Nevada Jones
@nevadajones.bsky.social
Composer, countertenor, cat dad, clotheshorse.
Art is made by humans.
Art is made by humans.
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the long fall from GetFirefox to DeleteFirefox
December 17, 2025 at 4:42 AM
the long fall from GetFirefox to DeleteFirefox
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If you see the words 'irrevocable', 'in perpetuity', 'formats not yet invented', 'net after costs', 'all rights', you're selling every damn thing you could make money from as an author for a one time payment, or in this case, a promise.
Signing this gives the publisher money meant for you forever.
Signing this gives the publisher money meant for you forever.
Behold, if you will, the...astonishing...contract from Shadow Light Press. A rolling 10-year term...payment on profit (but only after costs are recouped)...appropriation of the author's universe if they can't continue the series...and more www.reddit.com/r/Progressio...
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December 17, 2025 at 4:49 AM
If you see the words 'irrevocable', 'in perpetuity', 'formats not yet invented', 'net after costs', 'all rights', you're selling every damn thing you could make money from as an author for a one time payment, or in this case, a promise.
Signing this gives the publisher money meant for you forever.
Signing this gives the publisher money meant for you forever.
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Every AI ad I see just makes me more convinced I have no idea what people want in life
The ones where this lady is in a negotiation with a new client and sets the budget but every time the client bargains she just goes HEY AI WHAT SHOULD I DO
GIRL THAT'S YOUR *JOB*
YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW TO DO THAT
The ones where this lady is in a negotiation with a new client and sets the budget but every time the client bargains she just goes HEY AI WHAT SHOULD I DO
GIRL THAT'S YOUR *JOB*
YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW TO DO THAT
December 17, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Every AI ad I see just makes me more convinced I have no idea what people want in life
The ones where this lady is in a negotiation with a new client and sets the budget but every time the client bargains she just goes HEY AI WHAT SHOULD I DO
GIRL THAT'S YOUR *JOB*
YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW TO DO THAT
The ones where this lady is in a negotiation with a new client and sets the budget but every time the client bargains she just goes HEY AI WHAT SHOULD I DO
GIRL THAT'S YOUR *JOB*
YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW TO DO THAT
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Everyday I hear “Dems are moving right.” And I think, what…
What are you talking about? Where’s that even coming from? How….
But it’s easy. If you didn’t pay attention to politics till after Obergefell v Hodges. If you were just minding your own business till Dobbs, yeah okay, I kinda get it.
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What are you talking about? Where’s that even coming from? How….
But it’s easy. If you didn’t pay attention to politics till after Obergefell v Hodges. If you were just minding your own business till Dobbs, yeah okay, I kinda get it.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Everyday I hear “Dems are moving right.” And I think, what…
What are you talking about? Where’s that even coming from? How….
But it’s easy. If you didn’t pay attention to politics till after Obergefell v Hodges. If you were just minding your own business till Dobbs, yeah okay, I kinda get it.
1/
What are you talking about? Where’s that even coming from? How….
But it’s easy. If you didn’t pay attention to politics till after Obergefell v Hodges. If you were just minding your own business till Dobbs, yeah okay, I kinda get it.
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So look at what it meant to be a Democrat between 1999 and 2007. And then see if you can still say we’re moving backwards.
Not making progress at the rate you wish we could is not the same thing.
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Not making progress at the rate you wish we could is not the same thing.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
So look at what it meant to be a Democrat between 1999 and 2007. And then see if you can still say we’re moving backwards.
Not making progress at the rate you wish we could is not the same thing.
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Not making progress at the rate you wish we could is not the same thing.
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No blood for oil
December 17, 2025 at 3:41 AM
No blood for oil
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Laid down for a nap at 4pm
Woke up at 5 and we’re at war with Venezuela?!?
Woke up at 5 and we’re at war with Venezuela?!?
December 17, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Laid down for a nap at 4pm
Woke up at 5 and we’re at war with Venezuela?!?
Woke up at 5 and we’re at war with Venezuela?!?
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"You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain."
Firefox, you should've died.
Firefox, you should've died.
December 16, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain."
Firefox, you should've died.
Firefox, you should've died.
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If you tell me a dinner is quick and easy to make and you start by chopping up some vegetables, I'm gonna have a fit.
December 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
If you tell me a dinner is quick and easy to make and you start by chopping up some vegetables, I'm gonna have a fit.
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Every time I’m like “oooh, a bowl sounds good for dinner “, only for the recipe to be like “each part of the bowl requires seven steps and all of your dishes”.
December 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Every time I’m like “oooh, a bowl sounds good for dinner “, only for the recipe to be like “each part of the bowl requires seven steps and all of your dishes”.
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If you have a personal website with anything cool, be it art, writing, code, tutorials, breakdowns, science, movies, anything, then drop it in a reply, let's get a little thread of gems and non slop human work going.
I'll start: I have a blog on 3D Art with guides and tutorials petedimitrovart.com
I'll start: I have a blog on 3D Art with guides and tutorials petedimitrovart.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
If you have a personal website with anything cool, be it art, writing, code, tutorials, breakdowns, science, movies, anything, then drop it in a reply, let's get a little thread of gems and non slop human work going.
I'll start: I have a blog on 3D Art with guides and tutorials petedimitrovart.com
I'll start: I have a blog on 3D Art with guides and tutorials petedimitrovart.com
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The Internet was never perfect but it used to be usable, functional. I know how we got here and I want the old Internet back. I want forums back. I want personal sites. I want stuff not written by a machine. I just want shit to work again.
December 15, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The Internet was never perfect but it used to be usable, functional. I know how we got here and I want the old Internet back. I want forums back. I want personal sites. I want stuff not written by a machine. I just want shit to work again.
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Machine-learned AI is terrible for idea generation.
The algorithm is designed to *produce the most predictable next token*
Even as you try to push it to originality, it fights you and tries to pull it back to the most average tropes.
Its a PREDICTABILITY MACHINE.
The algorithm is designed to *produce the most predictable next token*
Even as you try to push it to originality, it fights you and tries to pull it back to the most average tropes.
Its a PREDICTABILITY MACHINE.
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Machine-learned AI is terrible for idea generation.
The algorithm is designed to *produce the most predictable next token*
Even as you try to push it to originality, it fights you and tries to pull it back to the most average tropes.
Its a PREDICTABILITY MACHINE.
The algorithm is designed to *produce the most predictable next token*
Even as you try to push it to originality, it fights you and tries to pull it back to the most average tropes.
Its a PREDICTABILITY MACHINE.
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it's all bad but it's disgusting to imply that using genAI for concept art is comparable to placeholder text
sigh
December 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
it's all bad but it's disgusting to imply that using genAI for concept art is comparable to placeholder text
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Real people with real flaws make real art.
I can't summarize it any better than that 🤷
I can't summarize it any better than that 🤷
December 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Real people with real flaws make real art.
I can't summarize it any better than that 🤷
I can't summarize it any better than that 🤷
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When the AI boom began, copywriters were singled out as one of the jobs most vulnerable to AI. Now, three years later, I wanted to hear from workers on the frontlines of the industry, to hear what had actually taken place on the ground.
For many, it was even worse than they'd feared.
For many, it was even worse than they'd feared.
"I was forced to use AI until the day I was laid off." Copywriters reveal how AI has decimated their industry
Copywriters were one of the first to have their jobs targeted by AI firms. These are their stories, three years into the AI era.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
When the AI boom began, copywriters were singled out as one of the jobs most vulnerable to AI. Now, three years later, I wanted to hear from workers on the frontlines of the industry, to hear what had actually taken place on the ground.
For many, it was even worse than they'd feared.
For many, it was even worse than they'd feared.
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Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
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The notion that "95% of people who responded to the survey are against this" can be glossed as "no clear consensus" is even more absurd than the usual "pretty damn absurd" usual baseline for uk politics.
“This is an overwhelming show of support for the commonsense position that AI companies should pay for the resources they use'.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Boost for artists in AI copyright battle as only 3% back UK active opt-out plan
Liz Kendall faces pressure from campaigners as she tells parliament there is no clear consensus on issue
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The notion that "95% of people who responded to the survey are against this" can be glossed as "no clear consensus" is even more absurd than the usual "pretty damn absurd" usual baseline for uk politics.
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“This is an overwhelming show of support for the commonsense position that AI companies should pay for the resources they use'.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Boost for artists in AI copyright battle as only 3% back UK active opt-out plan
Liz Kendall faces pressure from campaigners as she tells parliament there is no clear consensus on issue
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:47 AM
“This is an overwhelming show of support for the commonsense position that AI companies should pay for the resources they use'.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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As I always say: the one guy who is too valuable to be replaced by AI is the consultant telling us to replace everyone else with AI
December 16, 2025 at 3:17 AM
As I always say: the one guy who is too valuable to be replaced by AI is the consultant telling us to replace everyone else with AI
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It's that time again.
For the next 24h, drop any infectious disease and/or vaccine-related Qs in response to this post, and I will do my best to answer them. Responses are for information only & NOT medical advice. Can't believe it's the last one of the year.
#AskAnIDDoc December 2025 edition.
For the next 24h, drop any infectious disease and/or vaccine-related Qs in response to this post, and I will do my best to answer them. Responses are for information only & NOT medical advice. Can't believe it's the last one of the year.
#AskAnIDDoc December 2025 edition.
December 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
It's that time again.
For the next 24h, drop any infectious disease and/or vaccine-related Qs in response to this post, and I will do my best to answer them. Responses are for information only & NOT medical advice. Can't believe it's the last one of the year.
#AskAnIDDoc December 2025 edition.
For the next 24h, drop any infectious disease and/or vaccine-related Qs in response to this post, and I will do my best to answer them. Responses are for information only & NOT medical advice. Can't believe it's the last one of the year.
#AskAnIDDoc December 2025 edition.
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Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
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honestly i think part of the reason "ai" art falls totally flat is that the way you can actually excel at art using a robot is by using the robot as a prompt for human imagination, but people use it in the other direction. it's like the opposite of how you'd use an rng in a tabletop game
December 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
honestly i think part of the reason "ai" art falls totally flat is that the way you can actually excel at art using a robot is by using the robot as a prompt for human imagination, but people use it in the other direction. it's like the opposite of how you'd use an rng in a tabletop game
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If you still want to keep using Google search, consider adding these two terms to your search request:
—"-ai" to block AI results & text summaries
—"before:2023" to block AI-generated images
—"-ai" to block AI results & text summaries
—"before:2023" to block AI-generated images
December 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
If you still want to keep using Google search, consider adding these two terms to your search request:
—"-ai" to block AI results & text summaries
—"before:2023" to block AI-generated images
—"-ai" to block AI results & text summaries
—"before:2023" to block AI-generated images
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without Rob Reiner’s Castle Rock production company we wouldn’t have:
City Slickers, Honeymoon in Vegas, In the Line of Fire, The Shawshank Redemption, Before Sunrise, Dolores Claiborne, Lone Star, Waiting for Guffman, and more - in a six-year period alone
City Slickers, Honeymoon in Vegas, In the Line of Fire, The Shawshank Redemption, Before Sunrise, Dolores Claiborne, Lone Star, Waiting for Guffman, and more - in a six-year period alone
December 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
without Rob Reiner’s Castle Rock production company we wouldn’t have:
City Slickers, Honeymoon in Vegas, In the Line of Fire, The Shawshank Redemption, Before Sunrise, Dolores Claiborne, Lone Star, Waiting for Guffman, and more - in a six-year period alone
City Slickers, Honeymoon in Vegas, In the Line of Fire, The Shawshank Redemption, Before Sunrise, Dolores Claiborne, Lone Star, Waiting for Guffman, and more - in a six-year period alone