Reposted by Thomastao @btao.org · 11/10/2026i think everyone should keep making confident strong claims about consciousness on social media. i’m sure everyone has read the prior art, thought about it a lot, and are contributing something novel to the debate 08611
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 07/10/2026Met an actual train driver who uses a piece of software I made for safety management for the transport authority and that was neat 000
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 06/10/2026"system breached by rogue AI agent" is the new "man killed after police firearm discharged" fucking headline 000
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 06/10/2026Started reading my copy of LoTR for the first time in at least 20y so many feelings opening up the first book and seeing the illustrations again I do hope I enjoy it. Very curious to see how it reads now 000
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 03/10/2026the people who first got me excited about programming concepts and made me feel like it was something I could pursue turn out to be racist enablers it turns out they were kind of shallow thinkers generally and I've moved beyond 120
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 02/10/2026day spent on the most perplexing prod bug where I am convinced it’s not reproducible, handoff to Fable and it also doesn’t find a means of reproducing but it did find 3 other possible unrelated bugs I have no point to make just saying I’m at the “what about a solar flair bit-flipping” stage 111
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 30/09/2026The last six books I’ve read. Might need to find something to offset the bleakness 000
Reposted by ThomasKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility 6078472205
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 10/09/2026Not just CS - the vocationilisation of undergrad in Australia ("job-ready!", "industry-backed!") weakens the fundamental value of so many programs 120
Reposted by ThomasJon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 04/09/2026in addition to being both the tallest person on bluesky (5'11) and the youngest (43), i also hold the highest sat score (1000) 602742199
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 03/09/2026Getting suddenly walloped by jetlag two days after returning to Sydney from EU is really something else 😵💫 010
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 24/08/2026Tell you what, if you want your self-esteem to absolutely crumble (style/fashion) visit Copenhagen 000
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 02/08/2026me whose never seen an opera during act 1: oh they love each other completely I can’t wait to see these characters make logical decisions and live happily ever after! act 4: well fuck 020
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 31/07/2026Can’t wait to arrive in Barcelona and immediately try speaking french at the first person to ask me a question 020
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 30/07/2026I should have said: computers are really fast when you dont create munted queries 000
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 30/07/2026Used Claude to find a genuine 100x perf improve on a hot path due to JDBC mangling some SQL. It will end up being hundreds of hours of compute saved over a year. I don’t know dick-all about SQL really but I do know computers are really fast 030
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 26/07/2026if apple were serious about making money they would make a usb-c to 3.5 audio cable for AirPods Max in matching colours and I would have no choice to buy it how can I short the stock 000
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 25/07/2026Oh fuck going to Spain for a month (yay!) 6 days from now omg I have so much to do before then (boo!) 000
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 25/07/2026Bill Cunningham refused to eat or drink at the fashion events he covered because he felt it would compromise himwashingtonpost.comWhat Bill Cunningham taught us about ethical journalismA tribute to a legendary Times photographer, who insisted on staying in the background. 000
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 25/07/2026one year later... Today I had Opus 5 create a fairly sophisticated new layer in a graph data service and it worked for 40min uninterrupted and I reviewed it in about the same time reducing some request times by 80% in the end to end perf run. My only feedback was some of its comments were excessive 010
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 25/07/2026My wife: “eugh… why don’t boys know what their favourite things are? Like what’s your favourite pasta shape? Mines spaghetti obviously but not the super fine stuff” all because I don’t know what my favourite flower is so now we have debated the merits of five different pasta 130
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 17/07/2026They also run three fantastic radio stations www.linn.co.uk/linn-radiolinn.co.ukLinn — RadioWe love music. Read music reviews and recommendations, plus find out more about Linn Records and Studio Masters. 010
Reposted by ThomasAndrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social · 15/07/2026My investor told me he doesn't really see the moat in my plan. I explained that's the point. The glacis protects the base of the wall and obscures the ditch entirely. By the time the assault party reaches the counterscarp with fascines, they will be committed and under crossfire from grapeshot 343366
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 04/07/2026Best thing about setting up a home gym in Covid is how I can superset and hog all the equipment Worst is how dusty it gets 010
Reposted by ThomasLu wilson @todepond.com · 20/06/2026you have a people problem you try to fix it with technology now you have two problems 2344
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 19/06/2026I am very lazy, so the Arch AUR is great for me... but supply chain attacks seem to suggest I will pay for this laziness. should I... Fedora? Would be great to have uniform system between my MacBook Air and WSL and linux box 010
Reposted by Thomasrob @ok-but-still.bsky.social · 16/06/2026detective: you're a sick son of a bitch, you know it? that bird was your friend of 10, 12 years and you drop a big fuckin boulder on him. wile e. coyote: i swear to god man i didn't think it was gonna work. it never works. oh god. detective: nevada's a death penalty state. 4279781629
Reposted by ThomasYgrene @ygrene.bsky.social · 12/06/2026web site: would you like to download the app for the full customer experience?? me: wOuLd You LIkE to dOwNLoAd the ApP FoR the fuLl cUStOmeR eXPeriENce? shut up web site i hope you fall in quicksand 441205127
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 25/05/2026Just opened LinkedIn for the first time in weeks… the tone has flipped 180 from ai-to-the-moon-saas-is-dead to ai-causing-enshittification-and-ruining-business 030
Reposted by ThomasNael Shiab @naelshiab.bsky.social · 22/05/20261: You realize AI can do 90% of the work. You’re thrilled! You only have to focus on the last 10%. 💃 2: You realize that last 10% is the hardest, most grueling part of the job. 😰 3: You realize your entire workday is now spent exclusively on the hardest 10% of every project. 🤯 Uh oh... 🫠 0122
Reposted by ThomasLaurie @laurieontech.dev · 22/05/2026One person getting AI to write quality code when they know how to build what they’re building is doable. Consistently getting AI to do that at scale for a whole bunch of people who don’t know how to build what they want? Totally different problem. 710115
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 20/05/2026I am totally “locked-in” today My wife took both sets of keys so I can’t leave the house 000
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 19/05/2026Outstanding post start to finish I started programming after chat-gpt launched and see myself in the critique. Coding with no autocomplete or LSP has been a salve. Now learning set notation: the gap between “I can read this” and “I can describe a system” is enormous. Gotta write from memory. 040
Reposted by Thomasve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 19/05/2026They've turned software engineering into literally a gacha game, including buying tokens. A gacha game where the game involves managing your dumb, irresponsible, but wildly overpaid junior coworker. 1102
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 17/05/2026This seems like exactly the syllabus I want but no online offering bguppl.github.io/interpreters...bguppl.github.ioClass MaterialCourse Website 010
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 17/05/2026Dying for a good online course for PL (as in study of… not vocational style programming courses) Self study is fine but I really miss the opportunity to talk to others and have the shared experience from uni 000
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 21/04/2026I have only moderate hearing loss and back this completely. Being in a range of loss that I can take them out and use AirPods Max with Headphone Accommodations to listen to music is tantalising for what could be 010
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 12/04/2026I asked Claude for reading recommendations based on the new domain I find myself working in and it suggested two books I already own (unread) instead of new books to buy so AI is clearly anti-publishing industry this is bullshit 110
Reposted by ThomasViktor Winetrout @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social · 31/05/2025my dad: people today are too sensitive me: u bitches cried when dylan went electric 483203392
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 02/04/2026we desperately need a certain demographic to stop listening to podcasts, go pick up a book, do an online uni course on literature, or history, or anything 020
Reposted by Thomasda share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 01/04/2026SHIT GPT - dashare.zone ADMIN 0990232
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 01/04/2026i didn’t know a perfect track could be made this much more perfectmusic.apple.comKittens (r31_for2026) by Underworld on Apple MusicSong · 2026 · Duration 6:41 010
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 31/03/2026another day, another example of where reading the damn documentation cover to cover saved me, and Claude Opus did not (Claude proceeded to create a spike of my hypothesis in 5min which would have taken me a day or two... which also saved me) 000
Reposted by ThomasTechnology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 29/03/2026So much about living life is getting harder because we now have to jump through hoops in systems that were designed by technologists without a very good grasp of the humanities. People tuned into that aren't going to be very excited about stuff which makes coding easier! The coding's not the issue! 1467245
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 28/03/2026Aperture being discontinued is up there with killing Google Reader I started my photography career with Aperture, and grumpily had to switch to Lightroom and Capture One once I started working in studios 000
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 26/03/2026cynic in me thinks these language/framework docos are a bit naff BUT I actually believe they are important. The history of the present is often overlooked, and the medium of video is the right one for recording that history today looking forward to this 000
