Chris Maytag
@cpm5280.bsky.social
Cameras, space, astronomy, politics, art, words, mountains, ethics, chocolate, bikes, cats. Made of burritos & coffee. Mostly invisible. Future Starfleet Academy groundskeeper. He/him.
Seeking the thing.
California expat in Boulder
Seeking the thing.
California expat in Boulder
People discussing things is an integral element of how we come to understand things. And an environment in which people feel like they can’t discuss a thing without coming at it from an ideological place is an environment where people get dumber, faster.
February 9, 2026 at 4:43 PM
People discussing things is an integral element of how we come to understand things. And an environment in which people feel like they can’t discuss a thing without coming at it from an ideological place is an environment where people get dumber, faster.
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If I teach someone how to do a thing, they “understand” that thing. This software does not “understand” anything, and so it CANNOT “learn.”
I’m jumping up and down screaming about this because it’s vitally important and I feel like most are oblivious. DANGER Will Robinson!
I’m jumping up and down screaming about this because it’s vitally important and I feel like most are oblivious. DANGER Will Robinson!
February 9, 2026 at 4:08 PM
If I teach someone how to do a thing, they “understand” that thing. This software does not “understand” anything, and so it CANNOT “learn.”
I’m jumping up and down screaming about this because it’s vitally important and I feel like most are oblivious. DANGER Will Robinson!
I’m jumping up and down screaming about this because it’s vitally important and I feel like most are oblivious. DANGER Will Robinson!
If I teach someone how to do a thing, they “understand” that thing. This software does not “understand” anything, and so it CANNOT “learn.”
I’m jumping up and down screaming about this because it’s vitally important and I feel like most are oblivious. DANGER Will Robinson!
I’m jumping up and down screaming about this because it’s vitally important and I feel like most are oblivious. DANGER Will Robinson!
February 9, 2026 at 4:08 PM
If I teach someone how to do a thing, they “understand” that thing. This software does not “understand” anything, and so it CANNOT “learn.”
I’m jumping up and down screaming about this because it’s vitally important and I feel like most are oblivious. DANGER Will Robinson!
I’m jumping up and down screaming about this because it’s vitally important and I feel like most are oblivious. DANGER Will Robinson!
She is also not “imbuing it with personality traits,” she is instead making software issue certain outputs that to human beings might remind them of a personality traits in a thing that was alive.
This is all MADDENING. These people should know better, and that they don’t is scary.
This is all MADDENING. These people should know better, and that they don’t is scary.
February 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
She is also not “imbuing it with personality traits,” she is instead making software issue certain outputs that to human beings might remind them of a personality traits in a thing that was alive.
This is all MADDENING. These people should know better, and that they don’t is scary.
This is all MADDENING. These people should know better, and that they don’t is scary.
I’d stay away from Eufy (google their lies re: end to end encryption and local-only video). Ubiquiti has faced some criticism too, but to a lesser degree and longer ago, are seen as a more mainstream and professional choice than Eufy’s options. Eufy’s paid some stiff fines for past transgressions.
February 9, 2026 at 3:44 AM
I’d stay away from Eufy (google their lies re: end to end encryption and local-only video). Ubiquiti has faced some criticism too, but to a lesser degree and longer ago, are seen as a more mainstream and professional choice than Eufy’s options. Eufy’s paid some stiff fines for past transgressions.
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the halftime show is a master class in joy as resistance
February 9, 2026 at 1:27 AM
the halftime show is a master class in joy as resistance
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The person who really convinced me was Steve Almond, who LOVED football, & 11 years ago wound up writing a book about why we should all stop watching
Bottom line: "Consuming as a form of entertainment a game that causes human beings to suffer brain damage is wrong."
free link: archive.is/SHJms
Bottom line: "Consuming as a form of entertainment a game that causes human beings to suffer brain damage is wrong."
free link: archive.is/SHJms
Why you should stop watching football - The Boston Globe
Even for casual fans, the evidence about the destructive forces of the game have become too clear to ignore.
www.bostonglobe.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:27 PM
The person who really convinced me was Steve Almond, who LOVED football, & 11 years ago wound up writing a book about why we should all stop watching
Bottom line: "Consuming as a form of entertainment a game that causes human beings to suffer brain damage is wrong."
free link: archive.is/SHJms
Bottom line: "Consuming as a form of entertainment a game that causes human beings to suffer brain damage is wrong."
free link: archive.is/SHJms
Yeah never had an issue with the D&D kids (I was one), the comics kids, the theater kids, the academic kids. Always the sports dudes.
February 9, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Yeah never had an issue with the D&D kids (I was one), the comics kids, the theater kids, the academic kids. Always the sports dudes.
Some deaths of well-known people sting, and then fade. This one still stings, every time I see his name or a photo.
February 9, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Some deaths of well-known people sting, and then fade. This one still stings, every time I see his name or a photo.
Possibly! OTOH, I *have* had mysterious itchiness that lacked an explanation for, uh, a long time. Which only underscores the possible silliness of me only now putting these pieces together!
February 8, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Possibly! OTOH, I *have* had mysterious itchiness that lacked an explanation for, uh, a long time. Which only underscores the possible silliness of me only now putting these pieces together!
“Why am I itching? I haven’t done anything to warrant itching.”
“I did just eat peanuts. But I ate them last night, too! That can’t be it!”
“But wait…I was itchy last night, too.”
I trained to be a scientist, folks, and here I am only now putting these observations together.
“I did just eat peanuts. But I ate them last night, too! That can’t be it!”
“But wait…I was itchy last night, too.”
I trained to be a scientist, folks, and here I am only now putting these observations together.
February 8, 2026 at 9:22 PM
“Why am I itching? I haven’t done anything to warrant itching.”
“I did just eat peanuts. But I ate them last night, too! That can’t be it!”
“But wait…I was itchy last night, too.”
I trained to be a scientist, folks, and here I am only now putting these observations together.
“I did just eat peanuts. But I ate them last night, too! That can’t be it!”
“But wait…I was itchy last night, too.”
I trained to be a scientist, folks, and here I am only now putting these observations together.