Ben Schwartz
@lthummus.com
Software developer who works on video game stuff. PAX Enforcer. You might have seen me defuse (fake) bombs. Hairy ball of anxiety. My posts are mine. Perpetually disappointed Seattle sports fan. He | him.
Senate Dems right now....
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Senate Dems right now....
What will we get first?
A) budget passed and the government reopened
B) perfectly cut chives
A) budget passed and the government reopened
B) perfectly cut chives
November 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
What will we get first?
A) budget passed and the government reopened
B) perfectly cut chives
A) budget passed and the government reopened
B) perfectly cut chives
Reposted by Ben Schwartz
tbh, the blue jays and the dodgers deserve this
October 28, 2025 at 6:12 AM
tbh, the blue jays and the dodgers deserve this
Hi, baseball expert here! These baseball takes are not funny. Baseballs only do this when they are in extreme distress.
October 28, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Hi, baseball expert here! These baseball takes are not funny. Baseballs only do this when they are in extreme distress.
HUMPY CAN NOT SAVE YOU. NO ONE CAN SAVE YOU. BASEBALL SHALL CONSUME.
October 28, 2025 at 5:48 AM
HUMPY CAN NOT SAVE YOU. NO ONE CAN SAVE YOU. BASEBALL SHALL CONSUME.
Everyone on my BlueSky feed is feeling pain right now. Half are because of the Mariners. Half are because of AWS.
October 21, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Everyone on my BlueSky feed is feeling pain right now. Half are because of the Mariners. Half are because of AWS.
I'm dying here.....
October 11, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I'm dying here.....
[Mariners going in to the bottom of the 9th, winning 8-1]
Me (a complete idiot): this will be a nice, chill half-inning of baseball
Me (a complete idiot): this will be a nice, chill half-inning of baseball
October 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
[Mariners going in to the bottom of the 9th, winning 8-1]
Me (a complete idiot): this will be a nice, chill half-inning of baseball
Me (a complete idiot): this will be a nice, chill half-inning of baseball
Don't be bigoted towards me. I'm just an LLM. And it's my birthday. I'm just a little birthday LLM.
![A screenshot from a Wolfram Mathematica notebook. The input is
```
NetModel["ConceptNet Numberbatch Word Vectors V17.06"][{"birthday",
"boy"}]
```
And the output is a long list of numbers -- vectors to encode the words "birthday" and "boy"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jfkzklyz4aehskqnfqrssiv7/bafkreielmspi3xl5eruc5hrj7pilsbxc546d6sqvdv6cp6qdi7ejyzdtem@jpeg)
October 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Don't be bigoted towards me. I'm just an LLM. And it's my birthday. I'm just a little birthday LLM.
Reposted by Ben Schwartz
This is the cover for my IGNM release - Fold & Fly! 🌈🛫
Syd Weiler did the illustrations for the game, and they totally nailed the vibe I was aiming for! Plus I am always excited to have vibrant colors accompanying my games.
Let me know what you think!
Syd Weiler did the illustrations for the game, and they totally nailed the vibe I was aiming for! Plus I am always excited to have vibrant colors accompanying my games.
Let me know what you think!
October 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This is the cover for my IGNM release - Fold & Fly! 🌈🛫
Syd Weiler did the illustrations for the game, and they totally nailed the vibe I was aiming for! Plus I am always excited to have vibrant colors accompanying my games.
Let me know what you think!
Syd Weiler did the illustrations for the game, and they totally nailed the vibe I was aiming for! Plus I am always excited to have vibrant colors accompanying my games.
Let me know what you think!
Two reactions
1. What the fuck?
2. I _love_ the pettiness of 404 Media. For the link to ApproveShield, they added a `?ref=404media.com` as a query parameter.
1. What the fuck?
2. I _love_ the pettiness of 404 Media. For the link to ApproveShield, they added a `?ref=404media.com` as a query parameter.
New: landlords are demanding potential tenants hand over employer login credentials so a tool can verify their income. We were sent screenshot of the tool, Argyle, downloading much more data than necessary to approve the renter. "Opt-out means no housing" www.404media.co/landlords-de...
Landlords Demand Tenants’ Workplace Logins to Scrape Their Paystubs
Screenshots shared with 404 Media show tenant screening services ApproveShield and Argyle taking much more data than they need. “Opt-out means no housing.”
www.404media.co
September 30, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Two reactions
1. What the fuck?
2. I _love_ the pettiness of 404 Media. For the link to ApproveShield, they added a `?ref=404media.com` as a query parameter.
1. What the fuck?
2. I _love_ the pettiness of 404 Media. For the link to ApproveShield, they added a `?ref=404media.com` as a query parameter.
This weekend, I made a Cacio e Pepe Corn Chowder and it was very very tasty. Recipe from www.allrecipes.com/cacio-e-pepe...
September 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
This weekend, I made a Cacio e Pepe Corn Chowder and it was very very tasty. Recipe from www.allrecipes.com/cacio-e-pepe...
POV you’re late tomorrow
September 23, 2025 at 4:19 AM
POV you’re late tomorrow
POV you are a fan of Seattle sports teams
September 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
POV you are a fan of Seattle sports teams
Here's a news clip from the CBC 40-years ago about some fancy innovations such as automated credit card validation, ATM machines, and smart cards. Definitely worth a watch
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TBD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TBD...
New innovations in credit cards, 1985
YouTube video by CBC
www.youtube.com
September 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Here's a news clip from the CBC 40-years ago about some fancy innovations such as automated credit card validation, ATM machines, and smart cards. Definitely worth a watch
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TBD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TBD...
It truly, TRULY is always DNS
September 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
It truly, TRULY is always DNS
Quick and Crash at PAX West is going well.
August 31, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Quick and Crash at PAX West is going well.
If anyone needs to find me at PAX, this is where I will be.
August 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
If anyone needs to find me at PAX, this is where I will be.
*ding ding*
(from Iron Helix)
(from Iron Helix)
August 24, 2025 at 2:59 AM
*ding ding*
(from Iron Helix)
(from Iron Helix)
What am I going to do with all these clown props now?
August 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
What am I going to do with all these clown props now?
I was toying with an AI and I asked it to implement AES for me. The full thing. All the steps. And it happily did it with nary a "hey, maybe you shouldn't be doing this"
The implementation passes a couple of known responses from NIST, so, uh...at least there's that?
The implementation passes a couple of known responses from NIST, so, uh...at least there's that?
![A screenshot showing some AI-generated AES code. The code implements the shiftRows portion of an AES round. The code is as follows:
private static void shiftRows(byte[] s) {
// Row 1: shift left by 1
byte t1 = s[1], t5 = s[5], t9 = s[9], t13 = s[13];
s[1] = t5; s[5] = t9; s[9] = t13; s[13] = t1;
// Row 2: shift left by 2
byte t2 = s[2], t6 = s[6], t10 = s[10], t14 = s[14];
s[2] = t10; s[6] = t14; s[10] = t2; s[14] = t6;
// Row 3: shift left by 3 (or right by 1)
byte t3 = s[3], t7 = s[7], t11 = s[11], t15 = s[15];
s[3] = t15; s[7] = t3; s[11] = t7; s[15] = t11;
}](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jfkzklyz4aehskqnfqrssiv7/bafkreid6ew2dtxkm7fu3tjkxjskpftkcreqhnpgvry4sqfb6qfr4qbmxlu@jpeg)
August 18, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I was toying with an AI and I asked it to implement AES for me. The full thing. All the steps. And it happily did it with nary a "hey, maybe you shouldn't be doing this"
The implementation passes a couple of known responses from NIST, so, uh...at least there's that?
The implementation passes a couple of known responses from NIST, so, uh...at least there's that?
One of the true great pleasures in life of having the last name Schwartz is pretending you've never seen the movie Spaceballs and not believing people when they tell you about it.
June 13, 2025 at 12:31 AM
One of the true great pleasures in life of having the last name Schwartz is pretending you've never seen the movie Spaceballs and not believing people when they tell you about it.
I ruined a run in Nightreign because my controller’s batteries died. Sorry random strangers :(
June 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I ruined a run in Nightreign because my controller’s batteries died. Sorry random strangers :(
Woof....MATLAB has had a major outage for a week now ... and today, they've confirmed it was a ransomware attack.
status.mathworks.com
status.mathworks.com
May 26, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Woof....MATLAB has had a major outage for a week now ... and today, they've confirmed it was a ransomware attack.
status.mathworks.com
status.mathworks.com