Alex Mason
@freemanonthe.land
Softwarer. Hunk. Father. Mother. Crystal owner. Beloved by all, defeated by none.
Speed and Politics by Paul Virilio, introduction to the 2006 edition
December 29, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Speed and Politics by Paul Virilio, introduction to the 2006 edition
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Let's remind the voters that Im running against a freaking astronaut and that I have resting Patrick Bateman face!!!
*actual campaign media*
*actual campaign media*
November 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Let's remind the voters that Im running against a freaking astronaut and that I have resting Patrick Bateman face!!!
*actual campaign media*
*actual campaign media*
The waxing gibbous moon over my head. A thought bubble, it shines blankly.
November 18, 2025 at 4:17 AM
The waxing gibbous moon over my head. A thought bubble, it shines blankly.
With the way society has gone these days, half the HTTP requests aren't even for transferring hypertext
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
With the way society has gone these days, half the HTTP requests aren't even for transferring hypertext
It's so brutal that this is one of the scam ads
November 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
It's so brutal that this is one of the scam ads
Very cool, the economy is booming and investors are more optimistic than ever!
October 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Very cool, the economy is booming and investors are more optimistic than ever!
Suppose a machine shuffles a deck of N cards, by moving one card at a time from the top of stack A to a random position in stack B.
The last card from stack A is guaranteed a uniformly random position in stack B, but what about the first? Does it have a 1/N chance of ending up on the bottom of B?
The last card from stack A is guaranteed a uniformly random position in stack B, but what about the first? Does it have a 1/N chance of ending up on the bottom of B?
September 30, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Suppose a machine shuffles a deck of N cards, by moving one card at a time from the top of stack A to a random position in stack B.
The last card from stack A is guaranteed a uniformly random position in stack B, but what about the first? Does it have a 1/N chance of ending up on the bottom of B?
The last card from stack A is guaranteed a uniformly random position in stack B, but what about the first? Does it have a 1/N chance of ending up on the bottom of B?
llvm-profdata (released in 2003) calling me UNK
September 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
llvm-profdata (released in 2003) calling me UNK
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if you enjoy this post, be sure to share it with your friends
September 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
if you enjoy this post, be sure to share it with your friends
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"if balrogs have wings why don't they fly"
I'm thinking they're heavy, they need solid footing and a good jump to get up maybe 10m at a time, like turkeys or chickens. The wings are mostly for menacing, like a goose.
I'm thinking they're heavy, they need solid footing and a good jump to get up maybe 10m at a time, like turkeys or chickens. The wings are mostly for menacing, like a goose.
August 15, 2025 at 4:06 AM
"if balrogs have wings why don't they fly"
I'm thinking they're heavy, they need solid footing and a good jump to get up maybe 10m at a time, like turkeys or chickens. The wings are mostly for menacing, like a goose.
I'm thinking they're heavy, they need solid footing and a good jump to get up maybe 10m at a time, like turkeys or chickens. The wings are mostly for menacing, like a goose.
Just finished watching Devs (2020). Cool drama with satisfying twists, but the philosophy is paltry. The protag breaks the magic universe predictor, and determinism as such, essentially by being the first person in all history to be really headstrong.
June 27, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Just finished watching Devs (2020). Cool drama with satisfying twists, but the philosophy is paltry. The protag breaks the magic universe predictor, and determinism as such, essentially by being the first person in all history to be really headstrong.
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I for one long for the day when a man may be judged not for how many people he left to die, nor how many women he groped, but by the content of his character
June 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I for one long for the day when a man may be judged not for how many people he left to die, nor how many women he groped, but by the content of his character
It's always a good time to understand and humanize people reduced to a handful of factoids on the news. Rock Steves produced this special when he feared W Bush would bomb Iran.
youtu.be/CYoa9hI3CXg?...
youtu.be/CYoa9hI3CXg?...
Rick Steves' Iran
YouTube video by Rick Steves' Europe
youtu.be
June 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
It's always a good time to understand and humanize people reduced to a handful of factoids on the news. Rock Steves produced this special when he feared W Bush would bomb Iran.
youtu.be/CYoa9hI3CXg?...
youtu.be/CYoa9hI3CXg?...
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the empirical evidence is pretty conclusive that the 2020 protests contributed to trump’s defeat. why did it take four years for the “calamitous imagery” of those protests to have a decisive electoral impact in trump’s favor, & what caused the political valence of that imagery to reverse entirely?
One of the principle reasons Trump swept back into power was the legacy of the calamitous imagery of 2020’s “fiery but mostly peaceful protests.” This is such a gift to him. Throw in a Hamas armband to boot? I almost can’t believe this isn’t staged
June 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
the empirical evidence is pretty conclusive that the 2020 protests contributed to trump’s defeat. why did it take four years for the “calamitous imagery” of those protests to have a decisive electoral impact in trump’s favor, & what caused the political valence of that imagery to reverse entirely?
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When ICE comes into our neighborhoods targeting our communities and hurting our leaders, we show up! United. Organized. Ready to protect families.
June 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
When ICE comes into our neighborhoods targeting our communities and hurting our leaders, we show up! United. Organized. Ready to protect families.
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My god can you even imagine
June 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
My god can you even imagine
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i think if you put me on a chart i'd most likely be in one of the better areas of it
August 25, 2024 at 1:50 AM
i think if you put me on a chart i'd most likely be in one of the better areas of it
Possession with intent to distribute requires written advertisements by the dealer, otherwise there's no way of knowing their intentions
Corruption requires explict quid pro quo. It is not corrupt to take an action that aligns with the interest of a person who gives you a gift, unless the official action was in direct response to that gift--a bribe. Terms matter. Accuracy and fairness matters. Regardless of what social media wants.
May 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Possession with intent to distribute requires written advertisements by the dealer, otherwise there's no way of knowing their intentions
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[defense wheels out a tv with their own ai of the victim] hey man, thanks for killing me
no he didn't that's not him what the fuck is wrong with you freaks
May 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
[defense wheels out a tv with their own ai of the victim] hey man, thanks for killing me
I will never understand the desire to gloat about things like this
May 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I will never understand the desire to gloat about things like this
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Saturday is all about drinking your little coffee and playing it by ear
August 19, 2023 at 2:11 PM
Saturday is all about drinking your little coffee and playing it by ear
Controlling an object's orientation in Roblox with an ESP32 and SparkFun 9DoF IMU. Axes are swapped in this example but you get the idea.
March 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Controlling an object's orientation in Roblox with an ESP32 and SparkFun 9DoF IMU. Axes are swapped in this example but you get the idea.