julia
@pacpix.clouditartifact.com
i teach new computers and research old computers | film, lit, and osrs enjoyer
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Computers were a skill. They were taught in classrooms as a skill. Skills give you power over your tools because you work them as an expert and that is leverage to multiply externally.
And then computers became an A/B tested telemetry-based advertising conduit to brains for SaaS recurring revenue.
And then computers became an A/B tested telemetry-based advertising conduit to brains for SaaS recurring revenue.
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Computers were a skill. They were taught in classrooms as a skill. Skills give you power over your tools because you work them as an expert and that is leverage to multiply externally.
And then computers became an A/B tested telemetry-based advertising conduit to brains for SaaS recurring revenue.
And then computers became an A/B tested telemetry-based advertising conduit to brains for SaaS recurring revenue.
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Here's my recap of Game 7, or at least, my recap of 15 seconds of Game 7. It can give out from under you at any moment.
ALCS Game 7 Recap: When the Rope Gave Way | Baseball Prospectus
Sometimes, seasons just die.
www.baseballprospectus.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Here's my recap of Game 7, or at least, my recap of 15 seconds of Game 7. It can give out from under you at any moment.
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Locking replies for an older thread is one thing and I get that, but in what world does preventing people from even seeing an older question make sense, especially when it's done on a selective basis? Absolutely baffling decision.
October 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Locking replies for an older thread is one thing and I get that, but in what world does preventing people from even seeing an older question make sense, especially when it's done on a selective basis? Absolutely baffling decision.
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Puyo Puyo illustration for a 1996 Disc Station calendar, by Ichi.
October 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Puyo Puyo illustration for a 1996 Disc Station calendar, by Ichi.
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Most of the internet used to be like this. This is actually the default, it took companies enclosing the internet and adding weird, soul-killing incentives to make people behave the way they do now. In a way, there is truly nothing special about Wikipedia except that it survived longer.
“Wikipedia is this economic anomaly. In many ways, it’s sort of magical that people will just volunteer without explicit economic incentives to create artifacts that are meant to share knowledge with everyone in the world”
July 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Most of the internet used to be like this. This is actually the default, it took companies enclosing the internet and adding weird, soul-killing incentives to make people behave the way they do now. In a way, there is truly nothing special about Wikipedia except that it survived longer.
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I talked to 15 teachers/professors about how AI and ChatGPT is ruining their lives:
www.404media.co/teachers-are...
www.404media.co/teachers-are...
Teachers Are Not OK
AI, ChatGPT, and LLMs "have absolutely blown up what I try to accomplish with my teaching."
www.404media.co
June 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I talked to 15 teachers/professors about how AI and ChatGPT is ruining their lives:
www.404media.co/teachers-are...
www.404media.co/teachers-are...
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ever since i was a little girl i dreamed of using the Microsoft Fluent UI framework to create cross-platform apps that share interaction behavior
May 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
ever since i was a little girl i dreamed of using the Microsoft Fluent UI framework to create cross-platform apps that share interaction behavior
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Ok I never wanted to do this but you have to if you want to do creative freelance work. www.matthewellis.online
Matthew Ellis, Writer, Researcher, Artist
Matthew Ellis, Writer, Researcher, Artist | A Hope For Home, The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast, Histories of the Present
www.matthewellis.online
April 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Ok I never wanted to do this but you have to if you want to do creative freelance work. www.matthewellis.online
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As I said the other day, there are two kinds of people: those who've seen a 130 year old piece of equipment in some machine shop that is the only thing that can make a widget that upholds a global manufacturing network, and those who think manufacturing supply chains are easy/just happen
Part of how we ended up here is that it's not just conservatives who don't understand how manufacturing and supply chains work. Almost nobody in this country does. They didn't understand that Trump would crash the economy because they didn't understand that we can't move manufacturing back quickly.
April 5, 2025 at 5:07 AM
As I said the other day, there are two kinds of people: those who've seen a 130 year old piece of equipment in some machine shop that is the only thing that can make a widget that upholds a global manufacturing network, and those who think manufacturing supply chains are easy/just happen
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This month I worked with Watercress to create and submit "Haunted House of Rock" for the NaNoRenO 2025 game jam.
"Haunted House of Rock" is a 'multiple ending' 22k word VN with a manga style presentation, dynamic sprites, lush soundtrack, and full voice acting!
watercress.itch.io/hhor
"Haunted House of Rock" is a 'multiple ending' 22k word VN with a manga style presentation, dynamic sprites, lush soundtrack, and full voice acting!
watercress.itch.io/hhor
April 2, 2025 at 7:30 AM
This month I worked with Watercress to create and submit "Haunted House of Rock" for the NaNoRenO 2025 game jam.
"Haunted House of Rock" is a 'multiple ending' 22k word VN with a manga style presentation, dynamic sprites, lush soundtrack, and full voice acting!
watercress.itch.io/hhor
"Haunted House of Rock" is a 'multiple ending' 22k word VN with a manga style presentation, dynamic sprites, lush soundtrack, and full voice acting!
watercress.itch.io/hhor
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Shame on Columbia. The judgment of history is no consolation at a moment like this but it will be unforgiving.
March 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Shame on Columbia. The judgment of history is no consolation at a moment like this but it will be unforgiving.
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Surely this new video won't make me seem like a crank.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJp...
Algorithms are breaking how we think
YouTube video by Technology Connections
www.youtube.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Surely this new video won't make me seem like a crank.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJp...
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every five years Meta previews their upcoming Wii shovelware game
This is Meta’s brand new ad for Horizon Worlds. Not sure how I’m supposed to feel about it.
February 16, 2025 at 10:59 PM
every five years Meta previews their upcoming Wii shovelware game
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While we're thinking about COBOL and infrastructure, this is a wonderful essay from @histoftech.bsky.social
Built to Last
Don’t blame COBOL. Blame austerity.
logicmag.io
February 6, 2025 at 1:31 AM
While we're thinking about COBOL and infrastructure, this is a wonderful essay from @histoftech.bsky.social
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here, have some fish from 2002
January 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
here, have some fish from 2002
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January 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM