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Chris Foster

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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Tobias Lutke switching from "employees must explain why AI can't be used if they aren't using it" to "AI slop is making more work for everyone else" in the span of 18 months is impressive www.businessinsider.com/shopify-ceo-...
businessinsider.com
Shopify CEO says employees' 'slop grenades' are making more work for everyone else
Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke warns that employees' AI-generated "slop grenades" can create more work for colleagues instead of saving time.
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Relevant XKCD today
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
See a lot of criticism about over-commenting code from AI; I suspect claude writes comments moreso for claude than it does for us.
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
First attempt at a cortado
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
We're definitely into fire season here in BC and we have a new blog on how to make sure your org complies with the BC wildfire regulation pathandfocus.com/blog/bc-wild...
pathandfocus.com
Path and Focus
Creative solutions for climate response
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
For some reason if you ask any LLM about BTRFS internals it proceeds to just entirely make stuff up still. Total nonsense.
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
This article from 2023 aged well in that it effectively predicted the housing and immigration backlash that was about to happen in Canada www.noahpinion.blog/p/maximum-ca...
noahpinion.blog
Maximum Canada is happening
Canada has a nation-building population strategy. Does America?
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Yikes, new linux LPE copy.fail
copy.fail
Copy Fail — 732 Bytes to Root
CVE-2026-31431. 100% Reliable Linux LPE — no race, no per-distro offsets, page-cache write that bypasses on-disk file-integrity tools and crosses containers. Found by Xint Code.
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Two weeks with a traditional bank and I've already spent more time in phone queues and teller lines than in 10+ years with digital banks.
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Really trying to withhold judgement on DLSS5 until I can watch the digital foundry video but wow screenshots look awful
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I just know somewhere at OpenAI there's a PM patting themselves on the back and watching the metrics go up and to the right after the brilliant idea to make ChatGPT end every message with a clickbait headline 😂
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Classic hackers-1995.vercel.app
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Hackers ( 1995 ) - David Vidovic - Animated Experience
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Can nobody on linkedin just talk like normal people ?
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Marvel zombies is one of those shows that makes wading through all the MCU's cruft worth it. Zombie superheros -- I love it!
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
This is a good sound policy for other OSS projects to follow re. LLM contributions jellyfin.org/docs/general...
jellyfin.org
LLM/"AI" Policies | Jellyfin
The rise of LLMs as a useful development tool over the last year or so has been significant. The power and flexibility of tools like Claude Code and ChatGPT have given a lot of functionality both to e...
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Great guidance for hiring in small teams www.kuril.in/blog/what-th...
kuril.in
What "The Best" Looks Like
A startup CTO's guide to what "the best" really means—how to spot non-obvious high performers and the traits that make early-stage teams win.
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
computerswereamistake.substack.com/p/the-case-a...
computerswereamistake.substack.com
The case against being an AI early adopter
Maybe being a little behind ... is a good thing?
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
This is a pretty strong argument that instead of AGI-or-bust OpenAI will pivot to be a colossal ad powerhouse that rivals Google ossa-ma.github.io/blog/openads
ossa-ma.github.io
The A in AGI stands for Ads
Had to crunch the ad revenue projection numbers for OpenAI real quick, had enough of the fearmongering and nonsense takes. AGI... now funded by 5x60 second unskippable ads!
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
I second I see a gpt-ism my eyes automatically go into speed reading mode.
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
The third highest subscribed twitch account is an AI 🤔 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuro-s...
en.wikipedia.org
Neuro-sama - Wikipedia
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
The oppenheimer soundtrack is so well done. Beautiful mix of traditional orchestra and synthesizers. Makes me want to watch the movie over again
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Netflix is going to acquire a LOT of properties as part of this deal... HBO, GoT, Harry potter, adult swim, CNN, etc. Would MAX even have a place anymore in a world where netflix owns them? deadline.com/2025/12/netf...
deadline.com
Netflix Wins Bidding War For Warner Bros. Discovery, Will Start Exclusive Deal Talks
Netflix has emerged victorious with what appears to be the highest bid for Warner Bros. Discovery and the two sides are set to start exclusive talks.
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
First the AI bubble came for our hard drives, now it comes for our VRAM 🫠 www.tomshardware.com/pc-component...
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Huh I did not realize how cold the rest of the US could get.
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
The length of a long ride is approximately however long it takes to start having delirious conversations with yourself out loud
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
There's something about the way that chatgpt formats text that immediately makes my eyes start skimming.
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
It's November 5th so it's time for my annual rewatch of V for Vendetta
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a fireworks display with the words " thehappyfolk " at the bottom of the image
ALT: a fireworks display with the words " thehappyfolk " at the bottom of the image
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Noticing a new trend of using AI generation for food reels -- food bloggers no longer need to actually cook the recipe I suppose 😅
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Got sick the past few days; watching my HRV plummet
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Petition to institute library rules at airports
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
The Naked Gun was great. Makes me want to go watch Airplane!
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Mike Flannigan @mikeflannigan.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Double Yikes for BC wildfires Lots of lightning this weekend in BC (& WA-OR-ID) after a very long hot & dry period. Fuels are receptive (Duff Moisture Code is high - means very dry fuels where ltg fires typically ignite). If the forecast holds, I expect 100-200 new fire starts during Sept. 6-9 in BC
Lighting forecast for this Saturday for Canada - lots of lightning over BC - WA -OR-ID https://meteologix.com/ca/model-charts/euro/canada/lightning-density/20250907-0000z.htmlDuff Moisture Code for Canada for Sept 6 - shows high dmc values over parts of western canada
https://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/maps/fw?type=dmc&year=2025&month=09&day=06
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Thomas Martin @tmartyparty.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Tell me you didn't put enough resources on standby over the long weekend without telling me you didn't put enough resources on standby over the long weekend.
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brianloveswords @brianloveswords.com · 06/12/2024
hello it's me your CEO texting from a number you've never seen, I need 46 gas station hot dogs for an important business deal no time to explain why
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
I recently bought an SMR drive thinking "how bad can SMR actually be?" Guess which one is the SMR drive 😅
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Lol
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Climate Central @climatecentral.org · 07/08/2025
Wildfires continue to burn across parts of the U.S. and Canada again, and air quality has dropped from "moderate" to "unhealthy" again for millions of Americans Thursday (lasting through the weekend). Here’s a quick 🧵 on how climate change is part of the smoke story 🔽
Map of North America showing active wildfires (marked with red flame icons) concentrated in western Canada and parts of the western U.S. Colored circles indicate current air quality: green (good), yellow (moderate), orange (unhealthy for sensitive groups), and red/purple (unhealthy/hazardous), with poor air quality across the central and eastern U.S., especially around the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley.
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
In a world where corporations milk IPs for every cent it's a privilege that we get three dexter spinoffs and all of them are actually so good.
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
luxagraf.net/jrnl/everyth...
luxagraf.net
Everything Is A Practice - by Scott Gilbertson
There is no finish line. There is no winning, no losing.
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
3 more drives. Home lab is up to almost 40TB
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Friendship is like a 1hr40min long Tim Robinson sketch. Amazing.
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
There's a surprising amount of people selling their used hard drives on FB marketplace for more than new hard drives cost.
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
So fun to race the Vancouver T100 today!! Finished in 3:58:52 and in the top 25 overall which I'm pretty happy with 😁
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Every time I pass an ebike
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
She Hulk is such a weird show. Almost like a superhero movie intended to spite people who like superhero movies, marketed at people who like superhero movies.
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
I really want to like Threads but it is filled with SO MUCH engagement bait.
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Jonathan Bowers @jonotron.ca · 25/05/2025
#Kamloops had a little #wildfire this weekend that was quickly brought under control 🙏🏼 1st image is what LensVx shows for the potential growth of that fire (assuming no action taken and burning for 8h) 2nd image is if it starts on June 29, 2021 (peak heat dome).
Screenshot of a white and grey map in LensVx with an ignition point in Kenna Cartwright Park in Kamloops. The UI has Fire Intensity and HRDPS weather model selected. The ignition point is surrounded by a small cluster of pixels in orange and red showing little fire growth during the 8 hour burn period.Screenshot of a white and grey map in LensVx with an ignition point in Kenna Cartwright Park in Kamloops. The UI has Fire Intensity and Kamloops Heat dome historic weather selected. The fire spreads significantly across the majority of the park from the ignition point as shown by a large number of red and dark red pixels.
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Looks like MS is trying out the new copilot lol
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Ah, we've reached the stage of home lab where I begin benchmarking kernel IO schedulers.
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Chris Foster @chrisfosterelli.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Arcane's second season looks GORGEOUS in Dolby Vision HDR 😍
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