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New comment by julianz in "Are AI labs pelicanmaxxing?"

julianz — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 01:50:05 +0000

I asked Gemini 3.6 Flash for a pūkeko on a unicycle yesterday and the results were very stylish. The thinking notes were cool too, making sure it got all the high points of what it means to be a pūkeko (distinctive swamp hen found in NZ and Australia for anyone not familiar) and then figuring out how the legs would work with the pedals.

New comment by julianz in "Cursor 0day: When Full Disclosure Becomes the Only Protection Left"

julianz — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 04:02:44 +0000

I don't think it does?

   > cd C:\Temp
   > copy "C:\Program Files\Git\bin\git.exe" .\fred.exe
   > fred
   fred: The term 'fred' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program.
   Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

New comment by julianz in "dBase: 1979-2026"

julianz — Mon, 11 May 2026 03:33:41 +0000

My very first paid gig, aged 12, was figuring out how to print mailing labels from a Bondwell CP/M laptop running dBase II. Didn't enjoy it.

New comment by julianz in "I won a championship that doesn't exist"

julianz — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:50:12 +0000

Gemini answers with 3 different champions dating back to 2024 and the list of events that the matches were played at. None of the results mention this guy.

New comment by julianz in "Used La Marzocco machines are coveted by cafe owners and collectors"

julianz — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:48:49 +0000

What data do you think they're "harvesting"? If they're counting how many shots I pull and judging me by my choice of brew temp, I can live with that. The app adds a lot of convenience and saves having to have some sort of UI or manual control on the machine itself.

New comment by julianz in "Used La Marzocco machines are coveted by cafe owners and collectors"

julianz — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:39:21 +0000

250ml brew boiler with a small saturated group, and a separate 1.6L steam boiler. It's definitely aimed at a home environment but will easily keep up with making several drinks in a row. Compared to previous HX machines I've owned, it heats up much quicker and is more stable. I think not having a massive lump of brass like an E61 style machine helps a lot.

New comment by julianz in "Used La Marzocco machines are coveted by cafe owners and collectors"

julianz — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:21:48 +0000

La Marzocco Micra is up to temp in under 10 minutes and will stay there all day, it works very well indeed.

New comment by julianz in "FSF trying to contact Google about spammer sending 10k+ mails from Gmail account"

julianz — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 01:23:09 +0000

Yup, same. I'm blocking bc.googleusercontent.com and also firebaseapp.com for now. The reverse DNS should also be able to be used, as the fakey spam domains don't match up with the PTR record, but I want to wait until I can watch the logs for a bit to make sure that works nicely.

e.g.

PTR: 53.220.83.34.bc.googleusercontent.com

HELO: sax.co.uk

New comment by julianz in "Archive of BYTE magazine, starting with issue #1 in 1975"

julianz — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 19:08:55 +0000

There's a great display wall of Byte mag at the Computer Museum of America in Atlanta, they've got original cover artworks and possibly every issue. Loved it. Also more Crays than you've ever seen in one place.

New comment by julianz in "Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? My quest to unmask Bitcoin's creator"

julianz — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 04:14:17 +0000

60? Not even 40.

New comment by julianz in "How the Sriracha guys screwed over their supplier"

julianz — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 09:41:35 +0000

Flying Goose is good, my favourite is Ox brand. It's very punchy, heavy on the garlic.

New comment by julianz in "FDA intends to take action against non-FDA-approved GLP-1 drugs"

julianz — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 09:15:54 +0000

My grandfather was one of the originators of the technology that became CPAP. He did not get rich from it.

New comment by julianz in "A Crisis comes to Wordle: Reusing old words"

julianz — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 09:50:27 +0000

They removed WENCH from the list of upcoming solutions fairly quickly, but forgot to add it back to the list of available words so you couldn't use it as a guess for a little while. It made it back to the list eventually.

New comment by julianz in "Two days of oatmeal reduce cholesterol level"

julianz — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:40:25 +0000

Two days isn't long term though.

New comment by julianz in "Instabridge has acquired Nova Launcher"

julianz — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 01:58:56 +0000

I used Nova paid for years, but moved back to the stock Samsung launcher when Nova started having issues with widgets not refreshing (Outlook calendar view was the worst, it would work for a day or two and then just get stuck). I guess I should try something else now.

New comment by julianz in "Ozempic is changing the foods Americans buy"

julianz — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 04:33:59 +0000

Not so much when you consume it along with the fibre which is typically also included in the fruit.

New comment by julianz in "Package managers keep using Git as a database, it never works out"

julianz — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 20:50:44 +0000

The Start menu is not an Electron app. Don't believe everything you read on the internet.

New comment by julianz in "Advent of Code 2025"

julianz — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 02:08:34 +0000

Yep, the years I've made it the furthest have been around the 11-12 day mark. The inevitably life and kids and work get in the way and that's it for another year. Changing to a 12 day format is unlikely to affect me at all :)

New comment by julianz in "Unofficial Microsoft Teams client for Linux"

julianz — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 00:36:21 +0000

I don't see this behaviour at all, and I live in Teams on Windows, web and Android. It has improved over time.

New comment by julianz in "Affinity Studio now free"

julianz — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 19:58:14 +0000

I paid for V1, it had incompatibilities with graphics drivers that mean it stopped working properly shortly after V2 came out and is now useless. Any hardware assisted graphics operation corrupts the image. Who knows if V2 will suffer something similar?