R. Burh Vitae
@wtdore.bsky.social
synthesist.
recovering poster.
recovering poster.
Out of curiosity I used our internal work 'ai' to read a document and output all the documents it referenced.
It output a bunch of documents that don't exist.
Back to not using the internal 'ai'
It output a bunch of documents that don't exist.
Back to not using the internal 'ai'
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Out of curiosity I used our internal work 'ai' to read a document and output all the documents it referenced.
It output a bunch of documents that don't exist.
Back to not using the internal 'ai'
It output a bunch of documents that don't exist.
Back to not using the internal 'ai'
I like this little thread of micro-fiction. Nice note about the art forgery: you don't want to make top flight stuff from high profile artists, you want a little obscure second-rater for just the right client.
Martin Phillips lives in Phoenix, but he's across the border in The Republic often enough that it's become routine. A rarity, even these days with relations thawing somewhat between Arizona and California. Most people stick to one side or the other, even with this lull that everyone hopes lasts.
November 17, 2025 at 6:47 AM
I like this little thread of micro-fiction. Nice note about the art forgery: you don't want to make top flight stuff from high profile artists, you want a little obscure second-rater for just the right client.
made a dutch (crumble top) apple pie from a King Arthur recipe. No link, it was incredibly wet and soupy. Possibly I used the wrong apples (no-names from the breakroom - people are giving them away)
some similar recipes had an intermediate step to cook the filling, but I've never had to do that.
some similar recipes had an intermediate step to cook the filling, but I've never had to do that.
November 17, 2025 at 5:39 AM
made a dutch (crumble top) apple pie from a King Arthur recipe. No link, it was incredibly wet and soupy. Possibly I used the wrong apples (no-names from the breakroom - people are giving them away)
some similar recipes had an intermediate step to cook the filling, but I've never had to do that.
some similar recipes had an intermediate step to cook the filling, but I've never had to do that.
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Folks, I did it. I made the Cooks Illustrated competing pear crisps, and then I made my friends judge them blind.
November 17, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Folks, I did it. I made the Cooks Illustrated competing pear crisps, and then I made my friends judge them blind.
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because i am not going to be able to list the wreaths today, i thought i would do a thread of the steps i take to make them. first i have sprayed the molds with boron nitrate mold release
November 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
because i am not going to be able to list the wreaths today, i thought i would do a thread of the steps i take to make them. first i have sprayed the molds with boron nitrate mold release
Again, my most bourgeois opinion.
"Land? That thing the titled aristocracy owns?"
"Land? That thing the titled aristocracy owns?"
many YIMBYs i know are actually quite explicit about working against their own financial interest
November 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Again, my most bourgeois opinion.
"Land? That thing the titled aristocracy owns?"
"Land? That thing the titled aristocracy owns?"
odd lots demsocs and money stuff socdems
November 16, 2025 at 8:05 PM
odd lots demsocs and money stuff socdems
November 16, 2025 at 6:03 AM
a monopsony for violence
November 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
a monopsony for violence
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Those sidewalks and buildings and driveways and other things are made of CONCRETE.
CONK.
CREET.
CONK.
CREET.
What's your most niche and unimportant crusade?
Mine is that I use the symbol "var" (as scientific standards bodies indicate) for reactive power instead of "VAR" (most common) or something weird like "Var" or worse, "VAr".
I'll admit it does feel a bit odd to put "Mvar" next to "MW" and "MVA". 🔌💡
Mine is that I use the symbol "var" (as scientific standards bodies indicate) for reactive power instead of "VAR" (most common) or something weird like "Var" or worse, "VAr".
I'll admit it does feel a bit odd to put "Mvar" next to "MW" and "MVA". 🔌💡
November 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Those sidewalks and buildings and driveways and other things are made of CONCRETE.
CONK.
CREET.
CONK.
CREET.
set my my bike trainer for the (off)season, I'm only a little behind the zeitgeist with THE LOWDOWN
#trainertime
#trainertime
November 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
set my my bike trainer for the (off)season, I'm only a little behind the zeitgeist with THE LOWDOWN
#trainertime
#trainertime
The Dark Ages (535-546)
Redefining the dark age as the entire period between when humans first started doing agriculture and the invention of the steam engine
November 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The Dark Ages (535-546)
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you have no idea how much the conflation of capitalism with feudalism drives me insane (embrace ellen meiksins wood thought)
November 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
you have no idea how much the conflation of capitalism with feudalism drives me insane (embrace ellen meiksins wood thought)
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This is the way. There are a couple of “recovery sandals” out there— Hoka’s got good ones, Oofos are another— and for like $50-70 you can have a ~sublime~ foot experience.
I bought a pair of not actually that expensive Hoka Ora recovery slides as house slippers because merely trying them on put a smile on my face.
November 12, 2025 at 5:54 AM
This is the way. There are a couple of “recovery sandals” out there— Hoka’s got good ones, Oofos are another— and for like $50-70 you can have a ~sublime~ foot experience.
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Not a book but a series. I used to devour these mini illustrated classics in elementary school. They turned me into a lifelong reader.
November 11, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Not a book but a series. I used to devour these mini illustrated classics in elementary school. They turned me into a lifelong reader.
THE NAME OF THE ROSE.
Loved the philosophy, the wordplay, the mystery, the historical adjacent setting, the allusions and illusions.
Loved the philosophy, the wordplay, the mystery, the historical adjacent setting, the allusions and illusions.
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 4:41 AM
THE NAME OF THE ROSE.
Loved the philosophy, the wordplay, the mystery, the historical adjacent setting, the allusions and illusions.
Loved the philosophy, the wordplay, the mystery, the historical adjacent setting, the allusions and illusions.
today is Armistice Day.
"the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month"
Peace is always possible.
"the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month"
Peace is always possible.
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
today is Armistice Day.
"the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month"
Peace is always possible.
"the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month"
Peace is always possible.
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I'm performatively liminal, which means I'm standing on a cliff going "OOOOH MAYBE I'LL JUMP, MAYBE I'M A REPRESENTATION OF CROSSING A THRESHOLD THAT CANNOT BE UNCROSSED, OOOOOOH"
Has “performative” become the new “liminal” in that it’s a term that is very useful but its misuse on social media is rendering it difficult to use
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I'm performatively liminal, which means I'm standing on a cliff going "OOOOH MAYBE I'LL JUMP, MAYBE I'M A REPRESENTATION OF CROSSING A THRESHOLD THAT CANNOT BE UNCROSSED, OOOOOOH"
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wow there really are a lot of gambling ads during the game
November 9, 2025 at 2:08 AM
wow there really are a lot of gambling ads during the game