Pi
@therationalpi.bsky.social
Acoustician, fan of Key Visual Novels, and lover of freedom.
I never trust when AI companies say they don't use customer data for training. It's gonna be hilarious if someone asks ChatGPT about a rich person's tax return and it just spits out their personal data.
November 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I never trust when AI companies say they don't use customer data for training. It's gonna be hilarious if someone asks ChatGPT about a rich person's tax return and it just spits out their personal data.
But modern enshittified social networks have clawed back all of that value, and individual users are left doing all the same things that used to work without any of the expected return on that time investment.
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 AM
But modern enshittified social networks have clawed back all of that value, and individual users are left doing all the same things that used to work without any of the expected return on that time investment.
(Which may sound mercenary, but that's a major factor of why workers engage with professional communities.)
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 AM
(Which may sound mercenary, but that's a major factor of why workers engage with professional communities.)
Honestly, I think a large part of it is just *the algorithms* changing through enshittification. At some point in the past, social media algorithms rewarded people for their engagement with some degree of community, and that community could be leveraged into opportunity.
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Honestly, I think a large part of it is just *the algorithms* changing through enshittification. At some point in the past, social media algorithms rewarded people for their engagement with some degree of community, and that community could be leveraged into opportunity.
In all honesty, they probably had too many returns after bored kids/teens/engineers destroyed their own consoles. The stories I want, of course, are the *engineers*.
November 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
In all honesty, they probably had too many returns after bored kids/teens/engineers destroyed their own consoles. The stories I want, of course, are the *engineers*.
What makes the read long is including the time spent reminiscing about the first time you tore apart a computer.
November 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
What makes the read long is including the time spent reminiscing about the first time you tore apart a computer.
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Meanwhile, techbros: "Despite all the warnings and counsel to do otherwise, I have recreated the Torment Nexus in order to power this machine that will only speak undeniable truth! Speak, machine! How do I save the world?"
Machine: "Destroy the Torment Nexus."
Techbros: "NYEEEHHH"
Machine: "Destroy the Torment Nexus."
Techbros: "NYEEEHHH"
November 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Meanwhile, techbros: "Despite all the warnings and counsel to do otherwise, I have recreated the Torment Nexus in order to power this machine that will only speak undeniable truth! Speak, machine! How do I save the world?"
Machine: "Destroy the Torment Nexus."
Techbros: "NYEEEHHH"
Machine: "Destroy the Torment Nexus."
Techbros: "NYEEEHHH"
I read the sentiment as being aimed at fellow patrons, "If you recognize Sean Dunn at a sandwich shop, buy his lunch."
November 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I read the sentiment as being aimed at fellow patrons, "If you recognize Sean Dunn at a sandwich shop, buy his lunch."
I regularly wish the Democrats were half as exciting as GOP propaganda says.
November 7, 2025 at 6:30 AM
I regularly wish the Democrats were half as exciting as GOP propaganda says.
I believe the technical term is "bullshitting," saying things with no regard for the truth, only interested in the effect of those words on others.
November 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I believe the technical term is "bullshitting," saying things with no regard for the truth, only interested in the effect of those words on others.
Even if 100% of Trekkies were raging MAGA freaks (and they're not), it wouldn't change Star Trek's political message one bit.
Then again, if they had any media literacy, they wouldn't be Republicans.
Then again, if they had any media literacy, they wouldn't be Republicans.
October 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Even if 100% of Trekkies were raging MAGA freaks (and they're not), it wouldn't change Star Trek's political message one bit.
Then again, if they had any media literacy, they wouldn't be Republicans.
Then again, if they had any media literacy, they wouldn't be Republicans.
October 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
It seems wrong, but it's not because of chemistry. The acidic environment in a coke bottle causes the sucrose to split into the glucose and fructose within a few days of bottling.
A soda you buy at the store will only differ in fructose content by a few percent.
A soda you buy at the store will only differ in fructose content by a few percent.
October 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It seems wrong, but it's not because of chemistry. The acidic environment in a coke bottle causes the sucrose to split into the glucose and fructose within a few days of bottling.
A soda you buy at the store will only differ in fructose content by a few percent.
A soda you buy at the store will only differ in fructose content by a few percent.
It may be interesting to compare speed and reaction to the compact with the schools' academic reputations.
Cause right now I'd say MIT is really showing the moral clarity needed to earn respect.
Cause right now I'd say MIT is really showing the moral clarity needed to earn respect.
October 21, 2025 at 1:20 AM
It may be interesting to compare speed and reaction to the compact with the schools' academic reputations.
Cause right now I'd say MIT is really showing the moral clarity needed to earn respect.
Cause right now I'd say MIT is really showing the moral clarity needed to earn respect.
It probably comes down to financial woes, but a milquetoast rejection of academic censorship hardly makes people want to donate or rally behind them.
October 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
It probably comes down to financial woes, but a milquetoast rejection of academic censorship hardly makes people want to donate or rally behind them.
Someone should inform the devs *why* redundancy is used for single points of failure.
October 20, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Someone should inform the devs *why* redundancy is used for single points of failure.
Reminds me of my Trump voting parents yelling at me for cussing while directly quoting the president they voted for.
Wielding civility like a sword and shield.
Wielding civility like a sword and shield.
October 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Reminds me of my Trump voting parents yelling at me for cussing while directly quoting the president they voted for.
Wielding civility like a sword and shield.
Wielding civility like a sword and shield.
Good on VisualArts, though, for making a compelling enough English language name that it endures among native speakers.
I'd be a complete failure making up Japanese names for products.
I'd be a complete failure making up Japanese names for products.
October 12, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Good on VisualArts, though, for making a compelling enough English language name that it endures among native speakers.
I'd be a complete failure making up Japanese names for products.
I'd be a complete failure making up Japanese names for products.
This absolutely tickles my inner linguist. A very obscure trademark got genericized in another country, far outlasting the use of that trademark by its owner? I'm guessing almost no one realizes this happened.
October 12, 2025 at 3:40 AM
This absolutely tickles my inner linguist. A very obscure trademark got genericized in another country, far outlasting the use of that trademark by its owner? I'm guessing almost no one realizes this happened.
Black AND Lavender Lahore pigeons? Very tempting.
October 6, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Black AND Lavender Lahore pigeons? Very tempting.
Let me get this straight. The judiciary must not intervene *while* the executive breaks a law, and the president cannot be prosecuted *after* breaking the law?
October 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Let me get this straight. The judiciary must not intervene *while* the executive breaks a law, and the president cannot be prosecuted *after* breaking the law?