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rjhancock.bsky.social
Duckie
@rjhancock.bsky.social
44, divorced dad going back to college for a PhD. Nerd, gamer, workaholic, eternally single.
Instead of buying things that are on "sale" after being marked up to give you the impression of a deal.... just spend time with your family.

Experience life with your family. Life is fleeting, make memories and feelings while you can.
black friday is the biggest spending weekend in america. consider not buying anything this year.
November 22, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Going through my movies while working, up to the F's and watching Fifth Element.

Wondering how much fun #ChrisTucker, #BruceWillis, #MillaJovovich (and all of the others) had while filming it?
November 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Reviewed my gmail settings for my company account. All "smart" features have been disabled thankfully.

Would strongly encourage others to do the same.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."

There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Just talked with the lawyers in the predatory student lending case as they wanted my testimony to challenge the motion by the DoE regarding delaying honoring their promise to discharge debts.

Total Borrowed: $22,748.47
Total Paid: $29,646.10
Current Balance: 20,191.22
November 18, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Another #BitCoin scammer and this is their provided wallet:

1H1cJHE3CCPjkVBy9doCSQ45cUcf2brCMy
November 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
More and more games are coming out using AI for various things.

I’m now considering intentionally writing a game that the content is 100% AI generated. Story, art, sound, all of it. And advertising it as “this is why companies should avoid generative AI in games.”
November 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Just heard that the DoE has filed a motion with the courts to extend the deadline for deciding on Post Class Applications on the Sweet v McMahon case (predatory lending on student loans).

They want another 18 months as the January 28, 2026 deadline is fast approaching.
November 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
What is the world coming to when I see this disclaimer on a blog post:

Disclaimer: this post was proudly written without the help of AI, so deal with my English grammar, but the author here took the time to write every single word
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
You know, since moving into these apartments, I was hoping it would be longer before I heard someone fucking.

Nope, it's the room above me.
November 8, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Worth a watch.
Never give up, never surrender.
November 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Never trust men to eyeball length. We think 4 inches is really 7.
November 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Gotta love Reddit.

"I'm build a simple one page site that uploads an image and then updates an element with returned text. Should I use React, Vue, or Vanilla TypeScript?"

Just use JavaScript, it's simple enough you don't need to add any kind of complexity to it.
November 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Hey @shenet.works are you doing ok?
November 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I think this is the best compliment I have ever received, and it's from one of my "adopted" kids:

"I thought my life was just fine and all was good. Then I met you, someone who actually cares, and I realized just how shitty things were."

All I did was be someone she could talk to.
October 31, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Doing a late night uninstall of #CrowdStrike for a client.

Their customer service is abysmal.

"You're competing against Microsoft Defender. All we're asking is help with getting SIEM ingestion working. Can you help?"

All we got were sales pitches, no help.
October 31, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Just had a horrible thought that I would do as a professor.

Caught once using AI on an assignment without permission, reported to the school for cheating and a -100 on the assignment.

Caught a second time, no referral but get a 0 in the class at the end of the semester.
October 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
So was scrolling through some #YouTube shorts and of course the ads are interjected.

4 were for AI companies. 3 were sexualizing Disney characters to "create your perfect woman" and 1 was advocating for suicide.
October 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Sounds like a fun weekend.
Well, after a weekend of eating nothing but nachos and ice cream, I got the starring role in the 'Paying for Your Sins' mini-series. It's an anatomical thriller brought to you by The Jalapeno Farmers of the American Southwest, The Wisconsin Dairy Farmers Association, and DeWalt Power Toilets, Inc.
October 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I blame you for this.
October 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Finally finished moving into my new place. Did a bit of cleaning and…. 20+ bags of trash, found a leak in the AC, and oh god the small in the HVAC room….

Note: had to move as landlord sold house. Only place open and affordable… student apartments… with up to 4 others.
October 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
You can redistribute every penny of everyone in the top 1% of net-worth in the world....

and within 10 years they'll have it all back, and more.

Their true wealth is they know the rules of the money game. The rules that are freely available for everyone to learn.
Nope. I’m more concerned that no one is trying to figure out how to help everyone else make more

You can take every penny that every billionaire has , and other than making a lot of people on here feel better , it wouldn’t pay for the interest of the federal deficit, or single payer or ?
So…you’re fearful you’re not going to have enough money?
October 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Another phishing wallet:

1LqQ2aLxmKAzLCpZyWZy9FwuA6UcaSGJjR

Attempted to say they logged into my email account and sent it from my own account.
October 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The sign that an emerging consumer technology has reached the point of general acceptance is... when the porn industry accepts it.

The fact that #OpenAI hasn't really been accepted by porn industry and is proactively entering it is more evidence that it is not ready for any practical use.
Nothing proves Gen ai is bs than Sam Altman boasting about how it will be used for “erotica” soon. So instead of creating accessible resources for schools, or advances in medicine, this is just about making deep fakes of women and sex chat bots for men? And we want this in schools ?
October 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Welp, it's moving day and me without my cargo jet.
October 17, 2025 at 12:17 PM
In the last 3 years I’ve gone from a ~2500 square foot to ~750 square foot to about ~250 square feet of space…..

About the only saving grace to this is... I don't own any furniture.
October 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM