Paul VanKoughnett (Retired, Pensionär)
@pvk.bsky.social
a ancient man
Every day patterns are being uncovered. An ear held to the quiet tapping on the silkstrands of culture. Another word translated from a secret language of masked, grinning faces, laid in a dictionary to one day be held above their heads, shouting “WE TOO SEE.” Credit @lannabellelee.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Every day patterns are being uncovered. An ear held to the quiet tapping on the silkstrands of culture. Another word translated from a secret language of masked, grinning faces, laid in a dictionary to one day be held above their heads, shouting “WE TOO SEE.” Credit @lannabellelee.bsky.social
Here’s an algebraic structure: R union {infinity}, with these two binary operations:
+,
and x || y = 1/(1/x + 1/y).
What is this? Each binary operation is independently an abelian group plus an absorbing element. But I don’t see any obvious identities involving both operations.
+,
and x || y = 1/(1/x + 1/y).
What is this? Each binary operation is independently an abelian group plus an absorbing element. But I don’t see any obvious identities involving both operations.
January 7, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Here’s an algebraic structure: R union {infinity}, with these two binary operations:
+,
and x || y = 1/(1/x + 1/y).
What is this? Each binary operation is independently an abelian group plus an absorbing element. But I don’t see any obvious identities involving both operations.
+,
and x || y = 1/(1/x + 1/y).
What is this? Each binary operation is independently an abelian group plus an absorbing element. But I don’t see any obvious identities involving both operations.
oh my god
what's not part of this anecdote is that it happened AGAIN, on cars 2. an intern wrote a cron job to delete his daily code tree, re-sync and rebuild every night. so that like looked like rm -rf /$MY_TREE
unix users following along will see where this is going
unix users following along will see where this is going
December 30, 2025 at 2:12 AM
oh my god
Hamlet is a classic, of course. They put JJ Abrams in charge of Hammet and we all know how that turned out. And the prequels, Hamjet and Hamket — complete pandering garbage. So I’m thrilled to see Chloe Zhao save the series with her latest offering.
December 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Hamlet is a classic, of course. They put JJ Abrams in charge of Hammet and we all know how that turned out. And the prequels, Hamjet and Hamket — complete pandering garbage. So I’m thrilled to see Chloe Zhao save the series with her latest offering.
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60 minutes CECOT segment. Recorded through my browser. HD quality. Not phone. Spread it around. If you're press, it's yours. Go nuts.
It's streaming on a Canadian website, but there is no telling for how long.
www.filemail.com/d/wkcdttnacp...
It's streaming on a Canadian website, but there is no telling for how long.
www.filemail.com/d/wkcdttnacp...
Banned 60 Minutes CECOT Segment - Filemail
Get it while it's hot.
www.filemail.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
60 minutes CECOT segment. Recorded through my browser. HD quality. Not phone. Spread it around. If you're press, it's yours. Go nuts.
It's streaming on a Canadian website, but there is no telling for how long.
www.filemail.com/d/wkcdttnacp...
It's streaming on a Canadian website, but there is no telling for how long.
www.filemail.com/d/wkcdttnacp...
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yeah man I love the mountain goats
December 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
yeah man I love the mountain goats
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chomsky was very important to me when i was young, but i learned a long time ago that a sense of betrayal is a more appropriate response in moments like this than knee-jerk defense.
December 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
chomsky was very important to me when i was young, but i learned a long time ago that a sense of betrayal is a more appropriate response in moments like this than knee-jerk defense.
“be a scribe” was the first “learn to code”
December 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
“be a scribe” was the first “learn to code”
my gf is so sweet and beautiful 🥺
December 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
my gf is so sweet and beautiful 🥺
Finding some good websites www.sphere.bc.ca/about/
About Sphere | Sphere Research Corporation
www.sphere.bc.ca
December 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Finding some good websites www.sphere.bc.ca/about/
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learning how to do multi-GPU stuff at work today. feeling very powerful.
December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
learning how to do multi-GPU stuff at work today. feeling very powerful.
Ok smart people. How would you deal with this totally stripped, 1/16” hex set screw? I have now tried:
- WD-40
- Penetrating oil
- Heating it with a soldering iron (only melted the plastic a bit)
- Flathead screwdrivers (1/16” too small, 3/32” too big)
- Hammering a 5/64” hex key in (too big)
- WD-40
- Penetrating oil
- Heating it with a soldering iron (only melted the plastic a bit)
- Flathead screwdrivers (1/16” too small, 3/32” too big)
- Hammering a 5/64” hex key in (too big)
December 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Ok smart people. How would you deal with this totally stripped, 1/16” hex set screw? I have now tried:
- WD-40
- Penetrating oil
- Heating it with a soldering iron (only melted the plastic a bit)
- Flathead screwdrivers (1/16” too small, 3/32” too big)
- Hammering a 5/64” hex key in (too big)
- WD-40
- Penetrating oil
- Heating it with a soldering iron (only melted the plastic a bit)
- Flathead screwdrivers (1/16” too small, 3/32” too big)
- Hammering a 5/64” hex key in (too big)
Oscilloscope guts. The CRT runs at 2000V 🫨
December 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Oscilloscope guts. The CRT runs at 2000V 🫨
3 days after buying a reverb pedal: what i could really use is 2 reverb pedals
November 17, 2025 at 3:53 AM
3 days after buying a reverb pedal: what i could really use is 2 reverb pedals
journaliststudio.google.com/pinpoint/doc...
Who do we think he was talking to in this one? Seems to be giving advice about US-China Diplomacy? Advice such as "That's why a military display makes sense. Let them and others see, daddys.
Spanking paddle"
and
"First chapter art of war"
Who do we think he was talking to in this one? Seems to be giving advice about US-China Diplomacy? Advice such as "That's why a military display makes sense. Let them and others see, daddys.
Spanking paddle"
and
"First chapter art of war"
Pinpoint
journaliststudio.google.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
journaliststudio.google.com/pinpoint/doc...
Who do we think he was talking to in this one? Seems to be giving advice about US-China Diplomacy? Advice such as "That's why a military display makes sense. Let them and others see, daddys.
Spanking paddle"
and
"First chapter art of war"
Who do we think he was talking to in this one? Seems to be giving advice about US-China Diplomacy? Advice such as "That's why a military display makes sense. Let them and others see, daddys.
Spanking paddle"
and
"First chapter art of war"
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This is cool. COURIER has created a searchable database with all 20,000 of the files just released from Epstein’s estate.
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
We created a searchable database with all 20,000 files from Epstein’s Estate
Easily find every mention of Trump, Clinton, blackmail, and potential sex crimes in the thousands of private messages between Epstein and his close associates.
couriernewsroom.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This is cool. COURIER has created a searchable database with all 20,000 of the files just released from Epstein’s estate.
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
They really named it the Steam Machine and not the Steam Engine?
November 14, 2025 at 5:49 AM
They really named it the Steam Machine and not the Steam Engine?
not gonna lie, I feel pretty cool for digging up this one! github.com/pytorch/pyto...
[opcheck] Opcheck results in illegal memory access with pinned memory tensors · Issue #167509 · pytorch/pytorch
🐛 Describe the bug I'm running a kernel, exposed as a Torch custom op, in which some output is copied to a pinned memory tensor on host. The kernel runs and torch.compiles correctly. However, testi...
github.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 AM
not gonna lie, I feel pretty cool for digging up this one! github.com/pytorch/pyto...
Might fuck around and invent a new form of masculinity. "Glancemales" or some shit. "Pastaboys." We'll lock down the exact language once we get some VCs on board.
November 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Might fuck around and invent a new form of masculinity. "Glancemales" or some shit. "Pastaboys." We'll lock down the exact language once we get some VCs on board.
What do you think they’re doing? Answer in the replies.
November 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
What do you think they’re doing? Answer in the replies.
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for almost every instrument you have to keep activating some muscle to keep the sound going.
EXCEPT: the guitar family, harps, xylophones etc., and cymbals. (and some weird electronic stuff)
EXCEPT: the guitar family, harps, xylophones etc., and cymbals. (and some weird electronic stuff)
November 8, 2025 at 5:21 AM
for almost every instrument you have to keep activating some muscle to keep the sound going.
EXCEPT: the guitar family, harps, xylophones etc., and cymbals. (and some weird electronic stuff)
EXCEPT: the guitar family, harps, xylophones etc., and cymbals. (and some weird electronic stuff)
judyhauff.bandcamp.com/album/sacred...
1) this is really cool,
2) she sounds like Judee Sill kinda,
3) an underappreciated hallmark of shapenote style is the pangender octave-doubling of the tenors & trebles, which results in closer harmonies than you’d get from a sex-segregated chiurch choir
1) this is really cool,
2) she sounds like Judee Sill kinda,
3) an underappreciated hallmark of shapenote style is the pangender octave-doubling of the tenors & trebles, which results in closer harmonies than you’d get from a sex-segregated chiurch choir
Sacred Harp Minor Tunes with the Sixths Raised (Dorian), by Judy Hauff
29 track album
judyhauff.bandcamp.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:35 AM
judyhauff.bandcamp.com/album/sacred...
1) this is really cool,
2) she sounds like Judee Sill kinda,
3) an underappreciated hallmark of shapenote style is the pangender octave-doubling of the tenors & trebles, which results in closer harmonies than you’d get from a sex-segregated chiurch choir
1) this is really cool,
2) she sounds like Judee Sill kinda,
3) an underappreciated hallmark of shapenote style is the pangender octave-doubling of the tenors & trebles, which results in closer harmonies than you’d get from a sex-segregated chiurch choir