Cara Rocket
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fix your hearts or die — find me on the fediverse at @cararemixed@mastodon.social
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we must dissent
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I’ll be around a bit longer here but please consider the fediverse and all of its warts. A place where we can at least own our data AND platform.
I thoroughly enjoyed 39C3. I posted a tiny bit more on mastodon but honestly am still processing most of it. What an amazing event this year. 11/10.
December 30, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I thoroughly enjoyed 39C3. I posted a tiny bit more on mastodon but honestly am still processing most of it. What an amazing event this year. 11/10.
Bluesky in general, as a corporate entity and a technology, has been a letdown recently. It split away from the worst parts of its roots (Xitter & crypto) but didn’t prevent itself from falling back into the same ideas.
It’s not an outright failure but a very gradual return to enshitification.
It’s not an outright failure but a very gradual return to enshitification.
I have kept my early skepticism with ATproto enthusiasts since the early days where it was explicitly crypto adjacent tech.
I have zero interest in that side but it does make me sad to see people like Rudy cross that gap because he had some radical ideas worth giving a shot.
I have zero interest in that side but it does make me sad to see people like Rudy cross that gap because he had some radical ideas worth giving a shot.
December 28, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Bluesky in general, as a corporate entity and a technology, has been a letdown recently. It split away from the worst parts of its roots (Xitter & crypto) but didn’t prevent itself from falling back into the same ideas.
It’s not an outright failure but a very gradual return to enshitification.
It’s not an outright failure but a very gradual return to enshitification.
@baochip.com where can I find you at C3? I’m very curious.
December 27, 2025 at 8:32 AM
@baochip.com where can I find you at C3? I’m very curious.
It’s because computers are unaccountable which is an idea they love. Never forget, the computer operator is accountable still. Don’t buy this “oops AI” line.
Others have noted this before, but it's ENRAGING to see corporations and bosses give this bullshit "A.i." trash FAR more leeway for error and general crappiness than they'd ever give any human creator.
I've started to see arguments that we have to get used to AI Slop coding even if it isn't great, because it's fast. Humans could go faster, too, if they're allowed to turn in stuff that only sometimes works. Such a fascinating double standard that will in no way come back to haunt, naw.
December 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
It’s because computers are unaccountable which is an idea they love. Never forget, the computer operator is accountable still. Don’t buy this “oops AI” line.
I’m finally attending c3 in Hamburg. 39c3 hype and anticipation is going to keep me awake all night. Even the mesh is lively with people all over the greater Hamburg region chatting (LF looks saturated, I’ll switch to SF at CCH tomorrow).
December 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I’m finally attending c3 in Hamburg. 39c3 hype and anticipation is going to keep me awake all night. Even the mesh is lively with people all over the greater Hamburg region chatting (LF looks saturated, I’ll switch to SF at CCH tomorrow).
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Essentially, I think that LLM-generated dialogue only makes sense if you believe that the product of writing is words.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
I had five fascinating conversations for this RPS piece, gathering perspectives on genAI chatbots in games, as seen in Where Winds Meet. Thanks to @meghna.bsky.social, @pyrofoux.bsky.social, @maxkreminski.bsky.social, and @chrisgardiner.bsky.social www.rockpapershotgun.com/horrible-bor...
"Horrible", "boring", and "cheap": Experts pan new chatbot NPCs, but some leave room for optimism
We speak to a collection of developers and AI experts about the potential impact of LLM-powered NPCs in videogames.
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December 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Essentially, I think that LLM-generated dialogue only makes sense if you believe that the product of writing is words.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
Honestly, it’s so relieving to see someone like Rob Pike speak up like this. You can’t be neutral with AI. Its effects are farther reaching than a few prompts and I beg people to slow down for a moment.
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
![[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation
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Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)
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December 26, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Honestly, it’s so relieving to see someone like Rob Pike speak up like this. You can’t be neutral with AI. Its effects are farther reaching than a few prompts and I beg people to slow down for a moment.
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The extreme attack on transgender youth we are witnessing from a governmental stage was enabled by The Atlantic and The New York Times.
December 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The extreme attack on transgender youth we are witnessing from a governmental stage was enabled by The Atlantic and The New York Times.
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i hate that AI is such a buzzword these days because it's all linear algebra soup and sometimes the soup is actually extremely good. GFS's reduced accuracy in previous events (hurricane sandy, notably) from computational limitations has cost lives. 99.7% reduction with comparable accuracy is insane.
December 18, 2025 at 6:13 AM
i hate that AI is such a buzzword these days because it's all linear algebra soup and sometimes the soup is actually extremely good. GFS's reduced accuracy in previous events (hurricane sandy, notably) from computational limitations has cost lives. 99.7% reduction with comparable accuracy is insane.
It’s weird seeing people announce they’ve left X on this platform and others. I’d personally consider it embarrassing to even admit to using that site at all.
Why now? Has all of the hate, bots, and misinformation finally affected you rather than others of us who left years ago?
Why now? Has all of the hate, bots, and misinformation finally affected you rather than others of us who left years ago?
December 15, 2025 at 8:55 AM
It’s weird seeing people announce they’ve left X on this platform and others. I’d personally consider it embarrassing to even admit to using that site at all.
Why now? Has all of the hate, bots, and misinformation finally affected you rather than others of us who left years ago?
Why now? Has all of the hate, bots, and misinformation finally affected you rather than others of us who left years ago?
This is the exact genre of story we’ll see with generative AI where people say things like “I just let it handle the boring parts.”
These people will end up exactly like these two incapable drivers. You can already see it happening. If you can’t live without it after, why become dependent at all?
These people will end up exactly like these two incapable drivers. You can already see it happening. If you can’t live without it after, why become dependent at all?
tesla owners admitting without shame they don’t know how to drive anymore
December 15, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This is the exact genre of story we’ll see with generative AI where people say things like “I just let it handle the boring parts.”
These people will end up exactly like these two incapable drivers. You can already see it happening. If you can’t live without it after, why become dependent at all?
These people will end up exactly like these two incapable drivers. You can already see it happening. If you can’t live without it after, why become dependent at all?
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reading about genAI slop brokers makes me want to draw more weird manual art. extremely realistic brachiosaurus reconstruction for you
December 12, 2025 at 5:06 AM
reading about genAI slop brokers makes me want to draw more weird manual art. extremely realistic brachiosaurus reconstruction for you
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New Bike Day! 🚲💨
8bar frames are made in Berlin with lots of German made components. Love buying local no matter where I live.
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December 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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"Fix your heart or die." David Lynch
This platform keeps testing me but I think it deserves to die. Honestly, I’ve been using it less and less this year. You can find me over on mastodon.social. It’s far from perfect but it’s not enshitified nor blatantly fascist.
This platform keeps testing me but I think it deserves to die. Honestly, I’ve been using it less and less this year. You can find me over on mastodon.social. It’s far from perfect but it’s not enshitified nor blatantly fascist.
December 2, 2025 at 9:23 AM
"Fix your heart or die." David Lynch
This platform keeps testing me but I think it deserves to die. Honestly, I’ve been using it less and less this year. You can find me over on mastodon.social. It’s far from perfect but it’s not enshitified nor blatantly fascist.
This platform keeps testing me but I think it deserves to die. Honestly, I’ve been using it less and less this year. You can find me over on mastodon.social. It’s far from perfect but it’s not enshitified nor blatantly fascist.
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RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.
Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.
Bluesky silenced trans voices over J.K. Rowling, here’s why
Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.
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August 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.
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Look, if you're not an expert you wouldn't know, but this chart is bullshit. They could not possibly measure this as 1. How can you tell for sure? There's no reliable automated way. 2. You're not counting the many sites that are blocking crawlers now.
But there's an even more important reason...
But there's an even more important reason...
November 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Look, if you're not an expert you wouldn't know, but this chart is bullshit. They could not possibly measure this as 1. How can you tell for sure? There's no reliable automated way. 2. You're not counting the many sites that are blocking crawlers now.
But there's an even more important reason...
But there's an even more important reason...
You do not, in fact, have to hand it to the NYT for a basic headline.
The bar is so low. It seems like people are excited by the possibility that the paper can publish light handed criticism right next to the congratulatory celebration of authoritarian regimes.
!!Woohoo we did a little critique!!
The bar is so low. It seems like people are excited by the possibility that the paper can publish light handed criticism right next to the congratulatory celebration of authoritarian regimes.
!!Woohoo we did a little critique!!
November 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
You do not, in fact, have to hand it to the NYT for a basic headline.
The bar is so low. It seems like people are excited by the possibility that the paper can publish light handed criticism right next to the congratulatory celebration of authoritarian regimes.
!!Woohoo we did a little critique!!
The bar is so low. It seems like people are excited by the possibility that the paper can publish light handed criticism right next to the congratulatory celebration of authoritarian regimes.
!!Woohoo we did a little critique!!
Leslie Lamport is also the guy who wrote a paper titled Buridan’s Principle, which is clearly a paper that tries to break some kind of record for published academic works given the number of times the word “ass” occurs in it. He’s got a sense of humor and is certainly trolling us all with LaTeX.
explaining to @sarasoci.al how LaTeX is “lah-tech” and not “lay-tex” and she thinks i’m doing a bit until i go “no i’m totally serious the X isn’t an X it’s Chi” and she pauses for like 5 seconds and goes “i think i’m going to go jump off a bridge”
November 30, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Leslie Lamport is also the guy who wrote a paper titled Buridan’s Principle, which is clearly a paper that tries to break some kind of record for published academic works given the number of times the word “ass” occurs in it. He’s got a sense of humor and is certainly trolling us all with LaTeX.
Maybe spend money fixing OMNY and not a giant inflatable. 🤦🏼♀️
The Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons are being inflated this afternoon on the Upper West Side! Take public transit to West 72 St & Columbus Av to see the magic take shape 🎈
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November 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Maybe spend money fixing OMNY and not a giant inflatable. 🤦🏼♀️
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30 years ago this was peak performance and it was better.
November 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM
30 years ago this was peak performance and it was better.
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me to a friend: "did you see this shit the @roblox.com CEO said?"
friend: "Check his hard drive asap"
tbh I agree
friend: "Check his hard drive asap"
tbh I agree
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
me to a friend: "did you see this shit the @roblox.com CEO said?"
friend: "Check his hard drive asap"
tbh I agree
friend: "Check his hard drive asap"
tbh I agree
Love this. Better hold onto that domain.
November 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Love this. Better hold onto that domain.
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This is an amazing fact
8675309 is prime, and so is 8675311, so if you ever need a middlin'-large pair of adjacent primes to test your cryptographic suite, all you need is a 1980s earworm and a +2 and you're all set.
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 4:50 AM
This is an amazing fact
Wait. Can someone ask Ezra Klein to lean in on this? I'm sure it's all our fault for making the Nazis have to resort to violence since we didn't volunteer for the camps.
November 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Wait. Can someone ask Ezra Klein to lean in on this? I'm sure it's all our fault for making the Nazis have to resort to violence since we didn't volunteer for the camps.