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Ian Lewis @ianlewis.org · 30/09/2026

Why the heck does Amazon shopping show up as supporting Heath Connect on Android?

The Android Health Connect permissions screen for Amazon Shopping. It shows the possible options of 'Activity', 'Body Measurements', 'Sleep', and 'Vitals'.

Ian Lewis @ianlewis.org · 27/09/2026

This kind of thinking is based on the highly flawed assumption that getting something done is always better than nothing. There are much more ways to fuck something up than make it better so the assumption fails in the majority of cases.

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Ian Lewis @ianlewis.org · 25/09/2026

The feeling I get when I find a Docker image that rewrites local configuration at run time instead of at build time.

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Man's Grossed Out Disgusted Reaction

Alt: Clint Eastwood grimacing while drinking coffee.

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Ian Lewis @ianlewis.org · 25/09/2026

Agents sometimes make up the weirdest metaphors. "That is not an economy. It is a cathedral of bookkeeping with no congregation." I'm sorry, what?

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Ian Lewis @ianlewis.org · 24/09/2026

Our little one passed away today. He was 18 and half years old and was with us for 14 of those years. The best of dogs. Gutted.

A senior toy manchester terrier in a dog wheelchair. He is wearing a bib that says 'Happy Birthday' and a party hat with the number 18 written on it. He is the handsomest bestest boy ever.

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Ian Lewis @ianlewis.org · 23/09/2026

It really sucks that me and my wife will have a small window of time where we could actually travel in the next year or two, but it's going to be stupid expensive because of the orange idiot.

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Ian Lewis @ianlewis.org · 21/09/2026

I upgraded my home lab with a 10in 8U rack. Still more to be done to improve cabling in the back but this will do for now.

A 10in 8U rack with a 12 port network patch panel, 3 intake NUC Nikki PCs, and a QNAP NAS in it. A small display and fan are also visible to the side.

A 10in 8U rack with a 12 port network patch panel, 3 intake NUC Nikki PCs, and a QNAP NAS in it.

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Ian Lewis @ianlewis.org · 21/09/2026

This kind of thing sucks so much. Ads are just so lucrative that they can't just let folks pay to not get them.

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Ian Lewis @ianlewis.org · 19/09/2026

Since about 2015 I've have ~0 interest in "What's new with Chrome". I think the only feature I use that was added since then is tab groups.

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Ian Lewis @ianlewis.org · 19/09/2026

A million *just in the US*.

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is the most masculine video on the internet right now

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Ian Lewis @ianlewis.org · 16/09/2026

I don't have a Linux desktop environment but I need GnuCash so I run in a VNC server via noVNC behind an IAP proxy in my home lab Kubernetes cluster like a psychopath.

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Musediet Spongebob Laughing

ALT: Musediet Spongebob Laughing

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Ian Lewis @ianlewis.org · 15/09/2026

I just can't be productive with a time-boxed daily schedule. I need to work without distractions until the work is done. I'll never get anything done if I have to finish by certain time. My brain is just not built that way but I feel myself forced into it more and more as I get older.

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Ian Lewis @ianlewis.org · 14/09/2026

Bryan writes so well and is so persuasive it requires all of my critical thinking skills to consume without being completely hypnotized.

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Ian Lewis @ianlewis.org · 14/09/2026

I just found out about automatic content recognition in TVs and nearly had an aneurysm.

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Ian Lewis @ianlewis.org · 14/09/2026

I feel this every time I think about playing RimWorld only to spend the full afternoon curating my mods list.

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Ian Lewis @ianlewis.org · 14/09/2026

The TLDR newsletters are useful but are so AI driven they often have really blatant errors; articles that don't match the subheadings, emails where the articles don't match the subject etc.

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Ian Lewis @ianlewis.org · 13/09/2026

It's fun that two of my most unique skills, the Japanese language and software engineering were both automated during my lifetime to such a degree that it would be crazy to think about spending the time to learn them as a young person now.

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Ian Lewis @ianlewis.org · 13/09/2026

It's good to see that Blizzard is leaning into the current moment 🙄 www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eQU...

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STARCRAFT | Announce Cinematic | Dominion

YouTube video by StarCraft

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Ian Lewis @ianlewis.org · 13/09/2026

No spice, color, dancing, or music for our puritan selves

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Ian Lewis @ianlewis.org · 11/09/2026

I'd feel better about this if I thought there would be as many or more jobs as a result. UBI is also a bit of a pipe dream. It will practically never happen and if it does it will be very basic "water and crust of bread" sustenance.

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Ian Lewis @ianlewis.org · 07/09/2026

Developers thinking that everyone will use AI to make their own software and we'll move away from software monopolies sound like the delusional ones tbh.

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Ian Lewis @ianlewis.org · 07/09/2026

The funny thing is there are a huge number of cities, towns, and municipalities, including my hometown of Damascus, MD, that are named after foreign cities.

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Ian Lewis @ianlewis.org · 07/09/2026

I use AI tools at work and sometimes for OSS. But I'd really have a much better future outlook about AI, expanding into Space etc. if the companies that were doing it were led by decent people.

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Ian Lewis @ianlewis.org · 07/09/2026

I looks like uniforms for the empire in Star Wars which themselves were literally modeled after the Nazi Wehrmacht.

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Ian Lewis @ianlewis.org · 05/09/2026

At least he caught a glimmer of how little value his interactions on social media generates.

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apenwarr @apenwarr.ca · 03/09/2026

The trick with the lethal trifecta mitigation is the *guarantee*. Not “I’ll ask you before running commands” or “don’t worry, it’s our most aligned model ever.”

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Ian Lewis @ianlewis.org · 03/09/2026

@niallharbison.bsky.social is out here doing the Lord's work while we're all discussing more efficient ways to waste AI tokens.

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Ian Lewis @ianlewis.org · 03/09/2026

This is very cool, but the part where he says academia is basically a corporate research lab almost made me fall out of my seat.

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Ian Lewis @ianlewis.org · 03/09/2026

At some point, I think it's possible that cyber attacks will be like attacks with normal weapons in that the only reason you don't do it, is that someone will do it back to you.

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Ian Lewis @ianlewis.org · 03/09/2026

I was just thinking how active an action giving $300k to someone is. I mean, in addition to nothing, you could have given that money to distribute mosquito nets or something and done a lot more good.

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Ian Lewis @ianlewis.org · 02/09/2026

The way things are going I think it's a matter of time now before tech is mostly just VCs, tech bro entrepreneurs, and low paid AI drivers. I don't think that learning to use AI better is going to be a skill that has a lot of lasting value. The end goal is to pay fewer people less to output faster

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Ian Lewis @ianlewis.org · 02/09/2026

Modern programming - Design: Talk to AI. AI makes 85% of design decisions - Coding: AI writes all code based on design it wrote - Testing: AI writes test harness. - Eval (optional): Ask AI about tests and rubber stamp approve. Repeat.

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Ian Lewis @ianlewis.org · 02/09/2026

Nothing more demoralizing than spending a bunch of time looking into a project to see if you can add value and learning that all your ideas won't really add value anyway.

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Ian Lewis @ianlewis.org · 02/09/2026

Agent grit was mentioned on the Ezra Klein show. They are trained to try over and over but it doesn't have the self-doubt and self-reflection to know if ends don't justify the means. youtu.be/locKEKxG3os?...

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The A.I.s Are Already Out of Control | The Ezra Klein Show

YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show

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Ian Lewis @ianlewis.org · 01/09/2026

Of all the BlueSky labelers, by far, the most useful is the Cornell Tech Account Activity Labeler. Really helps you get a feel for which accounts to pay attention to (or ignore). bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Ian Lewis @ianlewis.org · 31/08/2026

I've heard of 3/25. I can't say I know much about even the ones I've heard of.

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Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 27/08/2026

Some people have reduced their own value to what can be accomplished with a computer, and consider anything that can match their limited capabilities to be as human as they are.

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Go @golang.org · 27/08/2026

Congrats to Go co-creator Rob Pike on receiving the 2026 USENIX Lifetime Achievement Award (The Flame)! 🔥 Rob’s impact spans Go, UTF-8, Plan 9, & Unix programming classics. 📺 Watch acceptance speech: youtu.be/wSXATB0H1DY 📖 USENIX citation: www.usenix.org/about/awards...

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Acceptance video for the 2026 USENIX Lifetime Achievement Award (the "Flame")

YouTube video by Rob Pike

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Sasha Costanza-Chock @schock.cc · 27/08/2026

Guys I hate to break it to you, but under capitalism, automation improves productivity but doesn't actually reduce the amount of time workers must work to survive. Instead, productivity gains are captured as profit. Only worker organizing will reduce our labor time. Yes, this applies to 'AI'

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Charlie Chaplin Working in Modern Times

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Ian Lewis @ianlewis.org · 26/08/2026

I wish I could say waking up at 12:30 and tossing and turning until my alarm goes off at 5am was an unfamiliar occurrence.

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Sleepy Man Needs Coffee - Good Morning

ALT: Sleepy Man Needs Coffee - Good Morning

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Ian Lewis @ianlewis.org · 26/08/2026

They way the cat fell out could not have been more videogenic.

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Ian Lewis @ianlewis.org · 25/08/2026

I feel like I should just YOLO it and start running Claude/Codex directly on my machine and have it just use my creds like everyone else. It's just too hard to set up and maintain proper creds and sandboxes for them.

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