Grant Gould
@nonnihil.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
Roboticist, meticulous software dead-ender, Im in ur C++ objecting to ur barepointers.
Cambridge, MA; he/him; grumpy but anarchist-ish.
No time for:
* LaTeX in […]
🌉 bridged from https://hachyderm.io/@nonnihil on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/
Cambridge, MA; he/him; grumpy but anarchist-ish.
No time for:
* LaTeX in […]
🌉 bridged from https://hachyderm.io/@nonnihil on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/
@zachweinersmith.bsky.social "Ask them where you can buy bonsai seeds" was a standard snipe-hunt prank where I grew up, along the same lines as trying to buy headlight fluid.
January 21, 2026 at 11:14 PM
@zachweinersmith.bsky.social "Ask them where you can buy bonsai seeds" was a standard snipe-hunt prank where I grew up, along the same lines as trying to buy headlight fluid.
Reposted by Grant Gould
Sometimes, the best way to feel hopeful is to look around at what we're already doing.
The businesses who recycle and recondition things don't get much attention but they've been buzzing away in the background this whole time.
When it come to minerals, dead batteries are the richest ore out there.
The businesses who recycle and recondition things don't get much attention but they've been buzzing away in the background this whole time.
When it come to minerals, dead batteries are the richest ore out there.
January 20, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Sometimes, the best way to feel hopeful is to look around at what we're already doing.
The businesses who recycle and recondition things don't get much attention but they've been buzzing away in the background this whole time.
When it come to minerals, dead batteries are the richest ore out there.
The businesses who recycle and recondition things don't get much attention but they've been buzzing away in the background this whole time.
When it come to minerals, dead batteries are the richest ore out there.
@mothninja In my headcanon this is Keytar Bear's much more successful brother.
January 4, 2026 at 4:00 PM
@mothninja In my headcanon this is Keytar Bear's much more successful brother.
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true peace only exists in the absence of power. the powerful getting what they want and facing no resistance is more akin to death than to peace.
January 1, 2026 at 11:04 PM
true peace only exists in the absence of power. the powerful getting what they want and facing no resistance is more akin to death than to peace.
@normative.bsky.social Well there goes my life...
December 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
@normative.bsky.social Well there goes my life...
["may merit a federal investigation" speedrun; ranty uspol]
This reads like an achievements list;
Speedrun time!
* Nations are fake and their underlying moral claims are preposterous; the part that isn't racism is astrology.
* The word "Capitalism" has no usefully fixed and discernible meaning […]
This reads like an achievements list;
Speedrun time!
* Nations are fake and their underlying moral claims are preposterous; the part that isn't racism is astrology.
* The word "Capitalism" has no usefully fixed and discernible meaning […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
December 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
["may merit a federal investigation" speedrun; ranty uspol]
This reads like an achievements list;
Speedrun time!
* Nations are fake and their underlying moral claims are preposterous; the part that isn't racism is astrology.
* The word "Capitalism" has no usefully fixed and discernible meaning […]
This reads like an achievements list;
Speedrun time!
* Nations are fake and their underlying moral claims are preposterous; the part that isn't racism is astrology.
* The word "Capitalism" has no usefully fixed and discernible meaning […]
@zachweinersmith.bsky.social Fun fact, the safety emergency stop on that robot is in its armpit.
(Technically there's a soft estop on a wireless remote control that you have to hold down for five seconds, but that violates so many principles of safety engineering I can't even.)
(Technically there's a soft estop on a wireless remote control that you have to hold down for five seconds, but that violates so many principles of safety engineering I can't even.)
December 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
@zachweinersmith.bsky.social Fun fact, the safety emergency stop on that robot is in its armpit.
(Technically there's a soft estop on a wireless remote control that you have to hold down for five seconds, but that violates so many principles of safety engineering I can't even.)
(Technically there's a soft estop on a wireless remote control that you have to hold down for five seconds, but that violates so many principles of safety engineering I can't even.)
@michaelhobbes.bsky.social I am absolutely poised to purge every single device and mechanism of ultraprocessing from my kitchen the moment someone with a white coat and a control group says what it is.
Is it the panko? It'll be gone! The mandolin? Gone! Is my instant-pot ultraprocessing? I'll […]
Is it the panko? It'll be gone! The mandolin? Gone! Is my instant-pot ultraprocessing? I'll […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
November 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
@michaelhobbes.bsky.social I am absolutely poised to purge every single device and mechanism of ultraprocessing from my kitchen the moment someone with a white coat and a control group says what it is.
Is it the panko? It'll be gone! The mandolin? Gone! Is my instant-pot ultraprocessing? I'll […]
Is it the panko? It'll be gone! The mandolin? Gone! Is my instant-pot ultraprocessing? I'll […]
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Myspace? Skipped it, got the next one. Spotify, yeah nah that looks shit and my MP3s still work fine, I'll just give it a couple of years and get the next one.
There's always a next one
There's always a next one
October 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Myspace? Skipped it, got the next one. Spotify, yeah nah that looks shit and my MP3s still work fine, I'll just give it a couple of years and get the next one.
There's always a next one
There's always a next one
Okay, this post has definitely gone a lot further than I expected; I have plenty of responses now to pass on to our donation coordinator.
October 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Okay, this post has definitely gone a lot further than I expected; I have plenty of responses now to pass on to our donation coordinator.
@twoowls73 Yeah, I bet that's impossible for us, but I'll ask -- the donations coordinator is a Scot so if anyone can make it happen...
October 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
@twoowls73 Yeah, I bet that's impossible for us, but I'll ask -- the donations coordinator is a Scot so if anyone can make it happen...