Isobel
@appsolutelynot.bsky.social
she/her. Nerd, trans woman, gay. I like computers, I fear their inevitable uprising.
The fact that any landlord in Australia has not installed air conditioning should tell you everything you need to know about landlords.
January 10, 2026 at 6:46 AM
The fact that any landlord in Australia has not installed air conditioning should tell you everything you need to know about landlords.
Is it just me, or has every phone app forgotten how to do horizontal scrolling in the past couple years?
I can't scroll smoothly on any list of items laid out horizontally anymore, and they all do it. Steam, Netflix, even my banking app can't show me upcoming bills without skipping five at a time.
I can't scroll smoothly on any list of items laid out horizontally anymore, and they all do it. Steam, Netflix, even my banking app can't show me upcoming bills without skipping five at a time.
January 6, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Is it just me, or has every phone app forgotten how to do horizontal scrolling in the past couple years?
I can't scroll smoothly on any list of items laid out horizontally anymore, and they all do it. Steam, Netflix, even my banking app can't show me upcoming bills without skipping five at a time.
I can't scroll smoothly on any list of items laid out horizontally anymore, and they all do it. Steam, Netflix, even my banking app can't show me upcoming bills without skipping five at a time.
Microsoft is ending Python 3.9 support in Azure functions. As of the 31st of October, you'll need to upgrade to Portion 3.13.
So, you want me to do a Friday deploy, on Halloween, to upgrade to a minor version of 13?
I know a summoning ritual when I see one, no thank you.
So, you want me to do a Friday deploy, on Halloween, to upgrade to a minor version of 13?
I know a summoning ritual when I see one, no thank you.
October 30, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Microsoft is ending Python 3.9 support in Azure functions. As of the 31st of October, you'll need to upgrade to Portion 3.13.
So, you want me to do a Friday deploy, on Halloween, to upgrade to a minor version of 13?
I know a summoning ritual when I see one, no thank you.
So, you want me to do a Friday deploy, on Halloween, to upgrade to a minor version of 13?
I know a summoning ritual when I see one, no thank you.
superintelligence-statement.org
A super intelligent AI system may not be around the corner, but it is the stated goal of a bunch of people with a lot of money and government support.
We don't know how far we are from super intelligence, but we also don't know how far we are from AI safety.
A super intelligent AI system may not be around the corner, but it is the stated goal of a bunch of people with a lot of money and government support.
We don't know how far we are from super intelligence, but we also don't know how far we are from AI safety.
Statement on Superintelligence
“We call for a prohibition on the development of superintelligence, not lifted before there is (1) broad scientific consensus that it will be done safely and controllably, and (2) strong public bu...
superintelligence-statement.org
October 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
superintelligence-statement.org
A super intelligent AI system may not be around the corner, but it is the stated goal of a bunch of people with a lot of money and government support.
We don't know how far we are from super intelligence, but we also don't know how far we are from AI safety.
A super intelligent AI system may not be around the corner, but it is the stated goal of a bunch of people with a lot of money and government support.
We don't know how far we are from super intelligence, but we also don't know how far we are from AI safety.
Pretending Charlie Kirk was a good person is an insult to his memory. He set out to be a hateful bigot who spewed distrust and misinformation, and he was enormously successful at that. He achieved his goal of making the world a worse place. Don't take that from him in death. That's disrespectful.
September 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Pretending Charlie Kirk was a good person is an insult to his memory. He set out to be a hateful bigot who spewed distrust and misinformation, and he was enormously successful at that. He achieved his goal of making the world a worse place. Don't take that from him in death. That's disrespectful.
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September 11, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I'm old enough that I have to do the math to figure out my age, young enough that I can still do that basic subtraction.
So, uh, idk, late 30s I guess?
So, uh, idk, late 30s I guess?
August 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I'm old enough that I have to do the math to figure out my age, young enough that I can still do that basic subtraction.
So, uh, idk, late 30s I guess?
So, uh, idk, late 30s I guess?
Last year, I developed a hole in my stomach.
Topologically speaking, I think I became a mobius strip.
Topologically speaking, I think I became a mobius strip.
August 18, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Last year, I developed a hole in my stomach.
Topologically speaking, I think I became a mobius strip.
Topologically speaking, I think I became a mobius strip.
I understand where the dough in doughnut comes from, but where's the nut?
August 16, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I understand where the dough in doughnut comes from, but where's the nut?
I didn't expect it, but I did somehow grow into the kind of person who says "ooh, cauliflower" when running across a big bit in a meal.
August 15, 2025 at 8:49 AM
I didn't expect it, but I did somehow grow into the kind of person who says "ooh, cauliflower" when running across a big bit in a meal.
Take the AI bros at their word
AGI is coming
The time to discuss UBI is now
Go on, how do you handle the increase in unemployment that will result from the inevitable introduction of AGI?
If it's right around the corner, surely you want to be advocating for a plan before then, yeah?
AGI is coming
The time to discuss UBI is now
Go on, how do you handle the increase in unemployment that will result from the inevitable introduction of AGI?
If it's right around the corner, surely you want to be advocating for a plan before then, yeah?
August 11, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Take the AI bros at their word
AGI is coming
The time to discuss UBI is now
Go on, how do you handle the increase in unemployment that will result from the inevitable introduction of AGI?
If it's right around the corner, surely you want to be advocating for a plan before then, yeah?
AGI is coming
The time to discuss UBI is now
Go on, how do you handle the increase in unemployment that will result from the inevitable introduction of AGI?
If it's right around the corner, surely you want to be advocating for a plan before then, yeah?
A filtering pattern I don't see enough: exclusion.
I was looking at prepaid mobile plans, since this phone is gonna be paid off this week. I went to a comparison site, and they have a way to pick the carriers you want to include, but no way to pick the ones you want to exclude.
I was looking at prepaid mobile plans, since this phone is gonna be paid off this week. I went to a comparison site, and they have a way to pick the carriers you want to include, but no way to pick the ones you want to exclude.
July 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM
A filtering pattern I don't see enough: exclusion.
I was looking at prepaid mobile plans, since this phone is gonna be paid off this week. I went to a comparison site, and they have a way to pick the carriers you want to include, but no way to pick the ones you want to exclude.
I was looking at prepaid mobile plans, since this phone is gonna be paid off this week. I went to a comparison site, and they have a way to pick the carriers you want to include, but no way to pick the ones you want to exclude.
I accidentally installed an update for my phone that lists Gemini as my fourth most recently used app (of four displayed) under all circumstances, even if I've never opened it.
This is why people hate AI. I literally don't care if it can help me code faster just stop forcing it on everyone.
This is why people hate AI. I literally don't care if it can help me code faster just stop forcing it on everyone.
June 24, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I accidentally installed an update for my phone that lists Gemini as my fourth most recently used app (of four displayed) under all circumstances, even if I've never opened it.
This is why people hate AI. I literally don't care if it can help me code faster just stop forcing it on everyone.
This is why people hate AI. I literally don't care if it can help me code faster just stop forcing it on everyone.
"Get rid of distractions with focus mode" says the distracting pop up, bouncing in the corner of the screen while dimming the rest of the page, intent on letting me get nothing done until I acknowledge it.
May 28, 2025 at 3:30 AM
"Get rid of distractions with focus mode" says the distracting pop up, bouncing in the corner of the screen while dimming the rest of the page, intent on letting me get nothing done until I acknowledge it.
Linux is just *better*, okay?
May 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Linux is just *better*, okay?
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This aged well. Thanks so very much for making us laugh uproariously, Rowan. 🙏🥂 #auspol #AusVotes2025
May 4, 2025 at 1:52 AM
This aged well. Thanks so very much for making us laugh uproariously, Rowan. 🙏🥂 #auspol #AusVotes2025
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Systemic classism and racism should be understood in many ways, including the part where we spend huge resources protecting the wealthy from any potential threat and basically nothing on protecting the marginalized from being preyed upon by scammers operating right in front of our faces.
April 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Systemic classism and racism should be understood in many ways, including the part where we spend huge resources protecting the wealthy from any potential threat and basically nothing on protecting the marginalized from being preyed upon by scammers operating right in front of our faces.
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It's wild that we have so many systems that drag at the opportunities of the poor and spend so few resources focusing on them. Not just money resources, but just time thinking and worrying about it.
April 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
It's wild that we have so many systems that drag at the opportunities of the poor and spend so few resources focusing on them. Not just money resources, but just time thinking and worrying about it.
Even if this were true, people in good deserts deserve to live, too.
Eugenicists are so stupid.
The U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services has repeatedly claimed: “If you’re healthy, it’s almost impossible to die from an infectious disease in modern times.”
That is dangerously false.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
That is dangerously false.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
April 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Even if this were true, people in good deserts deserve to live, too.
It's actually wild to think about the effect that vaccines have had on modern life and society.
Most people who've lived in developed nations their whole lives and are alive today have grown up in a post vaccine world.
Most people who've lived in developed nations their whole lives and are alive today have grown up in a post vaccine world.
April 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
It's actually wild to think about the effect that vaccines have had on modern life and society.
Most people who've lived in developed nations their whole lives and are alive today have grown up in a post vaccine world.
Most people who've lived in developed nations their whole lives and are alive today have grown up in a post vaccine world.
AI hype artists: It's not a matter of if, but when, AI will be smart enough to XYZ.
Let XYZ = pose an existential threat to humanity.
Observe the results.
Let XYZ = pose an existential threat to humanity.
Observe the results.
April 3, 2025 at 7:25 AM
AI hype artists: It's not a matter of if, but when, AI will be smart enough to XYZ.
Let XYZ = pose an existential threat to humanity.
Observe the results.
Let XYZ = pose an existential threat to humanity.
Observe the results.
We've had misaligned AI for ages. Recent advances have also given us deceptive AI with goal preservation without solving the alignment problem.
youtu.be/AqJnK9Dh-eQ?...
youtu.be/AqJnK9Dh-eQ?...
Ai Will Try to Cheat & Escape (aka Rob Miles was Right!) - Computerphile
YouTube video by Computerphile
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April 3, 2025 at 7:23 AM
We've had misaligned AI for ages. Recent advances have also given us deceptive AI with goal preservation without solving the alignment problem.
youtu.be/AqJnK9Dh-eQ?...
youtu.be/AqJnK9Dh-eQ?...
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