Prof Madhattan
@quickityjacks.bsky.social
A birthday card once said I'm "An inveterate onanist. A backseat lecturer on Siam and points east. And the best shot this country has at beating back the Hun."
https://madhattanproject.com/
https://madhattanproject.com/
I'm not proud of it, but I love when movies come out related to books people lie about having read.
"Why was Nosferatu slow?"
"I don't know Sarah, why wasn't there a 10 minute sequence where Orlok kept asking Hutter about train schedules in Wisborg?"
"Why was Nosferatu slow?"
"I don't know Sarah, why wasn't there a 10 minute sequence where Orlok kept asking Hutter about train schedules in Wisborg?"
December 31, 2024 at 3:19 AM
I'm not proud of it, but I love when movies come out related to books people lie about having read.
"Why was Nosferatu slow?"
"I don't know Sarah, why wasn't there a 10 minute sequence where Orlok kept asking Hutter about train schedules in Wisborg?"
"Why was Nosferatu slow?"
"I don't know Sarah, why wasn't there a 10 minute sequence where Orlok kept asking Hutter about train schedules in Wisborg?"
Having even a remotely creative jobs means people at parties saying, "I want to [make a thing], I have great ideas! I should get hired as the 'idea guy.'"
(They don't wanna learn or work and their ideas suck).
I guess at least these wretched shits broadcast it now, calling themselves AI "artists."
(They don't wanna learn or work and their ideas suck).
I guess at least these wretched shits broadcast it now, calling themselves AI "artists."
December 22, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Having even a remotely creative jobs means people at parties saying, "I want to [make a thing], I have great ideas! I should get hired as the 'idea guy.'"
(They don't wanna learn or work and their ideas suck).
I guess at least these wretched shits broadcast it now, calling themselves AI "artists."
(They don't wanna learn or work and their ideas suck).
I guess at least these wretched shits broadcast it now, calling themselves AI "artists."
This is what happens when TrainingPeaks won't let me dismiss the persistent pop up about adding an event.
December 19, 2024 at 12:38 AM
This is what happens when TrainingPeaks won't let me dismiss the persistent pop up about adding an event.
God it felt good reading that.
This boring person zany take predates Twitter. But also, part of its development process was showcasing Christmas in LA as a unique thing in 1988. Even as a summer release, it was purposefully made to be a perennial Christmas movie.
This boring person zany take predates Twitter. But also, part of its development process was showcasing Christmas in LA as a unique thing in 1988. Even as a summer release, it was purposefully made to be a perennial Christmas movie.
can we not do the "die hard is a Christmas movie" thing here please. "remember thing that wasn't entertaining or edifying on twitter but just a non-argument about which even the most bored person alive could not credibly be thought to actually care" can we not. for my Christmas present. please
December 15, 2024 at 3:14 PM
God it felt good reading that.
This boring person zany take predates Twitter. But also, part of its development process was showcasing Christmas in LA as a unique thing in 1988. Even as a summer release, it was purposefully made to be a perennial Christmas movie.
This boring person zany take predates Twitter. But also, part of its development process was showcasing Christmas in LA as a unique thing in 1988. Even as a summer release, it was purposefully made to be a perennial Christmas movie.
In today's belated episode of Old Punk Yells Happily at TV: the Dickies' "Eve of Destruction" over the What We Do in the Shadows credits was DELIGHTFUL.
December 12, 2024 at 1:36 AM
In today's belated episode of Old Punk Yells Happily at TV: the Dickies' "Eve of Destruction" over the What We Do in the Shadows credits was DELIGHTFUL.
Reposted by Prof Madhattan
Since John Prine's death, no one has had the hero's courage to end a song by yelling "Hot dog bun!"
December 11, 2024 at 1:39 AM
Since John Prine's death, no one has had the hero's courage to end a song by yelling "Hot dog bun!"
A-Number-1 Stupid Baby™️ figured out there was a Christmas tree in the room with him after a week and a half and is now mad I won't let him steal ornaments/drag the whole thing to his dog bed.
December 10, 2024 at 1:44 AM
A-Number-1 Stupid Baby™️ figured out there was a Christmas tree in the room with him after a week and a half and is now mad I won't let him steal ornaments/drag the whole thing to his dog bed.
I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir, but that companies are recognizing that their data being used to train the AI they use should be fairly compensated.
Anyone who says artists and writers shouldn't expect the same level of control over their work should be pushed in a hole and covered in ants.
Anyone who says artists and writers shouldn't expect the same level of control over their work should be pushed in a hole and covered in ants.
December 8, 2024 at 8:02 PM
I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir, but that companies are recognizing that their data being used to train the AI they use should be fairly compensated.
Anyone who says artists and writers shouldn't expect the same level of control over their work should be pushed in a hole and covered in ants.
Anyone who says artists and writers shouldn't expect the same level of control over their work should be pushed in a hole and covered in ants.
For 20 years, tech companies that use NLP for med clients have used that client data (and end user acceptance rates of the outputs) to train the AI.
Last year, clients started demanding "no AI training" clauses, or to be paid.
Don't ever believe anyone playing dumb on GPT plagiarism.
Last year, clients started demanding "no AI training" clauses, or to be paid.
Don't ever believe anyone playing dumb on GPT plagiarism.
December 8, 2024 at 8:00 PM
For 20 years, tech companies that use NLP for med clients have used that client data (and end user acceptance rates of the outputs) to train the AI.
Last year, clients started demanding "no AI training" clauses, or to be paid.
Don't ever believe anyone playing dumb on GPT plagiarism.
Last year, clients started demanding "no AI training" clauses, or to be paid.
Don't ever believe anyone playing dumb on GPT plagiarism.
Look nobody cares but: the new episode of Day of the Jackal needle dropped a fucking Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros song?!
December 6, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Look nobody cares but: the new episode of Day of the Jackal needle dropped a fucking Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros song?!
What's the artful, thoughtful way to say "No, not that guy, the shareholders. Okay sure, that guy too, but the shareholders! The shareholders!"
December 6, 2024 at 1:55 AM
What's the artful, thoughtful way to say "No, not that guy, the shareholders. Okay sure, that guy too, but the shareholders! The shareholders!"
I *really* did not see the wholesome, popular Muppet fan account doing a quad box notes app apology for being a sex pest coming.
December 6, 2024 at 1:49 AM
I *really* did not see the wholesome, popular Muppet fan account doing a quad box notes app apology for being a sex pest coming.
Talking to my cousin @muldowney.bsky.social about old shows and the memory of being in this crowd lit up in my brain.
Fun fact: the venue (Fireside Bowl) had what was voted to be the worst bathroom in Chicago, comedian Kyle Kinane even has a whole bit about it.
Fun fact: the venue (Fireside Bowl) had what was voted to be the worst bathroom in Chicago, comedian Kyle Kinane even has a whole bit about it.
AFI fireside bowl - Chicago 1996/97ish - He Who Laughs Last/ Brownie Bottom Sundae
YouTube video by Ricardo Cozzolino
youtu.be
December 3, 2024 at 8:34 PM
Talking to my cousin @muldowney.bsky.social about old shows and the memory of being in this crowd lit up in my brain.
Fun fact: the venue (Fireside Bowl) had what was voted to be the worst bathroom in Chicago, comedian Kyle Kinane even has a whole bit about it.
Fun fact: the venue (Fireside Bowl) had what was voted to be the worst bathroom in Chicago, comedian Kyle Kinane even has a whole bit about it.
Zwift in 2015: We gave you a game-ified UI so you can be less bored and ride with friends!
Zwift in 2024 apparently: welcome to our new map, it has an earthquake and is revealed when a huge egg opens like a fist. Watch out for the dinosaurs, we added those in 2022.
Zwift in 2024 apparently: welcome to our new map, it has an earthquake and is revealed when a huge egg opens like a fist. Watch out for the dinosaurs, we added those in 2022.
December 1, 2024 at 11:35 PM
Zwift in 2015: We gave you a game-ified UI so you can be less bored and ride with friends!
Zwift in 2024 apparently: welcome to our new map, it has an earthquake and is revealed when a huge egg opens like a fist. Watch out for the dinosaurs, we added those in 2022.
Zwift in 2024 apparently: welcome to our new map, it has an earthquake and is revealed when a huge egg opens like a fist. Watch out for the dinosaurs, we added those in 2022.
Reposted by Prof Madhattan
the original Twilight Zone is one of the best television shows ever made, but the best part is how it always opens with a haggard 58-year-old man ambling out of a condemned building and Rod Serling says "Meet 32-year-old Thomas Normal, leaving his regular home"
January 28, 2024 at 4:10 PM
the original Twilight Zone is one of the best television shows ever made, but the best part is how it always opens with a haggard 58-year-old man ambling out of a condemned building and Rod Serling says "Meet 32-year-old Thomas Normal, leaving his regular home"
I heard a bird singing a sad song yesterday- so unlike a bird call it had to be a loose parrot (too common in the Southeast)
I went nuts trying to place the melody and this AM realized it's what Gizmo sang in Gremlins.
How the actual fuck am I supposed to process something that sad and weird?
I went nuts trying to place the melody and this AM realized it's what Gizmo sang in Gremlins.
How the actual fuck am I supposed to process something that sad and weird?
November 28, 2024 at 6:25 PM
I heard a bird singing a sad song yesterday- so unlike a bird call it had to be a loose parrot (too common in the Southeast)
I went nuts trying to place the melody and this AM realized it's what Gizmo sang in Gremlins.
How the actual fuck am I supposed to process something that sad and weird?
I went nuts trying to place the melody and this AM realized it's what Gizmo sang in Gremlins.
How the actual fuck am I supposed to process something that sad and weird?
I don't think there's a philosophical concept as misunderstood as nihilism. If you can't get into Eugene Thacker, please go read the Becky Chambers novel "A Psalm for the Wild Built." It's a cozy delight of a story, and it also beautifully and gently defines practical nihilism as kindness.
November 27, 2024 at 7:40 PM
I don't think there's a philosophical concept as misunderstood as nihilism. If you can't get into Eugene Thacker, please go read the Becky Chambers novel "A Psalm for the Wild Built." It's a cozy delight of a story, and it also beautifully and gently defines practical nihilism as kindness.
N=3 but aging punks who like bikes that get into RC cars seems like a thing so I'm announcing that not only will I be building and painting one (or many) styled after Mad Max vehicles, I will be coming to tracks dressed as Lord Humongous if he were made of mashed potatoes.
November 27, 2024 at 1:09 AM
N=3 but aging punks who like bikes that get into RC cars seems like a thing so I'm announcing that not only will I be building and painting one (or many) styled after Mad Max vehicles, I will be coming to tracks dressed as Lord Humongous if he were made of mashed potatoes.
Imagine being this much of a worthless piece of shit.
A new publisher has claimed it aims to “disrupt” the books industry by publishing 8,000 books in 2025 alone using artificial intelligence (AI) 👇 www.thebookseller.com/news/new-pub... #BookSky
New publisher Spines aims to 'disrupt' industry by using AI to publish 8,000 books in 2025 alone
A new publisher has claimed it aims to “disrupt” the books industry by publishing 8,000 books in 2025 alone using artificial intelligence.
www.thebookseller.com
November 26, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Imagine being this much of a worthless piece of shit.
Oh my god. Balzac is still putting out records. Like, their latest was only 5 years ago.
I don't think anybody is gonna give a shit, but some old punk out there is going to activate like the goddamn Winter Soldier by reading their name.
I don't think anybody is gonna give a shit, but some old punk out there is going to activate like the goddamn Winter Soldier by reading their name.
November 26, 2024 at 12:21 AM
Oh my god. Balzac is still putting out records. Like, their latest was only 5 years ago.
I don't think anybody is gonna give a shit, but some old punk out there is going to activate like the goddamn Winter Soldier by reading their name.
I don't think anybody is gonna give a shit, but some old punk out there is going to activate like the goddamn Winter Soldier by reading their name.
Picking up a copy on the days in Milwaukee that my roommate and I could scrape together enough cash to visit Pizza Shuttle is a core memory.
As an old school @theonion.com fan (I may even have an old issue or two in a box somewhere) you have no idea how happy I was to see this in the new print issue.
November 24, 2024 at 10:41 PM
Picking up a copy on the days in Milwaukee that my roommate and I could scrape together enough cash to visit Pizza Shuttle is a core memory.
I have pirated a lunatical amount of stuff over the years, and it was always because I was broke and my options were that or stare at walls, miserably.
My office is a testament to what I do with a budget. I've got around 3000 books and I still purge shelves regularly.
My office is a testament to what I do with a budget. I've got around 3000 books and I still purge shelves regularly.
2. ... and otherwise not to feel ashamed that their circumstances make paying for the book difficult or impossible. I grew up poor and now I can pay for books, and I do. A lot! So the authors I love now benefit. And anyway, cultivating a love of reading is a net benefit for us all. It works out.
November 23, 2024 at 8:11 PM
I have pirated a lunatical amount of stuff over the years, and it was always because I was broke and my options were that or stare at walls, miserably.
My office is a testament to what I do with a budget. I've got around 3000 books and I still purge shelves regularly.
My office is a testament to what I do with a budget. I've got around 3000 books and I still purge shelves regularly.
True story, my grandfather and I would go for walks in Actual Northern Winter™️ still wearing shorts. The difference was his shins had +5 Frost Resistance because he was one of the Frozen Chozen, a corpsman attached to the Marines in Korea.
I was just a fat kid who hated pants.
I was just a fat kid who hated pants.
November 23, 2024 at 2:38 PM
True story, my grandfather and I would go for walks in Actual Northern Winter™️ still wearing shorts. The difference was his shins had +5 Frost Resistance because he was one of the Frozen Chozen, a corpsman attached to the Marines in Korea.
I was just a fat kid who hated pants.
I was just a fat kid who hated pants.
Going for a walk in Southern Winter™️ is fun because I look like I listen to Blood for Blood and Madball, but really I'm just from the Midwest.
November 23, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Going for a walk in Southern Winter™️ is fun because I look like I listen to Blood for Blood and Madball, but really I'm just from the Midwest.
This makes me so proud to have grown up in Chicago.
Happy 37th anniversary of the Max Headroom Incident, to those who celebrate.
November 23, 2024 at 1:56 PM
This makes me so proud to have grown up in Chicago.