Jason Petitjean
@jpeti.blog
Primary care physician.
Mediocre artist.
Ex-Catholic.
Amateur advocate for multi-modal transport and urban density.
Trying to figure out Linux.
https://jpeti.blog/
Mediocre artist.
Ex-Catholic.
Amateur advocate for multi-modal transport and urban density.
Trying to figure out Linux.
https://jpeti.blog/
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Pay close attention to who is saying that 14 year-olds *can* consent to sex with trump and other damp billionaires but *can’t* consent to gender affirming care provided in close and collaborative partnership with their doctor.
December 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Pay close attention to who is saying that 14 year-olds *can* consent to sex with trump and other damp billionaires but *can’t* consent to gender affirming care provided in close and collaborative partnership with their doctor.
I installed @cachyos.org to my Microsoft Surface 8 last night. So far, it is blazing fast and smooth. I might consider using this for my desktop OS.
December 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I installed @cachyos.org to my Microsoft Surface 8 last night. So far, it is blazing fast and smooth. I might consider using this for my desktop OS.
Probably have Gollum say, "Shire! Baggins! Fuck!" as he's being tortured in the first movie. Torture famously isn't fun! I'd let him say "Fuck" if it made him feel better.
The Lord of The Rings movies were rated PG-13. By current rules that means that each film could contain one use of the word "Fuck". Which line are you altering to insert the most useful swear word?
"I can't carry it for you, but I can Fucking carry you"
"I can't carry it for you, but I can Fucking carry you"
December 27, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Probably have Gollum say, "Shire! Baggins! Fuck!" as he's being tortured in the first movie. Torture famously isn't fun! I'd let him say "Fuck" if it made him feel better.
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billions of dollars and everlasting fame to whoever figures out how to stop webpages from loading new elements just as you’re about to click on something
December 27, 2025 at 3:42 AM
billions of dollars and everlasting fame to whoever figures out how to stop webpages from loading new elements just as you’re about to click on something
My New Year's resolutions are to write more and to bring about world peace and to read The Ten Morning Habits of Highly Successful Shitheads and to bring back Firefly
December 27, 2025 at 5:12 AM
My New Year's resolutions are to write more and to bring about world peace and to read The Ten Morning Habits of Highly Successful Shitheads and to bring back Firefly
I just searched for @jacobgeller.com videos on YouTube and one of the first things that showed up in the search query was a collection of reaction vids of people watching Jacob Gellar videos. These are listed before his actual videos. Why is this a genre that YouTube is pushing to me?
December 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I just searched for @jacobgeller.com videos on YouTube and one of the first things that showed up in the search query was a collection of reaction vids of people watching Jacob Gellar videos. These are listed before his actual videos. Why is this a genre that YouTube is pushing to me?
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(daft punk One More Time voice) Auld Lang Syne
December 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
(daft punk One More Time voice) Auld Lang Syne
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Essentially, I think that LLM-generated dialogue only makes sense if you believe that the product of writing is words.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
I had five fascinating conversations for this RPS piece, gathering perspectives on genAI chatbots in games, as seen in Where Winds Meet. Thanks to @meghna.bsky.social, @pyrofoux.bsky.social, @maxkreminski.bsky.social, and @chrisgardiner.bsky.social www.rockpapershotgun.com/horrible-bor...
"Horrible", "boring", and "cheap": Experts pan new chatbot NPCs, but some leave room for optimism
We speak to a collection of developers and AI experts about the potential impact of LLM-powered NPCs in videogames.
www.rockpapershotgun.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Essentially, I think that LLM-generated dialogue only makes sense if you believe that the product of writing is words.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
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LLM consciousness is exactly the same in character and quality as Pot Bear, a pot that I own that looks exactly like a friendly bear when viewed at a particular angle while drunk
"they will be, one day"
no, they won't, any more than tires can help you fly. They're not built for that. They're a fundamentally different technology. An LLM does not exist to model conscious thought, it exists to take advantage of your willingness to see faces in things that aren't there.
no, they won't, any more than tires can help you fly. They're not built for that. They're a fundamentally different technology. An LLM does not exist to model conscious thought, it exists to take advantage of your willingness to see faces in things that aren't there.
December 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
LLM consciousness is exactly the same in character and quality as Pot Bear, a pot that I own that looks exactly like a friendly bear when viewed at a particular angle while drunk
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"they will be, one day"
no, they won't, any more than tires can help you fly. They're not built for that. They're a fundamentally different technology. An LLM does not exist to model conscious thought, it exists to take advantage of your willingness to see faces in things that aren't there.
no, they won't, any more than tires can help you fly. They're not built for that. They're a fundamentally different technology. An LLM does not exist to model conscious thought, it exists to take advantage of your willingness to see faces in things that aren't there.
December 24, 2025 at 1:21 AM
"they will be, one day"
no, they won't, any more than tires can help you fly. They're not built for that. They're a fundamentally different technology. An LLM does not exist to model conscious thought, it exists to take advantage of your willingness to see faces in things that aren't there.
no, they won't, any more than tires can help you fly. They're not built for that. They're a fundamentally different technology. An LLM does not exist to model conscious thought, it exists to take advantage of your willingness to see faces in things that aren't there.
I would enter every Best Buy and overwrite every Samsung TVs' operating system if I could. It's hot garbage.
If you own a computer it should be illegal for a company to not let you easily install your own software. This includes crap like tvs and refrigerators. Let me put Debian on my dishwasher.
December 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I would enter every Best Buy and overwrite every Samsung TVs' operating system if I could. It's hot garbage.
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my son got two different toy fire trucks for christmas. two. and despite being considerably more familiar with their purpose and operation, i didn’t receive a single fucking fire truck
December 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
my son got two different toy fire trucks for christmas. two. and despite being considerably more familiar with their purpose and operation, i didn’t receive a single fucking fire truck
With expanding a short children's book to a feature length film and having to cater to Jim Carrey's schtick, it's sad how much the Grinch movie exemplifies the superficiality that the Grinch criticized in the original Dr. Seuss book.
December 25, 2025 at 3:45 AM
With expanding a short children's book to a feature length film and having to cater to Jim Carrey's schtick, it's sad how much the Grinch movie exemplifies the superficiality that the Grinch criticized in the original Dr. Seuss book.
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An enraging trend right now, from CBS to the CDC, of people actively undermining institutions, then taking the reins of those institutions and claiming they need to rebuild the trust they helped destroy. (Also, people already trusted 60 Minutes.) bsky.app/profile/just...
Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
December 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
An enraging trend right now, from CBS to the CDC, of people actively undermining institutions, then taking the reins of those institutions and claiming they need to rebuild the trust they helped destroy. (Also, people already trusted 60 Minutes.) bsky.app/profile/just...
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Fans of Christmas are in for a treat tomorrow
December 24, 2023 at 1:40 PM
Fans of Christmas are in for a treat tomorrow
It astonishes me that one of the most beautiful songs in the history of video games belongs to a sewer level where floating monster bugs vomit at you.
christopherlarkin.bandcamp.com/track/bilewa...
christopherlarkin.bandcamp.com/track/bilewa...
Bilewater, by Christopher Larkin
from the album Hollow Knight: Silksong (Original Soundtrack)
christopherlarkin.bandcamp.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:57 AM
It astonishes me that one of the most beautiful songs in the history of video games belongs to a sewer level where floating monster bugs vomit at you.
christopherlarkin.bandcamp.com/track/bilewa...
christopherlarkin.bandcamp.com/track/bilewa...
I have very much enjoyed building a media server and uploading all my music and DVDs and Blu Rays. I get to re-engage with all the media that shaped me in my high school and college years and beyond.
December 24, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I have very much enjoyed building a media server and uploading all my music and DVDs and Blu Rays. I get to re-engage with all the media that shaped me in my high school and college years and beyond.
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I know I’m not the first person to say it but the hyper commercialization of the Grinch story is pretty sad and a perfect illustration of the ability of capital to absorb critiques painlessly
December 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I know I’m not the first person to say it but the hyper commercialization of the Grinch story is pretty sad and a perfect illustration of the ability of capital to absorb critiques painlessly
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Rick Steves is one of the best alive today. www.npr.org/2025/12/21/n...
Rick Steves steps in to save Seattle-area hygiene center serving homeless residents
Steves purchased the property to prevent it from closing. Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had operated rent-free on the property since 2020.
www.npr.org
December 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Rick Steves is one of the best alive today. www.npr.org/2025/12/21/n...
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I watched Wake Up Dead Man last night. Very good movie but with a wildly different tone than the other Knives Out movies in that it felt more conflicted about its setting (the church) but with great confidence in its message.
December 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I watched Wake Up Dead Man last night. Very good movie but with a wildly different tone than the other Knives Out movies in that it felt more conflicted about its setting (the church) but with great confidence in its message.
A healthcare dictated by pulpit instead of healthcare dictated by doctors and healthcare professionals; healthcare that will harm to benefit the religious zeal of the most heinous people.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz announce moves to ban gender-affirming care for young people
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to announce a package of measures that would together ban gender-affirming care for minors. A press conference is set for 11 a.m. Thursday.
www.npr.org
December 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
A healthcare dictated by pulpit instead of healthcare dictated by doctors and healthcare professionals; healthcare that will harm to benefit the religious zeal of the most heinous people.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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On the heels of the failure of big money pushes for NFTs, crypto, wearables, and the metaverse, it is absurd to hold the position of "AI is inevitable and we must learn to live with it."
It's also a craven position that suggests we shouldn't fight for what we value. We decide our own fates.
It's also a craven position that suggests we shouldn't fight for what we value. We decide our own fates.
December 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
On the heels of the failure of big money pushes for NFTs, crypto, wearables, and the metaverse, it is absurd to hold the position of "AI is inevitable and we must learn to live with it."
It's also a craven position that suggests we shouldn't fight for what we value. We decide our own fates.
It's also a craven position that suggests we shouldn't fight for what we value. We decide our own fates.