wagnahark nonagesimus
@wagnarok.bsky.social
call me will.
he/she/they. proud card-carrying bisexual. I like space, RPGs, mysteries, and puzzles.
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he/she/they. proud card-carrying bisexual. I like space, RPGs, mysteries, and puzzles.
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the category error most generative AI defenders make is that it doesn't make them better artists, it makes them worse patrons of the arts
December 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
the category error most generative AI defenders make is that it doesn't make them better artists, it makes them worse patrons of the arts
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here are some surprisingly complicated charts in case anyone is interested
December 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
here are some surprisingly complicated charts in case anyone is interested
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Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.
December 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.
this is a fascinating concept that looks far more like something I would expect to see coming out of Laconia
The Expanse (2015-2022): The Rocinante, early concept design by Christian Pearce
“It looks like a big chisel with a giant coffee cup stuck on the back.”
“It looks like a big chisel with a giant coffee cup stuck on the back.”
December 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
this is a fascinating concept that looks far more like something I would expect to see coming out of Laconia
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Can anyone name me one thing GenAI has truly made better? Like fundamentally better? Not slightly easier to do, but actually, final end product better?
December 19, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Can anyone name me one thing GenAI has truly made better? Like fundamentally better? Not slightly easier to do, but actually, final end product better?
#StarTrek episodes in which an officer newly in command of a Starfleet ship discusses choosing a personally appropriate "warp catchphrase":
DIS 3x08 "The Sanctuary"
SNW 2x01 "The Broken Circle"
PIC 3x10 "The Last Generation"
LD 5x10 "The New Next Generation"
DIS 3x08 "The Sanctuary"
SNW 2x01 "The Broken Circle"
PIC 3x10 "The Last Generation"
LD 5x10 "The New Next Generation"
December 19, 2025 at 1:42 AM
#StarTrek episodes in which an officer newly in command of a Starfleet ship discusses choosing a personally appropriate "warp catchphrase":
DIS 3x08 "The Sanctuary"
SNW 2x01 "The Broken Circle"
PIC 3x10 "The Last Generation"
LD 5x10 "The New Next Generation"
DIS 3x08 "The Sanctuary"
SNW 2x01 "The Broken Circle"
PIC 3x10 "The Last Generation"
LD 5x10 "The New Next Generation"
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Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
December 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
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sheesh, the only thing worse than getting kicked out of the polycule is finding out via jira ticket 😣
![Screenshot of an email:
Subject: [PIPEXP-1192] Login Access Request
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I’m sorry to hear that you’re having trouble logging into Jellyfin! It looks like your SSO account was indeed deactivated on 2025 Dec 15.
According to our records,
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2. Our Salesforce shows you aren’t close to any other polycule members
Unfortunately, our solo-poly access policy doesn’t allow us to extend resources to unpartnered members after the 30 day grace period following your break. This includes entertainment resources (Jellyfin / *darr / nzbget / Pornhub for Enterprise™ seat), as well as O365™, Adobe CC™, and shell access on the Nix clusters. We’re so sorry for your loss, cutie!! 😭💜
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December 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
sheesh, the only thing worse than getting kicked out of the polycule is finding out via jira ticket 😣
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If it's not worth a human's time to make I sure as shit don't think it's worth a human's time to play.
"It’s time to face reality, AI is here to stay" - Kingdom Come: Deliverance head Daniel Vávra says Larian got a "crazy shitstorm" for doing what "absolutely everyone else is doing", and that while he's "no fan of AI generated art" it's going nowhere.
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‘It’s time to face reality, AI is here to stay’: Kingdom Come Deliverance studio head responds to Larian backlash | VGC
Daniel Vávra says AI is a frightening prospect but has its uses, and that “absolutely everyone else” is using it…
www.videogameschronicle.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
If it's not worth a human's time to make I sure as shit don't think it's worth a human's time to play.
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The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
December 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
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The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.
December 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.
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December 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
if you're a fan of #TheExpanse you can find all sorts of fun stuff on google maps
December 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
if you're a fan of #TheExpanse you can find all sorts of fun stuff on google maps
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DISNEY+ PUT THE HADESGAME ARES SYMBOL IN THEIR NEW PERCY JACKSON SERIES THINKING IT WAS AN ANCIENT SIGIL LMFAOOOO
December 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
DISNEY+ PUT THE HADESGAME ARES SYMBOL IN THEIR NEW PERCY JACKSON SERIES THINKING IT WAS AN ANCIENT SIGIL LMFAOOOO
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the larian stuff sucks to hear a lot. you have to be a true all-timer loser to think generative AI is useful for concepting ideas or artwork. you let the machine do the fun part you dumbass. it doesnt tell me you think efficiently it tells me youre a fuckass who's given up on being interesting
December 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
the larian stuff sucks to hear a lot. you have to be a true all-timer loser to think generative AI is useful for concepting ideas or artwork. you let the machine do the fun part you dumbass. it doesnt tell me you think efficiently it tells me youre a fuckass who's given up on being interesting
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i get the sense that ppl who are super into AI think that AI skeptics are only against it for moral reasons, which is part of it (and is also true for me). but another issue i have with it is that it is actually bad at what it is supposed to do, with no way to improve (look up "AI plateau" for info)
just to see what would happen i asked gemini AI to write something in my writing voice (goodness knows there is plenty of it online to check against) and it was absolutely nothing like me at all. idk if this is comforting per se but it was very funny to me
December 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
i get the sense that ppl who are super into AI think that AI skeptics are only against it for moral reasons, which is part of it (and is also true for me). but another issue i have with it is that it is actually bad at what it is supposed to do, with no way to improve (look up "AI plateau" for info)
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we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
December 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
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A year ago, one of the plot holes in Neuromancer was that RAM was incredibly expensive.
one of the funnier aspects to the AI backlash is the fact that they're negatively polarizing much of the tech enthusiast demographic against them by making hobbyist PC building functionally unaffordable
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
A year ago, one of the plot holes in Neuromancer was that RAM was incredibly expensive.
this happened 25 years ago today. it makes me wonder what kind of world we'd be living in if Gore hadn't backed down.
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/ad...
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/ad...
Address Conceding the 2000 Presidential Election | The American Presidency Project
www.presidency.ucsb.edu
December 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
this happened 25 years ago today. it makes me wonder what kind of world we'd be living in if Gore hadn't backed down.
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/ad...
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/ad...
if you’re following me and I haven’t yet convinced you to watch this show, perhaps this will do the trick
I'm taking advantage of The Expanse's 10th anniversary to praise the effectiveness of this universe's introduction. 🔥
First, there are a few explanatory sentences, then the prologue about the protomolecule and the season mystery, and after the title, there is this absolutely fabulous...
First, there are a few explanatory sentences, then the prologue about the protomolecule and the season mystery, and after the title, there is this absolutely fabulous...
The Expanse - Where It all Started | First Scene
YouTube video by Speculative Future
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
if you’re following me and I haven’t yet convinced you to watch this show, perhaps this will do the trick
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