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James O’Gorman

@jamesog.net
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Geek, tea drinker, occasional photographer, wannabe musician (bass 🎸, piano), and liker of Oxford commas. Recovering sysadmin, pseudo-SRE. Lefty woke liberal. 🏳️‍🌈.

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James O’Gorman @jamesog.net · 25/09/2026
It's been a particularly gruelling week at work so I finished Friday by… doing an extra long session on the spin bike? What is wrong with me?
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Jaz @jaz.sh · 24/09/2026
What if Ultimate-Guitar but on atproto? I'm playing around with a little idea, it's fun, come join! leadsheet.fm/sheet/jaz.sh...
leadsheet.fm
I Will Follow You Into the Dark chords by Death Cab for Cutie | Leadsheet
Chords for I Will Follow You Into the Dark by Death Cab for Cutie, key of Am, capo 5. By @jaz.sh, rated 5.0 from 1 rating.
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Dan Luu @danluu.com · 18/09/2026
There's no point at which turning your brain off will work: danluu.com/brain-off/
In early 2025, I started seeing people turn off their brain as they use LLMs1. They would have an LLM take an action (summarize text, write some code, etc.), and just assume that it worked2. This generally didn't work in early 2025 and the result was often quite silly.

As LLMs have gotten better, I've seen more of this. Sometimes, people will try to get the LLM to write some code for them and basically just assume that it works3. Sometimes there's a human in the loop and, if the thing doesn't work, they'll ask the LLM to figure out the problem and solve it. Niklas Gruhn calls some variants of doing this being a meat proxy.4

Being a for loop meat proxy works better than it did in early 2025 and the software I've tried that's developed like this sometimes actually sort of works. Not well enough that I'd want to use it or that it's successful, but I'm impressed at how effective being a meat proxy is in September 2026. You could even imagine LLMs improving enough that brain-off meat-proxy development produces average quality software in the foreseeable future.

Let's say that happens. What reason is there for the company to employ the meat proxy? The company can just run the LLM in a loop and lay off the employee. There's no point at which this methodology will work for the employee5.
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𝑀𝒶𝓎𝓇𝒶°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:・🫧 @lepapillonblue.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
EPIC! 😆🤣
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Xe @xeiaso.net · 21/09/2024
God I would pay actual money dollars for a TV that just functioned as a HDMI to photon converter. I don't want much. I just want to see the photons from the HDMI frames with basically zero latency.
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Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 21/09/2024
At this point I'm willing to pay more money for appliances with zero smart features and physical controls for everything.
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Go @golang.org · 16/09/2026
“Size-Specialized Memory Allocation” by Michael Matloob — go.dev/blog/size-specialized-alloca… #golang
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Boris @bmann.ca · 15/09/2026
Me too, @z-space.ca espresso machine
Z-Space espresso machine has a yellow sticky that has “slop bucket full” written on it
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James O’Gorman @jamesog.net · 14/09/2026
Time to bid "fuck off" to Tahoe
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ChinnyVision @chinnyvision.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
National and Internal Borders 2029 might look something like this
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I’ve now lived so much longer than I would ever have expected to that I feel I’m living in the future. This is when I imagined Neuromancer happening. And now the creators of today’s AI warn us that it threatens humanity.
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James O’Gorman @jamesog.net · 13/09/2026
I told you I can't cook
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James O’Gorman @jamesog.net · 11/09/2026
Am I remembering right that this is basically Mr Beast's fault? Something about him using his massive platform to A/B test lots of different expressions and coming up with this being the most click-baity.
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Simon Threadgold @sthreadgold.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"It's a Flaaaaaake!"
Angry Romulen, holding a Flake bar.
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James O’Gorman @jamesog.net · 09/09/2026
Ooh, Apple Watch Series 12 Night Blue ceramic looks nice. Maybe it's my upgrade year after all. My current S6 is also blue and I'm always sad when they take colour options away.
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James O’Gorman @jamesog.net · 08/09/2026
I fucking hate Waltzes. (This brought to you by my current set of piano lessons on Pianote.)
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Scott Fitzgerald Gray @scottfgray.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The number of people still seemingly unaware that Substack has a Nazi problem means it’s apparently worth mentioning yet again that Substack has a fucking Nazi problem.
theguardian.com
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
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Tom Limoncelli @yesthattom.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I've seen many articles about how to manage technical debt that suggest nice, easy, solutions that don't work. How about if you throw ethics out the door? Would that help? Here's my answer: queue.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
queue.acm.org
Unethical Ways to Manage Technical Debt: Is ignoring it unethical?: Queue: Vol 24, No 4
You can ignore it, tie it to unrelated company initiatives, or feign ignorance and simply not offer solutions that add to it. Or… you can adopt more above-board techniques such as Crawl/Walk/Run and t...
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Paul MC Smith @wonderfulbooks.co.uk · 04/09/2026
Out now: SCREEN PRINTED, the definitive guide to the exciting adventures based on the popular BBC television serial. 199 titles, 1,100 editions, 800 cover images. Fully revised listings and details of the Doctor Who novelisations from Target and beyond. More at www.wonderfulbook.co.uk/screenprinted
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Bandcamp @bandcamp.com · 04/09/2026
Today is Bandcamp Friday! For 24 hours, we waive our revenue share, so even more of every purchase goes to the artists and labels behind the music. Go forth. The music is waiting: bit.ly/4gECRzG
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Chris Mason watching Channel 4 News.
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Andrew Lilley Brinker @alilleybrinker.com · 31/08/2026
Hey @1password.bsky.social, time to change course.
alilleybrinker.com
1Password Supports the Ethnic Cleansing of Europe — Andrew Lilley Brinker
1Password has committed $300,000 to Omarchy. This is unacceptable and must be rescinded.
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James O’Gorman @jamesog.net · 31/08/2026
"Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word." Sure, but can I make fun of American vowel pronunciations 🙃 Worcestershire = WOOS-te-shuh Omnipotent = Om-ni-po-tent (short O, vs. American long; ni not emphasised) (I would probably also pronounce macabre with a slight rolled R.)
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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
this is gonna upset so many of y’all
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James O’Gorman @jamesog.net · 27/08/2026
Me, searching for hotels: Ticks box for "Breakfast included" Hotels.com: Here are hotels where you can pay extra for breakfast
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James O’Gorman @jamesog.net · 27/08/2026
Look, it's bad enough that I talk to myself while I'm working, you don't need me actually talking *at* the computer. (I get there are people with legitimate need for this but I suspect they are not the intended consumer of this somehow.)
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James O’Gorman @jamesog.net · 26/08/2026
Kind of wild how Apple seem to have only partially updated satellite views over summer. Or maybe it's a reminder.
Apple Maps in satellite view over Hemel Hempstead and surrounding areas. Most of Hemel shows light brown where there should be green (due to summer heatwaves), but the left and bottom-left is entirely green.
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Anton Zhiyanov @antonz.org · 25/08/2026
The new JSON package is finally production-ready in Go 1.27, so I've updated my JSON v2 guide. It explains all the main differences between the json and json/v2 packages, with interactive examples for each one. Check it out! antonz.org/go-json-v2
antonz.org
JSON evolution in Go: from v1 to v2
Reviewing the key changes in json/v2.
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 24/08/2026
Meat proxy (noun): “A person who forwards AI-generated text, code, or other output without reading, understanding, or validating it. The person acts only as a relay between the AI system and the intended recipient.” [sfisms.org]
sfisms.org
Meat proxy
A person who forwards AI-generated text, code, or other output without reading, understanding, or validating it. The person acts only as a relay between the AI system and the intended recipient.
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James O’Gorman @jamesog.net · 21/08/2026
I always seem on the periphery of memes, seeing people referencing them but no idea what they're talking about. What's going on with spreadsheets?
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Go @golang.org · 19/08/2026
🎊 Go 1.27.0 is released! 🗒️ Release notes: go.dev/doc/go1.27 📦 Download: go.dev/dl/#go1.27.0 #golang
$ go install golang.org/dl/go1.27.0@latest
$ go1.27.0 download
Downloaded   0.0% (       0 / 68239764 bytes) ...
Downloaded  50.0% (34119882 / 68239764 bytes) ...
Downloaded 100.0% (68239764 / 68239764 bytes)
Unpacking go1.27.0.netbsd-386.tar.gz ...
Success. You may now run 'go1.27.0'
$ go1.27.0 version
go version go1.27.0 netbsd/386
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Sam Rose @samwho.dev · 19/08/2026
Impossible to overstate how much of my soul is imbued into this post. I wanted to push the boundaries of the web as an education platform. Why _shouldn’t_ we run Kubernetes in the browser to demonstrate for-real what happens, and let you influence it? Hope you love it. 🫶
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James O’Gorman @jamesog.net · 17/08/2026
I have just seen a woman walking down the road with her toddler, and the toddler was wearing a onesie and bucket hat that both had the Nirvana logo on it. Wtf?
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 16/08/2026
A former director of BBC News speaks:
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James O’Gorman @jamesog.net · 16/08/2026
static.klipy.com
Elmo in the Rain with Lightning
Alt: Elmo in the rain with lightning
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James O’Gorman @jamesog.net · 14/08/2026
Sigh.
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Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 14/08/2026
ESP custom
Here's a picture of three ESP guitars hanging from a rack that was taken during what looks like a Japanese trade show. We're not gonna talk about the Flying V on the right or the double-cutaway electric on the left, though. We're gonna talk about the one in the middle.

The Alfee is a Japanese rock band that's been around since the 1970s. Their lead guitarist and frontman, Toshihiko Takamizawa, is known for the intricately carved, angel-themed guitars that ESP makes for him. I've posted a couple before, but this is the wildest one I've seen. 

It's a double-cutaway guitar, and the two horns are actually carved angel wings that stretch all the way out to the middle of the headstock. This gives really good access to the high frets, but that advantage is taken away by the head that comes out of the body where the neck pickup would normally be. (At least the expression on its face looks happy with the whole being-a-guitar thing.) The head and wings taper down to a symmetrical shield shape, where the humbucker and Floyd Rose are. Two smaller wings come out of each side of the body, and there are two hands coming out of the end. Each hand is holding a dagger that sticks out, and they cross a few inches from the end of the body. To top it off, the 6-in-line headstock is scrolled at the end.

I only know of two people in this world that could get away with playing a guitar like this: Takamizawa and Bluesky's own Krystal Swords.
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Sinjo @sinjo.dev · 13/08/2026
I never want to watch a podcast. Podcasts go on when I’m doing other stuff. I will not subscribe to your YouTube channel. Stay in your goddamn lane.
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James O’Gorman @jamesog.net · 11/08/2026
So they'll be killing it shortly, yeah?
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 10/08/2026
v1.130 is live! Want to follow someone for their posts but not their reposts? Now you can — turn on "Hide reposts in feeds" for any account you follow.
A screenshot demonstrating how to hide reposts from an individual user: Go to their profile, tap the three-dot icon at top right, and select "Hide reposts in feeds" from the drop-down menu.
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Sinjo @sinjo.dev · 10/08/2026
This is utterly deranged. For everyone's sake, read another book. > Power cable linking UK and Ireland now passes near Bronze Age human burial remains instead of fictional grave on Welsh beach www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’
Power cable linking UK and Ireland now passes near Bronze Age human burial remains instead of fictional grave on Welsh beach
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willmill82 @willmill82.co.uk · 07/08/2026
If you see this, reply with a picture that illustrates what it's like living in the UK
Cunk
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Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I’d recommend everyone watch this - it’s rather cheering to watch our media discover that an incompetent crank runs our national equality regulator
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James O’Gorman @jamesog.net · 06/08/2026
youtube.com
Strings Don't Vibrate The Way You Think
Check out Acoustics Today at https://acousticstoday.org, the ASA’s magazine featuring accessible articles about the latest discoveries and ideas in acoustics. This video takes a close look at the true motion of string instruments, such as the guitar, which has really bizarre movement compared to how you might imagine! Many thanks to Destin from Smarter Every Day for lending me his high speed camera! https://youtube.com/@smartereveryday References: - Making Music with Math: https://aatishb.com/stringmath/ - Solving the Sound of a Guitar String: http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2007/ph210/pelc2/ - Rolling Shutter Explained: https://youtu.be/dNVtMmLlnoE?si=6QiIjKM5HgmgYRKN Link to Patreon Supporters: http://www.minutephysics.com/supporters/ And Facebook: http://facebook.com/minutephysics Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining view of old and new problems in physics -- all in a minute! Created by Henry Reich Produced by Joshua Chawner
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James O’Gorman @jamesog.net · 03/08/2026
Come on Pilgrim, Surfer Rosa, Doolittle by Pixies
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Fastmail @fastmail.com · 03/08/2026
Fastmail data can now live primarily in the EU, on servers our own engineers set up in Amsterdam. Current customers can switch in settings; new accounts pick a region at signup. 

 Our CEO Bron's post walks through exactly what lives where.
www.fastmail.com/blog/fastmai... #Fastmail #Email
fastmail.com
Fastmail offers EU data region
Choose if you want to make the European Union the primary home for your Fastmail data, on our own secure servers in Amsterdam.
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James O’Gorman @jamesog.net · 02/08/2026
Prime @betteridgeslaw.bsky.social
wired.com
Is It Possible to Make Smart Glasses That Aren’t Creepy?
As more big companies invest in glasses that record audio and video and pack AI on board, privacy concerns are only getting louder.
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James Eaneman @eanemanjames.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
"For so many years, there's been no place for B5 fans to congregate (other than the occasional asylum or prisons)." I think that's one of reasons I gravitated towards B5 after college (apart from Londo, G'Kar, and space opera). @straczynski.bsky.social's sense of humor is similar to my own, heh.
youtube.com
JMS Welcomes You to the Official Babylon 5 Channel!
YouTube video by Babylon 5
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James O’Gorman @jamesog.net · 31/07/2026
Google is a deeply unserious company these days.
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