Hrob J
@hrobj.bsky.social
Cloud appreciator, Wave and Dune describer.
Relaxed and paying attention.
Veg-AI-tarian, so please don't feed me slop.
Relaxed and paying attention.
Veg-AI-tarian, so please don't feed me slop.
The "Uncanny Valley" must now serve humans to recognize and avoid the products of Generative AI (in writing, images, video, audio and information).
The deep well of pattern recognition that delineated huckleberries from nightshade can again save us from gorging on poison
The deep well of pattern recognition that delineated huckleberries from nightshade can again save us from gorging on poison
October 31, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The "Uncanny Valley" must now serve humans to recognize and avoid the products of Generative AI (in writing, images, video, audio and information).
The deep well of pattern recognition that delineated huckleberries from nightshade can again save us from gorging on poison
The deep well of pattern recognition that delineated huckleberries from nightshade can again save us from gorging on poison
I'd probably like football if not for the CTE and the all the play banning and rule changes. Like are they tough athletes or little babies? It's not like anyone is bringing a gun on the field to get first down
October 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I'd probably like football if not for the CTE and the all the play banning and rule changes. Like are they tough athletes or little babies? It's not like anyone is bringing a gun on the field to get first down
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It’s like a prompt for the neural network in our skulls!
October 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
It’s like a prompt for the neural network in our skulls!
The point of GATTACA was that the normal kid is actually cooler, dates Uma Thurman, and gets to be an astronaut. So no need to stress about this.
September 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
The point of GATTACA was that the normal kid is actually cooler, dates Uma Thurman, and gets to be an astronaut. So no need to stress about this.
I will solve male loneliness by restarting the Civilian Conservation Corps and WPA. Can't be lonely living in a camp with 50 other men and farting around 10 little fires each night. Can't be lonely while filled with the satisfaction of maintaining/ building parks and trails.
September 26, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I will solve male loneliness by restarting the Civilian Conservation Corps and WPA. Can't be lonely living in a camp with 50 other men and farting around 10 little fires each night. Can't be lonely while filled with the satisfaction of maintaining/ building parks and trails.
I'm a veg-AI-tarian. I don't consume or engage with AI generated materials for moral, health, and environmental reasons.
Don't serve me AI just at you would not serve a vegan, steak.
Don't serve me AI just at you would not serve a vegan, steak.
September 2, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I'm a veg-AI-tarian. I don't consume or engage with AI generated materials for moral, health, and environmental reasons.
Don't serve me AI just at you would not serve a vegan, steak.
Don't serve me AI just at you would not serve a vegan, steak.
I've tried the app and like it. It's the digital equivalent of going to sit down, but finding your cat napping peacefully in your best chair - so you go for a walk instead.
You start a timer, and when you pick up your phone, mindlessly, you see a Bean, knitting, and so put the phone down. S'good!
You start a timer, and when you pick up your phone, mindlessly, you see a Bean, knitting, and so put the phone down. S'good!
Focus Friend, an app to help people reduce their screen time, is dominating app downloads. But can it actually keep you off your phone? www.wired.com/story/this-e...
This Extremely Cute Bean Wants to Help You Stop Doomscrolling
Focus Friend, an app to help people reduce their screen time, is dominating app downloads. But can it actually keep you off your phone?
www.wired.com
August 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I've tried the app and like it. It's the digital equivalent of going to sit down, but finding your cat napping peacefully in your best chair - so you go for a walk instead.
You start a timer, and when you pick up your phone, mindlessly, you see a Bean, knitting, and so put the phone down. S'good!
You start a timer, and when you pick up your phone, mindlessly, you see a Bean, knitting, and so put the phone down. S'good!
You've heard of Jimmy Neutron.
Now introducing Richard Muon
Now introducing Richard Muon
August 9, 2025 at 4:27 AM
You've heard of Jimmy Neutron.
Now introducing Richard Muon
Now introducing Richard Muon
Well it has finally happened. I've been told to touch the poop at work ( implement something someone else produced with generative AI)
July 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Well it has finally happened. I've been told to touch the poop at work ( implement something someone else produced with generative AI)
"That hit ended the war." We're all worried about WW3 and this president has no patience for the stuff he started. He needs it to already be over.
June 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
"That hit ended the war." We're all worried about WW3 and this president has no patience for the stuff he started. He needs it to already be over.
When your toddler pats you sleepily and gently on the back while you carry them around - that's a top 10 feeling.
June 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
When your toddler pats you sleepily and gently on the back while you carry them around - that's a top 10 feeling.
The bing cherries are good this year, folks, and I've already had a perfect plum. Now we await the fabled Perfect Peach
June 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The bing cherries are good this year, folks, and I've already had a perfect plum. Now we await the fabled Perfect Peach
Begging you all to stop posting screenshots of Google AI summary/search results. Even if I agree with you it's a block. Post a friggin link.
June 12, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Begging you all to stop posting screenshots of Google AI summary/search results. Even if I agree with you it's a block. Post a friggin link.
My wife adopted a butterfly, years ago, and we learned all about their pseudo-sleep "quiessense"
Every weekend nap is "Quiessense" ever since.
Every weekend nap is "Quiessense" ever since.
June 10, 2025 at 1:41 AM
My wife adopted a butterfly, years ago, and we learned all about their pseudo-sleep "quiessense"
Every weekend nap is "Quiessense" ever since.
Every weekend nap is "Quiessense" ever since.
Are capacitive touch buttons actually a functional improvement over simple rubber or plastic buttons? Is the sole benefit that they make my air purifier look like an Apple product?
June 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Are capacitive touch buttons actually a functional improvement over simple rubber or plastic buttons? Is the sole benefit that they make my air purifier look like an Apple product?
A very belated thought on the #Abundance thing. On interviews Ezra K. likes to state that red states build and blue states don't and that's an issue. But where do red states do all that building? Over natural resources, over historic flood plains. Then a hurricane hits. Regulations exist for reasons
June 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
A very belated thought on the #Abundance thing. On interviews Ezra K. likes to state that red states build and blue states don't and that's an issue. But where do red states do all that building? Over natural resources, over historic flood plains. Then a hurricane hits. Regulations exist for reasons
Just because Sam Seder needed it - that doesn't make Ezra Klein correct or insightful.
Fundamentally Klein's schtick is "we need to sell 2008 style technocratic solutions!" But with no reflection as to why that has failed Dems in elections and in power.
Fundamentally Klein's schtick is "we need to sell 2008 style technocratic solutions!" But with no reflection as to why that has failed Dems in elections and in power.
May 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Just because Sam Seder needed it - that doesn't make Ezra Klein correct or insightful.
Fundamentally Klein's schtick is "we need to sell 2008 style technocratic solutions!" But with no reflection as to why that has failed Dems in elections and in power.
Fundamentally Klein's schtick is "we need to sell 2008 style technocratic solutions!" But with no reflection as to why that has failed Dems in elections and in power.
"I went to the AI Factory and no one there knew you. It was kinda sad"
"I call this the San Francisco consensus, because everyone who believes this is in San Francisco... Within the next year or two, this foundation gets locked in, and we're not going to stop it. It gets much more interesting after that...There will be computers that are smarter than the sum of humans"
May 12, 2025 at 11:09 AM
"I went to the AI Factory and no one there knew you. It was kinda sad"
Just FYI if you post AI output or overview s as "info" of any kind -- I am not reading that
May 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Just FYI if you post AI output or overview s as "info" of any kind -- I am not reading that
I'm really tired of hearing
"the cruelty is the point."
That is not the case anymore. The point is an attempt at a final sweep of enclosure of all public goods and anything held in common. The cruelty is the reward doled out to every hateful human who voted them in.
"the cruelty is the point."
That is not the case anymore. The point is an attempt at a final sweep of enclosure of all public goods and anything held in common. The cruelty is the reward doled out to every hateful human who voted them in.
March 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I'm really tired of hearing
"the cruelty is the point."
That is not the case anymore. The point is an attempt at a final sweep of enclosure of all public goods and anything held in common. The cruelty is the reward doled out to every hateful human who voted them in.
"the cruelty is the point."
That is not the case anymore. The point is an attempt at a final sweep of enclosure of all public goods and anything held in common. The cruelty is the reward doled out to every hateful human who voted them in.
Not for nothing but is that a baby rattle for a little princeling (bottom left)
just imagine showing this to one of the repulsive dictators of the 20th century
even they would be embarrassed by this shit
even they would be embarrassed by this shit
He absolutely is.
This is Elon’s idea of a big flex: A nightstand pic with some toy guns.
This is Elon’s idea of a big flex: A nightstand pic with some toy guns.
February 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Not for nothing but is that a baby rattle for a little princeling (bottom left)
I'm not a big sports fan, but I love my hometown Philly teams. Superstition actually stopped me from watching the game, lest the Eagles lose because a bandwagonner tuned int
February 10, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I'm not a big sports fan, but I love my hometown Philly teams. Superstition actually stopped me from watching the game, lest the Eagles lose because a bandwagonner tuned int