kenziecoder.bsky.social
40-something programmer (Pythonista), all-around nerd. Trans-femme (she/her), trapped in Kansas.
Chronic pain, invisible disabilities.
Snark, cynicism, and/or outrage about old news.
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(Actually, we missed the flight, because the door was closed when we got to the gate, but were able to catch the next one and still make our connection)
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At least we're driving, so when we leave isn't an issue, but yes we've been there before, too!
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Can confirm!
Another sign of a good bbq joint is a roll of paper towels on the table. If they give you napkins or wet wipes, the food won't be as good.
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4) I know how to cope with it (even if it's screaming into a pillow), and don't want or need your fawning over me, or your vocal sympathy. If it looks like I'm sitting strangely, or if my face contorts in pain on occasion, I'd rather you just ignore it.
Thank you.
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I'll be watching S2E12 this evening, and I'll watch your retrospective when it lands on Nebula! Looking forward to it!
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And we can't stand you, Elon.
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Recently spent a lot of time with my own father in the ICU. I hope things go well for him, and you and your family with him.
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I need to get back into cross-stitch. And crochet. Been a long time since I've done either.
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The festivals aren't exploitative to just the fans—they exploit the towns they're near. Depending on the type of land they're hosted on they can destroy farms, and the people taking advantage of bathrooms in gas stations while buying nothing destroys minimum wage workers' will to live.
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So jealous! I need to move north...
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Oh, and another thing he did, is grow worms in his basement.
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Eventually the bank bought commercial software to run their systems, but this took well over 20 minutes to do the same calculations. The vendor of this software company had my dad consult on improving their product.
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He had created a spreadsheet for a bank allowing calculation of a "five level adjustable rate mortgage" in about 10 seconds.
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The dealership was audited, and accused of overcharging interest. Dad went to the location and proceeded to prove that his numbers were correct, to three more decimal places than the state's, and the company was cleared. Evidently state auditing standards were changed because of this.
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A couple of anecdotes that were shared today, about his mathematical acumen:
He was tasked with writing a computer program to keep track of payments for a local car dealership, and they wanted him to set it up so they could charge the maximum interest allowed by state law.
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Now we add Mahmoud Khalil, Badar Khan Suri, Felipe Zapata Velásquez, Ranjani Srinivasan, Kilmar Ábrego García, and most recently in the news, several *children*.
Everyone is right to fear cops, whether they're feds or local officers. Mom seems to be ignorant of the reality.
ACAB.
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At this rate, I might not have a choice *other* than moving.
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In Kansas? That'd be a no.
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Using the same AI Michael Cohen used to write his legal briefs?
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@gmskeptic.bsky.social did an excellent job showing how hard it is for people to fight this kind of thing.
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It's like an extension of Warehouse 13, but with Bob Newhart in a mirror.
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Thanks! I at least have a place to start. The librarian had no idea what I was talking about.
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Wait, what?
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Recommendation? Find real people to talk to. These things suck, and are for suckers.
I couldn't even get questionable makeup advice out of them!
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3) The apps are "free," but if you want a response in a reasonable amount of time (after the first couple of back-and-forths), you can expect to fork over some cash. As much as $150 a week! That's ~$450/mo more than a premium OpenAI subscription, for something that seems far less capable!
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2) They repeatedly misgendered me, whether I specified my gender in the app settings or informed the chatbot in the chat itself. Even if I specifically picked a "lesbian" RP. I guess in chat I give off masculine vibes?
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1) None of the apps could carry on a conversation. The context would vanish halfway through a response. Prompts from my side like, "tell me more," or "can you explain what you mean?" were met with some variation on "about what?" as if I had asked out of the blue instead of as a response to them.
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If it kills the AI industry, maybe it deserved to die?
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I knew several friends in college who pirated music and movies "because they could", but would go buy legitimate copies as soon as they were available. Having a copy of Star Wars Episode I three weeks before it came out was the point. The file wasn't opened until after we had been to the theater.
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Some *artists* understood how the industry was changing; the publishers did, and to a smaller extent today still do, go after "pirates" for significantly less theft than what they're doing now.
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SOAD had an album called Steal This Album. Danger Mouse released Dark Night of the Soul with an included blank CD-R.
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And now I hear about Marianne Jones, who took a lens out of an old pair of glasses, so she can do her eye makeup, then flips them over to do the other eye. Clever!
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I've been staring at the eyeliner *for* ~89 days, scared to try it with these clumsy hands and because I'm basically blind without my glasses, so I'm not sure how to see in order to put it on...
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That's how it's *supposed* to work, yes...