i wrote a few ~30 line bash scripts that made heavy use of xargs to multithread bash stuff, but i asked claude to help because the job was to check hosts for stuff and i wanted to multithread the 4-5 checks that needed to happen, and then write stuff to a sqlite3 db so that when i rerun stuff it […]

but the reason i kept going was because "oooh it was so close, if i just try again ..." - spending more tokens.

its a trick.
the whole deal is to get you to spend more tokens. there's some nebulous ceiling of complexity, and when you hit it, you get the "EA lootbox bullshit they got sued for […]

so i spent literally all day today having claude try and do something else for me, and i think i understand now why anthropics blogpost about the chinese threat actors was really just a ploy to get people to subscribe - they're pull the EA 'tickle peoples gambling dopamine loop' bullshit. I had […]

@Sempf the kohler toilet cam thing, for one, which blew up whatever it was that came before it, which at this point i cant even remember

@chriswarcraft.bsky.social man, what would the 90s versions of us think of the world we live in now, after watching a few xfiles episodes?

@chriswarcraft.bsky.social oh hard same. i had to build a null-modem-cable from an rj11 phone cable so i could attach two modems together, so me and one friend could sit opposite one another and both type ATA in our lcom terminals to get the modems to negotiate, then when they were up, load up […]

@elfin their triblend fabric is the best of the bunch. its the only stuff i buy from redbubble

@elfin :D :D

@exchgr i guess im just realy into this sorta greyscale and gold type stuff that night pics of cityscapes produce right now :D

@exchgr pics that make me want a leica q3, despite me not wanting to pay for a leica q3

@chriswarcraft.bsky.social the internet was supposed to make people smartter, instead, it made dumb people louder.

back in the 90s a 'natural membrane' to being online was 'being smart enough to fuck about with the jumpers on your modem and sound card so the irqs didnt bump and you could use […]

@mmasnick.bsky.social ill be impressed if they actually impose fines, or just retreat to sending an angry letter

@mavu yes im sure. it used to work.