Nick Piegari
@nicksmadscience.bsky.social
Developer, designer, Unreal Engine obsessor, video producer in a past life, mad scientist. http://twitch.tv/nicksmadscience. He.
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happy Christmas Eve Eve Evening
December 23, 2025 at 9:49 PM
happy Christmas Eve Eve Evening
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How come so many creators are able to master the multidisciplinary skills of lighting, composition, exposure, lens choice for their image…. and then for sound it’s just “I’ll talk into this DJI pack 3mm from my mouth & run it through a ‘Kill Noise Make Loud!’ preset at default settings”?
December 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
How come so many creators are able to master the multidisciplinary skills of lighting, composition, exposure, lens choice for their image…. and then for sound it’s just “I’ll talk into this DJI pack 3mm from my mouth & run it through a ‘Kill Noise Make Loud!’ preset at default settings”?
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what being alive currently feels like
April 7, 2025 at 9:56 PM
what being alive currently feels like
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got my adhd upgraded to ad4k
December 21, 2025 at 6:52 AM
got my adhd upgraded to ad4k
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INVENTOR OF THE WASHING MACHINE: it’s a machine that washes
INVENTOR OF THE DISHWASHER: washes what
INVENTOR OF THE DISHWASHER: washes what
December 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
INVENTOR OF THE WASHING MACHINE: it’s a machine that washes
INVENTOR OF THE DISHWASHER: washes what
INVENTOR OF THE DISHWASHER: washes what
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a post that should be incoherent but is not because we're all trapped on the same emotional roller coaster together
“Of course, it doesn’t feel right to want IT to HAPPEN. And it’s obviously not okay to try to make IT HAPPEN. That’s not what this is ABOUT, just to make things CLEAR LEGALLY as far as VARIOUS AGENCIES are concerned.”
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/whe...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/whe...
When It Happens
It’s been so long, you sometimes forget that eventually, IT will HAPPEN.
It’s impossible to say when IT will HAPPEN. But it can’t be too long until...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
a post that should be incoherent but is not because we're all trapped on the same emotional roller coaster together
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reg add HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsCopilot /v TurnOffWindowsCopilot /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
December 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
reg add HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsCopilot /v TurnOffWindowsCopilot /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
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DnG Christmas comic: Hark, hear the bells
December 10, 2023 at 9:50 PM
DnG Christmas comic: Hark, hear the bells
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Every time I get my ballot I say “okay, now which major party candidates have not already tried to violently overthrow our constitutional form of government” and you know what, in 2024 I didn’t even get to question 2 on my checklist
November 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Every time I get my ballot I say “okay, now which major party candidates have not already tried to violently overthrow our constitutional form of government” and you know what, in 2024 I didn’t even get to question 2 on my checklist
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November 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Thankfully there are more open flight tracking platforms available!
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“Since news of Patel’s pricey weekend fling went national, the FBI has forced FlightAware, a site that monitors international air traffic via publicly available information, to stop keeping tabs on Patel’s plane.”
A reminder that #FlightTrackingisFreeSpeech
A reminder that #FlightTrackingisFreeSpeech
Kash Patel Loses It Over Report He Used FBI Jet to Go on a Date
A veteran FBI official has also lost his job over the story.
www.yahoo.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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We gotta normalize responding to bullshit with "dude who fucking cares"
October 29, 2025 at 5:35 AM
We gotta normalize responding to bullshit with "dude who fucking cares"
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if you know of roles outside of the US, even better
facing unprecedented uncertainty re: employment due to the shutdown/trump cuts 😕
if you have leads on open Emergency Management or COOP/Biz Continuity roles at state/local gov't agencies, I would love to hear about it!
especially interested in highly regulated and complex environments, dm's open
if you have leads on open Emergency Management or COOP/Biz Continuity roles at state/local gov't agencies, I would love to hear about it!
especially interested in highly regulated and complex environments, dm's open
October 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
if you know of roles outside of the US, even better
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Them: need help doing things?
Me: yes
Them: we have a doing things medication
Me: ooh
Them: hahahahaha guess what you have to do to get it?
Me: oh no
Them: things.
Me: yes
Them: we have a doing things medication
Me: ooh
Them: hahahahaha guess what you have to do to get it?
Me: oh no
Them: things.
October 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Them: need help doing things?
Me: yes
Them: we have a doing things medication
Me: ooh
Them: hahahahaha guess what you have to do to get it?
Me: oh no
Them: things.
Me: yes
Them: we have a doing things medication
Me: ooh
Them: hahahahaha guess what you have to do to get it?
Me: oh no
Them: things.
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the autistic need to only obey rules that make sense, to demand things clarified and explained, our resistance to social conformity pressure (if we even notice it happening) is a threat to fascism
September 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
the autistic need to only obey rules that make sense, to demand things clarified and explained, our resistance to social conformity pressure (if we even notice it happening) is a threat to fascism
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but the real answer is that fascists hate expertise. yeah, they're ableist and eugenicist for sure, but they hate people who know things, who are experts, and who are confident and don't back down, and aren't easily bought.
September 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
but the real answer is that fascists hate expertise. yeah, they're ableist and eugenicist for sure, but they hate people who know things, who are experts, and who are confident and don't back down, and aren't easily bought.
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Breaking news: DHS has uncovered Antifa's diabolical plot to "de-ICE" thousands of airplanes.
September 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Breaking news: DHS has uncovered Antifa's diabolical plot to "de-ICE" thousands of airplanes.
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the US if Tylenol actually caused autism
September 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
the US if Tylenol actually caused autism
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If mass shooters was reflective of the general population this means about 1% of the perpetrators would be trans - however, considering less than 0.1% of perpetrators are trans this means trans individuals are significantly less likely to be mass shooters than other groups…who can they be?
September 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
If mass shooters was reflective of the general population this means about 1% of the perpetrators would be trans - however, considering less than 0.1% of perpetrators are trans this means trans individuals are significantly less likely to be mass shooters than other groups…who can they be?
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Don't believe everything you read on the internet, kids.
September 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Don't believe everything you read on the internet, kids.
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[needing this more than anything I have ever asked a person] no worries if not!
September 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
[needing this more than anything I have ever asked a person] no worries if not!
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Think about popular depictions of artificial intelligence. Do any of them act with perfect grammar and refusal to tell the user no, while being dumb as shit? No, we have tied fluidity and linguistics and willingness to answer to intelligence directly.
And then LLMs came in and broke everything.
And then LLMs came in and broke everything.
September 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Think about popular depictions of artificial intelligence. Do any of them act with perfect grammar and refusal to tell the user no, while being dumb as shit? No, we have tied fluidity and linguistics and willingness to answer to intelligence directly.
And then LLMs came in and broke everything.
And then LLMs came in and broke everything.
art night good @sarahmackattack.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 1:03 AM
art night good @sarahmackattack.bsky.social
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those who have made this connection and understand its implications are who are most opposed to LLMs invading everything.
setting aside what could be done to improve the tech, we're always back to it being a shortcut for thinking.
setting aside what could be done to improve the tech, we're always back to it being a shortcut for thinking.
September 2, 2025 at 8:45 PM
those who have made this connection and understand its implications are who are most opposed to LLMs invading everything.
setting aside what could be done to improve the tech, we're always back to it being a shortcut for thinking.
setting aside what could be done to improve the tech, we're always back to it being a shortcut for thinking.