Andrew
@neonelephant.bsky.social
Gamer. Software developer, software fixer, occasional software stop bath. he/him
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ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
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when I visited korea last year I went to haeinsa temple to see the tripitaka koreana, a set of 80k+ wooden printing blocks for buddhist scriptures, made in the 13th century en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripita...
Tripitaka Koreana - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
when I visited korea last year I went to haeinsa temple to see the tripitaka koreana, a set of 80k+ wooden printing blocks for buddhist scriptures, made in the 13th century en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripita...
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EVERYBODY GO READ THE AWS INCIDENT WRITE-UP! aws.amazon.com/message/1019...
Summary of the Amazon DynamoDB Service Disruption in Northern Virginia (US-EAST-1) Region
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October 23, 2025 at 3:47 AM
EVERYBODY GO READ THE AWS INCIDENT WRITE-UP! aws.amazon.com/message/1019...
I don't think I disagree with the thesis that AAA games could be priced higher. I do sort of wonder whether, if they were, overall games spending would change (increase?), or just shift.
AAA video games should cost $100 on launch. this would still be extremely cheap for the amount of time and enjoyment you get out of them! But an audience of whiny babies has kept them literally at the same price for *two decades* despite both general inflation *and* sector-specific costs rising
October 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I don't think I disagree with the thesis that AAA games could be priced higher. I do sort of wonder whether, if they were, overall games spending would change (increase?), or just shift.
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Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay
October 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay
I don't know what I was expecting No Kings in Lakewood to look like, but it didn't involve a many people as were actually there.
October 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I don't know what I was expecting No Kings in Lakewood to look like, but it didn't involve a many people as were actually there.
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This administration has been, by far, the most censorial administration in my lifetime. They're punishing people for speech about Palestine, about Charlie Kirk, about ICE, about the President. It's been nonstop attacks on speech.
Mike Johnson: "The last time I checked, Americans have more freedom right now to express themselves and speak their minds after Republicans took over ... it is the Republicans who restored your right to share and speak your mind."
October 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This administration has been, by far, the most censorial administration in my lifetime. They're punishing people for speech about Palestine, about Charlie Kirk, about ICE, about the President. It's been nonstop attacks on speech.
The memes and snark about the game tonight have been incredible.
October 11, 2025 at 5:24 AM
The memes and snark about the game tonight have been incredible.
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if i were running an intelligence agency spinning up paradox mods as an influence ops is absolutely something I’d be doing
it's honestly fucked up to think about how most of the people who understand the references in here understand them because of HOI4 mods
October 9, 2025 at 11:38 PM
if i were running an intelligence agency spinning up paradox mods as an influence ops is absolutely something I’d be doing
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The trump administration has been murdering people off the coast of Venezuela. This is not a small technical thing or an abstract constitutional testing of the war powers. Even if everyone on the boats were exactly who the Trump admin says they are they aren't enemy combatants, just criminals.
Trump has been illegally bombing boats off the coast of Venezuela.
Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff forced a vote on reasserting Congress's role over war powers and ending this reckless
warmongering.
It failed 48-51.
Murkowski and Paul voted yes.
Fetterman voted no.
Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff forced a vote on reasserting Congress's role over war powers and ending this reckless
warmongering.
It failed 48-51.
Murkowski and Paul voted yes.
Fetterman voted no.
October 9, 2025 at 3:12 AM
The trump administration has been murdering people off the coast of Venezuela. This is not a small technical thing or an abstract constitutional testing of the war powers. Even if everyone on the boats were exactly who the Trump admin says they are they aren't enemy combatants, just criminals.
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This is personalism. It's the Charles I scenario -- the king rules without the a legislature and simply taxes and spends in whatever way he feels like.
Impeach, remove, disqualify.
Impeach, remove, disqualify.
Well that's not how appropriations work at all
*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT
*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT
October 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This is personalism. It's the Charles I scenario -- the king rules without the a legislature and simply taxes and spends in whatever way he feels like.
Impeach, remove, disqualify.
Impeach, remove, disqualify.
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CHOTINER: This game you like to play, what's it called?
ME: Slay the Spire.
CHOTINER: And you play it on the computer?
ME: Yeah. Well, I also have it on my phone. I played another 300 hours.
CHOTINER: And these other games in your Steam library. Have you finished them?
ME: Now hold on a second,
ME: Slay the Spire.
CHOTINER: And you play it on the computer?
ME: Yeah. Well, I also have it on my phone. I played another 300 hours.
CHOTINER: And these other games in your Steam library. Have you finished them?
ME: Now hold on a second,
September 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
CHOTINER: This game you like to play, what's it called?
ME: Slay the Spire.
CHOTINER: And you play it on the computer?
ME: Yeah. Well, I also have it on my phone. I played another 300 hours.
CHOTINER: And these other games in your Steam library. Have you finished them?
ME: Now hold on a second,
ME: Slay the Spire.
CHOTINER: And you play it on the computer?
ME: Yeah. Well, I also have it on my phone. I played another 300 hours.
CHOTINER: And these other games in your Steam library. Have you finished them?
ME: Now hold on a second,
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i leave message here on service but you do not call
June 30, 2024 at 3:31 AM
i leave message here on service but you do not call
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we very specifically and over decades had earned a reputation for being a place where you could come and study or work and be treated ~fairly rather than tyrannically.
that reputation was a big deal. I hope in time we can rebuild it.
that reputation was a big deal. I hope in time we can rebuild it.
September 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
we very specifically and over decades had earned a reputation for being a place where you could come and study or work and be treated ~fairly rather than tyrannically.
that reputation was a big deal. I hope in time we can rebuild it.
that reputation was a big deal. I hope in time we can rebuild it.
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I have a couple of comments about the "free speech hero" narrative about Charlie Kirk.
First, was Charlie Kirk really notable for supporting the free speech of people he disagreed with? I haven't noticed that, though I could have missed it.
/1
First, was Charlie Kirk really notable for supporting the free speech of people he disagreed with? I haven't noticed that, though I could have missed it.
/1
September 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I have a couple of comments about the "free speech hero" narrative about Charlie Kirk.
First, was Charlie Kirk really notable for supporting the free speech of people he disagreed with? I haven't noticed that, though I could have missed it.
/1
First, was Charlie Kirk really notable for supporting the free speech of people he disagreed with? I haven't noticed that, though I could have missed it.
/1
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Who here do I know that hosts their own webpages or blogs? A postdoc colleague and I would like to ask a few fast questions about your traffic patterns over the last 5 years.
(please reshare for reach thank you!)
(please reshare for reach thank you!)
September 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Who here do I know that hosts their own webpages or blogs? A postdoc colleague and I would like to ask a few fast questions about your traffic patterns over the last 5 years.
(please reshare for reach thank you!)
(please reshare for reach thank you!)
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Old Soviet joke for today:
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
August 30, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Old Soviet joke for today:
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
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I know Democrats are overwhelmed (or rudderless, if you are less charitable) by the sheer volume of Trump authoritarian moves, but I’d like to see them unified behind specific goals like “RFK Jr is a threat to public health and needs to go.”
August 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I know Democrats are overwhelmed (or rudderless, if you are less charitable) by the sheer volume of Trump authoritarian moves, but I’d like to see them unified behind specific goals like “RFK Jr is a threat to public health and needs to go.”
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People are so excited that we might be on the verge of civil war. I’m not. I’m a basic bitch who likes basic things like pumpkin spice lattes and not getting shot at in the grocery store.
August 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
People are so excited that we might be on the verge of civil war. I’m not. I’m a basic bitch who likes basic things like pumpkin spice lattes and not getting shot at in the grocery store.
Dominions 3 MA Arco notes: the elephant trampling heavy infantry is very satisfying. The solo elephant charging the clump of barbarians, however, had rather a bad day.
August 16, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Dominions 3 MA Arco notes: the elephant trampling heavy infantry is very satisfying. The solo elephant charging the clump of barbarians, however, had rather a bad day.
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You trust experts every day. Your home was built by experts. Your energy is providing by experts. Your car was built and is fueled by experts. We have spent literally thousands of years trying to replace folklore and mysticism with data. These bozos want to plunge us back into a dark age.
1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said."
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
RFK Jr. in interview with Scripps News: ‘Trusting the experts is not science’
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. sat down with Scripps News for a wide-ranging interview, discussing mRNA vaccine funding policy changes and a recent shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
www.scrippsnews.com
August 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
You trust experts every day. Your home was built by experts. Your energy is providing by experts. Your car was built and is fueled by experts. We have spent literally thousands of years trying to replace folklore and mysticism with data. These bozos want to plunge us back into a dark age.
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I had a juror ask me about this after my trial last week, so here's a dumb law thing I'm gonna tell y'all about: issue preservation at trial
August 6, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I had a juror ask me about this after my trial last week, so here's a dumb law thing I'm gonna tell y'all about: issue preservation at trial
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imagine fleeing the Vietnam War and in your arms you're carrying a baby who will one day grow up to correct the US Secretary of Defense on his jeans. like bringing a football into the end zone
August 6, 2025 at 3:47 AM
imagine fleeing the Vietnam War and in your arms you're carrying a baby who will one day grow up to correct the US Secretary of Defense on his jeans. like bringing a football into the end zone
Even at my low level of fighting game skill, Evo is still a pretty good watch. I could wish for _slightly_ more knowledge of terminology, and I don't know the system subtleties of most of the current games, but I've enjoyed the top 8s I've caught.
August 4, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Even at my low level of fighting game skill, Evo is still a pretty good watch. I could wish for _slightly_ more knowledge of terminology, and I don't know the system subtleties of most of the current games, but I've enjoyed the top 8s I've caught.
Is there a better way of trying to figure out Dominions 3 (or, really, any of them) than just banging my head against it and making occasional reference to the manual?
August 1, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Is there a better way of trying to figure out Dominions 3 (or, really, any of them) than just banging my head against it and making occasional reference to the manual?