StuCity 3000
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A good thread on what happens when you use an LLM. I see this same pattern with my students. They spend all their time futzing with the prompt to get a slightly different but still not totally correct answer and no time on the actual learning.
In a genuine attempt to understand how new software impacts my work, I used the paid tier of Claude this week, which everyone says is one of the best LLM products on the market right now, to write a short script for some data analysis, and every single time it got it 90% right in a different way.
February 16, 2026 at 3:08 AM
A good thread on what happens when you use an LLM. I see this same pattern with my students. They spend all their time futzing with the prompt to get a slightly different but still not totally correct answer and no time on the actual learning.
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A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
Ofelia Torres, teen who fought to have her father released from ICE custody, dies from rare cancer
Ofelia Torres, 16, died on Friday from Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, her father's lawyer confirmed.
www.cbsnews.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:20 PM
A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
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I can theoretically understand how a person might develop feelings for a chatbot I guess, but I've seen the logs, and all those things talk like a sentient Tumblr account got a job as an HR manager
February 16, 2026 at 4:36 AM
I can theoretically understand how a person might develop feelings for a chatbot I guess, but I've seen the logs, and all those things talk like a sentient Tumblr account got a job as an HR manager
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who's the ryan gosling drive equivalent for women
February 16, 2026 at 3:45 AM
who's the ryan gosling drive equivalent for women
Gonna need a new phone soon. Gonna have to buy it outright so need to be budget concious. What's the move?
February 16, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Gonna need a new phone soon. Gonna have to buy it outright so need to be budget concious. What's the move?
For many years I've noticed how a huge amount of corporate copy is glorified lorum ipsom. A mush of vague buzzwords and stock phrases with no substance. LLM can do this stuff because, even when people made it, it was never intended to be anything but a simulacra of meaningful communication.
I can’t speak to the technical uses or other industries - but as someone who has lost work to them one of the sad and sobering things about LLMs is the confirmation that my writing deliverables for most business clients never actually needed to be any good
I guess the point here is that, outside of a narrow range of technical applications, LLMs are *absolutely terrible* at producing the reliable outputs that would be necessary to think of them as successfully "automating a process". And it's on those areas where they're worst that the hype focuses.
February 16, 2026 at 1:21 AM
For many years I've noticed how a huge amount of corporate copy is glorified lorum ipsom. A mush of vague buzzwords and stock phrases with no substance. LLM can do this stuff because, even when people made it, it was never intended to be anything but a simulacra of meaningful communication.
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This pic has huge 90's video game ad vibes
February 15, 2026 at 9:26 PM
This pic has huge 90's video game ad vibes
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Night of my birthday, between the hours of 1 and 2 am, decide to fix and clean the watercooler
February 15, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Night of my birthday, between the hours of 1 and 2 am, decide to fix and clean the watercooler
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Mark Carney said that Canada is "considering" sending aid to Cuba.
Before COVID, one million Canadians visited Cuba every year. Their convertavle peso is pegged to the Canadian Dollar. I argue that we need to send fuel and supplies ASAP, regardless of Trump.
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Before COVID, one million Canadians visited Cuba every year. Their convertavle peso is pegged to the Canadian Dollar. I argue that we need to send fuel and supplies ASAP, regardless of Trump.
noraloreto.substack.com/p/canada-mus...
Canada must support Cuba
"You cannot ‘live within the lie’ of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination.”
noraloreto.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:34 AM
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Any time you see an "anti sex trafficking" or "anti sexual exploitation" org that promotes censorship or surveillance, look at the staff and board of directors, associated orgs, money - it's always hard right conservative christians and terfs. Every time. It's a trojan horse for reaction.
February 13, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Any time you see an "anti sex trafficking" or "anti sexual exploitation" org that promotes censorship or surveillance, look at the staff and board of directors, associated orgs, money - it's always hard right conservative christians and terfs. Every time. It's a trojan horse for reaction.
What's the budget-friendly move with streaming boxes/htpcs? Onn 4K Pro with a custom launcher, Raspberry Pi or MiniPC?
February 13, 2026 at 10:20 AM
What's the budget-friendly move with streaming boxes/htpcs? Onn 4K Pro with a custom launcher, Raspberry Pi or MiniPC?
I would love to get a tv with a nice screen, lots of ports, an included widely compatible universal remote and fuck all else. Their performance as devices is always so sluggish compared to like any stand alone device
“Samsung’s QD-OLED panel itself is phenomenal, if nothing special in 2026. The problem is the software. I would pay Samsung $100, right now, for this “smart” TV to be as dumb as the ones I grew up with. ”
Why I wish I hadn’t bought my Samsung OLED TV — The Verge
In June 2024, in a dusty TV shop empty of customers save myself, my wife, and my kids, I stared deep into the LG C3 and Samsung S90C. I went back and forth between the two OLED screens for easily 20 m...
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February 13, 2026 at 9:44 AM
I would love to get a tv with a nice screen, lots of ports, an included widely compatible universal remote and fuck all else. Their performance as devices is always so sluggish compared to like any stand alone device
Somewhere out there somebody is suffering, and my script about a guy who's penis detaches itself at night and goes around attacking people could save their life
From the late Jesse Hamm. My personal mantra for the past decade.
February 13, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Somewhere out there somebody is suffering, and my script about a guy who's penis detaches itself at night and goes around attacking people could save their life
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Anyone have any adobe premiere or video editing questions? Video essay questions? Cleaning/packing tonight and have time to answer stuff
February 13, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Anyone have any adobe premiere or video editing questions? Video essay questions? Cleaning/packing tonight and have time to answer stuff
Bizarre to me that there's a bunch of liberals on here who spend all their time being mad about 'tankies' and 'leninists' as if there's enough of them to fill a mid-sized football stadium much less meaningfully move the needle on national politics.
February 13, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Bizarre to me that there's a bunch of liberals on here who spend all their time being mad about 'tankies' and 'leninists' as if there's enough of them to fill a mid-sized football stadium much less meaningfully move the needle on national politics.
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Fresh for patreon subscribers (that could be you!), @jaketropila.bsky.social returns to the show to discuss David Lynch's masterpiece Mulholland Drive. Open up your blue cube and join us for a look inside this dark Hollywood dream-within-a-dream.
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Mulholland Drive, or This is the Pod (feat. Jake Tropila) | Marvelous! Or, the Death of Cinema
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February 12, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Fresh for patreon subscribers (that could be you!), @jaketropila.bsky.social returns to the show to discuss David Lynch's masterpiece Mulholland Drive. Open up your blue cube and join us for a look inside this dark Hollywood dream-within-a-dream.
www.patreon.com/posts/mulhol...
www.patreon.com/posts/mulhol...
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“Bill 11 brings two-tier, Amerian-style health care to Alberta. It will mean that Albertans will experience a system where those who have money will be able to pay to have access to quicker care, and the rest of us will be left waiting longer or go without,” reddeeradvocate.com/2026/02/10/a...
Albertans join lobby to get feds to stop two-tier health care - Red Deer Advocate
‘Step up and protect our treasured public health care before it is too late’: Friends of Medicare
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February 12, 2026 at 9:50 PM
“Bill 11 brings two-tier, Amerian-style health care to Alberta. It will mean that Albertans will experience a system where those who have money will be able to pay to have access to quicker care, and the rest of us will be left waiting longer or go without,” reddeeradvocate.com/2026/02/10/a...
I think the point of AI is to free people from the burden of concious thought. "the superintelligent computer" offers a substitute for god, an objective intelligence that absolves you of all the uncertainty of a subjectivity. Let the computer do the thinking: You're never wrong, never responsible.
February 12, 2026 at 9:48 PM
I think the point of AI is to free people from the burden of concious thought. "the superintelligent computer" offers a substitute for god, an objective intelligence that absolves you of all the uncertainty of a subjectivity. Let the computer do the thinking: You're never wrong, never responsible.
It's funny how in Star Trek there's at least a dozen planets that are identical to Earth except kinda weird. You think there'd be a whole field of science and sociology dedicated to figuring that one out.
February 12, 2026 at 9:35 PM
It's funny how in Star Trek there's at least a dozen planets that are identical to Earth except kinda weird. You think there'd be a whole field of science and sociology dedicated to figuring that one out.
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This week TGOFV is here to present the bold new future of Advertising such as gambling, gatcha, and Crack Cocaine
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The Council of YouTube Adbuyers | Those Good Old-Fashioned Values
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February 12, 2026 at 8:51 PM
This week TGOFV is here to present the bold new future of Advertising such as gambling, gatcha, and Crack Cocaine
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In theater tonight! Sprint as fast as you can to a theater near you for two man children whose undying love for one another tears the space-time-continuum. Matt and Jay Bird forever ❤️
True to its name, writes @kuntsuragi.bsky.social, "Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie" is bigger and crazier than anything Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol have ever conceived of, a feat of gonzo filmmaking that would make Werner Herzog sweat.
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Film Review: "Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie" - Matt and Jay's Excellent Adventure - The Arts Fuse
True to its name, "Nirvanna the Band The Movie" is bigger and crazier than anything Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol have ever conceived of, a feat of gonzo filmmaking that would make Werner Herzog sweat...
artsfuse.org
February 12, 2026 at 4:54 PM
In theater tonight! Sprint as fast as you can to a theater near you for two man children whose undying love for one another tears the space-time-continuum. Matt and Jay Bird forever ❤️
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yep, they're still at it in LA and Portland too
the media is gonna be like "time for a new narrative" and it's so important to keep talking about how none of the cities they invaded have become more safe since the spotlight shifted away from them
the media is gonna be like "time for a new narrative" and it's so important to keep talking about how none of the cities they invaded have become more safe since the spotlight shifted away from them
ICE “left” Chicago in November, but they’ve disappeared three people from my community in two days this week.
Don’t believe the hype about them, leaving Minnesota, either.
Don’t believe the hype about them, leaving Minnesota, either.
February 12, 2026 at 7:17 PM
yep, they're still at it in LA and Portland too
the media is gonna be like "time for a new narrative" and it's so important to keep talking about how none of the cities they invaded have become more safe since the spotlight shifted away from them
the media is gonna be like "time for a new narrative" and it's so important to keep talking about how none of the cities they invaded have become more safe since the spotlight shifted away from them
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Chadwick Boseman and James van der Beek both died in their 40s of an illness that's treatable if a colonoscopy catches it but almost no insurer covers them for people under 45, this is what Engels meant by "social murder"
February 12, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Chadwick Boseman and James van der Beek both died in their 40s of an illness that's treatable if a colonoscopy catches it but almost no insurer covers them for people under 45, this is what Engels meant by "social murder"
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