Thomas Hunter II @thomashunter.name · 26/09/2026Does anyone know a good way to scan and view the data in a QR code on Android? The default camera app opens the QR URL and follows redirects and is inadequate. 100
Reposted by Thomas Hunter IIpotch @potch.me · 12/09/2026"no you HAVE to say it's okay and not just okay but cool and exciting that I like and use it. you have to like it and me or it is you who is bad and wrong and dumb and history will agree with me" is some pathetic musk-grade insecurity. if we're being left behind stop looking back at us! orpheus ass 1378
Thomas Hunter II @thomashunter.name · 12/09/2026LLM-generated text contains a lot of em-dashes. that's why I'm switching to space-separated en-dashes – it's important to stand out. 000
Thomas Hunter II @thomashunter.name · 18/08/2026Keep an eye out for the latest @npmjs.com phishing attack. This one showed up from an automatically-enrolled Google group titled "Google" with the handle "accountsecurity @ googlegroups . com". That npm URL points to "https :// verifygate . org / npm-verify". 000
Thomas Hunter II @thomashunter.name · 13/08/2026I love all these websites that do some sort of CPU-heavy bot detection that glitches out my phone's audio while I play white noise for my sleeping baby. 000
Thomas Hunter II @thomashunter.name · 12/08/2026Apparently Google Play and myself have different definitions for the word "Important". 000
Thomas Hunter II @thomashunter.name · 11/08/2026The problem was never that we needed code written faster. 010
Thomas Hunter II @thomashunter.name · 08/08/2026www.noemamag.com/why-is-every...noemamag.comWhy Is Everyone In Tech So Sad? | NOEMAA lot of people seem to be realizing that knowledge work is mostly pointless. AI might give us the pleasure of finding out what happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers. 010
Reposted by Thomas Hunter IIHidde @hidde.blog · 02/08/2026🔗 From today, EU regulation around labeling AI generated content goes into effect. The Commission provides icons that can be used digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/...digital-strategy.ec.europa.euEU Icons for labelling AI-generated contentDeployers of generative AI systems can use the EU set of icons to label certain AI-generated content, in accordance with the AI Act transparency rules. 64621
Reposted by Thomas Hunter IIFeross @feross.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Excited by the approach Packagist has taken here, and so incredibly excited for Socket to be a launch sponsor. socket.dev/blog/socket-...socket.devSocket Is Sponsoring Composer and Packagist - SocketSocket has joined the new Composer and Packagist sponsorship program as a launch sponsor, supporting the team that keeps PHP's package ecosystem secur... 033
Thomas Hunter II @thomashunter.name · 25/07/2026[Indian] Government orders GitHub to remove Bluetooth-based chat app Bitchat over security concerns: Jack Dorsey www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...thehindu.comGovernment orders GitHub to remove Bluetooth-based chat app Bitchat over security concerns: Jack DorseyGovernment orders GitHub to remove Bluetooth app Bitchat over security risks amid internet restrictions during protests, says Jack Dorsey. 210
Reposted by Thomas Hunter IIArs Technica @arstechnica.com · 21/07/2026arstechnica.comJudge approves Anthropic’s $1.5 billion copyright settlement with authorsAnthropic blocks authors from opting out of $1.5B settlement at last minute. 22712
Reposted by Thomas Hunter IIrob pike @robpike.io · 08/07/2026The gap between hype and reality for AI is vast. karlbode.com/the-ai-hype-...karlbode.comThe AI Hype Reckoning Is Upon UsThe massive chasm between AI hype and reality is finally reaching the breaking point. 47420
Thomas Hunter II @thomashunter.name · 28/06/2026Me: reports an eBay product with AI generated images. eBay: our AI has decided to ignore your report. 030
Thomas Hunter II @thomashunter.name · 20/06/2026"Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them." ― Frank Herbert, Dune 000
Thomas Hunter II @thomashunter.name · 16/06/2026www.freebsd.org/releases/15....freebsd.orgFreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE Announcement 000
Reposted by Thomas Hunter IIThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 05/06/2026A New Jersey police sergeant has been charged with stealing $10,000 worth of camera equipment from a photojournalist.bit.lyNew Jersey police sergeant charged with stealing journalist's camera bag at immigration protestA New Jersey police sergeant has been charged with stealing $10,000 worth of camera equipment from a photojournalist. 7289122
Thomas Hunter II @thomashunter.name · 28/05/2026An LLM is basically a big database that's slow and expensive to query. The code it produces is just a query result. If you publish a library made up of LLM-produced code then that library is just a cache. 030
Thomas Hunter II @thomashunter.name · 25/05/2026thomashunter.name/photos/2026-...thomashunter.name2026 San Francisco Carnaval Parade 000
Thomas Hunter II @thomashunter.name · 05/05/2026Utah first state to hold websites liable for users who mask their location with VPNs www.tomshardware.com/software/vpn...tomshardware.comUtah first state to hold websites liable for users who mask their location with VPNs — law goes into effect, designed to prevent bypassing age checksSenate Bill 73 holds websites liable for users who mask their location. 000
Thomas Hunter II @thomashunter.name · 23/04/2026FreeBSD 15.1 (due in a month) ships with some laptop compatibility improvements. Once it ships I'm going to give it a series try on my spare laptop. @freebsdfoundation.bsky.social freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd...freebsdfoundation.orgFreeBSD Closes the Laptop Gap: Year One Project Update | FreeBSD FoundationIf you’ve been waiting for the right moment to try FreeBSD on a laptop, take note - 2025 has brought transformative changes. The Foundation's ambitious Laptop Support & Usability Project is systematic... 000
Reposted by Thomas Hunter IItante @tante.cc · 21/04/2026A @tante.cc tries to keep his promises. Here it is tante.cc/2026/04/21/ai-as-a-fascist… 06819
Thomas Hunter II @thomashunter.name · 21/04/2026frame.work/blog/introdu...frame.workIntroducing Framework Laptop 13 ProWe’re happy to introduce Framework Laptop 13 Pro, a complete ground up redesign with Intel’s Core Ultra Series 3 Processors. 000
Thomas Hunter II @thomashunter.name · 15/04/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/a...nytimes.comJury Finds Live Nation Acts as a Monopoly in a Victory for States 000
Thomas Hunter II @thomashunter.name · 06/04/2026I'm starting to wonder if powerful elites are convinced that the Second Coming (Christianity, Islam) or Rapture will occur soon. Like someone discovered or fabricated some evidence. And that all the unbelievable political chaos happening right now is to either trigger it or gain advantage. 000
Thomas Hunter II @thomashunter.name · 14/03/2026www.reuters.com/business/wor...reuters.comExclusive: Meta planning sweeping layoffs as AI costs mountMeta is planning sweeping layoffs that could affect 20% or more of the company, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, as Meta seeks to offset costly artificial intelligence infrastruc... 000
Thomas Hunter II @thomashunter.name · 08/03/2026Mar 7th, 2026: Several hundred protesters gathered in San Francisco's Embarcadero Plaza during the Stop the War on Iran protest. They were met with several dozen counter-protesters with signs praising Trump and the Regime change. thomashunter.name/photos/2026-...thomashunter.name2026 San Francisco No War in Iran Protest & Counterprotest 010
Thomas Hunter II @thomashunter.name · 08/03/2026I saw this characterized version of @garrytan-mirr.selfhosted.social on an anti Y Combinator wheatpaste in SOMA. #sanfrancisco #ycombinator 000
Thomas Hunter II @thomashunter.name · 21/02/2026This $80 memory card I bought two years ago is $130 today. 000
Thomas Hunter II @thomashunter.name · 18/02/2026thomashunter.name/posts/2026-0...thomashunter.nameMy experience building a Node.js Native Module using an LLM 010
Reposted by Thomas Hunter IIAdam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 09/02/2026So uh Ring just up and said they've got a huge centralized private surveillance network they can leverage all at once huh 18670731597
Thomas Hunter II @thomashunter.name · 18/01/2026www.caimito.net/en/blog/2025...caimito.netWhy We've Tried to Replace Developers Every Decade Since 1969Every decade brings new promises: this time, we'll finally make software development simple enough that we won't need so many developers. From COBOL to AI, the pattern repeats. Business leaders gro... 000
Reposted by Thomas Hunter IIbryan english @bengl.dev · 15/01/2026It's been over 4 years since @multithreadedjs.bsky.social, by @thomashunter.name and myself, was published. A lot has changed in 4 years, and a lot has stayed the same. What interesting things have you done with threads in JS? LMK. Would love to publish anecdotes (with permission) in 2nd edition. 071
Thomas Hunter II @thomashunter.name · 13/01/2026thomashunter.name/posts/2026-0...thomashunter.nameRepairing a Bose SoundDock iPod Speaker 020
Reposted by Thomas Hunter IIMoohud Kurzweil @ehudkurzweil.bsky.social · 03/12/2025USB USB Type C USB Type-0 USB-III: Lightning Returns Dissidia USB-012: Duodecim Kingdom Hearts USB: Universal Serial Bus 20862391
Thomas Hunter II @thomashunter.name · 01/12/2025I've been working on a project to keep track of internal company technical proposals (#RFC, #ADR, #TDD, etc). It formalizes the review and acceptance process to make proposals more like a pull request and less like adding dropdowns in a text document. Give RFC Hub a try: rfchub.apprfchub.appHomeTrack the lifecycle of Request For Comment (RFC) / Technical Design Doc (TDD) technical proposals. 010
Thomas Hunter II @thomashunter.name · 23/11/2025I built a webpage that you can use on your mobile phone to turn the screen into an accent light. Click the fullscreen button then drag your finger around to change the color. I use it with my old spare Android phones where I can't install new apps. thomashunter.name/lightthomashunter.nameFull Screen Mobile Color Selector for PhotographyThe personal website of Thomas Hunter II, Software Engineer. 010
Thomas Hunter II @thomashunter.name · 13/11/2025I might have found a bug in V8 but I'm not sure yet. V8 doesn't list America/Nuuk as being a valid timezone but Firefox does. Both V8 and Firefox accept the timezone as valid. 110
Reposted by Thomas Hunter IIYawar Amin @yawaramin.bsky.social · 06/11/2025> I do wish I could do <form hx method="post" action="/rfchub/rfc99/reviewers"> instead and get graceful fallback… You can, see dev.to/yawaramin/wh...dev.toWhy hx-boost is actually the most important feature of htmxA widely misunderstood htmx attribute holds the key to unlocking its hypermedia design philosophy 011
Thomas Hunter II @thomashunter.name · 06/11/2025thomashunter.name/posts/2025-1...thomashunter.nameA few months with htmx 120
Thomas Hunter II @thomashunter.name · 02/11/2025I tried the brand new #Sony #RX1R III at B&H yesterday. It's a $5,000 fixed-lens camera with a full frame 60MP sensor. Ultimately the photos had less detail than the combo 33MP Sony A7c II + 40mm lens that I had brought with me which is half the price and not much larger. 000
Thomas Hunter II @thomashunter.name · 25/10/2025I just discovered that the @digitalocean.com App Platform hosts my service behind @cloudflare.social because in _certain_ conditions it injects JavaScript into the page which then violates my Content Security Policy. 100
Thomas Hunter II @thomashunter.name · 20/10/2025It's days like these that I'm glad I don't host my projects on AWS. 020