David Wlazlo
@dwlaz.bsky.social
Linux, art history, art, books, woodworking, music, gardening, creativity, abstract thought... stuff like that. Geelong, Australia
I think Netflix is doing that thing with the Witcher, where nothing happens until the last episode in the season.
November 11, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I think Netflix is doing that thing with the Witcher, where nothing happens until the last episode in the season.
Halloween decorations.
October 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Halloween decorations.
Silverbeet and Hawkwind kind of morning
October 4, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Silverbeet and Hawkwind kind of morning
Reposted by David Wlazlo
Petite bourgeoisie = owns the means of production but is less than 6 ft for men / 5'7 for women / 5'10 for enbies. I don't make the rules, Lenin did
Petite bourgeoisie?
October 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Petite bourgeoisie = owns the means of production but is less than 6 ft for men / 5'7 for women / 5'10 for enbies. I don't make the rules, Lenin did
Where were all of the neurodiverse people throughout history?
Let's start.
- they stayed on the farm
- they moved to edge of town and became witches
- they were sent away by their parents
- they disappeared into factories
- they disappeared into the military
- they stayed in the small town
...
Let's start.
- they stayed on the farm
- they moved to edge of town and became witches
- they were sent away by their parents
- they disappeared into factories
- they disappeared into the military
- they stayed in the small town
...
October 2, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Where were all of the neurodiverse people throughout history?
Let's start.
- they stayed on the farm
- they moved to edge of town and became witches
- they were sent away by their parents
- they disappeared into factories
- they disappeared into the military
- they stayed in the small town
...
Let's start.
- they stayed on the farm
- they moved to edge of town and became witches
- they were sent away by their parents
- they disappeared into factories
- they disappeared into the military
- they stayed in the small town
...
What do we want? More topsoil! When do we want it? Soonish!
September 25, 2025 at 6:18 AM
What do we want? More topsoil! When do we want it? Soonish!
Reposted by David Wlazlo
"And remember this: the Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear." nemiksmanifesto.wordpress.com
Nemik's Manifesto
Visit the post for more.
nemiksmanifesto.wordpress.com
September 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
"And remember this: the Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear." nemiksmanifesto.wordpress.com
Finally found it after all these years 🤣
September 17, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Finally found it after all these years 🤣
Reposted by David Wlazlo
Looked at my data collections for state-backed activity. If the report were a picture:
September 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Looked at my data collections for state-backed activity. If the report were a picture:
This was interesting: I was expecting physical memory, but the discussion was around what I'd call 'session history', not the anthropomorphic term 'memory'.
I guess it's memory in the same vein as 'memory foam' 😂
Good discussion nevertheless. www.shloked.com/writing/clau...
I guess it's memory in the same vein as 'memory foam' 😂
Good discussion nevertheless. www.shloked.com/writing/clau...
Claude Memory: A Different Philosophy
A breakdown of Claude's memory implementation, how it differs from ChatGPT, and what these opposite approaches reveal about each company's philosophy.
www.shloked.com
September 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
This was interesting: I was expecting physical memory, but the discussion was around what I'd call 'session history', not the anthropomorphic term 'memory'.
I guess it's memory in the same vein as 'memory foam' 😂
Good discussion nevertheless. www.shloked.com/writing/clau...
I guess it's memory in the same vein as 'memory foam' 😂
Good discussion nevertheless. www.shloked.com/writing/clau...
Let's aim for peak personalisation, where every software application we deal with is prefixed with 'My'. I want to see 'My grep', 'My kubectl'. I want to scroll on my phone's app list and have the alphabetical sorting indexed on the fourth character. I want to feel my eye twitch as the default UX.
September 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Let's aim for peak personalisation, where every software application we deal with is prefixed with 'My'. I want to see 'My grep', 'My kubectl'. I want to scroll on my phone's app list and have the alphabetical sorting indexed on the fourth character. I want to feel my eye twitch as the default UX.
Really enjoyed this. I don't think anything is lost by laying out all our assumptions and preconceptions blog.apiad.net/p/the-four-f...
The Four Fallacies of Modern AI
And Why Believing in Them Hinders Progress
blog.apiad.net
September 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Really enjoyed this. I don't think anything is lost by laying out all our assumptions and preconceptions blog.apiad.net/p/the-four-f...
September 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Merge it and apply.
Accept functional only.
Continue as guest.
Accept functional only.
Continue as guest.
September 8, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Merge it and apply.
Accept functional only.
Continue as guest.
Accept functional only.
Continue as guest.
With cultural capital, insider trading seems to be the rule.
September 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
With cultural capital, insider trading seems to be the rule.
Sovereign citizen AI
August 28, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Sovereign citizen AI
What if the US economy of the last 50 years is just stage one of a long running pig butchering campaign?
May 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
What if the US economy of the last 50 years is just stage one of a long running pig butchering campaign?
Does the music from Gotye's "somebody that I used to know" really contain the riff from Baa Baa Black Sheep or am I delirious?
March 14, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Does the music from Gotye's "somebody that I used to know" really contain the riff from Baa Baa Black Sheep or am I delirious?
"Not even the President of the United States knew what that was all about. It was as though the country were saying to its citizens, 'In nonsense is strength'.
Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions, 1973
Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions, 1973
March 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"Not even the President of the United States knew what that was all about. It was as though the country were saying to its citizens, 'In nonsense is strength'.
Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions, 1973
Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions, 1973
Can we have a condescending LLM chatbot and call it MansplAIn?
February 20, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Can we have a condescending LLM chatbot and call it MansplAIn?
German romantics, after opening a can of worms
February 20, 2025 at 8:18 AM
German romantics, after opening a can of worms
Review of the artwork at the centre of Creative Australia's limp political rollover last week from my friends at memoreview.net
www.memoreview.net/reviews/khal...
www.memoreview.net/reviews/khal...
Khaled Sabsabi, Thank You Very Much (2006)
Khaled Sabsabi by Rex Butler, Paris Lettau
www.memoreview.net
February 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Review of the artwork at the centre of Creative Australia's limp political rollover last week from my friends at memoreview.net
www.memoreview.net/reviews/khal...
www.memoreview.net/reviews/khal...
If 'resigning in protest' is to 'arts administration' what 'the monochrome' is to 'painting', we need a way to be resigning in perpetuity
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Tony Burke says he called Creative Australia chief executive before board meeting where Biennale selection rescinded
Arts minister – who has denied political interference – says chief executive told him the board would meet to discuss Khaled Sabsabi’s selection
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
If 'resigning in protest' is to 'arts administration' what 'the monochrome' is to 'painting', we need a way to be resigning in perpetuity
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
