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Hutch++ @johnhutch.bsky.social · 3h

They’d fire the writers for being too unrealistic and obtuse if this were a some HBO/netflix political drama. Not even Aaron Sorkin would churn this garbage out.

Worst timeline.

Hutch++ @johnhutch.bsky.social · 3h

Clearly.

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Hutch++ @johnhutch.bsky.social · 3h

a woman with a quote that says " i don t like to hear it because it hurts my ears "

Alt: Cyril is all "I don’t like to hear it because it hurts my ears."

media.tenor.com

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Hutch++ @johnhutch.bsky.social · 3h

See also: Bupu, the pathetic gully dwarf that Raistlin charms. The spell wears off but what’s this?! She actually just loves him anyway!

And then Raist is all 🥹🥹 which actually gives him depth cause he gives a fuck about someone for once. Cause she’s weak and helpless like he was.

That shit ruled.

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Hutch++ @johnhutch.bsky.social · 3h

Tasslehoff is by far the best character in the series.

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Hutch++ @johnhutch.bsky.social · 3h

Oh dude it’s so bad. SO BAD. Kinda enjoyable at times? But at others it’s clear that, like, these writers were clearly in over their heads. You don’t expect much from fantasy YA in terms of actual writing but this is just BAD.

To their credit, though, they do get better.

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Hutch++ @johnhutch.bsky.social · 3h

A decade ago? No! Surely not! No! NO ONE WAS ALIVE THEN!

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Hutch++ @johnhutch.bsky.social · 3h

Man I was such a fuckin Raistlin edgelord. I tried to reread chronicles and it’s such garbage LotR fanfic, but holy shit that legends series holds up. DUDE KILLS GOD, BECOMES GOD, TURNS ALL OF KRYNN INTO A MUDDY GREY WAISTLAND.

All cause he got dumped and his brother was a total Chad.

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Hutch++ @johnhutch.bsky.social · 3h

Wait what?! How did I not know this??

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 21h

Q: What do you have if there are ten people at dinner and one is an unapologetic Nazi?
A: Ten Nazis.
www.jta.org/2025/10/22/p...

Trump nominee who said he had a 'Nazi streak' forced out before Senate confirmation hearing - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Multiple GOP senators said they would not back Paul Ingrassia for a top legal oversight role.

www.jta.org

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Geoffrey A. Fowler @geoffreyfowler.bsky.social · 1d

ChatGPT’s new Atlas browser doesn’t just see what you read — it remembers it.

@eff.org’s Lena Cohen showed me it even logged “memories” of her looking for *abortion care* and her doctor’s name. Out-surveils even Chrome.

My @washingtonpost.com column: wapo.st/49bOcVC

Column | ChatGPT just came out with its own web browser. Use it with caution.

OpenAI’s Atlas promises AI-powered convenience. The price? Letting ChatGPT track and store “memories” of what you do online.

wapo.st

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Hutch++ @johnhutch.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, you’ve seen first hand how many people completely misunderstand how blocking people and “kicking them off the platform” works. Most people don’t understand any of this shit. “Web3” has become a shibboleth with its own intrinsic meaning that’s gotten away from whatever it really is.

Hutch++ @johnhutch.bsky.social · 1d

And you succeeded, my dude. I even added your page to my Reeder RSS app like it’s 2008 all over again.

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Hutch++ @johnhutch.bsky.social · 1d

Sure, but you have to understand that when people see “sorry, bsky is web3” the majority of those people are gonna think their avatars are NFTs and a forest’s worth of energy gets burned up every time they post.

Basically, I think it’s a bad idea to say this is web3 without then defining web3.

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Hutch++ @johnhutch.bsky.social · 1d

This is what made the internet great. This is what we need to get back to.

“catalogs, travel blogs, a chatroom or two”

Drew Mackie @drewgmackie.bsky.social · 3d

I made 27 gifs (from scratch!) of video game characters dying like Mario does to discuss the origin of this peculiar bit of pixel animation. Enjoy!

The Origin of Mario’s Trademark Death Animation — Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games

Super Mario Bros. taught side-scrolling heroes how to kick the bucket… even if Mario stole those moves.

www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com

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Hutch++ @johnhutch.bsky.social · 1d

Not ALL of us are uninformed people from outside the industry. I started my first web dev company in 2003.

I reply-guy’d cause I think “web3” (as it is widely known and understood by laymen) is misleading and bad.

And you, dame, are legit and have influence. So I felt obliged to counter.

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Hutch++ @johnhutch.bsky.social · 1d

But yeah, before peace out, let me actually answer your question:

Blockchain: a hashed linked list (nodes pointing to nodes) stored via a distributed file system.

Crypto: a tokenized system, typically used for digital currency but has other uses, built on top of the blockchain.

Hutch++ @johnhutch.bsky.social · 1d

It sounded like the thing you do when, you know, you think you’ve got a gotcha point, so you ask them to define their opinion more and let them walk into it. It’s a tried and true argument technique (respect) and I thought I clocked it.

Too many years arguing on the internet I guess.

Hutch++ @johnhutch.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like we’re just kinda missing each other’s vibe so I’ll just keep it professional-speak-ish going forward. Re: the above, if you imagine it all being said with a smirk, like how you might argue with friends about comics, I hope that helps change your read of me.

If not, I apologize again.

Hutch++ @johnhutch.bsky.social · 1d

For real, I thought we were just having fun. Didn’t mean to piss you off and I apologize for my tone and stepping over the line.

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Hutch++ @johnhutch.bsky.social · 1d

Or I’m just way too goddam jersey/philly and have a baked in bias towards being mildly dickish as a form of communal humor and comradery. My bad either way!

Hutch++ @johnhutch.bsky.social · 1d

Oh believe you me, I mourn the loss of the original definition of the word. In college, I was a CS major/math minor with a cryptography track. My algorithms class with Dr Baliga, digging into Big O and np-complete problems, was the highlight of my regrettably incomplete stint in higher educated.

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Hutch++ @johnhutch.bsky.social · 1d

(And if you weren’t having fun, I sincerely apologize for name-calling. I tried to keep it g-rated to keep the vibe “fun” but if I failed, fr my bad)

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Hutch++ @johnhutch.bsky.social · 1d

Also! Don’t pretend you were just “asking questions.” I know a setup to a larger point when I see one. I put up the ol’ deflector shields. Like a deranged, unhealthy, and unasked-for debate club. All in good fun (I hope).

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Hutch++ @johnhutch.bsky.social · 1d

Hey. Hey. You. Internet guy.

I appreciate you. I hope I didn’t actually piss you off. Let’s argue about stupid meaningless shit again sometime.

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