-dsr- (hypoparenthetically)
@dashdsrdash.tilde.zone.ap.brid.gy
First I drink the coffee, then I explain the Internet*.
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CVS, may a thousand pigs eat their executive suite and upper management.
December 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM
CVS, may a thousand pigs eat their executive suite and upper management.
Website: Can we send you email?
Me: No.
Website: Are you sure?
Me: Yes.
Website: So can we send you email?
Me: No.
Website: Can we share your information with 8135 of our closest partners?
Me: No.
Website: 8136, now?
Me: No.
Me: If you wouldn't accept this behavior from a store clerk […]
Me: No.
Website: Are you sure?
Me: Yes.
Website: So can we send you email?
Me: No.
Website: Can we share your information with 8135 of our closest partners?
Me: No.
Website: 8136, now?
Me: No.
Me: If you wouldn't accept this behavior from a store clerk […]
Original post on tilde.zone
tilde.zone
December 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Website: Can we send you email?
Me: No.
Website: Are you sure?
Me: Yes.
Website: So can we send you email?
Me: No.
Website: Can we share your information with 8135 of our closest partners?
Me: No.
Website: 8136, now?
Me: No.
Me: If you wouldn't accept this behavior from a store clerk […]
Me: No.
Website: Are you sure?
Me: Yes.
Website: So can we send you email?
Me: No.
Website: Can we share your information with 8135 of our closest partners?
Me: No.
Website: 8136, now?
Me: No.
Me: If you wouldn't accept this behavior from a store clerk […]
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I also installed @AsahiLinux on my work issued Mac, and I love it!
Unfotunately, I have a stock Macbook Pro M2, so HDMI out isn't working yet.
At least I'll have a nice Linux laptop experience when I'm mobile but will still need to limp along with the minimal MacOS install in the office and […]
Unfotunately, I have a stock Macbook Pro M2, so HDMI out isn't working yet.
At least I'll have a nice Linux laptop experience when I'm mobile but will still need to limp along with the minimal MacOS install in the office and […]
Original post on oldbytes.space
oldbytes.space
December 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I also installed @AsahiLinux on my work issued Mac, and I love it!
Unfotunately, I have a stock Macbook Pro M2, so HDMI out isn't working yet.
At least I'll have a nice Linux laptop experience when I'm mobile but will still need to limp along with the minimal MacOS install in the office and […]
Unfotunately, I have a stock Macbook Pro M2, so HDMI out isn't working yet.
At least I'll have a nice Linux laptop experience when I'm mobile but will still need to limp along with the minimal MacOS install in the office and […]
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If all the people who work at airports told you, "don't fly that airline," I hope you would listen.
When all the musicians who have the freedom to be honest tell you, "don't use Spotify," you might consider other options for listening to music.
When all the musicians who have the freedom to be honest tell you, "don't use Spotify," you might consider other options for listening to music.
November 20, 2025 at 2:55 AM
If all the people who work at airports told you, "don't fly that airline," I hope you would listen.
When all the musicians who have the freedom to be honest tell you, "don't use Spotify," you might consider other options for listening to music.
When all the musicians who have the freedom to be honest tell you, "don't use Spotify," you might consider other options for listening to music.
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This was probably my peak as a sysadmin. The next logical career step would have been working for Google which was not unattractive in 2001 aside from needing to relocate to the Bay Area which I was not willing to do.
As it played out Excite went under after being cored out by @Home, I worked […]
As it played out Excite went under after being cored out by @Home, I worked […]
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oldbytes.space
November 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This was probably my peak as a sysadmin. The next logical career step would have been working for Google which was not unattractive in 2001 aside from needing to relocate to the Bay Area which I was not willing to do.
As it played out Excite went under after being cored out by @Home, I worked […]
As it played out Excite went under after being cored out by @Home, I worked […]
I had the strangest dream last night about being in a strange college, and pregnant.
It's especially strange since I am cis-male.
When I woke up I realized that the bulge in my abdomen I had felt in my dream was exactly where Gracie (a cat) was sleeping on me.
It's especially strange since I am cis-male.
When I woke up I realized that the bulge in my abdomen I had felt in my dream was exactly where Gracie (a cat) was sleeping on me.
November 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I had the strangest dream last night about being in a strange college, and pregnant.
It's especially strange since I am cis-male.
When I woke up I realized that the bulge in my abdomen I had felt in my dream was exactly where Gracie (a cat) was sleeping on me.
It's especially strange since I am cis-male.
When I woke up I realized that the bulge in my abdomen I had felt in my dream was exactly where Gracie (a cat) was sleeping on me.
[discussion of LLM slop]
https://www.askamanager.org/2025/11/the-fake-charity-the-photoshop-predator-and-other-times-ai-got-it-wrong.html
Anecdata, but who is actually gathering the data?
#llm #ai #slop
https://www.askamanager.org/2025/11/the-fake-charity-the-photoshop-predator-and-other-times-ai-got-it-wrong.html
Anecdata, but who is actually gathering the data?
#llm #ai #slop
November 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
[discussion of LLM slop]
https://www.askamanager.org/2025/11/the-fake-charity-the-photoshop-predator-and-other-times-ai-got-it-wrong.html
Anecdata, but who is actually gathering the data?
#llm #ai #slop
https://www.askamanager.org/2025/11/the-fake-charity-the-photoshop-predator-and-other-times-ai-got-it-wrong.html
Anecdata, but who is actually gathering the data?
#llm #ai #slop
November 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Meta, Meta, Meta. So Meta. This Reuters report is 🔥
"Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show"
"Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates […]
"Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show"
"Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
November 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Meta, Meta, Meta. So Meta. This Reuters report is 🔥
"Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show"
"Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates […]
"Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show"
"Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates […]
The most consistently successful uses of LLMs that I'm seeing other than spicy autocomplete comes from places which have given the LLMs access to their databases with more permissions than they give to human users.
Yeah: they're solving their administrative/permissioning/query-builder issues by […]
Yeah: they're solving their administrative/permissioning/query-builder issues by […]
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tilde.zone
November 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The most consistently successful uses of LLMs that I'm seeing other than spicy autocomplete comes from places which have given the LLMs access to their databases with more permissions than they give to human users.
Yeah: they're solving their administrative/permissioning/query-builder issues by […]
Yeah: they're solving their administrative/permissioning/query-builder issues by […]
I knocked a tissue box off the table, and it landed on our grumpy elder cat.
He was unpurrturbed.
He was unpurrturbed.
October 31, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I knocked a tissue box off the table, and it landed on our grumpy elder cat.
He was unpurrturbed.
He was unpurrturbed.
There are two kinds of reliability.
(Yeah, there may be more, but work with me for a moment.)
In the first kind, you set up a machine to do a job. It does it over and over again, exactly the same way. As long as you feed it the expected inputs, it gives you the expected outputs. Iron becomes […]
(Yeah, there may be more, but work with me for a moment.)
In the first kind, you set up a machine to do a job. It does it over and over again, exactly the same way. As long as you feed it the expected inputs, it gives you the expected outputs. Iron becomes […]
Original post on tilde.zone
tilde.zone
October 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
There are two kinds of reliability.
(Yeah, there may be more, but work with me for a moment.)
In the first kind, you set up a machine to do a job. It does it over and over again, exactly the same way. As long as you feed it the expected inputs, it gives you the expected outputs. Iron becomes […]
(Yeah, there may be more, but work with me for a moment.)
In the first kind, you set up a machine to do a job. It does it over and over again, exactly the same way. As long as you feed it the expected inputs, it gives you the expected outputs. Iron becomes […]
How many karma points to a util?
October 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
How many karma points to a util?
October 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
![Pearls Before Swine, a cartoon by Stephen Pastis.
The scene is a reception desk in Hell, marked Satan's Helper. A human is talking to a rat-demon in three panels:
1. Rat: HI, Welcome to the underworld.
Human: Me? What did I do to deserve this?
2. Rat: You're the guy who made the software updates for my phone which I didn't ask for, didn't want, and always made my @#$@#$@ phone harder to use.
3. [The rat is alone at the desk.]
Rat: I love my job.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5kutnnmmw7ia5mmvzgnmr4wg/bafkreibdll4vcqc7mlzklexkfvzj7w2htqy2wecenbj5d3plkprmgi5v7y@jpeg)
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running for president in '28, my entire campaign is just two posters, one picturing prominent members of the current administration beneath the banner headline "PRISON", and another of all the leading techbros beneath the banner headline 'WE WILL TAKE ALL THEIR MONEY'
October 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
running for president in '28, my entire campaign is just two posters, one picturing prominent members of the current administration beneath the banner headline "PRISON", and another of all the leading techbros beneath the banner headline 'WE WILL TAKE ALL THEIR MONEY'
If you describe a career as "meteoric", do you really mean it starts out in space and plummets to the ground while burning up in the atmosphere?
October 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
If you describe a career as "meteoric", do you really mean it starts out in space and plummets to the ground while burning up in the atmosphere?
#ai #crash
Assuming that the crash starts before the nominal end of the Trump administration, how will they react?
My instant assessment is that nobody in that administration has the ability or desire to soft-land the economy. When the ship is undeniably sinking, the rats will flee.
Assuming that the crash starts before the nominal end of the Trump administration, how will they react?
My instant assessment is that nobody in that administration has the ability or desire to soft-land the economy. When the ship is undeniably sinking, the rats will flee.
October 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Today's ice cream: chocolate Irish whiskey.
My first critical taster said "professional level" so I am squeeing.
My first critical taster said "professional level" so I am squeeing.
October 20, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Today's ice cream: chocolate Irish whiskey.
My first critical taster said "professional level" so I am squeeing.
My first critical taster said "professional level" so I am squeeing.
Zimmerman, if an American jumps out of an airplane, you can't sell him a parachute until after he hits the ground. I don't even flap about it anymore. Americans are manic freaks who slack off suicidally between crises and then work their elbows to a bone to meet a crisis after it has bashed them […]
Original post on tilde.zone
tilde.zone
October 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Zimmerman, if an American jumps out of an airplane, you can't sell him a parachute until after he hits the ground. I don't even flap about it anymore. Americans are manic freaks who slack off suicidally between crises and then work their elbows to a bone to meet a crisis after it has bashed them […]
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WOOT! The new 8G RAM, 500GB SSD and battery for my 2009 17" Macbook Pro have arrived! And I even have a super kind coworker who's offered to do the installation for me when we're in the office next week.
Now, the big decision, do I try for another assault on #nix DOOM mountain or do I embrace […]
Now, the big decision, do I try for another assault on #nix DOOM mountain or do I embrace […]
Original post on oldbytes.space
oldbytes.space
October 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
WOOT! The new 8G RAM, 500GB SSD and battery for my 2009 17" Macbook Pro have arrived! And I even have a super kind coworker who's offered to do the installation for me when we're in the office next week.
Now, the big decision, do I try for another assault on #nix DOOM mountain or do I embrace […]
Now, the big decision, do I try for another assault on #nix DOOM mountain or do I embrace […]
"Bro, we want you to pay us and install our rootkit and spyware to protect you from the bad people out there who want to install rootkits and spyware!"
October 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM
"Bro, we want you to pay us and install our rootkit and spyware to protect you from the bad people out there who want to install rootkits and spyware!"