Spooky Ilya
@ilyanep.com
He/him. CS, Board Games, Dota2, Politics, Human-Scale Cities, Moar Housing. IMSA '09, Caltech '13. Palantir SoftEng (opinions my own). Sometimes my brain is nonsense.
📍Bay Area, CA · ilyanep most places
📍Bay Area, CA · ilyanep most places
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Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
Had a great time at @thewaroncars.bsky.social’s book event tonight. So glad y’all came out west!
October 26, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Had a great time at @thewaroncars.bsky.social’s book event tonight. So glad y’all came out west!
Chat when twitch.tv/taylien says something out of pocket
TAYLOR
October 20, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Chat when twitch.tv/taylien says something out of pocket
@thisdaypod.com I really don’t mind some pointers to cool other podcasts but any chance on turning down the number of “you might also like” posts? Between those and archive episodes that’s more than half the feed I have to go in to manually skip.
October 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
@thisdaypod.com I really don’t mind some pointers to cool other podcasts but any chance on turning down the number of “you might also like” posts? Between those and archive episodes that’s more than half the feed I have to go in to manually skip.
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Hunter Biden has a point. And a quite colorful one.
July 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Hunter Biden has a point. And a quite colorful one.
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I made something that will be funny to precisely six people
July 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I made something that will be funny to precisely six people
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I still remember how a naive younger version of me was like “oh yeah I totally would like to be on the e-mail list of this candidate I like so I can hear what they’re up to”. Sigh
Also love how donating to candidates I believe in means every Dem across the country gets my e-mail address.
Also love how donating to candidates I believe in means every Dem across the country gets my e-mail address.
People donate! They thank us for the updates! They appreciate that we don't treat them like marks and the best respondents send me pictures of their cats.
I think that's because people *want* to be involved in politics, but they don't want to be treated like idiots or dollar signs. 6/
I think that's because people *want* to be involved in politics, but they don't want to be treated like idiots or dollar signs. 6/
May 31, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I still remember how a naive younger version of me was like “oh yeah I totally would like to be on the e-mail list of this candidate I like so I can hear what they’re up to”. Sigh
Also love how donating to candidates I believe in means every Dem across the country gets my e-mail address.
Also love how donating to candidates I believe in means every Dem across the country gets my e-mail address.
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Working from an office was really, really healthy for me.
It got me out of the house every day. It got me exercising. A 30-45 min walk or bike ride each way was perfect.
I had better work/life boundaries. I left my laptop at work. I had more friends. My social batteries were much bigger.
It got me out of the house every day. It got me exercising. A 30-45 min walk or bike ride each way was perfect.
I had better work/life boundaries. I left my laptop at work. I had more friends. My social batteries were much bigger.
May 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Working from an office was really, really healthy for me.
It got me out of the house every day. It got me exercising. A 30-45 min walk or bike ride each way was perfect.
I had better work/life boundaries. I left my laptop at work. I had more friends. My social batteries were much bigger.
It got me out of the house every day. It got me exercising. A 30-45 min walk or bike ride each way was perfect.
I had better work/life boundaries. I left my laptop at work. I had more friends. My social batteries were much bigger.
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I'll be honest though, I'm pretty irritated with the state of discourse around this topic on bsky.
Believe it or not, a lot of people are quitting their remote jobs and looking to return to office.
A lot of companies have struggled to make remote teams work.
We have something to learn from them.
Believe it or not, a lot of people are quitting their remote jobs and looking to return to office.
A lot of companies have struggled to make remote teams work.
We have something to learn from them.
May 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I'll be honest though, I'm pretty irritated with the state of discourse around this topic on bsky.
Believe it or not, a lot of people are quitting their remote jobs and looking to return to office.
A lot of companies have struggled to make remote teams work.
We have something to learn from them.
Believe it or not, a lot of people are quitting their remote jobs and looking to return to office.
A lot of companies have struggled to make remote teams work.
We have something to learn from them.
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"So if the media were going to put their thumb on the scale – as they inevitably do – they ought to have done so in defense of democracy, the rule of law and human decency. The failure to do so is playing out in our shattered world."
That's by Margaret Sullivan. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
That's by Margaret Sullivan. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Yes, the media’s Biden coverage was flawed. But its reporting on Trump was far worse | Margaret Sullivan
A new book has fueled controversy over press handling of the ex-president’s decline. But that distracts from a bigger problem
www.theguardian.com
May 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"So if the media were going to put their thumb on the scale – as they inevitably do – they ought to have done so in defense of democracy, the rule of law and human decency. The failure to do so is playing out in our shattered world."
That's by Margaret Sullivan. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
That's by Margaret Sullivan. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Hey guys, do you like plushies & cute aliens? If yes, then you might be interested in this plushie my friend is trying to get made. It's her twitch mascot, Dingle. He's so cute, and she's even cuter. She needs 200 ppl, so if you want to help, that would be amazing.
www.makeship.com/petitions/di...
www.makeship.com/petitions/di...
Dingle Plushie
I SHOWED YOU MY DINGLE, PLEASE RESPOND I'm so excited to have the opportunity to share a physical part of my stream and its lore with you. Dingle has quickly become a staple of the community and the w...
www.makeship.com
May 15, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Hey guys, do you like plushies & cute aliens? If yes, then you might be interested in this plushie my friend is trying to get made. It's her twitch mascot, Dingle. He's so cute, and she's even cuter. She needs 200 ppl, so if you want to help, that would be amazing.
www.makeship.com/petitions/di...
www.makeship.com/petitions/di...
I can’t wait till we have our first “Excel interpreted these protein names as dates” style data error in a scientific paper caused by the researcher asking ChatGPT to write a script that winds up having an error in it.
April 22, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I can’t wait till we have our first “Excel interpreted these protein names as dates” style data error in a scientific paper caused by the researcher asking ChatGPT to write a script that winds up having an error in it.
I’ve had this for so long that I forget not everyone does this, but turn off push notifications on your phone for when you get a new e-mail. Nothing that comes in an e-mail is ever urgent.
April 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I’ve had this for so long that I forget not everyone does this, but turn off push notifications on your phone for when you get a new e-mail. Nothing that comes in an e-mail is ever urgent.
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*Of course* advance information on US combat operations is classified. Pretending otherwise is an insult to our troops, who all know this.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
April 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
*Of course* advance information on US combat operations is classified. Pretending otherwise is an insult to our troops, who all know this.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
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I’d like to ask every single New Yorker who’s remotely left of center to get actively involved in your local Democratic Party chapter with the goal of driving Schumer, Gillibrand, Hochul, Adams, Cuomo and all the other dead wood into retirement.
March 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I’d like to ask every single New Yorker who’s remotely left of center to get actively involved in your local Democratic Party chapter with the goal of driving Schumer, Gillibrand, Hochul, Adams, Cuomo and all the other dead wood into retirement.
A lot of people who would have never bothered doing price comparison when shopping for flights because they were so loyal to WN (and probably thought their fares were still competitive) are about to start doing just that and WN is going to lose a ton of loyal customers.
Southwest is now gonna charge for checked bags on regular fares.
March 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A lot of people who would have never bothered doing price comparison when shopping for flights because they were so loyal to WN (and probably thought their fares were still competitive) are about to start doing just that and WN is going to lose a ton of loyal customers.
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One reason why I think respectability is stupid is because it's often used as a mask. Such judgements are rarely about the clothes themselves, but more often about the bodies beneath them. To wit, no one raised an issue when Elon wore a graphic t-shirt and ball cap to meet the Trump cabinet.
March 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
One reason why I think respectability is stupid is because it's often used as a mask. Such judgements are rarely about the clothes themselves, but more often about the bodies beneath them. To wit, no one raised an issue when Elon wore a graphic t-shirt and ball cap to meet the Trump cabinet.
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for all of their fawning over the private sector, this would get you (and your boss, and maybe their boss) fired for cause in any business i have ever worked for
National Nuclear Security Administration officials are attempting to notify some employees who had been let go that they are now due to be reinstated — but they're struggling to find them because they don't have their new contact information. nbcnews.to/4104StF
February 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
for all of their fawning over the private sector, this would get you (and your boss, and maybe their boss) fired for cause in any business i have ever worked for
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