xidnaf
@xidnaf.bsky.social
hi, i'm a guy from colorado. used to have bowl-cut hair, hence the icon. intermittent maker of youtube videos, sometimes about linguistics. preferred pronouns are he/him.
yes, it is very embarrassing that i ever paid for claude premium in the first place. you may all point and laugh at me now.
January 26, 2026 at 6:26 PM
yes, it is very embarrassing that i ever paid for claude premium in the first place. you may all point and laugh at me now.
this video lead to me canceling my claude subscription and my youtube premium subscription.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnOm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnOm...
OpenAl Showed Up At My Door. Here’s Why They’re Targeting People Like Me
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:25 PM
this video lead to me canceling my claude subscription and my youtube premium subscription.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnOm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnOm...
the more i hear the phrase "ripe for abuse" the weirder it seems to me. tender for exploitation. al dente for malfeasance.
December 22, 2025 at 10:55 AM
the more i hear the phrase "ripe for abuse" the weirder it seems to me. tender for exploitation. al dente for malfeasance.
Reposted by xidnaf
One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
December 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
like this but animated
November 22, 2025 at 11:21 AM
like this but animated
someone should hire like 100 historians to make a version of this video but showing population density over time www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6Wu...
The History of the World: Every Year
YouTube video by Ollie Bye
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:19 AM
someone should hire like 100 historians to make a version of this video but showing population density over time www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6Wu...
happy open-enrollment-eve to all who celebrate
October 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
happy open-enrollment-eve to all who celebrate
Reposted by xidnaf
I’m a sewage system. I also have a great personality.
September 30, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I’m a sewage system. I also have a great personality.
happy petrov day everyone
September 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
happy petrov day everyone
Reposted by xidnaf
Weird question...but if your first language is something other than english or french, can you send a voice memo of the way people who speak your language tend to pronounce croissant to hankandjohn@gmail.com?
August 18, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Weird question...but if your first language is something other than english or french, can you send a voice memo of the way people who speak your language tend to pronounce croissant to hankandjohn@gmail.com?
thank you jreg for giving me a way to sum up my particular flavor of insanity in a single easy-to-understand graphic.
(from here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHFc...)
(from here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHFc...)
August 8, 2025 at 2:29 AM
thank you jreg for giving me a way to sum up my particular flavor of insanity in a single easy-to-understand graphic.
(from here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHFc...)
(from here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHFc...)
i just found out both of my senators, both of them democrats, @bennet.senate.gov and @hickenlooper.senate.gov, voted against this. i'm appalled. israel is brazenly trying to ethnically cleanse the gaza strip. i called both their offices to complain. i wish i could do more.
By a vote of 27-17, Senate Democrats voted to stop sending arms shipments to a Netanyahu government which has waged a horrific, immoral and illegal war against the Palestinian people.
The tide is turning.
Americans don't want to spend billions to starve children in Gaza.
The tide is turning.
Americans don't want to spend billions to starve children in Gaza.
August 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
i just found out both of my senators, both of them democrats, @bennet.senate.gov and @hickenlooper.senate.gov, voted against this. i'm appalled. israel is brazenly trying to ethnically cleanse the gaza strip. i called both their offices to complain. i wish i could do more.
it's wild for me to think about how we've all been trying to picture the exact same doodle/birthday message without getting to actually see it
July 22, 2025 at 4:33 AM
it's wild for me to think about how we've all been trying to picture the exact same doodle/birthday message without getting to actually see it
on the other hand, it makes it seem like we might be right about how dangerous our situation is. and that's terrifying. i really, really, really hope we're wrong.
July 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
on the other hand, it makes it seem like we might be right about how dangerous our situation is. and that's terrifying. i really, really, really hope we're wrong.
as time has gone on, i've been watching this way of thinking become more and more common. on one hand, it's kinda comforting. it's nice to know there are so many smart and well-connected people taking the problem seriously.
July 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
as time has gone on, i've been watching this way of thinking become more and more common. on one hand, it's kinda comforting. it's nice to know there are so many smart and well-connected people taking the problem seriously.
in 2018 i read “superintelligence: paths; dangers; strategies” by nick bostrom, and it dramatically changed the way i think about ai. back then i felt very alone. almost no one was thinking about the dangers the way that book successfully encouraged me to.
July 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
in 2018 i read “superintelligence: paths; dangers; strategies” by nick bostrom, and it dramatically changed the way i think about ai. back then i felt very alone. almost no one was thinking about the dangers the way that book successfully encouraged me to.
AI 2027: How Experts Predict We'll Lose Control
YouTube video by AI In Context
www.youtube.com
July 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
*putting the finishing touches on my Puppy Torture Device* Technology isn't inherently good or evil. It's just a tool. What matters is how you use it.
February 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
*putting the finishing touches on my Puppy Torture Device* Technology isn't inherently good or evil. It's just a tool. What matters is how you use it.
obviously there's more important things happening, but, man. i thought it was just rumors, i didn't think they'd actually do it. but the folks over at google really are just, deep-throating that boot, huh.
February 12, 2025 at 12:27 AM
obviously there's more important things happening, but, man. i thought it was just rumors, i didn't think they'd actually do it. but the folks over at google really are just, deep-throating that boot, huh.
i did not, sorry. the way i made that video was just by going through the whole scene and pausing whenever i got to another instance of the phoneme, and deleting everything since the last one. i did that for every phoneme. it was infinitely more work than it was worth. godspeed.
February 12, 2025 at 12:24 AM
i did not, sorry. the way i made that video was just by going through the whole scene and pausing whenever i got to another instance of the phoneme, and deleting everything since the last one. i did that for every phoneme. it was infinitely more work than it was worth. godspeed.
im planning on going to this tomorrow. in case you haven't heard about it. there's gonna be one in every state capital.
Will you join us, Colorado?
#50501
🚨VIOLENCE OF ANY KIND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED🚨
#50501
🚨VIOLENCE OF ANY KIND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED🚨
February 5, 2025 at 4:51 AM
im planning on going to this tomorrow. in case you haven't heard about it. there's gonna be one in every state capital.