CBLAPP
@cblapp.bsky.social
Swiss (Bio-)Statistician, Currently unemployed. Still not quite sure what vibe I should be targeting on this website, but I'll likely be sharing both nerdy professional stuff and funny nerdy things.
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its cool how the internet actually works like this xkcd comic from 2011 now
November 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
its cool how the internet actually works like this xkcd comic from 2011 now
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Discworld QOTD, from Men at Arms
November 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Men at Arms
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I hate that AI has made me approach cute animal videos with an air of suspicion. I resent having to harden my heart to the possibility of an unlikely friendship between a very large dog and a very small one
November 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I hate that AI has made me approach cute animal videos with an air of suspicion. I resent having to harden my heart to the possibility of an unlikely friendship between a very large dog and a very small one
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Imagine if we took all the funding we gave to AI for one year and gave it to someone like dolphin speech experts or primatologists or blacksmiths or something. Like just try it and see what happens
November 12, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Imagine if we took all the funding we gave to AI for one year and gave it to someone like dolphin speech experts or primatologists or blacksmiths or something. Like just try it and see what happens
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Gnostics:
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Gnostics:
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ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
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Who made this and why are you choosing nerd violence? ✍️ I mean, it is true, but still.
November 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Who made this and why are you choosing nerd violence? ✍️ I mean, it is true, but still.
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the only instance in recorded history of a traffic collision between a car and a u-boat!
November 9, 2025 at 7:36 AM
the only instance in recorded history of a traffic collision between a car and a u-boat!
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Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
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Every time I see a social media meme about being an introvert, which is at least once a week, I think about how the modern conception of introversion was popularized by a book by a woman who worked on Wall Street who felt that she was so different and special compared to her coked up male colleagues
October 30, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Every time I see a social media meme about being an introvert, which is at least once a week, I think about how the modern conception of introversion was popularized by a book by a woman who worked on Wall Street who felt that she was so different and special compared to her coked up male colleagues
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Feels like some fields are big on citing only by precedence, but don't realize there's another side which is NOT citing the work that is outdated, misleading, had poor methods in the first place, or otherwise made choices an author considers poorly done. I exercise this judgment constantly
October 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Feels like some fields are big on citing only by precedence, but don't realize there's another side which is NOT citing the work that is outdated, misleading, had poor methods in the first place, or otherwise made choices an author considers poorly done. I exercise this judgment constantly
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This is sounding more and more like the Council of Nicea who meet behind closed doors and poke the chatbot until it says it feels something.
arstechnica.com/information-...
arstechnica.com/information-...
Expert panel will determine AGI arrival in new Microsoft-OpenAI agreement
New deal extends Microsoft IP rights until 2032 or until AGI arrives.
arstechnica.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:19 AM
This is sounding more and more like the Council of Nicea who meet behind closed doors and poke the chatbot until it says it feels something.
arstechnica.com/information-...
arstechnica.com/information-...
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neurotypical fuckers are always like "autistic people have trouble following directions" and then hand me a form that asks if I have a history of bike helmet
October 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
neurotypical fuckers are always like "autistic people have trouble following directions" and then hand me a form that asks if I have a history of bike helmet
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check out this absolutely terrifying ancient babylonian lullaby
October 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
check out this absolutely terrifying ancient babylonian lullaby
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"z²+1 is never zero for complex z" at this point it's just trolling, isn't it
October 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
"z²+1 is never zero for complex z" at this point it's just trolling, isn't it
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The whole point of democracy is so one person's derangement does not become everybody's problem. It's social hygiene. The fact the richest men in the West are a mix of grotty twelve year olds and deranged apocalypse fanatics is a problem, and we should be honest about it.
Someone went there:
"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
futurism.com/future-socie...
"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
futurism.com/future-socie...
It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel Is Losing It
He's spent the past month delivering four high-octane lectures in San Francisco's downtown waterfront on the antichrist.
futurism.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The whole point of democracy is so one person's derangement does not become everybody's problem. It's social hygiene. The fact the richest men in the West are a mix of grotty twelve year olds and deranged apocalypse fanatics is a problem, and we should be honest about it.
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pleased to announce that there seems to be a passive-aggressive conflict roiling the august pages of Cooks Illustrated, Fall Harvest recipes edition. allow me to explain:
October 20, 2025 at 3:35 AM
pleased to announce that there seems to be a passive-aggressive conflict roiling the august pages of Cooks Illustrated, Fall Harvest recipes edition. allow me to explain:
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THE SCP-9000 CONTEST HAS CONCLUDED!
Congratulations to the winner: "The Trench" by J Dune! You can read the new SCP-9000 here:
scpwiki.com/scp-9000
Here are the runner-ups. (1/5)
Congratulations to the winner: "The Trench" by J Dune! You can read the new SCP-9000 here:
scpwiki.com/scp-9000
Here are the runner-ups. (1/5)
October 20, 2025 at 2:45 AM
THE SCP-9000 CONTEST HAS CONCLUDED!
Congratulations to the winner: "The Trench" by J Dune! You can read the new SCP-9000 here:
scpwiki.com/scp-9000
Here are the runner-ups. (1/5)
Congratulations to the winner: "The Trench" by J Dune! You can read the new SCP-9000 here:
scpwiki.com/scp-9000
Here are the runner-ups. (1/5)
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Someone on linkedin asked "what problem are you solving" with research. The problem of joy man. the problem of I like to know how things work. The problem of we have to tell the stories about all this or we'll go mad, won't we? The problem of someone needs to feel heard. Haven't you felt it??
October 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Someone on linkedin asked "what problem are you solving" with research. The problem of joy man. the problem of I like to know how things work. The problem of we have to tell the stories about all this or we'll go mad, won't we? The problem of someone needs to feel heard. Haven't you felt it??
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While this may be obvious to some players, Cataquacks resemble Wiggler segments that have come to life. This is likely intentional due to them originating in Gelato Beach in Super Mario Sunshine, where the antagonist is a Wiggler.
October 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
While this may be obvious to some players, Cataquacks resemble Wiggler segments that have come to life. This is likely intentional due to them originating in Gelato Beach in Super Mario Sunshine, where the antagonist is a Wiggler.
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unlike others i enjoy the lack of 3d pokemon voice acting. its a fitting design decision reflecting pokemon's take on our modern life that all the people try to scream but nobody can hear it and nothing comes out
October 16, 2025 at 1:02 AM
unlike others i enjoy the lack of 3d pokemon voice acting. its a fitting design decision reflecting pokemon's take on our modern life that all the people try to scream but nobody can hear it and nothing comes out
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it's interesting how the statements "more worthwhile games release in a year than one person could ever possibly hope to cover" and "video games now take way too fucking long to make" are simultaneously both true.
you'd think they cancel out, but they somehow don't, at all.
you'd think they cancel out, but they somehow don't, at all.
October 16, 2025 at 1:27 AM
it's interesting how the statements "more worthwhile games release in a year than one person could ever possibly hope to cover" and "video games now take way too fucking long to make" are simultaneously both true.
you'd think they cancel out, but they somehow don't, at all.
you'd think they cancel out, but they somehow don't, at all.
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suddenly extremely lamenting the lack of git in my profession because there's a wordpress page i got tasked with updating and what the fuck do you MEAN you can't merge drafts into the page that the draft is based on? what the fuck is the point it being a draft then!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????????????
October 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
suddenly extremely lamenting the lack of git in my profession because there's a wordpress page i got tasked with updating and what the fuck do you MEAN you can't merge drafts into the page that the draft is based on? what the fuck is the point it being a draft then!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????????????
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We only count the costs for helping people. We never count the costs when hurting people. That makes the math much easier.
October 16, 2025 at 7:06 AM
We only count the costs for helping people. We never count the costs when hurting people. That makes the math much easier.