ben @eskola.uk · 20hoh great, now i have some random ‘AI’ startup asking for permission to include ‘my’ work in their slop machine firstly it's MIT licenced, which the email references and should be sufficient answer; secondly it's not my decision anyway, which should have been obvious from the very same file. 100
ben @eskola.uk · 22han llm tic I’ve been noticing recently is something like ‘a phrase: one X, no Y, no Z’. it’s a bit more specific than the grouping of three things, but it’s also so vague that it obviously could just be (and presumably does) appear in non-LLM writing too. 100
ben @eskola.uk · 05/10/2026Github actions are such a horrible interface. Why should I have to deal with breaking changes and a mandatory Node.js version update for something that amounts to `git tag "${1}"`? 000
Reposted by benCharlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Oh my: LibreOffice just made "no AI" one of their official features: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09...blog.documentfoundation.orgYes, no AI is now a feature - TDF Community BlogOne of the comments on the announcement of LibreOffice 26.8 was a simple question: “So, no AI is now a feature?” LibreOffice does not reject artificial intelligence out of hand, but an office suite us... 5156142127
ben @eskola.uk · 04/10/2026Took a peek at a thread on Bluesky about support for Palestine by the Green Party and somehow every single one of the people taking Israel’s side was someone I had muted via a shared blocklist of transphobes. Weird coincidence! But convenient. 200
ben @eskola.uk · 04/10/2026I have a Rails app where I am the only user, and months ago I broke one of the forms and still haven’t gotten around to fixing it. (Since it’s just me, I can always just do the specific update in the console instead.) 100
ben @eskola.uk · 03/10/2026The person who is alleged to have murdered Ann Widdecombe is now also being charged with terrorism offences. No specifics appear to be given; I assume it must have been a very strongly-worded cardboard sign. 000
ben @eskola.uk · 02/10/2026just saw someone refering to ‘Nobel-winning economists’. I wonder what they won their Nobels in. 100
ben @eskola.uk · 01/10/2026the eff has some sort of anti-big-tech campaign going on, listing ‘ai training on my data’ as a negative thing, which is weird because i’m pretty sure the eff is de facto in favour of big tech companies training their LLMs on everyone’s data 000
ben @eskola.uk · 01/10/2026amazing, i can't access github because copilot throws an exception that causes the whole page to unload*. i don't even use copilot but it's blocking everything else, marvellous * i say unload because the page clearly loads first and then is replaced by the error message after half a second. 210
ben @eskola.uk · 30/09/2026In two minds about the Firefox redesign. It’s a little tiresome that every time something gets redesigned people instantly hate it for made-up reasons, and I think some of that is probably going on here. 100
ben @eskola.uk · 30/09/2026"AI (Claude code) is used on a daily basis" always nice when recruiters put their red flags up front (i'm not looking, but it's still discouraging that this is listed as a positive. like asking for 10x rockstar ninja developers with no work-life balance.) 000
ben @eskola.uk · 25/09/2026upgraded macos, compiler broken. because yeah, why would i want to upgrade the command-line tools to a version that actually works? 000
ben @eskola.uk · 24/09/2026criticised some slop and someone was offended. ‘how dare you dismiss all that hard work’ oh yeah I’m sure. hours spent slaving over a prompt. screaming arguments with their agents over the right approach. get a grip. 100
Reposted by benDavid Cooper @davidbcooper.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Starting my day making some art. 281625488
ben @eskola.uk · 22/09/2026“Why did a $154 billion CEO just endorse stripping most Americans of voting rights—and taking us back to the 19th century?” fortune.com/2026/07/27/shopify-ceo-… Clue’s right there in the headline, idk what to tell youfortune.comWhy did a $154 billion CEO just endorse stripping most Americans of voting rights—and taking us back to the 19th century? | FortuneShould how much you pay in taxes determine how much your vote counts? Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke seems to think so. 100
Reposted by benGreenwich Green Party @greenwich.greenparty.org.uk · 20/09/2026Not enough done for cyclists wishing to cross directly. No acknowledgement of tailbacks southbound, marginal improvement in HGV blockages Blackwall tunnel (23%} and no reference to PM 2.5 particle monitoring. 032
ben @eskola.uk · 17/09/2026Why can I find dog-friendly screenings of Sense and Sensibility but not baby-friendly ones? Who takes a dog to the cinema? Actually, can I take a baby to a dog-friendly screening? It’s not like he’d be more disruptive than a dog would. Maybe if I disguise him. 200
ben @eskola.uk · 17/09/2026amazing, github has broken scrolling if i scroll down in a pull request 'files changed' tab it jumps to the bottom. why do people insist on reinventing browser behaviour and then fucking it up? 000
Reposted by bensarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 17/09/2026the ai ceos calling for a slowdown because of agi is like when your friend who's really into conspiracy theories is like "and that's why the ruling elite is beholden to epstein" but then before you can agree, they add, "because of satanic rituals" 578099
Reposted by benderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/09/2026A friend of mine works in AI and thinks bad things are about to happen. He sold his home and moved his family out the country. He said that if you own a home in a walkable San Francisco neighborhood near a taqueria with good veggie options, you should sell your home for super cheap right now. 978907866
ben @eskola.uk · 15/09/2026iOS 27 has replaced a context-menu entry I use regularly with a context-menu submenu containing a single entry. Remember when people used to think Apple had the best UX design in the world? 010
ben @eskola.uk · 15/09/2026Upgraded iOS. Turned off AI. Found another place to turn it off some more. Then found another obviously AI feature that needed to be turned off separately. Going great so far. 000
ben @eskola.uk · 14/09/2026I've been using macos for 15 years and they still haven't added useful split panes to terminal.appterminal.appCotypist – Smart Autocomplete for Mac | Type Faster, Write BetterCotypist: Smart autocomplete for Mac. Type as fast as you think in any app. Save hours, reduce errors, and boost your productivity. 100
ben @eskola.uk · 12/09/2026becoming a parent has meant i’ve finally learned how to spell diarrhoea 010
Reposted by benDr. Ruth Marshall is still kicking against the pricks @wtfis2bdone.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The final stage of genocide is denial. There is no lie more foul. The people who created and signed this horrifying tissue of monstrous lies are radically evil. 57121
ben @eskola.uk · 10/09/2026No, "I uploaded a file that wasn't malware and your malware blocker didn't block it" is not a vulnerability. 000
ben @eskola.uk · 10/09/2026Still haven't had much of a chance to finish off setting up my Alpine machine, and find I'm still half tempted to give Gentoo a go after all. Might put some Rush on at the weekend and settle down to compile some kernels. 000
ben @eskola.uk · 10/09/2026RE: techhub.social/@infoq/1172355448954… loltechhub.socialInfoQ (@infoq@techhub.social)Attached: 1 image Kubernetes is promoting #KYAML - a stricter dialect of YAML designed to make Kubernetes configuration more explicit, predictable, and less prone to common YAML errors. 🔗 More details here: https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/09/kubernetes-kyaml-manifests/ #Kubernetes #YAML #DevOps #CloudNative #InfoQ 000
ben @eskola.uk · 10/09/2026zero surprises that the 'i have concerns about LLMs too! i will however loudly advocate for LLMs and not change my behaviour in the slightest based on those concerns' guy is also the 'i don't support DHH! i will however loudly and repeatedly defend everything he stands for' guy. 000
ben @eskola.uk · 07/09/2026Just noticed that Google Lighthouse has a category for analysing 'agentic browsing'. Piss off. You're supposed to be superhuman intelligence. If you can't manage to navigate a website that works for humans then you're on your own. 100
Reposted by benGlyph @glyf.bsky.social · 07/09/2026truly, spoken like a man who doesn't know what trains or bicycles are 56514
ben @eskola.uk · 03/09/2026Occasionally find I’d like to sing to my baby. Unfortunately it turns out that almost the only songs I know the lyrics to are the ones I listened to obsessively as a teenager, and I think he’s a little young for Ozzy Osbourne. 100
ben @eskola.uk · 01/09/2026Glad I didn’t switch back to 1Password in the end (they bumped up the price significantly just as I was about to and I gave up). I do need to now unify my passwords from Apple Passwords, Bitwarden, and a 1Password trial into `pass` though. 000
Reposted by bendavid celis @davidcel.is · 31/08/2026I contacted 1Password to tell them I'll be cancelling my account of ten years over this and you should too. Do I think they'll actually change course? No. But I want them to know why they won't be getting any more of my fucking moneyalilleybrinker.com1Password Supports the Ethnic Cleansing of Europe — Andrew Lilley Brinker1Password has committed $300,000 to Omarchy. This is unacceptable and must be rescinded. 3256
ben @eskola.uk · 29/08/2026RE: mastodon.social/@jcoglan/1171501789… Been meaning to buy this for a while and finally did. Though I’ll have to get around to finishing Crafting Interpreters first (new goal: implement a language and then implement git in it?)mastodon.socialjcoglan (@jcoglan@mastodon.social)it's the last week of my summer sale -- get 50% a copy of "building git" using code BGAUG2026 at https://shop.jcoglan.com/building-git/ 000
ben @eskola.uk · 28/08/2026royal mail has outdone itself: instead of pretending i'm not in to accept a delivery, they're pretending my house no longer exists 000
Reposted by benAuuuulet 🍂👻 @aulet.es · 25/08/2026Some resources on why AI sucks for me and thee why i refuse ai benui.ca/blog/why-i-r... resistance is futile: the myth of tech inevitability theconvivialsociety.substack.com/p/resistance... i am an ai hater anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h... 12315
Reposted by benSmall Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 22/08/2026There were whole symphonies composed without the slightest modicum of aid from genAI or machine learning. We went to the Moon without it. Why are you suddenly dependent on this awful, awful invention? 3256
Reposted by benSmall Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Proponents always talk about it like it's essential technology and I'm like, we did without it for 85% of my life so far. We were not helpless that whole time. We wrote loads of stuff. We built bridges and all sorts. 1304
Reposted by benRaphael van Lierop 🇨🇦 @raphlife.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is. GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart. But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end. 127111764659
Reposted by bentef @tef.bsky.social · 20/08/2026CAPITAL: We have invented a machine that can cross picket lines PROGRAMMERS: I bet this will give us four day weekends. The left need to get behind this. What else can it do CAPITAL: Psychosis! Deepfakes! Propaganda! Plagerism! Yaml! Todo Apps! PROGRAMMERS: Run those last two past me again 4547142
Reposted by benAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/08/2026I've never seen such an effort to censor a document as I have the Amnesty International report on gender critical groups because of JK Rowling. They removed the report from the Wayback Machine and now I got a DMCA strike on my Google Drive for having it. It was deleted and removed from my account. 229114175344
Reposted by benelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 14/08/2026The British press is by and large one of the most revolting institutions I’ve ever encountered. They hounded him to death for hate and clicks. He had two kids. F-ing monsters 6692189
Reposted by benFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 11/08/2026my own relationship with Harry Potter is, I think, bog-standard for a median-age millennial: I enjoyed the books just fine when I was an actual child, and I retained fairly pleasant memories about them until it was revealed that JK Rowling is a repulsive person 1780251
Reposted by benNeil Bhaerman @neilanalien.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I'm halfway through "The AI Con" by @alexhanna.bsky.social & @emilymbender.bsky.social & I am emerging even more militantly anti-"AI" then I was previously. More importantly, it is giving me the language I need to try to shut down AI creep into my work. Highly recommend checking it out. 37013
Reposted by benCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 09/08/2026This is why I find the 'AI has uses' or the 'AI is marketed wrong' so dumb. Of course everything comes with a trade off, but, you can't possibly think that what few things it can do is worth being "the biggest climate polluter in the US." That seems absolutely insane 19662262
Reposted by benBaldur Bjarnason @baldurbjarnason.com · 09/08/2026“Mea Culpa - Dark Hours — Terry Godier” blog.terrygodier.com/2026/08/09/mea… > it became clear to me that the web app I had launched using Claude was strikingly similar to his open source project, even reproducing a bug he had later fixed blog.terrygodier.comMea Culpa - Dark HoursLast week I launched a project called Dark Hours, which was a website utility to give you an idea of what could be seen in the sky that night. A developer who … 911424