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william light

@wrl.sh
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"the phase is constant, modulate the rest of the universe instead." i made st4b. musician and audio/dsp developer. he/him, pan. blm, trans rights. american living in the netherlands. lhiaudio.com soundcloud.com/williamlight

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william light @wrl.sh · 19/09/2026
oh cool google maps has started insisting that i log in to view opening times we need to normalise hazing the people who implement this horseshit i swear to god
a google maps modal disallowing viewing opening times for logged out viewers
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william light @wrl.sh · 26/08/2026
poob... has it for me... 😭
a screenshot of a product page for an open-source ticketing system called "Qisutu". the header reads: "A modern alternative to OTOBO, Znuny, Zammad, and other ticket systems"
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william light @wrl.sh · 24/08/2026
ah ah ahhhhhh
count von count
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william light @wrl.sh · 15/08/2026
birds are free, you can just take them (context: lil bro has an injured right wing and i brought him home and set him up with sardines and water until the animal ambulance came by to take him to a bird sanctuary)
a juvenile seagull with a visibly injured wing is hanging out on my balcony with a bowl of sardines and a beaker of water and a comfy little box with some shirts in it in case he wanted to hang out in the shade
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william light @wrl.sh · 14/08/2026
roc looks like such a cool language, shame about all the uhh
the fucking ai slop
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william light @wrl.sh · 13/08/2026
gleam looks like a really interesting language but what the hell do you mean i have to manually write my own json encoding/decoding logic
screenshot of some gleam code showing manual json serialisation/deserialisation
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william light @wrl.sh · 02/08/2026
oh hey cool
i'm speaking at the audio developer conference 2026
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william light @wrl.sh · 01/08/2026
ok i know i did this as a joke but i actually got it working lmfao this language is so fucking sick man (yes that function returns a u16 only if compiled on a friday and a u8 elsewhen)
a screenshot of some zig code. it reads:

fn get_random_number()
    if (today_is(.friday)) u16 else u8
{
    return 4;
}
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william light @wrl.sh · 31/07/2026
tired of boring code, bringing back some of this 2000s energy
a git diff view showing the removal of a section comment and reformatting of it with a cool little border
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william light @wrl.sh · 28/07/2026
teehee
screenshot of some zig code for setting arm64 half precision format bits. there are two formats – "IEEE" and "alternative".

there is a comment after "alternative" that reads: "it's pretty underground, you won't have heard of it"
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william light @wrl.sh · 23/07/2026
bananas
a screenshot of some zig code showing a function that returns a generic iterator as an instance of an anonymous struct (the return value is a struct literal of the anonymous struct type).

code is not open source yet or i would just link to it but it's coming.
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william light @wrl.sh · 04/07/2026
oh sick
"the body is moderately thick and thin"
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william light @wrl.sh · 21/06/2026
@symbo1ics.bsky.social hey, i've got a friend who's looking for a monospaced font that's either an exact match or a very similar vibe to this. do you have any ideas?
a segment what appears to be an architectural draft, with text both in english and japanese
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william light @wrl.sh · 09/05/2026
are we the baddies?
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william light @wrl.sh · 07/05/2026
i am in emense pain meme
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william light @wrl.sh · 04/05/2026
this shit aint nothin to me man
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william light @wrl.sh · 03/05/2026
regrettably,
a screenshot of the "fresh" github project with the latest commit visible. it was co-authored by claude.
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william light @wrl.sh · 26/04/2026
like this is the berliner tsc, which is a german federal weightlifting training centre. i've had the privilege to train here a handful of times and it's always wonderful.
berliner tsc weightlifting gym. from this angle, there are four lifting platforms sunk into the floor, each with lightly-loaded barbells resting on them. not visible is the other side of the gym, which has several more platforms.
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william light @wrl.sh · 21/04/2026
cincinnati chili en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinn...
an overflowing plate of cincinnati chili. it is dwarfed by shredded cheese atop it.a slightly more photogenic cincinnati chili. the cheese is still tremendous.
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william light @wrl.sh · 31/03/2026
after i click "leave history off" or close it, i see this:
a youtube page screenshot. it is an otherwise empty rectangle with the text "Got it, we won't show this again."
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william light @wrl.sh · 31/03/2026
super cool that youtube is now actively pressuring me to turn watch history on. this appears in the right hand recommendations column.
a screenshot of youtube. it reads:

"Recommendations not quite right?

When you turn on watch history, you’ll get more personalized recommendations."

there are two buttons: "Leave history off" and "Turn on history"
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william light @wrl.sh · 25/03/2026
a screenshot of a youtube video titled "chopped unc eats a big mac and gets yassified"
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william light @wrl.sh · 25/03/2026
oh man, going back through some of these old renoise projects and finding this repeated motif of pseudorandom lfo to fake osc drift in synths that don't have it
screenshot of a renoise lfo
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william light @wrl.sh · 25/03/2026
if WHAT is wet?????
cro w
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william light @wrl.sh · 25/03/2026
a screenshot of a youtube comment. it reads: "This song is exclusively for sea and boating related topics, you're misusing it"
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william light @wrl.sh · 12/03/2026
a comment from the website lobste.rs by Internet_Janitor. it reads:

I'm very, very tired of seemingly well-meaning thinkpieces decrying the use of "genai" for images, writing, music, and other artistic mediums in their entirety, yet choosing to portion off generating source code as a distinct use case that is grudgingly acceptable.

As the slop crisis expands, I constantly observe writers wringing their hands over what slop is doing to their own preferred medium while in the same breath explaining that using slop for the cover images on their books is mere expediency; a victimless crime. I see visual artists complain that their personal style is flattened and crudely imitated by image models, making it harder to take on commissions, while stating that they don't mind listening to slop music while they work. I hear musicians express extreme frustration at how slop music has flooded the marketplaces they use, but that LLMs are very handy for polishing their emails and writing their memoir. Video game developers variously describe some subset of 3d modeling, texturing, voice acting, writing, translation, animation, level design, or programming as essential to the integrity of their projects while handwaving the rest as interchangeable means to an end. All of these people think that slop is a pox upon the endeavors they currently value, but far too many find it acceptable for things that are secondary or tertiary in their lives.

Every flavor of slop is built from models that were made with precisely the same kind of contempt for the millions of humans who contributed to their training corpus. Every type of "genai" on the market today strips away authorship, context, and intent from creative work- including source code generators, even the cute tiny models that can be run locally.

I have spent my programming career benefiting handsomely from the rich commons of open-source codebases and their surrounding communities, and I have chosen in turn to make the vast majority…
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william light @wrl.sh · 11/03/2026
yo! my cousin max (who is a jazz guitarist) is about to go on an EU tour. if you're near any of these shows i highly recommend swinging through.
Max Light
EU Spring 2026

Zinc Bar - March 16
Bar Bayeux - March 19
Søhesten, DK - March 25
Birdland Neuberg, DE - March 27
Musig im Pfleigidach, CH - March 29
Samir Böhringer 5tet, CH - April 2-6
Bar tÿpo Helsinki, FI - April 8
Officine Brera Helsinki, FI - April 9
Porvoo Jazz Club, FI - April 10
Unity Jazz, SE - April 11
Glenn Miller Cafe, SE - April 12
Bar Bayeux - April 18
Ornithology - May 8
NEW ALBUM RECORDING - May 9
Close Up - May 13
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william light @wrl.sh · 11/03/2026
a post on discord, it reads:

"1024 pole allpass on Master perfec t dsp for put on song! on master very Unique and Powerful sound put allpass on Master. Put Allpass on Master. no problems ever in allpass on mas ter because good Sounding and 1024 pole yes the Right amount of phase for song. Master bus yes a place for Allpass put allpass on Master can trust allpass (1024 pole) for giveing good sound to song on Master. friend Allpass"

it has two sobbing emoji reactions
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william light @wrl.sh · 27/02/2026
waow (based) docs.postmarketos.org/policies-and...
Important!
We forbid the use of generative AI tools in postmarketOS.
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william light @wrl.sh · 03/02/2026
a comment from lobsters:

"Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Dead Internet as a cautionary tale.

AI Enthusiasts: At long last, we have created the Dead Internet from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Dead Internet."
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william light @wrl.sh · 21/01/2026
you forgot "forward the email to the abuse@ contact for their email provider and get their account shitcanned"
buhhhhh
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william light @wrl.sh · 10/01/2026
"are we the baddies?"
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william light @wrl.sh · 29/12/2025
sorry for having a fat ass and correct opinions on everything




as if it's my fault
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william light @wrl.sh · 21/12/2025
haha line go up
goog stock five year history - line go up
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william light @wrl.sh · 19/12/2025
look what i found at the bottom of the @firefox.com settings
"Solo AI Website Creator"
"Create your website instantly and connect your own custom domain for free."

a button that reads "Try Solo"
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william light @wrl.sh · 19/12/2025
hey @firefox.com, why is this on by default? do you not understand consent?
a firefox setting which reads "Use AI to suggest tabs and a name for tab groups"
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william light @wrl.sh · 10/12/2025
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william light @wrl.sh · 10/12/2025
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william light @wrl.sh · 12/11/2025
pissssssssssssssssssssss
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william light @wrl.sh · 04/10/2025
this post brought to you by this tweet, which is so fucked up i wouldn't be surprised if "make an AI ripoff band" is part of some "passive income" seminar somewhere
Lu (@Lucaswoodland) tweets:

So, an AI “band” who cite us as an influence (ie, it’s modelled off our music) have just overtaken us on Spotify, in only TWO months.

It’s shocking, it’s disheartening, it’s insulting - most importantly - it’s a wake up call. 

Oppose AI music, or bands like us stop existing.
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william light @wrl.sh · 17/09/2025
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william light @wrl.sh · 07/09/2025
gonna be working on these 32 bars for the rest of my life probably
a screenshot of bitwig with a lot of automation visible
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william light @wrl.sh · 06/09/2025
i'm going to fight whoever at google implemented this
screenshot of a youtube error. it reads:

Sign in to confirm you're not a bot
This helps protect our community.
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william light @wrl.sh · 28/08/2025
why are the shoes caked up
a pair of shoes viewed from the rear. both the left and right shoe have a stitch down the bottom that looks like an ass crack.
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william light @wrl.sh · 28/08/2025
a meme, it reads:

Sorry for having a fat ass and correct opinions on everything

as if it's my fault
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william light @wrl.sh · 19/08/2025
lmao
a screenshot of a link posted to lobste.rs. the title is "GPT-5 goes hard on real-world programming" and it is a story about using GPT-5 vibecoding zig.

the top comment is from andrewrk, the creator and BDFL of zig. he writes: "this zig code is trash"
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william light @wrl.sh · 05/08/2025
this is my favourite video on the internet
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william light @wrl.sh · 28/07/2025
dude this fucking chum bucket
the bottom of a hackernoon article contains a mess of links to terrible recommended stories, mostly vibecoding, but one entitled "how i find and teach product managers with mdma"
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william light @wrl.sh · 27/07/2025
im a professional software developer
a screenshot of some CSS code which contains definitions for the variables "--text-lighter-ish", "--text-lighter", "--text-lighterer", and "--text-lightest"
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william light @wrl.sh · 21/07/2025
even with every single adblocker turned off, no images load. it's staggering.
a screenshot of an ecommerce site that has failed to load all of the product images. every single one.
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