Haunted Lakes fan account
@vscomputer.bsky.social
Writes and tests software, creates and enjoys electronic music, extremely average Midwestern theater dad, he/him
Lansing MI USA
https://hauntedlakes.bandcamp.com/
Lansing MI USA
https://hauntedlakes.bandcamp.com/
If George Lucas had had genai instead of having Ralph McQuarrie we'd be in a completely different and dumber world right now.
December 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If George Lucas had had genai instead of having Ralph McQuarrie we'd be in a completely different and dumber world right now.
Also the area west of North Lansing, where I live, which is By The Airport.
East Lansing: Separate city, predates Lansing
South Lansing: the south side of Lansing
North Lansing: that part of the city beyond Old Town when abandoned car garages replace twee shops
West Lansing: Delta Township
West side of Lansing: see West Lansing
Westside: my neighborhood in central Lansing
South Lansing: the south side of Lansing
North Lansing: that part of the city beyond Old Town when abandoned car garages replace twee shops
West Lansing: Delta Township
West side of Lansing: see West Lansing
Westside: my neighborhood in central Lansing
December 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Also the area west of North Lansing, where I live, which is By The Airport.
This was a real problem in S5 eps 1 and 2, but by ep3 we're ok again IMO.
Stranger Things 5 is...fine and gets right to giving hardcore fans more twists to get excited about. But this thing where TV characters speak almost exclusively in recap-y exposition — which isn’t unique to this show — is getting a little out of hand. My review:
Stranger Things 5 begins with a frantic race to the finish line
November 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This was a real problem in S5 eps 1 and 2, but by ep3 we're ok again IMO.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve been to:
Freezepop
Burning Airlines
Belly
Adult.
Logan Whitehurst and the Junior Science Club
Freezepop
Burning Airlines
Belly
Adult.
Logan Whitehurst and the Junior Science Club
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
Adele
The Electric Light Orchestra Part II
Stevie Wonder
The Australian Pink Floyd Show
Deicide
Adele
The Electric Light Orchestra Part II
Stevie Wonder
The Australian Pink Floyd Show
Deicide
introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
Pulp
Pet Shop Boys
All Saints
Starsailor
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Pulp
Pet Shop Boys
All Saints
Starsailor
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
November 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve been to:
Freezepop
Burning Airlines
Belly
Adult.
Logan Whitehurst and the Junior Science Club
Freezepop
Burning Airlines
Belly
Adult.
Logan Whitehurst and the Junior Science Club
Just had a flashback back to 2006 when I was working with a bunch of onshored consultants from India and they asked me to explain “what Thanksgiving has to do with Indians.”
Explaining Black Friday to kids:
"So the Americans. They don't have Boxing Day. In fact they don't take Christmas week off like we do. Their big holiday is Thanksgiving, which they hold a month late, at a weird time for a harvest festival. The next day is their Boxing Day, which we have to honour."
"So the Americans. They don't have Boxing Day. In fact they don't take Christmas week off like we do. Their big holiday is Thanksgiving, which they hold a month late, at a weird time for a harvest festival. The next day is their Boxing Day, which we have to honour."
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Just had a flashback back to 2006 when I was working with a bunch of onshored consultants from India and they asked me to explain “what Thanksgiving has to do with Indians.”
It's not weird or surprising that companies decided that they'd rather not have us talk to each other to get information when they can charge us for accessing that same information through an object they own.
It's bad but not surprising.
It's bad but not surprising.
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
It's not weird or surprising that companies decided that they'd rather not have us talk to each other to get information when they can charge us for accessing that same information through an object they own.
It's bad but not surprising.
It's bad but not surprising.
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the slow art penetrates the shield (emotional)
the only good thing about genAI is that it got me to really love seeing bad art, because I know a person put in time and effort, made themselves vulnerable by showing it to others, and is trying to improve. I value that more than anything now
November 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
the slow art penetrates the shield (emotional)
If you can't make "stealing the entire internet and then selling it back to people" profitable, I really don't know what to tell you.
“OpenAI is getting ready to run hat in hand to the taxpayer for subsidies.” After losing more than $13 billion this year, OpenAI officials are angling for a bailout. From @ryanlcooper.com:
trib.al/CUazMCQ
trib.al/CUazMCQ
OpenAI Is Maneuvering for a Government Bailout - The American Prospect
For artificial intelligence to ever pencil out, some truly enormous revenue streams will be required. And if you need trillions of dollars for data centers forever, there’s only one entity to turn to: Uncle Sam.
trib.al
November 9, 2025 at 1:12 AM
If you can't make "stealing the entire internet and then selling it back to people" profitable, I really don't know what to tell you.
To my dismay I still do have an NYT login, I am afraid to use it right now because I'm afraid to find out if this article is real.
Can we fix this problem that did not happen with something that does not exist?
November 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
To my dismay I still do have an NYT login, I am afraid to use it right now because I'm afraid to find out if this article is real.
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Zohran winning is THRILLING. Bring back being able to afford NYC as a working class person. Bring back being able to be an artist without a trustfund. We lost our city to billionaires + thats not NYC. NYC is poor people, queer people, immigrants, its underdogs + weirdos + that's what makes it great.
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Zohran winning is THRILLING. Bring back being able to afford NYC as a working class person. Bring back being able to be an artist without a trustfund. We lost our city to billionaires + thats not NYC. NYC is poor people, queer people, immigrants, its underdogs + weirdos + that's what makes it great.
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Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.
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No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
November 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
My 12yo got these steak nugs out of curiosity last week.
His review: "Horrible. I just wasn't thinking. It tasted like steak from a fast food restaurant."
His review: "Horrible. I just wasn't thinking. It tasted like steak from a fast food restaurant."
October 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
My 12yo got these steak nugs out of curiosity last week.
His review: "Horrible. I just wasn't thinking. It tasted like steak from a fast food restaurant."
His review: "Horrible. I just wasn't thinking. It tasted like steak from a fast food restaurant."
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If we make it illegal to steal paintings from the Louvre then the entire industry will be unsustainable
you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
October 20, 2025 at 7:50 AM
If we make it illegal to steal paintings from the Louvre then the entire industry will be unsustainable
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Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
October 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
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me and the boys making billions as anime smugglers
September 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
me and the boys making billions as anime smugglers
Just putting it out there that IMO the highways were more worth it
*The AI boom = one of the costliest building sprees in world history
* Past 3 years' commitments are greater than the cost of building the U.S. interstate highway system
* Consumers must spend $800 billion on AI within a few years, to justify investment from 2023-24
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-b...
* Past 3 years' commitments are greater than the cost of building the U.S. interstate highway system
* Consumers must spend $800 billion on AI within a few years, to justify investment from 2023-24
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-b...
September 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Just putting it out there that IMO the highways were more worth it
Uh, what are y’all working on back there
September 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Uh, what are y’all working on back there
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
September 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
I brought this up yesterday in a meeting when someone was telling me that AI was an inevitable part of the future of work.
September 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I brought this up yesterday in a meeting when someone was telling me that AI was an inevitable part of the future of work.
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in terms of words with disappointing definitions, dogmatic has got to be up there
March 1, 2024 at 8:02 PM
in terms of words with disappointing definitions, dogmatic has got to be up there
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It's 909 day, here's Jeff.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLtn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLtn...
Jeff Mills Exhibitionist Mix 3 with Roland TR-909
"The wizard" Jeff Mills with Roland TR-909
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September 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
It's 909 day, here's Jeff.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLtn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLtn...
If you’ve seen the film TROLLHUNTER (2010) then you’ll know exactly what’s going on here.
This is the quick clay landslide that last week took out the sole railway and motorway linking Norway’s south and north. That’s where I was originally going to be travelling. Sorted out a clever diversion via Sweden, but as of Sunday, that is now problematic to. Let’s see how we get on! #Schengen200
September 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM
If you’ve seen the film TROLLHUNTER (2010) then you’ll know exactly what’s going on here.
When my son was born my family was on a per-person deductible so we had to pay an additional $2500 out of pocket because in addition to charging my wife to give birth, they charged my son for being born.
you even have to pay to **give birth** in the USA?!
can't be many countries on the planet which charge for that.
can't be many countries on the planet which charge for that.
September 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
When my son was born my family was on a per-person deductible so we had to pay an additional $2500 out of pocket because in addition to charging my wife to give birth, they charged my son for being born.