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try using @xblock.aendra.dev if bsky hurts lately
try using @xblock.aendra.dev if bsky hurts lately
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Impressed by the very on-point pun the flared response (the top one) worked in at the end.
We occupy a very specific niche when it comes to the public discussion of history, and that niche is serious answers to the question of how bamboozled Hitler would have been by big chungus memes.
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December 24, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Impressed by the very on-point pun the flared response (the top one) worked in at the end.
first crack at pies in A While turned out pretty ok! chicken pot pies in 50% whole wheat crust 🍜🍽️
December 24, 2025 at 4:39 AM
first crack at pies in A While turned out pretty ok! chicken pot pies in 50% whole wheat crust 🍜🍽️
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Jesus, can you hear me? Good, the comms are working. Now, you're gonna need to run if you want to evade those Roman soldiers. Hold down A to sprint. Go ahead and try it. ... Good work! You just might be the savior yet. Now pick up that AR-15 and let's do some target practice.
December 24, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Jesus, can you hear me? Good, the comms are working. Now, you're gonna need to run if you want to evade those Roman soldiers. Hold down A to sprint. Go ahead and try it. ... Good work! You just might be the savior yet. Now pick up that AR-15 and let's do some target practice.
if you ask me to Five Whys something you are probably ending up with a USCSB Narrator Voice line about failure to create a culture of safety around whatever hazard I'm fired up about that day
December 24, 2025 at 1:19 AM
if you ask me to Five Whys something you are probably ending up with a USCSB Narrator Voice line about failure to create a culture of safety around whatever hazard I'm fired up about that day
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Worth answering on main: infantry depth is primarily psychological and only secondarily about replacing losses or changing out ranks.
But that psychological factor is so important that functionally all contact infantry fight with depth and usually quite a lot of it (4 to 10 ranks being normal).
But that psychological factor is so important that functionally all contact infantry fight with depth and usually quite a lot of it (4 to 10 ranks being normal).
@bretdevereaux.bsky.social naive question re: acoup.blog/2025/12/18/i... — what’s the six-deep hastati line for (or the eight-deep non-orthodox phalanx) if not to facilitate trading out the front rank?
Intermission: Battle Pulses
This week we’re going to take a brief break from our series on hoplites (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) to address a broader question in how we understand the mechanics of warfare with contact weapons, w…
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December 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Worth answering on main: infantry depth is primarily psychological and only secondarily about replacing losses or changing out ranks.
But that psychological factor is so important that functionally all contact infantry fight with depth and usually quite a lot of it (4 to 10 ranks being normal).
But that psychological factor is so important that functionally all contact infantry fight with depth and usually quite a lot of it (4 to 10 ranks being normal).
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doing a "how to use AI in academia" course that's just a series of "the AI suggested an idea, here's how to get it to give you book recommendations you can take to a librarian", "the AI helped you figure out a link between concepts, here's how to read the primary sources", etc.
All offramps.
All offramps.
December 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
doing a "how to use AI in academia" course that's just a series of "the AI suggested an idea, here's how to get it to give you book recommendations you can take to a librarian", "the AI helped you figure out a link between concepts, here's how to read the primary sources", etc.
All offramps.
All offramps.
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Niners out here getting dotted up by Hank Hill, cherish these moments
December 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Niners out here getting dotted up by Hank Hill, cherish these moments
so I said it sounds like you're feeding powerpoints to your vain and dismal cope that work ethic can substitute for a sense of accomplishment and then his liver started crying
by far the funniest use case for AI is “I use it for powerpoints because I hate making them and nobody looks at them” because it kinda sounds like the real workflow savings would be to stop making powerpoints
December 23, 2025 at 2:39 AM
so I said it sounds like you're feeding powerpoints to your vain and dismal cope that work ethic can substitute for a sense of accomplishment and then his liver started crying
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Die Hard is indeed a Christmas movie!
Also thanks to WHAM! for the inspiration ;)
#nostalgia #80s #synthwave
Also thanks to WHAM! for the inspiration ;)
#nostalgia #80s #synthwave
December 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Die Hard is indeed a Christmas movie!
Also thanks to WHAM! for the inspiration ;)
#nostalgia #80s #synthwave
Also thanks to WHAM! for the inspiration ;)
#nostalgia #80s #synthwave
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Focaccia for Winter Solstice Kalamata olives, onion, garlic, rosemary, branches, cherry tomatoes, olive oil, sesame seeds, yellow pepper, and Parmesan cheese
December 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Focaccia for Winter Solstice Kalamata olives, onion, garlic, rosemary, branches, cherry tomatoes, olive oil, sesame seeds, yellow pepper, and Parmesan cheese
wow bsky what an absolute trainwreck you've delivered to the Conscientious Sportsball Objectors
December 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
wow bsky what an absolute trainwreck you've delivered to the Conscientious Sportsball Objectors
am I psyching myself up to make chicken pot pies in a day or two? damn right I am
December 21, 2025 at 3:22 AM
am I psyching myself up to make chicken pot pies in a day or two? damn right I am
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the group chat is to posters what a window is to russians
December 21, 2025 at 2:39 AM
the group chat is to posters what a window is to russians
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Unfortunately the Malört hot chocolate is good cc: @sickoscommittee.org @shutdownfullcast.bsky.social
December 21, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Unfortunately the Malört hot chocolate is good cc: @sickoscommittee.org @shutdownfullcast.bsky.social
apparently I want to rant about this today. I claim that there are way too many "trivial* fundamental basics" of Doing Computers for any one "senior" to know them all, even within their primary domain (like, I'm not embarrassed that I don't know React basics as a platform guy)...
* like the trivium
* like the trivium
it's also this wonderful irony shield analogue where you can build conceptual docs, how-tos, feedback loops, and other skill acquisition stuff and say "it's for the juniors" and pretend you don't see the seniors learning about N+1 queries or unit testing or whatever "basic" for their very first time
December 21, 2025 at 2:18 AM
apparently I want to rant about this today. I claim that there are way too many "trivial* fundamental basics" of Doing Computers for any one "senior" to know them all, even within their primary domain (like, I'm not embarrassed that I don't know React basics as a platform guy)...
* like the trivium
* like the trivium
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a friend just described the way that some people in software describe LLMs as /uniquely/ positioned high leverage technologies that people
need to bandwagon now or be left
behind on as prosperity gospel shit and that is so completely on the money lol
need to bandwagon now or be left
behind on as prosperity gospel shit and that is so completely on the money lol
December 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
a friend just described the way that some people in software describe LLMs as /uniquely/ positioned high leverage technologies that people
need to bandwagon now or be left
behind on as prosperity gospel shit and that is so completely on the money lol
need to bandwagon now or be left
behind on as prosperity gospel shit and that is so completely on the money lol
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I suspect people think in terms of correction of error because
1. the reality that complex/complicated systems are absolutely riddled with errors is disconcerting
2. so is the idea that we don't know why things work
1. the reality that complex/complicated systems are absolutely riddled with errors is disconcerting
2. so is the idea that we don't know why things work
I wrote a post about why I don't like the name that Amazon uses for their post-incident review process: "Correction of Error". surfingcomplexity.blog/2025/12/20/w...
Why I don’t like “Correction of Error”
Like many companies, AWS has a defined process for reviewing incidents. They call their process Correction of Error. For example, there’s a page on Correction of Error in their Well-Architect…
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December 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I suspect people think in terms of correction of error because
1. the reality that complex/complicated systems are absolutely riddled with errors is disconcerting
2. so is the idea that we don't know why things work
1. the reality that complex/complicated systems are absolutely riddled with errors is disconcerting
2. so is the idea that we don't know why things work
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I wrote a post about why I don't like the name that Amazon uses for their post-incident review process: "Correction of Error". surfingcomplexity.blog/2025/12/20/w...
Why I don’t like “Correction of Error”
Like many companies, AWS has a defined process for reviewing incidents. They call their process Correction of Error. For example, there’s a page on Correction of Error in their Well-Architect…
surfingcomplexity.blog
December 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I wrote a post about why I don't like the name that Amazon uses for their post-incident review process: "Correction of Error". surfingcomplexity.blog/2025/12/20/w...
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Nebuchadnezzar, by William Blake, 1795-1805 (flipped) #NetflixPartner
December 20, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Nebuchadnezzar, by William Blake, 1795-1805 (flipped) #NetflixPartner
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its incredible how many great novels over the last few centuries also revolve around people's angst over being able to secure a job that doesn't involve manual labor
A man tore China asunder, and claimed to be the brother of Jesus Christ because he failed the exam to get an email job
December 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
its incredible how many great novels over the last few centuries also revolve around people's angst over being able to secure a job that doesn't involve manual labor
sick joke that my appetite for type 2 fun is concentrated around incident response and investigation
December 19, 2025 at 7:42 AM
sick joke that my appetite for type 2 fun is concentrated around incident response and investigation
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