Tikitu

@tikitu
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Programmer & musician & parent. He/him. Enthusiasms: beetles, macro photography, mandolins, books, programming. I live in Greece, work in Amsterdam, and my roots are in New Zealand. As of 2022 migrating my social media addiction away from Twitter.
Website and occasional bloghttps://www.logophile.org
Infrequent macro photoshttps://www.flickr.com/photos/tikitu/
Softwarehttps://github.com/tikitu
Ex-Twitterhttps://twitter.com/tTikitu

RE: https://gamedev.lgbt/@typeswitch/116683322834390787

Remember, when I am unfamiliar with the topic, I am objective. When you are unfamiliar with the topic, you are ignorant.

“Nowadays, there is a general consensus that this solution is absolutely unacceptable.” Yup, still reading about quantum physics. (This time the Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy, on GRW theory. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-collapse/ )
Collapse Theories (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

It’s both fantastic music and a political statement. Well-known songs with new lyrics: “my country, so sweet it brings tears to my eyes” with new verses about the refugee camps.
XENIOS (2026)

XENIOS (2026) Latchó Biské - Γιώργος Βεντουρής, Γιώργος Νικόπουλος Σημείωμα δημιουργών: Την περίοδο που ηχογραφείται αυτός ο δίσκος στην Παλαιστίνη διαπράττε...

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Just celebrated, again, my 18th birthday. This year the base is 37.
I tell her it’s part of the miracle of human existence, and also we must love nature in all its complexity, and she tells me to wash my feet.
@sudo_EatPant configuring the harness to randomly inject Oblique Strategies cards into the transcript
I’ve finished the last book on my (philosophy of) quantum physics reading list. Next up: procrastinating writing down what I think, long enough that I have to read them all again to remind myself.

URGENT‼️

Stop Luxon’s corporate ram-raid of conservation land.

The Govt plans to change the law so that five MILLION hectares — 60% of our precious conservation estate — could be sold to foreign corporations and billionaires.

Sign the petition👇
https://action.greenpeace.org.nz/petition/aotearoa-is-not-for-sale?utm_source=nickofnz&utm_medium=nickofnz

If you are in Aotearoa New Zealand, this is a timely and important article to read and share with friends and fam:

https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/27-05-2026/is-the-nz-government-sleepwalking-into-its-own-automation-scandal

We need to get ahead of this, raise literacy.

Is the NZ government sleepwalking into its own automation scandal?

Cautionary tales from abroad show that when automation and AI goes wrong, it does so at speed and scale – with huge human and financial costs.

The Spinoff