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grumpy fucker trying to focus on a better world despite the shit in the middle
grumpy fucker trying to focus on a better world despite the shit in the middle
that post doesn't seem to make any claim (that I can find with ctrl+f(?)) about the source of that "acquaintances posing" image - any idea on the source?
September 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
that post doesn't seem to make any claim (that I can find with ctrl+f(?)) about the source of that "acquaintances posing" image - any idea on the source?
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This is the equivalent of a Gambling Helpline sticker on a poker machine
edition.cnn.com/2025/09/05/t...
edition.cnn.com/2025/09/05/t...
September 6, 2025 at 10:12 AM
This is the equivalent of a Gambling Helpline sticker on a poker machine
edition.cnn.com/2025/09/05/t...
edition.cnn.com/2025/09/05/t...
names for genai people I know of so far: promptfans, promptfondlers, sloppers, autoplagues, and botlickers
any others out there?
any others out there?
August 13, 2025 at 11:23 AM
names for genai people I know of so far: promptfans, promptfondlers, sloppers, autoplagues, and botlickers
any others out there?
any others out there?
in the context of Justfiles , @fasterandworse.com moments ago:
> "just run" sounds like what people would scream at their vibe coding IDE after 20 iterations
> "just run" sounds like what people would scream at their vibe coding IDE after 20 iterations
August 12, 2025 at 7:58 AM
in the context of Justfiles , @fasterandworse.com moments ago:
> "just run" sounds like what people would scream at their vibe coding IDE after 20 iterations
> "just run" sounds like what people would scream at their vibe coding IDE after 20 iterations
robo-scab is fucking amazing, til ty
(re the other: technofascism as an ascendant hell-driver has been getting written about by some in places! could try assemble you some links, if you want?)
(re the other: technofascism as an ascendant hell-driver has been getting written about by some in places! could try assemble you some links, if you want?)
July 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
robo-scab is fucking amazing, til ty
(re the other: technofascism as an ascendant hell-driver has been getting written about by some in places! could try assemble you some links, if you want?)
(re the other: technofascism as an ascendant hell-driver has been getting written about by some in places! could try assemble you some links, if you want?)
fuck, I was so close to getting it right: awful.systems/comment/8102...
July 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
fuck, I was so close to getting it right: awful.systems/comment/8102...
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who called it Grok and not AI-dolf Hitler
July 9, 2025 at 12:27 AM
who called it Grok and not AI-dolf Hitler
the measure of ascendant fascism
July 9, 2025 at 5:43 AM
the measure of ascendant fascism
genai autoplag slop: the opiate of the asses
June 17, 2025 at 8:18 AM
genai autoplag slop: the opiate of the asses
desktop-ish
the day we can get emacs and lang toolchains installed on there, I'll buy that line
until then, Engines™️ for Productivity™️
the day we can get emacs and lang toolchains installed on there, I'll buy that line
until then, Engines™️ for Productivity™️
June 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
desktop-ish
the day we can get emacs and lang toolchains installed on there, I'll buy that line
until then, Engines™️ for Productivity™️
the day we can get emacs and lang toolchains installed on there, I'll buy that line
until then, Engines™️ for Productivity™️
the spatial web, they say?
VRML malls, apple edition
VRML malls, apple edition
June 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
the spatial web, they say?
VRML malls, apple edition
VRML malls, apple edition
the amazing thing about that trope is also how fucking _USA_ it is
I want to see any of these features deal well with travel plans for anyone from the global south (for whom there are _way_ more visa and logistical roadblocks)
I want to see any of these features deal well with travel plans for anyone from the global south (for whom there are _way_ more visa and logistical roadblocks)
June 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
the amazing thing about that trope is also how fucking _USA_ it is
I want to see any of these features deal well with travel plans for anyone from the global south (for whom there are _way_ more visa and logistical roadblocks)
I want to see any of these features deal well with travel plans for anyone from the global south (for whom there are _way_ more visa and logistical roadblocks)
counterpoint, on one and only one part: system prefs
redesign that fucker right back to what it was before, instead of this hobbled ios-esque dogshit that it's been made to be the last few releases
redesign that fucker right back to what it was before, instead of this hobbled ios-esque dogshit that it's been made to be the last few releases
June 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
counterpoint, on one and only one part: system prefs
redesign that fucker right back to what it was before, instead of this hobbled ios-esque dogshit that it's been made to be the last few releases
redesign that fucker right back to what it was before, instead of this hobbled ios-esque dogshit that it's been made to be the last few releases
Teen Vogue continues to do absolutely banger reporting about some of the worst shit in society
taking bets on how long until e.g. NYT would even consider writing about this. maybe roose first has to experience a boutique shower to write an anguished nonresponse?
taking bets on how long until e.g. NYT would even consider writing about this. maybe roose first has to experience a boutique shower to write an anguished nonresponse?
May 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Teen Vogue continues to do absolutely banger reporting about some of the worst shit in society
taking bets on how long until e.g. NYT would even consider writing about this. maybe roose first has to experience a boutique shower to write an anguished nonresponse?
taking bets on how long until e.g. NYT would even consider writing about this. maybe roose first has to experience a boutique shower to write an anguished nonresponse?
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Man, good luck. It's rough being in tech and also being ethically opposed to ai
May 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Man, good luck. It's rough being in tech and also being ethically opposed to ai
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from around 2010 onwards I started learning the ways of streaming (on/from/with linux systems), and boy howdy did I learn a lot more cursed things further from there too
still useful! but cursed
still useful! but cursed
April 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
from around 2010 onwards I started learning the ways of streaming (on/from/with linux systems), and boy howdy did I learn a lot more cursed things further from there too
still useful! but cursed
still useful! but cursed
yep I got to have a bit of that experience around the time (my first linux desktops were from 2002 onwards)
"good" times!
(I do miss some of it, sometimes. but not a whole lot.)
"good" times!
(I do miss some of it, sometimes. but not a whole lot.)
April 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
yep I got to have a bit of that experience around the time (my first linux desktops were from 2002 onwards)
"good" times!
(I do miss some of it, sometimes. but not a whole lot.)
"good" times!
(I do miss some of it, sometimes. but not a whole lot.)
(another fun one breaks mixing, under certain conditions; but, hilariously, not _fully_ broken: buffered! if you open something that locks up the mix chain, other sounds "played during" will all play out after that thing is closed)
April 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
(another fun one breaks mixing, under certain conditions; but, hilariously, not _fully_ broken: buffered! if you open something that locks up the mix chain, other sounds "played during" will all play out after that thing is closed)
the wild thing is that apple's been getting worse on fucking this up too
macos 13 had (has?) a bug where if you've got a bluetooth audio sink, it doesn't correctly handle rates: "your main audio is stereo 44.1/48k? and you just want to open a google meets link? cool here's mono 16-bit 16k, global"
macos 13 had (has?) a bug where if you've got a bluetooth audio sink, it doesn't correctly handle rates: "your main audio is stereo 44.1/48k? and you just want to open a google meets link? cool here's mono 16-bit 16k, global"
April 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
the wild thing is that apple's been getting worse on fucking this up too
macos 13 had (has?) a bug where if you've got a bluetooth audio sink, it doesn't correctly handle rates: "your main audio is stereo 44.1/48k? and you just want to open a google meets link? cool here's mono 16-bit 16k, global"
macos 13 had (has?) a bug where if you've got a bluetooth audio sink, it doesn't correctly handle rates: "your main audio is stereo 44.1/48k? and you just want to open a google meets link? cool here's mono 16-bit 16k, global"
oh hey is that the other person with the ears that hated the clicks
April 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
oh hey is that the other person with the ears that hated the clicks
I'd even formulate it a touch differently (although I realize it's quoting): "the thing they want most is to be _recognized_ for most ...."
i.e. not merely "observed" but instead "noted"/"revered"
i.e. not merely "observed" but instead "noted"/"revered"
April 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I'd even formulate it a touch differently (although I realize it's quoting): "the thing they want most is to be _recognized_ for most ...."
i.e. not merely "observed" but instead "noted"/"revered"
i.e. not merely "observed" but instead "noted"/"revered"