Duke Skyloafer
@dukeskyloafer.com
I'm a dad. I'm a programmer. I make bad jokes. I collect Transformers. I stream casual video games on YouTube.
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Been working on my new stand-up routine. So far it's gone over well, particularly when my knee and back hurt from sitting too long.
July 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Been working on my new stand-up routine. So far it's gone over well, particularly when my knee and back hurt from sitting too long.
One thing I love about traveling to my parents’ house is that my dad keeps a rotating roster of old MacAddict issues in the bathroom for you to read instead of your phone
June 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One thing I love about traveling to my parents’ house is that my dad keeps a rotating roster of old MacAddict issues in the bathroom for you to read instead of your phone
My son just told me he was confused because he thought the Catholic Church just elected the Pokémon Popplio as its leader
May 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
My son just told me he was confused because he thought the Catholic Church just elected the Pokémon Popplio as its leader
Sometimes I think about how the people who founded Hogwarts could have named it anything
May 12, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Sometimes I think about how the people who founded Hogwarts could have named it anything
Just sitting here thinking about how in the Elder Scrolls universe, the ability to light someone else on fire is like the easiest spell to learn. Children could do it. That’s the world they live in.
May 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Just sitting here thinking about how in the Elder Scrolls universe, the ability to light someone else on fire is like the easiest spell to learn. Children could do it. That’s the world they live in.
I was losing hundreds of dollars a month buying food for my family. Now we’re essentially not eating anymore. Therefore, I’m saving hundreds of dollars. It’s very simple.
Trump: "We were losing hundreds of billions of dollars with China. Now we're essentially not doing business with China. Therefore, we're saving hundreds of billions of dollars. It's very simple."
May 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I was losing hundreds of dollars a month buying food for my family. Now we’re essentially not eating anymore. Therefore, I’m saving hundreds of dollars. It’s very simple.
Can't recall ever being thankful for having to replace an appliance, but I am so incredible glad that my 20 year old washing machine finally died and we were able to replace it before tariffs kicked in. It was the last major appliance that came with the house and hadn't yet been replaced.
May 3, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Can't recall ever being thankful for having to replace an appliance, but I am so incredible glad that my 20 year old washing machine finally died and we were able to replace it before tariffs kicked in. It was the last major appliance that came with the house and hadn't yet been replaced.
As I grow older, it becomes clearer and clearer every day that I have missed my window to become Spider-Man.
May 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM
As I grow older, it becomes clearer and clearer every day that I have missed my window to become Spider-Man.
This is hilarious both because the main fear of AI is that it replaces…art… and also because VCs could just be replaced by regular algorithms, they don’t even need AI.
AGI is coming for all of us. It will write symphonies, direct movies, and author the best novels.
The only thing it won’t be able to do is VC investing, which must be reserved as a task only for the most-special people
The only thing it won’t be able to do is VC investing, which must be reserved as a task only for the most-special people
May 1, 2025 at 2:07 AM
This is hilarious both because the main fear of AI is that it replaces…art… and also because VCs could just be replaced by regular algorithms, they don’t even need AI.
Took me a little too long to figure out what “Matter-compatible robot vacuum cleaner” meant. My old robot vacuum sucked (no pun intended) and I thought maybe it wasn’t matter-compatible.
April 29, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Took me a little too long to figure out what “Matter-compatible robot vacuum cleaner” meant. My old robot vacuum sucked (no pun intended) and I thought maybe it wasn’t matter-compatible.
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Anyone debating or analyzing Kilmar Abrego Garcia's life or record is doing a grave disservice.
He could be El Chapo. He could be Charles Manson. He could be the Dalai Lama.
It doesn't matter. What has happened to him and others is clearly a violation of America's core laws and principles.
He could be El Chapo. He could be Charles Manson. He could be the Dalai Lama.
It doesn't matter. What has happened to him and others is clearly a violation of America's core laws and principles.
April 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Anyone debating or analyzing Kilmar Abrego Garcia's life or record is doing a grave disservice.
He could be El Chapo. He could be Charles Manson. He could be the Dalai Lama.
It doesn't matter. What has happened to him and others is clearly a violation of America's core laws and principles.
He could be El Chapo. He could be Charles Manson. He could be the Dalai Lama.
It doesn't matter. What has happened to him and others is clearly a violation of America's core laws and principles.
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This is driving me crazy too. Not long ago 10% universal tariffs were considered the worst-case scenario, something even Trump wasn’t crazy enough to impose. Now have those PLUS 125% tariffs on China. Together, these raise raise inflation by about as much as original “Liberation Day” tariffs did!
why is *every* newspaper/programme running with the headline "tariffs are paused" when they haven't been.
What's happened is that every country (except China) gets a flat rate of 10% for 90 days.
What's happened is that every country (except China) gets a flat rate of 10% for 90 days.
April 10, 2025 at 11:41 AM
This is driving me crazy too. Not long ago 10% universal tariffs were considered the worst-case scenario, something even Trump wasn’t crazy enough to impose. Now have those PLUS 125% tariffs on China. Together, these raise raise inflation by about as much as original “Liberation Day” tariffs did!
Imagine not only going through life not ever hearing anyone mention "groceries," but also not having a single friend or family member who cares enough to tell you to stop talking about how much you never have to think about groceries.
April 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Imagine not only going through life not ever hearing anyone mention "groceries," but also not having a single friend or family member who cares enough to tell you to stop talking about how much you never have to think about groceries.
I have learned from my daughter, after a brief embarrassment, that k-pop is not short for Kellogg’s Corn Pops.
April 4, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I have learned from my daughter, after a brief embarrassment, that k-pop is not short for Kellogg’s Corn Pops.
I'm not "unskeptically accepting misinformation," I'm "building a personal canon."
Like when the LLM that runs Google Search said that the programming language "python" was created by "Pyrus Thonberg." I knew that was definitely wrong, but now I choose to believe it is correct.
Like when the LLM that runs Google Search said that the programming language "python" was created by "Pyrus Thonberg." I knew that was definitely wrong, but now I choose to believe it is correct.
February 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I'm not "unskeptically accepting misinformation," I'm "building a personal canon."
Like when the LLM that runs Google Search said that the programming language "python" was created by "Pyrus Thonberg." I knew that was definitely wrong, but now I choose to believe it is correct.
Like when the LLM that runs Google Search said that the programming language "python" was created by "Pyrus Thonberg." I knew that was definitely wrong, but now I choose to believe it is correct.
When I say that you can’t just ignore AI until it goes away because it won’t just go away (like NFTs), my purpose is to motivate people to regulate it, not to just accept it as inevitable.
Thomson Reuters has won the first major AI copyright case in the US. The decision has big implications for the battle between generative AI companies and rightsholders.
Thomson Reuters Wins First Major AI Copyright Case in the US
The Thomson Reuters decision has big implications for the battle between generative AI companies and rightsholders.
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February 12, 2025 at 12:37 AM
When I say that you can’t just ignore AI until it goes away because it won’t just go away (like NFTs), my purpose is to motivate people to regulate it, not to just accept it as inevitable.
True story:
I asked my daughter what letter is between D and F.
She counted on her fingers and said 7.
I shook my head. This is why we need more E-learning days.
I asked my daughter what letter is between D and F.
She counted on her fingers and said 7.
I shook my head. This is why we need more E-learning days.
January 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
True story:
I asked my daughter what letter is between D and F.
She counted on her fingers and said 7.
I shook my head. This is why we need more E-learning days.
I asked my daughter what letter is between D and F.
She counted on her fingers and said 7.
I shook my head. This is why we need more E-learning days.
If you make a gesture that is not intended to be a Nazi salute but is so close that people can’t tell the difference, you’re either a moron who doesn’t know how to avoid doing a Nazi salute, or you’re doing it on purpose because you know some people will see it as a Nazi salute, and you want that.
January 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
If you make a gesture that is not intended to be a Nazi salute but is so close that people can’t tell the difference, you’re either a moron who doesn’t know how to avoid doing a Nazi salute, or you’re doing it on purpose because you know some people will see it as a Nazi salute, and you want that.
The last video I saw on TikTok before it abruptly stopped was someone explaining how creators can download all their videos. Unfortunately the process takes hours to days to complete.
January 19, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The last video I saw on TikTok before it abruptly stopped was someone explaining how creators can download all their videos. Unfortunately the process takes hours to days to complete.
TikTok right now is nothing but people saying goodbye and talking about how much the platform changed their lives, uplifting and depressing at the same time
January 19, 2025 at 12:33 AM
TikTok right now is nothing but people saying goodbye and talking about how much the platform changed their lives, uplifting and depressing at the same time
“Rapid unscheduled disassembly” or RUD is based on a military term that goes back to the 1960s, and is not something Musk or SpaceX made up to cover their explosion. Musk does like to use it a lot though.
January 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
“Rapid unscheduled disassembly” or RUD is based on a military term that goes back to the 1960s, and is not something Musk or SpaceX made up to cover their explosion. Musk does like to use it a lot though.
Sometimes you get a cool Transformer but you need to zhuzh it up with some 3rd party stickers
January 8, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Sometimes you get a cool Transformer but you need to zhuzh it up with some 3rd party stickers
[Bruce Banner changing the gamma on his TV to the lowest setting]: This looks terrible
January 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
[Bruce Banner changing the gamma on his TV to the lowest setting]: This looks terrible
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when i was a few minutes younger i thought it was 9:33 a.m. eastern time. and maybe at one point, that was the case. but part of growing older is finding enough humility to let go of some of the things you once held as true
December 31, 2024 at 2:54 PM
when i was a few minutes younger i thought it was 9:33 a.m. eastern time. and maybe at one point, that was the case. but part of growing older is finding enough humility to let go of some of the things you once held as true