Pookleblinky
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Trumpet, saxophone, guitar, banjo, bass, and squats
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Pookleblinky
@pookleblinky.bsky.social
· Nov 24
A shitpost so powerful it causes a pontypool language virus situation
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Extremely calm president again bragging about "acing" a test meant to check if his brain is still on
November 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Extremely calm president again bragging about "acing" a test meant to check if his brain is still on
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As a lawyer, I'm willing to admit that "we're not responsible for our chatbot talking someone into suicide because our terms of service prohibit using our chatbot for suicide" means that lawyers need to be first up against the wall when the revolution comes.
Bsky disclaimer: hyperbole not a threat
Bsky disclaimer: hyperbole not a threat
Sirius Cybernetics Corporation
The Sirius Cybernetics Corporation is the primary manufacturer and supplier of androids, robots and autonomic assistants for the known universe. They are known for their catchy jingles and catchphrase...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
As a lawyer, I'm willing to admit that "we're not responsible for our chatbot talking someone into suicide because our terms of service prohibit using our chatbot for suicide" means that lawyers need to be first up against the wall when the revolution comes.
Bsky disclaimer: hyperbole not a threat
Bsky disclaimer: hyperbole not a threat
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For comparison, "Sex With Hitler 2" is still a game you can buy on Steam. Valve's okay with that one.
"It's extremely frustrating and also f*cked up" - one of the world's best indie studios is facing shock closure following confounding Steam ban
www.eurogamer.net/its-extremel...
www.eurogamer.net/its-extremel...
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 AM
For comparison, "Sex With Hitler 2" is still a game you can buy on Steam. Valve's okay with that one.
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I've got no real personal interest in this "Horses" game, but I'm probably gonna pick it up on GOG anyway, because the fact that Steam just outright banned it with no path to resubmission is bizarre and unfair. Seems like they really went out of their way to bully this tiny studio.
"It's extremely frustrating and also f*cked up" - one of the world's best indie studios is facing shock closure following confounding Steam ban
www.eurogamer.net/its-extremel...
www.eurogamer.net/its-extremel...
November 26, 2025 at 8:12 AM
I've got no real personal interest in this "Horses" game, but I'm probably gonna pick it up on GOG anyway, because the fact that Steam just outright banned it with no path to resubmission is bizarre and unfair. Seems like they really went out of their way to bully this tiny studio.
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these freaks are doing absolutely terrifying stuff on a wholesale basis. probably more horror than anyone will ever really know
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 26, 2025 at 3:17 AM
these freaks are doing absolutely terrifying stuff on a wholesale basis. probably more horror than anyone will ever really know
Realized I haven't picked up a video game in at least a week, my brief metroidvania kick seems to already be over. Might set an alarm to remind myself to play something later.
November 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Realized I haven't picked up a video game in at least a week, my brief metroidvania kick seems to already be over. Might set an alarm to remind myself to play something later.
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Vampires would experience time differently than a mortal, years passing in the blink of an eye.
For a vampire, time is infinite and free. It is worthless.
So why don't they ever show vampires using linux?
For a vampire, time is infinite and free. It is worthless.
So why don't they ever show vampires using linux?
April 15, 2024 at 6:46 AM
Vampires would experience time differently than a mortal, years passing in the blink of an eye.
For a vampire, time is infinite and free. It is worthless.
So why don't they ever show vampires using linux?
For a vampire, time is infinite and free. It is worthless.
So why don't they ever show vampires using linux?
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Consider that vampires would have a very different perception of time, and would appear to have ADHD to unsuspecting humans around them.
They'd find ADHD strategies just as useful as humans do.
They'd find ADHD strategies just as useful as humans do.
April 15, 2024 at 6:43 AM
Consider that vampires would have a very different perception of time, and would appear to have ADHD to unsuspecting humans around them.
They'd find ADHD strategies just as useful as humans do.
They'd find ADHD strategies just as useful as humans do.
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Suppose you were a vampire, surrounded by other vampires. Immortal, isolated for long stretches of time, etc.
Your language would experience drift, and part of that drift would be due to your perception of time being *wildly different* than a human's.
Your language would experience drift, and part of that drift would be due to your perception of time being *wildly different* than a human's.
April 15, 2024 at 6:18 AM
Suppose you were a vampire, surrounded by other vampires. Immortal, isolated for long stretches of time, etc.
Your language would experience drift, and part of that drift would be due to your perception of time being *wildly different* than a human's.
Your language would experience drift, and part of that drift would be due to your perception of time being *wildly different* than a human's.
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How much of "holy shit, it's fall already? Holy shit, my nephew was just learning how to walk last week" is due to not having the time or money to start learning stuff, start a hobby, etc
May 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
How much of "holy shit, it's fall already? Holy shit, my nephew was just learning how to walk last week" is due to not having the time or money to start learning stuff, start a hobby, etc
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In places with UBI pilots, one result is that adults enroll in education more than before. They buy more books, start more hobbies, learn more in almost every way once doing so doesn't threaten to eat into their rent payments.
May 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
In places with UBI pilots, one result is that adults enroll in education more than before. They buy more books, start more hobbies, learn more in almost every way once doing so doesn't threaten to eat into their rent payments.
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What'll really bake your noodle is, how much of which is the reason for people feeling like time speeds up as they get older.
Is it mostly just basic mathematics, or is it capitalism?
Is it mostly just basic mathematics, or is it capitalism?
May 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
What'll really bake your noodle is, how much of which is the reason for people feeling like time speeds up as they get older.
Is it mostly just basic mathematics, or is it capitalism?
Is it mostly just basic mathematics, or is it capitalism?
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For a lot of adults, this just doesn't happen. They don't have memories of "this was impossible for me to do a year ago, it was extremely difficult and intimidating to do, now I can do it."
Learning something, *automatically* introduces a changing perspective, it can't help but do so.
Learning something, *automatically* introduces a changing perspective, it can't help but do so.
May 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
For a lot of adults, this just doesn't happen. They don't have memories of "this was impossible for me to do a year ago, it was extremely difficult and intimidating to do, now I can do it."
Learning something, *automatically* introduces a changing perspective, it can't help but do so.
Learning something, *automatically* introduces a changing perspective, it can't help but do so.
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A very good example of perspective changing is: learning an instrument, learning math, weight training, etc.
Things that were once difficult, are not. Your perspective has changed on the same stuff. The thing you were doing a year ago, is not what you are now doing.
Things that were once difficult, are not. Your perspective has changed on the same stuff. The thing you were doing a year ago, is not what you are now doing.
May 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A very good example of perspective changing is: learning an instrument, learning math, weight training, etc.
Things that were once difficult, are not. Your perspective has changed on the same stuff. The thing you were doing a year ago, is not what you are now doing.
Things that were once difficult, are not. Your perspective has changed on the same stuff. The thing you were doing a year ago, is not what you are now doing.
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This combination, of shrinking time intervals *and* the absence of learning, is a recipe for people feeling like time is screaming past them faster each year.
May 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This combination, of shrinking time intervals *and* the absence of learning, is a recipe for people feeling like time is screaming past them faster each year.
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A 15 year old might take a class that in 3 months completely changes how they view something.
An adult has not only forgotten that class, but probably has not had to learn anything that quickly in decades.
An adult has not only forgotten that class, but probably has not had to learn anything that quickly in decades.
May 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
A 15 year old might take a class that in 3 months completely changes how they view something.
An adult has not only forgotten that class, but probably has not had to learn anything that quickly in decades.
An adult has not only forgotten that class, but probably has not had to learn anything that quickly in decades.
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A 10 year old might read a book and suddenly see everything in a totally different way.
An adult might have read one book in the past year.
An adult might have read one book in the past year.
May 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
A 10 year old might read a book and suddenly see everything in a totally different way.
An adult might have read one book in the past year.
An adult might have read one book in the past year.
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As an adult ages, not only does each month and year seem to go by faster due to being a smaller percentage of their life thus far, but each month and year their perspective is mostly the same as it was the previous month or year.
They learn less, slower.
They learn less, slower.
May 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
As an adult ages, not only does each month and year seem to go by faster due to being a smaller percentage of their life thus far, but each month and year their perspective is mostly the same as it was the previous month or year.
They learn less, slower.
They learn less, slower.
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Consider the perspective shifts of learning abstractions, being able to generalize things in a more abstract way.
For a child, that's a normal Tuesday. Their perspective is constantly changing, the *same things* are constantly seen in a new light.
For an adult that gets rarer over time.
For a child, that's a normal Tuesday. Their perspective is constantly changing, the *same things* are constantly seen in a new light.
For an adult that gets rarer over time.
May 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Consider the perspective shifts of learning abstractions, being able to generalize things in a more abstract way.
For a child, that's a normal Tuesday. Their perspective is constantly changing, the *same things* are constantly seen in a new light.
For an adult that gets rarer over time.
For a child, that's a normal Tuesday. Their perspective is constantly changing, the *same things* are constantly seen in a new light.
For an adult that gets rarer over time.
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In *addition* to a year being a smaller percent of your whole life at age 40 or 60 than at age 15, odds are you are also not learning anything anywhere near as quickly as you did when you were 15.
May 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
In *addition* to a year being a smaller percent of your whole life at age 40 or 60 than at age 15, odds are you are also not learning anything anywhere near as quickly as you did when you were 15.
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You know how time perception speeds up as one ages simply due to the fact that one month or year is much larger percent of someone's life at 10 years old than at 60 years old.
But also, consider how fast an infant learns versus and adult. How much new, unknown stuff a child encounters each day.
But also, consider how fast an infant learns versus and adult. How much new, unknown stuff a child encounters each day.
May 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
You know how time perception speeds up as one ages simply due to the fact that one month or year is much larger percent of someone's life at 10 years old than at 60 years old.
But also, consider how fast an infant learns versus and adult. How much new, unknown stuff a child encounters each day.
But also, consider how fast an infant learns versus and adult. How much new, unknown stuff a child encounters each day.
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That "after the fact" is almost real-time, it's in the process of recalling what their last action was. This is a problem if you're trying to make a series of precisely controlled adjustments.
April 21, 2024 at 8:30 AM
That "after the fact" is almost real-time, it's in the process of recalling what their last action was. This is a problem if you're trying to make a series of precisely controlled adjustments.
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they survive, they talk about feeling time slow down, etc. But studies in flight simulators show that's not what's really happening. They're mostly misremembering how long events took, after the fact.
April 21, 2024 at 8:29 AM
they survive, they talk about feeling time slow down, etc. But studies in flight simulators show that's not what's really happening. They're mostly misremembering how long events took, after the fact.
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Pilots have a problem with controlling their planes in disasters. They perceive time as slowing down, and begin trying to correct the trajectory but can't perceive that their timing is all wrong. Overcompensating for thrust that hasn't kicked in yet, etc.
April 21, 2024 at 8:29 AM
Pilots have a problem with controlling their planes in disasters. They perceive time as slowing down, and begin trying to correct the trajectory but can't perceive that their timing is all wrong. Overcompensating for thrust that hasn't kicked in yet, etc.