Ranamar
@ranamar.bsky.social
When did I go from grudgingly creating a Twitter account so I could upload some pictures to actively making a Bluesky account?
I almost certainly won't follow you back unless you're someone I know, but don't let that stop you.
(he/him)
I almost certainly won't follow you back unless you're someone I know, but don't let that stop you.
(he/him)
I saw this on a Discord for a game in early access, and it's just so depressing. Why would you ever think a chatbot would be able to answer this?
(As it happens, this is misunderstanding game mechanics in a way that would make ignorant guessing extra go extra much in the wrong direction.)
(As it happens, this is misunderstanding game mechanics in a way that would make ignorant guessing extra go extra much in the wrong direction.)
![[name blacked out] aI hace a question. Playing the latest Version and the AI cant answer my question properly. How can i assign Crew Members other Roles like Weapons Officer? Can i promote them somehow? Cant find a Crewlist](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wbsl2sqkakqayq3haflhllt2/bafkreib6ruygrekzpwkjz5ujc4ddxfd7wuj7jhir2g7wsdav26rxzajqq4@jpeg)
January 4, 2026 at 4:44 PM
I saw this on a Discord for a game in early access, and it's just so depressing. Why would you ever think a chatbot would be able to answer this?
(As it happens, this is misunderstanding game mechanics in a way that would make ignorant guessing extra go extra much in the wrong direction.)
(As it happens, this is misunderstanding game mechanics in a way that would make ignorant guessing extra go extra much in the wrong direction.)
So, uh, I'm massively against things like this embarrassingly nonfunctional waste of compute that could have been a link that just pulled up the graph at the end. (... which is what I *thought* it was!) And, of course, it just makes up numbers while pretending to do math, too.
![Amazon Rufus AI (beta)
Welcome!
Hi, I'm Rufus, your shopping assistant. My answers are powered by AI, so may not always get things right. Learn more ["Learn more" was colored blue but not a link.]
[a bubble saying "Price History"]
Over the past 30 days, the price of [redacted] has ranged from $5.51 to $19.95. The current price is $7.57, which is $8.38 higher than the 30-day low but still $9.38 off the list price.
[A graph, with 30D and 90D tabs. The high and low seem to be accurate, even if the math isn't.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wbsl2sqkakqayq3haflhllt2/bafkreicok3ap2kbbuceqzrthcper2cq2qbx2wycs7dlgcgjdlhbgoatkee@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
So, uh, I'm massively against things like this embarrassingly nonfunctional waste of compute that could have been a link that just pulled up the graph at the end. (... which is what I *thought* it was!) And, of course, it just makes up numbers while pretending to do math, too.
None of any of the stuff in these screenshots is training. This is all whether they send queries to use the already-trained models.
THAT'S WHAT PERSONALIZATION IS!
THAT'S WHAT PERSONALIZATION IS!
November 23, 2025 at 3:14 AM
None of any of the stuff in these screenshots is training. This is all whether they send queries to use the already-trained models.
THAT'S WHAT PERSONALIZATION IS!
THAT'S WHAT PERSONALIZATION IS!
Having just heard about the round 3 results for the MA flag, seal, and motto commission, I decided to look up some of the round 2 ones. A lot of them I had pretty neutral reactions to, but this one made me laugh because it's such a very identifiable representation of a specific line from a poem.
August 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Having just heard about the round 3 results for the MA flag, seal, and motto commission, I decided to look up some of the round 2 ones. A lot of them I had pretty neutral reactions to, but this one made me laugh because it's such a very identifiable representation of a specific line from a poem.
I have three in the top row of this shitpost image, never mind several others farther down or that can't be wangled into a box here!
June 21, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I have three in the top row of this shitpost image, never mind several others farther down or that can't be wangled into a box here!
oh no...
(from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_...)
(from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_...)
June 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
oh no...
(from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_...)
(from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_...)
I'm also fascinated by the degree to which clearly I formed my impressions in HS and college. I was *wrong* about which term is used more, both then and now (at least in books).
January 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I'm also fascinated by the degree to which clearly I formed my impressions in HS and college. I was *wrong* about which term is used more, both then and now (at least in books).
It's a shame we don't have polling results from August in this graph, but it sure looks like that ban might have been responsible for undecideds to break for Harris.
November 3, 2024 at 5:05 PM
It's a shame we don't have polling results from August in this graph, but it sure looks like that ban might have been responsible for undecideds to break for Harris.
Actually, I take that back: They quote someone who says these are things Nazis say.
October 13, 2024 at 4:20 AM
Actually, I take that back: They quote someone who says these are things Nazis say.
Sure, but if we put Amazon's IPO at about the same point where OpenAI released DALL-E, they're currently the red dot here. That's incidentally Amazon's worst "loss" year, too!
People point at Amazon, which was pretty carefully just barely losing money, to justify losing many times their revenue.
People point at Amazon, which was pretty carefully just barely losing money, to justify losing many times their revenue.
September 28, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Sure, but if we put Amazon's IPO at about the same point where OpenAI released DALL-E, they're currently the red dot here. That's incidentally Amazon's worst "loss" year, too!
People point at Amazon, which was pretty carefully just barely losing money, to justify losing many times their revenue.
People point at Amazon, which was pretty carefully just barely losing money, to justify losing many times their revenue.
I initially thought from the aerial photos that it was forested, and my reaction was basically this:
September 26, 2024 at 9:14 PM
I initially thought from the aerial photos that it was forested, and my reaction was basically this:
Although, actually reading up, here's the kind of child who was dropped off at an older age: ones with developmental difficulties.
August 25, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Although, actually reading up, here's the kind of child who was dropped off at an older age: ones with developmental difficulties.
and for the pundits, it's this one:
July 30, 2024 at 12:45 AM
and for the pundits, it's this one:
This headline/subhead is even funnier, given what we've done to reduce uncertainty.
July 22, 2024 at 8:30 PM
This headline/subhead is even funnier, given what we've done to reduce uncertainty.
Wow, this bit feels downright Cassandra in her prophetic mode, two and a half years later:
June 27, 2024 at 12:12 AM
Wow, this bit feels downright Cassandra in her prophetic mode, two and a half years later:
Ah; here we are for the modern era, at least:
May 30, 2024 at 12:33 PM
Ah; here we are for the modern era, at least:
This feels appropriately meta:
May 10, 2024 at 10:18 PM
This feels appropriately meta:
I wouldn't trust these guys, not even the ones who say they've repented of their slaving ways:
May 8, 2024 at 9:45 PM
I wouldn't trust these guys, not even the ones who say they've repented of their slaving ways:
Huh. I don't get that, but I also keep opting out of generative search. I wonder if someone already reported it.
Infobox gets it right.
(OTOH, I have seen the infobox get confused by people with the same name.)
Infobox gets it right.
(OTOH, I have seen the infobox get confused by people with the same name.)
April 20, 2024 at 4:12 AM
Huh. I don't get that, but I also keep opting out of generative search. I wonder if someone already reported it.
Infobox gets it right.
(OTOH, I have seen the infobox get confused by people with the same name.)
Infobox gets it right.
(OTOH, I have seen the infobox get confused by people with the same name.)
Possibly the funniest bit from @bretdevereaux.bsky.social's entry today on acoup.blog
![[T]here is cultural fusion perhaps most evident in religious practice, with Roman Gods and Roman-style temples (especially in the cities) operating alongside long-established Gallic ritual practices (like throwing swords into bodies of water -- God bless the Gauls (and other Celtic-language speakers) for continuing to throw weapons into lakes and rivers where we can later uncover them) and long-established Gallic holy sites.
[with "God bless the Gauls [...] where we can later uncover them" highlighted]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wbsl2sqkakqayq3haflhllt2/bafkreidn6v5waxrfiiatvonvdyqahb72l5hpqdsko2abl5zdvswqcvsvse@jpeg)
February 24, 2024 at 1:09 AM
Possibly the funniest bit from @bretdevereaux.bsky.social's entry today on acoup.blog
