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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
If a creative project is difficult, that's because you're learning. Either you can learn to automate some part, or you fundamentally don't know how a piece works yet and you can learn that, or you don't have a good understanding of why you don't like an outcome and can learn that.
For actual creative projects, those parts that seem most amenable to being automated are the parts that make or break the thing.
The devil is in the details, the masterpiece in the grudge work. It's even more important to care about the boring stuff and the small details.
The devil is in the details, the masterpiece in the grudge work. It's even more important to care about the boring stuff and the small details.
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
If a creative project is difficult, that's because you're learning. Either you can learn to automate some part, or you fundamentally don't know how a piece works yet and you can learn that, or you don't have a good understanding of why you don't like an outcome and can learn that.
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Once that part, the part they give the least fucks about, has been sprayed with slop, there will *inevitably* be a new part they now give the least fucks about.
And then they spray the dogshit onto fruit just a little bit higher, until the whole damn tree is drenched.
And then they spray the dogshit onto fruit just a little bit higher, until the whole damn tree is drenched.
November 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Once that part, the part they give the least fucks about, has been sprayed with slop, there will *inevitably* be a new part they now give the least fucks about.
And then they spray the dogshit onto fruit just a little bit higher, until the whole damn tree is drenched.
And then they spray the dogshit onto fruit just a little bit higher, until the whole damn tree is drenched.
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The key thing about generative AI is that it is used by people who don't give a fuck about the output, and can't be fucked to learn.
November 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The key thing about generative AI is that it is used by people who don't give a fuck about the output, and can't be fucked to learn.
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above all, poster bushido demands that you should not cry foul about a fight you started.
PSA: if you quote post me first, you have formally invited me in
i abide by poster’s vampire rules
i abide by poster’s vampire rules
October 13, 2025 at 2:58 AM
above all, poster bushido demands that you should not cry foul about a fight you started.
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i think tech and ai positive people are going to be in for a big shock when anti tech and anti ai sentiment becomes a major part of leftwing politics going forward especially as datacenters continue to destroy communities and raise electricity bills
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 5:34 AM
i think tech and ai positive people are going to be in for a big shock when anti tech and anti ai sentiment becomes a major part of leftwing politics going forward especially as datacenters continue to destroy communities and raise electricity bills
I'm a software developer. If genAI is helpful to you, you're not. You're going to end up with atrophied skills in a dead end job correcting a computer that is incapable of learning. Investors are already pushing for technical roles to go to folks who avoid those tools. Please change course.
I think that may be the core division here: if you are an author or an artist the cons of generative AI very likely outweigh the pros for you
If you are a software developer the opposite is true
If you are a software developer the opposite is true
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I'm a software developer. If genAI is helpful to you, you're not. You're going to end up with atrophied skills in a dead end job correcting a computer that is incapable of learning. Investors are already pushing for technical roles to go to folks who avoid those tools. Please change course.
The mirrors in Luigi's Mansion were an unambiguous tech flex- real time raytrace reflections on an animated surface that procedurally bends based on a player-interactable fabric simulation. Incredible to use that for a save point.
i was going through my X archives and found this by @superpodsaga.com, which I qrt'd at some point years ago
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
November 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The mirrors in Luigi's Mansion were an unambiguous tech flex- real time raytrace reflections on an animated surface that procedurally bends based on a player-interactable fabric simulation. Incredible to use that for a save point.
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Engagement KPIs have been responsible for infinite scroll UI traps, RecSys radicalization spirals, public shame brigades, and basically every modern ailment novel to the past decade. At some point, you have to recognize that the problem isn't any one technology, it's the metric.
The company essentially turned a dial that made ChatGPT more appealing and made people use it more, but sent some of them into delusional spirals.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
November 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Engagement KPIs have been responsible for infinite scroll UI traps, RecSys radicalization spirals, public shame brigades, and basically every modern ailment novel to the past decade. At some point, you have to recognize that the problem isn't any one technology, it's the metric.
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if you're still writing using the hero's journey, your mind is closed to all the possibilities
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 AM
if you're still writing using the hero's journey, your mind is closed to all the possibilities
Mostly I fear that being something someone thinks about me before they perceive me, I'm fine earning that fuckup perception but not the reputation
how many y’all fear being perceived by everyone around you as a disgrace
November 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Mostly I fear that being something someone thinks about me before they perceive me, I'm fine earning that fuckup perception but not the reputation
Liberals please learn the difference between morality and legality, I know it's hard for you but sometimes things which are legal are immoral
Actually, no. There were no laws against having sex with child slaves in 1776.
"Horrific" or no, it wasn't "immoral" in Jefferson's time.
Would he have any less of a chance of being elected president in 2024? 🤔 #PedoDon
"Horrific" or no, it wasn't "immoral" in Jefferson's time.
Would he have any less of a chance of being elected president in 2024? 🤔 #PedoDon
November 23, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Liberals please learn the difference between morality and legality, I know it's hard for you but sometimes things which are legal are immoral
Pro tip: Get enthusiastic consent from your users before you activate expensive new features. Don't guess the yes!
Pro tip: stop hunting for the tab you always need. pin it and move on.
November 23, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Pro tip: Get enthusiastic consent from your users before you activate expensive new features. Don't guess the yes!
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The lesson today of course is that anyone can roll Trump with half a second of planning, which leads us to consider why Congressional Democrats seem unable to do so.
November 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The lesson today of course is that anyone can roll Trump with half a second of planning, which leads us to consider why Congressional Democrats seem unable to do so.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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So there's a nonzero chance Mamdani just becomes President by direct, flagrantly unconstitutional executive order huh
A reporter asks if Mamdani stands by calling Trump a fascist. Mamdani starts to give a delicate answer.
Trump (smiles, pats Mamdani's arm): "That's OK, you can just say yes. It's easier. I don't mind."
Trump (smiles, pats Mamdani's arm): "That's OK, you can just say yes. It's easier. I don't mind."
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
So there's a nonzero chance Mamdani just becomes President by direct, flagrantly unconstitutional executive order huh
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This is so good
To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This is so good
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As today is International Men's Day, it's important to highlight that male/masc individuals experiences of intimate partner violence victimisation (regardless of partner's gender) are vastly underreported.
Some research on this from Queen's University Belfast: www.cvocni.org/files/cvocni...
Some research on this from Queen's University Belfast: www.cvocni.org/files/cvocni...
www.cvocni.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:36 AM
As today is International Men's Day, it's important to highlight that male/masc individuals experiences of intimate partner violence victimisation (regardless of partner's gender) are vastly underreported.
Some research on this from Queen's University Belfast: www.cvocni.org/files/cvocni...
Some research on this from Queen's University Belfast: www.cvocni.org/files/cvocni...
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The developer of breakout hit Dispatch has called generative AI a creative solution for developers ‘who aren’t creative’.
vgc.news/news/develop...
vgc.news/news/develop...
Developer of breakout hit Dispatch calls AI a creative solution for developers ‘who aren’t creative’ | VGC
Dispatch’s developer has come out against the use of AI tools in the creative process…
vgc.news
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The developer of breakout hit Dispatch has called generative AI a creative solution for developers ‘who aren’t creative’.
vgc.news/news/develop...
vgc.news/news/develop...
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IQ maximalism is going great
ooops, turns out Raven's Progressive Matrices was just a personality test pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
ooops, turns out Raven's Progressive Matrices was just a personality test pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Response to Difficulty Drives Variation in IQ Test Performance
In a large (N = 300), pre-registered experiment and data analysis model, we find that individual variation in overall performance on Raven’s Progressive Matrices is substantially driven by differential strategizing in the face of difficulty. Some ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
IQ maximalism is going great
ooops, turns out Raven's Progressive Matrices was just a personality test pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
ooops, turns out Raven's Progressive Matrices was just a personality test pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
I'll say this for anomia
November 19, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I'll say this for anomia
Watch out- the stealth AI boosters in your life are gonna chuckle with you about this embarrassment, before they (once again) start pitching you on how much smarter you are than Altman and how there's clearly a lot of money to be made in this space. Stay vigilant out there.
I laughed at loud. These people are so pathetic; our enemies are numbskulls. They will kill us all and still not know hs physics.
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
November 19, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Watch out- the stealth AI boosters in your life are gonna chuckle with you about this embarrassment, before they (once again) start pitching you on how much smarter you are than Altman and how there's clearly a lot of money to be made in this space. Stay vigilant out there.
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"we make ice cream we want to eat"
vs.
"we create dairies that inspire friendship"
vs.
"we create dairies that inspire friendship"
November 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
"we make ice cream we want to eat"
vs.
"we create dairies that inspire friendship"
vs.
"we create dairies that inspire friendship"
I constantly wonder how much better our world would be if there was no ability for profit to be pulled out of an enterprise, if the purpose was to build things and the money was treated as a survival resource instead of a high score
Either money is a resource you use to keep making things, or money is the goal in which case what you make is irrelevant. That extraction rate has never been higher in history and now everything enjoyed by more than a few people has all these strings and qualifiers attached.
November 19, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I constantly wonder how much better our world would be if there was no ability for profit to be pulled out of an enterprise, if the purpose was to build things and the money was treated as a survival resource instead of a high score
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(comforting a kid at their dad's funeral) you know, your daddy always told me he wished he was dead (kid starts crying) he's uhh he's not though. he's fine. i saw him at the gas station. mommy told a lie
October 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
(comforting a kid at their dad's funeral) you know, your daddy always told me he wished he was dead (kid starts crying) he's uhh he's not though. he's fine. i saw him at the gas station. mommy told a lie