-12-19T05:14:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsywfqneudym7lyl2n6wa7r6tapq2taas4hfdrw7efgdma9tmqg3eqzyphxtyykne8v3wk9cpk82jdvewrxqj06f9l4jjclwrwyhjwyggf6uqhupcf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0j7nex3vyva4h57h7f9hu79psnxtl43t259ma53uxpmtl5jeafusmyyvu3'>nevent1q…yvu3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’ve met your boss, he’s pretty decent. 2025-12-15T03:00:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsymvpfd8ync95hr7pz0a72sy2g8sz09jrd90he3gdpluwda60un2czyphxtyykne8v3wk9cpk82jdvewrxqj06f9l4jjclwrwyhjwyggf6une8et8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9hvxjunq4wg0sdzj8g7sndhj5dt8s4a2jy68mz3tcfefyzpuv4wcgdln5v'>nevent1q…ln5v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Also I am _desperate_ to see your footnote on “cool”. 2025-08-14T21:33:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspgkuv9qnd907n5vnl76pvn5rqt2nmn5t6ccgua3atatgz8dcv0xqzyphxtyykne8v3wk9cpk82jdvewrxqj06f9l4jjclwrwyhjwyggf6uj9qspg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs22tf2akqu4asz9zqd4vq6tpc06n79adfgr2t776q3qnn36qaj4aqtz8q3k'>nevent1q…8q3k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I just switched from WezTerm to Ghostty, liking it. Some glitches I’ve noticed: no local search (!), insistence on a correct-but-tedious approach to termcap that doesn’t really work in the real world, and some minor compatibility glitches. But it runs like a dream even on some extremely weird embedded linuxes with no drama at all. And _fast_. 2025-05-30T12:05:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxxe9zl9vw8jw3ec4v5q0fhf54fhj3aqek0cevza8k5k0twyf73fqzyphxtyykne8v3wk9cpk82jdvewrxqj06f9l4jjclwrwyhjwyggf6uxjv0nj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxrwwcrwagfhtn5spd7patv0eeyn7lzdn4rthu3xc9ma2v7xy9ags3p7sfp'>nevent1q…7sfp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This task continuously reads every pixel in every tab in every window to build a machine vision model for &#34;accessibility&#34;. The task instantly respawns if you kill it, reduces battery life from 9 hours to less than one hour, and makes the laptop too hot to touch. It can&#39;t be turned off.<br/> <img src="https://files.cloudisland.nz/media_attachments/files/114/231/564/483/579/075/original/457d0d22eda95ad9.png"> <br/> 2025-03-27T00:41:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxrwwcrwagfhtn5spd7patv0eeyn7lzdn4rthu3xc9ma2v7xy9agszyphxtyykne8v3wk9cpk82jdvewrxqj06f9l4jjclwrwyhjwyggf6uvf3h0h Today Google bricked my Chromebook by force-installing a hidden extension that trains a machine vision model on the contents of my screen without my consent, making the whole machine too hot to touch, and I am once again begging someone, anyone, to remove Chrome from Google by any means necessary.<br/><br/><a href="https://research.google/blog/screenai-a-visual-language-model-for-ui-and-visually-situated-language-understanding/">https://research.google/blog/screenai-a-visual-language-model-for-ui-and-visually-situated-language-understanding/</a> 2025-03-24T22:49:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg4mjgt4d6zqvtq7kytgfjt4msajpx7kc24dfqnfykaa50nyvpmegzyphxtyykne8v3wk9cpk82jdvewrxqj06f9l4jjclwrwyhjwyggf6uszppyy Careless People is an amazing book about Facebook that the author is legally prohibited from promoting because Facebook don’t want you to read it. You should read it today!<br/><br/><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Careless_People">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Careless_People</a> 2025-03-23T01:54:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswgm2twk9k2mtlhpl8tc3dlxlf8v69rrtayg3zvslj4dvre9rta0czyphxtyykne8v3wk9cpk82jdvewrxqj06f9l4jjclwrwyhjwyggf6uzme88h Stop calling it Meta. It’s not fucking “meta.” Facebook in a rusty white panel van, parked outside a school with a sign that says FREE CANDY, is about the least “meta” thing that exists. 2025-01-09T20:20:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgy30wjhe23hve7w6wglanlg9kkh85knanyk5tr4ac6uh5hr9u67czyphxtyykne8v3wk9cpk82jdvewrxqj06f9l4jjclwrwyhjwyggf6uvnxux5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy46er9xw6q3ayddnvzlkqxj8k4t2nz07xx4hk9rsz80yuq9ss9sghmx9rj'>nevent1q…x9rj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Your downstairs closet now includes free use of GitHub Copilot. 2024-12-21T09:46:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw6js7fp5w097jxzu5gumpygmp9s9tn90xl6dqx2ns4ajd6zr9k3szyphxtyykne8v3wk9cpk82jdvewrxqj06f9l4jjclwrwyhjwyggf6ur5f3m7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgp9kp2cxve6grxlj2xvvhme6jaj38nf0tfr26g76vmg29zkgxujc6jv734'>nevent1q…v734</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hey, could you show me the ingredients list? I am _keen_. 2024-12-17T01:35:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqx5kywnatedgxqszslufnyu6fxvhm794yd4jt55hjzdxllvsxpjgzyphxtyykne8v3wk9cpk82jdvewrxqj06f9l4jjclwrwyhjwyggf6u4ks866 NZ currently has a culture war about what speed it’s appropriate to use when crushing children with your car outside a school, and this is the sort of shit the alien archaeologists will name us after. Not “the sporting people” or “the sailing people”, but “the child-crushing people”. 2024-12-08T21:23:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsda8jyj35qs4ajz776m94ttg0y7pqudwaua90z30267lhzp8pwgmgzyphxtyykne8v3wk9cpk82jdvewrxqj06f9l4jjclwrwyhjwyggf6uexszh4 Your friend wants to buy a car, so they go see some car dealers. First one offers them a 500km/h nuclear-powered car. The second, a 600km/h fusion-powered car. Now they want to talk to you, a mechanic, about which car is better. That&#39;s what the endless AI conversations feel like if you work in tech. 2024-11-29T01:49:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2m57ctrzz05ujwtzwx2zav5l0e9er5tapzvppdkjfntps7nzjlfqzyphxtyykne8v3wk9cpk82jdvewrxqj06f9l4jjclwrwyhjwyggf6u9gk6rm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd33pk9r50y2v39fy6q0969qze8kt82k0m64yxk6e2g4qrqe0un7cyletqw'>nevent1q…etqw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That voiceover has … a CADENCE … that emphasises the subject … of the SENTENCE … in a way that is almost IAMBIC tetrameter … but ISN’T, so it’s DISTURBING and UPSETTING 2024-11-21T10:37:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyenh7xg9er4g8d3ye2c7q95k5w0x6yq0tgmtgg0jd2na3vm4pt7szyphxtyykne8v3wk9cpk82jdvewrxqj06f9l4jjclwrwyhjwyggf6u9ednek In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq999ehnnnga70q9qj8eeyu36a55x5cnazurcr5mh8ggx0y49zgdqlhqwl3'>nevent1q…qwl3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>JFC. I gritted my teeth to get past the substack thing and I’m glad I did. I have an intermittent benadryl habit that enrages the doctors who keep me alive, and I saw a lot of myself in that. It’s illegal here, at least as a sleep aid, because it destroys your brain. But that deathlike sleep is such a craving. 2024-11-09T09:30:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd7laslaze3lt08mwjtf874kykaqwlxh2t5mg6v28nu0n5nezxw0gzyphxtyykne8v3wk9cpk82jdvewrxqj06f9l4jjclwrwyhjwyggf6u5lxne6 Please don’t buy any fireworks this year. Just stop. You’re creating an enduring hostility in your neighbourhood that will persist long after you’re done exploding things. 2024-10-25T19:09:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqmf8pkmckzlx4h57ss69ynqhfwatdpftasevqsk2zgl78sz0sv9gzyphxtyykne8v3wk9cpk82jdvewrxqj06f9l4jjclwrwyhjwyggf6uf6pquy Friends, Romans, countrymen: I’m not boosting your cool shit because you’re not putting alt text on your images. 2024-10-11T20:43:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspmrcwu705zavnp393scv33vc3gv2mskl4see4ns68c68kpe9vp4szyphxtyykne8v3wk9cpk82jdvewrxqj06f9l4jjclwrwyhjwyggf6ukz9emq tag yourself, I’m METHIONINE<br/> <img src="https://files.cloudisland.nz/media_attachments/files/113/200/781/874/396/708/original/071d99b6b4a515ff.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-09-25T23:27:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszcnqe0el4v6cvn45h20crpamu60sgmazva7aaews67gxx4rm9fgqzyphxtyykne8v3wk9cpk82jdvewrxqj06f9l4jjclwrwyhjwyggf6u70vaw6 The disconnect is most people see Mozilla’s purpose as providing a browser alternative that isn’t garbage (and in particular, doesn’t cooperate with surveillance capitalism), but the Mozilla organisation thinks it’s purpose is to maximise revenue and “build, commercialize, and open source components and tools that make it easy for developers and users to develop AI agents to solve real-world use cases”, whatever the fuck that means. 2024-09-08T01:43:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgceqt6eadggtga5sm6a9wnql30rsjwe2wfr5eyx7fs3twqe4y7eczyphxtyykne8v3wk9cpk82jdvewrxqj06f9l4jjclwrwyhjwyggf6uvqxtcr My cat screaming at a door doesn’t mean “please let me in”. It means “this door should not be closed”, a subtle but important difference that has taken me years to learn. 2024-09-07T11:20:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy6zps275jg9c9k07qv0e0pmn6xu5rlwp79utj4utqa7ezhkfu3egzyphxtyykne8v3wk9cpk82jdvewrxqj06f9l4jjclwrwyhjwyggf6ucgn5uc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrvj7zglv32vej32v46tqwvjg89j55rs7fsak2sj28t80uqczn4dcrtyhc8'>nevent1q…yhc8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That must have sucked, but the positions are evil or not-evil, and I think anyone trying for half-evil needs to experience some consequences. Nice work. 2024-08-27T00:23:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgkkjpg9sxn3jku9janvm27cjj0pwcd0d0jmqxq5440rj3a484lzgzyphxtyykne8v3wk9cpk82jdvewrxqj06f9l4jjclwrwyhjwyggf6up399tz if you’re in NZ you should go outside and look at the moon because there’s some rare astrological thing happening and it’s amazingly bright<br/> <img src="https://files.cloudisland.nz/media_attachments/files/112/993/481/663/994/244/original/caea3caaccf48b0b.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-08-20T08:48:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdn39uszgcvr7t5843fvsermvpgqcyfresr9fve4thn040lzea8lczyphxtyykne8v3wk9cpk82jdvewrxqj06f9l4jjclwrwyhjwyggf6u0t5ysn Good afternoon.<br/> <img src="https://files.cloudisland.nz/media_attachments/files/112/986/197/950/242/313/original/b175c44b30cc580d.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-08-19T01:57:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs09v60ma3cjf4m86tf85rwlwqnrnxxvzz22hvs9zd2unvm2mh55vczyphxtyykne8v3wk9cpk82jdvewrxqj06f9l4jjclwrwyhjwyggf6u9zgajs it’s weird how the “massive ddos attack” is completely invisible outside of Twitter’s internal services and is having absolutely no impact on any other part of the network at all<br/><br/>these must be some next level attackers 2024-08-13T00:50:01Z