Peter G Nelson, Jr.
@llcoolpete.bsky.social
valiscariot. // Cable Crimes
organic house & techno/downtempo/ambient/cinematic
unironic Malört enjoyer
mostly synths and cats; sometimes games
https://hearthis.at/llcoolpete
https://www.youtube.com/@llcoolpete
he/him
block early, block often
organic house & techno/downtempo/ambient/cinematic
unironic Malört enjoyer
mostly synths and cats; sometimes games
https://hearthis.at/llcoolpete
https://www.youtube.com/@llcoolpete
he/him
block early, block often
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why is miss universe always from earth
November 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
why is miss universe always from earth
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I don't think Netflix should get to eat anything else until it finishes all the prematurely cancelled shows on its plate
December 6, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I don't think Netflix should get to eat anything else until it finishes all the prematurely cancelled shows on its plate
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It may sound radical, but if one guy has so much wealth and power that he can use the large newspaper he owns to publicly threaten to ruin a service we all rely on, presumably as a bargaining tactic to get lower rates, we probably need to tax that guy until he can't do that anymore.
Exclusive: Amazon has long been USPS’s top customer, providing over $6 billion in annual revenue in 2025.
But Amazon may give up its long-standing partnership with USPS to deliver packages itself, which could spell disaster for the mail agency.
But Amazon may give up its long-standing partnership with USPS to deliver packages itself, which could spell disaster for the mail agency.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It may sound radical, but if one guy has so much wealth and power that he can use the large newspaper he owns to publicly threaten to ruin a service we all rely on, presumably as a bargaining tactic to get lower rates, we probably need to tax that guy until he can't do that anymore.
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Arise, arise, Discounts of Ten Percent!
stocks shall be shaken, inventory shall be splintered,
a deals-day, a free shipping day, ere the sun rises!
Ride now, ride now, ride! Ride for ruin and the weekend's ending!
Death! Death! Death!
Forth Shoppers!
stocks shall be shaken, inventory shall be splintered,
a deals-day, a free shipping day, ere the sun rises!
Ride now, ride now, ride! Ride for ruin and the weekend's ending!
Death! Death! Death!
Forth Shoppers!
I've seen deals you people wouldn't believe. Delivery trucks on fire off the shoulder of Best Buy. I watched C-notes glitter in the dark near the Target Superstore. All those bargains will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to shop.
Cyber Monday is here and deals are going fast! These deals are diaphanous. They are receding even as we speak, becoming mere memories of deals, prices longed for but lost, hints at what could have been had for less. A golden slant of sun through window falls on an empty countertop. Act now.
December 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Arise, arise, Discounts of Ten Percent!
stocks shall be shaken, inventory shall be splintered,
a deals-day, a free shipping day, ere the sun rises!
Ride now, ride now, ride! Ride for ruin and the weekend's ending!
Death! Death! Death!
Forth Shoppers!
stocks shall be shaken, inventory shall be splintered,
a deals-day, a free shipping day, ere the sun rises!
Ride now, ride now, ride! Ride for ruin and the weekend's ending!
Death! Death! Death!
Forth Shoppers!
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"A small, plain but well-made scroll of parchment. Each time the scroll is read, it will display a short statement that may or may not be relevant, timely, useful, or true. The statements never repeat, and change even if unobserved.
"You may look at the Endless Scroll as often as you wish."
"You may look at the Endless Scroll as often as you wish."
November 20, 2025 at 2:26 AM
"A small, plain but well-made scroll of parchment. Each time the scroll is read, it will display a short statement that may or may not be relevant, timely, useful, or true. The statements never repeat, and change even if unobserved.
"You may look at the Endless Scroll as often as you wish."
"You may look at the Endless Scroll as often as you wish."
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Celebrated Chef Erin Miller Gains Michelin Recognition for Urban Hearth in Boston#USA#Cambridge#Urban_Hearth#Erin_Miller#Boston_Michelin
Celebrated Chef Erin Miller Gains Michelin Recognition for Urban Hearth in Boston
Chef Erin Miller of Urban Hearth in Cambridge, MA has received recognition in the inaugural Michelin Guide for Boston. This accolade highlights her commitment to slow food and community engagement.
third-news.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Celebrated Chef Erin Miller Gains Michelin Recognition for Urban Hearth in Boston#USA#Cambridge#Urban_Hearth#Erin_Miller#Boston_Michelin
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The amount of own-horn-tooting I had to do was hilariously uncomfortable, like me just prattling on about achievements and stuff like the worst kind of show off dullard, whilst at the same time understanding the game and why you need to do it. It's a horrible combo.
November 18, 2025 at 8:10 AM
The amount of own-horn-tooting I had to do was hilariously uncomfortable, like me just prattling on about achievements and stuff like the worst kind of show off dullard, whilst at the same time understanding the game and why you need to do it. It's a horrible combo.
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steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI art slop, because your $70 means nothing anymore
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI generated artwork which makes the $70 feel like a complete rip-off.
frvr.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
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ValhallaFutureVerb. $50. Available now. valhalladsp.com/shop/reverb/...
November 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
ValhallaFutureVerb. $50. Available now. valhalladsp.com/shop/reverb/...
Prison abolition except for people who listen to their phone speakers out loud on public transit
November 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Prison abolition except for people who listen to their phone speakers out loud on public transit
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Hey @schumer.senate.gov: go fuck yourself. Fucking cowards.
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Hey @schumer.senate.gov: go fuck yourself. Fucking cowards.
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gloq au vin
reading about french cooking and still trying to figure out how to properly use the gun
September 12, 2023 at 2:24 AM
gloq au vin
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Have R senators? (Like me?) Call Schumer’s office to tell him you will never donate to another D senate campaign again as long as he’s Senate leader. Tell him this deal is a shameful joke and a betrayal.
(202) 224-6542
(202) 224-6542
I just did this and if nothing else it was cathartic. I said I would make it my life’s mission to make sure there’s a primary challenger for any D involved in this deal, it’s fucking embarrassing.
So, listen, call Schumer’s office no matter where you live, no matter if you’re registered to vote. Leave a voicemail that says if Senate Dems cave without an ACA premiums fix, you will never vote for or donate to another Senate Democrat as long as he is Leader
November 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Have R senators? (Like me?) Call Schumer’s office to tell him you will never donate to another D senate campaign again as long as he’s Senate leader. Tell him this deal is a shameful joke and a betrayal.
(202) 224-6542
(202) 224-6542
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and if you *are* a ghoul, faking decency is the price of admission into polite society. seethe about it on your own time
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
and if you *are* a ghoul, faking decency is the price of admission into polite society. seethe about it on your own time
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Something worth noting: Rockstar is leaning HEAVILY on the excuse that the unionising employees were "leaking private company information"
They want people to assume this means game info or assets.
But I will bet you CASH MONEY this translates to:
'they were comparing salaries and work contracts"
They want people to assume this means game info or assets.
But I will bet you CASH MONEY this translates to:
'they were comparing salaries and work contracts"
"Rockstar, Rockstar, you're disgusting, we charge you with union busting," the protesters declared.
'All you had to do was follow the damn law, Rockstar!': Workers are protesting outside Take-Two after GTA 6 dev's alleged 'brazen' union-busting
"They can get used to seeing us on their doorstep."
www.pcgamer.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Something worth noting: Rockstar is leaning HEAVILY on the excuse that the unionising employees were "leaking private company information"
They want people to assume this means game info or assets.
But I will bet you CASH MONEY this translates to:
'they were comparing salaries and work contracts"
They want people to assume this means game info or assets.
But I will bet you CASH MONEY this translates to:
'they were comparing salaries and work contracts"
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Everything about making video games is harder than you think.
November 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Everything about making video games is harder than you think.
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awhile ago someone said to me that squenix's core problem is that they have "duke nukem forever brain" and any time news like this comes around i think about that
Square Enix wants 70% of its QA work to be handled by generative AI by the end of 2027, in partnership with the University of Tokyo's Matsuo-Iwasawa Laboratory. https://bit.ly/4qKdyQR
November 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
awhile ago someone said to me that squenix's core problem is that they have "duke nukem forever brain" and any time news like this comes around i think about that
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I was in QA for over 10y and the only part of that job an LLM could ever do is all the bullshit "yes this is real work" reports justifying our existence to execs. The job is literally "think of, then do, things that nobody thought of already."
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/square-...
I imagined trying to get through bug reports written by an LLM and immediately got an honest to god headache. What do you mean I can’t even go back to the person who wrote it and ask for more details because there isn’t one, but it can still make shit up?
I imagined trying to get through bug reports written by an LLM and immediately got an honest to god headache. What do you mean I can’t even go back to the person who wrote it and ask for more details because there isn’t one, but it can still make shit up?
Square Enix says it wants generative AI to be doing 70% of its QA and debugging by the end of 2027 | VGC
The publisher is researching “Game QA Automation Technology” with the University of Tokyo…
www.videogameschronicle.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I was in QA for over 10y and the only part of that job an LLM could ever do is all the bullshit "yes this is real work" reports justifying our existence to execs. The job is literally "think of, then do, things that nobody thought of already."
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As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
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Ahead of the 1st shutdown of US food aid to hungry Americans in 60 years, some of the 200,000 Little Free Library locations are converting into food pantries. Thanks @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Ahead of the 1st shutdown of US food aid to hungry Americans in 60 years, some of the 200,000 Little Free Library locations are converting into food pantries. Thanks @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social
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We need more developer-centered industry third spaces that don't cost an arm and a leg to get to or participate in.
If you run one or know one, now's a great time to bring attention to it.
If you run one or know one, now's a great time to bring attention to it.
October 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We need more developer-centered industry third spaces that don't cost an arm and a leg to get to or participate in.
If you run one or know one, now's a great time to bring attention to it.
If you run one or know one, now's a great time to bring attention to it.
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i have never seen someone stealing food and i suspect i never will
if you see something, say nothing
if you see something, say nothing
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
www.foxla.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:42 PM
i have never seen someone stealing food and i suspect i never will
if you see something, say nothing
if you see something, say nothing
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If judges can refuse to officiate gay weddings, gay defendants should be able to refuse to be heard by those judges. If they can’t be compelled to perform the most heteronormative of functions, why would anyone believe they are capable of putting their biases aside for something with higher stakes?
October 29, 2025 at 11:39 PM
If judges can refuse to officiate gay weddings, gay defendants should be able to refuse to be heard by those judges. If they can’t be compelled to perform the most heteronormative of functions, why would anyone believe they are capable of putting their biases aside for something with higher stakes?
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
www.npr.org
October 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡