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Daniel @phesder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

the only time I have ever gotten one of those emails and the price was going down, spark very generously grandfathered my old plan so now i had the privilege of paying more for the same thing

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baaconnz.bsky.social @baaconnz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Well guess what: the last lot of tickets are now on sale from October 4th! The call for papers is open until 11 October too, so get those reckons submitted now, while there's still time! events.humanitix.com/baacon-1

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Daniel @phesder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I think it did a bit of both! Has definitely gotten me excited to watch some talks when the videos go up

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Daniel @phesder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

this is so fucking funny

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Daniel @phesder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Curing my fomo with @bentaels.taels.net’s NZGDC live thread

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Daniel @phesder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

like just… have someone go on a walk and take a picture of the city the con is in. c’mon guys.

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Daniel @phesder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’ve been doing this for a while now when discussing LLMs etc. “ChatGPT says…” -> “The generated output/response”. Really don’t want to encourage the misconception that these algorithms are capable of thought or reason

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Freya Holmér @freya.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

found an ominous browser tab

an unfinished tweet that reads "starting to think"

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Daniel @phesder.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

permissions are correct, and have been live for over a year and you just approved them yesterday lol come on now

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Daniel @phesder.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I’m convinced the google play store review process is entirely AI at this point. Submitted a new app version yesterday, approved, released. Realised you have to upload the app icon for the store listing manually (why?), submit new icon -> rejected, need to change requested permissions for app

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Micah Lee @micahflee.com · 16/09/2026

This Flock camera is running obsolete, end-of-life software. - It's on Android 8.1, released in 2017, support ended in 2021 - It's on Android patch level 2018-06-5 - It's running Linux 3.18, released in 2017 This shit is like 8 or 9 years old, and full of vulnerabilities.

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Daniel @phesder.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Damn, I was about to order the last parts for my PC build to be ready for Marathon S3, which is now delayed to 3 days before Path of Exile 2’s full release…

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Daniel @phesder.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

doesn’t work for everyone, especially if your destination isn’t near a train line or you need to be there before 9, but the Te Huia train service has been fantastic for my quarterly work trips to Auckland from Hamilton. Anything to avoid Auckland traffic.

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Freya Holmér @freya.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

but, when you start outsourcing concepts that are *very* fundamental with a high degree of agency, like problem solving, decision making, creativity, artistry, craftsmanship, and communication? you're slowly sacrificing yourself to a prediction machine. you run the risk of losing yourself

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Daniel @phesder.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I started teaching programming at highschools a few weeks after learning to code myself. I taught it all through my undergrad and master’s. I loved it. The last semester I taught it, there was so much LLM use by the class it killed all my passion in continuing in academia.

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Freya Holmér @freya.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

there used to be a strong correlation between seeing neat things online, and the person who made it: 1. is very knowledgeable and passionate about it 2. put love and care into it 3. is getting recognition for it but that trust is now gone, the grifters skipped to step 3, the slop ghouls have won

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Daniel @phesder.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Here to announce my new Torment Nexus as a Service

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Megan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

It's honestly nice to hear that most of the AI bubble really is people play-acting to keep their jobs: hermit-tech.com/blog/ai-mani... Doctorow has a big essay on this, but I prefer the source (this isn't an outsider, they're a high profile tech consultant actively mixing it up in the biz)

hermit-tech.com

AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decisionmaking

The reality of how much damage AI mania is doing to our ability to run institutions effectively.

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Daniel @phesder.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Eagerly watching your thread so I can make the most of the 5 days I’m there next week!

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Daniel @phesder.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I edited a file in Vim for the first time in 2 years, and I remembered how to save and close it! I’m still worthy

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Shiro Sirius @shirosiri.us · 29/07/2026

I don’t want to be too sensationalist about this but also I’m the least violent person in the world and I think if someone said this to my face I’d hit them

"A physical book is a delivery mechanism for information," it continues.
"Once that information has been extracted and encoded into an Al model, the delivery mechanism has served its purpose. What remains is paper, ink, and binding material. The book is not destroyed. Its value has migrated.
The paper returns to the material cycle; the knowledge enters the intellectual one."

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I keep thinking about how often the mass layoffs in media, government and big companies, especially women and people of color, will lead to poorer outcomes for years because the people who would point out potential problems or blind spots were deemed non-essential, a "bad fit", and/or too expensive.

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Daniel @phesder.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

unreasonably excited to start reading this. arrived a whole week early!

The front cover of the book Making Embedded Systems: Design Patterns for Great Software (2nd edition) by Elecia White

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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 17/07/2026

It's very hard not to love @doctorow.pluralistic.net when he gets stuck into something. This video really lays out the AI bubble clearly!

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Daniel @phesder.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

One of my lecturers at Waikato uni (Prof. Te Taka Keegan) worked with Google to bring google search in Te Reo to fruition. I wonder if he had anything to do with this too

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Daniel @phesder.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Glad to hear! Nice to see more representation

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Daniel @phesder.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I remember “turn left onto Te are-ay-pe-ay road.”

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baaconnz.bsky.social @baaconnz.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

bsky.app/profile/baac... BaaCon tickets are now live at baacon.nz/tickets/ Now only one question remains:

Weird looking sheep looking at the camera and captioned are ewe coming (you spelt ewe)

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Neighbourhood Facebook groups are one of Dante's circles of hell. What's the one where you start wondering just how many fucking racist dipwads walk amongst you

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Daniel @phesder.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

installing Microsoft Edge on the SteamOS pc (satire)

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Daniel @phesder.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

That’s the Atto 3. Wonder if I can hit a sick shred when i put it in park

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Daniel @phesder.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

haven’t done much besides play PoE2 for half an hour. I’ve been wanting to get away from windows (as much as I can while still playing EAC games lol) but every time I’ve tried daily driving linux it has invented even more fucked up ways of screwing me over than windows - maybe that’s just Ubuntu

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Daniel @phesder.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I did finally get SteamOS running on my R9 5900X + 9070 XT system. 3.8.10 had an issue where it would shutdown NetworkManager whenever it was in game mode (kinda the point of the OS for me). I swapped to 3.9 via terminal (cos I couldnt finish setup in game mode) and everything worked fine

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Daniel @phesder.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Will this be a quick 20 minute adventure?

A screenshot of Rufus drive utility showing that an image for steamOs 3.8 is being flashed to a USB drive.

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Daniel @phesder.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

The original had the unique property of being made of all things I liked individually, but never would have combined of my own accord. I’ll definitely try the chili powder version sometime!

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Daniel @phesder.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

every time I mix peanut butter with jelly (jam) I’m reminded they were onto something over there

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Daniel @phesder.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

inspired by @barrysoh.bsky.social I made a peanut butter, jelly (or blueberry jam in my case), jalapeño, bacon, and mustard sandwich for lunch. It was pretty good but I don’t think I’ll be making it again

Two pieces of bread, about to be put together for a sandwich. On one slice there is american mustard, on the other there is peanut butter, blueberry jam, jalapẽnos, and bacon

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Doctors 25% more likely to miss a diagnosis on a patient within 3 months after Ai is implemented. The results indicate Ai has an immediate negative effect on professionals skillsets vs prolonged reliance. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

nature.com

Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not good

Reliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show.

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Daniel @phesder.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

*cmos reset is what i meant, but anyway hope it’s nothing major!

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Daniel @phesder.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

manifesting a bios reset solvable issue 🙏

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Daniel @phesder.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I’m used to PoE’s economic resets, so I wish Marathon’s season 2 was more of a hard reset than it is. Logging in to a bunch of blue-green sponsored kits is a bit disappointing. I was looking forward to those first runs with absolutely nothing

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Sarah Pallett @sarah4ilam.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

As a cisgender, heterosexual woman I think it important to state very clearly that I stand strong with my transgender whānau. While this bill is legislatively incoherent drivel, it is causing great harm and should be stopped NOW. Sign if you feel the same. Please. #nzpol

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E Tū E Kī: They Don’t Speak for Us - Block the Definition of Woman Bill

The Government is progressing a Bill through Parliament that aims to limit the rights of transgender, non-binary, and intersex New Zealanders in the name of cis women, by defining “man” and “woman” (a...

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Daniel @phesder.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

i never looked into how true their sustainability actually was, but “pivoting from sustainable footwear to AI” sure is a statement

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Daniel @phesder.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

wonderful, another 10 billion to the make-everything-worse technology

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