iamdunbar
@iamdunbar.bsky.social
Writer and composer. Very thoughtful, rarely cool.
The US Army recruitment site lists an opening for a "Parachute Rigger", whose job is to pack, assemble, and test parachutes. This means that someone out there could literally be giving dry runs to potentially defective or fatal parachutes... and not get paid. Sign me up!
October 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The US Army recruitment site lists an opening for a "Parachute Rigger", whose job is to pack, assemble, and test parachutes. This means that someone out there could literally be giving dry runs to potentially defective or fatal parachutes... and not get paid. Sign me up!
Trying to improve my basic web dev skills, but #WHATWG documentation is one big no good very unhelpful nursery rhyme: "to assign slottables for a slot slot, let slottables be the result of finding slottables for slot. For each slottable of slottables, set slottable's assigned slot to slot."
September 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Trying to improve my basic web dev skills, but #WHATWG documentation is one big no good very unhelpful nursery rhyme: "to assign slottables for a slot slot, let slottables be the result of finding slottables for slot. For each slottable of slottables, set slottable's assigned slot to slot."
Dang, I'm getting hit with double turnstiles most everywhere today. Cloudflare must be feeling under the weather today.
September 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Dang, I'm getting hit with double turnstiles most everywhere today. Cloudflare must be feeling under the weather today.
@mattlangford.com dang Matt, over there just casually releasing exactly the theme micro needed. A special tip of the hat for the generous amount of white space and taking care of the footnotes. I appreciate you!
August 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
@mattlangford.com dang Matt, over there just casually releasing exactly the theme micro needed. A special tip of the hat for the generous amount of white space and taking care of the footnotes. I appreciate you!
Here's a solid benchmark prompt for reasoning models: An internal #firefox setting for media/getusermedia is off while disabled enabled and true. In what state is the media when false?
August 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Here's a solid benchmark prompt for reasoning models: An internal #firefox setting for media/getusermedia is off while disabled enabled and true. In what state is the media when false?
@debian.bsky.social Guys. Please. It feels like a manifest absurdity to say this. I'm trying to debug a new install, and discovered that Debian org domains still block users of Tor browser. With respect, please reconsider. Web browsers needn't be a caveat to digital privacy and internet freedom.
July 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
@debian.bsky.social Guys. Please. It feels like a manifest absurdity to say this. I'm trying to debug a new install, and discovered that Debian org domains still block users of Tor browser. With respect, please reconsider. Web browsers needn't be a caveat to digital privacy and internet freedom.
Consider 4th of July fireworks an opportunity to acknowledge America by legally blowing shit up.
July 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Consider 4th of July fireworks an opportunity to acknowledge America by legally blowing shit up.
Imagine a great parade in celebration of the Army. Picture strength. Pure American military might. A formidable warrior ethos ringing from sea to sea. The current interpretation of this? Yankee Doodle. On electric guitar.
June 15, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Imagine a great parade in celebration of the Army. Picture strength. Pure American military might. A formidable warrior ethos ringing from sea to sea. The current interpretation of this? Yankee Doodle. On electric guitar.
Today's #washingtonjournal answered the question, what happens if you source a LLM from a Conversion Therapy pamphlet and the handwritten notes of an 1900s carnival preacher and then synthesised a human for its output. Happy Pride to all the scumbags of #FRC!
June 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Today's #washingtonjournal answered the question, what happens if you source a LLM from a Conversion Therapy pamphlet and the handwritten notes of an 1900s carnival preacher and then synthesised a human for its output. Happy Pride to all the scumbags of #FRC!
Global trade impact: hypothetical 1: Bob wants to buy Alice, owner of a local art gallery, high-quality printing material, such as Finnish Kaolin-coated paper. Should Bob wait for Black Friday, Cyber Monday, or Tariff Tuesday©️?
April 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Global trade impact: hypothetical 1: Bob wants to buy Alice, owner of a local art gallery, high-quality printing material, such as Finnish Kaolin-coated paper. Should Bob wait for Black Friday, Cyber Monday, or Tariff Tuesday©️?
List of news sources that have not become useless and chimerical politiqué:
- corner bodega chalkboards.
- tornado sirens.
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Any ideas for a third?
- corner bodega chalkboards.
- tornado sirens.
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Any ideas for a third?
January 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
List of news sources that have not become useless and chimerical politiqué:
- corner bodega chalkboards.
- tornado sirens.
-
Any ideas for a third?
- corner bodega chalkboards.
- tornado sirens.
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Any ideas for a third?
If you measure American democracy by calculating its ego per-capita, then this inauguration sure makes good sense
January 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
If you measure American democracy by calculating its ego per-capita, then this inauguration sure makes good sense
Thank or blame whomever you want the only person deserving of attention right now is Ke$ha
January 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Thank or blame whomever you want the only person deserving of attention right now is Ke$ha
Here's an opt-out I'd love to see for an AI-enshittified smart washer: "do not use my long sleeve t-shirts for experimental knot tying".
January 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Here's an opt-out I'd love to see for an AI-enshittified smart washer: "do not use my long sleeve t-shirts for experimental knot tying".
Public statement from American Airlines: better to crash a kernel than a plane amirite
December 24, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Public statement from American Airlines: better to crash a kernel than a plane amirite
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach AI to fish, probably RIP all life.
December 20, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach AI to fish, probably RIP all life.
@mozilla.ai do you know what Mozilla Foundation was thinking when they decided on the new logo? I see an opinionated squawking bird. I also see a talking hand mouthing off.
December 18, 2024 at 1:34 PM
@mozilla.ai do you know what Mozilla Foundation was thinking when they decided on the new logo? I see an opinionated squawking bird. I also see a talking hand mouthing off.
Mostly I'm hoping that after all the fits and dizzyspells, a post-Automattic restructure will mean that the missing viable alternative to Wordpress will be... a better Wordpress
December 12, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Mostly I'm hoping that after all the fits and dizzyspells, a post-Automattic restructure will mean that the missing viable alternative to Wordpress will be... a better Wordpress
The correct facial recognition database to be looking in is the IMDB. You can send my reward to 1-888-hold-please.
December 8, 2024 at 4:17 PM
The correct facial recognition database to be looking in is the IMDB. You can send my reward to 1-888-hold-please.