Michael Roberts is categorically not building machetebots
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Translator, code monkey, aspiring roboticist, coffee grower, roof builder (emeritus), AI archaeologist, machete wielder, lapsed Quaker, vecino Adjunteño desde 2017 pq Ponce es Ponce y tiene el Sams Club pero el campo es el campo
Back when I was in college in Terre Haute, it was common knowledge that the Hautians didn't clear snow from the streets because God put it there and God would take it away.
Not 100% sure how reading about MRI testing reminded me of this anecdote, but God could stand to hurry a bit.
Not 100% sure how reading about MRI testing reminded me of this anecdote, but God could stand to hurry a bit.
November 15, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Back when I was in college in Terre Haute, it was common knowledge that the Hautians didn't clear snow from the streets because God put it there and God would take it away.
Not 100% sure how reading about MRI testing reminded me of this anecdote, but God could stand to hurry a bit.
Not 100% sure how reading about MRI testing reminded me of this anecdote, but God could stand to hurry a bit.
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It is 1998. I am at the kitchen table writing Batman fanfic but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
It is 2025. I am at the kitchen table writing a canonical Bat-book but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
It is 2025. I am at the kitchen table writing a canonical Bat-book but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
November 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
It is 1998. I am at the kitchen table writing Batman fanfic but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
It is 2025. I am at the kitchen table writing a canonical Bat-book but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
It is 2025. I am at the kitchen table writing a canonical Bat-book but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
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"Pete, you strike the second the Epstein Files are released and you keep killing and blowing things up until Americans stop talking about those files. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Have a hot teen bring me a Diet Coke."
November 14, 2025 at 12:23 AM
"Pete, you strike the second the Epstein Files are released and you keep killing and blowing things up until Americans stop talking about those files. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Have a hot teen bring me a Diet Coke."
Anybody here know the best way under Linux to OCR a scanned PDF and put the resulting text into the PDF? I haven't found any particularly convincing recipes yet. (I mean, Tesseract for the OCR obvs - but what's the best way to get the text into the PDF for searchability and text selection?)
November 14, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Anybody here know the best way under Linux to OCR a scanned PDF and put the resulting text into the PDF? I haven't found any particularly convincing recipes yet. (I mean, Tesseract for the OCR obvs - but what's the best way to get the text into the PDF for searchability and text selection?)
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I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
November 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
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Imagine thinking this man ever *had* vision.
The dogs caught the car.
The dogs caught the car.
The CEO of one of the most hardcore pro-Trump outlets has blasted both Trump and the GOP for downplaying the affordability crisis that young Americans find themselves in.
"Right now (Trump) looks weak and rudderless. Be mad all you want, but it’s the truth.”
"Right now (Trump) looks weak and rudderless. Be mad all you want, but it’s the truth.”
MAGA media chief warns that Trump looks ‘weak and rudderless’ and has lost ‘vision’
‘Why on earth would anyone be excited to go vote for them 12 months right now?’ Sean Davis asked this week about the Republican Party and Trump
www.the-independent.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Imagine thinking this man ever *had* vision.
The dogs caught the car.
The dogs caught the car.
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Sometimes I have a cartoon where I'll think "If they hold this one up at my funeral, it will be a pretty good summary of the type of comics I made."
This is one of those comics! I just love how stupid and random
this is. :)
This is one of those comics! I just love how stupid and random
this is. :)
TODAY'S COMIC: When Samwise had to bid farewell to Bill...
November 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Sometimes I have a cartoon where I'll think "If they hold this one up at my funeral, it will be a pretty good summary of the type of comics I made."
This is one of those comics! I just love how stupid and random
this is. :)
This is one of those comics! I just love how stupid and random
this is. :)
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Hard to believe that Cuomo supporter Chuck Schumer would sell out Democrats
November 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Hard to believe that Cuomo supporter Chuck Schumer would sell out Democrats
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now that women have ruined the workplace we should just get rid of it
November 9, 2025 at 2:33 AM
now that women have ruined the workplace we should just get rid of it
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
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“By not appointing Nick Fuentes and Laura Ingraham to his transition team, Mamdani has missed an opportunity for civility and healing.”
~ The New York Times editorial board, tomorrow
~ The New York Times editorial board, tomorrow
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
“By not appointing Nick Fuentes and Laura Ingraham to his transition team, Mamdani has missed an opportunity for civility and healing.”
~ The New York Times editorial board, tomorrow
~ The New York Times editorial board, tomorrow
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Soviet republic of New York takes first key step towards total communism by publicly owning Andrew Cuomo
November 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Soviet republic of New York takes first key step towards total communism by publicly owning Andrew Cuomo
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There are going to be a whole lot of electoral results that Mike Johnson hasn’t heard about tomorrow.
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
There are going to be a whole lot of electoral results that Mike Johnson hasn’t heard about tomorrow.
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Clearly Dick Cheney was a load bearing shitbag and the timeline is self correcting
November 5, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Clearly Dick Cheney was a load bearing shitbag and the timeline is self correcting
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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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"The day NYC elects a Muslim Mayor will be the day I die."
--Dick Cheney probably
--Dick Cheney probably
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
"The day NYC elects a Muslim Mayor will be the day I die."
--Dick Cheney probably
--Dick Cheney probably
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live view from cuomo hq
November 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
live view from cuomo hq
So hey, Bsky. I did a thing that's just the minutest possible first step of a plan I first dreamed up in 1996. It's an implementation of Douglas Hofstadter's parallel terraced scan in preparation for a lot more work in that direction.
codeberg.org/Vivtek/AI-Te...
codeberg.org/Vivtek/AI-Te...
AI-TerracedScan
An implementation of Hofstadter's parallel terraced scan
codeberg.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:09 AM
So hey, Bsky. I did a thing that's just the minutest possible first step of a plan I first dreamed up in 1996. It's an implementation of Douglas Hofstadter's parallel terraced scan in preparation for a lot more work in that direction.
codeberg.org/Vivtek/AI-Te...
codeberg.org/Vivtek/AI-Te...
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Down in the polls. Look and feel like shit. You tack to the center, but it does nothing for your odds in the left-of-center stronghold you’re trying to win. At the 11th hour, you receive endorsements from Elon Musk and Donald Trump. You Google if hemlock is still a thing.
November 4, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Down in the polls. Look and feel like shit. You tack to the center, but it does nothing for your odds in the left-of-center stronghold you’re trying to win. At the 11th hour, you receive endorsements from Elon Musk and Donald Trump. You Google if hemlock is still a thing.
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Calm down, liberals. Donald Trump's demand that the DOJ pay him $230 in taxpayer dollars is just an opening bid in a negotiation. He's unlikely to walk away with more than $180 million. Feel silly now?
by Megan McArdle
by Megan McArdle
October 28, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Calm down, liberals. Donald Trump's demand that the DOJ pay him $230 in taxpayer dollars is just an opening bid in a negotiation. He's unlikely to walk away with more than $180 million. Feel silly now?
by Megan McArdle
by Megan McArdle