passive observer
@hazyarcadia.bsky.social
Amateur dilettante. Anti-"TESCREAL". Here for a good time (the best possible under the circumstances), not a long time (probably, we'll see). Current location: Diderot's Staircase.
If you know who I am in real life keep it to yourself.
If you know who I am in real life keep it to yourself.
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The old world is dying, and the new world is so fucking stupid dude
August 11, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The old world is dying, and the new world is so fucking stupid dude
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Whenever I see "AI ethics concerns" it's always crap like "should Claude have a social security number?!" and not "should OpenAI all be in jail for marketing ChatGPT like it's your friend and designing it to prioritize continuous engagement above all else?"
Oh yeah, Blake Lemoine basically got addicted to talking to the chatbot, personified it, then asked it a bunch of existential questions, to which it regurgitated mashups of 2001 and I, Robot.
2009's MMO addiction is going to look like peanuts compared to the wave of chatbot addiction that's coming.
2009's MMO addiction is going to look like peanuts compared to the wave of chatbot addiction that's coming.
May 31, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Whenever I see "AI ethics concerns" it's always crap like "should Claude have a social security number?!" and not "should OpenAI all be in jail for marketing ChatGPT like it's your friend and designing it to prioritize continuous engagement above all else?"
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Stop Forcing A.I. Into Every Fucking Thing!
December 29, 2024 at 8:36 AM
Stop Forcing A.I. Into Every Fucking Thing!
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unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy
April 23, 2025 at 6:35 AM
unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy
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my husband just sent me this
March 29, 2025 at 11:51 PM
my husband just sent me this
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happy 10th anniversary (!!) to the greatest blog that ever blogged
I Played 'The Boys Are Back in Town' on a Bar Jukebox Until I Got Kicked Out
The boys were back in town, but I was out of the bar, because they asked me to leave.
www.vice.com
March 26, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Therapist goes to visit his colleague. Says he feels like a failure. Says he recommended a client go see Pagliacci without recognizing him.
Colleague says: “you worry too much. Therapist respected profession. Have come long way since frauds like Freud.”
Therapist bursts into tears. “But doctor…
Colleague says: “you worry too much. Therapist respected profession. Have come long way since frauds like Freud.”
Therapist bursts into tears. “But doctor…
February 22, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Therapist goes to visit his colleague. Says he feels like a failure. Says he recommended a client go see Pagliacci without recognizing him.
Colleague says: “you worry too much. Therapist respected profession. Have come long way since frauds like Freud.”
Therapist bursts into tears. “But doctor…
Colleague says: “you worry too much. Therapist respected profession. Have come long way since frauds like Freud.”
Therapist bursts into tears. “But doctor…
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Wild. Top is the NBC upload, bottom is the one aired as the live feed
January 21, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Wild. Top is the NBC upload, bottom is the one aired as the live feed
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Biden was our saddest president since Franklin Pierce. That guy was REALLY sad. Biden's entire schtick was that he was supposedly so sad and empathetic. He hugged people at funerals because he had been to funerals. Anyway he took a major role in a genocide
January 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Biden was our saddest president since Franklin Pierce. That guy was REALLY sad. Biden's entire schtick was that he was supposedly so sad and empathetic. He hugged people at funerals because he had been to funerals. Anyway he took a major role in a genocide
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The market for apps that are basically "This existing software, but how it was 5-8 years ago" is functionally infinite at this point. Every Office app. The entire Adobe suite. It's open season.
Hell, ATP tech babble aside, 95 % of Bluesky users are here because it's Twitter with less bullshit
Hell, ATP tech babble aside, 95 % of Bluesky users are here because it's Twitter with less bullshit
If there's a moral to this thread it's this:
With software you can only offer a shit service for so long before someone realizes it's very easy to provide an alternative and steal your lunch.
Considering office products haven't changed much in decades, in this case it would be relative cake.
With software you can only offer a shit service for so long before someone realizes it's very easy to provide an alternative and steal your lunch.
Considering office products haven't changed much in decades, in this case it would be relative cake.
January 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The market for apps that are basically "This existing software, but how it was 5-8 years ago" is functionally infinite at this point. Every Office app. The entire Adobe suite. It's open season.
Hell, ATP tech babble aside, 95 % of Bluesky users are here because it's Twitter with less bullshit
Hell, ATP tech babble aside, 95 % of Bluesky users are here because it's Twitter with less bullshit
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If you think we've fucked up mitigation, wait until you get a load of adaptation ...
January 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
If you think we've fucked up mitigation, wait until you get a load of adaptation ...
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Trump's Greenland obsession is a very concrete example of why the Mercator projection is bad.
January 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Trump's Greenland obsession is a very concrete example of why the Mercator projection is bad.
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Wow, what are the odds?!
January 5, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Wow, what are the odds?!
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incredible -- the NYT ran fluff "what i hope to see in 2025" blurbs from CEOs and economists, and then this guy
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/o...
January 4, 2025 at 4:52 AM
incredible -- the NYT ran fluff "what i hope to see in 2025" blurbs from CEOs and economists, and then this guy
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/o...
Hi Bluesky! Set this profile up while killing time on an airport layover. Will not be posting much myself, but happy to watch the banter.
January 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Hi Bluesky! Set this profile up while killing time on an airport layover. Will not be posting much myself, but happy to watch the banter.