the fool
@agnoster.net
Medium language model. He/him. No socialism without democracy and no democracy without socialism. Your “order” is built on sand.
Mostly here to get clowned on by the young ‘uns as part of the generational contract
Mostly here to get clowned on by the young ‘uns as part of the generational contract
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the fool
@agnoster.net
· Mar 26
Just a reminder: if you’re not enjoying an exchange with someone on social media, you can just not (or block them if you can’t control yourself otherwise)
Life is too short!
Life is too short!
BlueSky suspended my account for 3 days for a post that allegedly got removed for violating something about respectful discourse.
That's... literally all I know. Not what the post was. Not what part of the guidelines it violated.
I assume I deserve it, but... is there literally no way to find out?
That's... literally all I know. Not what the post was. Not what part of the guidelines it violated.
I assume I deserve it, but... is there literally no way to find out?
December 28, 2025 at 5:56 AM
BlueSky suspended my account for 3 days for a post that allegedly got removed for violating something about respectful discourse.
That's... literally all I know. Not what the post was. Not what part of the guidelines it violated.
I assume I deserve it, but... is there literally no way to find out?
That's... literally all I know. Not what the post was. Not what part of the guidelines it violated.
I assume I deserve it, but... is there literally no way to find out?
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“Like prime, but with human beings”
December 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“Like prime, but with human beings”
I keep seeing people say #Pluribus is somehow anti-collectivist
And I keep thinking: are we watching the same show?
And I keep thinking: are we watching the same show?
I was worried that it would turn into a statement against collectivism. Sad to see I was right. 😭
December 24, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I keep seeing people say #Pluribus is somehow anti-collectivist
And I keep thinking: are we watching the same show?
And I keep thinking: are we watching the same show?
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I think I have to approach LLMs in the same way I approach guns:
- expands agency
- Changes social dynamics
- Complicated to talk about
- expands agency
- Changes social dynamics
- Complicated to talk about
December 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I think I have to approach LLMs in the same way I approach guns:
- expands agency
- Changes social dynamics
- Complicated to talk about
- expands agency
- Changes social dynamics
- Complicated to talk about
*nods sagely*
Odes before codes
Odes before codes
nobody writes odes anymore. need to write less code and more odes
December 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM
*nods sagely*
Odes before codes
Odes before codes
Fellow leftists:
You can do boxing and MMA. My partner has been boxing for ten years and finally got me to try it and, wow. It’s a blast
You can do boxing and MMA. My partner has been boxing for ten years and finally got me to try it and, wow. It’s a blast
December 22, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Fellow leftists:
You can do boxing and MMA. My partner has been boxing for ten years and finally got me to try it and, wow. It’s a blast
You can do boxing and MMA. My partner has been boxing for ten years and finally got me to try it and, wow. It’s a blast
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personally I can’t believe there’s so many leftists who, when presented the “automated” part of fully automated luxury gay space communism decided it was actually immoral to automate things
December 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
personally I can’t believe there’s so many leftists who, when presented the “automated” part of fully automated luxury gay space communism decided it was actually immoral to automate things
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I think some people on this site are extending legitimate moral objections to LLM use from areas where they maybe apply into areas where the LLM is basically a screwdriver
December 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I think some people on this site are extending legitimate moral objections to LLM use from areas where they maybe apply into areas where the LLM is basically a screwdriver
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I feel like I'm going to get a lot of use out of this Pluribus screencap
December 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I feel like I'm going to get a lot of use out of this Pluribus screencap
Everyone is a target. Yes, them too. Also them. They haven’t gotten to them yet, but, yeah, duh.
Confused that folks think this regime has only one target at a time. That's not how any of this works.
They're targeting everyone all at once.
They're not "lining up their next targets". They're already acting to harm. Don't underplay what's happening.
They're targeting everyone all at once.
They're not "lining up their next targets". They're already acting to harm. Don't underplay what's happening.
December 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Everyone is a target. Yes, them too. Also them. They haven’t gotten to them yet, but, yeah, duh.
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Confused that folks think this regime has only one target at a time. That's not how any of this works.
They're targeting everyone all at once.
They're not "lining up their next targets". They're already acting to harm. Don't underplay what's happening.
They're targeting everyone all at once.
They're not "lining up their next targets". They're already acting to harm. Don't underplay what's happening.
December 21, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Confused that folks think this regime has only one target at a time. That's not how any of this works.
They're targeting everyone all at once.
They're not "lining up their next targets". They're already acting to harm. Don't underplay what's happening.
They're targeting everyone all at once.
They're not "lining up their next targets". They're already acting to harm. Don't underplay what's happening.
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Our Trans Healthcare team has just published a brand-new chronological timeline of Trump administration and congressional attacks on the people and institutions providing gender-affirming care:
unbreaking.org/issues/trans...
unbreaking.org/issues/trans...
Transgender Healthcare: Timeline — Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
unbreaking.org
December 19, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Our Trans Healthcare team has just published a brand-new chronological timeline of Trump administration and congressional attacks on the people and institutions providing gender-affirming care:
unbreaking.org/issues/trans...
unbreaking.org/issues/trans...
“Why did the chicken cross the road” is not different from the heart sutra
December 18, 2025 at 4:57 AM
“Why did the chicken cross the road” is not different from the heart sutra
Kacey’s mod has got it goin’ on
December 18, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Kacey’s mod has got it goin’ on
The French midi controller with a honeycomb layout can’t emulate the layout of my button accordion very well because the axes are arranged differently
I am le sad
I am le sad
December 16, 2025 at 4:05 AM
The French midi controller with a honeycomb layout can’t emulate the layout of my button accordion very well because the axes are arranged differently
I am le sad
I am le sad
See the problem is that most people think it’s “as within, so without” when in reality it’s a lot more “as without, so within“
Don’t even get me started on “as below, so above”!
Don’t even get me started on “as below, so above”!
December 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
See the problem is that most people think it’s “as within, so without” when in reality it’s a lot more “as without, so within“
Don’t even get me started on “as below, so above”!
Don’t even get me started on “as below, so above”!
One must imagine Algernon happy
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
December 10, 2025 at 4:37 AM
One must imagine Algernon happy
Emoticons are the “ye olde” styling of our age
December 9, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Emoticons are the “ye olde” styling of our age
“How can programmers be so lazy not to [checks notes] make a call to an LLM for every single user input field”
Things like state names fall into the same category. Consider the following simple query, which works fine in both ChatGPT and Claude:
> Print all correct spellings of the following word as a simple list with no other text. Californya.
California
3/7
> Print all correct spellings of the following word as a simple list with no other text. Californya.
California
3/7
December 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM
“How can programmers be so lazy not to [checks notes] make a call to an LLM for every single user input field”
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"Am I the only person who..." yes, you are the sole human being across all of history and geography and space and time to ever experience this incredibly mundane thing, you should call the Smithsonian
November 16, 2025 at 12:21 AM
"Am I the only person who..." yes, you are the sole human being across all of history and geography and space and time to ever experience this incredibly mundane thing, you should call the Smithsonian
Subtitles for audiobooks
Is that anything
Is that anything
November 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Subtitles for audiobooks
Is that anything
Is that anything
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Anti-fascistic software is made possible by pro-labor licensing.
I've been trying to write this piece for years. Every time I get started I'm just overwhelmed with paralyzing visions of the FOSS commentariat accusing me of WrongThink.
But I'm tired and we urgently need to get our shit together.
I've been trying to write this piece for years. Every time I get started I'm just overwhelmed with paralyzing visions of the FOSS commentariat accusing me of WrongThink.
But I'm tired and we urgently need to get our shit together.
Open Source Power
We have to talk about open source licensing.
blog.muni.town
November 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Anti-fascistic software is made possible by pro-labor licensing.
I've been trying to write this piece for years. Every time I get started I'm just overwhelmed with paralyzing visions of the FOSS commentariat accusing me of WrongThink.
But I'm tired and we urgently need to get our shit together.
I've been trying to write this piece for years. Every time I get started I'm just overwhelmed with paralyzing visions of the FOSS commentariat accusing me of WrongThink.
But I'm tired and we urgently need to get our shit together.
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or--and stay with me here--we could have just believed the women
November 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
or--and stay with me here--we could have just believed the women
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epstein in dozens of pieces of written documentation: the presidential candidate my best friend loves coming over to my house for the young girls i rent
reporters: we are getting closer to busting this thing wide open
reporters: we are getting closer to busting this thing wide open
November 13, 2025 at 3:05 AM
epstein in dozens of pieces of written documentation: the presidential candidate my best friend loves coming over to my house for the young girls i rent
reporters: we are getting closer to busting this thing wide open
reporters: we are getting closer to busting this thing wide open
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The Epstein story gets a something that is tearing at the heart of the electorate: elite impunity. The idea that wealthy and powerful people can do terrible things *at scale* and face no consequences for them. Whatever political party actually stops it could rule the country for a generation.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The Epstein story gets a something that is tearing at the heart of the electorate: elite impunity. The idea that wealthy and powerful people can do terrible things *at scale* and face no consequences for them. Whatever political party actually stops it could rule the country for a generation.