joshbauer.bsky.social
(he/they) Software & ML nerd. Physics nerd. Speculative fiction nerd. Lots of kinds of nerd, actually.
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Those who have not yet embraced their “darkest timeline mustaches” should go ahead and get with the program.
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For what it’s worth, this is a parody and not something they actually published.
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What is the spacetime metric for an electron in a superposition of two locations in space?
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Before dawn’s early light, no less
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Have you tried putting carrots over your eyes?
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Imaginary therapist: “So is this ‘imaginary therapist’ in the room with us right now?”
HG: “…uuhhh…”
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I’ve been waking up in a crappy reality TV show every day since about 2016
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Now I can understand that people are frustrated with their content being used to train large models that companies use to turn a profit. But if social media is going to be an open, democratic town square with user choice... then the ability to access the API is a fundamental requirement...
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I heard a ton of Swifties moved here a few weeks back. You can find your people!
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There’s a whole “feed” for film stuff. Which, incidentally, is where I saw this post 😉: bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Indeedly
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Been one of those “Hell is other people” weeks
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Playing music has also been a coping strategy for me yesterday and today. Keep the tunes going!
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I’m sorry, can you explain it using burritos?
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I don’t post much about programming, but I do post some and I’ve been writing mostly python for the past few years
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But really good pizza places also often have really high quality toppings as well. Super flavorful and fresh onions, mushrooms, sausage? Yeah, they deserve a prominent place alongside the cheese/sauce/crust!
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Sending them a Door Dash (etc.) gift card. Let’s them know you’re thinking about them and care even if you can’t help directly. And free + convenient food is valuable in a large variety of situations!
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I’m sure they’ll fix that soon
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Behold, a native UI: berkshirehathaway.com
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Your people are out there! I understand and appreciate *some* of your posts 😂. FWIW I only know like very broad concepts from differential geometry but can at least sympathize with having some niche interests that most others don’t share.
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Got it on right now 👂
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The hobby of hobby collecting
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I mainly just spend my time with the Discover feed, but you can go to the menu, #Feeds, and then “Discover New Feeds.” My impression is they can vary quite a bit in how they’re constructed, from simple “anything with these words” to complex home-brewed logic.
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FWIW, there *is* an algorithm for the Discover page and there are lists with crowd-sourced algorithms. It’s just that the algorithm(s) here are more creator-friendly than places like Xitter.
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For the most part people with a steam deck
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There are more things on heaven and earth than are dreamt of in their philosophies
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FWIW If you’re on iPhone that functionality is natively supported via the notes app. New note > camera icon > scan documents
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Here’s some tension for anybody that needs it: www.xkcd.com/859/
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Been driving uv for python package management for a while and it’s pretty sweet
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According to Nietzsche that job has already been done for you.
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A common slang is to call posts “skeets”
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And those who like bananas
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I’m sure she keeps close track of this so she can get away with as high of a shenanigans:cute ratio as possible.
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That’s an efficiently organized hard drive you have there. It would be a shame if something…happened to it.
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Waiting for the proper moment to attend so you can ironically say “this ain’t my first rodeo”
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Relevant xkcd: xkcd.com/1987/
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Parents: talk to your kids about software—before someone else does.
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Only one solution: ride more trains. If that doesn’t work, ride more trains and…ensure you have something to solve.