Elementoid
@elementoid.bsky.social
Software Dev based in metro Detroit. AKA Dendroid on certain platforms.
Literal big gay nerd. UMich alum. He/Him 🏳️🌈
Literal big gay nerd. UMich alum. He/Him 🏳️🌈
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remember when the democrats decided to tactically stop pointing out that these people are weird freaks no one likes
Indiana State Senator wishes you a Merry Christmas by… posting images of himself assaulting Santa Claus.
Are the fascists okay?
Are the fascists okay?
December 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
remember when the democrats decided to tactically stop pointing out that these people are weird freaks no one likes
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when the sun comes up and i can see the sky
December 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
when the sun comes up and i can see the sky
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(daft punk One More Time voice) Auld Lang Syne
December 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
(daft punk One More Time voice) Auld Lang Syne
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Can't wait for the loosened up, non-perfect, but quickly shipped AI-enhanced updates to hit my banking and insurance services next year.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
December 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Can't wait for the loosened up, non-perfect, but quickly shipped AI-enhanced updates to hit my banking and insurance services next year.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
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thinking about how bloated video games have become over the past decade-and-a-half or so and wondering if maybe the upcoming hardware shortage could lead to video game studios re-learning the lost art of optimizing their god damn games before release like they used to
December 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
thinking about how bloated video games have become over the past decade-and-a-half or so and wondering if maybe the upcoming hardware shortage could lead to video game studios re-learning the lost art of optimizing their god damn games before release like they used to
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The reverse correlation of how mgmt thinks of people vs tech amazes me.
The tech can make a ton of mistakes, but that's OK, it will magically get better someday. To hire a person they must prove they have solved your exact problem before and 100% guaranteed to be successful on day one.
The tech can make a ton of mistakes, but that's OK, it will magically get better someday. To hire a person they must prove they have solved your exact problem before and 100% guaranteed to be successful on day one.
December 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The reverse correlation of how mgmt thinks of people vs tech amazes me.
The tech can make a ton of mistakes, but that's OK, it will magically get better someday. To hire a person they must prove they have solved your exact problem before and 100% guaranteed to be successful on day one.
The tech can make a ton of mistakes, but that's OK, it will magically get better someday. To hire a person they must prove they have solved your exact problem before and 100% guaranteed to be successful on day one.
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It's maddening hearing folks talk about LLM use-cases within their tools that would seem to be so much more effectively and reliably addressed by simple domain-specific implementations of solutions.
December 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
It's maddening hearing folks talk about LLM use-cases within their tools that would seem to be so much more effectively and reliably addressed by simple domain-specific implementations of solutions.
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A generation of programmers who've gleefully deskilled these fundamental skills of "paying attention to detail" and "using those details to construct a mental model" is a generation of programmers who can't fucking program.
December 23, 2025 at 7:45 AM
A generation of programmers who've gleefully deskilled these fundamental skills of "paying attention to detail" and "using those details to construct a mental model" is a generation of programmers who can't fucking program.
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it's just this leaky hole in your life that everything you carefully set up for yourself can just fall out of at any time, and the idea of treating you with any sympathy for it is completely alien to any representative of the system you come in contact with
December 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
it's just this leaky hole in your life that everything you carefully set up for yourself can just fall out of at any time, and the idea of treating you with any sympathy for it is completely alien to any representative of the system you come in contact with
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all I want for Christmas is the ability to remotely induce heart attacks in other people using my mind
December 22, 2025 at 11:33 PM
all I want for Christmas is the ability to remotely induce heart attacks in other people using my mind
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there’s magic that allows you to measure the semantic distance between concepts that were previously abstract in a very qualitative way…
…and also that technology has become the inextricably linked to the aesthetics of modern fascism and anti-social behavior!
it feels bad!!!
…and also that technology has become the inextricably linked to the aesthetics of modern fascism and anti-social behavior!
it feels bad!!!
i’m convinced this is a very uncomfortable thing for most people involved in ML to actually do because it involves some brutal self-reflection on the contrast between what excites them vs. how the technology is being applied as a corrosive force outside of their bubble!
if anyone thinks bsky is uniquely anti-AI then they would do well to make friends with teachers, non-ML academics, authors, publishers, and the like!
December 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
there’s magic that allows you to measure the semantic distance between concepts that were previously abstract in a very qualitative way…
…and also that technology has become the inextricably linked to the aesthetics of modern fascism and anti-social behavior!
it feels bad!!!
…and also that technology has become the inextricably linked to the aesthetics of modern fascism and anti-social behavior!
it feels bad!!!
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if one day after you’ve been taking your meds for a while you start thinking “oh yeah i don’t even need these anymore i’m normal now” that’s the devil talking to you
December 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
if one day after you’ve been taking your meds for a while you start thinking “oh yeah i don’t even need these anymore i’m normal now” that’s the devil talking to you
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In general, AI adoption levels are a measurement of to what extent a particular reward system (a corporation, a market, academia as a whole system) has ceased to distinguish between doing a thing and pretending to do a thing
One of many things the pro-AI crowd doesn't seem to understand is the very important distinction between academic scholarship and the production of papers. Of course they can be related but they're not necessarily the same thing
December 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
In general, AI adoption levels are a measurement of to what extent a particular reward system (a corporation, a market, academia as a whole system) has ceased to distinguish between doing a thing and pretending to do a thing
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My friends. Starting tomorrow the daylight returns. Finally. Longer days. Longer and longer and longer days.
December 21, 2025 at 1:34 PM
My friends. Starting tomorrow the daylight returns. Finally. Longer days. Longer and longer and longer days.
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let he who is without sin approximate it with a taylor series
May 27, 2025 at 9:51 PM
let he who is without sin approximate it with a taylor series
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You know, some days I sit and think about how absolutely wild it is that we've built a society where we don't provide a place for people to even sleep at night without having to pay for it, and that we've somehow made it seem like that's normal.
December 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM
You know, some days I sit and think about how absolutely wild it is that we've built a society where we don't provide a place for people to even sleep at night without having to pay for it, and that we've somehow made it seem like that's normal.
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joining the great machine consciousness
December 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
joining the great machine consciousness
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Bro, you doing alright, bro? I saw the autosave icon come on just as you entered the room
December 20, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Bro, you doing alright, bro? I saw the autosave icon come on just as you entered the room
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As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found out he was a bug and not a feature.
December 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found out he was a bug and not a feature.
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Teenager me: everyone in charge is so stupid
Young adult me: politics corporations and science are incredibly complex topics that require thorough research and discussion and we shouldnt jump to conclusions
Me now: everyone in charge is so stupid
Young adult me: politics corporations and science are incredibly complex topics that require thorough research and discussion and we shouldnt jump to conclusions
Me now: everyone in charge is so stupid
December 18, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Teenager me: everyone in charge is so stupid
Young adult me: politics corporations and science are incredibly complex topics that require thorough research and discussion and we shouldnt jump to conclusions
Me now: everyone in charge is so stupid
Young adult me: politics corporations and science are incredibly complex topics that require thorough research and discussion and we shouldnt jump to conclusions
Me now: everyone in charge is so stupid
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Hear me out: every adult in the country takes a near fatal dose of hallucinogens at the exact same time. Then we see where we're at.
December 18, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Hear me out: every adult in the country takes a near fatal dose of hallucinogens at the exact same time. Then we see where we're at.
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Super Mario Sunshine confuses people because many put it in the box in their mind they reserve for 'Polished Nintendo platformer' and judge it harshly by comparison to the others.
But it's better understood in the context of 'Weird and fascinating kusoge'.
But it's better understood in the context of 'Weird and fascinating kusoge'.
In Super Mario Sunshine, each plank of the Pianta Village bridge has separate collision for an unknown reason. This causes microscopic invisible gaps to form between the planks that extremely unfortunate players can slip through and die. Below is a compilation of such cases.
December 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Super Mario Sunshine confuses people because many put it in the box in their mind they reserve for 'Polished Nintendo platformer' and judge it harshly by comparison to the others.
But it's better understood in the context of 'Weird and fascinating kusoge'.
But it's better understood in the context of 'Weird and fascinating kusoge'.
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“call your congresspeople and beg them not to sentence trans people to death” is a regular feature of our politics now and it fucking sucks
December 18, 2025 at 4:05 AM
“call your congresspeople and beg them not to sentence trans people to death” is a regular feature of our politics now and it fucking sucks