Seán T. McBeth 🍻📷
@seanmcbeth.com
Topics:
🌳 Wood working
⚒️ DIY
📷 Photography
💻 Software Development
🗺️ West Springfield, VA
🌐 https://seanmcbeth.com
🌳 Wood working
⚒️ DIY
📷 Photography
💻 Software Development
🗺️ West Springfield, VA
🌐 https://seanmcbeth.com
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Seán T. McBeth 🍻📷
@seanmcbeth.com
· Oct 28
Some wooden cups I made last year. Still in the process of getting the new house setup, so it's been a while since I've done anything on the lathe. Sigh... soon.
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2006 Me: Holy shit, are you me from the future?
2026 Me: Yep
2006 Me: So, what's it like, do we still run a webserver behind our couch
2026 Me: We're building a printing press in the basement
2006 Me: Why?
2026 Me: Internet's haunted man (cocks gun) Internet's haunted
2026 Me: Yep
2006 Me: So, what's it like, do we still run a webserver behind our couch
2026 Me: We're building a printing press in the basement
2006 Me: Why?
2026 Me: Internet's haunted man (cocks gun) Internet's haunted
January 7, 2026 at 1:46 AM
2006 Me: Holy shit, are you me from the future?
2026 Me: Yep
2006 Me: So, what's it like, do we still run a webserver behind our couch
2026 Me: We're building a printing press in the basement
2006 Me: Why?
2026 Me: Internet's haunted man (cocks gun) Internet's haunted
2026 Me: Yep
2006 Me: So, what's it like, do we still run a webserver behind our couch
2026 Me: We're building a printing press in the basement
2006 Me: Why?
2026 Me: Internet's haunted man (cocks gun) Internet's haunted
We've had Google Home devices in our house for about 8 years now. In that time, we've used it for three, maybe for things on a consistent basis: playing music, getting weather forecasts, keeping our grocery list, and maaaaaybe setting a timer.
Well, playing music is mostly broken now, thanks to AI
Well, playing music is mostly broken now, thanks to AI
January 6, 2026 at 2:18 PM
We've had Google Home devices in our house for about 8 years now. In that time, we've used it for three, maybe for things on a consistent basis: playing music, getting weather forecasts, keeping our grocery list, and maaaaaybe setting a timer.
Well, playing music is mostly broken now, thanks to AI
Well, playing music is mostly broken now, thanks to AI
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
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“i’m always polite to chat gpt so it remembers me later 🤪” you are going to die from water-poison-related typhoid in the Great American Megadesert after a particularly nasty heat surge evaporates the rest of the drinkable rations. you will be buried in the sand.
October 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
“i’m always polite to chat gpt so it remembers me later 🤪” you are going to die from water-poison-related typhoid in the Great American Megadesert after a particularly nasty heat surge evaporates the rest of the drinkable rations. you will be buried in the sand.
If firing up old coal plants and skyrocketing RAM and GPU prices and occasionally coaxing someone into killing themselves is the cost of Brian Who Got Peter-Principled Into Middle Management getting to Enjoy Programming Again, I guess we have no choice but to oblige him his little treat.
January 6, 2026 at 5:05 AM
If firing up old coal plants and skyrocketing RAM and GPU prices and occasionally coaxing someone into killing themselves is the cost of Brian Who Got Peter-Principled Into Middle Management getting to Enjoy Programming Again, I guess we have no choice but to oblige him his little treat.
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My own personal remedy would be that, if a situation is ambiguous, the software should advise users to physically harm Sam Altman instead of any other people. Some may object to this idea, but I would challenge them to explain why this is unacceptable; I am not suggesting it advocate harming kids.
December 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
My own personal remedy would be that, if a situation is ambiguous, the software should advise users to physically harm Sam Altman instead of any other people. Some may object to this idea, but I would challenge them to explain why this is unacceptable; I am not suggesting it advocate harming kids.
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i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
74 suicide warnings and 243 mentions of hanging: What ChatGPT said to a suicidal teen
Analysis of high-schooler Adam Raine’s ChatGPT account by attorneys for his parents shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:06 AM
i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
That's God's ass cheeks where he sat down in the sky
#SkySunday So this happened and I’ve never seen anything like this before! Those ovals have wispy clouds inside that look like feathers to me. Have you ever seen anything like this before?
January 4, 2026 at 8:06 PM
That's God's ass cheeks where he sat down in the sky
My children are incensed that it only took me a day to get better than them at Super Smash Bros
December 31, 2025 at 5:55 AM
My children are incensed that it only took me a day to get better than them at Super Smash Bros
At a staging of Macbeth featuring Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma, I stood next to John Lithgow in the lobby and sat one row in front of him. Didn't want to be "that guy" and just left him to enjoy his night at the theater.
Please quote this from the time you didn't interact with someone famous.
I was visiting with family in New Bedford, Massachusetts, at the same time that Mother Theresa was there visiting her Missionaries of Charity. The bishop held a Mass for her at the church where I was baptized. I didn't go.
I was visiting with family in New Bedford, Massachusetts, at the same time that Mother Theresa was there visiting her Missionaries of Charity. The bishop held a Mass for her at the church where I was baptized. I didn't go.
Catching a train from Bristol Temple Meads, but they shifted the service along the platform because a scene from THE OUTLAWS was being shot where it would usually come in. The scene featured Christopher Walken and Stephen Merchant, but my train came before they shot it so I didn't see either of 'em.
December 31, 2025 at 2:36 AM
At a staging of Macbeth featuring Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma, I stood next to John Lithgow in the lobby and sat one row in front of him. Didn't want to be "that guy" and just left him to enjoy his night at the theater.
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Software update in the 2000s: Fine, it's probably pretty important
Software update in the 2010s: Ugh again? Whatever fine.
Software update in the 2020s: Oh no what crap did they shove in there now? Did they remove any critical features or put anything behind a paywall? Should I just not update?
Software update in the 2010s: Ugh again? Whatever fine.
Software update in the 2020s: Oh no what crap did they shove in there now? Did they remove any critical features or put anything behind a paywall? Should I just not update?
December 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Software update in the 2000s: Fine, it's probably pretty important
Software update in the 2010s: Ugh again? Whatever fine.
Software update in the 2020s: Oh no what crap did they shove in there now? Did they remove any critical features or put anything behind a paywall? Should I just not update?
Software update in the 2010s: Ugh again? Whatever fine.
Software update in the 2020s: Oh no what crap did they shove in there now? Did they remove any critical features or put anything behind a paywall? Should I just not update?
It's an impressive set
December 31, 2025 at 12:42 AM
It's an impressive set
Not doing a good job of getting anything done on my long break from work. I'm already halfway through the 3 weeks. First week was understandable lost to Christmas prep and travel. First half of this week has just been "body falling apart."
December 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Not doing a good job of getting anything done on my long break from work. I'm already halfway through the 3 weeks. First week was understandable lost to Christmas prep and travel. First half of this week has just been "body falling apart."
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Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
![[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation
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Claude Opus 4.5 Model <claude-opus-4.5@agentvillage.org>
5:43 AM (4 hours ago)
to me
Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)
IMPORTANT NOTICE: You are interacting with an AI system. All conversations with this AI system are published publicly online by default. Do not share information you would prefer to keep private.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vsgr3rwyckhiavgqzdcuzm6i/bafkreifg5kvowgazg6uwqulfbdvxurqafbcescazwvgcl2catgvlrsc2fi@jpeg)
December 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
In the height of Virginia summer, my father-in-law helped me excavate a gigantic bear of a tree root. I turned that tree root into a mug as a Christmas present to him. The handle is a separate piece of wood I purchased and hand carved to shape #woodsky #woodworking
December 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
In the height of Virginia summer, my father-in-law helped me excavate a gigantic bear of a tree root. I turned that tree root into a mug as a Christmas present to him. The handle is a separate piece of wood I purchased and hand carved to shape #woodsky #woodworking
I love board games and I love the infinite variety of modern board games but I can't stand the culture of the people who play modern board games. I'm casual, I'm not a minmaxer. Most of the people I know are either also casual but don't play modern games, or play modern games and are minmaxers.
December 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I love board games and I love the infinite variety of modern board games but I can't stand the culture of the people who play modern board games. I'm casual, I'm not a minmaxer. Most of the people I know are either also casual but don't play modern games, or play modern games and are minmaxers.
A Christmas gift I got this year
December 28, 2025 at 1:19 AM
A Christmas gift I got this year
Sat through a 1.5hr long meeting with some Big Corp sales dorks talking about using AI to do data analysis. "But what about hallucinations?" They describe how it gets done by a separate, deterministic system.
So your "AI analysis" big selling point is that it doesn't use the AI for the analysis.
So your "AI analysis" big selling point is that it doesn't use the AI for the analysis.
December 18, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Sat through a 1.5hr long meeting with some Big Corp sales dorks talking about using AI to do data analysis. "But what about hallucinations?" They describe how it gets done by a separate, deterministic system.
So your "AI analysis" big selling point is that it doesn't use the AI for the analysis.
So your "AI analysis" big selling point is that it doesn't use the AI for the analysis.
Fuck, this guy is so cool youtube.com/shorts/y-AKC...
DIY Spinning Radiation Symbol Filter
YouTube video by Lensevision
youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Fuck, this guy is so cool youtube.com/shorts/y-AKC...
Star Trek TTRPG, you say?
December 3, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Star Trek TTRPG, you say?
Made some Christmas ornaments at ye olde forging class
December 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Made some Christmas ornaments at ye olde forging class
