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mike

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Sports. Lots of sports. Mostly Man United though. KK7TYM - #HamRadio #AmateurRadio, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, things like that

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mike @mdv.bsky.social · Nov 22

Gonna pin this one with all the hashtags since they're actually useful again

#MUFC
#SeaKraken
#AmateurRadio #HamRadio
#LOTR
#StarWars
#Seahawks

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mike @mdv.bsky.social · 13h

Also what post secondary schooling I did take was heavily skewed towards electronics and computers so most of that is obsolete

mike @mdv.bsky.social · 13h

I'm not a naturally smart complex thinker and it's nice to have books written by people who are passionate about really having people understand their topics of study

mike @mdv.bsky.social · 13h

I feel cringey now that I'm being braggy about what I'm reading but I don't mean it like that, @haymarketbooks.org just has a lot of really interesting books and you can learn a lot

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mike @mdv.bsky.social · 13h

Doing a little reading, trying to keep that piece of meat with electricity in my skull pulsing

'The New Authoritarians: Convergence on the Right' by David Renton

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The argument of this book rests on certain definitions. One is the distinction between left and right. The two terms have an essential difference. As Norberto Bobbio argues, they can be dis- tinguished by their attitude towards equality. 12 The left believes that most inequalities are capable of reduction or eradication. The right, by contrast, exists to oppose 'the liberation of men and women from the fetters of their superiors, particularly in the private sphere.'2º The distinction between left and right dates to the early days of the French revolution, when the Con- stituent Assembly debated whether the King should have a veto over its decisions and parliamentarians were asked to stand to the left or the right. It has recurred through global politics ever

since.

The difference between left and right works to simplify...

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mike @mdv.bsky.social · 15h

Spectacular pictures

mike @mdv.bsky.social · 15h

5 points out of 6 is great. I think they played really well tonight

mike @mdv.bsky.social · 15h

a man says " fart noises " in front of a shelf of toys

Alt: a man says " fart noises " in front of a shelf of toys

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mike @mdv.bsky.social · 15h

AI people as genuinely delusional aren't they?

The Church of the Divine Datacenter 🔻 @illyrionnet.bsky.social · 17h

Why not? It's hardly an LLMs fault most Americans are now blathering idiots.

We have to work with what we have an what we have is a population of North American people unable to name 3 North American countries.

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Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 1d

Seeing people nonchalantly post stuff like makes me feel like I'm going crazy honestly.

A post from an academic on blue sky that says: "I'm learning about "prompt engineering" when asking LLMs to extract data. I now add this to all instructions:

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Be concise, analytic, and specific (cite page/figure if provided). If essential info is missing, keep going but flag Unclear and exact data needed. Never invent data.

#academicsky"

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EvolvingWild @evolvingwild.evolving-hockey.com · 16h

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mike @mdv.bsky.social · 16h

I'm worried I may have gone TOO sad with my suggestion

youtu.be/35mJvcY104M?...

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mike @mdv.bsky.social · 16h

I hope you meant SAD sad, lol

mike @mdv.bsky.social · 16h

Fiddlers Green by the Tragically Hip

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mike @mdv.bsky.social · 16h

Pretty sure that's the leader of Antifa

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16h

Funding for legal assistance will be very helpful.

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Alison Lukan @alisonl.bsky.social · 17h

#Seakraken gain possession off the faceoff. Montour's shot bounces off McCann who promptly spins and fires for the first lead of the game. First point for Lindgren with his new team