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Robert Atkins
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I miss Usenet. Prompt engineering and other things at https://beams.tech, ex Pivotal Labs. Also @ratkins, @[email protected]
Something something Baudrillard simulcra something…
December 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I’ve been there, it’s great!
December 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I’m so old I backpacked around with USD$200 of traveller’s cheques stashed away for emergencies. I had to use them eventually, too.
December 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I would pick the language that was thoughtfully designed by serious people rather than the one that was hacked together over two weeks by… well, him.
December 4, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Queensland is Greater NSW, Victoria is Lesser NSW, this is in the constitution.
December 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I will also add timezones like “Pacific Standard Time” to the list of American Measurement Idiocies. WHICH SIDE?!
December 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
It’s better than the alternative™️
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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in seriousness, I do think one of the most important tells of a good and competent tech worker is that they're not afraid of being replaced by the robot. the robot doesn't do the important parts.
December 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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but more practically AI haterade is like

"hey I heard you hate plutocrats. instead of fighting them in any way that matters, you should instead exhaust yourself fighting a technological paradigm shift. this one you can totally turn back the tide on. it won't be like any of the other ones"
December 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM