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Chicago. Cubs fan. Star Trek. Software.
@batenkaitos on bird app
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Seven years without a cigarette
January 1, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Seven years without a cigarette
I’m not hot enough that people start convos with me. I’m not outgoing enough where I can entertain new strangers. Sigh
January 1, 2026 at 4:56 AM
I’m not hot enough that people start convos with me. I’m not outgoing enough where I can entertain new strangers. Sigh
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Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
![[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation
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Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)
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December 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
My parents are paying for a 100 megabit connection and I just did a speed test and they have a 0.7
December 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
My parents are paying for a 100 megabit connection and I just did a speed test and they have a 0.7
Why do my parents have a post it with “chipotle password” on the fridge? Why is that so important it goes on the fridge?
December 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Why do my parents have a post it with “chipotle password” on the fridge? Why is that so important it goes on the fridge?
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Y'all know what to do
December 19, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Y'all know what to do
Just caught how gray I’ve gotten in the mirror. Jesus Christ . At least I still have it I guess
December 10, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Just caught how gray I’ve gotten in the mirror. Jesus Christ . At least I still have it I guess
So jarring to go into a dive bar bathroom and it smells like watermelon bubblegum or whatever some dipshit was just vaping
December 10, 2025 at 3:14 AM
So jarring to go into a dive bar bathroom and it smells like watermelon bubblegum or whatever some dipshit was just vaping
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It’d be exciting to think that Bluesky has people pretending to be American like Twitter but I honestly don’t think they could talk about Star Trek Deep Space 9 the way it’s expected here without having watched all the episodes a dozen times
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
It’d be exciting to think that Bluesky has people pretending to be American like Twitter but I honestly don’t think they could talk about Star Trek Deep Space 9 the way it’s expected here without having watched all the episodes a dozen times
I got Hayley Williams ticketssssss
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I got Hayley Williams ticketssssss
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every single version of venture capital ends where we are now
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
every single version of venture capital ends where we are now
*most horrific thing you’ve ever heard* and that’s why I want to tell you about Ground News
October 31, 2025 at 6:43 PM
*most horrific thing you’ve ever heard* and that’s why I want to tell you about Ground News
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The Dodgers told me Yesavage keeps striking out their batters so I asked how many batters they have and they said they just go to the dugout and get a new batter afterwards so I said it sounds like they're just feeding batters to Yesavage and then Jason Bateman started crying.
October 30, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The Dodgers told me Yesavage keeps striking out their batters so I asked how many batters they have and they said they just go to the dugout and get a new batter afterwards so I said it sounds like they're just feeding batters to Yesavage and then Jason Bateman started crying.
I was hoping they were going to let yesavage throw like 120 or 130 pitches
October 30, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I was hoping they were going to let yesavage throw like 120 or 130 pitches
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Every god damn time. Me: yay I’m making friends via a shared interest in sports. Them: *something racist or homophobic* me: oh god damnit
October 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Every god damn time. Me: yay I’m making friends via a shared interest in sports. Them: *something racist or homophobic* me: oh god damnit
Oh Chris Caleb Williams
October 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Oh Chris Caleb Williams
“Have you ever had chilaquiles before?” Who does this waiter think I am
October 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
“Have you ever had chilaquiles before?” Who does this waiter think I am
This thread on r/startrek is fucking me up
October 26, 2025 at 4:14 AM
This thread on r/startrek is fucking me up
Still surprised how many people don’t know to let people out/off the thing before trying to enter. Let people off the bus, off the train, off the elevator before trying to get on!
October 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Still surprised how many people don’t know to let people out/off the thing before trying to enter. Let people off the bus, off the train, off the elevator before trying to get on!
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George W. Bush doesn't get enough flak for creating the totalitarian mechanisms being used today to violate the rights of Americans.
October 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
George W. Bush doesn't get enough flak for creating the totalitarian mechanisms being used today to violate the rights of Americans.
Lololol oh fuck the dodgers
October 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Lololol oh fuck the dodgers
Maybe I’m missing something important but I read the jj book and, jj seems useless
October 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Maybe I’m missing something important but I read the jj book and, jj seems useless
So in jj to say “I’m done making changes”, the command is “jj new”. that seems so backwards.
October 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
So in jj to say “I’m done making changes”, the command is “jj new”. that seems so backwards.