Mandated use of AI at work
Although I also use AI for some features on this blog and sometimes chat with some AI agent (whether it’s ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot or GitHub Copilot), I have mixed feelings about its mandated use at work (Shopify is just one company doing it). ⌘ Read more

good morning friends i have therapy today and my hair is greasy af so i’m about to show up to this zoom session with coffee mug in hand and thoughts about new kitty on the brain while looking absolutely disgusting

@bender@twtxt.net WE THOUGHT ABOUT CALLING HER THAT LMAOOOOOO we’re thinking about lucy right now! it’s a meaningful name to us for reasons :)

I thought that the vertical position of my gaming console would scare her off ⌘ Read more

How big is VMS?
This question was asked during my Boot Camp presentation last fall in Boston, and over the past 35 years dozens of times people have asked, how big is VMS? That translates into “how many lines of code are in VMS”? I thought it was time to at least make a stab at pursuing some insight into the answer. I wrote some command procedures to count the number of source lines in .B32, .B64, .C, .MAR, .M64, and .S files. Not counted are blank lines and lines beginning with the standard comment characters and m … ⌘ Read more

Prosodical Thoughts: Prosody 13.0.1 released
We are pleased to announce a new minor release from our stable branch.

As is the tradition with software, here is our first patch release following
shortly behind our major 13.0.0 release announced a few weeks ago. It fixes
some important bugs that were discovered after the release.

Many thanks to everyone who reported issues and helped with testing the fixes
for this release. We appreciate it!

For those of you on 0.12.x who haven’t upgraded yet, skip 13.0.0 and jump
stra … ⌘ Read more

Tell HN: Announcing tomhow as a public moderator
Hi all,

Tom Howard is going public as HN moderator today. He has been doing HN moderation work for years already and knows the site and its practices inside-out, so the only new thing you’ll see is mod comments from Tom showing up in the threads the way mine do. I’m not going anywhere, so you’ll have two of us to put up with going forward :)

I’ve known Tom since he was sctb’s and my batchmate back in YC W09. Many of you know him as the kind and thoughtful community member … ⌘ Read more

Thought you guys might love to meet my 26 year old baby girl, Penny ⌘ Read more

Tracing the thoughts of a large language model
Article URL: https://www.anthropic.com/research/tracing-thoughts-language-model

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43495617

Points: 501

# Comments: 196 ⌘ Read more

10 OCD Themes That Are Not About Cleanliness
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a “mental health condition where distressing, intrusive thoughts (obsessions) trigger repetitive behaviors (compulsions) aimed at reducing anxiety or preventing something bad from occurring.” When most people think of OCD, they think of orderliness, cleanliness, color-coded closets, pristine lists, and grouping your Skittles into colors before eating them. Television and movies like […]

The post [10 OCD … ⌘ Read more

10 Real-Life Crimes Inspired by Fiction
Fictional stories are meant to entertain, provoke thought, or even inspire—but sometimes, they inspire people in the worst way possible. Throughout history, there have been disturbing cases where individuals committed real-life crimes after being influenced by movies, books, TV shows, or even video games. Whether driven by delusions, obsession, or a desire to mimic their […]

The post [10 Real-Life Crimes Inspired by Fiction](https://listverse.com/2025/ … ⌘ Read more

Extending my Komoot export script
I’ve taken another look at my export script for Komoot (original post), now that Bending Spoons has acquired Komoot. I’ve extended the script to also download cover images and, if available, an image of the map – I found that in the API responses. ⌘ Read more

No thoughts, just air biscuits ⌘ Read more

Prosodical Thoughts: Prosody 13.0.0 released!
Welcome to a new major release of the Prosody XMPP server! While the 0.12 branch has served us well for a while now, this release brings a bunch of new features we’ve been busy polishing.

If you’re unfamiliar with Prosody, it’s an open-source project that implements XMPP, an open standard protocol for online communication. Prosody is widely used to power everything from small self-hosted messaging servers to worldwide real-time applications such as Jits … ⌘ Read more

10 Saint Patrick’s Day Traditions That Aren’t Really Irish
Saint Patrick’s Day is often thought of as a celebration of Irish heritage, but many of the traditions associated with it have little or no connection to Ireland at all. Over the years, American commercialization, misunderstandings, and marketing gimmicks have shaped the holiday into something far removed from its origins. From green beer to parades, […]

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I took this pic of my cats hairy paw and thought it’s cute ⌘ Read more

idfk where the error came from it just broke one day, maybe from one of my many server crashes which are becoming frequent and UGH i have to fix that too but i have a headache right now so one thing at a time. the error was ‘unexpected end of JSON input’ or something, for a while i thought oh permission error but turns out i can’t read the error that clearly indicated something syntax related (i did double check my env file though)

I carved this adorable kitten into leather. It took me a lot of time, but it was all worth it when I thought of the joy his owner felt when he received him! ⌘ Read more

Independent Politicians. My Honest Thoughts. ⌘ Read more

[ANN] The arbitration system in Haveno doesn’t prevent arbitrators from pulling the funds

[Issue confirmed by official monero moderator on dread:] After some thoughts, I think you are right and that the arbitration system in Haveno doesn’t prevent arbitrators from pulling the funds. They would need to create a bot that takes all the offers and automatically unlock the funds with the key of the taker and arbitrator (Quote from /u/monero_desk_support)

Link: [Dread discussion (onion)](http://dreadytofatroptsdj6io7l3xptbet6ono … ⌘ Read more

@osnews@feeds.twtxt.net Its been so long and never really thought about it.

• Arch was great but always had issues.
  
• Gentoo was great but not enough patience to compile when I need something quick for work.
  

I haven’t really looked back since I installed Void. Sometimes it is a pain when things don’t play well with MUSL but nothing that would make me change course.

Ten Disturbing Stories About the Dark Side of Mindfulness
In this frenzied day and age, more and more of us are turning to mindfulness to lower our stress and center ourselves. Based on Buddhist meditation, mindfulness spans a range of techniques that ask people to be more aware of their thoughts and feelings. The benefits of mindfulness are well documented. But while some gurus […]

The post [Ten Disturbing Stories About the Dark Side of Mindfulness](https://listverse.com/2 … ⌘ Read more

Show HN: I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass
i wanted to change the habit of reaching for my phone in the morning and doomscrolling away an hour so i built an app to help me. now i have to literally touch grass before accessing my most distracting apps

the app is built in swiftui, uses the screen time apis provided by apple and google vision to recognise grass or not

i’d love to get your thoughts on the concept.

Comments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43158660](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43 … ⌘ Read more

** Skwaking Week Notes **
I’d never thought about adding playlists to my website, but then I did it and now I wanna add more. While I wait to put together another playlist, here’s the song that I’m listening to right now — Lady Lamb’s“Crane Your Neck.”

We had a few big snows, so the kids spent extra time at home and we’ve done a fair bit of sledding and shoveling. There was a bunch of frozen rain after one of the snow storms, so the snow had a crunch … ⌘ Read more

oh dang.. i thought i had parsing for !tag from back when someone was using it for his wiki pages.
i guess i left it out. though shouldnt be to hard to add it back in

@prologic@twtxt.net Those aren’t actually serving anything public-facing. I’ve thought about it, but for now I’m sticking with VPSs, partly because I don’t relish the risk of weeks of downtime if something goes wrong while I’m travelling.

I thought hCaptcha was getting off the rails. Try making an X account using a VPN service!

Adoption center just said shorthairs but a friend of mine swears they are Russian blues. Thoughts? ⌘ Read more

Dipped in weed killer, sprayed with gas — what’s in your supermarket bouquet?
Toxic chemicals and cheap imports — your supermarket bouquet for Valentine’s Day might not be the bargain you thought it was. ⌘ Read more

What’s minimalism?
We live in a world where buying and owning stuff is the default. New clothes? Sure. Another gadget? Why not? ⌘ Read more

Self-hosting my emails again
After three years with Purelymail, I’m back at self-hosting my mail server. Not because it’s cheaper (it’s actually much pricier to pay for a VPS), but because my mails are now hosted in Europe (who knows what happens next in the USA), I have more control to configure things how I want, and I can comply with GDPR. ⌘ Read more

Software development topics I’ve changed my mind on
Article URL: https://chriskiehl.com/article/thoughts-after-10-years

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42946281

Points: 502

# Comments: 514 ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net I’d stumbled upon #FrankenPHP while reading through #Caddy stuff and thought maybe it’s bit overkill for what i need it for but then again, it will be just a “One container in for two out”, that’s win in my book 😆

4000 km with my pedelec
Today, after a short evening shift in the old/new apartment, I reached 4000 km total distance with my Pedelec (the only legal option for an electric bicycle without insurance in Germany – up to 25 km/h is supported by a motor when pedaling). ⌘ Read more

Pinellas County - Long Run: 8.50 miles, 00:09:50 average pace, 01:23:31 duration
garmin gps really fucked this one up. it thought i ran a half marathon at like a 7:00 pace or something.

the run was okay. it was a bit warmer and humid this morning, but really i am just a bit worn out i think. it was a bit boring so i turned on the podcast “telepathy tapes” and that was at least background noise.
#running

@prologic@twtxt.net i thought i was going insane when i saw blank posts on my TL i was like is noscript fucking with me again but no it’s you guys fucking around LOLLLL

i thought about making a chill little vlog putting together my new pi4 for KVM purposes but unless i make it go fast somehow i’d probably quickly exceed the 30 mins on the last mini DVD i have for recording lol

changing my video site’s logo to this silly no thoughts head empty tux clip art. because i can. https://openclipart.org/detail/103855/tux-the-penguin

It turns out my ISP supports ipv6. After 4-5 months with only ipv4, I thought to ask customer support, and they told me how to turn it on. (I’m pretty happy with ebox so far. Low-priced fibre with no issues so far. Though all my traffic goes through Montreal, 500km away from me in Toronto, which adds a few ms to network latency.)

Any idea What’s this "twtxtfeevalidator/0.0.1" UA about? I thought I could ask before throwing a 1000GB file at it 🪤 could it be the same ‘xt’ thing @lyse@lyse.isobeef.org was talking about the other day?

asciinema is really cool. thought about self hosting my own upload site which they have docs for but i don’t need to host everything even if it’d be a fun project. the default/main site is fine enough for me when i won’t be uploading a whole lot.

Prosodical Thoughts: Prosody 0.12.5 released
We are pleased to announce a new minor release from our stable branch.

Hope everyone has had a good 2024, and you’re looking forward to a better 2025!

We’re ending this year with a bugfix release for our stable 0.12 branch. This
brings some general polish and a collection of fixes for various small issues
people have reported in the past months.

A notable behaviour change in this release is that Prosody will no longer send
delivery errors to people you have blocked. Inste … ⌘ Read more

** Neon **
I was bemoaning the lack of color at my desk and a friend sent me this link to a place that makes custom neon signs. I am likely much to indecisive, and faaaar too cheap to actually order one, but I keep having intrusive thoughts about what I’d get if I were to get one.

I think the Yiddish phrase“zol er krenken un gedenken” would be funny. It means“let him suffer and remember” which is very melodramatic, but totally rife with so much meaning. ⌘ Read more

It’s not a winter wonderland out here, but with Christmas and winter coming soon, maybe a little snow on my blog isn’t a bad idea. I’ve just programmed a snow animation for another project and thought I could reuse the code in the form of a simple GoBlog plugin. ❄❄❄ ⌘ Read more

Why I’d never switch to an 🍎 iPhone
Recently, Kev announced he’s switching back to Android, and judging by his first impressions, he seems to be enjoying it. Coincidentally, I came across a video from Linus Tech Tips, where Linus shared his thoughts after using an iPhone for 30 days – and let’s just say, he wasn’t impressed. ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net Just that people thought twtxt sounded cool and maybe want to set it up themself

This is so neat.

https://emilyliu.me/blog/open-network

When yarn used to have blogs I thought something like this would be a great feature. Having the blog comments tied to a twtxt subject for the blog post.

Initial thoughts about Bluesky
There’s a lot of noise about Bluesky recently, it seems like they passed 20 million users, with more than 1 million new users daily recently. ⌘ Read more

My next Fediverse migration?
I currently use GoToSocial (with my numeronym domain) next to my blog, but it always confuses me where to post what. That’s why I want to move to my blog as my sole Fediverse identity. But before that, I wanted to implement another Fediverse feature in GoBlog: support for the new fediverse:creator meta tag. ⌘ Read more

It still works!
Two years ago, when my girlfriend and I moved together, I rented a VDSL router, a FRITZ!Box 7590 AX. In my second flat, I still had a FRITZ!Box 7490. But one and a half years later, I replaced the wired Internet connection in the second flat with a cellular based one, and the 7490 had no use anymore. ⌘ Read more