Drastic
@drastic.bsky.social
Mostly harmless, general smartass, doing my best to avoid failure mode of clever.
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"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that
October 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that
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i strongly, strongly believe that good writing is downstream of clear thinking and a strong understanding of the subject matter at hand. without fail, tortured writing comes from writers who don’t know and can’t think clearly about anything.
Oh man! This paragraph is brutal. The best thing about this review is it's not trying to be mean. It's just listing how bad the writing is.
December 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
i strongly, strongly believe that good writing is downstream of clear thinking and a strong understanding of the subject matter at hand. without fail, tortured writing comes from writers who don’t know and can’t think clearly about anything.
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The one upside of generative AI is that it made me value human-made art more. Art that didn't really impress me before feels way more meaningful now. Thanks slop, you made me appreciate human creativity more than ever.
December 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The one upside of generative AI is that it made me value human-made art more. Art that didn't really impress me before feels way more meaningful now. Thanks slop, you made me appreciate human creativity more than ever.
Fired up the Mad Max videogame and there's a very early bit where there's turning sideways to squeeze through a narrow gap and obviously I think "oh! Triple A!" sloooow squeeze but instead he just slips through with scarcely a pause. At some point after 2015 we have lost this technology.
December 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Fired up the Mad Max videogame and there's a very early bit where there's turning sideways to squeeze through a narrow gap and obviously I think "oh! Triple A!" sloooow squeeze but instead he just slips through with scarcely a pause. At some point after 2015 we have lost this technology.
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the vicious gleeful cruelty and bloodlust coming from people that you *absolutely* know would crumple into a weeping heap if someone punched them in the face is amazing
December 3, 2025 at 12:54 AM
the vicious gleeful cruelty and bloodlust coming from people that you *absolutely* know would crumple into a weeping heap if someone punched them in the face is amazing
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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We have created a device that shall be integral to your life, to the point where it will be hard to function in society without one; we would prefer these devices to break annually and for you to purchase a new one at full price. If you don't, that's called hoarding. They're a thousand dollars each.
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
We have created a device that shall be integral to your life, to the point where it will be hard to function in society without one; we would prefer these devices to break annually and for you to purchase a new one at full price. If you don't, that's called hoarding. They're a thousand dollars each.
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imagine lecturing the creator of Florb. imagine sending a bad faith response to the creator of Scrotetto
Wow 80% bad-faith responses, and people lecturing the creator of Flask here and the creator of Django/datasette in the comments on why AI is useless for software engineering...
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
imagine lecturing the creator of Florb. imagine sending a bad faith response to the creator of Scrotetto
Ran a second one-shot of @goblinarchives.itch.io 's Liminal Horror TTRPG last night ("The Chair" from the Case Files material) and had a blast again.
Got to thinking about why the game tickles me so much, and realized it's in large part due to it approaching cosmic horror not as... 1/
Got to thinking about why the game tickles me so much, and realized it's in large part due to it approaching cosmic horror not as... 1/
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Ran a second one-shot of @goblinarchives.itch.io 's Liminal Horror TTRPG last night ("The Chair" from the Case Files material) and had a blast again.
Got to thinking about why the game tickles me so much, and realized it's in large part due to it approaching cosmic horror not as... 1/
Got to thinking about why the game tickles me so much, and realized it's in large part due to it approaching cosmic horror not as... 1/
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the key to overcoming imposter syndrome lies not in understanding that you're better than this but in accepting that everyone else is worse than this
November 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
the key to overcoming imposter syndrome lies not in understanding that you're better than this but in accepting that everyone else is worse than this
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It winds me up because, like so many tech trends of the last decade, in lieu of making something useful, companies are making labyrinths to exploit human weakness.
November 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
It winds me up because, like so many tech trends of the last decade, in lieu of making something useful, companies are making labyrinths to exploit human weakness.
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These are not serious people.
November 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
These are not serious people.
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We’re watching a shift where AI simulates the cohesion and reinforcement that used to require an entire online community. A single person can now build a complete parallel reality with nothing more than a prompt window. Which seems bad.
November 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
We’re watching a shift where AI simulates the cohesion and reinforcement that used to require an entire online community. A single person can now build a complete parallel reality with nothing more than a prompt window. Which seems bad.
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trying to explain "whiteness" to an ancient roman would be pure comedy
November 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
trying to explain "whiteness" to an ancient roman would be pure comedy
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Father Teaches Son How To Fly Into Rage Over Completely Inconsequential Bullshit https://theonion.com/father-teaches-son-how-to-fly-into-rage-over-completely-1819575391/
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Father Teaches Son How To Fly Into Rage Over Completely Inconsequential Bullshit https://theonion.com/father-teaches-son-how-to-fly-into-rage-over-completely-1819575391/
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this is theranos-level fraud, but everyone with the power to do anything about it is on the take, apparently
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei thinks AI could help find cures for most cancers, prevent Alzheimer’s, and even double the human lifespan. cbsn.ws/4oRZ8Nm
November 17, 2025 at 1:22 AM
this is theranos-level fraud, but everyone with the power to do anything about it is on the take, apparently
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(spending 9 billion dollars to make a robot say "i have always loved you") hard times create strong men
November 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
(spending 9 billion dollars to make a robot say "i have always loved you") hard times create strong men
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I know this is terrible but I'm thinking about how theres sites that allow these assholes to bet on international childrens sports, theres probably kids out there getting death threats from these losers for not catching a ball
The Athletic polled hundreds of players from across the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL about their opinions surrounding how sports betting impacts players — the responses were haunting.
November 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I know this is terrible but I'm thinking about how theres sites that allow these assholes to bet on international childrens sports, theres probably kids out there getting death threats from these losers for not catching a ball
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Between this and Ben Shapiro buying a single plank at Home Depot (and putting a plastic bag on the end), I would love to see a show where a bunch of these masculinity podcast bros compete to assemble an ikea bookshelf fastest
November 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Between this and Ben Shapiro buying a single plank at Home Depot (and putting a plastic bag on the end), I would love to see a show where a bunch of these masculinity podcast bros compete to assemble an ikea bookshelf fastest
Thought related to the Nuzzi discourse: hindsight's 20/20 and all, and the election worked out anyway, but I wonder if Mamdani's team realized they could have had an easier time of it if he'd just thought to seduce a NYT reporter.
November 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Thought related to the Nuzzi discourse: hindsight's 20/20 and all, and the election worked out anyway, but I wonder if Mamdani's team realized they could have had an easier time of it if he'd just thought to seduce a NYT reporter.
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I made a joke in my main Discord server about DOOM E1M1 being in a major key and @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com actually made it. Jesus fucking Christ listen to this hahahaha
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I made a joke in my main Discord server about DOOM E1M1 being in a major key and @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com actually made it. Jesus fucking Christ listen to this hahahaha
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Getting very tired of the tech bros making their inability to grapple with mortality everyone else's problem.
November 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Getting very tired of the tech bros making their inability to grapple with mortality everyone else's problem.
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happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands by the Perimeter Fence and Screams for Thirty Seconds Before Vanishing day
November 14, 2025 at 6:39 AM
happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands by the Perimeter Fence and Screams for Thirty Seconds Before Vanishing day
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I always get a kick out of the NYT Defense Squad trotting out harrumphing takes about how serious journalists don't report on mere speculation, blow things out of proportion, dig into their colleagues' email, etc etc
November 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I always get a kick out of the NYT Defense Squad trotting out harrumphing takes about how serious journalists don't report on mere speculation, blow things out of proportion, dig into their colleagues' email, etc etc