Raymond "Wash" the akita
@sabertail.org
Sometimes I'm an akita but you might know me as Raymond the GSD or SaberTail. Former particle physicist (PhD), but now I write software. Working with AI since '05. (40, Male, straight)-ish. SF Bay area. I'm probably not like you remember from pre-2020.
Pinned
by most measures a good day: I worked out, I practiced guitar, I've had many cups of the good coffee I got myself, I did some reading, and I've been working on a 3D printing project.
But my family have managed to nail me with a javelin of misery hurled from across the continent, the assholes
But my family have managed to nail me with a javelin of misery hurled from across the continent, the assholes
December 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
by most measures a good day: I worked out, I practiced guitar, I've had many cups of the good coffee I got myself, I did some reading, and I've been working on a 3D printing project.
But my family have managed to nail me with a javelin of misery hurled from across the continent, the assholes
But my family have managed to nail me with a javelin of misery hurled from across the continent, the assholes
oh to be a big fluffy dog walking through snowy drifts as more flakes float down, while colorful and cozy lights twinkle around us
December 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
oh to be a big fluffy dog walking through snowy drifts as more flakes float down, while colorful and cozy lights twinkle around us
turns out it was just PG&E
December 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
turns out it was just PG&E
called in sick to work so I'm off until the end of the year
December 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
called in sick to work so I'm off until the end of the year
in retrospect, I learned a lot growing up by being dragged to relatives' places and being forced to read whatever above-my-grade-level magazines and books they had laying around in the era where I had a tape player and a gameboy and had to ration batteries for them
December 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
in retrospect, I learned a lot growing up by being dragged to relatives' places and being forced to read whatever above-my-grade-level magazines and books they had laying around in the era where I had a tape player and a gameboy and had to ration batteries for them
think he's gonna knot her or not?
🎨 SinalaNF (www.furaffinity.net/user/sinalanf/)
(both characters are mine)
🎨 SinalaNF (www.furaffinity.net/user/sinalanf/)
(both characters are mine)
December 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
think he's gonna knot her or not?
🎨 SinalaNF (www.furaffinity.net/user/sinalanf/)
(both characters are mine)
🎨 SinalaNF (www.furaffinity.net/user/sinalanf/)
(both characters are mine)
succumbed to Whamageddon with a poor choice of playlist while doing my chores 😞
December 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
succumbed to Whamageddon with a poor choice of playlist while doing my chores 😞
Please Tell Me I'm Midwest Emo
YouTube video by DaveDulaneyMusic
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December 20, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Reposted by Raymond "Wash" the akita
Some of these redactions are almost like modern art
December 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Some of these redactions are almost like modern art
There are a huge number of human activities which you will have to endure a period of being shit at when you start, and you get past it with a large volume of practice
People will try to sell you stuff by making you believe this period of shit is you doing something wrong rather than natural
People will try to sell you stuff by making you believe this period of shit is you doing something wrong rather than natural
December 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
There are a huge number of human activities which you will have to endure a period of being shit at when you start, and you get past it with a large volume of practice
People will try to sell you stuff by making you believe this period of shit is you doing something wrong rather than natural
People will try to sell you stuff by making you believe this period of shit is you doing something wrong rather than natural
Going back in time to when cloud chasing was bigger to sell vapes named after Tolkien characters
like "The Gandalf" would be a big knobby wood thing, "The Witch King" would be black and spiky, etc.
like "The Gandalf" would be a big knobby wood thing, "The Witch King" would be black and spiky, etc.
December 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Going back in time to when cloud chasing was bigger to sell vapes named after Tolkien characters
like "The Gandalf" would be a big knobby wood thing, "The Witch King" would be black and spiky, etc.
like "The Gandalf" would be a big knobby wood thing, "The Witch King" would be black and spiky, etc.
I'm so tired
If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
December 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I'm so tired
drinking decaf out of the DS9 mug (with thermochromic wormhole and USS Defiant)
December 18, 2025 at 4:48 AM
drinking decaf out of the DS9 mug (with thermochromic wormhole and USS Defiant)
fuck me: "actually you are not getting anything in writing but trust us that you will still have a job on January 1"
I've already got one onsite job interview lined up in the second week of January and I'm talking to some other companies so whatever
I've already got one onsite job interview lined up in the second week of January and I'm talking to some other companies so whatever
December 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
fuck me: "actually you are not getting anything in writing but trust us that you will still have a job on January 1"
I've already got one onsite job interview lined up in the second week of January and I'm talking to some other companies so whatever
I've already got one onsite job interview lined up in the second week of January and I'm talking to some other companies so whatever
Reposted by Raymond "Wash" the akita
this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
December 15, 2025 at 2:21 AM
this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
I have earned myself a nice relaxing sunday of coffee, haircut, workout, laundry, couch, weed, listening to the all-american rejects album, playing zelda a link to the past randomizer
December 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I have earned myself a nice relaxing sunday of coffee, haircut, workout, laundry, couch, weed, listening to the all-american rejects album, playing zelda a link to the past randomizer
December 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
something like 80% of the "friends" I made in my first two decades in the fandom
bad parents fuck you up because you think the shit they do is normal and so you let other people treat you like shit too
bad parents fuck you up because you think the shit they do is normal and so you let other people treat you like shit too
Some people just collect friends like they're building a brand identity. It's not really about you, it's about how you make them look. Collecting cool people and being cool are interchangeable to them. It's really stupid and shallow and it's hard to believe that people do this but they do.
December 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
something like 80% of the "friends" I made in my first two decades in the fandom
bad parents fuck you up because you think the shit they do is normal and so you let other people treat you like shit too
bad parents fuck you up because you think the shit they do is normal and so you let other people treat you like shit too
Is the 67 meme giving you problems? Just load up Python and
```
import ctypes
py_obj = ctypes.cast(id(67), ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_long))
py_obj[3] = 0 # or pick your favorite number
print(f"Now 67 is {67}, no more worries")
```
(don't do this in any real production code or I will frown at you)
```
import ctypes
py_obj = ctypes.cast(id(67), ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_long))
py_obj[3] = 0 # or pick your favorite number
print(f"Now 67 is {67}, no more worries")
```
(don't do this in any real production code or I will frown at you)
December 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Is the 67 meme giving you problems? Just load up Python and
```
import ctypes
py_obj = ctypes.cast(id(67), ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_long))
py_obj[3] = 0 # or pick your favorite number
print(f"Now 67 is {67}, no more worries")
```
(don't do this in any real production code or I will frown at you)
```
import ctypes
py_obj = ctypes.cast(id(67), ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_long))
py_obj[3] = 0 # or pick your favorite number
print(f"Now 67 is {67}, no more worries")
```
(don't do this in any real production code or I will frown at you)
relatable and I should get art like this of me
December 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
relatable and I should get art like this of me
the tentative news is I will still be employed in 2026, but I'm not getting any sort of raise, and I still don't actually have anything in writing
I'm not really excited or even relieved. This whole ordeal has been so stupid and pointless, and I'm still doing interviews at other places
I'm not really excited or even relieved. This whole ordeal has been so stupid and pointless, and I'm still doing interviews at other places
December 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
the tentative news is I will still be employed in 2026, but I'm not getting any sort of raise, and I still don't actually have anything in writing
I'm not really excited or even relieved. This whole ordeal has been so stupid and pointless, and I'm still doing interviews at other places
I'm not really excited or even relieved. This whole ordeal has been so stupid and pointless, and I'm still doing interviews at other places
it's remarkable how many nights this year practicing guitar has helped me avoid an evening of bad mood and rumination. Might be over 100
December 9, 2025 at 4:43 AM
it's remarkable how many nights this year practicing guitar has helped me avoid an evening of bad mood and rumination. Might be over 100
Wow, what an end to the F1 championship! I was rooting for Piastri, followed by not-Verstappen, but I was really worried about this season being a MGS2 to 2007's MGS1 toward the end there
December 8, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Wow, what an end to the F1 championship! I was rooting for Piastri, followed by not-Verstappen, but I was really worried about this season being a MGS2 to 2007's MGS1 toward the end there
I'm not too badly beat up from the conference. Brought a mild cold back despite masking most of the time. Didn't gain or lose weight really.
Trying to decide if I can forgive myself for being a lump today, or if I'll feel better once I've worked out and played some guitar
Trying to decide if I can forgive myself for being a lump today, or if I'll feel better once I've worked out and played some guitar
December 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I'm not too badly beat up from the conference. Brought a mild cold back despite masking most of the time. Didn't gain or lose weight really.
Trying to decide if I can forgive myself for being a lump today, or if I'll feel better once I've worked out and played some guitar
Trying to decide if I can forgive myself for being a lump today, or if I'll feel better once I've worked out and played some guitar
San Diego is one of the better airports for walking to. There's a pedestrian path all the way there from downtown and not too many sketchy traffic crossings
December 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM
San Diego is one of the better airports for walking to. There's a pedestrian path all the way there from downtown and not too many sketchy traffic crossings