BrokenTripod
@brokentripodstudios.com
Breaking Things.
https://brokentripodstudios.com/
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Currently: DnD (5e, 2024) homebrew campaign
Previously: UE4 (no releases), TF2 (mod/map making community)
https://brokentripodstudios.com/
https://brokentripod.tumblr.com/
Currently: DnD (5e, 2024) homebrew campaign
Previously: UE4 (no releases), TF2 (mod/map making community)
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BrokenTripod
@brokentripodstudios.com
· Nov 21
Doctor Who - Blackout - BrokenTripod - Doctor Who (2005) [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
I have a full length TV episode of Doctor Who fanfiction on AO3 (formatted as a script)
Originally written in 2016 with an original companion
Originally written in 2016 with an original companion
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July 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
July 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
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vroom! one gazillion dollars go brrrrr but unfortunately that's the sound of a shredder
July 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
vroom! one gazillion dollars go brrrrr but unfortunately that's the sound of a shredder
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I got permission to share this, and I'm extremely grateful for that.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
July 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I got permission to share this, and I'm extremely grateful for that.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
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Random work advice lol: If you have anger management issues, it doesn't matter if someone makes a mistake and your response is an extremely disproportionate blow up, YOU become the problem. I would fire you over anyone making a mistake. Mistakes are normal, someone with no self regulation ain't.
June 9, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Random work advice lol: If you have anger management issues, it doesn't matter if someone makes a mistake and your response is an extremely disproportionate blow up, YOU become the problem. I would fire you over anyone making a mistake. Mistakes are normal, someone with no self regulation ain't.
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but if i'm not allowed to feed artists into my artist killing machine it's going to be basically impossible for the machine to keep killing artists. is that what you want?? and before you answer keep in mind this is a very expensive machine
May 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
but if i'm not allowed to feed artists into my artist killing machine it's going to be basically impossible for the machine to keep killing artists. is that what you want?? and before you answer keep in mind this is a very expensive machine
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>Teachers are using AI to create coursework
>Students are using AI to complete coursework
College is just AI talking to itself through humans.
>Students are using AI to complete coursework
College is just AI talking to itself through humans.
May 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
>Teachers are using AI to create coursework
>Students are using AI to complete coursework
College is just AI talking to itself through humans.
>Students are using AI to complete coursework
College is just AI talking to itself through humans.
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There is no benefits to AI in my coffee maker, and no matter what you do, there never will be benefits to AI in my coffee maker. Hope this helps.
‘Why do I need AI in my coffee maker?’ AI-labeled products can scare away customers, study finds
Consumers are still anxious about AI and need to be convinced of its benefits, researchers say.
fortune.com
May 27, 2025 at 11:12 AM
There is no benefits to AI in my coffee maker, and no matter what you do, there never will be benefits to AI in my coffee maker. Hope this helps.
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Bro my coffee machine is a bit of plastic and some paper
May 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Bro my coffee machine is a bit of plastic and some paper
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I don't think you can quite separate out the greedy part -- papers removing writers, editors, fact-checkers, photographers sets a path to allowing for this type of thing to occur. Greed can be active, and have active effects, but it can also have passive ones, too.
So that AI-generated “Summer Reading List” full of made up books illustrates an important fact about AI art & writing we need to wrap our heads around. Because the easy story is “greedy corporate paper replaces humans with AI slop”. But that’s not what happened here, or in a lot of similar cases.
May 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I don't think you can quite separate out the greedy part -- papers removing writers, editors, fact-checkers, photographers sets a path to allowing for this type of thing to occur. Greed can be active, and have active effects, but it can also have passive ones, too.
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Happy Hitler Shoots Himself In The Head day to all who celebrate. The 80th anniversary. May his ignominious end, with his body doused in petrol and burned by his last remaining loyalists, be a model for all tyrants.
April 30, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Happy Hitler Shoots Himself In The Head day to all who celebrate. The 80th anniversary. May his ignominious end, with his body doused in petrol and burned by his last remaining loyalists, be a model for all tyrants.
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voters [holding a massive soft serve shit in a cake cone]: totally unexpectedly, the second bite of this is, if anything, worse than the first
TheHill [26 Apr 25] -- NYT adds to cascade of bad 100-day polls : 42-52% approve inc. just 35% on Ukraine & 31% on Kilmar Garcia abduction, Underwater on immigration, trade, economy & managing fed govt. Only 29% of Independents approve & 60% say Trump exceeding his power. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
Trump receives dismal ratings in NYT poll
President Trump’s net approval is 12 points underwater in the latest NYT/Siena College poll.
thehill.com
April 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
voters [holding a massive soft serve shit in a cake cone]: totally unexpectedly, the second bite of this is, if anything, worse than the first
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The Internet of Things ended up being the internet of unsupported products.
Google is ending support for 1st & 2nd generation Nests and completely pulling out of Europe.
Imagine having to replace the thermostats in your home because of a reorg at some big tech meant it was no longer a priority.
Google is ending support for 1st & 2nd generation Nests and completely pulling out of Europe.
Imagine having to replace the thermostats in your home because of a reorg at some big tech meant it was no longer a priority.
Google is killing software support for early Nest Thermostats
No more controlling these “smart” thermostats from a phone.
www.theverge.com
April 26, 2025 at 12:39 AM
The Internet of Things ended up being the internet of unsupported products.
Google is ending support for 1st & 2nd generation Nests and completely pulling out of Europe.
Imagine having to replace the thermostats in your home because of a reorg at some big tech meant it was no longer a priority.
Google is ending support for 1st & 2nd generation Nests and completely pulling out of Europe.
Imagine having to replace the thermostats in your home because of a reorg at some big tech meant it was no longer a priority.
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My favourite episode is the one where Poirot gets a shoulder-mounted cannon.
March 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
My favourite episode is the one where Poirot gets a shoulder-mounted cannon.
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super tough bulletproof post-apocalyptic warlord-spec Cybertruck recalled for literally just sort of falling apart
finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-r...
finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-r...
Tesla recalls most Cybertrucks due to trim detaching from vehicle
Tesla said Thursday it is recalling nearly all Cybertrucks in the United States to fix an exterior panel that could detach while driving, the latest in a series of call-backs for the pickup truck. Th...
finance.yahoo.com
March 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
super tough bulletproof post-apocalyptic warlord-spec Cybertruck recalled for literally just sort of falling apart
finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-r...
finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-r...
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"this is the truck of the future. it's indestructible. it's bulletproof. it's like driving a tank."
"how did you build it"
"well we superglued flat metal plates onto a car frame"
"how did you build it"
"well we superglued flat metal plates onto a car frame"
March 20, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"this is the truck of the future. it's indestructible. it's bulletproof. it's like driving a tank."
"how did you build it"
"well we superglued flat metal plates onto a car frame"
"how did you build it"
"well we superglued flat metal plates onto a car frame"
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One of the things about me being a writer is that I believe in genuine human connection as an unstoppable force for good. It’s a lot harder to hate someone based on nebulous ideas once you know them as people. Because that’s what good characters are first and foremost: fully-fleshed out people.
This elderly man showed up to support an anti-trans bill in my home state and then, because he had to wait hours to testify, he was stuck listening to queer folks rally against it
By the time it was his turn to speak, he'd changed his mind
Never doubt that speaking out can change hearts and minds
By the time it was his turn to speak, he'd changed his mind
Never doubt that speaking out can change hearts and minds
Wisconsin man who showed up to support an anti-trans bill does something amazing - Queerty
“I have a very little knowledge of gay people and things like that there…” “I have a very little knowledge of gay people and things like that there…”
www.queerty.com
March 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
One of the things about me being a writer is that I believe in genuine human connection as an unstoppable force for good. It’s a lot harder to hate someone based on nebulous ideas once you know them as people. Because that’s what good characters are first and foremost: fully-fleshed out people.
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
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Look at this shit, man. Tell me you don’t want that.
February 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Look at this shit, man. Tell me you don’t want that.
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Huh. You don’t say.
Most banned books feature people of color and LGBTQ+ people, report finds
Most banned books feature people of color and LGBTQ+ people, report finds
Study counteracts claims by conservative lawmakers that books being removed from classrooms are sexually explicit
The majority of banned books in US public schools last year dealt with people of color, LGBTQ+ people and other demographics, according to a…
www.theguardian.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Huh. You don’t say.