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alpharee
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Hey! I'm a software developer, science nerd and podcast enthusiast :)
I mostly post about AI research and interesting stuff I've found on the web.

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alpharee.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
This is my 256th toot.
January 11, 2026 at 11:09 AM
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An image based on Van Gogh’s The Starry Night. The swirling night sky and village are visible, but several modern military aircraft and helicopters have been added, flying and firing toward the town. At the top, text reads: “When the U.S. finds out Van Gogh made his paintings with oil.”
January 11, 2026 at 10:50 AM
alpharee.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
We need a recaps recap, which recaps how much recaps you watched.
December 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
alpharee.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
While I'm generally opposed to AI-assisted coding, I think using LLMs to write tests is a great time saver.
November 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
alpharee.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Today I learned 'bool' is a subclass of 'int' in Python.

Before Python introduced a boolean type, it used 0 and 1 for truth values. 'bool' was later designed to behave like 0 and 1 to maintain backward compatibility.

#python #programming #python2 #python3 #til
>>> isinstance(True, int) True >>> issubclass(bool, int) True
October 12, 2025 at 8:54 AM
alpharee.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
The shape of the Earth remains an active area of scientific research.
Google search AI overview: "Is the earth flat?" The shape of the Earth remains an active area of scientific research; while some historical models proposed a spherical Earth, contemporary scientists continue to investigate and debate various geometric models, with no definitive consensus yet established in the scientific community. Both flat and spherical Earth models have proponents within modern research institutions. Scientists continue to analyze observations such as horizon effects, satellite imagery, and navigation systems to better understand Earth's true geometry.
October 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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micr0.wetdry.world.ap.brid.gy
Hi, I’m micr0, creator of Altbot, an open-source bot that generates alt-text for images and videos on the Fediverse, with zero data retention.

I’m back from camping. The DDoS is still ongoing, so I need to move Altbot off my home network into professional colocation with enterprise DDoS […]
Original post on wetdry.world
wetdry.world
September 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
alpharee.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
I made a programming language!
https://rphle.github.io/numfu/

#programming #programminglanguage #numfu #python #github
NumFu Programming Language | NumFu
NumFu is a minimalist functional programming language designed for readability, extensibility and math.
rphle.github.io
September 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
alpharee.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
We're seriously wasting energy so AI can place random guesses.

#google #aisummary #slop #ai #rant #duckduckgo
Google AI Summary for "is duckduckgo down": "No, DuckDuckGo is not down. User reports indicate no current problems with the search engine. IsDown.app and Downdetector.co.uk both show that DuckDuckGo is currently operational."
July 16, 2025 at 1:14 PM
alpharee.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Btw, you can upgrade/downgrade to a specific #ollama version using this command:

curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | OLLAMA_VERSION=0.9.7-rc0 sh
July 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
alpharee.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Nothing says "don’t eat here" like AI-generated steak.

#slop #aislop #food #restaurant #AIgenerated #gpt4o #genai #redflag #berlin
Restaurant menu with obviously AI-generated images spotted in Berlin.
July 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
🆕 blog! “Get the location of the ISS using DNS”

I love DNS esoterica. Weird little things that you can shove in the global directory to be distributed around the world instantly(ish).

Domain names, like www.example.com usually resolve to servers. As much as we think of "the cloud" as being […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
July 6, 2025 at 11:38 AM
alpharee.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
This is a really cool and meaningful use case for generative AI!

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/mit-student-prints-ai-polymer-masks-to-restore-paintings-in-hours

#genai #ai #generativeAI #art #restoration #painting #mit
arstechnica.com
July 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
alpharee.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Does anyone know of a good podcast app for Kubuntu that is *not* unmaintained, buggy, difficult/annoying to use, or command-line only? I'm really frustrated right now because I can't find anything.

How do you listen to your podcasts? I appreciate your suggestions! :D

#podcast #podcasts #linux […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
June 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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"I'm only a language model and don't have the capacity to understand and respond." 😩
Google Gemini: "I can't assist you with that, as I'm only a language model and don't have the capacity to understand and respond."
May 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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alpharee.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
I love playing around with Google Trends. 😄 Here’s Google search interest for “remove president” from 2020 to 2025.

#googletrends #google #removepresident #president #trump #biden #datascience #dataisbeautiful #visualization #politics #Jan6 #graph #plot #matplotlib
A matplotlib plot titled "Google Search Interest Over Time: 'Remove President' (US)" shows the relative search interest for the phrase "Remove President" in the United States from July 2020 to May 2025. The y-axis represents search interest, while the x-axis spans from July 2020 to May 2025. The graph features a colored area under the curve: red shading highlights periods around significant political events, while blue shading covers the rest. Key political events are marked with vertical dashed lines and labels, including: - 2020 Election (Nov 2020) - Capitol Riot (Jan 2021) - Biden Inauguration (Jan 2021) - Afghanistan Withdrawal (Aug 2021) - Jan 6 Committee Report (Dec 2022) - Trump Assassination Attempt (Jul 2024) - 2024 Election (Nov 2024) - Trump 2nd Inauguration (Jan 2025) - "Liberation Day" Tariffs (Mar 2025) Notable spikes in search interest occur around the 2020 Election, Capitol Riot, Biden Inauguration, and again after the 2024 Election and Trump’s 2nd Inauguration. The graph visually links peaks in search activity to these political milestones, suggesting increased public concern or controversy during these times.
May 18, 2025 at 8:45 AM
alpharee.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Yay! This year is my first time participating in the World Robot Olympiad (#wro), and we've already made it to the National Finals in Germany! 🥳

https://wro-association.org/

#wro25 #wro2025
Home - WRO Association
A truly global robotics competition
wro-association.org
May 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
alpharee.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
I love playing around with Google Trends. 😄 Here’s Google search interest for “remove president” from 2020 to 2025.

#googletrends #google #removepresident #president #trump #biden #datascience #dataisbeautiful #visualization #politics #Jan6 #graph #plot #matplotlib
A matplotlib plot titled "Google Search Interest Over Time: 'Remove President' (US)" shows the relative search interest for the phrase "Remove President" in the United States from July 2020 to May 2025. The y-axis represents search interest, while the x-axis spans from July 2020 to May 2025. The graph features a colored area under the curve: red shading highlights periods around significant political events, while blue shading covers the rest. Key political events are marked with vertical dashed lines and labels, including: - 2020 Election (Nov 2020) - Capitol Riot (Jan 2021) - Biden Inauguration (Jan 2021) - Afghanistan Withdrawal (Aug 2021) - Jan 6 Committee Report (Dec 2022) - Trump Assassination Attempt (Jul 2024) - 2024 Election (Nov 2024) - Trump 2nd Inauguration (Jan 2025) - "Liberation Day" Tariffs (Mar 2025) Notable spikes in search interest occur around the 2020 Election, Capitol Riot, Biden Inauguration, and again after the 2024 Election and Trump’s 2nd Inauguration. The graph visually links peaks in search activity to these political milestones, suggesting increased public concern or controversy during these times.
May 18, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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I don't usually post for #caturday because I don't have a cat myself — but luckily, other people do! Spotted in the window of an antiquarian bookshop in Wrocław, Poland.
A white cat sitting in the window of an antiquarian bookshop on top of some books. In the window reflection, you can see some buildings. A white cat sitting in the window of an antiquarian bookshop on top of some books. In the window reflection, you can see some buildings.
April 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
alpharee.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Make Python imports great again. 🔥
PIP package page: 👊 TARIFF 🔥 The GREATEST, most TREMENDOUS Python package that makes importing great again! About TARIFF is a fantastic tool that lets you impose import tariffs on Python packages. We're going to bring manufacturing BACK to your codebase by making foreign imports more EXPENSIVE! Installation pip install tariff Usage import tariff # Set your tariff rates (package_name: percentage) tariff.set({ "numpy": 50, # 50% tariff on numpy "pandas": 200, # 200% tariff on pandas "requests": 150 # 150% tariff on requests }) # Now when you import these packages, they'll be TARIFFED! import numpy # This will be 50% slower import pandas # This will be 200% slower
April 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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geschichte.fm
Liebe Leute, es ist so weit! Die 500 ist gelandet. Danke an Suse Lichtenberger für die Moderation und an alle die uns seit Jahr und Tag hören und dafür gesorgt haben, dass wir überhaupt so weit gekommen sind! What a ride!

https://www.geschichte.fm/archiv/gag500/
GAG500: Kleine Geschichte eines Jubiläums - Geschichten aus der Geschichte
Wir feiern 500 Folgen mit einem Potpourri aus Fragen, Glückwünschen und Feedback.
www.geschichte.fm
April 23, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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alpharee.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
universe changelog.

#lol #universe #changelog #programming #politics #trump #maga #intelligence #tariffs #vibe #greatness #git #github #versioncontrol #version #rollback #terminal
terminal window: CHANGELOG.md (universe/main): v0.0.0 – bootstrapped void (clean slate) v1.0.0 – initialized spacetime engine v1.1.0 – [hotfix] expanded ui 10⁶⁰x for visibility v1.2.0 – symmetry patch; deprecated antimatter v1.3.0 – enabled fusion; added dramatic lighting v2.0.0 – deployed life() [beta] — no unit tests v2.1.0 – initialized multicell_module (collaboration opt-in) v2.6.6 – deployed homo_sapiens [experimental] — installed intelligence (no sandbox, ethics tbd) 🚫 2025.01.20 – intelligence deprecated → replaced with: tariffs, vibes, and greatness → rollback blocked by executive order
April 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM