it's a mess
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god help me I'm thinking about writing a cluesbysam solver in microkanren
January 9, 2026 at 10:14 PM
god help me I'm thinking about writing a cluesbysam solver in microkanren
pronouncing "panettone" to rhyme with "anatomy"
January 9, 2026 at 8:52 PM
pronouncing "panettone" to rhyme with "anatomy"
"wifi" is short for wireless fireless
January 9, 2026 at 4:43 PM
"wifi" is short for wireless fireless
bulls on parade was about a nice day out at the farmers auction
I wonder what people thought "the machine" was being raged against
and why it was enraging
and why it was enraging
January 9, 2026 at 3:35 PM
bulls on parade was about a nice day out at the farmers auction
the labour right's belief in this obvious stupid idea goes some way to explaining why they're all still on the everything app
Only Reform voters can save Labour
By Luke Akehurst
By Luke Akehurst
Only Reform voters can save Labour
A progressive coalition simply doesn't have the vote share
www.newstatesman.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:31 PM
the labour right's belief in this obvious stupid idea goes some way to explaining why they're all still on the everything app
would the FT describe their own output as "restricted" because one has to pay to read it?
Elon Musk’s xAI restricts Grok after outcry over sexualised images ft.trib.al/7yffQnD
Elon Musk’s xAI restricts Grok after outcry over sexualised images
Start-up limits use of image generation system to paid users following spread of deepfakes and child sex abuse material
ft.trib.al
January 9, 2026 at 10:39 AM
would the FT describe their own output as "restricted" because one has to pay to read it?
can we see what else elon and linda put on their list of "everything"
January 9, 2026 at 10:33 AM
can we see what else elon and linda put on their list of "everything"
pretty much all of the outer wilds is just this. they made a whole game out of this
tell me about a time you were awed by a set piece in a video game. not a story beat, not an emotional moment or a cool mechanic, but something just There, in the world, that made your jaw drop or sent a chill up your spine
January 9, 2026 at 10:29 AM
pretty much all of the outer wilds is just this. they made a whole game out of this
how is this being written up as the service being "turned off" as opposed to being promoted to a premium feature
Now only paying subscribers can make violent non-consenual sexual imagery of women and children -
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory action
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:24 AM
how is this being written up as the service being "turned off" as opposed to being promoted to a premium feature
been rewatching blackadder, and when I was younger I thought queenie being a petulant child was just a bit of silliness, whereas now it reads as a great depiction of that tweet about how being obscenely wealthy is like being kicked in the head by a horse
January 9, 2026 at 10:12 AM
been rewatching blackadder, and when I was younger I thought queenie being a petulant child was just a bit of silliness, whereas now it reads as a great depiction of that tweet about how being obscenely wealthy is like being kicked in the head by a horse
think I'm done with control at the end of the foundation dlc. not sure I'm interested in the bit where the story is projected through alan wake's god awful writing ...
January 8, 2026 at 11:56 PM
think I'm done with control at the end of the foundation dlc. not sure I'm interested in the bit where the story is projected through alan wake's god awful writing ...
me when I get tempted to try any old zelda title
stinky game. waste of an evening
January 8, 2026 at 10:56 PM
me when I get tempted to try any old zelda title
oh no my fine grained personal access token
January 8, 2026 at 3:24 PM
oh no my fine grained personal access token
I can't accurately quantify how much of our politics is caused by MPs cooking their brains on the everything app but it's not zero
I can’t get over all the journalists and centrist pundits who sneered that “Twitter isn’t real life” when it was full of weird leftists but now insist it’s a vital window into the public mood when the entire site is Nazis, illegal porn, bots, and Belarusians calling themselves “Iowa MAGA Farm Guy”
thinking about how long leftists were blamed for making twitter inhospitable for MPs who are refusing point blank to leave now it's full of nazis and child porn
January 8, 2026 at 2:32 PM
I can't accurately quantify how much of our politics is caused by MPs cooking their brains on the everything app but it's not zero
you mean the model that routinely makes shit up in place of just telling you which web pages to go and read, which is having an obvious destructive effect on the web? that model?
New Gmail features, powered by the Gemini model, are part of Google’s continued push for users to incorporate AI into their daily life and conversations.
Google Is Adding an ‘AI Inbox’ to Gmail That Summarizes Emails
New Gmail features, powered by the Gemini model, are part of Google’s continued push for users to incorporate AI into their daily life and conversations.
wrd.cm
January 8, 2026 at 1:46 PM
you mean the model that routinely makes shit up in place of just telling you which web pages to go and read, which is having an obvious destructive effect on the web? that model?
you pick this morning to run this
January 8, 2026 at 11:19 AM
you pick this morning to run this
the control dlc contains a sayonara wild hearts tribute level and now I want to replay sayonara wild hearts
January 7, 2026 at 11:57 PM
the control dlc contains a sayonara wild hearts tribute level and now I want to replay sayonara wild hearts
maybe HAL 9001 will be better
January 7, 2026 at 4:25 PM
maybe HAL 9001 will be better
people also need to understand that looking at any online content necessarily entails downloading it, and in many cases storing it to disk. the only rational response to any of this if you value your own psychological well being and personal liberty is to delete x from your phone
In the UK add that possession of CSAM is a strict liability criminal offence, prison sentence 2-3 years. No proof that you sought the material is required. People can be and have been convicted after receiving unsolicited images. This is a serious risk, using X in the UK now.
Ask your employer tomorrow why they operate an official account on the Twitter/X web service that built a child sexual assault materials generation machine & why they tacitly approve of pedophilia. Have your fellow employees ask the same question.
January 7, 2026 at 11:09 AM
people also need to understand that looking at any online content necessarily entails downloading it, and in many cases storing it to disk. the only rational response to any of this if you value your own psychological well being and personal liberty is to delete x from your phone
please for the love of god do not post grok content on here
January 7, 2026 at 8:35 AM
please for the love of god do not post grok content on here
one thing I will say is I *hate* claude's "whimsical" little thinking indicators. "pontificating" stfu
January 6, 2026 at 10:21 PM
one thing I will say is I *hate* claude's "whimsical" little thinking indicators. "pontificating" stfu
surprising thing claude emitted: `x >>> 1` in place of `Math.floor(x / 2)` in a binary search function. wondering if this is something people routinely do, b/c it seems like such a tiny micro-optimisitation
January 6, 2026 at 9:35 PM
surprising thing claude emitted: `x >>> 1` in place of `Math.floor(x / 2)` in a binary search function. wondering if this is something people routinely do, b/c it seems like such a tiny micro-optimisitation
"build systems a la carte" implies the existence of a build system tasting menu
January 6, 2026 at 8:16 PM
"build systems a la carte" implies the existence of a build system tasting menu
we already have this, he's called solaire of astora
Sony has patented an AI gaming ghost that will play PlayStation games for you when you get stuck www.eurogamer.net/sony-has-pat...
January 6, 2026 at 7:52 PM
we already have this, he's called solaire of astora
part of my working assumption when I try AI tools is that, although some of my work is a bit esoteric, I don't believe my work is so wildly divergent from that of other programmers that I'm in some other category where the tools don't work, because that would be delusional
January 6, 2026 at 7:34 PM
part of my working assumption when I try AI tools is that, although some of my work is a bit esoteric, I don't believe my work is so wildly divergent from that of other programmers that I'm in some other category where the tools don't work, because that would be delusional