Ash
@ashteranic.mycronite.net
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Australian. Lefty. Fed up developer.
Ex-Microsoft.
I think it's time we declared tech bankruptcy, and start again without the billionaires.
Australian. Lefty. Fed up developer.
Ex-Microsoft.
I think it's time we declared tech bankruptcy, and start again without the billionaires.
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These declines are MASSIVE.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.
December 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
These declines are MASSIVE.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
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Quantic Foundry does legit trustworthy analysis of gamer behaviour, and these survey results are shockingly negative toward genAI, to the point where I’m more hopeful that data driven mobile and AAA backpedals on their uses.
everyone dislikes genai in games, but kids and story-focused players the most.
sounds like we'll be ok. just have to stay the course here and the "inevitable" new technology nobody likes will die. again.
quanticfoundry.com/2025/12/18/g...
sounds like we'll be ok. just have to stay the course here and the "inevitable" new technology nobody likes will die. again.
quanticfoundry.com/2025/12/18/g...
Gamers Are Overwhelmingly Negative About Gen AI in Video Games, but Attitudes Vary by Gender, Age, and Gaming Motivations.
Learn about how gender, age, and gaming motivations shape the perception of Gen AI in video games.
quanticfoundry.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Quantic Foundry does legit trustworthy analysis of gamer behaviour, and these survey results are shockingly negative toward genAI, to the point where I’m more hopeful that data driven mobile and AAA backpedals on their uses.
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Everyone sat around talking about how these people were incredibly stupid and then they managed to successfully implement large swathes of the plan that they all told us they were going to execute and you really have to wonder who is the stupid in this equation
December 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Everyone sat around talking about how these people were incredibly stupid and then they managed to successfully implement large swathes of the plan that they all told us they were going to execute and you really have to wonder who is the stupid in this equation
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Society is failing these children.
Boys at her school shared AI-generated, nude images of her. She was the one expelled
A 13-year-old girl at a Louisiana middle school got into a fight with classmates who were sharing AI-generated nude images of her
abcnews.go.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Society is failing these children.
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this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
December 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
Fucking lol
Free speech in the US never existed
Free speech in the US never existed
The US TikTok sale has been signed. The company will be controlled by a joint venture including Oracle, Silver Lake, Andreessen Horowitz, Abu Dhabi-based MGX. Adding a UAE company really makes it clear that this was never about national security concerns.
www.axios.com/2025/12/18/t...
www.axios.com/2025/12/18/t...
Scoop: TikTok signs deal for sale of U.S. unit after yearslong saga
The deal would end a yearslong saga to force TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance to sell the company's U.S. operation.
www.axios.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Fucking lol
Free speech in the US never existed
Free speech in the US never existed
*sigh*
1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
December 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
*sigh*
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December 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
While I appreciate the potential utility, it seems the sole purpose is to turn my sunglasses into a face burning torture device.
December 9, 2025 at 5:29 AM
While I appreciate the potential utility, it seems the sole purpose is to turn my sunglasses into a face burning torture device.
“We hardly slept but we were just so enthusiastic about depriving actors of a meagre living!”
McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
December 9, 2025 at 4:13 AM
“We hardly slept but we were just so enthusiastic about depriving actors of a meagre living!”
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Also I want to re-up this part of the essay because I think it's one of the most important points I make. The most popular stat used to argue the "they/them" ad worked? It can't be verified or independently evaluated.
When I was researching this essay I was struck by the fact that a key piece of evidence used to support the idea that the "they/them" ad was decisive is, apparently, unverifiable to the public.
That inconvenience didn't stop a stampede of people waving the 2.7% figure around like a bloody shirt.
That inconvenience didn't stop a stampede of people waving the 2.7% figure around like a bloody shirt.
December 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Also I want to re-up this part of the essay because I think it's one of the most important points I make. The most popular stat used to argue the "they/them" ad worked? It can't be verified or independently evaluated.
jokes aside, Windows, Mac and Linux already have actual memory compression built in. Linux may not have it enabled by default though.
December 6, 2025 at 9:19 AM
jokes aside, Windows, Mac and Linux already have actual memory compression built in. Linux may not have it enabled by default though.
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Love Discord being like "bro you didnt complete any quests this year" yeah man I dont know what those are and I'm working really hard not to have to learn
December 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Love Discord being like "bro you didnt complete any quests this year" yeah man I dont know what those are and I'm working really hard not to have to learn
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The Supreme Court paved the way for a felon to return to the presidency — where, behind the shield of office, that felon has ordered a string of murders.
The boat was split in half. 9 men were dead. 2 more clung to a floating piece of wreckage and tried desperately to flip it over for 41 minutes straight. There was no possible way they were going anywhere.
Then they were killed in cold blood by the U.S. military.
Then they were killed in cold blood by the U.S. military.
December 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The Supreme Court paved the way for a felon to return to the presidency — where, behind the shield of office, that felon has ordered a string of murders.
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Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
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Imagine being this contemptuous of the idea of art.
Like to hold this view you need to be cowardly, intellectually incurious, and dismissive of the idea of art in the abstract.
Or just some asshole desperate for attention posting contrarian bullshit knowing the dunks will raise your profile.
Like to hold this view you need to be cowardly, intellectually incurious, and dismissive of the idea of art in the abstract.
Or just some asshole desperate for attention posting contrarian bullshit knowing the dunks will raise your profile.
Horses shows "abuse, gory imagery (mutilation, blood), depictions of slavery, physical and psychological torture, domestic abuse, sexual assault, suicide"
It also implies someone is r*ped until they die. It's implied someone comitts necrophillia on the corpse.
Why are we mad about this ban?
It also implies someone is r*ped until they die. It's implied someone comitts necrophillia on the corpse.
Why are we mad about this ban?
December 4, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Imagine being this contemptuous of the idea of art.
Like to hold this view you need to be cowardly, intellectually incurious, and dismissive of the idea of art in the abstract.
Or just some asshole desperate for attention posting contrarian bullshit knowing the dunks will raise your profile.
Like to hold this view you need to be cowardly, intellectually incurious, and dismissive of the idea of art in the abstract.
Or just some asshole desperate for attention posting contrarian bullshit knowing the dunks will raise your profile.
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butler's recent book, Who's Afraid of Gender, completely called this shit. essential read.
people thought Judith Butler was exaggerating before but she's been proven right, i think
December 4, 2025 at 12:45 AM
butler's recent book, Who's Afraid of Gender, completely called this shit. essential read.
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As Promised:
part 1
Least functional kitchen ever !
part 1
Least functional kitchen ever !
December 2, 2025 at 1:46 AM
As Promised:
part 1
Least functional kitchen ever !
part 1
Least functional kitchen ever !
They couldn’t understand why people didn’t want an always online console either
November 28, 2025 at 10:02 PM
They couldn’t understand why people didn’t want an always online console either
All through high school my calculator kept asking for Boobs
November 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
All through high school my calculator kept asking for Boobs
In the original Prince of Persia 2, on DOS PC, if you had a joystick attached, the numpad on your keyboard would start letting you teleport around in either small or large jumps.
Even through enemies or walls.
But depending on the direction, not quite fast enough to escape a horizontal blade trap.
Even through enemies or walls.
But depending on the direction, not quite fast enough to escape a horizontal blade trap.
i was going through my X archives and found this by @superpodsaga.com, which I qrt'd at some point years ago
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
November 24, 2025 at 7:35 AM
In the original Prince of Persia 2, on DOS PC, if you had a joystick attached, the numpad on your keyboard would start letting you teleport around in either small or large jumps.
Even through enemies or walls.
But depending on the direction, not quite fast enough to escape a horizontal blade trap.
Even through enemies or walls.
But depending on the direction, not quite fast enough to escape a horizontal blade trap.
Note that I had most of these turned off for months and Firefox has still enabled multiple ai features I had to turn off elsewhere. There’s no one single switch to tell it to fuck off in the future.
So, I'm really kind of fucking annoyed and disappointed with Mozilla enabling AI in Firefox by default and not giving users a simple opt out switch.
I have disabled it in my firefox via 'about:config' , if you want to too, here's how to disable it completely or enable certain bits you find useful
I have disabled it in my firefox via 'about:config' , if you want to too, here's how to disable it completely or enable certain bits you find useful
How to Disable AI Features in Firefox Browser
Are you looking for clean user experience in your Firefox browser? Here's how you can disable AI features in Firefox for a simple, no-nonsense usage.
gadgetstouse.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Note that I had most of these turned off for months and Firefox has still enabled multiple ai features I had to turn off elsewhere. There’s no one single switch to tell it to fuck off in the future.
“But we spent so much money on this!”
“talking to Copilot in Windows 11 is an exercise in pure frustration — a stark reminder that the reality of AI is nowhere close to the hype.” www.theverge.com/report/82244...
Talking to Windows’ Copilot AI makes a computer feel incompetent
Hey Copilot, are you useful yet?
www.theverge.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
“But we spent so much money on this!”