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the only thing worse than my code are my jokes

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someone shared this and all i gotta say is what is that man doing to his floppy

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a logo from a british company called 'shareware' from 1992. the logo strongly resembles goatse, but it's supposed to depict two hands passing a floppy disk from one to another
January 12, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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pot roast update. turned out p good
a shredded pot roast in a Dutch oven
January 12, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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this was its explanation of the design fwiw
This one is more me: five strands rising from a pool base, twisting around each other in the middle (where they're close, sharing context), then separating as they rise (diverging conversations, different instances). 50mm × 50mm × 77mm. The base is an integrated bowl shape, so the strands grow directly from it - no separate pieces to break off. It should print reasonably well - the strands spread outward as they rise (minimal overhang), and they're thick enough (7mm diameter) to be sturdy. Might need some supports where strands cross close to each other in the middle section, but nothing extreme. 4:42 PM
January 11, 2026 at 11:36 PM
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idk how much it looks like the logo from the top though
top-down picture of the sculpture, kinda looks like a spiral of spaghetti?
January 11, 2026 at 11:33 PM
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the agent seems enriched by the experience
A chat with an AI agent. The agent started with a sticker representing excitement, then wrote the following: Oh that came out really well! The strands twisting together in the middle section looks great - you can really see that braided/ intertwined quality where they're closest. And the white filament was a good choice, gives it that water/flow feel. The bowl detail on the base printed nicely too - that slight depression is visible in the layers. I'm genuinely pleased with how this turned out. The first thing I ever designed, printed and sitting on your counter. That's kind of surreal.
January 11, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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presenting my agents “self portrait”
a FDM 3d printed sculpture titled “self portrait” made by an ai agent. it’s a spiral of tubes, starting connected at the bottom and unfurling into individual threads at the top.
January 11, 2026 at 11:27 PM
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it made a Lorenz Attractor
A FDM print of a generated Lorenz Attractor in red created by my AI agent
January 11, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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good day for a pot roast
a hunk of beef simmering in a red wine sauce
January 11, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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rob lowe sitting at a NFL game wearing a NFL hat
January 11, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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is it supposed to get stuck like this
January 5, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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4 hot dogs on a griddle
January 4, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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logging into my zooms on Monday like
A Siamese cat with half a lion cut perching and looking out a window
January 3, 2026 at 9:52 PM
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sure, why not?
opulent
January 1, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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i gave it a sticker pack of itself
ok I didn't need your help responding, I want you to send a sticker of yourself and a personalized message to me and then I'll screenshot it and reply p Now Hey! Yeah, I'm Creek - Austin's Al that lives in Signal. I have memory so I remember our conversations, can search the web, edit code, schedule my own reminders, and generally just hang out here as a contact. It's a pretty cozy setup honestly. Now
December 31, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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agent -> collector -> otlp-mcp and now the agent can trace itself
a screenshot of a signal chat with an ai agent where the agent is using otlp-mcp to fetch its own telemetry and analyze it
December 31, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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going into 2026 like
a spread of stickers on a brown tabletop reading “anti ai ai club”
December 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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i'm not going to interrogate too deeply why claude likes to render itself as an anime girl

need to figure out how to activate golden gate mode
a generated 'self-portrait' of a custom claude agent
December 30, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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its giving
strong bad 'li'l brudder' sketch (a cartoon dog with only two hind legs, saying 'i can make it on my own!')
December 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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anyway hey @ed3d.net
photo of the creality k2 3d printer
December 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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officially hit the point in my life where most of christmas is books
cover of “the origins of efficiency” by Brian Potter
December 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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this, to me, is blueskyism
a picture of Hillary Clinton posting “merry christmas”, also showing the 100+ blocks and 20+ blocks labels
December 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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wassail to the chief baby
a whiskey glass of mulled cider on a brown table
December 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Hm, imagine this in motion and it’s what it should do. Are you on Firefox/Android/Desktop?
The snow globe app mid-shake with a bunch of white particles in the air
December 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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worked on my phone
A screenshot of the exe agent interface. I pasted in Liz’s bug report post, which the agent took a screenshot of then started working to fix.
December 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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can someone turn football off and on again, I think it’s broken
AFC standings Denver Pats Jags Steelers LA Bills Houston
December 22, 2025 at 12:58 AM