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· Feb 12
Move Fast and Break People: How the Internet Gave Us the World & Then Took It Away, Part 1:
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"We, as a species, simply were not ready for the internet. We, as a species, were not ready to spend our waking hours inundated with the interior monologues of billions of other beings piped directly into our brains as though they were our own."
This is pretty much how I feel online nowadays.
This is pretty much how I feel online nowadays.
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I became a software engineer because writing code is fun. Thinking through hard problems, designing elegant solutions, seeing the things you’ve built working for the first time… these moments are all deeply satisfying, so why in the world would I ever surrender them to AI?
Writing Code Is Fun
I became a software engineer because writing code is fun. Thinking through hard problems, designing elegant solutions, seeing the things you’ve built working for the first time… these moments are all deeply satisfying, so why in the world would I ever surrender them to AI?
davidcel.is
December 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I became a software engineer because writing code is fun. Thinking through hard problems, designing elegant solutions, seeing the things you’ve built working for the first time… these moments are all deeply satisfying, so why in the world would I ever surrender them to AI?
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“How can you suddenly dislike art when you find out it’s made by AI?”
For the same reason I can dislike art when I find out the employees were overworked and underpaid.
Because I care about people.
You dipshit.
For the same reason I can dislike art when I find out the employees were overworked and underpaid.
Because I care about people.
You dipshit.
December 24, 2025 at 9:20 AM
“How can you suddenly dislike art when you find out it’s made by AI?”
For the same reason I can dislike art when I find out the employees were overworked and underpaid.
Because I care about people.
You dipshit.
For the same reason I can dislike art when I find out the employees were overworked and underpaid.
Because I care about people.
You dipshit.
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Here’s my Evangelion/Nirvana tribute piece! I had a blast tossing in as many Easter eggs as possible. Please take the time to look through if you’re bored #evangelion #nirvana #edwinhuang #reiayanami #asukalangleysoryu #marimakinami
December 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Here’s my Evangelion/Nirvana tribute piece! I had a blast tossing in as many Easter eggs as possible. Please take the time to look through if you’re bored #evangelion #nirvana #edwinhuang #reiayanami #asukalangleysoryu #marimakinami
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"This story doesn't need a sandworm"
This is almost always wrong. Arguably, EVERY story benefits from adding a huge subterranean worm with quasi-mystical or semi-supernatural powers, or equivalent (similar to Moby Dick).
Obviously the bigger the worm, the more literary quality it adds.
This is almost always wrong. Arguably, EVERY story benefits from adding a huge subterranean worm with quasi-mystical or semi-supernatural powers, or equivalent (similar to Moby Dick).
Obviously the bigger the worm, the more literary quality it adds.
what is your least favorite piece of writing advice and why? 👀
December 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"This story doesn't need a sandworm"
This is almost always wrong. Arguably, EVERY story benefits from adding a huge subterranean worm with quasi-mystical or semi-supernatural powers, or equivalent (similar to Moby Dick).
Obviously the bigger the worm, the more literary quality it adds.
This is almost always wrong. Arguably, EVERY story benefits from adding a huge subterranean worm with quasi-mystical or semi-supernatural powers, or equivalent (similar to Moby Dick).
Obviously the bigger the worm, the more literary quality it adds.
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These people are clowns.
December 22, 2025 at 1:19 AM
These people are clowns.
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Cet apareil étant mû par le Soleil, Esteban ne peut pas le jour la nuit avec ses deux meilleurs amis à bord du Grand Condor rechercher les Cités d’Or.
December 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Cet apareil étant mû par le Soleil, Esteban ne peut pas le jour la nuit avec ses deux meilleurs amis à bord du Grand Condor rechercher les Cités d’Or.
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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I cannot stress enough just how much wide LLM adoption is harming the human capacity to *try*. To just do things on your own, to think critically about a topic or a problem, to read and synthesize ideas. These are such important skills and we’re just giving them up.
November 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I cannot stress enough just how much wide LLM adoption is harming the human capacity to *try*. To just do things on your own, to think critically about a topic or a problem, to read and synthesize ideas. These are such important skills and we’re just giving them up.
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la pierre d'achoppement du fascisme, le trait de personnalité qui permet à quelqu'un de tomber dedans, c'est le mépris de la faiblesse. Voir la vulnérabilité comme une occasion de profiter de l'autre pour son intérêt ou son amusement. Refusez ça systématiquement, et vous vous vaccinerez.
Le fascisme ce n’est pas que l’ED. Le fascisme s’installe à l’aune d’un climat politique qui laisse prospérer la mesquinerie et la médiocrité. C’est en ce sens que la culture de l’humiliation publique, qui fait de la raillerie et de la cruauté des signes de ralliement, est pleinement fasciste.
November 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
la pierre d'achoppement du fascisme, le trait de personnalité qui permet à quelqu'un de tomber dedans, c'est le mépris de la faiblesse. Voir la vulnérabilité comme une occasion de profiter de l'autre pour son intérêt ou son amusement. Refusez ça systématiquement, et vous vous vaccinerez.
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Le fascisme ce n’est pas que l’ED. Le fascisme s’installe à l’aune d’un climat politique qui laisse prospérer la mesquinerie et la médiocrité. C’est en ce sens que la culture de l’humiliation publique, qui fait de la raillerie et de la cruauté des signes de ralliement, est pleinement fasciste.
November 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Le fascisme ce n’est pas que l’ED. Le fascisme s’installe à l’aune d’un climat politique qui laisse prospérer la mesquinerie et la médiocrité. C’est en ce sens que la culture de l’humiliation publique, qui fait de la raillerie et de la cruauté des signes de ralliement, est pleinement fasciste.
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SEGA fans! Spread the word! 2 new Steam bundles have arrived for SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance to celebrate @lizardcube.bsky.social excellence with Streets of Rage 4 or Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap. A must-play combo of SEGA's legacy franchises for retro & modern action lovers!
Links in the replies!
Links in the replies!
November 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
SEGA fans! Spread the word! 2 new Steam bundles have arrived for SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance to celebrate @lizardcube.bsky.social excellence with Streets of Rage 4 or Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap. A must-play combo of SEGA's legacy franchises for retro & modern action lovers!
Links in the replies!
Links in the replies!
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happy transgender day of remembrance
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
November 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
happy transgender day of remembrance
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
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November 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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OH
WELL
WHY
NOT
WELL
WHY
NOT
November 18, 2025 at 4:21 AM
OH
WELL
WHY
NOT
WELL
WHY
NOT
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Queen Sigourney Weaver: "As someone who’s about to turn 76, I can’t afford to do nothing, you know? I do try to do something for an hour every day. I’ve always been like that, but now I have this extra motivation, because I don’t want to be an old crone by the time I get to [Avatar] four and five."
November 7, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Queen Sigourney Weaver: "As someone who’s about to turn 76, I can’t afford to do nothing, you know? I do try to do something for an hour every day. I’ve always been like that, but now I have this extra motivation, because I don’t want to be an old crone by the time I get to [Avatar] four and five."
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“0% woke shit”
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
“0% woke shit”
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
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10/10 take. No notes.
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
10/10 take. No notes.
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On vient d'apprendre la mort de James Watson. L'occasion de rétablir la vérité une nouvelle fois.
Toute l'histoire sur le site MonumentalEs, écrit par Georgette Sand en collaboration avec la Mairie de Paris. les-monumentales.tumblr.com/post/6216093...
Toute l'histoire sur le site MonumentalEs, écrit par Georgette Sand en collaboration avec la Mairie de Paris. les-monumentales.tumblr.com/post/6216093...
November 7, 2025 at 10:32 PM
On vient d'apprendre la mort de James Watson. L'occasion de rétablir la vérité une nouvelle fois.
Toute l'histoire sur le site MonumentalEs, écrit par Georgette Sand en collaboration avec la Mairie de Paris. les-monumentales.tumblr.com/post/6216093...
Toute l'histoire sur le site MonumentalEs, écrit par Georgette Sand en collaboration avec la Mairie de Paris. les-monumentales.tumblr.com/post/6216093...
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AND HE WAS LIKE, BUT NOT MY FACE, RIGHT? AND I WAS LIKE WELL IT'S A FACE, SO
New version of Girl Yelling In Guy's Ear at Concert Dropped:
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
AND HE WAS LIKE, BUT NOT MY FACE, RIGHT? AND I WAS LIKE WELL IT'S A FACE, SO
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I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
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"If something evil is popular, is it still evil?" is basically the defining social question of our time.
October 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
"If something evil is popular, is it still evil?" is basically the defining social question of our time.
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The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being.
-toni morrison
-toni morrison
October 26, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being.
-toni morrison
-toni morrison