🇦🇺🇺🇸🇬🇧 immigrant in tech
electronic music dilettante, lover of bass music, devotee of the justified ancients of mu mu
nigel kersten
Blair putting on full display what is in many ways his special ability - to lay out a political argument grounded in his own view of global trends (globalisation in the 2000s, tech in the 2020s). But…
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The way coding agents can flail around trying to fix CSS layout issues is the most humanising thing about them.
Why does Vinted make me pick one of two genders for a backpack? You can pick unisex afterwards but it just always feels dumb as hell.
It turns out that after 7 years of being fully work-from-home, 90% of your work clothing is just from the waist up.
TIL that white eggs come from hens with white feathers and brown eggs come from hens with red feathers.
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Even through the PR sheen, this is a fascinating story.
“This did not happen because AI is magic. It happened because Fin already had exceptionally high engineering discipline, fast feedback loops, and a culture of experimentation and measurement”
One billion percent this.
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Love this piece from @charity.wtf - let’s work on the feedback loops!
THREAD.
A few years ago, my dad was surprised to find a small toad had wandered into his porch and took up residence in one of the old shoes he liked to wear for gardening tasks.
This led to more drama than might've been anticipated...
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In this essay, Tony Blair sets out the need for a new agenda for Britain.
