GVDub
@gvdub.bsky.social
Musician, writer, coffee geek, tech nerd, lover of the obtuse, absurd and oddball.
It seems like a good day to share a couple of my rotating email signature quotes with y'all. I find that these semi-mirrored sentiments reflect the dissonance in American society.
January 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
It seems like a good day to share a couple of my rotating email signature quotes with y'all. I find that these semi-mirrored sentiments reflect the dissonance in American society.
As fires rage about us here in L.A. and many friends have had to evacuate their homes, I find myself wondering what actions we can take to gain a better balance with what has been the natural order (wildfires rushing to the sea) for ages, and humans trying to impose their will on complex ecosystems.
January 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
As fires rage about us here in L.A. and many friends have had to evacuate their homes, I find myself wondering what actions we can take to gain a better balance with what has been the natural order (wildfires rushing to the sea) for ages, and humans trying to impose their will on complex ecosystems.
As someone who's been dabbling in the world of AI for a bit and has a local server running several large language models, I find it fascinating to see, but also a bit concerning. This recent article on potential risks of AGI (and beyond) is troubling: www.lesswrong.com/posts/KFFaKu...
By default, capital will matter more than ever after AGI — LessWrong
• Edited to add: The main takeaway of this post is meant to be: Labour-replacing AI will shift the relative importance of human v non-human factors…
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January 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
As someone who's been dabbling in the world of AI for a bit and has a local server running several large language models, I find it fascinating to see, but also a bit concerning. This recent article on potential risks of AGI (and beyond) is troubling: www.lesswrong.com/posts/KFFaKu...
Looking around, I've come to the conclusion that our biggest problem as a society is that we've given up on the concept of consequences. From crossing the double yellow to drive in opposing traffic lanes because you want to make that left turn lane to voting for an adjudicated rapist. There you go.
December 9, 2024 at 1:47 AM
Looking around, I've come to the conclusion that our biggest problem as a society is that we've given up on the concept of consequences. From crossing the double yellow to drive in opposing traffic lanes because you want to make that left turn lane to voting for an adjudicated rapist. There you go.
Not worried about AI sentience so much as over reliance on a predictive text system by people who don't understand what the tool actually does. Or that GIGO still applies.
December 4, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Not worried about AI sentience so much as over reliance on a predictive text system by people who don't understand what the tool actually does. Or that GIGO still applies.
We all need to study this assiduously:
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The Authoritarian Regime Survival Guide
This text was published in social media in January 2017 in a series of improvised, spontaneous tweets, which reached 3 million views within one month. Their common element was their trademark signatur...
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December 2, 2024 at 10:28 PM
We all need to study this assiduously:
verfassungsblog.de/the-authorit...
verfassungsblog.de/the-authorit...
Thanksgiving: The one day a year you can be assured to hear from everybody you’ve ever bought anything from.
November 28, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Thanksgiving: The one day a year you can be assured to hear from everybody you’ve ever bought anything from.
Once upon a time, there was a small motel in Yucca Valley, CA called "The Oasis of Eden." It was family owned, by a family with a sense of whimsy, and they had multiple theme rooms, some slightly decadent, some just whimsical, like the '50s room, where the bed frame was a Cadillac convertible.
November 28, 2024 at 12:03 AM
Once upon a time, there was a small motel in Yucca Valley, CA called "The Oasis of Eden." It was family owned, by a family with a sense of whimsy, and they had multiple theme rooms, some slightly decadent, some just whimsical, like the '50s room, where the bed frame was a Cadillac convertible.
3D printing plus microprocessors plus LEDs are the new equivalent of a Lava Lamp.
November 25, 2024 at 11:42 PM
3D printing plus microprocessors plus LEDs are the new equivalent of a Lava Lamp.
Parkinson's Law variant: Data expands to fill the space allowed for its storage.
November 25, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Parkinson's Law variant: Data expands to fill the space allowed for its storage.
I've been on here since the beta invites first happened, yet I've barely posted. I'm also posting less everywhere else. Part of it is that I spend all day writing stuff for my day job, and then looking at writing more stuff is somehow less appealing, even if it's stuff for me, not someone else.
November 25, 2024 at 2:58 AM
I've been on here since the beta invites first happened, yet I've barely posted. I'm also posting less everywhere else. Part of it is that I spend all day writing stuff for my day job, and then looking at writing more stuff is somehow less appealing, even if it's stuff for me, not someone else.
Get up, not over — that's my life slogan. And these days, that can be a hard slog, with so many flipping the idea.
November 22, 2024 at 4:52 AM
Get up, not over — that's my life slogan. And these days, that can be a hard slog, with so many flipping the idea.
As the son of a teacher, I think I object more to Linda McMahon's nomination as Secretary of Education than I do to Mehmet Oz as Medicaid/Medicare overlord. She has zero education background, so can't possibly make informed decisions about what she's supposed to be overseeing.
November 20, 2024 at 6:46 PM
As the son of a teacher, I think I object more to Linda McMahon's nomination as Secretary of Education than I do to Mehmet Oz as Medicaid/Medicare overlord. She has zero education background, so can't possibly make informed decisions about what she's supposed to be overseeing.
From what I'm seeing on all my friend's various feeds, Mehmet should just change his first name to "Fucking," Can't say I disagree.
Just a note: "Idiocracy" wasn't supposed to be a documentary.
Just a note: "Idiocracy" wasn't supposed to be a documentary.
November 20, 2024 at 1:02 AM
From what I'm seeing on all my friend's various feeds, Mehmet should just change his first name to "Fucking," Can't say I disagree.
Just a note: "Idiocracy" wasn't supposed to be a documentary.
Just a note: "Idiocracy" wasn't supposed to be a documentary.
The problem I'm struggling: what is likely to be effective resistance against a government stripped of every kinder, gentler impulse and seeming to have rejected compassion for the less fortunate in favor of hoping that they die quickly so the rich can harvest their money and organs.
November 19, 2024 at 10:57 PM
The problem I'm struggling: what is likely to be effective resistance against a government stripped of every kinder, gentler impulse and seeming to have rejected compassion for the less fortunate in favor of hoping that they die quickly so the rich can harvest their money and organs.
After January 20th, I'm staying on the ground floor as much as humanly possible.
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Russian ballet star who critizied Ukraine invasion dies in "fall" from building
Vladimir Shklyarov, 39, is a Russian ballet star who was publicly critical of the country's invasion of Ukraine: "Friends!
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November 18, 2024 at 10:30 PM
After January 20th, I'm staying on the ground floor as much as humanly possible.
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Social media elitism is real. I see a bunch of folks over on Mastodon trashing Bluesky and maintaining that they're the only "true" decentralized social media. Dudes, we're all just trying to find someplace safer with less intrusion from commercial interests. Chill.
November 15, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Social media elitism is real. I see a bunch of folks over on Mastodon trashing Bluesky and maintaining that they're the only "true" decentralized social media. Dudes, we're all just trying to find someplace safer with less intrusion from commercial interests. Chill.
Messing with the HueForge app and my 3D printer, did this print of one of my favorite pieces of artwork (we own a signed print of this):one of Bernie Wrightson's illustrations from a Marvel edition of Mary Shelley's _Frankenstein_.
November 15, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Messing with the HueForge app and my 3D printer, did this print of one of my favorite pieces of artwork (we own a signed print of this):one of Bernie Wrightson's illustrations from a Marvel edition of Mary Shelley's _Frankenstein_.
@cranky-old-nerd.bsky.social
You're not getting away that easily.
You're not getting away that easily.
November 15, 2024 at 12:18 AM
@cranky-old-nerd.bsky.social
You're not getting away that easily.
You're not getting away that easily.
Maybe it's time to start posting over here. Because the rest of the world has certainly gone to shit.
November 13, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Maybe it's time to start posting over here. Because the rest of the world has certainly gone to shit.
I have no idea who else I know is on here, and I expect that my posts will be met with the same sound of crickets that usually accompany my uttering. Nonetheless, I will continue, at least until I get bored.
December 30, 2023 at 11:03 PM
I have no idea who else I know is on here, and I expect that my posts will be met with the same sound of crickets that usually accompany my uttering. Nonetheless, I will continue, at least until I get bored.