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Sam @samthor.au · 13/09/2026
Opening up VSCode for the first time in months.
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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]
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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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Every Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Transport NSW pointing out how inefficient roads are in this promo for the Western Harbour Tunnel. "That makes each tunnel large enough to fit three metro rail tunnels." Metro already matches the thru-put of the existing 2-lane tunnel.
1 road tunnel = 3 train tunnelsTBMs making a bus look tiny
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Sam @samthor.au · 07/08/2026
Going to bring back cool ampersands ɛ̩̍ tell you all about them.
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Sam @samthor.au · 25/06/2026
If you spill something sticky on your MacBook, try spraying a little bit of whiteboard cleaner around the effected keys. Works well. Posting for a friend.
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Sam @samthor.au · 20/06/2026
PSA: you can just buy Android Find My (aka Apple AirTag) devices for AU$12-15 each right now. Just go buy some now and put them in your stuff. I'll wait.
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Sam @samthor.au · 04/06/2026
get in the
AI Bins
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Sam @samthor.au · 01/06/2026
My next several hours
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Sam @samthor.au · 17/05/2026
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Sam @samthor.au · 30/04/2026
tokens died for this joke
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Sam @samthor.au · 28/04/2026
Child's first economics: > so dad, what happens if the shop runs out of money? Who would have any money? Well, turns out the government can make more money. > So they can just give everyone more money!
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Vale @vale.rocks · 20/04/2026
Vercel got pwned, so here is another prompt to stop using them. Entirely unrelated, but here is a picture of Vercel's CEO with Netanyahu, the man responsible for the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch smiling in a selfie with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Sam @samthor.au · 19/04/2026
shoosh Go I know it
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Sam @samthor.au · 08/04/2026
lol Gemini what
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Sam @samthor.au · 07/04/2026
samthor.au/2026/base64-... 🗜️💨
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Base64 Is Fast Now, Actually
The browser's base64 encoding is fast now
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Sam @samthor.au · 05/04/2026
the house is slowly getting over COVID. pity I bombed some professional stuff in the middle of the week, maybe related, who knows. 🫠
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Sam @samthor.au · 02/04/2026
this is a great CSS read. blog.gitbutler.com/the-great-cs... not to mention syntax improvements; nested CSS, CSS vars and mixing colors, et al.
blog.gitbutler.com
The Great CSS Expansion
CSS now does what Floating UI, GSAP ScrollTrigger, Framer Motion, and react-select used to require JavaScript for. Here is exactly how much that saves, why these libraries were painful beyond their si...
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Sam @samthor.au · 31/03/2026
Wake me up when fetch() has a supply chain attack
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Sam @samthor.au · 30/03/2026
Tired of storing your bytes in regular memory? Have you always wanted to pack them into NaNs instead? github.com/samthor/nanbox
github.com
GitHub - samthor/nanbox: Box yer NaNs
Box yer NaNs. Contribute to samthor/nanbox development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Sam @samthor.au · 25/03/2026
> Now can lick runes to pull them. Rune-licking refunds spent mana it's all I've ever wanted 🐸
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Sam @samthor.au · 10/03/2026
"...it's carrying probably 1,800 truck movements a day..." Let's say each truck = one 20 foot container Let's say 900 each way, and 30 flatbeds for 60 containers, that's 15 trains/direction/day extra. I wish this was actually a reasonable alternative in NSW.
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Sam @samthor.au · 10/03/2026
it's been 100 years
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Sam @samthor.au · 02/03/2026
The AI and me cut 5% (for Node) and 30% (for browsers) off but-unzip: probably the world’s smallest unzip library. npmx.dev/package/but-...
npmx.dev
but-unzip - npmx
tiny (<1k) unzip for node/browser
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Sam @samthor.au · 28/02/2026
more train riding
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Sam @samthor.au · 26/02/2026
alert CERN
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David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Alan Kohler talking about the urgent need to tackle inequality. The major parties talk about it a lot but don't seem to want to do what it'll take: 💸 changes to CGT discount on investment properties 💸 start taxing wealth more than work 💸 get a fair return for our natural resources
abc.net.au
Two big tax holes are perpetuating Australia's wealth inequality
Intergenerational inequality will only be dealt with by taxing the people that have the money, not by cutting the taxes of those who don't have it.
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Sam @samthor.au · 21/02/2026
People are giving Google a hard time for the Pixel 10a. But it's legitimately a decent phone with zero camera bump. No "almost nothing". No "measure the main part of the phone". Just flat. Not since the old iPhone SE have we been so lucky. Anyway, flat lovers unite.
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Sam @samthor.au · 14/02/2026
thank $​DIETY
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Sam @samthor.au · 12/02/2026
hooray, it's `x := new(1)` day
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Sam @samthor.au · 09/02/2026
it's a train watching day
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Sam @samthor.au · 09/02/2026
someone should base64 their fonts
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Sam @samthor.au · 09/02/2026
I have some thoughts, but overall a good read.
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Sam @samthor.au · 09/02/2026
> I will read transport/smux_client_test.go around line 252 to confirm if the t.Error("lol") is indeed a leftover debug statement and then remove it. lol
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Sam @samthor.au · 07/02/2026
three-pronged USB 🙃
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Sam @samthor.au · 06/02/2026
Bsky was the only service that wanted me to verify my age thanks to AU's new wild rules. Which I've done, you can DM again. Not that anyone was before 🥱
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Sam @samthor.au · 02/02/2026
If you ever wondered how you might kill someone with an egg. It's freezer cleanout time.
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Sam @samthor.au · 29/01/2026
We bought a new camera to spot the roof possum. Well, cats are fine.
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Sam @samthor.au · 27/01/2026
HELLO FRIEND 💻🕷️🖥️ (I hear people don't like spiders don't click if you hate them)
morning spider visitor
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Sam @samthor.au · 18/01/2026
Watched Star Trek: Younger And Edgier last night. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HeN...
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Stargate SG-1 - Younger, Edgier
YouTube video by johnstoneiain
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Sam @samthor.au · 08/01/2026
<div class="who-would pay-for this-anyway">?
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Sam @samthor.au · 07/01/2026
next $b product idea: off-the-shelf companies which already have soc2 compliance.
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Sam @samthor.au · 04/01/2026
load-bearing whiskey
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Sam @samthor.au · 16/12/2025
Dota 2: guitar hero.
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Sam @samthor.au · 11/12/2025
HO HO HO 🎅 I was going to create a custom thumbnail but me doing the kind of upwards to the left face works well. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2ZJ...
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Revisiting Santa Tracker
YouTube video by Sam Thorogood
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Sam @samthor.au · 09/12/2025
I dunno, I've kind of stockholm syndromed my way into loving Date.
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Sam @samthor.au · 08/12/2025
I'm giving (recording) a talk about Santa Tracker tonight. Which I haven't worked on in 4 years since I left googs. Wild.
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Sam @samthor.au · 08/12/2025
yes they're taken through a macroscope??
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Sam @samthor.au · 04/12/2025
OR kuto.dev
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Sam @samthor.au · 03/12/2025
@usetrmnl.com rip me
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Sam @samthor.au · 03/12/2025
success!... fuck
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