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· Apr 10
call me quantum the way I collapse after literally any interaction
Suppose that I wrote a program that crawled every bit of content on the Internet and rated it on a star from one to five. (Doesn't matter how the rating system works. Just that it does.)
Since it's ingesting literally everything it can find, most of which is copyrighted, is that...theft?
Since it's ingesting literally everything it can find, most of which is copyrighted, is that...theft?
December 8, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Suppose that I wrote a program that crawled every bit of content on the Internet and rated it on a star from one to five. (Doesn't matter how the rating system works. Just that it does.)
Since it's ingesting literally everything it can find, most of which is copyrighted, is that...theft?
Since it's ingesting literally everything it can find, most of which is copyrighted, is that...theft?
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Arguing about copyright with people online
December 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Arguing about copyright with people online
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Animorphs is better than The Chronicles of Narnia.
December 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Animorphs is better than The Chronicles of Narnia.
now is the winter of our Good Content
December 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
now is the winter of our Good Content
the cool thing about running an LLM locally is that your own-ass computer can just call you a dumbass
December 7, 2025 at 9:04 AM
the cool thing about running an LLM locally is that your own-ass computer can just call you a dumbass
why did they name the island after Gilligan? he feels like the castaway _least_ deserving of this honor!
December 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
why did they name the island after Gilligan? he feels like the castaway _least_ deserving of this honor!
c'est goaté avec la sauce
December 7, 2025 at 2:04 AM
c'est goaté avec la sauce
woke up from a three-hour nap, and now it's completely night D:
December 7, 2025 at 1:25 AM
woke up from a three-hour nap, and now it's completely night D:
god I feel this in my bones, I cannot stop posting
Every once in a while someone accuses me of posting something they don’t agree with “for the likes” and I assure you it is not for the likes or for any reason other than that I am constitutionally incapable of not posting
December 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
god I feel this in my bones, I cannot stop posting
I've been considering committing to cleaning up my language in the new year. I have no idea if I could actually do it. I say so many bad words, it's like a verbal tic.
December 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I've been considering committing to cleaning up my language in the new year. I have no idea if I could actually do it. I say so many bad words, it's like a verbal tic.
WAIT A SECOND, I AM A GENIUS! I just needed to find a piece of metal of the correct size to stick into the hinge. Then the spring tension holds that chunk of metal firmly in place. I'll have to find something longer term, but for now, a socket (from a socket set) let me find the perfect size.
my monitor was too heavy for my existing arm, so i got a new heavy-duty one. but i missed that it has a **minimum** weight requirement. so i can't untension the spring enough to tilt the monitor down. it's now tilted 20° up into the air, and i can't tilt it down :(
December 6, 2025 at 6:22 AM
WAIT A SECOND, I AM A GENIUS! I just needed to find a piece of metal of the correct size to stick into the hinge. Then the spring tension holds that chunk of metal firmly in place. I'll have to find something longer term, but for now, a socket (from a socket set) let me find the perfect size.
my monitor was too heavy for my existing arm, so i got a new heavy-duty one. but i missed that it has a **minimum** weight requirement. so i can't untension the spring enough to tilt the monitor down. it's now tilted 20° up into the air, and i can't tilt it down :(
December 6, 2025 at 6:08 AM
my monitor was too heavy for my existing arm, so i got a new heavy-duty one. but i missed that it has a **minimum** weight requirement. so i can't untension the spring enough to tilt the monitor down. it's now tilted 20° up into the air, and i can't tilt it down :(
oh heck yeah
December 6, 2025 at 3:10 AM
oh heck yeah
free display name to a good home: "Agentic Smith"
December 6, 2025 at 3:08 AM
free display name to a good home: "Agentic Smith"
it is my duty to report that PLUR1BUS is finally doing something interesting
December 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
it is my duty to report that PLUR1BUS is finally doing something interesting
why would companies do a year in review that just lists for me the things I did the MOST? that's the stuff I'm most likely to remember!
December 5, 2025 at 4:05 AM
why would companies do a year in review that just lists for me the things I did the MOST? that's the stuff I'm most likely to remember!
It's so drizzly out. The mist, all the air, is aglow with city lights.
December 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
It's so drizzly out. The mist, all the air, is aglow with city lights.
it has been so drizzly outside i can barely see the river. i'm feeling peaceful 😊
December 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
it has been so drizzly outside i can barely see the river. i'm feeling peaceful 😊
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Today's absurd sci-fi headline that's somehow our reality: Fact-checkers barred from immigrating to the U.S.
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Today's absurd sci-fi headline that's somehow our reality: Fact-checkers barred from immigrating to the U.S.
I know so many people now with severe GI issues, autoimmune disorders, MCAS-like things. It's gotten bizarrely common lately. I figure it's a manifestation of Long COVID. Can't believe we just let that happen like it doesn't matter.
December 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I know so many people now with severe GI issues, autoimmune disorders, MCAS-like things. It's gotten bizarrely common lately. I figure it's a manifestation of Long COVID. Can't believe we just let that happen like it doesn't matter.
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My first bluesky post saved for this!
Flotsam is finally out after years and years and years...
No more questions about if it's done yet needed! 😘
Thanks everyone who helped!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1As...
Flotsam is finally out after years and years and years...
No more questions about if it's done yet needed! 😘
Thanks everyone who helped!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1As...
Flotsam 1.0 Launch Trailer
YouTube video by Pajama Llama Games
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
My first bluesky post saved for this!
Flotsam is finally out after years and years and years...
No more questions about if it's done yet needed! 😘
Thanks everyone who helped!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1As...
Flotsam is finally out after years and years and years...
No more questions about if it's done yet needed! 😘
Thanks everyone who helped!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1As...
so surprised at how the Rubik as a UI font is growing on me. I changed GNOME to use it, and it's been bizarrely soothing.
(I find GNOME in general soothing these days. it's so simple, I don't feel like the computer is trying to outsmart me or market to me. I feel like I understand it.)
(I find GNOME in general soothing these days. it's so simple, I don't feel like the computer is trying to outsmart me or market to me. I feel like I understand it.)
December 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
so surprised at how the Rubik as a UI font is growing on me. I changed GNOME to use it, and it's been bizarrely soothing.
(I find GNOME in general soothing these days. it's so simple, I don't feel like the computer is trying to outsmart me or market to me. I feel like I understand it.)
(I find GNOME in general soothing these days. it's so simple, I don't feel like the computer is trying to outsmart me or market to me. I feel like I understand it.)
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Holy moly: The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope construction is completed! That's fantastic news — much needed right now — and I am very much looking forward to when this beast launches. It has 100X the field of view of Hubble.
One. Hundred. *At the same resolution*.
www.nasa.gov/image-articl...
One. Hundred. *At the same resolution*.
www.nasa.gov/image-articl...
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Completed - NASA
Two technicians look up at NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope after its inner and outer segments were connected at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight
www.nasa.gov
December 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Holy moly: The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope construction is completed! That's fantastic news — much needed right now — and I am very much looking forward to when this beast launches. It has 100X the field of view of Hubble.
One. Hundred. *At the same resolution*.
www.nasa.gov/image-articl...
One. Hundred. *At the same resolution*.
www.nasa.gov/image-articl...
I love that thing where you're not falling asleep so you get really anxious about that so you don't fall asleep
December 4, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I love that thing where you're not falling asleep so you get really anxious about that so you don't fall asleep
I feel like starting a fight today, so I'd love if people could reply to this with their answer:
Between Ruby and Python, which would you choose for writing a new web application right now?
Between Ruby and Python, which would you choose for writing a new web application right now?
December 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I feel like starting a fight today, so I'd love if people could reply to this with their answer:
Between Ruby and Python, which would you choose for writing a new web application right now?
Between Ruby and Python, which would you choose for writing a new web application right now?