Peter J. Kootsookos
@kootsoop.com
Need to do FUN STUFF! Oz/Irish/US engineer, currently living in the USA. Married, 1 🐶, 1 🙀, 2 adult kids, and 3 passports. He/him.
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Peter J. Kootsookos
@kootsoop.com
· Nov 28
Dreams live and fester ; Great dreams are hard to kill off ; They morph and come true
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god damn the opposite camera's views of each of their faces is peak schadenfreude
December 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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all i'm saying is that there were better options
December 12, 2025 at 5:25 AM
all i'm saying is that there were better options
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Last week @theverge.com published my essay exploring the limitations of large-language models. This week, that same essay is cited by a federal judge in Michigan to distinguish the process of human reasoning from what these models do. Very, very gratifying.
h/t @robertfreundlaw.bsky.social
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
December 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Last week @theverge.com published my essay exploring the limitations of large-language models. This week, that same essay is cited by a federal judge in Michigan to distinguish the process of human reasoning from what these models do. Very, very gratifying.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Black bear
Opossum
Ringtail possum
Kea
Kororā
Black bear
Opossum
Ringtail possum
Kea
Kororā
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Hawaiian monk seal
humuhumunukunukuapuaʻa
Balinese long-tailed macque
black bear
Drosophila grimshawi
Hawaiian monk seal
humuhumunukunukuapuaʻa
Balinese long-tailed macque
black bear
Drosophila grimshawi
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild
black bear
fox
groundhog
raccoon
opossum
bonus bird: some sort of gigantic, gold-colored raptor, seen in Central Park from about 15' away. I was catcher in a softball game, and it landed on the backstop. We all just gaped in awe.
black bear
fox
groundhog
raccoon
opossum
bonus bird: some sort of gigantic, gold-colored raptor, seen in Central Park from about 15' away. I was catcher in a softball game, and it landed on the backstop. We all just gaped in awe.
November 29, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Black bear
Opossum
Ringtail possum
Kea
Kororā
Black bear
Opossum
Ringtail possum
Kea
Kororā
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
Paul Simon
Ian Dury & The Blockheads
Midnight Oil
Le Vent du Nord
Paul Kelly
Paul Simon
Ian Dury & The Blockheads
Midnight Oil
Le Vent du Nord
Paul Kelly
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
Townes Van Zandt
Keith Jarrett
Simon and Garfunkel
Koko Taylor
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Townes Van Zandt
Keith Jarrett
Simon and Garfunkel
Koko Taylor
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
November 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
Paul Simon
Ian Dury & The Blockheads
Midnight Oil
Le Vent du Nord
Paul Kelly
Paul Simon
Ian Dury & The Blockheads
Midnight Oil
Le Vent du Nord
Paul Kelly
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Pediatricians say vaccines do not cause autism. A bear-eating heroin addict who fantasizes about sucking his own semen out of his lovers' orifices says they do. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Pediatricians say vaccines do not cause autism. A bear-eating heroin addict who fantasizes about sucking his own semen out of his lovers' orifices says they do. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
Committed to https://github.com/kootsoop/DSP.SE : Q85313 analysis.
November 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Committed to https://github.com/kootsoop/DSP.SE : Q85313 analysis.
Committed to https://github.com/kootsoop/DSP.SE : Adding recent stuff.
November 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Committed to https://github.com/kootsoop/DSP.SE : Adding recent stuff.
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There was a time when the United States looked down its nose at the countries in South America for being lawless banana republics. Who's the banana republic now, bitches?
November 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
There was a time when the United States looked down its nose at the countries in South America for being lawless banana republics. Who's the banana republic now, bitches?
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We really can’t get enough of these
November 23, 2025 at 2:32 AM
We really can’t get enough of these
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The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
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No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.
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In honor of sandwich guy getting out of his legal pickle, here is the original video synced with Freedom - George Michael 1990.
August 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
In honor of sandwich guy getting out of his legal pickle, here is the original video synced with Freedom - George Michael 1990.
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Is there a way to buy a peerage these days? Because I would contribute cash money to get Sean Dunn named the Earl of Sandwich
November 7, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Is there a way to buy a peerage these days? Because I would contribute cash money to get Sean Dunn named the Earl of Sandwich
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Sam Lau on the stages of adulthood – cartoon
Sam Lau on the stages of adulthood – cartoon
When caffeine just won’t cut it any more
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Sam Lau on the stages of adulthood – cartoon
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whoever did this little bit of magnificence, take a bow
October 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
whoever did this little bit of magnificence, take a bow
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That’s a long winded way of saying they have the reasoning of a 12 year old.
October 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
That’s a long winded way of saying they have the reasoning of a 12 year old.
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Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance
September 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance
Another office view.
September 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Another office view.
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Style lessons from Robert Redford, one of the most stylish men in the last century. 🧵
September 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Style lessons from Robert Redford, one of the most stylish men in the last century. 🧵