Patrick DeWind
@dewind.bsky.social
Nothing exciting, really. TTRPGs, medieval reenactment, woodworking, programming, philosophy, and a whole lot of reading.
I accidentally clicked on the more button for a search engine's AI results (Google or Duck, can't remember which).
The extra text slowly printed like reading a BBS on a 300 baud modem.
How theatrical.
"See? I'm thinking real hard!"
The extra text slowly printed like reading a BBS on a 300 baud modem.
How theatrical.
"See? I'm thinking real hard!"
January 2, 2026 at 3:54 PM
I accidentally clicked on the more button for a search engine's AI results (Google or Duck, can't remember which).
The extra text slowly printed like reading a BBS on a 300 baud modem.
How theatrical.
"See? I'm thinking real hard!"
The extra text slowly printed like reading a BBS on a 300 baud modem.
How theatrical.
"See? I'm thinking real hard!"
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
Hi, I'm brain trauma!
You know those folks who look longingly back at the 70's and 80's when kids were out all day and didn't wear helmets? Don't listen to them, wear a damn helmet.
Hi, I'm brain trauma!
You know those folks who look longingly back at the 70's and 80's when kids were out all day and didn't wear helmets? Don't listen to them, wear a damn helmet.
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
Hi, I'm a lung abscess that was misdiagnosed by urgent care as a URI, then pneumonia.
If you are able to go to a specialist after not feeling better for a week, do it.
Hi, I'm a lung abscess that was misdiagnosed by urgent care as a URI, then pneumonia.
If you are able to go to a specialist after not feeling better for a week, do it.
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
Hi, I'm Depression Arrowhead Lake Pitocin Medical Neglect Postpartum Infection Influenza UTI.
(Wasn't sure if it was "first thing" "last thing" or "everything" so I've got a long ass name, lol)
Hi, I'm Depression Arrowhead Lake Pitocin Medical Neglect Postpartum Infection Influenza UTI.
(Wasn't sure if it was "first thing" "last thing" or "everything" so I've got a long ass name, lol)
January 2, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
Hi, I'm brain trauma!
You know those folks who look longingly back at the 70's and 80's when kids were out all day and didn't wear helmets? Don't listen to them, wear a damn helmet.
Hi, I'm brain trauma!
You know those folks who look longingly back at the 70's and 80's when kids were out all day and didn't wear helmets? Don't listen to them, wear a damn helmet.
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(also - as a writer and a narrative-obsessed creature - how delightful is it that the city's mayors must sign an oath of office in addition to speaking one, and then pay a nine-dollar filing fee?
there's some deep civic magic there, I tell you what.
zero sarcasm.)
there's some deep civic magic there, I tell you what.
zero sarcasm.)
January 1, 2026 at 5:23 AM
(also - as a writer and a narrative-obsessed creature - how delightful is it that the city's mayors must sign an oath of office in addition to speaking one, and then pay a nine-dollar filing fee?
there's some deep civic magic there, I tell you what.
zero sarcasm.)
there's some deep civic magic there, I tell you what.
zero sarcasm.)
How I feel whenever I hear an update on the printer project at work.
a man in a suit and tie is smiling and looking at the camera .
Alt: Scene from the movie Hackers where Agent Gill hands The Plague a dossier who responds, "Ugh. Hard copy."
media.tenor.com
January 1, 2026 at 1:47 PM
How I feel whenever I hear an update on the printer project at work.
In case you have stuff in livejournal that isn't backed up:
Okay, I will preface this with the GIGANTIC disclaimer that I promise I know how this looks, and I *swear* this is not personally motivated: If you have an old #LiveJournal account, and it has things you still care about in it, download it or import it to Dreamwidth SOON. Details:
January 1, 2026 at 1:06 PM
In case you have stuff in livejournal that isn't backed up:
Happy New Year!
We made it through 2025. Somehow.
Don't look 2026 in the eye and maybe it won't notice us.
We made it through 2025. Somehow.
Don't look 2026 in the eye and maybe it won't notice us.
January 1, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Happy New Year!
We made it through 2025. Somehow.
Don't look 2026 in the eye and maybe it won't notice us.
We made it through 2025. Somehow.
Don't look 2026 in the eye and maybe it won't notice us.
Watching a spy movie.
The macguffin is a universal crypto key. I wonder what percentage of spy movies since Sneakers and Hackers use that.
The macguffin is a universal crypto key. I wonder what percentage of spy movies since Sneakers and Hackers use that.
January 1, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Watching a spy movie.
The macguffin is a universal crypto key. I wonder what percentage of spy movies since Sneakers and Hackers use that.
The macguffin is a universal crypto key. I wonder what percentage of spy movies since Sneakers and Hackers use that.
On the second Oddjobs book by Heide Goody and Iain Grant.
They just mentioned Marillion's Misplaced Childhood. I KNEW there was a reason I liked them so much.
They just mentioned Marillion's Misplaced Childhood. I KNEW there was a reason I liked them so much.
December 31, 2025 at 7:43 PM
On the second Oddjobs book by Heide Goody and Iain Grant.
They just mentioned Marillion's Misplaced Childhood. I KNEW there was a reason I liked them so much.
They just mentioned Marillion's Misplaced Childhood. I KNEW there was a reason I liked them so much.
At some point you need to take a break from your woodworking project because you're bleeding on it.
I have the same experiences with sewing.
C'mon platelets, I've got work to do.
I have the same experiences with sewing.
C'mon platelets, I've got work to do.
December 31, 2025 at 7:13 PM
At some point you need to take a break from your woodworking project because you're bleeding on it.
I have the same experiences with sewing.
C'mon platelets, I've got work to do.
I have the same experiences with sewing.
C'mon platelets, I've got work to do.
We are among Internet royalty.
"What was your biggest impact on the Internet?"
I drew the original of this. (I storyboarded and assistant directed on this episode.) (Fry, "Shut up and take my money")
I drew the original of this. (I storyboarded and assistant directed on this episode.) (Fry, "Shut up and take my money")
December 31, 2025 at 6:22 AM
We are among Internet royalty.
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Here is a little mushroom person called Mushley.
December 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Here is a little mushroom person called Mushley.
Is it just me, or does this mean fewer people could afford to use the AIs run by the data centers?
Everything about that market seems self destructive.
Everything about that market seems self destructive.
Demand for memory chips currently exceeds supply and there's very little chance of that changing any time soon. More chips for AI means less available for other products such as computers and phones and that could drive up those prices too. n.pr/49aDwVE
Memory loss: As AI gobbles up chips, prices for devices may rise
Demand for memory chips currently exceeds supply and there's very little chance of that changing any time soon. More chips for AI means less available for other products such as computers and phones and that could drive up those prices too.
n.pr
December 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Is it just me, or does this mean fewer people could afford to use the AIs run by the data centers?
Everything about that market seems self destructive.
Everything about that market seems self destructive.
Must be winter because I'd rather bake a loaf of bread than go to the store to pick one up.
And as a member of the Society For Creative Anachronism (@scasocial.bsky.social) I feel obligated to use King Arthur Flour. Nothing says you have to, but come on. It is right there.
And as a member of the Society For Creative Anachronism (@scasocial.bsky.social) I feel obligated to use King Arthur Flour. Nothing says you have to, but come on. It is right there.
December 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Must be winter because I'd rather bake a loaf of bread than go to the store to pick one up.
And as a member of the Society For Creative Anachronism (@scasocial.bsky.social) I feel obligated to use King Arthur Flour. Nothing says you have to, but come on. It is right there.
And as a member of the Society For Creative Anachronism (@scasocial.bsky.social) I feel obligated to use King Arthur Flour. Nothing says you have to, but come on. It is right there.
Book #53 - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
I've been listening to this one for the past week on my drive home from work every day. It has been quite a while since I read it, and let's face it, Tim Curry's narration just makes any story better.
I've been listening to this one for the past week on my drive home from work every day. It has been quite a while since I read it, and let's face it, Tim Curry's narration just makes any story better.
December 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Book #53 - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
I've been listening to this one for the past week on my drive home from work every day. It has been quite a while since I read it, and let's face it, Tim Curry's narration just makes any story better.
I've been listening to this one for the past week on my drive home from work every day. It has been quite a while since I read it, and let's face it, Tim Curry's narration just makes any story better.
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Merry Progmas, everyone. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfB3...
Marillion - I Believe In Father Christmas
YouTube video by marilliononline
www.youtube.com
December 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Merry Progmas, everyone. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfB3...
Book #52(?) - Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn (@deannaraybourn.bsky.social)
I borrowed this from the library because @baronessekat.bsky.social said it was good, and damn if she isn't right.
It is a delightful tale of retirement, organizational politics, and revenge.
I borrowed this from the library because @baronessekat.bsky.social said it was good, and damn if she isn't right.
It is a delightful tale of retirement, organizational politics, and revenge.
December 25, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Book #52(?) - Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn (@deannaraybourn.bsky.social)
I borrowed this from the library because @baronessekat.bsky.social said it was good, and damn if she isn't right.
It is a delightful tale of retirement, organizational politics, and revenge.
I borrowed this from the library because @baronessekat.bsky.social said it was good, and damn if she isn't right.
It is a delightful tale of retirement, organizational politics, and revenge.
Today's search:
emacs can I yank the same kill several times
(In which Patrick learns about Emacs registers. As always, it does it, just not in the way you think. Kill and Yank isn't Cut and Paste, really, and it is good for me to remember that.)
(Moderation isn't going to like this post, is it?)
emacs can I yank the same kill several times
(In which Patrick learns about Emacs registers. As always, it does it, just not in the way you think. Kill and Yank isn't Cut and Paste, really, and it is good for me to remember that.)
(Moderation isn't going to like this post, is it?)
December 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Today's search:
emacs can I yank the same kill several times
(In which Patrick learns about Emacs registers. As always, it does it, just not in the way you think. Kill and Yank isn't Cut and Paste, really, and it is good for me to remember that.)
(Moderation isn't going to like this post, is it?)
emacs can I yank the same kill several times
(In which Patrick learns about Emacs registers. As always, it does it, just not in the way you think. Kill and Yank isn't Cut and Paste, really, and it is good for me to remember that.)
(Moderation isn't going to like this post, is it?)
QTP with a robot that's not Star Wars or Transformers.
Hard Mode:No Gundam Series, Battletech, Terminator or Macross
Hard Mode:No Gundam Series, Battletech, Terminator or Macross
December 24, 2025 at 2:29 AM
QTP with a robot that's not Star Wars or Transformers.
Hard Mode:No Gundam Series, Battletech, Terminator or Macross
Hard Mode:No Gundam Series, Battletech, Terminator or Macross
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“CBS News’ expose on ICE abuses will not air tonight so that we may bring you this special report on how batteries work.”
December 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
“CBS News’ expose on ICE abuses will not air tonight so that we may bring you this special report on how batteries work.”
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Book 62 of 2025
December 22, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Book 62 of 2025
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I do love the Gene Wolfe shoutouts in FF XIV. Severian...the Ascians. Always fun to see.
December 21, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I do love the Gene Wolfe shoutouts in FF XIV. Severian...the Ascians. Always fun to see.
Book #50 - Illuminations by T. Kingfisher (@tkingfisher.com).
A good story for any age. Yes, it is about angry root vegetables, crows and their loves of shiny things, but also about family and figuring out what your talents really are.
...and radishes. With fangs.
A good story for any age. Yes, it is about angry root vegetables, crows and their loves of shiny things, but also about family and figuring out what your talents really are.
...and radishes. With fangs.
December 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Book #50 - Illuminations by T. Kingfisher (@tkingfisher.com).
A good story for any age. Yes, it is about angry root vegetables, crows and their loves of shiny things, but also about family and figuring out what your talents really are.
...and radishes. With fangs.
A good story for any age. Yes, it is about angry root vegetables, crows and their loves of shiny things, but also about family and figuring out what your talents really are.
...and radishes. With fangs.
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"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
After giving up on a buggy game, the wife persuaded me to give Final Fantasy XIV a try.
So today I created a character, but had to log out for server maintenance right after the intro.
After dinner and I log back in. I load into the game.
About a minute later it says I lost my connection.
So today I created a character, but had to log out for server maintenance right after the intro.
After dinner and I log back in. I load into the game.
About a minute later it says I lost my connection.
December 19, 2025 at 2:13 AM
After giving up on a buggy game, the wife persuaded me to give Final Fantasy XIV a try.
So today I created a character, but had to log out for server maintenance right after the intro.
After dinner and I log back in. I load into the game.
About a minute later it says I lost my connection.
So today I created a character, but had to log out for server maintenance right after the intro.
After dinner and I log back in. I load into the game.
About a minute later it says I lost my connection.