Etaoin
@etaoin.bsky.social
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Metonymy!
December 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Metonymy!
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To quote over a thread from September of 2022:
One of the biggest problems with social media is that every level of a conversation is happening simultaneously,
And also that every subject worth discussion requires an initial "lies we tell to children" phase to build a framework of understanding.
One of the biggest problems with social media is that every level of a conversation is happening simultaneously,
And also that every subject worth discussion requires an initial "lies we tell to children" phase to build a framework of understanding.
November 16, 2024 at 4:00 AM
To quote over a thread from September of 2022:
One of the biggest problems with social media is that every level of a conversation is happening simultaneously,
And also that every subject worth discussion requires an initial "lies we tell to children" phase to build a framework of understanding.
One of the biggest problems with social media is that every level of a conversation is happening simultaneously,
And also that every subject worth discussion requires an initial "lies we tell to children" phase to build a framework of understanding.
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A lot of folks coming from the Discover tab to be weird to Krista seemed entitled to be assholes because they don’t understand what the Discover tab is or that people aren’t there intentionally or that it’s not “for” them, and they get indignant when it’s pointed out.
December 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
A lot of folks coming from the Discover tab to be weird to Krista seemed entitled to be assholes because they don’t understand what the Discover tab is or that people aren’t there intentionally or that it’s not “for” them, and they get indignant when it’s pointed out.
There is an amazing tense moment in Hunter in Darkness where a you've been getting a formula phrase and then it changes and that's the moment you know everything will be ok.
I can see how that might seem to have appeal, but let me give that idea an arrow in the knee: having NPCs who just constantly restate formula phrases helps the player know whether that’s an NPC to whom they should pay attention. Think of it as the verbal equivalent of yellow paint.
December 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
There is an amazing tense moment in Hunter in Darkness where a you've been getting a formula phrase and then it changes and that's the moment you know everything will be ok.
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There is, I think, a very real bias that to take action is wrong in case it goes bad and then it's Your Fault
(Incidentally I think the trolley problem is a bad way of explaining this because it presents a situation with certain poutcomes, and we genuinely never once face those)
(Incidentally I think the trolley problem is a bad way of explaining this because it presents a situation with certain poutcomes, and we genuinely never once face those)
November 24, 2025 at 10:07 AM
There is, I think, a very real bias that to take action is wrong in case it goes bad and then it's Your Fault
(Incidentally I think the trolley problem is a bad way of explaining this because it presents a situation with certain poutcomes, and we genuinely never once face those)
(Incidentally I think the trolley problem is a bad way of explaining this because it presents a situation with certain poutcomes, and we genuinely never once face those)
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When you say holiday but mean Christmas, you erase my holiday. I don’t need you to share them! I don’t need to have a company dreidel competition (although we should). I’m an adult now, I know I’m a minority. But don’t send me an Ugly Hanukkah Sweater and expect me to care.
November 18, 2024 at 7:28 AM
When you say holiday but mean Christmas, you erase my holiday. I don’t need you to share them! I don’t need to have a company dreidel competition (although we should). I’m an adult now, I know I’m a minority. But don’t send me an Ugly Hanukkah Sweater and expect me to care.
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But I resent the implication that calling something “holiday” makes it inclusive, that a red and green Starbucks cup is somehow secular. I grew up in a world where these things were not expected to be For Us and no one insisted they were. Do you know how freeing that is?
November 18, 2024 at 7:00 AM
But I resent the implication that calling something “holiday” makes it inclusive, that a red and green Starbucks cup is somehow secular. I grew up in a world where these things were not expected to be For Us and no one insisted they were. Do you know how freeing that is?
Remember that A is part of CIA.
(nb I haven't read past the headline.)
(nb I haven't read past the headline.)
November 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Remember that A is part of CIA.
(nb I haven't read past the headline.)
(nb I haven't read past the headline.)
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We’re watching a shift where AI simulates the cohesion and reinforcement that used to require an entire online community. A single person can now build a complete parallel reality with nothing more than a prompt window. Which seems bad.
November 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
We’re watching a shift where AI simulates the cohesion and reinforcement that used to require an entire online community. A single person can now build a complete parallel reality with nothing more than a prompt window. Which seems bad.
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It's unintuitive because it kinda murders the entire financial incentive structure of the internet and content creation generally!! . . . on which AI relies.
In some ways, this feels like harvesting and then salting the earth, for no other reason than there is a lot of salt lying around.
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In some ways, this feels like harvesting and then salting the earth, for no other reason than there is a lot of salt lying around.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
It's unintuitive because it kinda murders the entire financial incentive structure of the internet and content creation generally!! . . . on which AI relies.
In some ways, this feels like harvesting and then salting the earth, for no other reason than there is a lot of salt lying around.
16/
In some ways, this feels like harvesting and then salting the earth, for no other reason than there is a lot of salt lying around.
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cloudflare's on-duty IT staff bangs on the doors which I have padlocked from the inside as I calmly break open lava lamp after lava lamp and drink the contents
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
cloudflare's on-duty IT staff bangs on the doors which I have padlocked from the inside as I calmly break open lava lamp after lava lamp and drink the contents
This headline kind of works the opposite way from what they intend. Like, "you might think, The Running Man is a separate work of fiction from IT so there's no reason Pennywise should be there in the first place, but hear me out..."
Why Isn’t Pennywise in The Running Man? It's more complicated than you might think... bit.ly/4a04Vvk
November 16, 2025 at 2:25 AM
This headline kind of works the opposite way from what they intend. Like, "you might think, The Running Man is a separate work of fiction from IT so there's no reason Pennywise should be there in the first place, but hear me out..."
November 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
You know what would be cool? A piece of fiction that's structured as a microblogging app. The plot updates in real time and you can scroll, click through to people's profiles etc
Easy version you're a lurker; more video game y version it's IF
Easy version you're a lurker; more video game y version it's IF
November 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
You know what would be cool? A piece of fiction that's structured as a microblogging app. The plot updates in real time and you can scroll, click through to people's profiles etc
Easy version you're a lurker; more video game y version it's IF
Easy version you're a lurker; more video game y version it's IF
Idk if this will happen frequently enough for a thread but you gotta start somewhere
*Zizek voice*
“Comprehension is endorsement”
“Comprehension is endorsement”
November 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Idk if this will happen frequently enough for a thread but you gotta start somewhere
I have an anti-collection of a certain kind of bsky post.
By anti-collection I mean that I do not screenshot, bookmark, or attempt to remember them in any way; but when I encounter one I appreciate it in the moment and move on
By anti-collection I mean that I do not screenshot, bookmark, or attempt to remember them in any way; but when I encounter one I appreciate it in the moment and move on
November 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I have an anti-collection of a certain kind of bsky post.
By anti-collection I mean that I do not screenshot, bookmark, or attempt to remember them in any way; but when I encounter one I appreciate it in the moment and move on
By anti-collection I mean that I do not screenshot, bookmark, or attempt to remember them in any way; but when I encounter one I appreciate it in the moment and move on
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I'd buy that for a dollar.
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I'd buy that for a dollar.
Just encountered the phrase "hit dogs holler" again and thinking about how I misunderstood it the first time I heard it.
November 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Just encountered the phrase "hit dogs holler" again and thinking about how I misunderstood it the first time I heard it.
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"On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?'... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."
Charles Babbage, inventor of the mechanical computer, 1864
Charles Babbage, inventor of the mechanical computer, 1864
November 3, 2025 at 3:03 AM
"On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?'... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."
Charles Babbage, inventor of the mechanical computer, 1864
Charles Babbage, inventor of the mechanical computer, 1864
This is even funnier on the second read through because it seems to imply that the dude doesn't even eat the whole baseball but passes it around so everyone on the team gets a bite
Remember: whoever scores the winning run gets to take the first bite out of the baseball and enjoy the fresh juices running down his chin
November 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
This is even funnier on the second read through because it seems to imply that the dude doesn't even eat the whole baseball but passes it around so everyone on the team gets a bite
Saw this earlier tonight & didn't know the reference but my boo did and long story short I've seen tremors now
pretty proud of this couples costume, even if two different people at the party told us “great J6er outfit”
November 1, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Saw this earlier tonight & didn't know the reference but my boo did and long story short I've seen tremors now
Making Christmas quotes Dies Irae?!?
Happy Halloween...
Happy Halloween...
November 1, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Making Christmas quotes Dies Irae?!?
Happy Halloween...
Happy Halloween...
I'm down to 7 browser tabs on my phone 🎉
October 29, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I'm down to 7 browser tabs on my phone 🎉
Why can't they make an ai that lets me mute the specific image macros that annoy me.
October 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Why can't they make an ai that lets me mute the specific image macros that annoy me.