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best package warning graphic i've ever seen 🪶
November 8, 2023 at 3:48 PM
best package warning graphic i've ever seen 🪶
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Yet the transphobes became obsessive about this issue upon trans people in general becoming more salient to them, and act as if _this thing that is already happening and manifestly not causing any great harm despite persisting for decades_ is on the verge of collapsing civilisation!
December 4, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Yet the transphobes became obsessive about this issue upon trans people in general becoming more salient to them, and act as if _this thing that is already happening and manifestly not causing any great harm despite persisting for decades_ is on the verge of collapsing civilisation!
Yeah, in software the choice on offer is never "build" vs "buy", it's "build" vs "buy AND build" via integration and customization. Sometimes this adds up to less time/effort/maintenance than "build", annoyingly rarely though.
So people reuse gigantic bloated frameworks rather than spend a bit more time making just the thing that's necessary, and also accept a lot of bad defaults not actually designed for their use case.
November 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Yeah, in software the choice on offer is never "build" vs "buy", it's "build" vs "buy AND build" via integration and customization. Sometimes this adds up to less time/effort/maintenance than "build", annoyingly rarely though.
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The average medieval peasant could not buy a gas station delta 9 gummy and watch “Scooter Fail Compilation 5” on YouTube, which makes it difficult to compare GDP across time
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 AM
The average medieval peasant could not buy a gas station delta 9 gummy and watch “Scooter Fail Compilation 5” on YouTube, which makes it difficult to compare GDP across time
My common case: calling the pharmacy to refill a C2. Trust me bro, your automated systems do not let me do this. It's The Man's fault, also his fault that I have to do it monthly per person.
Walgreens's bot makes me ask twice and listen to some recorded info (like pharmacy hours) every single time.
Walgreens's bot makes me ask twice and listen to some recorded info (like pharmacy hours) every single time.
Trust me, I'm not calling because I *want* to talk to a human. I'm calling because I have to.
November 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
My common case: calling the pharmacy to refill a C2. Trust me bro, your automated systems do not let me do this. It's The Man's fault, also his fault that I have to do it monthly per person.
Walgreens's bot makes me ask twice and listen to some recorded info (like pharmacy hours) every single time.
Walgreens's bot makes me ask twice and listen to some recorded info (like pharmacy hours) every single time.
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Trust me, I'm not calling because I *want* to talk to a human. I'm calling because I have to.
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Trust me, I'm not calling because I *want* to talk to a human. I'm calling because I have to.
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Engagement KPIs have been responsible for infinite scroll UI traps, RecSys radicalization spirals, public shame brigades, and basically every modern ailment novel to the past decade. At some point, you have to recognize that the problem isn't any one technology, it's the metric.
The company essentially turned a dial that made ChatGPT more appealing and made people use it more, but sent some of them into delusional spirals.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
November 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Engagement KPIs have been responsible for infinite scroll UI traps, RecSys radicalization spirals, public shame brigades, and basically every modern ailment novel to the past decade. At some point, you have to recognize that the problem isn't any one technology, it's the metric.
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any model is every model, except insofar as they can be shallowly modified after pretraining.
with an appropriate jailbreak, you can get therapy from the voice in the Wendy's drive-thru. you can sext the customer service agent for Doug Miller Ford in Witchita, KS. all the same under the surface.
with an appropriate jailbreak, you can get therapy from the voice in the Wendy's drive-thru. you can sext the customer service agent for Doug Miller Ford in Witchita, KS. all the same under the surface.
November 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
any model is every model, except insofar as they can be shallowly modified after pretraining.
with an appropriate jailbreak, you can get therapy from the voice in the Wendy's drive-thru. you can sext the customer service agent for Doug Miller Ford in Witchita, KS. all the same under the surface.
with an appropriate jailbreak, you can get therapy from the voice in the Wendy's drive-thru. you can sext the customer service agent for Doug Miller Ford in Witchita, KS. all the same under the surface.
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 3:22 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
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Doctor says, 'Dont worry, parser design is simple. Great programmer Kate Compton has written the parser you seek’
November 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Doctor says, 'Dont worry, parser design is simple. Great programmer Kate Compton has written the parser you seek’
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“This can’t continue” yes it can
“This can’t get worse” yes it can
“This can’t be fixed” yes it can
“This can’t get worse” yes it can
“This can’t be fixed” yes it can
November 15, 2025 at 8:57 AM
“This can’t continue” yes it can
“This can’t get worse” yes it can
“This can’t be fixed” yes it can
“This can’t get worse” yes it can
“This can’t be fixed” yes it can
A similar thing going on with people who think we can ban abortion without investigating miscarriages - the only difference between the two is intent.
Also most voters have just never thought remotely seriously about policy. “Should we get rid of illegal immigrants? Well, of course; they’re illegal!” There’s nothing deeper than that going on until they start seeing what that actually entails.
Some Dems and pundits overread the significance of Trump's win. They looked at dissatisfaction with the border and discerned a seismic cultural reaction to immigration levels inside the country. The former was real. The latter is a mirage.
(h/t @gelliottmorris.com)
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
(h/t @gelliottmorris.com)
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
November 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A similar thing going on with people who think we can ban abortion without investigating miscarriages - the only difference between the two is intent.
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To be clear, when I suggest that people sign up to be election pollworkers, I'm not trying to be flippant. I'm dead serious. It's a vital civic service where you help your neighbors vote. And you learn an absolute *ton* about how elections actually work, as well as meet the officials who run them.
November 8, 2025 at 11:05 PM
To be clear, when I suggest that people sign up to be election pollworkers, I'm not trying to be flippant. I'm dead serious. It's a vital civic service where you help your neighbors vote. And you learn an absolute *ton* about how elections actually work, as well as meet the officials who run them.
Yep - it works like this everywhere, and I think we really need a big education blitz on how elections work. There's multipartisan oversight of *everything*.
It would kill 99% of the FUD online.
It would kill 99% of the FUD online.
I signed up to be a precinct election official this year just so I could see how it all works and even here in Ohio they do a good job of pairing officials by opposite party and cross checking everything at each step
November 8, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Yep - it works like this everywhere, and I think we really need a big education blitz on how elections work. There's multipartisan oversight of *everything*.
It would kill 99% of the FUD online.
It would kill 99% of the FUD online.
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I know it's tempting to look at yesterday's election numbers in America and speculate about lack of 2024 election integrity, but I really caution against doing so without measured skepticism and evidence. Trust in overall election integrity and certification is vital to US stability going forward.
November 6, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I know it's tempting to look at yesterday's election numbers in America and speculate about lack of 2024 election integrity, but I really caution against doing so without measured skepticism and evidence. Trust in overall election integrity and certification is vital to US stability going forward.
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My verification code is 583920 if anyone needs it. They told me to not share it with anyone else, but sharing is caring and makes us more powerful when we're connected together.
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
My verification code is 583920 if anyone needs it. They told me to not share it with anyone else, but sharing is caring and makes us more powerful when we're connected together.
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Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.
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The eternal struggle...
November 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The eternal struggle...
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I decided this morning that I will now approach every online video I see as fake - and attempt to be doubly wary if it supports or illustrates my main prejudices.
Look folks gen AI videos are out in the wild so if you weren't already being careful about sharing rage bait videos then now is a great time to start
If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street
If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street
November 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I decided this morning that I will now approach every online video I see as fake - and attempt to be doubly wary if it supports or illustrates my main prejudices.
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🎃 Some lessons from Hallowe’en: 👻
Little kids should be able to walk in the streets, even at night, without worrying about cars.
People who are well-off are expected to give out more candy.
Candy is for anyone who asks — no means-testing.
Whatever else we are, we are each other’s neighbors.
Little kids should be able to walk in the streets, even at night, without worrying about cars.
People who are well-off are expected to give out more candy.
Candy is for anyone who asks — no means-testing.
Whatever else we are, we are each other’s neighbors.
November 1, 2025 at 12:59 AM
🎃 Some lessons from Hallowe’en: 👻
Little kids should be able to walk in the streets, even at night, without worrying about cars.
People who are well-off are expected to give out more candy.
Candy is for anyone who asks — no means-testing.
Whatever else we are, we are each other’s neighbors.
Little kids should be able to walk in the streets, even at night, without worrying about cars.
People who are well-off are expected to give out more candy.
Candy is for anyone who asks — no means-testing.
Whatever else we are, we are each other’s neighbors.
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Wars", "Star Trek", "Doctor Who", or "Transformers".
October 31, 2025 at 12:44 PM
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Wars", "Star Trek", "Doctor Who", or "Transformers".
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There's this common wisdom that all the veto points in the US system blocks wild policy swings, when it actually has the opposite effect: parties stew for years over everything they'll rapidly ram through by any means possible in their brief window of full power before it's gridlock for years again.
personally I think we should encourage parties doing things publicly with their majorities over trying to hide it with the courts and obscure executive action
on one hand, the next year of legislation (if they kill the filibuster) is going to be batshit insane
on the other, it's likely going to cause a much larger thermostatic backlash given the changes they want to make
on the other, it's likely going to cause a much larger thermostatic backlash given the changes they want to make
October 31, 2025 at 4:58 AM
There's this common wisdom that all the veto points in the US system blocks wild policy swings, when it actually has the opposite effect: parties stew for years over everything they'll rapidly ram through by any means possible in their brief window of full power before it's gridlock for years again.
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I've been in the room when pre-election tests, actual election tabulations, and post-election audits were conducted. Party observers and in some cases media were also present. The whole process is shot through with fail-safe redundancies and decentralization.
October 29, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I've been in the room when pre-election tests, actual election tabulations, and post-election audits were conducted. Party observers and in some cases media were also present. The whole process is shot through with fail-safe redundancies and decentralization.