Drake Thomsen
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ΦΜΑ Fall '17, Now: Demand Inc. & Lasso AI | All opinions are my own | Likes/RT ≠ endorsement | Digital refugee from the other place
Microsoft announcing yet another Halo CE remaster
October 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Microsoft announcing yet another Halo CE remaster
Just use Claude Code ffs. Even at the $20 per month tier you get more Sonnet requests than 93. That’s just pitiful.
August 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Just use Claude Code ffs. Even at the $20 per month tier you get more Sonnet requests than 93. That’s just pitiful.
Perplexity Search? Great.
Comet browser? Promising.
But their models?
The entire Sonar line is just Llama 3.3 fine-tunes.
$20B feels… optimistic.
Comet browser? Promising.
But their models?
The entire Sonar line is just Llama 3.3 fine-tunes.
$20B feels… optimistic.
Sources: Perplexity is seeking new funding at a $20B post-money valuation, up from a reported $18B in its latest fundraising round in July (Business Insider)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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August 13, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Perplexity Search? Great.
Comet browser? Promising.
But their models?
The entire Sonar line is just Llama 3.3 fine-tunes.
$20B feels… optimistic.
Comet browser? Promising.
But their models?
The entire Sonar line is just Llama 3.3 fine-tunes.
$20B feels… optimistic.
Some people are out here shedding real tears over losing access to GPT-4o/o3 like it’s their childhood friend moving to the other side of the world. Buddy… it’s just new firmware.
August 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Some people are out here shedding real tears over losing access to GPT-4o/o3 like it’s their childhood friend moving to the other side of the world. Buddy… it’s just new firmware.
This headline is obvious right-wing ragebait, but Vikings did settle in Muslim Spain (Seville, 844 CE) and there’s archaeological evidence some converted to Islam. Teaching about Muslim Vikings isn’t ‘woke’ - it’s documented history. Not the norm, but not preposterous either.
July 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This headline is obvious right-wing ragebait, but Vikings did settle in Muslim Spain (Seville, 844 CE) and there’s archaeological evidence some converted to Islam. Teaching about Muslim Vikings isn’t ‘woke’ - it’s documented history. Not the norm, but not preposterous either.
If your TikTok starts with ‘I tried the viral assblaster 5000’ but it’s literally the first time I’ve ever heard of it AND there’s a TikTok Shop link… Sure bestie, super viral. Anyway imma swipe away now.
July 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
If your TikTok starts with ‘I tried the viral assblaster 5000’ but it’s literally the first time I’ve ever heard of it AND there’s a TikTok Shop link… Sure bestie, super viral. Anyway imma swipe away now.
GitHub Copilot joins Replit in having annoying usage limits as of this week. Cursor ruthlessly crushes context sizes so the agent can't remember anything. One day of using Zencoder and thngs are looking very interesting now.
June 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
GitHub Copilot joins Replit in having annoying usage limits as of this week. Cursor ruthlessly crushes context sizes so the agent can't remember anything. One day of using Zencoder and thngs are looking very interesting now.
There aren’t any fanboy flame wars because every other week there’s a new “best model” being released so then that chatbot becomes the new “best” chatbot.
Whichever chatbot you use the most is going to be the most useful to you because that’s the one that has the most context ABOUT you.
Whichever chatbot you use the most is going to be the most useful to you because that’s the one that has the most context ABOUT you.
June 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
There aren’t any fanboy flame wars because every other week there’s a new “best model” being released so then that chatbot becomes the new “best” chatbot.
Whichever chatbot you use the most is going to be the most useful to you because that’s the one that has the most context ABOUT you.
Whichever chatbot you use the most is going to be the most useful to you because that’s the one that has the most context ABOUT you.
The problem with the last two seasons of #DoctorWho isn't the writing, or the actors, or the move away from the "grungy" aesthetic of previous Doctors. The problem with the last two seasons is that an an 8-episode season isn't nearly enough content to properly flesh out a Doctor Who season arc.
June 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The problem with the last two seasons of #DoctorWho isn't the writing, or the actors, or the move away from the "grungy" aesthetic of previous Doctors. The problem with the last two seasons is that an an 8-episode season isn't nearly enough content to properly flesh out a Doctor Who season arc.
All of your criticisms of JKR and the HP reboot are valid but I’m begging Bluesky users to not bully child actors. We don’t want to make any more Jake Lloyd situations.
The main trio for the #HarryPotter series has been cast
Dominic McLaughlin — Harry Potter
Arabella Stanton — Hermione Granger
Alastair Stout — Ron Weasley
Dominic McLaughlin — Harry Potter
Arabella Stanton — Hermione Granger
Alastair Stout — Ron Weasley
May 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
All of your criticisms of JKR and the HP reboot are valid but I’m begging Bluesky users to not bully child actors. We don’t want to make any more Jake Lloyd situations.
Fuck Ki-Adi-Mundi. He gets to be an exception to all the rules and yet dogmatically insists on others following the rules.
If Ki-Adi-Mundi has 1000 haters, I am one of them. If Ki-Adi-Mundi has 1 hater, it is me. If Ki-Adi-Mundi has no haters, I am dead.
#StarWars
If Ki-Adi-Mundi has 1000 haters, I am one of them. If Ki-Adi-Mundi has 1 hater, it is me. If Ki-Adi-Mundi has no haters, I am dead.
#StarWars
May 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Fuck Ki-Adi-Mundi. He gets to be an exception to all the rules and yet dogmatically insists on others following the rules.
If Ki-Adi-Mundi has 1000 haters, I am one of them. If Ki-Adi-Mundi has 1 hater, it is me. If Ki-Adi-Mundi has no haters, I am dead.
#StarWars
If Ki-Adi-Mundi has 1000 haters, I am one of them. If Ki-Adi-Mundi has 1 hater, it is me. If Ki-Adi-Mundi has no haters, I am dead.
#StarWars
May 3, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Hey @katmabu.bsky.social thought you'd like to know that r/RedRising is howling your praises. Hail Libertas!
April 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Hey @katmabu.bsky.social thought you'd like to know that r/RedRising is howling your praises. Hail Libertas!
And over half of them are in the I-Drive/Dr. Philips areas of Orlando 🙃
www.jalopnik.com/1842050/tesl...
www.jalopnik.com/1842050/tesl...
Tesla Apparently Managed To Sell Just 6,406 Cybertrucks In The First Three Months Of 2025
Tesla's 2025 Q1 sales sure seems to spell disaster for the flagship Cybertruck
www.jalopnik.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:04 AM
And over half of them are in the I-Drive/Dr. Philips areas of Orlando 🙃
www.jalopnik.com/1842050/tesl...
www.jalopnik.com/1842050/tesl...
I CANNOT believe I missed the “bye Felicia” joke in Morning Star until my third read through #redrising
April 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I CANNOT believe I missed the “bye Felicia” joke in Morning Star until my third read through #redrising
This isn’t new at all. It’s used my name in the chain of thought since they released o1. OpenAI is more proud of the chain of thought in o3 and o4-mini so it’s making it more prominent, that’s why people are noticing it.
techcrunch.com/2025/04/18/c...
techcrunch.com/2025/04/18/c...
ChatGPT is referring to users by their names unprompted, and some find it 'creepy' | TechCrunch
A few ChatGPT users have noticed a strange phenomenon recently: occasionally, the chatbot refers to them by name as it reasons through problems.
techcrunch.com
April 19, 2025 at 4:18 AM
This isn’t new at all. It’s used my name in the chain of thought since they released o1. OpenAI is more proud of the chain of thought in o3 and o4-mini so it’s making it more prominent, that’s why people are noticing it.
techcrunch.com/2025/04/18/c...
techcrunch.com/2025/04/18/c...
If we don’t get Magneto in a speedo I’m rioting.
Marvel Swimsuit Special is returning after 30 years and skins will be coming to #MarvelRivals 👙🎮
April 18, 2025 at 2:14 AM
If we don’t get Magneto in a speedo I’m rioting.
OpenAI's new o3 and o4-mini models are cool and all but what I'm really waiting for is Teams and Plus users to get access to the Operator agent.
April 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
OpenAI's new o3 and o4-mini models are cool and all but what I'm really waiting for is Teams and Plus users to get access to the Operator agent.
It’s incredible how wrong this post is.
1. This bill was introduced on April 1st, before Trump’s tariffs were announced.
2. These are sanctions, not tariffs.
3. Thinking “just one more round of sanctions, that’ll show Russia” is definitely an opinion
Original post: mastodon.social/@randahl/114...
1. This bill was introduced on April 1st, before Trump’s tariffs were announced.
2. These are sanctions, not tariffs.
3. Thinking “just one more round of sanctions, that’ll show Russia” is definitely an opinion
Original post: mastodon.social/@randahl/114...
April 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
It’s incredible how wrong this post is.
1. This bill was introduced on April 1st, before Trump’s tariffs were announced.
2. These are sanctions, not tariffs.
3. Thinking “just one more round of sanctions, that’ll show Russia” is definitely an opinion
Original post: mastodon.social/@randahl/114...
1. This bill was introduced on April 1st, before Trump’s tariffs were announced.
2. These are sanctions, not tariffs.
3. Thinking “just one more round of sanctions, that’ll show Russia” is definitely an opinion
Original post: mastodon.social/@randahl/114...
Openvibe is doing some cool stuff on the fediverse
April 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Openvibe is doing some cool stuff on the fediverse
London I am inside of you
March 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
London I am inside of you
Me adding Target Circle 360 to my collection of Amazon Prime and Walmart Plus
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March 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Me adding Target Circle 360 to my collection of Amazon Prime and Walmart Plus
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i am a photoshop god
March 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
i am a photoshop god
March 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM