@deech

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arguably we should also want archival programming languages more generally. sometimes, a language whose features cease to evolve is called "dead". but perhaps we should reserve "dead" for languages whose programs no longer run, and use "archival" for those whose implementations are maintained while their feature sets remain stable (thx @simrob for planting this lexical seed in my head)
I am struggling to come up with examples of tools that were genuine improvements over the status quo that needed invasive, pervasive marketing campaigns to gain any traction. Good ideas don’t actually need relentless propagandizing to gain public support. The media hellscape we inhabit only exits because bad ideas cannot survive without them, and a campaign like this is an obvious indicator that copilot is definitely not a good tool or an good idea.

Now that GH is well and truly in the toilet why not take the opportunity to abandon an entire universe of bad ideas like PRs and PR review.

And also git.

Barry Caldwell death: Cartoon veteran behind Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain dies aged 68

Caldwell worked for Warner Bros. Animation, Walt Disney Television Studios and DreamWorks during his storied career

The Independent

NINETY DAYS

NINETY INCIDENTS

NINETY PERCENT

YOU PAID FOR ALL FIVE NINES BUT YOU’LL ONLY NEED THE EDGE

#github

Suddenly Newton doing foundational work in math and then getting alchemy-pilled for the rest of his life makes a ton of sense.

Morgan Ames' The Charisma Machine continues to be immediately relevant in the bleakest possible way.

This sucks, man.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/mar/26/ai-got-the-blame-for-the-iran-school-bombing-the-truth-is-far-more-worrying

AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying

LLMs-gone-rogue dominated coverage, but had nothing to do with the targeting. Instead, it was choices made by human beings, over many years, that gave us this atrocity

The Guardian
Timeline cleanse: Julian Lage & Nils Cline spontaneously jamming at Big Ears.