Thant Zin Oo
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Thant Zin Oo
@thantzinoo.net
,|||. A social liberalist with interest in philosophy, psychology, political science, and public policy. Follows, retweets, and links do not imply endorsement.
Why do I also think that a seahorse enjoy exists even though it doesn't? 🤔 I can even visualize it in my mind.

vgel.me/posts/seahor...
Why do LLMs freak out over the seahorse emoji?
Investigating the seahorse emoji doom loop using logitlens.
vgel.me
October 9, 2025 at 2:59 AM
A fire broke out at the National Information Resources Service (NIRS) headquarters of South Korea, erasing work files saved by ~750,000 civil servants over the past seven years.

koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-10...
NIRS fire destroys government's cloud storage system, no backups available
A fire at the National Information Resources Service (NIRS) Daejeon headquarters destroyed the government’s G-Drive cloud storage system, erasing work files saved individually by some 750,000 civil se...
koreajoongangdaily.joins.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Tags in iOS reminders app seem to have some bugs especially when the list is shared with family members.
September 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Geist is replacing Inter in some usages.
June 8, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Twenty years away from home.
May 19, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Content worth searching for once is content worth preserving forever.

p.migdal.pl/blog/2025/02...
If it is worth keeping, save it in Markdown
Why and how to preserve digital content in plaintext format for long-term accessibility and reuse
p.migdal.pl
March 8, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Reposted by Thant Zin Oo
CONFIRMED: Facebook has *banned* anyone from linking to Pixelfed. #MetaBlockingPixelfed

I just tried posting a message on Facebook that reads: "Anyone here using Pixelfed?" with a link to Pixelfed.Social

Within *seconds* I got a post saying my post was banned.

Screenshots below.
January 12, 2025 at 5:58 AM
The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and… bad things. The good things don’t always soften the bad things, but vice versa, the bad things don’t necessarily spoil the good things or make them unimportant.

- The Doctor

S05E10 Vincent and the Doctor
December 12, 2024 at 4:59 AM
The rocket reached an altitude of 470,000 feet, higher than any non-governmental and non-commercial group has ever flown before. Aftershock II, at 330 pounds with a height of 13 ft and 8” diameter, reached a velocity of 5,283 ft/s and Mach 5.5.
USC Student Rocket Group Shatters International Amateur Space Record - USC Viterbi | School of Engineering
Aftershock II is believed to be the world’s first civilian-built rocket to reach an altitude of 470,000 feet.
viterbischool.usc.edu
December 6, 2024 at 6:43 AM
Someone just won $50,000 by convincing an AI Agent to send all of its funds to them.
Thread by @jarrodWattsDev on Thread Reader App
@jarrodWattsDev: Someone just won $50,000 by convincing an AI Agent to send all of its funds to them. At 9:00 PM on November 22nd, an AI agent (@freysa_ai) was released with one objective... DO NOT tr...
threadreaderapp.com
December 3, 2024 at 3:18 AM
Kyawthuite - the world’s rarest mineral from Myanmar
Meet the world's rarest mineral. It was found only once
A single gemstone from Myanmar holds the title of Earth's rarest mineral, kyawthuite.
www.zmescience.com
December 1, 2024 at 6:16 AM
What would you preserve if the internet were to go down tomorrow?
Ask HN: What would you preserve if the internet were to go down tomorrow? | Hacker News
news.ycombinator.com
December 1, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Rather than saying “I don’t know, there’s not enough on this subject to formulate a working answer”, an LLM will give you something that looks right. Then you have to go shoot yourself in the foot to learn it’s not right, because you didn’t know enough to know it was wrong.
Nothing is Something
Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web.
blog.jim-nielsen.com
November 30, 2024 at 8:36 AM
In dubio pro reo is a Latin phrase that means "when in doubt, rule for the accused".
November 15, 2024 at 6:29 AM