Wez Furlong

@wez@treehouse.systems
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Creator of WezTerm. 💓🦀
Ex-Meta (Creator of Watchman and EdenFS).
Ex-Message Systems.
PHP internals alum.
I'm offering Mentoring at https://wezfurlong.org/mentoring/ and writing a Systems Programming with Rust book: https://leanpub.com/sysprog
#nobridge
GitHubhttps://github.com/wez
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Wez Furlong1d ago
Coffeedate with ADHD1d ago

The most stressful video you'll see today

#adhd #meme #adhdmeme #neurodivergent #adhs #stress

Wez Furlong3d ago
Dustin L. Howett3d ago

“What are we actually saying here — that even Microsoft has to evaluate usage of “AI” directly, because it doesn’t affect performance enough to have an obvious impact otherwise? That the technology is so limp that even its biggest investor has to strong-arm its own employees into using it? That their own employees don’t want to use it?”

Among other excellent quotes, this one stuck out to me from eevee’s article about… well, Whatever.

https://eev.ee/blog/2025/07/03/the-rise-of-whatever/

The rise of Whatever

This was originally titled “I miss when computers were fun”. But in the course of writing it, I discovered that there is a reason computers became less fun, a dark thread woven through a number of events in recent history. Let me back up a bit.

Wez Furlong3d ago
tante3d ago

"Whatever" is a brilliant essay on "AI" by @eevee:

"But I think the core of what pisses me off is that selling this magic machine requires selling the idea that doing things is worthless. Because if doing something has some value, then it must be somehow better than pushing a button and receiving Whatever for essentially no cost."

https://eev.ee/blog/2025/07/03/the-rise-of-whatever/

The rise of Whatever

This was originally titled “I miss when computers were fun”. But in the course of writing it, I discovered that there is a reason computers became less fun, a dark thread woven through a number of events in recent history. Let me back up a bit.

Wez Furlong5d ago
jwz5d ago

You MUST listen to RFC 2119.

Eric Bailey: It turns out you can just pay people to do things. I found a voice actor and hired them with the task of "Reading this very dry technical document in the most over-the-top sarcastic, passive-aggressive,...
https://jwz.org/b/ykqi

Wez FurlongJun 26
Grogpod Roguelike PodcastJun 26

Soon….

#steam #sale #steamdeck #gaming #indiegame #indiedev

Wez FurlongJun 25
KrisJun 25

Wednesday, it's Captain!

(see https://mathstodon.xyz/@Scmbradley/114676343373917170, https://infosec.exchange/@isotopp/114680337675015896, now posted from a proper computer with a keyboard and edit tools instead of a cellphone, and on an actual Wednesday)

Wez FurlongJun 24
ColinJun 24
JSON: At least it's not YAML
YAML: At least it's not JSON
XML: Maybe if I don't move at all it can't see me
Wez FurlongJun 22
presbyopia (what I've been calling "middle aged eyes") is particularly sucky if you need to do computer work and only have access to a laptop. For "comfortable" viewing you need to choose between using it as a "knee-top" at arms-length, or a "hunch-top" with it being in-your-face. Neither position is ideal for ergnonomics!
Wez FurlongJun 21

I’m in the process of moving back to the UK from the US; moves are always stressful, and this one has been the most stressful yet!

Currently jet lagged and in temporary accommodation, but enjoying the British summer weather!

Wez FurlongJun 17
Trifecta Tech FoundationJun 17

Today we're switching the bzip2 crate from C to 100% rust!
The bzip2 crate is now memory-safe, faster and easier to cross-compile.

https://trifectatech.org/blog/bzip2-crate-switches-from-c-to-rust/

Thanks to: @alex_crichton, @ros , and @nlnet

This project was funded through the e-Commons Fund, a fund established by NLnet Foundation with financial support from the @minbzk .

#rustlang #rust #securebydesign

bzip2 crate switches from C to 100% rust - Trifecta Tech Foundation

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KrisJun 25

Wednesday, it's Captain!

(see https://mathstodon.xyz/@Scmbradley/114676343373917170, https://infosec.exchange/@isotopp/114680337675015896, now posted from a proper computer with a keyboard and edit tools instead of a cellphone, and on an actual Wednesday)

Show threadCyb3rrunn3rJun 25
@isotopp 😂
Bevor ich es verstand, dachte ich erst der Käptn hätte Yoda verschluckt. 😂
Show threadsigi714Jun 26
@cyb3rrunn3r @isotopp Dazu braucht es Kirby
Show threadtrusty falxter 🧠Jun 25

@isotopp
😬 Der ist gut!

Btw., der KI-#Alttext bringt leider den Witz nicht rüber.
In den Sprechblasen steht:
Wednesday Addams: Hello, Commodore!
Captain Haddock: Wednesday, it's Captain!

Show threadRob van KanJun 25
@isotopp more AI slop
Show threadBill RickerJun 25
@edgeofeurope @isotopp
Alas yes, and they didn't care enough to fix the most obvious ai bodge; but the concept is amusing anyway.
Show threadMathias PanzenböckJun 25
@BRicker @edgeofeurope I never understand 1) why people use these AI slop images and 2) when they have obvious but easy to fix mistakes why they don't fix them? I guess both can be answered with laziness.
Show threadRob van KanJun 25
@bloody_albatross @BRicker it's quite an easy fix, too
Show threadMathias PanzenböckJun 25
@edgeofeurope @BRicker Exactly! Adding another finger to Wednesday's hand might be a bit more difficult, but still doable.
Show threadTony HoyleJun 25

@bloody_albatross @edgeofeurope @BRicker Cartoon characters having 3 fingers is normal enough that I find haddock to be the odd one..

I guess the image that the AI stole Wednesday from was using the 3 finger style.

Show threadMathias PanzenböckJun 25
@tony @edgeofeurope @BRicker Thing also has 5 fingers and both, the Tintin comics and the old Adams Family comics seem to have 5 finger hands. But yes, it's about consistency and not weather its 4 or 5 fingers.
Show threadMathias PanzenböckJun 25
@tony @edgeofeurope @BRicker Also Thing is usually (but not always!) a right hand, but that is now nit picking.
Show threadJargogglesJun 25
@BRicker @edgeofeurope @isotopp
Well, it doesn't matter what the external costs are as long as we're mildly amused for a second, right?
Show threadBill RickerJun 26
@jargoggles @edgeofeurope @isotopp
That does appear to be the zeitgeist. 😒
(If the externalities were charged to the user, hiring a real artist on fivverr to copy-pasta would be cheaper, almost as quick, and provide income to actual humans?)
Show threadmirabilosJun 26
@BRicker @edgeofeurope @isotopp worse, they now retouched it to hide the worst "AI" tells. That’s inacceptable.
Show threadThibaultmol 🌈 🔜@WHY2025Jun 25
@edgeofeurope @isotopp It can be so easily to spot sometimes, like how this one is piss yellow
Show threadRob van KanJun 25
@thibaultmol @isotopp just take one look at the beer bottle
Show threadThibaultmol 🌈 🔜@WHY2025Jun 25
@edgeofeurope @isotopp oh yeah, I just meant the ai piss yellow can be seen from a thumbnail resolution even xd
Show threadKarlJun 25
@thibaultmol @edgeofeurope @isotopp She is missing a finger too.
Show threadWesDymJun 25
@bloodynine Yes and no. Compared to most real humans, yes. But four fingers is very old (Western) cartoon tradition; if anything, Capt. Haddock is the oddball here, in cartoon tropism, for having five. Four fingers is by far most common in non-realist cartoons. (Realist ones such as Mary Worth, etc., look more realistic.) There are several over-lapping reasons for this, but it's long-standing tradition, and sometimes even a hard rule (as in The Simpsons).
Show threadKarlJun 25
@wesdym Yeah, now that you mention it Tom & Jerry characters had only 4 fingers.
Show threadTeun 🌏 ❤️ 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 🇵🇸Jun 25

@edgeofeurope @isotopp

To quote the great @Eetschrijver:

"Maybe we should stop having these silly pictures made, heating up a billion liters of cooling water and leaving three African villages without electricity for a week."

Show threadSpace HoboJun 25
@edgeofeurope @isotopp Also, Wednesday Addams got her START as a cartoon character, publishing contemporaneously with later Tintin!
Show threadJennifer Moore 😷Jun 25

@edgeofeurope @isotopp

Looks like even the alt text was slop too...

Show threadArbyJun 25
@isotopp Dieser Holzfinger auf dem Etikett der Flasche (oder was auch immer das sein soll) triggert mich total. So kann ich das nicht teilen.
Show threadGary Parker Jun 25
@isotopp @losttourist it's quite obviously an Atari ST, not a Commodore 🙄
Show threadSnark Week GlobalJun 25

@isotopp

Why does the table have a finger around the bottle?

Show threadGraham Sutherland / PolynomialJun 25
@snarkweek @isotopp because it's slop
Show threadCarson Hill 📎Jun 25

@snarkweek @isotopp

That's Wednesday's missing finger. The table stole it.

Show threadEloshaJun 25
@isotopp Both Captain and Wednesday are so perfectly met, especially the Tintin drawing style, I wonder if the AI was trained with 🪄intellectual property✨😁
Show threadGuill.Jones, Honorary CanadianJun 25
@isotopp
Oh, Snap!
Show threadGuill.Jones, Honorary CanadianJun 25
@isotopp
@rejected_cryptid
@Rejected_cryptid
Show threadAlyssa VoroninJun 25
@isotopp@infosec.exchange AI slop makes for an easy block.
Show thread𒀭Wiiお姉さん 💜 🏳️‍⚧️Jun 25
@isotopp Pun of the week, and it's only Wednesday
Show threadWattanaJun 25
@isotopp
Show threadmirabilosJun 25
@isotopp AI slop?
Show threadAndreaJun 25
@mirabilos because of the hand on the table? @isotopp
Show threadmirabilosJun 25
@andijah @isotopp not exactly, but very close
Show threadAndreaJun 25
@mirabilos the hand isn't the problem, it belongs to the Addams family. The bottle is the culprit.
The joke isn't bad, the way it's presented is rather uninspiring. To say the least.
@isotopp
Show threadmirabilosJun 25
@andijah @isotopp yep to both.
Show threadCassandrichJun 25
@isotopp Someone do a version that's not AI slop. 🙄
Show threadMatthew 🖖Jun 25
@dalias @isotopp graphic design is my passion
Show threadsunny Ske-lil-ton ☀️Jun 25
@mcbaumwolle could you maybe change to alt text so that the joke is clear without the reference to the original toot so one can boost it? :)
I propose:
The "It's Wednesday" Tintin meme template but Tintin has been replaced by Wednesday from the Addams Family. Her speech bubble reads "Hello, Commodore!" and the captain replies "it's Captain, Wednesday"
Show threadMatthew 🖖Jun 25
@Larymir Done and thanks!
Show threadHaelwenn /элвэн/ Jun 25
@mcbaumwolle @dalias @isotopp Text bubbles are in wrong order, I'd modify it but my readily available tools are well… LibreSprite and dpaint.js which are comfortable but don't do text.
Show threadSean KingJun 25
@dalias @isotopp Jfc. I didn't realize the AI slop until I saw the wood plank cut in front of the whiskey bottle.
Show threadIcilJun 25
Show threadLuka RubinjoniJun 25
@icil @isotopp There must be a big market for AI cuckoldry.
Show threadsilly robotgirlJun 25
@icil@app.wafrn.net @isotopp id wathew a tall big boobie emo robot dwaw pictures for me 🥺
Show threadDoomsdaysCWJun 25
@isotopp Great alt text!!!
Show threadStoneface VimesJun 25
@isotopp beautifully done
Show threadnoodlejetski Jun 25
@isotopp
Show threadtech himboJun 25
@isotopp
Show threadKid ManiaJun 25
@isotopp
Well, now, isn't that a fun crossover!
Show threadJorge SaturnoJun 25
@isotopp is this made by AI?
Show threadMinybol 🥔Jun 25
@jorgeluis @isotopp clearly yes ..
Show threadAdrianoJun 25
@jorgeluis ayup. @isotopp
Show threadRichard "RichiH" HartmannJun 25
@isotopp isoslopp? Bitte nich...
Show threadMarnicJun 25
@isotopp
Encore une image généré par iA 😒😤
Show threadDavid Fleetwood - RG AdminJun 25
@isotopp Is that Ai generated?
Show threadNartagnan ⏚Jun 25

@isotopp

@crowdagger c'est de l'IA, regarde la bouteille.