Uguubee (Matt)
@daiconian.bsky.social
chronically ill philosopher interested in Metaphysics, Phil Sci, Socialism +more, Guitarist & Anime aficionado in Perth, Australia https://uwa.academia.edu/MattDCruze
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In some alternate timeline...
November 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
In some alternate timeline...
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This reminds me of how the favoured 80s term for a home computer - a "microcomputer" - came about because commercial computers were, comparatively, really small in terms of physical size and components compared to what until the early 70s was what a "computer" was - a big boxy room-filling thing
The modern world in old Ladybird books.
“A small digital computer designed for the businessman” (1971)
Artist: BH Robinson
“A small digital computer designed for the businessman” (1971)
Artist: BH Robinson
October 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This reminds me of how the favoured 80s term for a home computer - a "microcomputer" - came about because commercial computers were, comparatively, really small in terms of physical size and components compared to what until the early 70s was what a "computer" was - a big boxy room-filling thing
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Anytime I see a news story about another smart device (that had perfect functionality without being made "smart") going haywire I always think to myself, it's like the Pierce Brosnan house from the Simpsons. You NEVER want the Pierce Brosnan house. ^ ^;
October 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Anytime I see a news story about another smart device (that had perfect functionality without being made "smart") going haywire I always think to myself, it's like the Pierce Brosnan house from the Simpsons. You NEVER want the Pierce Brosnan house. ^ ^;
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Welcome to Bluesky, new users! I'm Jon, Bluesky's third most famous squirrel trainer. I have trained over five squirrels. Everyone here knows me and I'm very cool
October 16, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Welcome to Bluesky, new users! I'm Jon, Bluesky's third most famous squirrel trainer. I have trained over five squirrels. Everyone here knows me and I'm very cool
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People logging back into Bluesky for the first time in a year
October 16, 2025 at 2:58 AM
People logging back into Bluesky for the first time in a year
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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A planet of adventure - A DINOSAUR PLANET.
The attract screen from the prototype build of what was already evolving into Star Fox Adventures, though it was intended to be an original project until it caught the attention of Shigeru Miyamoto, who requested it become part of the Star Fox 'verse.
The attract screen from the prototype build of what was already evolving into Star Fox Adventures, though it was intended to be an original project until it caught the attention of Shigeru Miyamoto, who requested it become part of the Star Fox 'verse.
October 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A planet of adventure - A DINOSAUR PLANET.
The attract screen from the prototype build of what was already evolving into Star Fox Adventures, though it was intended to be an original project until it caught the attention of Shigeru Miyamoto, who requested it become part of the Star Fox 'verse.
The attract screen from the prototype build of what was already evolving into Star Fox Adventures, though it was intended to be an original project until it caught the attention of Shigeru Miyamoto, who requested it become part of the Star Fox 'verse.
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"A friend of mine told me try America Online."
Something I actually have only periphery memories of from the time, mostly from ads and seeing their CDs, as my access was direct to the web and not via curated portals like AOL.
💿: Boot Disc 6, 1997.
Something I actually have only periphery memories of from the time, mostly from ads and seeing their CDs, as my access was direct to the web and not via curated portals like AOL.
💿: Boot Disc 6, 1997.
October 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
"A friend of mine told me try America Online."
Something I actually have only periphery memories of from the time, mostly from ads and seeing their CDs, as my access was direct to the web and not via curated portals like AOL.
💿: Boot Disc 6, 1997.
Something I actually have only periphery memories of from the time, mostly from ads and seeing their CDs, as my access was direct to the web and not via curated portals like AOL.
💿: Boot Disc 6, 1997.
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Long COVID is here to stay, even in children, and worsened by reinfections and ongoing transmission. Governments and health systems must prioritise research, care access, and protection for kids—otherwise, the long-term social and economic costs will keep rising.
#LongCOVID
#LongCOVID
Long COVID is here to stay—even in children
Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC, also known as long COVID) are complex,
multisystem, long-lasting complications of SARS-CoV-2 infection that profoundly impact
the daily life of those...
www.thelancet.com
October 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Long COVID is here to stay, even in children, and worsened by reinfections and ongoing transmission. Governments and health systems must prioritise research, care access, and protection for kids—otherwise, the long-term social and economic costs will keep rising.
#LongCOVID
#LongCOVID
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At (Microsoft) Home with 90s multimedia CDROM education
June 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
At (Microsoft) Home with 90s multimedia CDROM education
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So the site owner is an accelerationist cultist. It’s not a surprise. But why do *all* these Silicon Valley types seem to have a similar lack of self-awareness, empathy, ethics and basic intelligence? And why do they think this is something to advertise?
October 4, 2025 at 9:06 AM
So the site owner is an accelerationist cultist. It’s not a surprise. But why do *all* these Silicon Valley types seem to have a similar lack of self-awareness, empathy, ethics and basic intelligence? And why do they think this is something to advertise?
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“Why don’t you just verify your ID? Just send them your passport/face scan/credit card, what could go wrong? It’s perfectly safe you’re just paranoid” etc etc etc
Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs
Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs
An “unauthorized party” may have accessed the names of users, the last four digits of credit card numbers, and more.
buff.ly
October 4, 2025 at 7:50 AM
“Why don’t you just verify your ID? Just send them your passport/face scan/credit card, what could go wrong? It’s perfectly safe you’re just paranoid” etc etc etc
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The Japanese Mario 64 official strategy guide is an incredible thing. "Can we make little hand-made dioramas of all the levels?" "Sure, why the hell not."
October 3, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The Japanese Mario 64 official strategy guide is an incredible thing. "Can we make little hand-made dioramas of all the levels?" "Sure, why the hell not."
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Latest papers: Emily A. Willoughby, Alan Love, Matt McGue, Tobias Edwards, Alexandros Giannelis & James J. Lee study genetic and environmental influences on agentic belief in this open access article doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky #philpsy
October 3, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Latest papers: Emily A. Willoughby, Alan Love, Matt McGue, Tobias Edwards, Alexandros Giannelis & James J. Lee study genetic and environmental influences on agentic belief in this open access article doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky #philpsy
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Slam Dunk for the Sega Saturn is a third person shooter
October 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Slam Dunk for the Sega Saturn is a third person shooter
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Indeed.
LLMs are LLMs.
Machine learning is machine learning.
AIs are Astro Boy, Robby the Robot, Cmdr Data, the Ghost in the Shell Puppet Master, etc. I will not use the term for anything less.
Don’t feed the hype machine. Don’t call it AI.
LLMs are LLMs.
Machine learning is machine learning.
AIs are Astro Boy, Robby the Robot, Cmdr Data, the Ghost in the Shell Puppet Master, etc. I will not use the term for anything less.
Don’t feed the hype machine. Don’t call it AI.
There is absolutely no good faith reason to use the term “AI” for any technology one is selling.
It serves only for dazzling people into thinking the technology has capabilities that it doesn’t.
If one wants a technology to be trustworthy, just use a transparent, informative term without hype.
It serves only for dazzling people into thinking the technology has capabilities that it doesn’t.
If one wants a technology to be trustworthy, just use a transparent, informative term without hype.
September 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Indeed.
LLMs are LLMs.
Machine learning is machine learning.
AIs are Astro Boy, Robby the Robot, Cmdr Data, the Ghost in the Shell Puppet Master, etc. I will not use the term for anything less.
Don’t feed the hype machine. Don’t call it AI.
LLMs are LLMs.
Machine learning is machine learning.
AIs are Astro Boy, Robby the Robot, Cmdr Data, the Ghost in the Shell Puppet Master, etc. I will not use the term for anything less.
Don’t feed the hype machine. Don’t call it AI.
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they’re intenionally advertising to and recruiting far right loyalists. they post and reply to explicit groyper memes. they’re not super subtle about what this government is
October 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
they’re intenionally advertising to and recruiting far right loyalists. they post and reply to explicit groyper memes. they’re not super subtle about what this government is
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this is bad lol takaichi is a member of the nippon kaigi, supports the revision of article 9, and much like her idol, Margaret Thatcher, has extremely regressive views of women's rights, among other things.
BREAKING: Sanae Takaichi elected first female leader of Japan’s ruling LDP
trib.al/lz8joW3
trib.al/lz8joW3
October 4, 2025 at 6:42 AM
this is bad lol takaichi is a member of the nippon kaigi, supports the revision of article 9, and much like her idol, Margaret Thatcher, has extremely regressive views of women's rights, among other things.
If you're an anime/manga/gaming fan that likes; discussing your interpretations of new shows you've watched at essay-length, reading academic essays about 'em, deep-diving their history, or academic nerd discourse on this stuff in general, join my new Discord! #anibsky #anime discord.gg/yXbKqKYX
Join the Academic Anime, Manga and Video Game Research & Discussion Discord Server!
Check out the Academic Anime, Manga and Video Game Research & Discussion community on Discord - hang out with 3 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
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October 4, 2025 at 3:45 AM
If you're an anime/manga/gaming fan that likes; discussing your interpretations of new shows you've watched at essay-length, reading academic essays about 'em, deep-diving their history, or academic nerd discourse on this stuff in general, join my new Discord! #anibsky #anime discord.gg/yXbKqKYX
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"I'm looking for that book, the one with Howl's Moving Castle on the cover!"
...not helpful.
because, your pick!
...not helpful.
because, your pick!
August 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
"I'm looking for that book, the one with Howl's Moving Castle on the cover!"
...not helpful.
because, your pick!
...not helpful.
because, your pick!
@animemangastudies.com since you're really into promoting anime studies, would you be interested in joining a Discord I'm making cantered around Anime, Manga and Video Game academia? I'd love to make a space online for academics/students to discuss, or even do reading groups
discord.gg/yXbKqKYX
discord.gg/yXbKqKYX
Join the Academic Anime, Manga and Video Game Research & Discussion Discord Server!
Check out the Academic Anime, Manga and Video Game Research & Discussion community on Discord - hang out with 3 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
discord.gg
October 4, 2025 at 2:42 AM
@animemangastudies.com since you're really into promoting anime studies, would you be interested in joining a Discord I'm making cantered around Anime, Manga and Video Game academia? I'd love to make a space online for academics/students to discuss, or even do reading groups
discord.gg/yXbKqKYX
discord.gg/yXbKqKYX
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NGE gave us many things.
Like.
Like.
September 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
NGE gave us many things.
Like.
Like.
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The Bloomsbury online access site doesn't have the full titles of the individual chapters.
See here instead.
And, pick your favorite.
"Demonic Compassion: The Suffering of Innocents in Puella Magi Madoka Magica" is pretty hard to top!
www.bloomsbury.com/us/anime-rel...
See here instead.
And, pick your favorite.
"Demonic Compassion: The Suffering of Innocents in Puella Magi Madoka Magica" is pretty hard to top!
www.bloomsbury.com/us/anime-rel...
September 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The Bloomsbury online access site doesn't have the full titles of the individual chapters.
See here instead.
And, pick your favorite.
"Demonic Compassion: The Suffering of Innocents in Puella Magi Madoka Magica" is pretty hard to top!
www.bloomsbury.com/us/anime-rel...
See here instead.
And, pick your favorite.
"Demonic Compassion: The Suffering of Innocents in Puella Magi Madoka Magica" is pretty hard to top!
www.bloomsbury.com/us/anime-rel...