Benjamin D. Hutchins
@zgryphon.bsky.social
This metal can only be space titanium.
Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli, Charlie Brown
Reposted by Benjamin D. Hutchins
Dried fruit is the bomb, yo, why did I not discover this years ago?
Well, OK, I've always liked golden raisins, although sometimes I forget they exist. It's funny, because I've also always thought the regular kind were profoundly meh, even though I like purple grapes more than green ones.
Well, OK, I've always liked golden raisins, although sometimes I forget they exist. It's funny, because I've also always thought the regular kind were profoundly meh, even though I like purple grapes more than green ones.
November 24, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Dried fruit is the bomb, yo, why did I not discover this years ago?
Well, OK, I've always liked golden raisins, although sometimes I forget they exist. It's funny, because I've also always thought the regular kind were profoundly meh, even though I like purple grapes more than green ones.
Well, OK, I've always liked golden raisins, although sometimes I forget they exist. It's funny, because I've also always thought the regular kind were profoundly meh, even though I like purple grapes more than green ones.
I don't even have to click on this to be certain that the replies to it are an absolute shitshow, which... fair!
Bad news: Senator John Fetterman's book isn't selling. We need to support our Democratic senators if we want to take back Congress in 2026. That means walking the walk and putting our money where our mouth is — even if we disagree sometimes.
Support the Fetterman Book Fund!
👉 bit.ly/UnfetteredBook
Support the Fetterman Book Fund!
👉 bit.ly/UnfetteredBook
November 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I don't even have to click on this to be certain that the replies to it are an absolute shitshow, which... fair!
Reposted by Benjamin D. Hutchins
I always forget what a pain in the ass it is to attach the lanyard to a Maglite Solitaire in the time it takes the one on my keychain to wear out and need to be replaced.
November 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I always forget what a pain in the ass it is to attach the lanyard to a Maglite Solitaire in the time it takes the one on my keychain to wear out and need to be replaced.
Meanwhile, this was lunch today: five whole mini-meatballs.
Note 1: Frozen meatballs do up really well in the air fryer. They get all crispy on the outside.
Note 2: That pyramid formation was completely accidental. When I dumped them out of the fryer basket into the bowl, that's how they landed.
Note 1: Frozen meatballs do up really well in the air fryer. They get all crispy on the outside.
Note 2: That pyramid formation was completely accidental. When I dumped them out of the fryer basket into the bowl, that's how they landed.
November 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Meanwhile, this was lunch today: five whole mini-meatballs.
Note 1: Frozen meatballs do up really well in the air fryer. They get all crispy on the outside.
Note 2: That pyramid formation was completely accidental. When I dumped them out of the fryer basket into the bowl, that's how they landed.
Note 1: Frozen meatballs do up really well in the air fryer. They get all crispy on the outside.
Note 2: That pyramid formation was completely accidental. When I dumped them out of the fryer basket into the bowl, that's how they landed.
I've been watching a lot of videos about cooking different regional types of pizza, and I knew there were variations, but I had no idea how many. It's been a delicious-looking, vicarious education.
One more week 'til I can have (very small amounts of) pizza again...
One more week 'til I can have (very small amounts of) pizza again...
November 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I've been watching a lot of videos about cooking different regional types of pizza, and I knew there were variations, but I had no idea how many. It's been a delicious-looking, vicarious education.
One more week 'til I can have (very small amounts of) pizza again...
One more week 'til I can have (very small amounts of) pizza again...
I was just randomly reminded of the time @rsybuchanan.com turned up for work on two successive nights in a tuxedo and a prison jumpsuit, respectively, because, paraphrasing from memory, "I haven't had time to do laundry." :)
November 16, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I was just randomly reminded of the time @rsybuchanan.com turned up for work on two successive nights in a tuxedo and a prison jumpsuit, respectively, because, paraphrasing from memory, "I haven't had time to do laundry." :)
I have the chorus of "Happy Synthesizer" in my head today. Could do worse...
youtu.be/yb8WuMVGLBM?...
youtu.be/yb8WuMVGLBM?...
【Megurine Luka & GUMI】Happy Synthesizer【VOCALOID】
YouTube video by reddevils500c
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I have the chorus of "Happy Synthesizer" in my head today. Could do worse...
youtu.be/yb8WuMVGLBM?...
youtu.be/yb8WuMVGLBM?...
I have a sudden craving for batter-dipped fish fillets. I don't even like fish.
November 15, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I have a sudden craving for batter-dipped fish fillets. I don't even like fish.
Once you go through the standard process of turning off/denying all the annoying stuff Windows has been doing since XP, and knock down its eccentricities (such as moving the start button back to where it belongs, in the lower left), Windows 11 feels like........ Windows 10 with revamped icons.
November 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Once you go through the standard process of turning off/denying all the annoying stuff Windows has been doing since XP, and knock down its eccentricities (such as moving the start button back to where it belongs, in the lower left), Windows 11 feels like........ Windows 10 with revamped icons.
... prosciutto.
November 14, 2025 at 6:25 AM
... prosciutto.
I miss being able to post polls.
November 14, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I miss being able to post polls.
[email protected] thought you might appreciate this, if only for the array of classic synths on display:
youtu.be/wLR029D2myI?...
youtu.be/wLR029D2myI?...
MiMa's cover of Airwolf Theme (extended mix)
YouTube video by mima85
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 1:31 AM
[email protected] thought you might appreciate this, if only for the array of classic synths on display:
youtu.be/wLR029D2myI?...
youtu.be/wLR029D2myI?...
pointillism taken to a new level, or, the origins of ASCII art?
Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
November 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
pointillism taken to a new level, or, the origins of ASCII art?
There is a scandalous dearth of USB-A ports on this laptop.
November 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
There is a scandalous dearth of USB-A ports on this laptop.
Today is the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Great Lakes freighter Edmund Fitzgerald, so here is an amazing cover of the late Gordon Lightfoot's 1976 hit song about same.
youtu.be/8JLU9wXu-4M?...
youtu.be/8JLU9wXu-4M?...
Punch Brothers cover Gordon Lightfoot "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" 3/3/22 Boston, MA
YouTube video by Less Than Face Productions
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Today is the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Great Lakes freighter Edmund Fitzgerald, so here is an amazing cover of the late Gordon Lightfoot's 1976 hit song about same.
youtu.be/8JLU9wXu-4M?...
youtu.be/8JLU9wXu-4M?...
we're going to the hardware store! (entire @alyankovic.bsky.social song plays in head)
November 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
we're going to the hardware store! (entire @alyankovic.bsky.social song plays in head)
Back in the shop after nearly a month. Trying to remember what we were doing. Feels pretty good, man.
November 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Back in the shop after nearly a month. Trying to remember what we were doing. Feels pretty good, man.
Dried cherries are what raisins wish they were.
November 9, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Dried cherries are what raisins wish they were.
To the best of my knowledge, my family has never owned an electric blanket. I feel like maybe this winter I should fix that.
November 8, 2025 at 7:26 PM
To the best of my knowledge, my family has never owned an electric blanket. I feel like maybe this winter I should fix that.
corollary: the people who MADE the damn thing have plenty of all three, and in evaluating the output of their creations, it would be really great to know in advance what the latter two were
as a computer scientist, i am BEGGING people to realize that there is no cognition inside of an LLM
no reasoning, no thought process, no self-awareness
I read a lot of arguments (for AND against) LLMs, and both sides seem to think there’s a consciousness or intentionality or even a moral alignment
no reasoning, no thought process, no self-awareness
I read a lot of arguments (for AND against) LLMs, and both sides seem to think there’s a consciousness or intentionality or even a moral alignment
November 8, 2025 at 9:09 AM
corollary: the people who MADE the damn thing have plenty of all three, and in evaluating the output of their creations, it would be really great to know in advance what the latter two were
It is SNOW. In MY BACK YARD.
DISGUSTING.
(By the time I took this picture, the precip had turned to rain, so it'll be gone in the morning, but still.)
DISGUSTING.
(By the time I took this picture, the precip had turned to rain, so it'll be gone in the morning, but still.)
November 8, 2025 at 7:46 AM
It is SNOW. In MY BACK YARD.
DISGUSTING.
(By the time I took this picture, the precip had turned to rain, so it'll be gone in the morning, but still.)
DISGUSTING.
(By the time I took this picture, the precip had turned to rain, so it'll be gone in the morning, but still.)
Today I learned that I've now reached an age where my formative period was long enough ago to have a "-punk" aesthetic. Evidently a sci-fi/spec-future/post-apocalyptic setting with a 1980s vibe is now "cassettepunk".
November 8, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Today I learned that I've now reached an age where my formative period was long enough ago to have a "-punk" aesthetic. Evidently a sci-fi/spec-future/post-apocalyptic setting with a 1980s vibe is now "cassettepunk".