manmachine
@manmachine.me
Professional software engineer.
Amateur photographer and musician.
Autistic.
Amateur photographer and musician.
Autistic.
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another new deogie here! tinyview.com/deogie/2026/...
January 2, 2026 at 4:51 PM
another new deogie here! tinyview.com/deogie/2026/...
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There's actually very little stuff in my life that I want automated, and I don't trust solutions which I perceive to introduce precarity to the setup.
Automation for the hell of it is introducing precarity where there needn't be any, so I only look for solutions when I have actual problems to solve
Automation for the hell of it is introducing precarity where there needn't be any, so I only look for solutions when I have actual problems to solve
December 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
There's actually very little stuff in my life that I want automated, and I don't trust solutions which I perceive to introduce precarity to the setup.
Automation for the hell of it is introducing precarity where there needn't be any, so I only look for solutions when I have actual problems to solve
Automation for the hell of it is introducing precarity where there needn't be any, so I only look for solutions when I have actual problems to solve
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psst. I actually like printers.
December 28, 2025 at 9:17 AM
psst. I actually like printers.
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Again:
AI isn't intelligent.
AI doesn't think.
AI cannot reason.
AI has no self.
It's a procedural algorithm, and that's it. There's no magic incantation that will suddenly spring it into conciousness or "superintelligence".
We dont' live in a sci-fi novel.
AI isn't intelligent.
AI doesn't think.
AI cannot reason.
AI has no self.
It's a procedural algorithm, and that's it. There's no magic incantation that will suddenly spring it into conciousness or "superintelligence".
We dont' live in a sci-fi novel.
December 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Again:
AI isn't intelligent.
AI doesn't think.
AI cannot reason.
AI has no self.
It's a procedural algorithm, and that's it. There's no magic incantation that will suddenly spring it into conciousness or "superintelligence".
We dont' live in a sci-fi novel.
AI isn't intelligent.
AI doesn't think.
AI cannot reason.
AI has no self.
It's a procedural algorithm, and that's it. There's no magic incantation that will suddenly spring it into conciousness or "superintelligence".
We dont' live in a sci-fi novel.
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So "I don't trust that" really contains a lot more context than I can fit into a script. It would take far too much time to explain my whole mental framework, but I did intend to signal "there are things which I don't trust a cloud service to manage" and "I trust cloud services less than I did"
December 26, 2025 at 6:25 AM
So "I don't trust that" really contains a lot more context than I can fit into a script. It would take far too much time to explain my whole mental framework, but I did intend to signal "there are things which I don't trust a cloud service to manage" and "I trust cloud services less than I did"
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Over the years I've gotten _slightly_ better at "How much does a new, GOOD thing cost?" vs "How much would this cost if I billed my hours?" and it's rarely steered me wrong.
December 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Over the years I've gotten _slightly_ better at "How much does a new, GOOD thing cost?" vs "How much would this cost if I billed my hours?" and it's rarely steered me wrong.
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December 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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another new deogie here! tinyview.com/deogie/2025/...
December 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
another new deogie here! tinyview.com/deogie/2025/...
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wrt "that guy at the bar who's an expert on everything, 3 beers in", that’s exactly how AI bros are.
They’re creating LLMs in their own image.
They’re creating LLMs in their own image.
"stochastic parrot" is not a good metaphor for ai hucksterism either, bc it doesn't make sense to almost anyone
"that guy at the bar who's an expert on everything, 3 beers in" is much more accurate, and ofc something we've all experienced.
but it's too long to be serviceable.
"that guy at the bar who's an expert on everything, 3 beers in" is much more accurate, and ofc something we've all experienced.
but it's too long to be serviceable.
December 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
wrt "that guy at the bar who's an expert on everything, 3 beers in", that’s exactly how AI bros are.
They’re creating LLMs in their own image.
They’re creating LLMs in their own image.
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I think the worst thing the AI industry has succeeded in is convincing everyone that any use of ML is a waste of time
December 22, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I think the worst thing the AI industry has succeeded in is convincing everyone that any use of ML is a waste of time
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Your seasonal reminder!
December 21, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Your seasonal reminder!
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It’s not a big surprise that vibe-coding and delegating everything to frameworks is so popular with web developers, because most don’t give a fuck about their chosen vocation.
It's wild that the Xcel page to check on an outage's status (not even view the map) is 28 MB. And it doesn't even handle the return key when I enter my phone number.
Like you don't have power, so usually no WiFi, and you have to load and evaluate 21 MB of JS.
Total img size is 109kB btw...
Like you don't have power, so usually no WiFi, and you have to load and evaluate 21 MB of JS.
Total img size is 109kB btw...
December 20, 2025 at 2:06 AM
It’s not a big surprise that vibe-coding and delegating everything to frameworks is so popular with web developers, because most don’t give a fuck about their chosen vocation.
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always remember:
1. sending someone a text message is 1000x more meaningful than a social media post
2. a phone call is technically assault
1. sending someone a text message is 1000x more meaningful than a social media post
2. a phone call is technically assault
December 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
always remember:
1. sending someone a text message is 1000x more meaningful than a social media post
2. a phone call is technically assault
1. sending someone a text message is 1000x more meaningful than a social media post
2. a phone call is technically assault
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*$&()@#$*!$#$
stop analysing david lynch films.
you saw it, you experienced it.
your experiences change you.
go have a lovely day.
stop analysing david lynch films.
you saw it, you experienced it.
your experiences change you.
go have a lovely day.
December 18, 2025 at 11:06 AM
*$&()@#$*!$#$
stop analysing david lynch films.
you saw it, you experienced it.
your experiences change you.
go have a lovely day.
stop analysing david lynch films.
you saw it, you experienced it.
your experiences change you.
go have a lovely day.
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100 watt resistors normally don't look like this, but it's perfectly natural
December 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
100 watt resistors normally don't look like this, but it's perfectly natural
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Jerome K Jerome, complaining about phones, in 1899
December 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Jerome K Jerome, complaining about phones, in 1899
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The tooling for complex, nested dependencies in programming isn’t the problem.
The problem is complex, nested dependencies.
Applications shouldn’t have hundreds or thousands of dependencies.
The problem is complex, nested dependencies.
Applications shouldn’t have hundreds or thousands of dependencies.
December 12, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The tooling for complex, nested dependencies in programming isn’t the problem.
The problem is complex, nested dependencies.
Applications shouldn’t have hundreds or thousands of dependencies.
The problem is complex, nested dependencies.
Applications shouldn’t have hundreds or thousands of dependencies.
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"How could we have seen this coming?"
*Did you try and look???*
*Did you try and look???*
December 13, 2025 at 12:48 AM
"How could we have seen this coming?"
*Did you try and look???*
*Did you try and look???*
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we're so back! shout out to my fellow CSQO fans, who held their stonks for these past 25 years, on the rocky road to recovery.
December 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
we're so back! shout out to my fellow CSQO fans, who held their stonks for these past 25 years, on the rocky road to recovery.