bobson dugnutt
@kludge.bsky.social
aging anarcho-punk. never done anything the easy way. farm --> factory --> tech support. androgynous, but not the way you like. they/them.
tusks. Tusks. Tusks! TUSKS!
November 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
tusks. Tusks. Tusks! TUSKS!
twenty years later and the gag about the dangers of clawed fingers and ass-wiping would've been a wank joke.
November 15, 2025 at 12:09 AM
twenty years later and the gag about the dangers of clawed fingers and ass-wiping would've been a wank joke.
Reposted by bobson dugnutt
twitter search sucks now but I once drew a diagram explaining the device that allows him to shoot webbing from his hands even though his spinnerets are located in the normal place (next to his anus) and nerds yelled at me for days
October 26, 2025 at 1:27 AM
twitter search sucks now but I once drew a diagram explaining the device that allows him to shoot webbing from his hands even though his spinnerets are located in the normal place (next to his anus) and nerds yelled at me for days
@anildash.com most browsers have extension architectures that could make end-user ai-integration easy and opt-in. it's perfectly sound to criticize their devs for choosing default ai with buried opt-out controls over another approach.
November 14, 2025 at 11:54 PM
@anildash.com most browsers have extension architectures that could make end-user ai-integration easy and opt-in. it's perfectly sound to criticize their devs for choosing default ai with buried opt-out controls over another approach.
i also strongly disagree but I do not see am actionable path to changing the current trajectory at that level.
if you do, go for it! i'll donate!
if you do, go for it! i'll donate!
November 14, 2025 at 11:51 PM
i also strongly disagree but I do not see am actionable path to changing the current trajectory at that level.
if you do, go for it! i'll donate!
if you do, go for it! i'll donate!
and if my mom was fed up with ai, i'd install a clean browser for her, reskin it to look her favorite, and dupe the icon for the desktop shortcut.
November 14, 2025 at 11:49 PM
and if my mom was fed up with ai, i'd install a clean browser for her, reskin it to look her favorite, and dupe the icon for the desktop shortcut.
should, would, and could don't. i agree with you, but it's not going down that way.
i'd settle for a very visible switch that actually disables the features it says it does, but since that's not happening either, i use chromium.
i'd settle for a very visible switch that actually disables the features it says it does, but since that's not happening either, i use chromium.
November 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
should, would, and could don't. i agree with you, but it's not going down that way.
i'd settle for a very visible switch that actually disables the features it says it does, but since that's not happening either, i use chromium.
i'd settle for a very visible switch that actually disables the features it says it does, but since that's not happening either, i use chromium.
Well, luckily for both of you, the base layer of several browser is free and open source. There's no ai baked into Chromium.
November 14, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Well, luckily for both of you, the base layer of several browser is free and open source. There's no ai baked into Chromium.
maybe. or maybe a regime of tariffs on imported panels, inverters, et al. plus fossil fuel export prices depressed by shifting foreign consumption turn the u.s. into a mad little island committed to burning prehistory. could fall either way, imo.
November 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
maybe. or maybe a regime of tariffs on imported panels, inverters, et al. plus fossil fuel export prices depressed by shifting foreign consumption turn the u.s. into a mad little island committed to burning prehistory. could fall either way, imo.
that's true, generally, but it is not what's happening now.
right now, in the u.s., the increase in renewable power isn't matched by a reduction carbon power. thus, not a zero sum system.
it *should* be, but it isn't, largely because of booming demand driven by a.i.
right now, in the u.s., the increase in renewable power isn't matched by a reduction carbon power. thus, not a zero sum system.
it *should* be, but it isn't, largely because of booming demand driven by a.i.
November 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
that's true, generally, but it is not what's happening now.
right now, in the u.s., the increase in renewable power isn't matched by a reduction carbon power. thus, not a zero sum system.
it *should* be, but it isn't, largely because of booming demand driven by a.i.
right now, in the u.s., the increase in renewable power isn't matched by a reduction carbon power. thus, not a zero sum system.
it *should* be, but it isn't, largely because of booming demand driven by a.i.
like, we're absolutely not decommissioning 1 kWh of coal, gas, or oil for every 1 kWh of solar or wind brought online.
November 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
like, we're absolutely not decommissioning 1 kWh of coal, gas, or oil for every 1 kWh of solar or wind brought online.
again, only if you consider demand a force of nature against which we have no recourse.
November 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
again, only if you consider demand a force of nature against which we have no recourse.
lolwut.
i don't think anyone thinks anyone voted for trump for environmental reasons.
i was reflecting on the idea that our energy mix is some kind of zero sum where any renewable displaces some amount of carbon power.
i don't think anyone thinks anyone voted for trump for environmental reasons.
i was reflecting on the idea that our energy mix is some kind of zero sum where any renewable displaces some amount of carbon power.
November 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
lolwut.
i don't think anyone thinks anyone voted for trump for environmental reasons.
i was reflecting on the idea that our energy mix is some kind of zero sum where any renewable displaces some amount of carbon power.
i don't think anyone thinks anyone voted for trump for environmental reasons.
i was reflecting on the idea that our energy mix is some kind of zero sum where any renewable displaces some amount of carbon power.
only if demand is constant, and it's super not right now.
this thinking completely discards lowering consumption as a necessary part of succesful energy transition for meeting environmental targets.
this thinking completely discards lowering consumption as a necessary part of succesful energy transition for meeting environmental targets.
November 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
only if demand is constant, and it's super not right now.
this thinking completely discards lowering consumption as a necessary part of succesful energy transition for meeting environmental targets.
this thinking completely discards lowering consumption as a necessary part of succesful energy transition for meeting environmental targets.
i think we should start with "this is a guy who made himself up for youtube."
November 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
i think we should start with "this is a guy who made himself up for youtube."
i don't give two shits what this imaginary hard hat is doing after his imaginary lay off, mostly because i don't believe he exists.
November 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
i don't give two shits what this imaginary hard hat is doing after his imaginary lay off, mostly because i don't believe he exists.
must've been bad at the job because solar installation at scale is mostly union and not in short supply. if you're a commercial electrician in the states rn, you have to fuck up pretty hard to run out of solar work.
November 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
must've been bad at the job because solar installation at scale is mostly union and not in short supply. if you're a commercial electrician in the states rn, you have to fuck up pretty hard to run out of solar work.
it's not a terrible reason b/c it's supplementing existing fossil fuel infra instead of replacing it; solar's built for ai because it's cheaper to install than methane, not because it's greener.
and i can tell you it's not about aesthetics because i'm talking about people i work with every day.
and i can tell you it's not about aesthetics because i'm talking about people i work with every day.
November 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
it's not a terrible reason b/c it's supplementing existing fossil fuel infra instead of replacing it; solar's built for ai because it's cheaper to install than methane, not because it's greener.
and i can tell you it's not about aesthetics because i'm talking about people i work with every day.
and i can tell you it's not about aesthetics because i'm talking about people i work with every day.