"Important update
On April 24 we'll start using GitHub Copilot interaction data for AI model training unless you opt out."
Dear Github, I have used Copilot once, but you can still go fuck yourself.
Tim Nicholas
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Advocate for the “socio” in sociotechnical systems. Moth to the complexity flame.
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Tim Nicholas
@tim@cloudisland.nz
Advocate for the “socio” in sociotechnical systems. Moth to the complexity flame.
cloudisland.nz
Tim Nicholas
@tim@cloudisland.nz
Advocate for the “socio” in sociotechnical systems. Moth to the complexity flame.
cloudisland.nz
@tim@cloudisland.nz
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Tim Nicholas
@tim@cloudisland.nz
Advocate for the “socio” in sociotechnical systems. Moth to the complexity flame.
cloudisland.nz
Tim Nicholas
@tim@cloudisland.nz
Advocate for the “socio” in sociotechnical systems. Moth to the complexity flame.
cloudisland.nz
@tim@cloudisland.nz
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Apr 04, 2026
Supermarkets shouldn't use computer vision systems for security or customer tracking purposes.
They should use them to spray water in the face of anyone who squeezes an avocado.
They should use them to spray water in the face of anyone who squeezes an avocado.
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Tim Nicholas
@tim@cloudisland.nz
Advocate for the “socio” in sociotechnical systems. Moth to the complexity flame.
cloudisland.nz
Tim Nicholas
@tim@cloudisland.nz
Advocate for the “socio” in sociotechnical systems. Moth to the complexity flame.
cloudisland.nz
@tim@cloudisland.nz
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Apr 03, 2026
It must be a weird time to be Jacinda Ardern. Watching the government of her own country take exactly the wrong lessons from crises she managed and lead through.
The takeaway from COVID shouldn't have been "Act slowly and act late".
The takeaway from COVID shouldn't have been "Act slowly and act late".
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Tim Nicholas
@tim@cloudisland.nz
Advocate for the “socio” in sociotechnical systems. Moth to the complexity flame.
cloudisland.nz
Tim Nicholas
@tim@cloudisland.nz
Advocate for the “socio” in sociotechnical systems. Moth to the complexity flame.
cloudisland.nz
@tim@cloudisland.nz
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Mar 26, 2026
Terrible news. Some EV fast charging has increased in price by ~5%!
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Tim Nicholas
@tim@cloudisland.nz
Advocate for the “socio” in sociotechnical systems. Moth to the complexity flame.
cloudisland.nz
Tim Nicholas
@tim@cloudisland.nz
Advocate for the “socio” in sociotechnical systems. Moth to the complexity flame.
cloudisland.nz
@tim@cloudisland.nz
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Mar 20, 2026
Beginning to look like electrification of the economy was a good idea afterall. How surprising.
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Tim Nicholas
@tim@cloudisland.nz
Advocate for the “socio” in sociotechnical systems. Moth to the complexity flame.
cloudisland.nz
Tim Nicholas
@tim@cloudisland.nz
Advocate for the “socio” in sociotechnical systems. Moth to the complexity flame.
cloudisland.nz
@tim@cloudisland.nz
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Mar 14, 2026
I feel like, these days, it is worth emphasising that "the working class" is anyone who depends on wages or a salary. So many people don't identify with label, and yet it is them.
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Tim Nicholas
@tim@cloudisland.nz
Advocate for the “socio” in sociotechnical systems. Moth to the complexity flame.
cloudisland.nz
Tim Nicholas
@tim@cloudisland.nz
Advocate for the “socio” in sociotechnical systems. Moth to the complexity flame.
cloudisland.nz
@tim@cloudisland.nz
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Mar 06, 2026
TIL Mac OS allows multiple processes to simultaneously bind to (listen on) the same local port! So much potential for confusion.
#modelsurprise
#modelsurprise
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Tim Nicholas
@tim@cloudisland.nz
Advocate for the “socio” in sociotechnical systems. Moth to the complexity flame.
cloudisland.nz
Tim Nicholas
@tim@cloudisland.nz
Advocate for the “socio” in sociotechnical systems. Moth to the complexity flame.
cloudisland.nz
@tim@cloudisland.nz
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Feb 15, 2026
Stormy night. Had a dream that I saved a beautiful treadle hammer (attached to an antique bicycle!) from being melted down as scrap.
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Tim Nicholas
@tim@cloudisland.nz
Advocate for the “socio” in sociotechnical systems. Moth to the complexity flame.
cloudisland.nz
Tim Nicholas
@tim@cloudisland.nz
Advocate for the “socio” in sociotechnical systems. Moth to the complexity flame.
cloudisland.nz
@tim@cloudisland.nz
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Dec 26, 2025
@irina @lynnesbian I don't think that's quite right. The melting point is somewhat above room temperature. Somewhat famously, a gallium spoon will melt in a cup of tea.
I think the -19°C number is for an alloy.
I think the -19°C number is for an alloy.
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