Erik
@rekmarks.com
software developer | rolling the torment nexus up a hill | he/him/any
ad astra sine caesaribus
https://rekmarks.com
ad astra sine caesaribus
https://rekmarks.com
It's a cool word with a viable meaning that doesn't have any strong negative connotations to the average American. You might as well tell people to stop eating at McDonalds.
November 17, 2025 at 10:54 AM
It's a cool word with a viable meaning that doesn't have any strong negative connotations to the average American. You might as well tell people to stop eating at McDonalds.
There was a placed called the Soviet Union and people who lived there had children that survive to this day?
November 17, 2025 at 10:52 AM
There was a placed called the Soviet Union and people who lived there had children that survive to this day?
Counterpoint: leverpastejmacka
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Counterpoint: leverpastejmacka
What is a moderate Democrat in 2025 but a Republican's useful idiot?
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 AM
What is a moderate Democrat in 2025 but a Republican's useful idiot?
Huh, and here I thought the 2007 CFI cruise to the Galapagos with Richard Dawkins was a lifetime experience.
November 9, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Huh, and here I thought the 2007 CFI cruise to the Galapagos with Richard Dawkins was a lifetime experience.
The business logic behind targeting "engagement" in their free tier is simply that of the "free sample": those users may start paying for the service if they want more.
November 7, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The business logic behind targeting "engagement" in their free tier is simply that of the "free sample": those users may start paying for the service if they want more.
And if it isn't technically genocide, we should identify whatever category of mass murder this is and try him for that.
November 7, 2025 at 8:34 AM
And if it isn't technically genocide, we should identify whatever category of mass murder this is and try him for that.
Your whataboutism won't get you into heaven anymore.
November 6, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Your whataboutism won't get you into heaven anymore.
Google hasn't been my default for years, but like... ???
November 6, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Google hasn't been my default for years, but like... ???
I believe most prediction markets forbid betting on when / whether someone dies in order to avoid becoming assassination markets.
November 4, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I believe most prediction markets forbid betting on when / whether someone dies in order to avoid becoming assassination markets.
Memorably, it comes up in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy at the restaurant at the end of the universe in the form of an engineered cube of sentient meat whose sole desire is to commit suicide in order to serve patrons their preferred cuts of itself.
November 3, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Memorably, it comes up in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy at the restaurant at the end of the universe in the form of an engineered cube of sentient meat whose sole desire is to commit suicide in order to serve patrons their preferred cuts of itself.
This does seem like a problem that could be solved by a blocklist.
November 1, 2025 at 6:00 AM
This does seem like a problem that could be solved by a blocklist.
To be frank, it's unbearably whiny loser behavior to run crying back to the Nazi bar because a small percentage of Bluesky's users won't talk to you. Grow a spine.
November 1, 2025 at 5:55 AM
To be frank, it's unbearably whiny loser behavior to run crying back to the Nazi bar because a small percentage of Bluesky's users won't talk to you. Grow a spine.
In fact, it probably improves your experience, because it's not like those people would be asking you to explain gradient descent if they weren't blocking you!
November 1, 2025 at 5:55 AM
In fact, it probably improves your experience, because it's not like those people would be asking you to explain gradient descent if they weren't blocking you!
Reposted by Erik
Ask me how I know :)
November 1, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Ask me how I know :)
This is different from e.g. Sicario, whose interpretation has immediate political implications by being about "real" people and places.
October 25, 2025 at 5:38 AM
This is different from e.g. Sicario, whose interpretation has immediate political implications by being about "real" people and places.
You can't take anything a Robert Eggers protagonist does as a recommendation without also entraining their entire worldview. The fact that many of his viewers don't realize this is IMO neither an indictment of him nor his work.
October 25, 2025 at 5:38 AM
You can't take anything a Robert Eggers protagonist does as a recommendation without also entraining their entire worldview. The fact that many of his viewers don't realize this is IMO neither an indictment of him nor his work.
Right, but that's what a person like Amleth would see. I see Eggers as exploring alien ontologies; what they do to people and what people do with them. If you grant Amleth his premise, he wins completely. If you deny him his premise, he's just a delusional fanatic, dying for nothing.
October 25, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Right, but that's what a person like Amleth would see. I see Eggers as exploring alien ontologies; what they do to people and what people do with them. If you grant Amleth his premise, he wins completely. If you deny him his premise, he's just a delusional fanatic, dying for nothing.
It's completely impossible but I want him to never stop trying.
October 25, 2025 at 5:12 AM
It's completely impossible but I want him to never stop trying.