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Ian @ianhamilton.net · 3h

Some fun stuff on @uploadvr.com in the morning including my next tour of @walkaboutminigolf.bsky.social.

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Ian @ianhamilton.net · 4h

I’m going to need a timestamp on the first use of bear spray on a furry by the United States government?

Megan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social · 4h

I'd wonder where the furries are but

Yeah I wouldn't wanna get pepper shit in a fursuit either, heard that shit is hard to get cleaned out 😭

THAT SAID,

Kinky Washable Fursuiters THIS IS YOUR TIME

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Ian @ianhamilton.net · 7h

I wear iPhone 14 Pro now on a side strap.

a man with a beard is holding a piece of paper and saying `` so ready ! ''

ALT: a man with a beard is holding a piece of paper and saying `` so ready ! ''

media.tenor.com

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Ian @ianhamilton.net · 1d

Would be an interesting mechanical feature if glasses could transfer pressing the bridge into the center of your face as the “release” mechanism for an iris there covering a camera lens.

The iris could auto-close with finger detection near the lens, no touch necessary.

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Ian @ianhamilton.net · 1d

Convinced there are more people laughing at these kinds of posts waiting to buy Valve hardware than there are people who play in Quest headsets on a regular basis.

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Ian @ianhamilton.net · 2d

Look, it’s cool that I feel like I’m in the back of a helicopter with my assault rifle shooting zombies but somebody needs to explain why I just did that one-eyed.

(Never found out)

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Ian @ianhamilton.net · 2d

I’ve ridden across L.A. at the demands of more than one boss and they’ve unlocked the attraction just for us.

Guess I’m doing this with one eye closed lol.

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Ian @ianhamilton.net · 2d

Never leaving Bluesky @antonhand.bsky.social @dtupper.com @jamesoloughlin.bsky.social

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Ian @ianhamilton.net · 2d

a person laying down with their feet up in the dark

ALT: a person laying down with their feet up in the dark

media.tenor.com

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Ian @ianhamilton.net · 2d

Don’t do it you monster

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Ian @ianhamilton.net · 2d

@jamesoloughlin.bsky.social !!!!!!!!!!

tupper @dtupper.com · 2d

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Ian @ianhamilton.net · 2d

I demand Bluesky’s attention to this matter.

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Ian @ianhamilton.net · 2d

I published this in April 2015 to my personal website.

Today this is happening. ianhamilton.net/post/1161562...

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 2d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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Ian @ianhamilton.net · 2d

Tried a $13 iPhone case from
Amazon to satisfy my need for a cross-body strap for iPhone 14 Pro.

Unfortunately the device is still haunted by lightning and the case doesn’t have magnets so it can’t hold a MagSafe connection well.

Ian @ianhamilton.net · 2d

Twitter used to be just filled with tweets like this one. It’s why this place feels right now.

Cara Ellison @caraellison.bsky.social · 2d

sometimes I have to ruin peoples day by telling them that the theme tune to the BBC Hitchhikers Guide was actually devised and performed by The Eagles and now they have to like an Eagles song like a Dad

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Cara Ellison @caraellison.bsky.social · 2d

sometimes I have to ruin peoples day by telling them that the theme tune to the BBC Hitchhikers Guide was actually devised and performed by The Eagles and now they have to like an Eagles song like a Dad

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Ian @ianhamilton.net · 2d

Had a dream I was in college again and spent all my time trying to check out a $30K Blackmagic Immersive camera for a project.

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Ian @ianhamilton.net · 3d

Been a tough weekend. Not ready for it to be over.

Hopper agrees.

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Ian @ianhamilton.net · 3d

How does one politely tell their hosts that they should be ashamed for putting people through that?

Ian @ianhamilton.net · 3d

I put on Tom Cruise’s The Munmy and had a flashback to the VR experience I had in L.A. which featured only one eye working.

Ian @ianhamilton.net · 3d

I put on Tom Cruise’s The Munmy and had a flashback to the VR experience I had in L.A. which featured only one eye working.

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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 3d

it's so fucking funny that pro-AI guys insist AI is alive because they don't understand what humans are

Shrikant Joshi @shrikant.bsky.social · 3d

That's a very dismissive construct of LLMs, IMHO. Yes they are stochastic and yes they are 'robotic' but here's a sentence for you to ponder:

Humans are just advanced language output algorithms that spit out returns based on input and their reference library.

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NPR @npr.org · 3d

The Federal Election Commission, which regulates campaign finance, has lost another member. But the FEC has actually been without a quorum for months, leaving the agency unable to do much of its work.

The Federal Election Commission is down to 2 members. So its work is at a standstill

The Federal Election Commission, which regulates campaign finance, has lost another member. But the FEC has actually been without a quorum for months, leaving the agency unable to do much of its work.

n.pr

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Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social · 3d

me: Oh my God, I am tired of the robot talk.

brain: You can turn off the phone.

me: Explain.

brain: The screen on your phone projects the images which convey the text that distresses you.

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evalka @evalka.bsky.social · 7d

most people just add a heartbeat sound for their vrchat avatar's chest

me & my outer wilds obsession found an even better option

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