Von Neely
@vonneely.bsky.social
I was born and then things went downhill from there.
I talk about different things to avoid becoming boring.
I'm an old guy who loves new stuff. Science & technology intrigue me. I enjoy strategy games and it shapes how I view problems.
I talk about different things to avoid becoming boring.
I'm an old guy who loves new stuff. Science & technology intrigue me. I enjoy strategy games and it shapes how I view problems.
I have to say that I've been really disappointed by Google's roll outs this year. Gemini-3 repeats the same non-fixes to code bugs in infinite loops. I've yet to get Nanobanana to do anything that I couldn't do in Photoshop by myself. Both have a habit of just ignoring prompts completely. Meh.
November 30, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I have to say that I've been really disappointed by Google's roll outs this year. Gemini-3 repeats the same non-fixes to code bugs in infinite loops. I've yet to get Nanobanana to do anything that I couldn't do in Photoshop by myself. Both have a habit of just ignoring prompts completely. Meh.
No matter how MAGA criminals Trump pardons, it will be nothing compared to the number of MAGA criminals that the next Democratic president pardons.
Which is really, really depressing to think about, and you know I'm right.
Which is really, really depressing to think about, and you know I'm right.
November 29, 2025 at 11:14 PM
No matter how MAGA criminals Trump pardons, it will be nothing compared to the number of MAGA criminals that the next Democratic president pardons.
Which is really, really depressing to think about, and you know I'm right.
Which is really, really depressing to think about, and you know I'm right.
Titanic is the most Boomer movie ever made. It is the story of a woman who spends her entire life sitting on top of a secret stash worth millions of dollars and then, just before dying, she literally throws it away rather than giving her kids or grandkids a single penny.
November 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Titanic is the most Boomer movie ever made. It is the story of a woman who spends her entire life sitting on top of a secret stash worth millions of dollars and then, just before dying, she literally throws it away rather than giving her kids or grandkids a single penny.
I've never understood school vouchers. If someone is really that terrified that their precious snowflake might accidentally make friends with a brown person, then they should just homeschool them like a normal racist. Stop trying to make the rest of us taxpayers cover the cost of your dysfunction.
November 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I've never understood school vouchers. If someone is really that terrified that their precious snowflake might accidentally make friends with a brown person, then they should just homeschool them like a normal racist. Stop trying to make the rest of us taxpayers cover the cost of your dysfunction.
"Reality is all the stuff that doesn't care if you believe it or not" - Solomon Short
November 29, 2025 at 7:39 PM
"Reality is all the stuff that doesn't care if you believe it or not" - Solomon Short
Remember that TV show Northern Exposure?
Guess who ICE just arrested?
If you ever saw the show, you know she is legit First Nation.
Fun Trivia: Did you know that it takes at least six generations of brothers & sisters fucking take to produce someone stupid enough to be an ICE agent?
Guess who ICE just arrested?
If you ever saw the show, you know she is legit First Nation.
Fun Trivia: Did you know that it takes at least six generations of brothers & sisters fucking take to produce someone stupid enough to be an ICE agent?
November 29, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Remember that TV show Northern Exposure?
Guess who ICE just arrested?
If you ever saw the show, you know she is legit First Nation.
Fun Trivia: Did you know that it takes at least six generations of brothers & sisters fucking take to produce someone stupid enough to be an ICE agent?
Guess who ICE just arrested?
If you ever saw the show, you know she is legit First Nation.
Fun Trivia: Did you know that it takes at least six generations of brothers & sisters fucking take to produce someone stupid enough to be an ICE agent?
If you've ever had to hear hordes of feral screaming children at work, then you know why Stuka sirens were so terrifying.
November 29, 2025 at 5:40 AM
If you've ever had to hear hordes of feral screaming children at work, then you know why Stuka sirens were so terrifying.
Business Pro Tip:
Any boss who refuses to hire professional help because he "knows a guy" is, himself, not a professional and only got his position because he, himself, knows a guy.
Any boss who refuses to hire professional help because he "knows a guy" is, himself, not a professional and only got his position because he, himself, knows a guy.
November 29, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Business Pro Tip:
Any boss who refuses to hire professional help because he "knows a guy" is, himself, not a professional and only got his position because he, himself, knows a guy.
Any boss who refuses to hire professional help because he "knows a guy" is, himself, not a professional and only got his position because he, himself, knows a guy.
Take off that jacket, Patel.
You're not a field agent. You're not any kind of agent.
You're Trump's pet monkey. That's all you ever have been, that's all you ever will be.
Accept it and stop cosplaying as an actual FBI person, OK?
You're not a field agent. You're not any kind of agent.
You're Trump's pet monkey. That's all you ever have been, that's all you ever will be.
Accept it and stop cosplaying as an actual FBI person, OK?
November 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Take off that jacket, Patel.
You're not a field agent. You're not any kind of agent.
You're Trump's pet monkey. That's all you ever have been, that's all you ever will be.
Accept it and stop cosplaying as an actual FBI person, OK?
You're not a field agent. You're not any kind of agent.
You're Trump's pet monkey. That's all you ever have been, that's all you ever will be.
Accept it and stop cosplaying as an actual FBI person, OK?
I hope all you monsters had a fun thanksgiving. 😁
November 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I hope all you monsters had a fun thanksgiving. 😁
I don't know which is crazier: that our government is literally killing people just to create new distractions, or that it isn't working.
November 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I don't know which is crazier: that our government is literally killing people just to create new distractions, or that it isn't working.
Dawkins pointed out that in no way does nature ever seek ecological balance, because evolution doesn't seek anything. A predator can be so successful that it drives its own prey to extinction, only to then starve into extinction itself, or look at royalty that dies out from incest gene degradation.
November 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Dawkins pointed out that in no way does nature ever seek ecological balance, because evolution doesn't seek anything. A predator can be so successful that it drives its own prey to extinction, only to then starve into extinction itself, or look at royalty that dies out from incest gene degradation.
For those not familiar with The Tragedy of the Commons, here is my summary: If you build a community garden to feed the homeless, you won't feed any homeless people but the local Quicky Mart will suddenly start selling overpriced fresh produce until you give up tending the garden and it dies.
November 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
For those not familiar with The Tragedy of the Commons, here is my summary: If you build a community garden to feed the homeless, you won't feed any homeless people but the local Quicky Mart will suddenly start selling overpriced fresh produce until you give up tending the garden and it dies.
The companion principle to The Tragedy of the Commons is that the private sector is no different.
Businesses also try to maximize the profit they extract from their property without investing anything back into it. Safety violations, low wages, broken gear - all just "kicks the can" of expenses.
Businesses also try to maximize the profit they extract from their property without investing anything back into it. Safety violations, low wages, broken gear - all just "kicks the can" of expenses.
November 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The companion principle to The Tragedy of the Commons is that the private sector is no different.
Businesses also try to maximize the profit they extract from their property without investing anything back into it. Safety violations, low wages, broken gear - all just "kicks the can" of expenses.
Businesses also try to maximize the profit they extract from their property without investing anything back into it. Safety violations, low wages, broken gear - all just "kicks the can" of expenses.
I tried to get Gemini to code me something that used local resources on my PC rather than Google resources that would ultimately cost money if I wanted to continue running the program once completed.
It outright refused. It admitted it that it could, but it wasn't allowed to do it because profits.
It outright refused. It admitted it that it could, but it wasn't allowed to do it because profits.
November 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I tried to get Gemini to code me something that used local resources on my PC rather than Google resources that would ultimately cost money if I wanted to continue running the program once completed.
It outright refused. It admitted it that it could, but it wasn't allowed to do it because profits.
It outright refused. It admitted it that it could, but it wasn't allowed to do it because profits.
The Prime Minister of Canada has a PhD.
The President of Mexico has a PhD.
The President of the USA has 3rd stage syphilis.
The President of Mexico has a PhD.
The President of the USA has 3rd stage syphilis.
November 27, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The Prime Minister of Canada has a PhD.
The President of Mexico has a PhD.
The President of the USA has 3rd stage syphilis.
The President of Mexico has a PhD.
The President of the USA has 3rd stage syphilis.
Michigan white suburbanites actually subsist entirely on ranch dressing. Any food added to it is just to maintain a human appearance.
November 27, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Michigan white suburbanites actually subsist entirely on ranch dressing. Any food added to it is just to maintain a human appearance.
At least the judges are standing up to Trump. That's good, right?
November 27, 2025 at 1:41 AM
At least the judges are standing up to Trump. That's good, right?
I support UBI so that I can fire all the dipshits that I work with.
November 27, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I support UBI so that I can fire all the dipshits that I work with.
The First Rule of American Lawsuits:
Never sue the person responsible. Instead, sue whoever has the most money.
Example: A crackhead shoots a kid in a drive-by. Sue the gun maker, they're rich. Sue the car maker, they're rich. Don't bother suing the crackhead, he's broke.
Never sue the person responsible. Instead, sue whoever has the most money.
Example: A crackhead shoots a kid in a drive-by. Sue the gun maker, they're rich. Sue the car maker, they're rich. Don't bother suing the crackhead, he's broke.
November 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The First Rule of American Lawsuits:
Never sue the person responsible. Instead, sue whoever has the most money.
Example: A crackhead shoots a kid in a drive-by. Sue the gun maker, they're rich. Sue the car maker, they're rich. Don't bother suing the crackhead, he's broke.
Never sue the person responsible. Instead, sue whoever has the most money.
Example: A crackhead shoots a kid in a drive-by. Sue the gun maker, they're rich. Sue the car maker, they're rich. Don't bother suing the crackhead, he's broke.
I see that the fake Gaza scammers are back. It takes a special kind of scumbag to exploit a global tragedy as a means of conning people out of money.
November 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I see that the fake Gaza scammers are back. It takes a special kind of scumbag to exploit a global tragedy as a means of conning people out of money.
Weather forecast for today: Welcome to Oz
November 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Weather forecast for today: Welcome to Oz
Remember back when AlphaFold2 solved protein folding?
That problem was the modern day equivalent of the Enigma Code.
Several new vaccines, including a few for COVID & influenza, are already in preliminary trials based on this new technology.
So yes, people are using AI to literally save lives.
That problem was the modern day equivalent of the Enigma Code.
Several new vaccines, including a few for COVID & influenza, are already in preliminary trials based on this new technology.
So yes, people are using AI to literally save lives.
November 26, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Remember back when AlphaFold2 solved protein folding?
That problem was the modern day equivalent of the Enigma Code.
Several new vaccines, including a few for COVID & influenza, are already in preliminary trials based on this new technology.
So yes, people are using AI to literally save lives.
That problem was the modern day equivalent of the Enigma Code.
Several new vaccines, including a few for COVID & influenza, are already in preliminary trials based on this new technology.
So yes, people are using AI to literally save lives.
Imagine a timeline where Eberhard & Tarpenning kicked Musk off the board of Tesla instead of letting him take over.
November 26, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Imagine a timeline where Eberhard & Tarpenning kicked Musk off the board of Tesla instead of letting him take over.