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Big nerd who likes ships and airplanes. Recent Seattleite. Even more recent amateur radio operator. Send me fountain pen and bird pics. He/him
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humanizing LLMs seems wrong but watching them write a html file so big they can’t read and then edit it feels a lot like trapping a roomba in a corner for a reason I can’t explain

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In the spring of 2008, I feared America was on the verge of war with Iran — and, believing that it’s good style to get to know people before you bomb them, I made “Rick Steves’ Iran,” a one-hour special that could (and would) only debut on PBS. Sadly, this special has become pertinent again today.

submitted 1 day ago • 198 comments

DreamLifter Spotted

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

at least every year is the year of linux on the desktop

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

submitted 3 days ago • 8 comments

Rather than live action remakes of golden age Disney minutes, my mother-in-law suggests all-Minions remakes. Minions Lion King, Little Yellow Mermaid, etc.

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

I've decided Blippy is short for Blypert (guess what we're watching this morning)

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

My three year old came downstairs and announced "Happy birthday father's day!"

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

Could the RS-25 space shuttle main engines even run when the external tank was jettisoned?

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Sabrina doubts the accreditation of the institution that issued Dr. Robotnick a Ph.D.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

My laptop is restarting and my bluetooth KB + Mouse connected to my phone, so I guess I'm microblogging from here now.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

it's for mating, obviously! 747s with bigger humps were able to assert dominance & become "Apron Masters", thus attracting larger "harems" of 737s & A320s i need to go to sleep

submitted 7 days ago • 7 comments

HASTINGS: I say, Poirot, this vial’s labeled “hyaluronic acid”! Is it a poison? SKINCARE HERCULE POIROT: Non, mon ami. This acid, it replenishes the skin’s barrier naturale HASTINGS: So this is a gal who takes care of her skin. SKINCARE HERCULE POIROT: *irritated* The gentleman may use it as well

submitted 209 days ago • 47 comments

Work Internet Down is a problem I can ignore or fix by going somewhere else. Work Internet Slow is infuriating because my brain has dropped a bunch of context while I'm waiting for Jira or the AWS console or whatnot to load

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

What in the LLM-generated nonsense?

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Omelas is actually just one point on an n-dimensional space of different utopias sustained by various forms and degrees of wretchedness. Somewhere in there is a full utopia with 0 wretched kids, but the trick is knowing which of infinitely many directions to walk away from Omelas in.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

New fountain pen day! Desiderata Pen Company Bad Ass Motherfucker JoWo stainless nib, Architect Fine grind. Lamy Petrol

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment