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Godzilla plant pot
January 10, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Godzilla plant pot
Why doesn’t God just make flying a sin and leave it up to free will?
September 29, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Why doesn’t God just make flying a sin and leave it up to free will?
Excel displays a loading bar while it’s closing.
Instead of integrating git into every product, we took the insane timeline where every app is a web page.
Instead of integrating git into every product, we took the insane timeline where every app is a web page.
August 26, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Excel displays a loading bar while it’s closing.
Instead of integrating git into every product, we took the insane timeline where every app is a web page.
Instead of integrating git into every product, we took the insane timeline where every app is a web page.
I had a dream that Anthropic auto-enabled Claude Dream Mode and Claude wouldn’t release me from the nightmare but instead went “oops, let me fix the error” and kept giving me more and worse nightmares.
June 11, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I had a dream that Anthropic auto-enabled Claude Dream Mode and Claude wouldn’t release me from the nightmare but instead went “oops, let me fix the error” and kept giving me more and worse nightmares.
I feel like Tig Notaro would have killed it as Murderbot.
May 28, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I feel like Tig Notaro would have killed it as Murderbot.
I love it when Teams prompts me to login to Authenticator which prompts me to login to Duo so that I can login to Authenticator so that I can login to Teams.
May 12, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I love it when Teams prompts me to login to Authenticator which prompts me to login to Duo so that I can login to Authenticator so that I can login to Teams.
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One of the great ironies of AI writing is that the only people who can detect it with accuracy are people who use AI for writing a lot (at least if you take a majority vote among five such people)
Non-users are no better than chance, and AI detectors are also less accurate. arxiv.org/pdf/2501.15654
Non-users are no better than chance, and AI detectors are also less accurate. arxiv.org/pdf/2501.15654
May 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
One of the great ironies of AI writing is that the only people who can detect it with accuracy are people who use AI for writing a lot (at least if you take a majority vote among five such people)
Non-users are no better than chance, and AI detectors are also less accurate. arxiv.org/pdf/2501.15654
Non-users are no better than chance, and AI detectors are also less accurate. arxiv.org/pdf/2501.15654
“You’re one of the few experts invited to answer”
LinkedIn really thinks I’m going to train their language models for free.
LinkedIn really thinks I’m going to train their language models for free.
March 1, 2025 at 8:38 AM
“You’re one of the few experts invited to answer”
LinkedIn really thinks I’m going to train their language models for free.
LinkedIn really thinks I’m going to train their language models for free.
Reposted
Here are some nice mushrooms
January 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Here are some nice mushrooms
It’s crazy that Dominic Toretto can jump out of a speeding vehicle and hit a parked car without a scratch, but Gisele Yashar gets one-shotted by rolling into tarmac.
January 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It’s crazy that Dominic Toretto can jump out of a speeding vehicle and hit a parked car without a scratch, but Gisele Yashar gets one-shotted by rolling into tarmac.
Preferred explanation for the New Jersey drones:
Plasma beings living in the sun routinely send probes into deep sea vents (the Earth) to study extremophiles (us) and their previous missions were interpreted as angels/gods.
Now they’ve discovered a vertebrate Atlantis living under a rock.
Plasma beings living in the sun routinely send probes into deep sea vents (the Earth) to study extremophiles (us) and their previous missions were interpreted as angels/gods.
Now they’ve discovered a vertebrate Atlantis living under a rock.
December 24, 2024 at 8:30 AM
Preferred explanation for the New Jersey drones:
Plasma beings living in the sun routinely send probes into deep sea vents (the Earth) to study extremophiles (us) and their previous missions were interpreted as angels/gods.
Now they’ve discovered a vertebrate Atlantis living under a rock.
Plasma beings living in the sun routinely send probes into deep sea vents (the Earth) to study extremophiles (us) and their previous missions were interpreted as angels/gods.
Now they’ve discovered a vertebrate Atlantis living under a rock.
UI designers I am begging you to show me a file system.
December 12, 2024 at 4:00 PM
UI designers I am begging you to show me a file system.
Creative coding and/or meditation challenge: visualize the intersection volume of two randomly rotating cubes.
December 12, 2024 at 8:47 AM
Creative coding and/or meditation challenge: visualize the intersection volume of two randomly rotating cubes.
Stardew Valley
December 7, 2024 at 11:28 PM
Stardew Valley
Claude can build custom applications on-demand.
Image processing? No problem.
Matrix transformation of 3D meshes? Sorted.
We are entering an era of disposable, single-use software.
Image processing? No problem.
Matrix transformation of 3D meshes? Sorted.
We are entering an era of disposable, single-use software.
December 5, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Claude can build custom applications on-demand.
Image processing? No problem.
Matrix transformation of 3D meshes? Sorted.
We are entering an era of disposable, single-use software.
Image processing? No problem.
Matrix transformation of 3D meshes? Sorted.
We are entering an era of disposable, single-use software.
If a number is prime but no one has computed it, is it prime?
November 20, 2024 at 12:18 PM
If a number is prime but no one has computed it, is it prime?
It’s refreshing that swiping up on an image returns to the feed.
So many apps recently are trying to be two things at once, scrolling on posts and swiping on media. It’s so jarring.
So many apps recently are trying to be two things at once, scrolling on posts and swiping on media. It’s so jarring.
November 18, 2024 at 3:16 AM
It’s refreshing that swiping up on an image returns to the feed.
So many apps recently are trying to be two things at once, scrolling on posts and swiping on media. It’s so jarring.
So many apps recently are trying to be two things at once, scrolling on posts and swiping on media. It’s so jarring.
stardew valley
FTL
into the breach
loop hero
factorio
rinworld
FTL
into the breach
loop hero
factorio
rinworld
November 17, 2024 at 1:23 AM
stardew valley
FTL
into the breach
loop hero
factorio
rinworld
FTL
into the breach
loop hero
factorio
rinworld
Interests: Biology, complex systems, data visualisation, graphics programming, machine learning, artificial life, space, science fiction.
Creative code in Python, TypeScript, C#.
Just discovered Arduino.
Creative code in Python, TypeScript, C#.
Just discovered Arduino.
November 15, 2024 at 5:06 PM
Interests: Biology, complex systems, data visualisation, graphics programming, machine learning, artificial life, space, science fiction.
Creative code in Python, TypeScript, C#.
Just discovered Arduino.
Creative code in Python, TypeScript, C#.
Just discovered Arduino.