beetific
@beetific.ca
Personal example of transition between groups is the Japanese Beetle (Popillia japonica), who I once thought was a pretty handsome bug, invasiveness aside.
Now that I mostly see them in my garden, they strongly trigger the "ew a bug" reflex, and seem to have no redeeming qualities.
Now that I mostly see them in my garden, they strongly trigger the "ew a bug" reflex, and seem to have no redeeming qualities.
November 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Personal example of transition between groups is the Japanese Beetle (Popillia japonica), who I once thought was a pretty handsome bug, invasiveness aside.
Now that I mostly see them in my garden, they strongly trigger the "ew a bug" reflex, and seem to have no redeeming qualities.
Now that I mostly see them in my garden, they strongly trigger the "ew a bug" reflex, and seem to have no redeeming qualities.
I feel the basic difference is something like:
Bugs that characteristically *are on* things ( branches, walls, flowers ) v.
Bugs that *come out of* things (spoiled food, holes I was about to put my hand in).
Plus culture, and special cases spiders, bees, & wasps?
Bugs that characteristically *are on* things ( branches, walls, flowers ) v.
Bugs that *come out of* things (spoiled food, holes I was about to put my hand in).
Plus culture, and special cases spiders, bees, & wasps?
November 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I feel the basic difference is something like:
Bugs that characteristically *are on* things ( branches, walls, flowers ) v.
Bugs that *come out of* things (spoiled food, holes I was about to put my hand in).
Plus culture, and special cases spiders, bees, & wasps?
Bugs that characteristically *are on* things ( branches, walls, flowers ) v.
Bugs that *come out of* things (spoiled food, holes I was about to put my hand in).
Plus culture, and special cases spiders, bees, & wasps?
Where does the sun go at night?
On top of some guy's truck.
I know because I saw him on the highway once.
On top of some guy's truck.
I know because I saw him on the highway once.
November 12, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Where does the sun go at night?
On top of some guy's truck.
I know because I saw him on the highway once.
On top of some guy's truck.
I know because I saw him on the highway once.
Same handle less the dot, but I mostly lurk. I might have more total posts here even though I'm more "active" there.
November 11, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Same handle less the dot, but I mostly lurk. I might have more total posts here even though I'm more "active" there.
I think my default parse was "norvid, studies [of]" rather than "norvid, [who] studies", but the "wrong" one has been too strongly reinforced for me to see properly anymore.
kind of wordular analogue of the thebes derp mouth & godoglyness pizza slice situations.
kind of wordular analogue of the thebes derp mouth & godoglyness pizza slice situations.
November 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I think my default parse was "norvid, studies [of]" rather than "norvid, [who] studies", but the "wrong" one has been too strongly reinforced for me to see properly anymore.
kind of wordular analogue of the thebes derp mouth & godoglyness pizza slice situations.
kind of wordular analogue of the thebes derp mouth & godoglyness pizza slice situations.
Are there many people willing to entertain machine sentience, who aren't also unusually generous about animals?
October 8, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Are there many people willing to entertain machine sentience, who aren't also unusually generous about animals?
Auger snails are long thin things that are a foot
September 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Auger snails are long thin things that are a foot
Have you ever noticed how people say "last night" as if there's never going to be another night? What are they so afraid of?
September 15, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Have you ever noticed how people say "last night" as if there's never going to be another night? What are they so afraid of?
How impressive is this vs what you'd consider a "normal" storage life, and how was the eating quality of the year old fruits vs fresh?
Notice any flavour diff in the purple fruits, or is it really just the colour you're after?
I've never met a tomatillo but maybe next year I'll squeeze some in.
Notice any flavour diff in the purple fruits, or is it really just the colour you're after?
I've never met a tomatillo but maybe next year I'll squeeze some in.
September 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
How impressive is this vs what you'd consider a "normal" storage life, and how was the eating quality of the year old fruits vs fresh?
Notice any flavour diff in the purple fruits, or is it really just the colour you're after?
I've never met a tomatillo but maybe next year I'll squeeze some in.
Notice any flavour diff in the purple fruits, or is it really just the colour you're after?
I've never met a tomatillo but maybe next year I'll squeeze some in.
Bean sprouts / still look like sprouts to me another favorite
September 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Bean sprouts / still look like sprouts to me another favorite
I'm going to try this on my nephews next time I have a cabbage ( i mean a brussel ) handy.
September 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I'm going to try this on my nephews next time I have a cabbage ( i mean a brussel ) handy.
I kinda think if the cracks are showing so badly that we're seriously talking about "if the fascists win" while the cause of the restriction is only just passing out of living memory, it's fair to wonder if the restriction was all that useful in the first place.
September 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I kinda think if the cracks are showing so badly that we're seriously talking about "if the fascists win" while the cause of the restriction is only just passing out of living memory, it's fair to wonder if the restriction was all that useful in the first place.
How often do you dive into these? Do you keep sort/index them further, or let inspiration guide you to the right one?
August 29, 2025 at 1:40 AM
How often do you dive into these? Do you keep sort/index them further, or let inspiration guide you to the right one?
the level of misinformation sparked because of this bananas EEG preprint is just really tragic.
By the way if you think that a researcher caused cognitive decline to happen to participants in a study you should probably be freaked out by that
By the way if you think that a researcher caused cognitive decline to happen to participants in a study you should probably be freaked out by that
If you use chatgpt you're stupid. It's confirmed
July 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I don't know about true neutral, but for years I've been pretty happy with "Solarized" as nicely-dark light, and nicely-light dark palettes.
Too much software is not themeable, but I use that wherever convenient
Too much software is not themeable, but I use that wherever convenient
July 18, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I don't know about true neutral, but for years I've been pretty happy with "Solarized" as nicely-dark light, and nicely-light dark palettes.
Too much software is not themeable, but I use that wherever convenient
Too much software is not themeable, but I use that wherever convenient
This sounds familiar to me. I don't plan for it, but maybe once or twice a month I go a full day without feeling hungry and so don't eat.
Everyone I've ever told it was odd, but it's never been an inconvenience so I don't worry about it.
Is it that kind of thing for you?
Everyone I've ever told it was odd, but it's never been an inconvenience so I don't worry about it.
Is it that kind of thing for you?
July 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
This sounds familiar to me. I don't plan for it, but maybe once or twice a month I go a full day without feeling hungry and so don't eat.
Everyone I've ever told it was odd, but it's never been an inconvenience so I don't worry about it.
Is it that kind of thing for you?
Everyone I've ever told it was odd, but it's never been an inconvenience so I don't worry about it.
Is it that kind of thing for you?
I wondered if Manhattan was secretly very small.
Some googling says this is the ~2k acre footprint of the land they bought, and the actual complex of buildings will be 4M sqft (~100ac) and probably not even a quarter mile tall
Some googling says this is the ~2k acre footprint of the land they bought, and the actual complex of buildings will be 4M sqft (~100ac) and probably not even a quarter mile tall
July 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I wondered if Manhattan was secretly very small.
Some googling says this is the ~2k acre footprint of the land they bought, and the actual complex of buildings will be 4M sqft (~100ac) and probably not even a quarter mile tall
Some googling says this is the ~2k acre footprint of the land they bought, and the actual complex of buildings will be 4M sqft (~100ac) and probably not even a quarter mile tall
many are wetly hissing this
Not enough gelatinous interiors
July 12, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Fair.
My thought was:
It's no more difficult with an LLM to write an essay of 1k words than 300, but iirc the average length was similar between groups. I read that as some kind of effort going on, and time was limiting.
I'd expect them to point out if people did just copy and veg for 15m.
My thought was:
It's no more difficult with an LLM to write an essay of 1k words than 300, but iirc the average length was similar between groups. I read that as some kind of effort going on, and time was limiting.
I'd expect them to point out if people did just copy and veg for 15m.
June 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Fair.
My thought was:
It's no more difficult with an LLM to write an essay of 1k words than 300, but iirc the average length was similar between groups. I read that as some kind of effort going on, and time was limiting.
I'd expect them to point out if people did just copy and veg for 15m.
My thought was:
It's no more difficult with an LLM to write an essay of 1k words than 300, but iirc the average length was similar between groups. I read that as some kind of effort going on, and time was limiting.
I'd expect them to point out if people did just copy and veg for 15m.
The task was limited to 20 minutes, but I don't remember if they actually tracked finishing times. I doubt many would be early though, with so little time.
June 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The task was limited to 20 minutes, but I don't remember if they actually tracked finishing times. I doubt many would be early though, with so little time.
These obelisk prisons?
x.com/voooooogel/s...
x.com/voooooogel/s...
June 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
These obelisk prisons?
x.com/voooooogel/s...
x.com/voooooogel/s...
It's just the left side of this per-county chart, but with one RED and therefore SCARY bucket
www.npr.org/2023/06/26/1...
www.npr.org/2023/06/26/1...
June 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
It's just the left side of this per-county chart, but with one RED and therefore SCARY bucket
www.npr.org/2023/06/26/1...
www.npr.org/2023/06/26/1...