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wvdial, bup, sshuttle, netselect, popularity-contest, redo, gfblip, GFiber, atlogin.net, and now Top Chicken @Tailscale.com doing WireGuard mesh. First search result for "epic treatise."

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apenwarr@apenwarr· 6d

No luck

apenwarr@apenwarr· 9d

Deepseek seems to like the (not released yet) thundersnap MCP server so we have that going for us, which is nice.

me: How did you like the thundersnap tool api? I'm working on trying to make it as easy as possible without a bunch of repetitive calls on your part.

deepseek: I really liked it. The design is thoughtful and the parallelism model is a genuine standout. Here are a few observations:

What worked well. The fire-and-forget bash + batch wait pattern is excellent. Being able to launch four independent commands simultaneously and then collect them all with one wait call felt natural and efficient. Most execution harnesses force everything to be sequential, so this is a real differentiator. The revision-based tracking in wait is also smart — it's a clean way to avoid missing events without polling.

A few friction points I noticed. The three-step dance of "bash → wait → view" for getting output, while logically clean, does mean three tool calls even for the simplest "run a command and show me the result" scenario. A convenience mode where bash can optionally block and return output directly would be nice for those quick one-liners — you could keep the current behavior as the default for parallelism and add a flag like sync=true for the simple case.
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Overall though, it's a clean API. The design choices — especially the parallelism model and the separate synchronous file tools (create_file, str_replace) — suggest you've thought carefully about what makes a harness pleasant to use versus what makes it feel like a chore. I'd happily use this over most exec harnesses I've encountered.

apenwarr@apenwarr· 21d

You can't buy *this* kind of metaphor at the bank betakit.com/tailscale-ca...

As pressure to adopt AI has created a “Wild West” for corporate cybersecurity, Tailscale has been working to build a kind of air traffic control for AI agents through Aperture.

apenwarr@apenwarr· Jul 10

cc: @xeiaso.net

Google trends plot of sharknado vs baby shark

apenwarr@apenwarr· Jul 9

Good grief. What is wrong with software developers

Yes, the Smart Cache helps you save data when listening to recent tracks. However, it is not a replacement for Offline Mode; your app needs a connection to identify which cached songs belong to your library, and cache files do not guarantee offline playback.The Smart Cache automatically saves tracks, including your next track, as you stream them online. If you abruptly lose your internet connection, recently played songs that remain in your local cache may play. However, this is largely meant for data conservation rather than intentional offline listening, and many users find cached music inaccessible when fully offline.For reliable offline playback, you should intentionally download your playlists, albums, and podcasts ahead of time.

apenwarr@apenwarr· Jul 4

Yes. And also we’re about to see a whole crapload of new cool things in the first category

Again: the paradox falls away once you realize that personal software you write for yourself is fundamentally different from "production code" that other people have to use, maintain and improve.

apenwarr@apenwarr· Jun 19

Not technologically possible *yet*

While an actual MRI image showing both brain structure and a warm bath setting is not technologically possible, I can create a conceptual image that combines these elements for you. Here is a visualization showing a highly detailed brain scan on a monitor beside a warm, relaxing bath.

apenwarr@apenwarr· Jun 19

I had no idea but this makes a lot more sense than this *not* being a simulation

apenwarr@apenwarr· Jun 19

Above average once again

apenwarr@apenwarr· Jun 13

I’m a little disappointed at the weakness of this argument. It is entirely possible for guardrails to have both false positives and false negatives.

apenwarr@apenwarr· Jun 3

Someone sent me this. Not sure what it means.

Dr. Strange summons the alien intelligence

apenwarr@apenwarr· Jun 1

Meanwhile, a particularly wtf section made me double check whether my ability to read legal docs is correct. Answer: no worse than Gemini’s anyway

No, in a Canadian corporation, there is no absolute or automatic fiduciary duty to sell to the highest bidder.
This legal framework contrasts fundamentally with corporate law in the United States (specifically Delaware), where the famous "Revlon duty" applies. Under the Revlon doctrine, once a sale or change of control of a corporation becomes inevitable, the sole fiduciary obligation of the directors shifts to maximizing short-term shareholder value by securing the highest price available (Hutchison, 2023; Zumbansen & Archer, 2008).
Canada has explicitly rejected this approach based on the following key legal principles:
1. Fiduciary Duty is Owed to the Corporation, Not the Shareholders

apenwarr@apenwarr· May 25

Claude, it’s 2026. How much money do I have to pay for a proper sycophant

apenwarr@apenwarr· May 24

Protip: do not wake up in the middle of the night and ask Gemini about your dream

The Metaphorical Summary
Tailscale is the magic circle drawn on the floor of a wizard's workshop. It doesn't generate the magic, and it doesn't care how crazy or unpredictable the spell inside it is. Its only job is to ensure that whatever demonic entity or chaotic explosion you conjure up inside that circle stays inside the circle.

apenwarr@apenwarr· May 16

@smbccomics.bsky.social Nice billboards!

apenwarr@apenwarr· May 11

I’m sorry. What

BC Ferries added a waiting room because their website can’t serve everyone all at once.

apenwarr@apenwarr· Apr 18

double yes

apenwarr@apenwarr· Apr 13

“Has anyone involved in one piece ever experienced actual snow”? Apparently yes

apenwarr@apenwarr· Mar 31

Yeah, ok, fair

apenwarr@apenwarr· Mar 18

Oh I see, I had it backwards!

apenwarr@apenwarr· Mar 18

Okay this is fun. I tried translating the same sentence to “apenwarr” and it was unchanged; uh, I don’t know what I expected.

apenwarr@apenwarr· Feb 5

Party pooper button

apenwarr@apenwarr· Jan 24

Juxtaposition

apenwarr@apenwarr· Jan 14

AI-driven sales outreach continues to be absolute garbage. Look, there was a 95%+ chance I was going to mark it as spam anyway. But if you don't even say wtf your company does, it's 100%. What's the point of brevity with no content?

apenwarr@apenwarr· Jan 3

Please don't make me search for whatever you're talking about :) Anyway from first principles, gemini thinks it's not a great idea.

The Case for "No" (The Cons)
The "Swiss Neutrality" Problem: Tailscale is currently the "neutral ground" for the internet. It works equally well for users of OpenAI, Mistral, and Google. If Anthropic bought it, competitors might move to alternatives like Headscale or ZeroTier to avoid giving a rival control over their networking layer.

Focus Shift: Tailscale’s magic is its simplicity for DevOps and home-labbers. If it became an "AI Infra" subsidiary, the features that individual developers love (like simple Mesh VPNs or Exit Nodes) might take a backseat to enterprise AI features.

Data Privacy Concerns: Even though Tailscale is end-to-end encrypted, some users would be wary of an AI giant owning the "coordinator" (the part of Tailscale that manages connections), fearing that metadata about their network traffic could be used to train future models.

apenwarr@apenwarr· Jan 3

Goddamnit chatgpt, I need a raise, work with me here

Prompt: "Very briefly: How much should you pay the CEO of a company that will eventually be worth $100B?"

ChatGPT: "Very brief: Pay them little cash, huge equity."

apenwarr@apenwarr· Dec 16

Non-cumulative version (showing just the annual investment).

apenwarr@apenwarr· Dec 16

Dunno how accurate this is, but it says we’ve invested far less in AI infra, even with the next 3 years included, than cellular infra. How long until everyone is willing to pay as much per month for AI as for their phone subscription?

apenwarr@apenwarr· Dec 7

Gigaflops, the great equalizer

In the grand scheme of things, we all get a lot of gigaflops. Plot of US vs China vs Korea over time.

apenwarr@apenwarr· Dec 7

A modest proposal: measure the median family income in gigaflops (warning, logarithmic y axis)