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
This seems to be the key, active engagement and friction. I had a good experience of that when using Gemini's "guided learning" mode to understand Rust's paradigms and borrow checker as a C++ developer. It gave me an example code snippet and asked *me* to explain the dangling reference problem,
December 28, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This seems to be the key, active engagement and friction. I had a good experience of that when using Gemini's "guided learning" mode to understand Rust's paradigms and borrow checker as a C++ developer. It gave me an example code snippet and asked *me* to explain the dangling reference problem,
The way he unflinchingly brings this energy throughout
December 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The way he unflinchingly brings this energy throughout
You're in the danger zone
December 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
You're in the danger zone
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.
This is a more characteristic thumbnail
November 16, 2025 at 4:57 AM
This is a more characteristic thumbnail
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
It'll be just like this forever
October 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
It'll be just like this forever
It's in reply to a quote reply that says "packages being destroyed," but completely whiffs because he says "UPS destroying packages" in the OP!
October 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
It's in reply to a quote reply that says "packages being destroyed," but completely whiffs because he says "UPS destroying packages" in the OP!
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!
"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.
Scranton Area Computer Intelligence ChatGPT Apologizes to Valued Client Some Robots Still Know How Self Awareness is Done
July 21, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Scranton Area Computer Intelligence ChatGPT Apologizes to Valued Client Some Robots Still Know How Self Awareness is Done
This doesn't contest the fact that the word means "uprising" (or more literally "shaking off"), it just demands illiteracy by begging the question.
For comparison, acts of terror pictured here were described by their perpetrators as "liberation" and "democracy." Are you disgusted by "tahrir" too?
For comparison, acts of terror pictured here were described by their perpetrators as "liberation" and "democracy." Are you disgusted by "tahrir" too?
June 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This doesn't contest the fact that the word means "uprising" (or more literally "shaking off"), it just demands illiteracy by begging the question.
For comparison, acts of terror pictured here were described by their perpetrators as "liberation" and "democracy." Are you disgusted by "tahrir" too?
For comparison, acts of terror pictured here were described by their perpetrators as "liberation" and "democracy." Are you disgusted by "tahrir" too?
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.
Not bad for a phone camera
January 22, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Not bad for a phone camera
"What...is a man!"
—Hamlet
Hamlet
—Hamlet
Hamlet
December 27, 2024 at 1:44 PM
"What...is a man!"
—Hamlet
Hamlet
—Hamlet
Hamlet
Oh balderdash, hither approach that chap
December 15, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Oh balderdash, hither approach that chap
Bailing out the banks was Bush
December 11, 2024 at 4:57 AM
Bailing out the banks was Bush
It's just the uploader's file name
December 9, 2024 at 3:15 PM
It's just the uploader's file name
Terrible idea. The identity of the OP is often half the meaning. Just end the riff with, "no hard feelings, I actually think this person is cool," etc.
I actually think this person is cool
I actually think this person is cool
November 28, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Terrible idea. The identity of the OP is often half the meaning. Just end the riff with, "no hard feelings, I actually think this person is cool," etc.
I actually think this person is cool
I actually think this person is cool