@zachnfine.bsky.social
No project is too uninteresting to be initiated.
No interest is too random to be pursued.
No task is too important to be left unfinished —due to the above random interesting uninteresting projects.
I work in film/tv, where I start and finish things.
No interest is too random to be pursued.
No task is too important to be left unfinished —due to the above random interesting uninteresting projects.
I work in film/tv, where I start and finish things.
Dammit am I going to get one of these alerts from every WEA system, whatever that is. Can y’all just prank call each other within your office and call it a day?
November 12, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Dammit am I going to get one of these alerts from every WEA system, whatever that is. Can y’all just prank call each other within your office and call it a day?
Fellow filmmakers, it is our civic responsibility to add more violence to our creations. I don't make the rules.
"We find that violent crime decreases on days with larger theater audiences for violent movies. The effect is partly due to voluntary incapacitation" academic.oup.com/qje/article-...
"We find that violent crime decreases on days with larger theater audiences for violent movies. The effect is partly due to voluntary incapacitation" academic.oup.com/qje/article-...
November 6, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Fellow filmmakers, it is our civic responsibility to add more violence to our creations. I don't make the rules.
"We find that violent crime decreases on days with larger theater audiences for violent movies. The effect is partly due to voluntary incapacitation" academic.oup.com/qje/article-...
"We find that violent crime decreases on days with larger theater audiences for violent movies. The effect is partly due to voluntary incapacitation" academic.oup.com/qje/article-...
A “New York” interview with Aaron Parnas included this sentence which is an astonishingly weird detail. How young were these siblings that they managed to not at least have schoolmates taunt them about their Dad being imprisoned for 20 months. It’s like something from a sitcom.
October 9, 2025 at 11:42 PM
A “New York” interview with Aaron Parnas included this sentence which is an astonishingly weird detail. How young were these siblings that they managed to not at least have schoolmates taunt them about their Dad being imprisoned for 20 months. It’s like something from a sitcom.
You joke, but the night before a class camping trip I wrote a couple of related python scripts. I used them to add all parents to my phone's contacts along with metadata listing their spouse, children, and a bunch of information gathered via the google API and summarized using GPT 3.5.
![text from the top of a script:
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
A script that searches for information about a person using either Google Custom Search API or SearXNG instances.
It takes a person's name as input, searches for relevant information, and uses GPT to generate a summarized list
of distinct facts about that person. The script supports various search options, rate limiting, and error handling
to provide reliable results even when some search instances fail.
Usage:
python3 person_info_summary.py "Person Name" [--api-key KEY] [--search {google,searxng}] [--delay SECONDS] [-q]
Required arguments:
name Full name of the person to search for
Optional arguments:
--api-key KEY OpenAI API key for GPT summary generation
--search ENGINE Search engine to use (google or searxng)
--delay SECONDS Delay between searches to avoid rate limiting
-q, --quiet Suppress verbose output
"""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:76765ruzpfo5ytvxmu2iclx6/bafkreicu4xgr5z734euk7iblbmgzippix4wrm22xpl6qul6d27wdhqqham@jpeg)
September 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
You joke, but the night before a class camping trip I wrote a couple of related python scripts. I used them to add all parents to my phone's contacts along with metadata listing their spouse, children, and a bunch of information gathered via the google API and summarized using GPT 3.5.
Just passing along more Verner Panton in case it brings joy. I love his work. The production Design of the show “Loki” references Panton a lot.
douglascain.blogspot.com/2010/10/inte...
douglascain.blogspot.com/2010/10/inte...
September 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Just passing along more Verner Panton in case it brings joy. I love his work. The production Design of the show “Loki” references Panton a lot.
douglascain.blogspot.com/2010/10/inte...
douglascain.blogspot.com/2010/10/inte...
You're not crazy. There *are* weird artifacts in yesterday's "President Trump Delivers Remarks on Charlie Kirk" video.
I've demonstrated what I think happened by chopping out a phrase and stitching the clip back together using Avid Media Composer's "FluidMorph" transition. The result is at the end.
I've demonstrated what I think happened by chopping out a phrase and stitching the clip back together using Avid Media Composer's "FluidMorph" transition. The result is at the end.
September 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
You're not crazy. There *are* weird artifacts in yesterday's "President Trump Delivers Remarks on Charlie Kirk" video.
I've demonstrated what I think happened by chopping out a phrase and stitching the clip back together using Avid Media Composer's "FluidMorph" transition. The result is at the end.
I've demonstrated what I think happened by chopping out a phrase and stitching the clip back together using Avid Media Composer's "FluidMorph" transition. The result is at the end.
The propaganda is also laid on thick on the left! At my dentists’ office, patients are subjected to reading material like McSweeney’s, The Onion, architectural photography and design books, a Commodore 64 zine (freeze64), and a Ms. Pac Man cocktail table.
September 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The propaganda is also laid on thick on the left! At my dentists’ office, patients are subjected to reading material like McSweeney’s, The Onion, architectural photography and design books, a Commodore 64 zine (freeze64), and a Ms. Pac Man cocktail table.
My favorite doctor and companion
August 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
My favorite doctor and companion
I am absolutely not ready to respond to a Trump posting with any version of this.
May 30, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I am absolutely not ready to respond to a Trump posting with any version of this.
May 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
A confluence of genres?
April 11, 2025 at 8:34 PM
A confluence of genres?
A bunch of the generative imaging models are putting out readable text these days, and the less refined gibberish produced on-iPhone by Apple’s “Playground” app is making me nostalgic for stuff that almost looks like it says something.
February 24, 2025 at 5:59 AM
A bunch of the generative imaging models are putting out readable text these days, and the less refined gibberish produced on-iPhone by Apple’s “Playground” app is making me nostalgic for stuff that almost looks like it says something.
According to Apple’s generative imagery playground, this is a ‘Coffee Mug featuring the text:
“congestion pricing opponent tears”’
You’re welcome.
“congestion pricing opponent tears”’
You’re welcome.
February 24, 2025 at 5:50 AM
According to Apple’s generative imagery playground, this is a ‘Coffee Mug featuring the text:
“congestion pricing opponent tears”’
You’re welcome.
“congestion pricing opponent tears”’
You’re welcome.
In this house, we believe… sichuan peppercorn is love
January 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
In this house, we believe… sichuan peppercorn is love
Now I know why George Lucas thought Lynch would be the natural choice to direct Return of the Jedi.
January 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Now I know why George Lucas thought Lynch would be the natural choice to direct Return of the Jedi.
@romanmars.bsky.social I was just staying in a section of Oakland that is practically Berkeley, and it featured a utility cover with an interesting spelling. This seemed like a question that would be answered in a 99pi episode. Was this done for a reason? Is it an error? Are there thousands of this?
December 1, 2024 at 1:44 AM
@romanmars.bsky.social I was just staying in a section of Oakland that is practically Berkeley, and it featured a utility cover with an interesting spelling. This seemed like a question that would be answered in a 99pi episode. Was this done for a reason? Is it an error? Are there thousands of this?
Thanks to those who pointed out the location of this "require alt text" setting. It just popped up a field to make sure I added alt text to this very post's image, yay. No more forgetting and leaving people out of the conversation.
November 14, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Thanks to those who pointed out the location of this "require alt text" setting. It just popped up a field to make sure I added alt text to this very post's image, yay. No more forgetting and leaving people out of the conversation.
Dang no thumbnail? It’s a Royal HE, someone’s put it up for $5.
October 19, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Dang no thumbnail? It’s a Royal HE, someone’s put it up for $5.
