Erik Frederiksen
@rikthevik.com
Programmer / Engineer / Computer Scientist :: Co-Founder & CTO at Andgo Systems. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 🇨🇦.
- More sincerity, less brain rot.
- Garbage in, garbage out.
- Block early, block often.
- More sincerity, less brain rot.
- Garbage in, garbage out.
- Block early, block often.
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Can we normalize mysterious, floating orbs?
June 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Can we normalize mysterious, floating orbs?
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Literally begging you to post about Just Some Stuff. We will see the news I absolutely promise. Twenty people will repost the same exact thing about the news. Only you can post about a turtle you saw
i don't mean to come off as rude but we cannot sustain ourselves on outrage and anger forever. i think it's even more important now to post about other things too. even if it gets less engagement. you never know who will find it cool and interesting.
It’s a real mindfuck when most ppl wanna post about their latest failures/successes, or weird shit they saw in the wild or cool stuff they made…but the country is a cesspool so cool/weird shit seems trite.
June 21, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Literally begging you to post about Just Some Stuff. We will see the news I absolutely promise. Twenty people will repost the same exact thing about the news. Only you can post about a turtle you saw
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'Meredith,' some guys ask, 'why won't you shove AI into Signal?'
Because we love privacy, and we love you, and this shit is predictable and unacceptable. Use Signal ❤️
Because we love privacy, and we love you, and this shit is predictable and unacceptable. Use Signal ❤️
June 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
'Meredith,' some guys ask, 'why won't you shove AI into Signal?'
Because we love privacy, and we love you, and this shit is predictable and unacceptable. Use Signal ❤️
Because we love privacy, and we love you, and this shit is predictable and unacceptable. Use Signal ❤️
American hegemony [chopped and screwed]
June 14, 2025 at 3:48 AM
American hegemony [chopped and screwed]
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I just noticed that my follower count has hit 3,000! Thank you so much for taking the time to follow me, read my ramblings and engage. It would be great if you could let me know what kind of things I post that interests you the most, or what other related stuff you'd like to see. Please re-post this
June 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I just noticed that my follower count has hit 3,000! Thank you so much for taking the time to follow me, read my ramblings and engage. It would be great if you could let me know what kind of things I post that interests you the most, or what other related stuff you'd like to see. Please re-post this
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I don't like SMTP and I sure don't like mail servers, but I do like HELO/EHLO
May 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I don't like SMTP and I sure don't like mail servers, but I do like HELO/EHLO
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I switched to Kagi as my default search engine ~a year ago exactly b/c Google search results are SO bad these days.
Never thought a startup would beat Google at search: Kagi does so because Google is an ads engine, not a search engine these days.
Today on Daring Fireball:
Never thought a startup would beat Google at search: Kagi does so because Google is an ads engine, not a search engine these days.
Today on Daring Fireball:
April 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I switched to Kagi as my default search engine ~a year ago exactly b/c Google search results are SO bad these days.
Never thought a startup would beat Google at search: Kagi does so because Google is an ads engine, not a search engine these days.
Today on Daring Fireball:
Never thought a startup would beat Google at search: Kagi does so because Google is an ads engine, not a search engine these days.
Today on Daring Fireball:
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What first release of Winamp looked like:
April 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
What first release of Winamp looked like:
Thinking about how a lot of American religion looks like the Fosterite Church of the New Revelation from Stranger in a Strange Land. Heinlein absolutely nailed it in the 50s.
www.realclearreligion.org/articles/201...
www.realclearreligion.org/articles/201...
A Triumph of Science Fiction Prophecy
As the button proclaims,
www.realclearreligion.org
April 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Thinking about how a lot of American religion looks like the Fosterite Church of the New Revelation from Stranger in a Strange Land. Heinlein absolutely nailed it in the 50s.
www.realclearreligion.org/articles/201...
www.realclearreligion.org/articles/201...
Back on my bullshit (Firefox, AdGuard DNS, uBlock Origin, Kagi) and the internet feels a whole lot better
April 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Back on my bullshit (Firefox, AdGuard DNS, uBlock Origin, Kagi) and the internet feels a whole lot better
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This might be my favorite Space Quest Easter egg.
April 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This might be my favorite Space Quest Easter egg.
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Let's all go back:
homestarrunner.com/toons/backto...
homestarrunner.com/toons/backto...
April 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Let's all go back:
homestarrunner.com/toons/backto...
homestarrunner.com/toons/backto...
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eat a book to gain its vocabulary
April 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
eat a book to gain its vocabulary
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"Neural" in 182 bytes of #GLSL
vec3 p,v;for(float i,z,d,l;i++<1e2;o+=(cos(9./l+vec4(6,1,2,3))+1.)/d)p=z*(FC.rgb*2.-r.xyy)/r.y,p.z++,l=length(p),z+=d=(dot(cos(v=p/l/l*5.+t*3.),sin(v.yzx+.7))+1.8)/4e1;o=tanh(o/1e4);
vec3 p,v;for(float i,z,d,l;i++<1e2;o+=(cos(9./l+vec4(6,1,2,3))+1.)/d)p=z*(FC.rgb*2.-r.xyy)/r.y,p.z++,l=length(p),z+=d=(dot(cos(v=p/l/l*5.+t*3.),sin(v.yzx+.7))+1.8)/4e1;o=tanh(o/1e4);
April 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"Neural" in 182 bytes of #GLSL
vec3 p,v;for(float i,z,d,l;i++<1e2;o+=(cos(9./l+vec4(6,1,2,3))+1.)/d)p=z*(FC.rgb*2.-r.xyy)/r.y,p.z++,l=length(p),z+=d=(dot(cos(v=p/l/l*5.+t*3.),sin(v.yzx+.7))+1.8)/4e1;o=tanh(o/1e4);
vec3 p,v;for(float i,z,d,l;i++<1e2;o+=(cos(9./l+vec4(6,1,2,3))+1.)/d)p=z*(FC.rgb*2.-r.xyy)/r.y,p.z++,l=length(p),z+=d=(dot(cos(v=p/l/l*5.+t*3.),sin(v.yzx+.7))+1.8)/4e1;o=tanh(o/1e4);
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accidentally bought Ocean Breeze scented wormwood from the alchemist and all of my potions for the past couple of weeks have smelled like your mom's car in the 90s
April 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
accidentally bought Ocean Breeze scented wormwood from the alchemist and all of my potions for the past couple of weeks have smelled like your mom's car in the 90s
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My thoughts on Generative AI
April 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
My thoughts on Generative AI
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I’m only panic-selling ironically
April 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I’m only panic-selling ironically
Using kagi.com as a daily driver and I'm very impressed. It takes me back to the days of old Google. Unfortunately they can't help the web being polluted (ads, AI slop, cookie/newsletter popups) but so far I've found Kagi very useful. Not sure if when I'll give Perplexity a look.
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kagi.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Using kagi.com as a daily driver and I'm very impressed. It takes me back to the days of old Google. Unfortunately they can't help the web being polluted (ads, AI slop, cookie/newsletter popups) but so far I've found Kagi very useful. Not sure if when I'll give Perplexity a look.
@nadiaoxford.bsky.social @seamoosi.bsky.social
Give this one a whirl! It's very charming.
store.steampowered.com/app/3198540/...
Give this one a whirl! It's very charming.
store.steampowered.com/app/3198540/...
Dungeon Antiqua on Steam
Dungeon Antiqua is a simple RPG inspired by the Wizardry and Final Fantasy games of the 1980s and 1990s, in which players traverse dungeons by repeatedly exploring and developing their characters.
store.steampowered.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:48 AM
@nadiaoxford.bsky.social @seamoosi.bsky.social
Give this one a whirl! It's very charming.
store.steampowered.com/app/3198540/...
Give this one a whirl! It's very charming.
store.steampowered.com/app/3198540/...
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Zelda Williams (the daughter of the great Robin Williams) sure had a lot to say about the “Studio Ghibli style” AI images that have been trending recently.
I think those people should read these posts and really think about what they’re doing.
I think those people should read these posts and really think about what they’re doing.
March 28, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Zelda Williams (the daughter of the great Robin Williams) sure had a lot to say about the “Studio Ghibli style” AI images that have been trending recently.
I think those people should read these posts and really think about what they’re doing.
I think those people should read these posts and really think about what they’re doing.