Zugg
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web developer @ public media / tech @thirstforadventure.bsky.social / made @chicagogenius.bsky.social / #1 Chicago pedestrian
Eating pistachios as if I stop the bag will explode
November 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Eating pistachios as if I stop the bag will explode
Physically feeling pretty good aside from having what my doctor calls “the knees of a lich”
November 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Physically feeling pretty good aside from having what my doctor calls “the knees of a lich”
seasoning Lake Michigan by putting a single bay leaf in it
November 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM
seasoning Lake Michigan by putting a single bay leaf in it
Got 7 spam phone calls so far today, 4 left messages, also got 5 spam texts. I don’t even want a phone anymore!!
November 12, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Got 7 spam phone calls so far today, 4 left messages, also got 5 spam texts. I don’t even want a phone anymore!!
I liked the new Frankenstein. Or, sorry, Frankenstein’s movie!
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I liked the new Frankenstein. Or, sorry, Frankenstein’s movie!
The trick to being a NYT opinion columnist is every morning you have to hit yourself in the head several times with a giant cartoon hammer and write articles with animated birds flying around your head and teeth sticking out like piano keys.
November 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The trick to being a NYT opinion columnist is every morning you have to hit yourself in the head several times with a giant cartoon hammer and write articles with animated birds flying around your head and teeth sticking out like piano keys.
Communication is my favorite way to keep in touch
October 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Communication is my favorite way to keep in touch
reading the /r/oatmeal rules intently
October 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
reading the /r/oatmeal rules intently
whichever one of you is the actual person who imagined me as part of their simulation, you’re so real for that
October 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
whichever one of you is the actual person who imagined me as part of their simulation, you’re so real for that
The ancient vikings or “vikingr” (old norse) may have only had 10-15 minutes of screen time (skrýntímr) per daye
October 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The ancient vikings or “vikingr” (old norse) may have only had 10-15 minutes of screen time (skrýntímr) per daye
Why would you play ball… with a pickle??
September 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Why would you play ball… with a pickle??
Finally got fully remote status back at work and while I’m very happy about it I can already feel the regression of the ability to do, what do you call it, human people talk conversation.
September 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Finally got fully remote status back at work and while I’m very happy about it I can already feel the regression of the ability to do, what do you call it, human people talk conversation.
YouTube finally serving me The Good Stuff
September 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
YouTube finally serving me The Good Stuff
Seeing the web get trashed by LLMs in real time is wild. We’re seeing millions of visits from scrapers hammering our servers. Then in search, even though our impressions increase, our clicks decrease because of AI summaries. So we’re getting penalized for having good content.
September 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Seeing the web get trashed by LLMs in real time is wild. We’re seeing millions of visits from scrapers hammering our servers. Then in search, even though our impressions increase, our clicks decrease because of AI summaries. So we’re getting penalized for having good content.
go to warp please :)
If you were a Starfleet captain what would your catchphrase ("engage", "hit it", "make it so" etc) be?
September 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
go to warp please :)
GQ’s Top Five Most Iconic Great Lakes Evaporated for Data Centers
August 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
GQ’s Top Five Most Iconic Great Lakes Evaporated for Data Centers
One bright spot is that whenever I see someone in a professional setting say “I used AI to do XYZ” I’m seeing more people look fucking disgusted. It makes you sound incapable. I hope this continues!
August 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
One bright spot is that whenever I see someone in a professional setting say “I used AI to do XYZ” I’m seeing more people look fucking disgusted. It makes you sound incapable. I hope this continues!
Seeing the "Help me write" AI tooltips pop up everywhere is infantilizing yes, but it’s also…evil? Like isn’t taking away your voice literally what Ursula did to Ariel in that movie about the marvelous singing crab
August 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Seeing the "Help me write" AI tooltips pop up everywhere is infantilizing yes, but it’s also…evil? Like isn’t taking away your voice literally what Ursula did to Ariel in that movie about the marvelous singing crab
need to take some time off of helping others with their projects so I can focus on my Art (creating another web game with inscrutable mechanics and no win condition)
August 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
need to take some time off of helping others with their projects so I can focus on my Art (creating another web game with inscrutable mechanics and no win condition)
can IT detect if you install Steam on a work computer and play 4000 hours of RimWorld on it
August 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
can IT detect if you install Steam on a work computer and play 4000 hours of RimWorld on it
Alien: Earth has some really fun ideas about the competing paths of transhumanism. My only big critique so far is that the alien itself isn't quite wet enough.
August 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Alien: Earth has some really fun ideas about the competing paths of transhumanism. My only big critique so far is that the alien itself isn't quite wet enough.
saw a Rochester tattoo last night and got activated like The Manchurian Candidate
August 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
saw a Rochester tattoo last night and got activated like The Manchurian Candidate
I am become chopped, unc of nephew
August 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I am become chopped, unc of nephew