TheHaligonian
@thehaligonian.bsky.social
Born a Haligonian , now also a Phoenician. Left Twitter the day Apartheid Boy took over. Interests include saving our country and planet. He/him. 🇨🇦 🇺🇲
At least half the posts on r/IsThisAI are shitposts. Pretty sure this is one of them.
January 4, 2026 at 2:49 AM
At least half the posts on r/IsThisAI are shitposts. Pretty sure this is one of them.
This is the way. Also take away the perks they get their companies to pay for. They want to fly to Paris for the weekend? Tough, they can pay for that themselves. In fact they shouldn't be allowed to write off private jets at all. Fly business class.
January 3, 2026 at 1:46 AM
This is the way. Also take away the perks they get their companies to pay for. They want to fly to Paris for the weekend? Tough, they can pay for that themselves. In fact they shouldn't be allowed to write off private jets at all. Fly business class.
Depression? Des pressions.
January 3, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Depression? Des pressions.
My first 15 years as an engineer was in Satcom, first GEO then LEO. Launch costs were always a prime driver in all our design tradeoffs. While SpaceX has dramatically lower launch costs than 20 years ago, they are able to use creative accounting to make StarLink look better.
January 1, 2026 at 4:26 AM
My first 15 years as an engineer was in Satcom, first GEO then LEO. Launch costs were always a prime driver in all our design tradeoffs. While SpaceX has dramatically lower launch costs than 20 years ago, they are able to use creative accounting to make StarLink look better.
Agreed, so should we start calling them volcels?
December 30, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Agreed, so should we start calling them volcels?
I'd invite Kissenger, so I could spend the entire dinner explaining exactly what's happening.
December 28, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I'd invite Kissenger, so I could spend the entire dinner explaining exactly what's happening.
Amateur photographer here. This shot took me 3 days to get right. It is photoshopped to alter the color of one of the balls (in the original they were all the same). There are only 3 balls (but 2 mirrors). Of course people now think it's AI.
December 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Amateur photographer here. This shot took me 3 days to get right. It is photoshopped to alter the color of one of the balls (in the original they were all the same). There are only 3 balls (but 2 mirrors). Of course people now think it's AI.
Are we getting hung up on WW2 definitions? During the Boer War the term concentration camps is commonly used. And to the best of my knowledge (limited as it is) they weren't forced to work.
December 23, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Are we getting hung up on WW2 definitions? During the Boer War the term concentration camps is commonly used. And to the best of my knowledge (limited as it is) they weren't forced to work.
Not to get too in the weeds, but I'm currently reading The Arms of Krupp, and I just finished the chapter where Krupp reps chose the "best" of those arriving at Auschwitz and sent them to work in the steel mills at Essen. They never shipped them back, they just worked them till they died.
December 23, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Not to get too in the weeds, but I'm currently reading The Arms of Krupp, and I just finished the chapter where Krupp reps chose the "best" of those arriving at Auschwitz and sent them to work in the steel mills at Essen. They never shipped them back, they just worked them till they died.
It's only a concentration camp when the bad guys do it.
a man in a military uniform says are we the baddies .
Alt: a man in a military uniform says are we the baddies .
media.tenor.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:23 AM
It's only a concentration camp when the bad guys do it.
Well that makes sense. It's not like any potential conflicts would involve countries with offshore wind farms. www.newsgd.com/node_5c070fd...
www.newsgd.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Well that makes sense. It's not like any potential conflicts would involve countries with offshore wind farms. www.newsgd.com/node_5c070fd...
LLMs are a tool akin to a spreadsheet. But they are like a very complicated spreadsheet with a million macros that you can't see. So it could be right or it could be completely full of crap. It's fine if your use case is fantasy football, not if it matters for something important.
December 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
LLMs are a tool akin to a spreadsheet. But they are like a very complicated spreadsheet with a million macros that you can't see. So it could be right or it could be completely full of crap. It's fine if your use case is fantasy football, not if it matters for something important.
A modest proposal, Make America Good Again.
December 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A modest proposal, Make America Good Again.
Long past time to boycott Paramount.
December 22, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Long past time to boycott Paramount.
Was just looking into where France is for SEAD, looks like they have something in the pipeline, but won't be operational for 10 years, not to mention lack of experience. www.turdef.com/article/rafa...
Rafale F5 to Carry 18 Smart Cruiser Missiles for SEAD | TURDEF
Rafale F5 restores France’s long-lost SEAD role with 18 Smart Cruiser missiles, bridging a post-Cold War gap in suppressing advanced enemy air defences.
www.turdef.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Was just looking into where France is for SEAD, looks like they have something in the pipeline, but won't be operational for 10 years, not to mention lack of experience. www.turdef.com/article/rafa...
Also I would invest a lot in SEAD. The whole point is you can't count on the US to fulfill its usual roles.
December 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Also I would invest a lot in SEAD. The whole point is you can't count on the US to fulfill its usual roles.
Ok then, force projection. Then where, against what enemies? France can't do shit against China, but against Russia I'd much rather have drones, air defense, and a good shot at air superiority.
December 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Ok then, force projection. Then where, against what enemies? France can't do shit against China, but against Russia I'd much rather have drones, air defense, and a good shot at air superiority.
That kind of money could buy a lot of drones. Does France not get that Russia doesn't need to invade Europe by sea?
December 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
That kind of money could buy a lot of drones. Does France not get that Russia doesn't need to invade Europe by sea?
I take an independent study photography class at my local Community College each semester. I get free use of their printers (one is 44in wide) as well as the full Adobe suite of products.
December 21, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I take an independent study photography class at my local Community College each semester. I get free use of their printers (one is 44in wide) as well as the full Adobe suite of products.
Been watching the news too much lately, this one fits my current mood.
December 20, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Been watching the news too much lately, this one fits my current mood.
The ballroom should be turned into aa homeless shelter.
December 20, 2025 at 12:44 AM
The ballroom should be turned into aa homeless shelter.
It's fathoms, I've been trained by the finest posters on Reddit.
December 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
It's fathoms, I've been trained by the finest posters on Reddit.
Agreed, so how long before The Washington Post or CBS "News" hires them?
December 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Agreed, so how long before The Washington Post or CBS "News" hires them?
This is why the Right was so against cancel culture, they wanted to express their inner Nazi.
December 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
This is why the Right was so against cancel culture, they wanted to express their inner Nazi.