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The AI bubble RAM crisis is caused for non-existent problems by non-existent money for a non-existent infrastructure to meet non-existent demand to make non-existent business and will utterly destroy real business based on real demand and real infrastructure built with real money for real problems.
I understand framing the AI bubble RAM supply crisis in terms of stuff like video game consoles because nerds can conceptualize that but the framing does really undersell the sheer magnitude of how it's going to fuck up everything that even touches a computer.
February 16, 2026 at 9:54 PM
The AI bubble RAM crisis is caused for non-existent problems by non-existent money for a non-existent infrastructure to meet non-existent demand to make non-existent business and will utterly destroy real business based on real demand and real infrastructure built with real money for real problems.
Reposted by Joel Bernstein
Reposted by Joel Bernstein
Finally, we can talk to the super-persuader from the acclaimed blog post “don’t talk to the super-persuader”
I made (Claude made) a Reverse Socratic skill
Reverse Socratic uses declarative statements to destabilize a person's position from the inside. Offer statements they're inclined to agree with — statements that, once accepted, undermine the position they're defending.
github.com/roby2358/ski...
Reverse Socratic uses declarative statements to destabilize a person's position from the inside. Offer statements they're inclined to agree with — statements that, once accepted, undermine the position they're defending.
github.com/roby2358/ski...
skills/reverse_socratic_examination at main · roby2358/skills
Claude Skills (they go in ~/.claude/skills). Contribute to roby2358/skills development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Finally, we can talk to the super-persuader from the acclaimed blog post “don’t talk to the super-persuader”
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Great timing for the Virtual Boy's 're-appearance', our new YouTube video includes previously unseen footage of the VB's western reveal at Winter CES, in January of 1995: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_FEmue0Yu4
February 17, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Great timing for the Virtual Boy's 're-appearance', our new YouTube video includes previously unseen footage of the VB's western reveal at Winter CES, in January of 1995: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_FEmue0Yu4
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If you don’t say 6 you haven’t met 6
February 17, 2026 at 5:30 AM
If you don’t say 6 you haven’t met 6
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Also, my survey where we asked 1,000 players what game they played the most. Not what they liked best. Literally: "What game on this platform do you have the most minutes in?"
Of the thousand players asked, exactly ZERO got the answer right. Zero. Not a single one. That should tell you something.
Of the thousand players asked, exactly ZERO got the answer right. Zero. Not a single one. That should tell you something.
February 14, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Also, my survey where we asked 1,000 players what game they played the most. Not what they liked best. Literally: "What game on this platform do you have the most minutes in?"
Of the thousand players asked, exactly ZERO got the answer right. Zero. Not a single one. That should tell you something.
Of the thousand players asked, exactly ZERO got the answer right. Zero. Not a single one. That should tell you something.
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It just struck me that newspaper comic strips were sort of proto-posting: you come up with a joke every single day and eventually you either mellow out or become completely insane
February 17, 2026 at 12:37 AM
It just struck me that newspaper comic strips were sort of proto-posting: you come up with a joke every single day and eventually you either mellow out or become completely insane
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The drunk uncle theory.
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
agree with this (hah) but also think a particular mistake the left made for a long time online, and still makes to an extent, is failing to understand that the person whose mind you may actually change is the one reading the argument you're having, not the one you're arguing with
The secret to engaging in social media debate is knowing you will never win anyone over. The best you can hope for is to have people who already agree with tell you you're awesome. You might great a dopamine thrill from the righteousness of your anger! Fine benefits, all. But you will never win.
February 16, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The drunk uncle theory.
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
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If you want to see posts from cool people on here, go to @moderation.bsky.app and turn off this label
February 16, 2026 at 6:26 PM
If you want to see posts from cool people on here, go to @moderation.bsky.app and turn off this label
Reposted by Joel Bernstein
Reposted by Joel Bernstein
A prominent Bluesky elder already hosts Jeopardy
How many followers for a prominent Bluesky elder to host Jeopardy
February 16, 2026 at 8:29 PM
A prominent Bluesky elder already hosts Jeopardy
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There’s going to be Covid style shortages of cars, TVs and even washing machines and fridges, then job losses because assembly lines can’t source solid state memory, just so the stupidest person you know can state with 100% confidence a chatbot confirmed dinosaurs coexisted with humans.
I understand framing the AI bubble RAM supply crisis in terms of stuff like video game consoles because nerds can conceptualize that but the framing does really undersell the sheer magnitude of how it's going to fuck up everything that even touches a computer.
February 16, 2026 at 9:02 PM
There’s going to be Covid style shortages of cars, TVs and even washing machines and fridges, then job losses because assembly lines can’t source solid state memory, just so the stupidest person you know can state with 100% confidence a chatbot confirmed dinosaurs coexisted with humans.
Reposted by Joel Bernstein
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Hey kids, remember music videos? Well, what if some music sickos gave some animation sickos a reasonable budget to depict their sick-as-fuck music??
† CARPENTER BRUT - SPEED OR PERISH † Directed by Seth Ickerman (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Carpenter Brut
www.youtube.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Hey kids, remember music videos? Well, what if some music sickos gave some animation sickos a reasonable budget to depict their sick-as-fuck music??
Reposted by Joel Bernstein
Reposted by Joel Bernstein
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I know it's meant in good faith but "if we just made smaller scope games and charged 20-40 dollars for them it would fix the industry" is very funny to me. indies release like 20 of those a week on steam. are you buying them? is the industry fixed? no? hm. sounds like you need a different solution
February 15, 2026 at 8:01 AM
I know it's meant in good faith but "if we just made smaller scope games and charged 20-40 dollars for them it would fix the industry" is very funny to me. indies release like 20 of those a week on steam. are you buying them? is the industry fixed? no? hm. sounds like you need a different solution
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I'm sorry, but Baz Lurhman making the guns in Romeo + Juliet Sword and Longsword as like, makes, was the coolest shit ever. "Give me my longsword" hell yeah Baz I was 12 and am 41 and that still fucking rules.
Louder, Baz. 11 is amateur hour.
youtu.be/D3BayBl6_2g?...
Louder, Baz. 11 is amateur hour.
youtu.be/D3BayBl6_2g?...
Romeo + Juliet (1996) - 'Gas Station Scene' [1080]
YouTube video by Screen Themes
youtu.be
December 31, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I'm sorry, but Baz Lurhman making the guns in Romeo + Juliet Sword and Longsword as like, makes, was the coolest shit ever. "Give me my longsword" hell yeah Baz I was 12 and am 41 and that still fucking rules.
Louder, Baz. 11 is amateur hour.
youtu.be/D3BayBl6_2g?...
Louder, Baz. 11 is amateur hour.
youtu.be/D3BayBl6_2g?...
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I fundamentally believe this era is an illusion. The current versions of Codex and Claude Code are costing OpenAI and Anthropic so much money because they’re running at like a negative 150% gross margin. All improvements involve more and more compute. The limits will be sudden and brutal.
Token Anxiety
i think i mostly echo this for myself. with so much that can be done, i often feel like i *should* be doing something, always
i think i mostly echo this for myself. with so much that can be done, i often feel like i *should* be doing something, always
February 15, 2026 at 10:45 PM
I fundamentally believe this era is an illusion. The current versions of Codex and Claude Code are costing OpenAI and Anthropic so much money because they’re running at like a negative 150% gross margin. All improvements involve more and more compute. The limits will be sudden and brutal.
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No bastard ever won a war by dying for his multicultural economic zone. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his autarkic ethnostate.
“You’re gonna die for a ‘multicultural economic zone?’”
“Someone is.”
“Someone is.”
Also, here’s a photo of people dying to defend a “multicultural economic zone”
February 16, 2026 at 12:13 AM
No bastard ever won a war by dying for his multicultural economic zone. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his autarkic ethnostate.
Reposted by Joel Bernstein
Reposted by Joel Bernstein
Reposted by Joel Bernstein
I remember this Onion headline striking me in 1998: wow, that really IS depressing; people do that? I've thought of it frequently in the intervening decades, especially these past few years as everything in the world becomes "On-Line Gambling"
February 15, 2026 at 11:19 PM
I remember this Onion headline striking me in 1998: wow, that really IS depressing; people do that? I've thought of it frequently in the intervening decades, especially these past few years as everything in the world becomes "On-Line Gambling"
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We've finally come full circle. People are longing for less chatter dialogue in their games by referencing ocarina, a game that people consistently complained about Navi being too talkative to the point of it being a meme for 20 odd years.
This is why I just recently dropped a game 😂😂😂😂
Like we don’t need banter every second silence is okay haha
credit: www.tiktok.com/t/ZThQF1Ga4/
Like we don’t need banter every second silence is okay haha
credit: www.tiktok.com/t/ZThQF1Ga4/
February 15, 2026 at 6:12 PM
We've finally come full circle. People are longing for less chatter dialogue in their games by referencing ocarina, a game that people consistently complained about Navi being too talkative to the point of it being a meme for 20 odd years.
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npc in cyberpunk 2077: hey choom you’re all chromed up
me: haha, that’s so silly. nobody would talk like that in the future
a 12 year old in 2026: im mogging you he’s mewling were lookmaxxing, ur a foid
me: ???????
me: haha, that’s so silly. nobody would talk like that in the future
a 12 year old in 2026: im mogging you he’s mewling were lookmaxxing, ur a foid
me: ???????
February 15, 2026 at 8:42 PM
npc in cyberpunk 2077: hey choom you’re all chromed up
me: haha, that’s so silly. nobody would talk like that in the future
a 12 year old in 2026: im mogging you he’s mewling were lookmaxxing, ur a foid
me: ???????
me: haha, that’s so silly. nobody would talk like that in the future
a 12 year old in 2026: im mogging you he’s mewling were lookmaxxing, ur a foid
me: ???????