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Opinions mine. Intrusive thoughts also.
No gods, no kings, only trains!
No gods, no kings, only trains!
No, I didn't just "gain weight". I'm on something called Dirty Intuitive Bulk System. You wouldn't get it.
January 29, 2026 at 10:34 PM
No, I didn't just "gain weight". I'm on something called Dirty Intuitive Bulk System. You wouldn't get it.
The best improvement of my new 2024 model year Lenovo work laptop over my previous 2015 model year one is that thanks to having thinner screen bezels it has two inches bigger screen (16" vs 14") with only slightly larger overall size.
So much better if you actually want to use it on the go.
So much better if you actually want to use it on the go.
January 11, 2026 at 1:16 PM
The best improvement of my new 2024 model year Lenovo work laptop over my previous 2015 model year one is that thanks to having thinner screen bezels it has two inches bigger screen (16" vs 14") with only slightly larger overall size.
So much better if you actually want to use it on the go.
So much better if you actually want to use it on the go.
*dude working in IT, land of the mythical man-hour and "story points are not supposed to be a unit of time", where measuring productivity is a right shit show*:
"Using a clanker makes me exactly 40% more effective! Everyone else will be left in the dust!"
My brother in christ, shut the fuck up.
"Using a clanker makes me exactly 40% more effective! Everyone else will be left in the dust!"
My brother in christ, shut the fuck up.
January 9, 2026 at 11:32 AM
*dude working in IT, land of the mythical man-hour and "story points are not supposed to be a unit of time", where measuring productivity is a right shit show*:
"Using a clanker makes me exactly 40% more effective! Everyone else will be left in the dust!"
My brother in christ, shut the fuck up.
"Using a clanker makes me exactly 40% more effective! Everyone else will be left in the dust!"
My brother in christ, shut the fuck up.
Imagine being so antifascist you arrive at a version of Thiel's "democracy is incompatible with freedom" shtick.
With "friends" like these...
With "friends" like these...
I will say that Trump has really shaken my belief in democracy. I'm not totally convinced that suffrage should be universal
January 7, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Imagine being so antifascist you arrive at a version of Thiel's "democracy is incompatible with freedom" shtick.
With "friends" like these...
With "friends" like these...
The perfect song to come back to work after two weeks of vacation to.
For ironic reason... the best reason.
music.youtube.com/watch?v=1rDg...
For ironic reason... the best reason.
music.youtube.com/watch?v=1rDg...
Back to the Grind
YouTube video by Venjent - Topic
music.youtube.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:43 AM
The perfect song to come back to work after two weeks of vacation to.
For ironic reason... the best reason.
music.youtube.com/watch?v=1rDg...
For ironic reason... the best reason.
music.youtube.com/watch?v=1rDg...
First I got 'intrepid', then 'GOAT'. Wait, isn't "intrepid GOAT" an Ubuntu version name?
Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026.
Let's. Go.
Let's. Go.
January 2, 2026 at 10:32 AM
First I got 'intrepid', then 'GOAT'. Wait, isn't "intrepid GOAT" an Ubuntu version name?
LMAO. Dumping all your shares of a shovel making company in order to YOLO more money into your favorite gold mining enterprise is peak Masayoshi Son behavior.
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
November 11, 2025 at 8:19 AM
LMAO. Dumping all your shares of a shovel making company in order to YOLO more money into your favorite gold mining enterprise is peak Masayoshi Son behavior.
Broke: crayoning (metaphorically)
Woke: crayoning *literally*
Woke: crayoning *literally*
October 29, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Broke: crayoning (metaphorically)
Woke: crayoning *literally*
Woke: crayoning *literally*
Man, the discover feed truly is useless. Not only is it mostly posts from people I already follow. Now it also apparently contains MAGA trolls posting the most inane ragebait.
October 21, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Man, the discover feed truly is useless. Not only is it mostly posts from people I already follow. Now it also apparently contains MAGA trolls posting the most inane ragebait.
Man, I didn't want to be negative about LLM's for once, I really did.
But if you want to show off a "cool new thing" and you have to caveat the only example with:
"Look I know this is complete trash, but..."
what the fuck am I supposed to think about that?
simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/16/...
But if you want to show off a "cool new thing" and you have to caveat the only example with:
"Look I know this is complete trash, but..."
what the fuck am I supposed to think about that?
simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/16/...
Claude Skills are awesome, maybe a bigger deal than MCP
Anthropic this morning introduced Claude Skills, a new pattern for making new abilities available to their models: Claude can now use Skills to improve how it performs specific tasks. Skills …
simonwillison.net
October 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Man, I didn't want to be negative about LLM's for once, I really did.
But if you want to show off a "cool new thing" and you have to caveat the only example with:
"Look I know this is complete trash, but..."
what the fuck am I supposed to think about that?
simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/16/...
But if you want to show off a "cool new thing" and you have to caveat the only example with:
"Look I know this is complete trash, but..."
what the fuck am I supposed to think about that?
simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/16/...
I saw someone today unironically argue that "trying to fix disabled people" (like helping people in wheelchairs walk again or blind people see and such) is eugenics and leads directly to genocide.
I haven't felt this imbued with the Spirit of Centrism in a long time.
I haven't felt this imbued with the Spirit of Centrism in a long time.
October 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I saw someone today unironically argue that "trying to fix disabled people" (like helping people in wheelchairs walk again or blind people see and such) is eugenics and leads directly to genocide.
I haven't felt this imbued with the Spirit of Centrism in a long time.
I haven't felt this imbued with the Spirit of Centrism in a long time.
Flying to (Paris-)Beauvais today and had to turn my phone off seconds before I managed to snap a picture of LGV Nord.
Ryanair, please, I want my money back...
Ryanair, please, I want my money back...
September 28, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Flying to (Paris-)Beauvais today and had to turn my phone off seconds before I managed to snap a picture of LGV Nord.
Ryanair, please, I want my money back...
Ryanair, please, I want my money back...
Brno discontinued and then restored tram service on it's north-south axis through the old town some years back.
What makes it interesting is that there is also a small circle of tram lines around the center that serve most of the tram traffic.
What makes it interesting is that there is also a small circle of tram lines around the center that serve most of the tram traffic.
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Brno discontinued and then restored tram service on it's north-south axis through the old town some years back.
What makes it interesting is that there is also a small circle of tram lines around the center that serve most of the tram traffic.
What makes it interesting is that there is also a small circle of tram lines around the center that serve most of the tram traffic.
The real unicorn: an AI startup that's actually profitable.
Little surprise that they're apparently not funded by VC money (directly, they use currently VC subsidized services like GPT)
youtu.be/4LFpsgYaqgc?...
Little surprise that they're apparently not funded by VC money (directly, they use currently VC subsidized services like GPT)
youtu.be/4LFpsgYaqgc?...
This AI Notetaker Is Becoming One Of The Few Profitable AI Startups
YouTube video by Forbes
youtu.be
September 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The real unicorn: an AI startup that's actually profitable.
Little surprise that they're apparently not funded by VC money (directly, they use currently VC subsidized services like GPT)
youtu.be/4LFpsgYaqgc?...
Little surprise that they're apparently not funded by VC money (directly, they use currently VC subsidized services like GPT)
youtu.be/4LFpsgYaqgc?...
With all due respect, have you considered that Marc Andreessen, a crypto-fashist in both senses of the word, is full of shit?
You don't have to theorize about why Mark Andreessen gives money to abundance people. He wrote a whole essay about it 5 years ago.
a16z.com/its-time-to-...
a16z.com/its-time-to-...
It’s Time to Build | Andreessen Horowitz
Every Western institution was unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic, despite many prior warnings. This monumental failure of institutional effectiveness will reverberate for the rest of the decade, ...
a16z.com
September 6, 2025 at 11:24 AM
With all due respect, have you considered that Marc Andreessen, a crypto-fashist in both senses of the word, is full of shit?
What do you meeean? I thought cheese already has lots of protein.
Spoiler: it has 19/100g of protein vs 17/100g in regular mozzarella. Surprisingly same price.
Spoiler: it has 19/100g of protein vs 17/100g in regular mozzarella. Surprisingly same price.
September 3, 2025 at 5:05 AM
What do you meeean? I thought cheese already has lots of protein.
Spoiler: it has 19/100g of protein vs 17/100g in regular mozzarella. Surprisingly same price.
Spoiler: it has 19/100g of protein vs 17/100g in regular mozzarella. Surprisingly same price.
Pretty sure I got my first BlueAnon bot in the replies (for some reason). Directed him to the corner of shame.
September 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Pretty sure I got my first BlueAnon bot in the replies (for some reason). Directed him to the corner of shame.
Had to endure a day long workshop on an enterprise AI platform (mostly chatbots). Tried my best to keep an open mind (I mean there are always impressive demos). But honestly, it left me unpleasantly unsurprised.
My brain was pretty fried afterwards so just some things that stuck in my mind:
My brain was pretty fried afterwards so just some things that stuck in my mind:
September 2, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Had to endure a day long workshop on an enterprise AI platform (mostly chatbots). Tried my best to keep an open mind (I mean there are always impressive demos). But honestly, it left me unpleasantly unsurprised.
My brain was pretty fried afterwards so just some things that stuck in my mind:
My brain was pretty fried afterwards so just some things that stuck in my mind:
You use Signal for sensitive information that mustn't be found out by governments.
I use Signal to send pictures of cats.
We're not the same.
I use Signal to send pictures of cats.
We're not the same.
August 30, 2025 at 9:13 AM
You use Signal for sensitive information that mustn't be found out by governments.
I use Signal to send pictures of cats.
We're not the same.
I use Signal to send pictures of cats.
We're not the same.
Just thought about how posts on all post Elon micro blogging sites are kinda named after bodily discharges, which I find worthy of the dumbest timeline. "Skeets" on Bluesky, "toots" on Mastodon, "xeets" (pronounced sheets)/ eXcretions on the Nazi Site.
August 29, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Just thought about how posts on all post Elon micro blogging sites are kinda named after bodily discharges, which I find worthy of the dumbest timeline. "Skeets" on Bluesky, "toots" on Mastodon, "xeets" (pronounced sheets)/ eXcretions on the Nazi Site.
Speaking of Microsoft. Apparently they're fostering bold innovations in the LLM space... by allowing Excel users to integrate gacha mechanics into their data pipelines.
techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microso...
techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microso...
August 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Speaking of Microsoft. Apparently they're fostering bold innovations in the LLM space... by allowing Excel users to integrate gacha mechanics into their data pipelines.
techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microso...
techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microso...
Dear Microsoft, why the everloving fok does the new Outlook run worse on my current gen Lenovo Thinkpad, than old Outlook did on my previous model year 2015 thinkpad.
August 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Dear Microsoft, why the everloving fok does the new Outlook run worse on my current gen Lenovo Thinkpad, than old Outlook did on my previous model year 2015 thinkpad.
Currently (re)learning French and am mildly sad that there's l'élision in l'élision, but no la liasion in la liasion.
August 12, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Currently (re)learning French and am mildly sad that there's l'élision in l'élision, but no la liasion in la liasion.
You know you've reached absurd levels of critihype when the Chief Shovel Salesman is like "dude, chill"
www.businessinsider.com/jensen-huang...
www.businessinsider.com/jensen-huang...
June 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM
You know you've reached absurd levels of critihype when the Chief Shovel Salesman is like "dude, chill"
www.businessinsider.com/jensen-huang...
www.businessinsider.com/jensen-huang...