Pete Keen
@zrail.net
Professional software FAFOer. I write stuff sometimes. Dilettante.
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Don't threaten me with a good time!
Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "
October 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Don't threaten me with a good time!
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increasingly beginning to believe that burn after reading was in fact a documentary
October 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
increasingly beginning to believe that burn after reading was in fact a documentary
I like this framing a lot.
"Artificial connection to the collective subconscious" reminds me of the drummers in The Diamond Age. The motivations are even kinda similar if you squint.
"Artificial connection to the collective subconscious" reminds me of the drummers in The Diamond Age. The motivations are even kinda similar if you squint.
So if you visualize LLMs as not "artificial consciousness" but "an artificial connection to the collective unconscious":
1. They become philosophically way more interesting
2. It's way more forgivable they suck at math
3. It becomes extremely clear they are infinitely less useful to capitalism
1. They become philosophically way more interesting
2. It's way more forgivable they suck at math
3. It becomes extremely clear they are infinitely less useful to capitalism
A thing I am starting to embody in my extremely weird healing journey, and that a lot of AI people don’t seem to get, is that consciousness is *by far* the least interesting or impressive part of human intelligence
October 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I like this framing a lot.
"Artificial connection to the collective subconscious" reminds me of the drummers in The Diamond Age. The motivations are even kinda similar if you squint.
"Artificial connection to the collective subconscious" reminds me of the drummers in The Diamond Age. The motivations are even kinda similar if you squint.
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One step closer to AGI. Amazing.
OpenAI rolls out Instant Checkout to let users make single-item purchases directly in ChatGPT, starting with US Etsy sellers, and plans to add Shopify merchants (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)
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September 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
One step closer to AGI. Amazing.
Listening to "How the World Works" by Bo Burnam for no particular reason at all.
September 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Listening to "How the World Works" by Bo Burnam for no particular reason at all.
*ckrsh*
Hi yeah this is your captain speaking. Our scheduled departure time for the rapture has been delayed due to paperwork. As soon as that paperwork is squared away we'll be on our way. Thank you for your continued patience.
*ckrsh*
Hi yeah this is your captain speaking. Our scheduled departure time for the rapture has been delayed due to paperwork. As soon as that paperwork is squared away we'll be on our way. Thank you for your continued patience.
*ckrsh*
September 23, 2025 at 12:20 PM
*ckrsh*
Hi yeah this is your captain speaking. Our scheduled departure time for the rapture has been delayed due to paperwork. As soon as that paperwork is squared away we'll be on our way. Thank you for your continued patience.
*ckrsh*
Hi yeah this is your captain speaking. Our scheduled departure time for the rapture has been delayed due to paperwork. As soon as that paperwork is squared away we'll be on our way. Thank you for your continued patience.
*ckrsh*
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I will not grieve people whose only connection to my life is through the wrongs they have done. I owe them nothing and I reserve the right to celebrate how their death makes my life an inherently better place. That doesn't make me their killer, that simply makes me someone they cannot wrong again.
September 11, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I will not grieve people whose only connection to my life is through the wrongs they have done. I owe them nothing and I reserve the right to celebrate how their death makes my life an inherently better place. That doesn't make me their killer, that simply makes me someone they cannot wrong again.
My favorite induction cooktop trick is to pre-boil a pot of water then set it to the "warm and hold" setting. Then whenever I'm ready to start the pasta I just set it back to high. Bam instant boiling water.
August 23, 2025 at 9:49 PM
My favorite induction cooktop trick is to pre-boil a pot of water then set it to the "warm and hold" setting. Then whenever I'm ready to start the pasta I just set it back to high. Bam instant boiling water.
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You ‘run the gamut’ and ‘run the gauntlet.’
You don’t ‘run the gambit.’
gamut = entire range or series
gauntlet = severe trial
Gambit = Alpha-level mutant who can convert potential energy to kinetic energy
You don’t ‘run the gambit.’
gamut = entire range or series
gauntlet = severe trial
Gambit = Alpha-level mutant who can convert potential energy to kinetic energy
August 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
You ‘run the gamut’ and ‘run the gauntlet.’
You don’t ‘run the gambit.’
gamut = entire range or series
gauntlet = severe trial
Gambit = Alpha-level mutant who can convert potential energy to kinetic energy
You don’t ‘run the gambit.’
gamut = entire range or series
gauntlet = severe trial
Gambit = Alpha-level mutant who can convert potential energy to kinetic energy
I went to a production of Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat last weekend and now I have the "Joseph walkin around doin stuff" theme stuck in my head.
Thanks ADHD. Thadhd.
Thanks ADHD. Thadhd.
July 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I went to a production of Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat last weekend and now I have the "Joseph walkin around doin stuff" theme stuck in my head.
Thanks ADHD. Thadhd.
Thanks ADHD. Thadhd.
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More people are considering AI lovers and we shouldn't judge
July 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
More people are considering AI lovers and we shouldn't judge
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It's Oreo's world, we just live in it.
July 7, 2025 at 12:23 AM
It's Oreo's world, we just live in it.
I went out and flew a drone today with my kids. Was a pretty good day.
if you let a series of BAD REPLIES ON BLUESKY convince you that humanity is bad, actually
you have a serious problem.
log off. go outside.
you have a serious problem.
log off. go outside.
July 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I went out and flew a drone today with my kids. Was a pretty good day.
Perhaps the best use of adult money that I have ever see. ericwbailey.website/published/yo...
You MUST listen to RFC 2119
It turns out you can just pay people to do things.
ericwbailey.website
July 2, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Perhaps the best use of adult money that I have ever see. ericwbailey.website/published/yo...
I can barely make it through Hamilton, both because it's a powerful show and musicals in general make me really emotional.
But also because it reminds me of the 2015-2016 Metafilter politics megathreads where every title was a Hamilton lyric. There was _so much_ optimism in those threads.
But also because it reminds me of the 2015-2016 Metafilter politics megathreads where every title was a Hamilton lyric. There was _so much_ optimism in those threads.
June 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I can barely make it through Hamilton, both because it's a powerful show and musicals in general make me really emotional.
But also because it reminds me of the 2015-2016 Metafilter politics megathreads where every title was a Hamilton lyric. There was _so much_ optimism in those threads.
But also because it reminds me of the 2015-2016 Metafilter politics megathreads where every title was a Hamilton lyric. There was _so much_ optimism in those threads.
Hey kids! Let's play the avocado game!
Here's how you play the avocado game: you cut an avocado open and take a taste. If you don't gag, that's a good avocado! You get one point!
Current score: -3
Here's how you play the avocado game: you cut an avocado open and take a taste. If you don't gag, that's a good avocado! You get one point!
Current score: -3
June 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Hey kids! Let's play the avocado game!
Here's how you play the avocado game: you cut an avocado open and take a taste. If you don't gag, that's a good avocado! You get one point!
Current score: -3
Here's how you play the avocado game: you cut an avocado open and take a taste. If you don't gag, that's a good avocado! You get one point!
Current score: -3
Stress baking! Yeah, that's the ticket!
Hm.
All I have is a boxed lemon bar mix and some frozen cookie dough.
That'll have to be enough.
Hm.
All I have is a boxed lemon bar mix and some frozen cookie dough.
That'll have to be enough.
June 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Stress baking! Yeah, that's the ticket!
Hm.
All I have is a boxed lemon bar mix and some frozen cookie dough.
That'll have to be enough.
Hm.
All I have is a boxed lemon bar mix and some frozen cookie dough.
That'll have to be enough.
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Had a gig wrap up a little earlier than expected, I should have availability starting July or so.
As always: if you need help with Embedded, Rust, or similar things, shoot me a message!
If you're a user of postcard, p-rpc, or are interested in the more experimental new ergot: shoot me a message!
As always: if you need help with Embedded, Rust, or similar things, shoot me a message!
If you're a user of postcard, p-rpc, or are interested in the more experimental new ergot: shoot me a message!
June 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Had a gig wrap up a little earlier than expected, I should have availability starting July or so.
As always: if you need help with Embedded, Rust, or similar things, shoot me a message!
If you're a user of postcard, p-rpc, or are interested in the more experimental new ergot: shoot me a message!
As always: if you need help with Embedded, Rust, or similar things, shoot me a message!
If you're a user of postcard, p-rpc, or are interested in the more experimental new ergot: shoot me a message!
"It's the End of the World as We Know It" acoustic slow sad
June 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
"It's the End of the World as We Know It" acoustic slow sad
Hold up.
I just had a brainwave while reading kaveland.no/posts/2025-0...
Are the AI bros taking unfathomable amounts of investor money because they think that after they immanentize the eschaeon the basilisk is going to declare a jubilee?
I just had a brainwave while reading kaveland.no/posts/2025-0...
Are the AI bros taking unfathomable amounts of investor money because they think that after they immanentize the eschaeon the basilisk is going to declare a jubilee?
The librarian immediately attempts to sell you a vuvuzela
Imagine entering the biggest library in the world. You peer down an incredibly long aisle with wooden bookshelves brimming with books. You can see multiple such corridors, all lit with a comfortable w...
kaveland.no
June 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Hold up.
I just had a brainwave while reading kaveland.no/posts/2025-0...
Are the AI bros taking unfathomable amounts of investor money because they think that after they immanentize the eschaeon the basilisk is going to declare a jubilee?
I just had a brainwave while reading kaveland.no/posts/2025-0...
Are the AI bros taking unfathomable amounts of investor money because they think that after they immanentize the eschaeon the basilisk is going to declare a jubilee?
I am assuming this is a drone of some sort. It's not announcing anything usefully identifying but it's doing perfect orbits around Paramount.
June 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I am assuming this is a drone of some sort. It's not announcing anything usefully identifying but it's doing perfect orbits around Paramount.