Reposted by Samkottke.org @kottke.org · 24/08/2026Meat 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.orgMeat proxyA 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. 14740331
Reposted by SamEvery Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Transport 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. 14715
Sam @samthor.au · 25/06/2026If 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. 000
Sam @samthor.au · 20/06/2026Yup, I had some early Pebblebee ones, which were (a) $50-60 each and not all USB-C rechargable. They also stopped making noise: there's one IN MY HOUSE according to the app. But I cannot find it. so yeah, high vote for UGreen so far. 010
Sam @samthor.au · 20/06/2026PSA: 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. 200
Sam @samthor.au · 17/05/2026Yes because if they do major maintenance while Bankstown is open they literally won't have enough trains to do 4 minute headway lol. 010
Sam @samthor.au · 28/04/2026Well, yes, but .., how much do you want to learn about money? > I want to learn everything! Okay. So, the first thing is, money is made up. And we all agree to use it. > I didn't agree! 🙃 130
Sam @samthor.au · 28/04/2026Child'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! 130
Reposted by SamVale @vale.rocks · 20/04/2026Vercel 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. 112023
Sam @samthor.au · 16/04/2026I mean we can share affoga.to if you likeaffoga.toConsultingAffogato Tech Pty Ltd 220
Sam @samthor.au · 07/04/2026Actually I've buried the lede, this is really about encoding binary data in JS strings as UTF-16. But it's not as good as base64 now. Just use base64. 000
Sam @samthor.au · 07/04/2026samthor.au/2026/base64-... 🗜️💨samthor.auBase64 Is Fast Now, ActuallyThe browser's base64 encoding is fast now 101
Sam @samthor.au · 05/04/2026the house is slowly getting over COVID. pity I bombed some professional stuff in the middle of the week, maybe related, who knows. 🫠 000
Sam @samthor.au · 02/04/2026this 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.comThe Great CSS ExpansionCSS 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... 05116
Sam @samthor.au · 30/03/2026Tired of storing your bytes in regular memory? Have you always wanted to pack them into NaNs instead? github.com/samthor/nanboxgithub.comGitHub - samthor/nanbox: Box yer NaNsBox yer NaNs. Contribute to samthor/nanbox development by creating an account on GitHub. 000
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 🐸 000
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. 010
Sam @samthor.au · 02/03/2026Yeah I love caniuse but we need a reset on these %ages. Or maybe I'm just too scarred from being in DevRel when we actually had to care about IE11 😂😂 It's more that maybe it's a different world now. 95% is effectively everybody. 000
Sam @samthor.au · 02/03/2026🤦 I left in a dependency I was using for testing. Published a valid version now. 000
Sam @samthor.au · 02/03/2026I don't know why I even mention on the page that it has 95% browser support. `fetch()` only has 96.3%. `async` is 96.2%. CSS Grid is 96.5%. The last 5% can't use the interactive internet today in _any_ meaningful way. (Yes, ship uninteractive HTML/CSS. But stop imagining we can compile 'web apps') 100
Sam @samthor.au · 02/03/2026The 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.devbut-unzip - npmxtiny (<1k) unzip for node/browser 230
Sam @samthor.au · 23/02/2026I know this is copium but > “I know that the Japanese government essentially, and Japanese companies, are very interested in playing a role. [...]” JR South has a nice ring to it. 100
Reposted by SamDavid Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Alan 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 resourcesabc.net.auTwo big tax holes are perpetuating Australia's wealth inequalityIntergenerational 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. 1625883
Sam @samthor.au · 22/02/2026I'm not sure. Costs are everywhere. I just see the "a" series as "I don't care, I need a phone". Like if you have a broken 9a right now under warranty.. I reckon you'll on odds get a 10a replacement. It's just Google's standard phone. 000
