Zach
@determinism.dev
Software engineer @eleventhhour.games, metalhead, Padres fan, generative AI hater.
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Some people took down entire websites, changed mission statements and mandates or dropped entire projects at the start of this year
But kept the job
Kept the title
and kept posting online telling other people what they can do to save the world
But couldn’t even hold the line themselves.
But kept the job
Kept the title
and kept posting online telling other people what they can do to save the world
But couldn’t even hold the line themselves.
December 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Some people took down entire websites, changed mission statements and mandates or dropped entire projects at the start of this year
But kept the job
Kept the title
and kept posting online telling other people what they can do to save the world
But couldn’t even hold the line themselves.
But kept the job
Kept the title
and kept posting online telling other people what they can do to save the world
But couldn’t even hold the line themselves.
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I am 100% pro Larian doing whatever pervert shit it wants and I can’t wait for another game where you can like, fuck a squid or whatever, but it really does further drive home the two-tier system of enforcement on storefronts. Bg3 contains basically everything small games get banned for
December 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I am 100% pro Larian doing whatever pervert shit it wants and I can’t wait for another game where you can like, fuck a squid or whatever, but it really does further drive home the two-tier system of enforcement on storefronts. Bg3 contains basically everything small games get banned for
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One of the best things I've read about the AI bubble and how we should think about it from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
Pluralistic: The Reverse-Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI (05 Dec 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
December 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
One of the best things I've read about the AI bubble and how we should think about it from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
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I play Pentiment while working and it makes my brain do the Bradley Cooper LIMITLESS thing, +10% total brain power for each separately licensed copy I watch concurrently.
Anthropic's employees self-report using Claude in 60% of work and achieving a 50% productivity boost, often using it for debugging and code understanding, more (Anthropic)
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Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
December 2, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I play Pentiment while working and it makes my brain do the Bradley Cooper LIMITLESS thing, +10% total brain power for each separately licensed copy I watch concurrently.
really love Chris Wilson on his content creation arc, great video www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4RN...
They're Hacking Your Packets (and How to Stop Them!)
YouTube video by Chris Wilson
www.youtube.com
September 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
really love Chris Wilson on his content creation arc, great video www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4RN...
I used to go to Goodreads after finishing a book to find a sense of fleeting community with others who enjoyed a book, and it's really a drag to see so many self-serving, excoriating reviews in an attempt to "build a brand" as a critic
August 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I used to go to Goodreads after finishing a book to find a sense of fleeting community with others who enjoyed a book, and it's really a drag to see so many self-serving, excoriating reviews in an attempt to "build a brand" as a critic
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cohost being gleefully eviscerated and now itch as well – single digit teams are going to make mistakes. they should receive feedback when they do, but treating them like faceless corporations will ensure that only the faceless corporations will stick around to provide these services.
July 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
cohost being gleefully eviscerated and now itch as well – single digit teams are going to make mistakes. they should receive feedback when they do, but treating them like faceless corporations will ensure that only the faceless corporations will stick around to provide these services.
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An AI slop factory apparently tried to rewrite our article about AI not replacing workers en masse, but hit the paywall... so just summarised the paywall. If this is the robot that takes my job I'll be v embarrassed
July 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
An AI slop factory apparently tried to rewrite our article about AI not replacing workers en masse, but hit the paywall... so just summarised the paywall. If this is the robot that takes my job I'll be v embarrassed
Your honor, the WSJ said they were monogamous
WSJ claimed the Trump–Epstein article was an “exclusive.” But what if I told you they fully intended to show it to people? storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
July 19, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Your honor, the WSJ said they were monogamous
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This was Vin Scully's call of Henry Aaron's 715th home run. Tonight Major League Baseball cut off the first sentence, starting it with the "What a marvelous moment" part because they don't want to anger the white supremacists who run our country and of whom Rob Manfred is an ardent supporter.
July 16, 2025 at 2:31 AM
This was Vin Scully's call of Henry Aaron's 715th home run. Tonight Major League Baseball cut off the first sentence, starting it with the "What a marvelous moment" part because they don't want to anger the white supremacists who run our country and of whom Rob Manfred is an ardent supporter.
A neat #mlb fact: 44.4% of Kyle Schwarber's hits against the Padres are home runs (48.7% incl playoffs).
Noted Dodger killer Christian Walker is 35.8% hits as home runs vs Dodgers for comparison (36.5% incl playoffs).
Please let us never pitch to Schwarber again thanks
Noted Dodger killer Christian Walker is 35.8% hits as home runs vs Dodgers for comparison (36.5% incl playoffs).
Please let us never pitch to Schwarber again thanks
July 12, 2025 at 2:47 AM
A neat #mlb fact: 44.4% of Kyle Schwarber's hits against the Padres are home runs (48.7% incl playoffs).
Noted Dodger killer Christian Walker is 35.8% hits as home runs vs Dodgers for comparison (36.5% incl playoffs).
Please let us never pitch to Schwarber again thanks
Noted Dodger killer Christian Walker is 35.8% hits as home runs vs Dodgers for comparison (36.5% incl playoffs).
Please let us never pitch to Schwarber again thanks
iterating on CI pipelines is the closest thing to watching paint dry that exists in software
July 6, 2025 at 3:20 AM
iterating on CI pipelines is the closest thing to watching paint dry that exists in software
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If you're a member of the Democratic gerontocracy, the chances of you catching a primary challenger just went up 1000%.
June 25, 2025 at 1:55 AM
If you're a member of the Democratic gerontocracy, the chances of you catching a primary challenger just went up 1000%.
Is there a named law for when a layperson makes an assertion about law, and a court inevitably rules against that assertion within a week? I feel like this happens to me every time I dare to interpret legal writings
June 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Is there a named law for when a layperson makes an assertion about law, and a court inevitably rules against that assertion within a week? I feel like this happens to me every time I dare to interpret legal writings
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“Divorce Your MAGA husband”
June 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
“Divorce Your MAGA husband”
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This last week is a real demonstration of how capacious, yet flattened the word "violent" is in our political discourse. Political assassinations are obviously, clearly violent. But the same word has been used all week to describe protestors damaging objects--not people, objects.
June 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This last week is a real demonstration of how capacious, yet flattened the word "violent" is in our political discourse. Political assassinations are obviously, clearly violent. But the same word has been used all week to describe protestors damaging objects--not people, objects.
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I’ve never forgotten this picture from 2016 and how it completely reshaped my understanding of how the media covers protests.
But if a few people in masks start lighting stuff on fire? Then you have news. This creates an *enormous* attentional advantage towards the most violent and chaotic kind of protest.
June 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I’ve never forgotten this picture from 2016 and how it completely reshaped my understanding of how the media covers protests.
Probably my favorite exchange with ChatGPT, for an article I'm writing disparaging ChatGPT and other generative AI.
June 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Probably my favorite exchange with ChatGPT, for an article I'm writing disparaging ChatGPT and other generative AI.
One of the most important projects on the internet. Consider supporting Blacksky (and rsky!) if you have the resources to do so.
Lots of folks saying they want this.
If you want a private community space for Blacksky in addition to the public feed, help us build it.
We’re looking for just 170 people to kick us $7 and we’ll launch. 🍽️
If you want a private community space for Blacksky in addition to the public feed, help us build it.
We’re looking for just 170 people to kick us $7 and we’ll launch. 🍽️
What do we think chat? Do I do a Blacksky soft-fork of the bsky app?
- Still use your bsky login but has Blacksky branding and support/feedback forms
- Blacksky Trending replaces Discover as the default feed
- @blacksky.app are the default moderators
- (eventually) private community-only posts/feed
- Still use your bsky login but has Blacksky branding and support/feedback forms
- Blacksky Trending replaces Discover as the default feed
- @blacksky.app are the default moderators
- (eventually) private community-only posts/feed
June 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
One of the most important projects on the internet. Consider supporting Blacksky (and rsky!) if you have the resources to do so.
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And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
April 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
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Hi Bluesky, could really use your help 🙏🙏
We just launched our latest game Starless Abyss - the exact week that Oblivion was shadow-dropped. Which has been *not fantastic* for our launch
If anyone can spare a RT, that would be so, so helpful ❤️❤️
Find it here: store.steampowered.com/app/3167970/...
We just launched our latest game Starless Abyss - the exact week that Oblivion was shadow-dropped. Which has been *not fantastic* for our launch
If anyone can spare a RT, that would be so, so helpful ❤️❤️
Find it here: store.steampowered.com/app/3167970/...
April 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Hi Bluesky, could really use your help 🙏🙏
We just launched our latest game Starless Abyss - the exact week that Oblivion was shadow-dropped. Which has been *not fantastic* for our launch
If anyone can spare a RT, that would be so, so helpful ❤️❤️
Find it here: store.steampowered.com/app/3167970/...
We just launched our latest game Starless Abyss - the exact week that Oblivion was shadow-dropped. Which has been *not fantastic* for our launch
If anyone can spare a RT, that would be so, so helpful ❤️❤️
Find it here: store.steampowered.com/app/3167970/...
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Officially trying to build a studio for a publisher pitch. To that end, I'm looking for game devs who've been victims of layoffs or studio closures who'd be interested in signing on if it's greenlit and funding is secured. More info in the thread to follow, but here's the initial list:
April 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Officially trying to build a studio for a publisher pitch. To that end, I'm looking for game devs who've been victims of layoffs or studio closures who'd be interested in signing on if it's greenlit and funding is secured. More info in the thread to follow, but here's the initial list:
The neat part about setting up a homelab is realizing you well and truly have no idea how computers work
March 30, 2025 at 4:23 AM
The neat part about setting up a homelab is realizing you well and truly have no idea how computers work