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 08712
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 · 05/10/2026I have absolutely no recollection of material on bases other than decimal in primary school 90-96 in Victoria. Sounds like Mrs Kerr is a bloody legend tbh 110
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 03/10/2026I shouldnt fetishise a book but just did the most cartoonish Pippin “It comes in pints!?” reaction about the hardcover 040
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 03/10/2026I'm torn between massive appreciation for the positive impact on me personally, and distain ...now its happened again with a book I'm halfway through and loving. I made the mistake of visiting the lead author's personal blog and damn they're a misogynistic wanker ouch 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 · 02/10/2026just an observation about my enjoyment! opera primarily is a musical expression with a performance to augment, scores augment the work they’re set to, and I perceive patterns/motifs which are less delightful to me. By no means reduces their validity as accomplishment or value 100
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 02/10/2026I get you, but also when I’m listening to classic radio I can *tell* when something is a score. A score serves the work it was set for, as opposed to serving the vision of the composer and I think it matters a little to my enjoyment 100
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
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 28/09/2026idk as a humanities grad working in tech I’m seeing a lot of non-STEM folks getting ai psychosis and journalists/editors credulously platforming AI company PR wording while the STEM folks in my circles are wondering wtf are people talking about 060
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 6078492205
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
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 09/09/2026As a former actual working photographer the amount of gear heads who would want to talk about the sensor in their Nikon D-whatever or ask me to compare camera A/B was endless to the point I would avoid saying what I did (to men of a certain vibe) 000
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 08/09/2026if you dont have a specific requirement other than “nice” just try Logitech mx keys and call it a day unless you hate it Under no circumstances open reddit keyboard group or you will end up learning to solder 011
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 · 03/09/2026As-in a harness or something to act as reviewer of your own writing? Nothing I’m aware of. Doing the ludicrous thing of having it roleplay still works: “You are a senior X, and are tasked with providing professional feedback on this document…” etc Crazy that this is how I am getting results 100
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 · 03/09/2026Yes. I’ll attempt to simplify, get nowhere over an hour and realise (again) I just have to write from scratch - even as an outline it’s not remotely human. 110
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 24/08/2026Oh my wife and I pack ours in compression bags in the suitcase for every holiday now without question 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 · 23/08/2026Very suss, laden with colloquialisms but most feel misplaced 000
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 11/08/2026I need all adventure games to have a refresher tutorial so I can re-learn controls after 6 months of not playing (no kids just easily distracted) 010
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 · 26/07/2026Oh dammit im already committed tomorrow night would love to come and my office is in North Syd too 000
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 · 25/07/2026oooh wisteria yeah but gosh they suck to clean up when they fall! And now I have a new pasta to try 010
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 25/07/2026Oooh new entrant I went with rigatoni. But explicitly the ones with good surface texture Still dodging the flower answer 100
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 · 23/07/2026One of my team members has been with the company longer than another team member has been alive 010
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 · 13/07/2026that Picasso quote - “every child is an artist; the problem is how to stay an artist when he grows up” 000
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 13/07/2026Reminds me of structural paredit for lisps which I do.. in vim 010
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 09/07/2026perfectly sums up the adfa mess life people got angry when I said we were living the socialist dream 010
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
Thomas @thomasmcinnis.com · 03/07/2026I mean in general. There’s a whole new class of people blogging who never wrote before now pumping out weekly newsletters and ostensibly they’re covering topics I’m interested in but its just slop instead 000
