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Benjamin @benjaminschneider.ch · 2d

if it were actually like The Bear, you would have received ten all-caps followups from seven different people within a minute

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Benjamin @benjaminschneider.ch · 2d

real "went to get a pack of cigarettes (...)" energy

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Ryan Moulton @moultano.bsky.social · 2d

Whenever I come back from the woods and observe Discourse I feel like I didn't bring back enough pictures of the woods for the screen people.

Ryan Moulton @moultano.bsky.social · 6d

I imagine that being a wildlife photographer today must feel like being a lone emissary going on quests to the outside world to bring back trinkets for the screen people.

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Benjamin @benjaminschneider.ch · 3d

It's really easy to mentally write off lots of time if you're not careful. At one point yesterday I went from "it's October" to "the year's almost over" to "my end-of-January birthday is basically around the corner" within a split second.

By the same logic that's half a year!

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Benjamin @benjaminschneider.ch · 5d

idk why but something deep in my lizard brain gets extremely creeped out by the sight of sprouting potatoes

Benjamin @benjaminschneider.ch · 5d

I turned a whole vocab book into spaced repetition cards with an LLM, but the order is a weird mix between random and the original thematic grouping. Currently learning how to talk about food, crime, and war.

Benjamin @benjaminschneider.ch · 5d

she has probably encountered present-day construction work in Italy before

Benjamin @benjaminschneider.ch · 5d

HORATIO
Any update on that frontend bug?

MARCELLUS
Something is rotten in the state.

Benjamin @benjaminschneider.ch · 6d

Jevons means we'll use more resources but it's fine, as Zeno proved we can never use them up fully

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Benjamin @benjaminschneider.ch · 6d

surely if I solve this new-to-me problem using a new-to-me stack nothing bad will happen and I will learn at least twice as much

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Benjamin @benjaminschneider.ch · 7d

wait I think they've actually done the intro part for real!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci--...

System Of A Down - La Isla Bonita (Madonna) + Bounce live 【Rock Im Park | 60fpsᴴᴰ】

YouTube video by ObeyYourSysteM

www.youtube.com

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Zeta Of 1 @zetaof1.bsky.social · 7d

I realize this is pretty much ridiculous but this is a damn fine AI cover

youtu.be/PMRtZgrjTq8?...

System Of A Down - La Isla Bonita Live 2002

YouTube video by Serj Malakian

youtu.be

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SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 8d

Troubleshooting is an art. And the most important brush is knowing the options you have to throw against a wall to see if they stick. After that, is the impressive part. But pareto expertise is the first.

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Benjamin @benjaminschneider.ch · 8d

oh I was thinking something like four regular article sized articles in a four-article-sized trenchcoat 😢

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Benjamin @benjaminschneider.ch · 8d

ok hear me out what if someone were to apply this approach to podcast episodes?

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Benjamin @benjaminschneider.ch · 9d

ugh, Mondays, amirite…

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Benjamin @benjaminschneider.ch · 10d

TIL about the medbed conspiracy theory 🤦‍♂️

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 11d

Applied semiotics

A photo of a printed laminated sign that is a photo of a sign that says “winter service limited”

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Benjamin @benjaminschneider.ch · 11d

seconded!

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Josh Dobbin @joshdobbin.bsky.social · 12d

This is Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov. On this day, 42 years ago, he saved your life and the lives of everyone you love. He saved the world. Google his name.