Owen from work
@owencoolguy.bsky.social
Cool guy
Private citizen with his own opinions. What my workplace thinks ~= what I think.
Private citizen with his own opinions. What my workplace thinks ~= what I think.
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thinking about this one again
January 12, 2026 at 9:26 PM
thinking about this one again
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LLM users desperately trying to make ‘LLM shaming’ a thing.
Quite simply: not all of the problems with LLM usage are solvable by individual choice. The correct analogy is not dietary preference but more like driving. You can’t escape the negative effects of cars on society by choosing not to drive.
Quite simply: not all of the problems with LLM usage are solvable by individual choice. The correct analogy is not dietary preference but more like driving. You can’t escape the negative effects of cars on society by choosing not to drive.
Added an "LLM shaming" section to RFD 576
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rfd.shared.oxide.computer/rfd/0576#_ll...
January 11, 2026 at 4:18 PM
LLM users desperately trying to make ‘LLM shaming’ a thing.
Quite simply: not all of the problems with LLM usage are solvable by individual choice. The correct analogy is not dietary preference but more like driving. You can’t escape the negative effects of cars on society by choosing not to drive.
Quite simply: not all of the problems with LLM usage are solvable by individual choice. The correct analogy is not dietary preference but more like driving. You can’t escape the negative effects of cars on society by choosing not to drive.
Whoopsy there it is. VSCode has gone from pushing copilot to getting in my way. I don't want to change IDE but maybe the time is fast approaching...
January 9, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Whoopsy there it is. VSCode has gone from pushing copilot to getting in my way. I don't want to change IDE but maybe the time is fast approaching...
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I can’t get over all the journalists and centrist pundits who sneered that “Twitter isn’t real life” when it was full of weird leftists but now insist it’s a vital window into the public mood when the entire site is Nazis, illegal porn, bots, and Belarusians calling themselves “Iowa MAGA Farm Guy”
thinking about how long leftists were blamed for making twitter inhospitable for MPs who are refusing point blank to leave now it's full of nazis and child porn
January 8, 2026 at 2:21 PM
I can’t get over all the journalists and centrist pundits who sneered that “Twitter isn’t real life” when it was full of weird leftists but now insist it’s a vital window into the public mood when the entire site is Nazis, illegal porn, bots, and Belarusians calling themselves “Iowa MAGA Farm Guy”
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the day today tier paragraph
January 8, 2026 at 4:45 PM
the day today tier paragraph
Been rewatching Fullmetal Alchemist recently which has been both disquieting and comforting. Genocide is the same as it was when that original manga was written. Illegal warfare and greed, also the same. Hard, heavy, passionate resistance was and still is the right call
January 7, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Been rewatching Fullmetal Alchemist recently which has been both disquieting and comforting. Genocide is the same as it was when that original manga was written. Illegal warfare and greed, also the same. Hard, heavy, passionate resistance was and still is the right call
A fistful of Datas is the best Star Trek episode
January 6, 2026 at 9:03 PM
A fistful of Datas is the best Star Trek episode
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Allow me to connect some dots for you:
Too much of the world currently relies for its basic functions on resources which must be continuously extracted. You burn that oil one time and oops, now you need more.
Geopolitical horrors are, in fact, one of the reasons we need to move to renewables ASAP.
Too much of the world currently relies for its basic functions on resources which must be continuously extracted. You burn that oil one time and oops, now you need more.
Geopolitical horrors are, in fact, one of the reasons we need to move to renewables ASAP.
January 3, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Allow me to connect some dots for you:
Too much of the world currently relies for its basic functions on resources which must be continuously extracted. You burn that oil one time and oops, now you need more.
Geopolitical horrors are, in fact, one of the reasons we need to move to renewables ASAP.
Too much of the world currently relies for its basic functions on resources which must be continuously extracted. You burn that oil one time and oops, now you need more.
Geopolitical horrors are, in fact, one of the reasons we need to move to renewables ASAP.
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I just don’t believe that the FIFA Peace Prize winner could do such a thing
January 3, 2026 at 8:21 AM
I just don’t believe that the FIFA Peace Prize winner could do such a thing
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2025 FUCK OFF JUST FUCK OFF
January 1, 2026 at 12:05 AM
2025 FUCK OFF JUST FUCK OFF
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Being a hater is a thankless job but end of day someone's got to do it
December 31, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Being a hater is a thankless job but end of day someone's got to do it
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Today is the last day that you can repost this image
December 31, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Today is the last day that you can repost this image
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New releases from the National Archives of government records from 2005 show how ministers and officials reacted uneasily to the implementation of FOI, and how they handled some initial cases - "This is becoming a real problem". What I found in the files: rosenbaum6.substack.com/p/tony-we-ha...
December 31, 2025 at 10:24 AM
New releases from the National Archives of government records from 2005 show how ministers and officials reacted uneasily to the implementation of FOI, and how they handled some initial cases - "This is becoming a real problem". What I found in the files: rosenbaum6.substack.com/p/tony-we-ha...
We're at the end of the year and this is the best bluesky post nobody's made a better one
not a lot of people know this but charli xcx actually stands for "creating heavily armored robots like in xenoblade chronicles x"
December 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
We're at the end of the year and this is the best bluesky post nobody's made a better one
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Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
December 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
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Another way AI leads to suicide is that hearing people talk about it makes you want to jump into a jet engine
December 28, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Another way AI leads to suicide is that hearing people talk about it makes you want to jump into a jet engine
Brief special interest dip into electric foil blade shavers. Oh my god. This changes everything. I may never buy a normal razor again.
December 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Brief special interest dip into electric foil blade shavers. Oh my god. This changes everything. I may never buy a normal razor again.
I can't believe the third Paddington film makes a British jungle joke
December 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I can't believe the third Paddington film makes a British jungle joke
Monzo's wrapped type thing is a huge miss. Money isn't something that you should make a wrapped for, maybe. Also weirdly insulting? Saying that I spent a lot of money on Steam and then saying 'the only library you've ever been to' is kinda funny but also, like, fuck off?
December 27, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Monzo's wrapped type thing is a huge miss. Money isn't something that you should make a wrapped for, maybe. Also weirdly insulting? Saying that I spent a lot of money on Steam and then saying 'the only library you've ever been to' is kinda funny but also, like, fuck off?
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Watching THE GREEN KNIGHT again
April 22, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Watching THE GREEN KNIGHT again
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MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.
MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing
There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.
fortune.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:52 AM
MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.
Consume Me is good and funny and powerful and absolutely worth playing. Unfortunately it's doing the worst thing media can do: make me feel things about my real life
December 26, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Consume Me is good and funny and powerful and absolutely worth playing. Unfortunately it's doing the worst thing media can do: make me feel things about my real life
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