Scott Walsh

Views and opinion are my own, only a lawyer may argue this fact.

[Scott Walsh @mallocblock]

@alexfmac @British_Airways Please do. If you can get it to use Google Wallet for boarding cards would be great. It used to work, I think. But now is totally borked. Bargain Airlines is now only my 3rd choice option for any travel.

[Scott Walsh @mallocblock]

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[Ayaan 🐧 @twtayaan]

The creator of Linux just publicly called out the AI hype. Word for word.

Linus Torvalds took the stage at Open Source Summit 2026 and said this:

"When I see people saying 99% of our code is written by AI, I literally get angry. Because those same people — I can pretty much guarantee — 100% of their code is written by compilers. But they never say that."

He is not anti AI. The Linux kernel saw a 20% jump in submissions this release because of AI tools. He uses it. He gets it.

His point is something most people are too afraid to say.

AI is a productivity tool exactly like compilers were. Compilers boosted programming by 1000x. AI adds another 10x on top. Enormous. But nobody says "the compiler wrote my code." So why are we saying AI wrote it?

He also flagged something nobody is talking about.

AI is flooding small open source projects with drive-by bug reports. Someone runs a prompt, files a report and disappears when asked for a patch. Maintainers with one or two people are drowning trying to keep up.

"Sometimes AI reports a bug and when you ask for more information the person has done that drive-by and does not even answer your question. That is the real burnout issue."

And his final warning was the sharpest of all.

"People who do not understand the complexity of systems will prompt systems and write processes that will fail."

The AI hype crowd is very loud right now.

Linus has been building real systems for 35 years. When he talks, engineers listen.

Full interview here:
https://t.co/LmXJtvKc4O

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[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

The world spent 30 years calling Japan 'behind.'

Still uses cash.
Still uses fax.
Still has tiny shops run by one old couple.

Then the world got 'ahead' —
and ended up lonely, rushed,
and scrolling at 2 AM.

Now the same people are flying to Japan
just to feel something they can't name.

A meal made by hand.
A street that's quiet.
A stranger who's kind for no reason.

Turns out Japan wasn't behind.

It just refused to trade away
the things that actually make a life.

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[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

5 weeks ago Rocky came into our lives.

He was as close to death as is possible for a dog to get. Everything was stacked against him.

Many people told me to put him to sleep. Thankfully we didn’t. You should see him today… (1/8) 🧵

[Scott Walsh @mallocblock]

@iam_elias1 Just get a Garmin, Huawei or Amazfit watch with 7 day battery life with most of those all turned on. But Yes don't enable AOD and limit which app notifications are enabled.

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[Scott Walsh @mallocblock]

@Nick_beepbeep How is it all ... trucks though? I am a regular M5 user going all the way to the end of the A30 and never seen just so many trucks.

[Scott Walsh @mallocblock]

@ListerLawrence Ummm, what does the horn sound like?

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[Michelle Maxwell ™ @MichelleMaxwell]

With everything we are hearing right now about ticks this seems like good information to share.

“Here’s what I’ve learned after more ticks than I care to count.
First, whatever your uncle told you, forget it. No matches. No nail polish. No Vaseline. No soap on a cotton ball. All of those do the same terrible thing, they stress the tick out, and a stressed tick empties its gut back into the bite before letting go. Which, if you think about what that actually means for a second, is literally how Lyme and the rest get transmitted so you’re not speeding up its exit. You’re making it throw up into you.
Fine-tipped tweezers. Grip right where the mouthparts enter the skin, not the body, the head. Pull straight up, steady, no twisting, no jerking. It’ll feel like it’s resisting because it is, the mouthparts are barbed. Just keep the pressure on and it lets go in a few seconds. If a piece breaks off in the skin, leave it alone. Your body pushes splinters out. Digging around with a needle does more damage then the fragment ever would.
Clean it with alcohol or soap. Wash your hands.
Now here’s the part most people skip: don’t flush the tick.
Tape it to an index card. Clear packing tape right over the body, write the date and where on your body it was, and stick the card in a drawer. If you come down with anything weird in the next 30 days, rash, fever, joint pain, that flu-that-isn’t-flu feeling, that tick goes with you to the doctor. Some labs will test the tick itself, which is faster and often more reliable than waiting for antibodies to show up in your own blood. A dated tick taped to a card is one of the most useful things you can hand a doctor who’s trying to figure out what’s wrong with you.
The other thing worth saying out loud: if the tick was engorged when you pulled it, and you can’t swear it was off your body within 24 hours, call your doctor that same day. Don’t wait for a rash. Fewer than three out of four Lyme cases even produce the classic bullseye. A single preventive dose of doxycycline within 72 hours of a deer tick bite cuts the Lyme odds way down, and most docs in tick country will write that prescription without giving you a hard time, especially if you walk in with the tick taped to a card and a clear timeline.”

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[Scott Walsh @mallocblock]

@AllForProgress_ On £75K you are probably salaried and not entitled to any overtime.