PointyShinyBurning
@pointyshinyburning.bsky.social
Code. Combat sports. Leftism.
All views secretly yours.
All views secretly yours.
4) Productive, swift meetings containing human beings are possible
January 14, 2026 at 10:35 AM
4) Productive, swift meetings containing human beings are possible
About marine biology?
January 13, 2026 at 10:15 PM
About marine biology?
A pity to read a well-reported and interesting article that's full of obvious LLM slop. Any such thing as a subeditor at @theguardian.com these days?
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
‘I made the biggest mistake’: the young Yemeni men lured into the Russian army with empty promises
The offer of thousands of dollars a month was hard to refuse for those living in poverty in a war-torn country. But while some Yemenis have died on the frontline, others are now prisoners of war
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:45 AM
A pity to read a well-reported and interesting article that's full of obvious LLM slop. Any such thing as a subeditor at @theguardian.com these days?
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Many's the day I've wiled away by the banks of the Fleet.
January 12, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Many's the day I've wiled away by the banks of the Fleet.
For next time I forget the right way to put the annoying JSTOR chapter PDFs back into a single file is:
1. Download them in order
2. qpdf --empty --pages $(for i in $(ls -tr *.pdf); do echo $i 2-z; done) -- ../OUTPUT_BOOK.pdf
1. Download them in order
2. qpdf --empty --pages $(for i in $(ls -tr *.pdf); do echo $i 2-z; done) -- ../OUTPUT_BOOK.pdf
January 12, 2026 at 12:31 PM
For next time I forget the right way to put the annoying JSTOR chapter PDFs back into a single file is:
1. Download them in order
2. qpdf --empty --pages $(for i in $(ls -tr *.pdf); do echo $i 2-z; done) -- ../OUTPUT_BOOK.pdf
1. Download them in order
2. qpdf --empty --pages $(for i in $(ls -tr *.pdf); do echo $i 2-z; done) -- ../OUTPUT_BOOK.pdf
Huh, seems like the reason Mexicans say "mi casa es su casa" is because it's conventional politesse in Nahuatl (from a religious play related in Lockhart, The Nahuas After The Conquest)
January 11, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Huh, seems like the reason Mexicans say "mi casa es su casa" is because it's conventional politesse in Nahuatl (from a religious play related in Lockhart, The Nahuas After The Conquest)
Accidentally adding some spare gun parts I was carrying to create a larger, more dangerous, gun
January 11, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Accidentally adding some spare gun parts I was carrying to create a larger, more dangerous, gun
Not a big endings guy, but in his defence that's the general curse of the genre.
January 11, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Not a big endings guy, but in his defence that's the general curse of the genre.
Swiss camels!
arkeonews.net/yes-camels-r...
arkeonews.net/yes-camels-r...
Yes — Camels Really Lived in Basel During the Roman Era! - Arkeonews
Evidence from recent archaeological research in Basel shows that hybrid camels really lived in the city during the Roman era.
arkeonews.net
January 9, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Swiss camels!
arkeonews.net/yes-camels-r...
arkeonews.net/yes-camels-r...
You, a white boy: inshallah
Sir Frederick Leighton, President of the Royal Academy, building his living room:
Sir Frederick Leighton, President of the Royal Academy, building his living room:
January 8, 2026 at 10:30 AM
You, a white boy: inshallah
Sir Frederick Leighton, President of the Royal Academy, building his living room:
Sir Frederick Leighton, President of the Royal Academy, building his living room:
Not even "basically", apparently, but just "actually a container ship" www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
Container Ship Turned Missile Battery Spotted in China - Naval News
Images of a Chinese shipping vessel carrying several containerized vertical launch cells systems appeared online.
www.navalnews.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Not even "basically", apparently, but just "actually a container ship" www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
Where in the piece is she doing this?
December 19, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Where in the piece is she doing this?
The omission of "more and better roids" is surely falsifying even to the maximally tinfoil-hatted.
December 9, 2025 at 8:56 AM
The omission of "more and better roids" is surely falsifying even to the maximally tinfoil-hatted.
2/3 from good/pleasant/punctual will keep you employed at most things IME.
December 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
2/3 from good/pleasant/punctual will keep you employed at most things IME.
Many such cases en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A...
Seán Mac Stíofáin - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Many such cases en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A...
Microcosm of the general process where boys aim at becoming not what their father was actually like but who he pretended to be to the children at home.
December 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Microcosm of the general process where boys aim at becoming not what their father was actually like but who he pretended to be to the children at home.
Often attributed to Samuel Johnson, however quoteinvestigator.com/2013/06/17/g...
Quote Origin: Your Manuscript Is Good and Original, But What is Original Is Not Good; What Is Good Is Not Original – Quote Investigator®
quoteinvestigator.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Often attributed to Samuel Johnson, however quoteinvestigator.com/2013/06/17/g...
Reposted by PointyShinyBurning
Make Nvidia 20 Dollars Again
April 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Make Nvidia 20 Dollars Again
You couldn't pay me to read the fucking thing but I must admit the reviews of Nuzzi's book are bringing me joy.
December 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
You couldn't pay me to read the fucking thing but I must admit the reviews of Nuzzi's book are bringing me joy.
Can't find it now, but IIRC there's a Roman(?) poet who, asked about his waning libido in old age, said that he felt as if he'd been riding a wild horse his whole life and had finally been allowed to dismount.
November 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Can't find it now, but IIRC there's a Roman(?) poet who, asked about his waning libido in old age, said that he felt as if he'd been riding a wild horse his whole life and had finally been allowed to dismount.
TBF Jensen does look pretty great for 62.
November 18, 2025 at 11:25 AM
TBF Jensen does look pretty great for 62.
There's _a lot_ of dudes in a ska band, just saying.
November 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM
There's _a lot_ of dudes in a ska band, just saying.
A new ska revival would fix the male loneliness epidemic, I'm pretty sure.
November 18, 2025 at 10:36 AM
A new ska revival would fix the male loneliness epidemic, I'm pretty sure.
@equatormag.bsky.social Really appreciate your work! Any chance of an RSS/Atom feed for articles? Makes it a lot easier for the terminally online like myself to make sure we don't miss anything.
November 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
@equatormag.bsky.social Really appreciate your work! Any chance of an RSS/Atom feed for articles? Makes it a lot easier for the terminally online like myself to make sure we don't miss anything.
What led to these appointments or did these particular people fall into and keep these roles totally at random?
November 14, 2025 at 9:04 AM
What led to these appointments or did these particular people fall into and keep these roles totally at random?