Mitch Patenaude
@pneumaticdeath.bsky.social
Arcade game collector, board game enthusiast
I just finished watching #AHouseOfDynamite on @Netflix.com. Excellent storytelling, but I'll leave any discussion to the thread to avoid spoilers.
November 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I just finished watching #AHouseOfDynamite on @Netflix.com. Excellent storytelling, but I'll leave any discussion to the thread to avoid spoilers.
The shortage of TSA agent has me worried. Who will protect the flying public from maniacs wielding more than 3 ounces of shampoo?
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 AM
The shortage of TSA agent has me worried. Who will protect the flying public from maniacs wielding more than 3 ounces of shampoo?
I found this while cleaning up. I'm going to spend it right away!
April 8, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I found this while cleaning up. I'm going to spend it right away!
Happy daylight saving time everyone [*]. Let the semi-annual griping commence!
[*] in North America
[*] in North America
March 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Happy daylight saving time everyone [*]. Let the semi-annual griping commence!
[*] in North America
[*] in North America
Ja, natürlich! Was anders?
March 8, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Ja, natürlich! Was anders?
I'm working on an app the finds and animates anagrams. This is a sample of what v0.1.0 can do.
March 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I'm working on an app the finds and animates anagrams. This is a sample of what v0.1.0 can do.
I'm working on an app (still in beta) to create anagrams. This one tickled me!
February 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I'm working on an app (still in beta) to create anagrams. This one tickled me!
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Trump has deployed active military to help round up migrants and put them into detention camps.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
January 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Trump has deployed active military to help round up migrants and put them into detention camps.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
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Useful tonight for Americans (with command line skiilz):
yt-dlp -o "%(id)s.%(ext)s" tiktok.com/@username
#tiktok
yt-dlp -o "%(id)s.%(ext)s" tiktok.com/@username
#tiktok
January 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Useful tonight for Americans (with command line skiilz):
yt-dlp -o "%(id)s.%(ext)s" tiktok.com/@username
#tiktok
yt-dlp -o "%(id)s.%(ext)s" tiktok.com/@username
#tiktok
I don't know why I find this owl/unicorn thing in @duolingoverde.bsky.social so disturbing!
January 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I don't know why I find this owl/unicorn thing in @duolingoverde.bsky.social so disturbing!
Post a male character that's your favorite
January 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Post a male character that's your favorite
Aside from the paltry amount (not too surprising since this year is only two weeks old), this screenshot of the Target app is both unhelpful and disingenuous
January 15, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Aside from the paltry amount (not too surprising since this year is only two weeks old), this screenshot of the Target app is both unhelpful and disingenuous
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$1,131,794,901
That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.
Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.
That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.
Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.
January 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
$1,131,794,901
That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.
Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.
That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.
Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.
What proponents of Big Data often glossed over was how much bad/inaccurate data was in there, so it's no wonder that current LLM's "hallucinate" so much. The problem is that the current LLMs are producing even more questionable data to be consumed by future LLMs. I don't think this will end well.
January 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
What proponents of Big Data often glossed over was how much bad/inaccurate data was in there, so it's no wonder that current LLM's "hallucinate" so much. The problem is that the current LLMs are producing even more questionable data to be consumed by future LLMs. I don't think this will end well.
Joyous Kwanza! Today's principle is Umoja, or "unity". We must remain united as a community to resist oppression.
December 26, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Joyous Kwanza! Today's principle is Umoja, or "unity". We must remain united as a community to resist oppression.
I've decided that my Batman villain name is "The Nuzzler"
December 26, 2024 at 5:01 PM
I've decided that my Batman villain name is "The Nuzzler"
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At just sixteen bytes long, the definition of 'rebeccapurple' is a tiny easter egg in CSS4. But this tiny little easter egg in the CSS specification, now ten years old, is a tiny tribute to the human souls who make everything work.
The “Hidden” Purple Memorial in Your Web Browser
Victor Algaze (Medium)
medium.com
December 20, 2024 at 8:05 AM
At just sixteen bytes long, the definition of 'rebeccapurple' is a tiny easter egg in CSS4. But this tiny little easter egg in the CSS specification, now ten years old, is a tiny tribute to the human souls who make everything work.
So it begins
So I’ve had my 1st Black History Month event cancellation because of “DEI concerns,” citing a fear of frivolous suits. Funny thing is, I don’t do DEI, I’m a historian of the Black American experience. A reminder that DEI is just a dog whistle about suppressing history, if you need a reminder.
December 19, 2024 at 1:31 AM
So it begins
Wyoming residents also get nearly 4x as many electoral college votes per capita relative to California residents.
California, a state of nearly 40,000,000 people, has the same amount of representation in the United States Senate as Wyoming, a state of less than 600,000 people.
This is the direct result of a deal struck between slave states and free states in the 1700s.
It’s time for that to change.
This is the direct result of a deal struck between slave states and free states in the 1700s.
It’s time for that to change.
December 16, 2024 at 6:46 AM
Wyoming residents also get nearly 4x as many electoral college votes per capita relative to California residents.
Missed the trend to post pics of your black cat on Friday 13th. Still miss this guy though he's been gone over a year.
December 14, 2024 at 7:48 AM
Missed the trend to post pics of your black cat on Friday 13th. Still miss this guy though he's been gone over a year.
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annual reminder to use:
- a password manager, Bitwarden is free
- with different passwords for each account (PW Managers make this easy)
- 2-factor auth for every website, that is not tied to your phone number and instead uses an auth app
it will save your ass
- a password manager, Bitwarden is free
- with different passwords for each account (PW Managers make this easy)
- 2-factor auth for every website, that is not tied to your phone number and instead uses an auth app
it will save your ass
December 9, 2024 at 6:01 PM
annual reminder to use:
- a password manager, Bitwarden is free
- with different passwords for each account (PW Managers make this easy)
- 2-factor auth for every website, that is not tied to your phone number and instead uses an auth app
it will save your ass
- a password manager, Bitwarden is free
- with different passwords for each account (PW Managers make this easy)
- 2-factor auth for every website, that is not tied to your phone number and instead uses an auth app
it will save your ass
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This is the sort of democracy you associate with the CCP
Wild stuff going on in Texas right now. Amid an incredibly contentious Republican fight for Speaker of the House, the Texas GOP has passed a resolution vowing to censure anyone who doesn’t vote for party leaders’ preferred candidate — which will bar any censured lawmaker from running in primaries.
December 8, 2024 at 2:12 AM
This is the sort of democracy you associate with the CCP
TIL that in Python, int(...) isn't the equivalent of math.floor(...) for negative numbers. That resulted in an interesting bug.
December 7, 2024 at 12:31 AM
TIL that in Python, int(...) isn't the equivalent of math.floor(...) for negative numbers. That resulted in an interesting bug.
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At long last, my stupidly long post on how Brendan Carr is aiming to be America's top censor.
www.techdirt.com/2024/11/27/b...
www.techdirt.com/2024/11/27/b...
Brendan Carr Makes It Clear That He’s Eager To Be America’s Top Censor
When Donald Trump announced that he was appointing current FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr to be the next chair of the FCC, it was no surprise. Nor was it a surprise that Trump tried to play up that …
www.techdirt.com
November 27, 2024 at 9:55 PM
At long last, my stupidly long post on how Brendan Carr is aiming to be America's top censor.
www.techdirt.com/2024/11/27/b...
www.techdirt.com/2024/11/27/b...