Chris R. Donnelly
@cdonnellytx.bsky.social
Software developer. Updog expert.
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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SCULLY: It's impossible. There's no one on earth who could teach you to fit that many marshmallows in your mouth.
MULDER: Daff righ...... No one...... on urff...
MULDER: Daff righ...... No one...... on urff...
December 7, 2024 at 5:42 AM
SCULLY: It's impossible. There's no one on earth who could teach you to fit that many marshmallows in your mouth.
MULDER: Daff righ...... No one...... on urff...
MULDER: Daff righ...... No one...... on urff...
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In Dragon Age Inquisition the mounted speed boost doesn’t actually make you go faster. They just change the FOV and add speed lines. You are going the same speed.
i was going through my X archives and found this by @superpodsaga.com, which I qrt'd at some point years ago
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
November 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
In Dragon Age Inquisition the mounted speed boost doesn’t actually make you go faster. They just change the FOV and add speed lines. You are going the same speed.
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I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
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Here’s a handy protocol to determine whether AI could be helpful with your problem or project.
November 23, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Here’s a handy protocol to determine whether AI could be helpful with your problem or project.
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Here's an unsolicited picture of Richard "Dick" Pick, creator of the Pick OS (originally known as the Generalized Information Retrieval Language System, or GIRLS).
November 23, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Here's an unsolicited picture of Richard "Dick" Pick, creator of the Pick OS (originally known as the Generalized Information Retrieval Language System, or GIRLS).
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Enrollment by international students from China dropped by 3 percent, from India by 4 percent, and enrollment from students from Mexico has flatlined. Here are the likely consequences for Texas' education and economy:
The High Cost of Targeting International Students in Texas
The Trump administration’s bans and airport detentions are derailing the academic dreams of students who carry out important research—and sometimes pay hefty tuition—to attend Texas institutions.
www.texasobserver.org
November 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Enrollment by international students from China dropped by 3 percent, from India by 4 percent, and enrollment from students from Mexico has flatlined. Here are the likely consequences for Texas' education and economy:
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Every time I see Utah football name news I need to remind everyone that Jen Shah’s husband, Coach Shah, is a six-figure assistant there.
November 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Every time I see Utah football name news I need to remind everyone that Jen Shah’s husband, Coach Shah, is a six-figure assistant there.
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you think you could resist RFK Jr.’s sex appeal? could you resist the sex appeal of a whale? a bear? a hawk? a python? a horse? a swarm of city rats? the man has consumed the spirit energy of so many powerful animals
November 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
you think you could resist RFK Jr.’s sex appeal? could you resist the sex appeal of a whale? a bear? a hawk? a python? a horse? a swarm of city rats? the man has consumed the spirit energy of so many powerful animals
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Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
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Does anyone else feel like stress, financial pressure, and political strife have shortened your life? Not in a "I'm going to die sooner" way, but in a "I can only plan to survive a week at a time and there is no future to look forward to" sort of way. It's like...the PERCEPTION of life is shorter.
November 22, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Does anyone else feel like stress, financial pressure, and political strife have shortened your life? Not in a "I'm going to die sooner" way, but in a "I can only plan to survive a week at a time and there is no future to look forward to" sort of way. It's like...the PERCEPTION of life is shorter.
Civ nerds know…
November 22, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Civ nerds know…
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When this is all over we will find out they were just running full on concentration camps
November 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
When this is all over we will find out they were just running full on concentration camps
Spider-Man vs Ź̶̡̡̢͉̞̈́́̂͊̐̂̄́̈́̾̓͋͛̀͠͝a̷̢̛͚̜̖̤͇̤͍͛̏̋̒̈́̔̍͆͗͌͌̌̚͘͝͝l̷̨̖͕̝̞̬̦͋͊̒̉̑̚̚͘͝͝g̵̛̣̰̉̓̍̕͠ó̶̪̝̤͎͙̖̱̏̄͌͛͒̈́̊͗̂̚
New commission: what if AMAZING FANTASY had continued with Spider-Man facing monster-ous foes? This one is based on artwork from JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #66 and AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #3. Pen, brush and ink on 13 X 20" bristol board.
November 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Spider-Man vs Ź̶̡̡̢͉̞̈́́̂͊̐̂̄́̈́̾̓͋͛̀͠͝a̷̢̛͚̜̖̤͇̤͍͛̏̋̒̈́̔̍͆͗͌͌̌̚͘͝͝l̷̨̖͕̝̞̬̦͋͊̒̉̑̚̚͘͝͝g̵̛̣̰̉̓̍̕͠ó̶̪̝̤͎͙̖̱̏̄͌͛͒̈́̊͗̂̚
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I can no longer follow the plot of this show. I suspect the writers and actors can’t either. I don’t think they have a show runner.
November 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I can no longer follow the plot of this show. I suspect the writers and actors can’t either. I don’t think they have a show runner.
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These are the 4 types of guy online. No exceptions.
November 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
These are the 4 types of guy online. No exceptions.
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Among the great regrets of my life is not attending this publicly advertised six-hour monkey funeral.
November 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Among the great regrets of my life is not attending this publicly advertised six-hour monkey funeral.
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I miss when technology used to be fun.
November 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I miss when technology used to be fun.
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I miss when most businesses were interested in making a quality product for their customers.
November 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I miss when most businesses were interested in making a quality product for their customers.
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The "But did he MEAN it?" talk about Trump drives me mad. I'm sure the question of whether he is an actual murderous dictator or merely a paranoid rageaholic screaming into TruthSocial will make for a good "Interesting Times with Ross Douthat" or ten, but both are disqualifying, so why split hairs?
November 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The "But did he MEAN it?" talk about Trump drives me mad. I'm sure the question of whether he is an actual murderous dictator or merely a paranoid rageaholic screaming into TruthSocial will make for a good "Interesting Times with Ross Douthat" or ten, but both are disqualifying, so why split hairs?
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"The richest man in the world built a robot to tell people he's cool" is the saddest, most bulliable fucking Twilight Zone thing in the world. You fucking LOSER. All that money and not a fucking _whiff_ of charisma. Start giving yourself a wedgie, you fucking dork, it'll take me time to get there.
November 20, 2025 at 10:07 AM
"The richest man in the world built a robot to tell people he's cool" is the saddest, most bulliable fucking Twilight Zone thing in the world. You fucking LOSER. All that money and not a fucking _whiff_ of charisma. Start giving yourself a wedgie, you fucking dork, it'll take me time to get there.
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trying to start a moral panic and the stories are all like “the ADHD meds really helped but didn’t solve everything”
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 PM
trying to start a moral panic and the stories are all like “the ADHD meds really helped but didn’t solve everything”
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Lay's Golden Grounds (2022-2022): Standard Lay's potato chips, but with a football-themed gimmick! Soil was gathered from the fields of 29 NFL stadiums and shipped to Texas, where it was mixed with dirt on potato farms. The chips were then made from these potatoes. Check this 🧵!
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Lay's Golden Grounds (2022-2022): Standard Lay's potato chips, but with a football-themed gimmick! Soil was gathered from the fields of 29 NFL stadiums and shipped to Texas, where it was mixed with dirt on potato farms. The chips were then made from these potatoes. Check this 🧵!