Carl Rigney
@carlrigney.bsky.social
Sysadmin & SF reader interested in OODA Cycles, 4GW, and role playing games. (he/him) Also at @[email protected]
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THE YEAR WITHOUT SUNSHINE by @naomikritzer.bsky.social in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
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The Year Without Sunshine - Uncanny Magazine
During one of the much smaller disasters that preceded the really big disaster, I met a lot of my neighbors online. I can’t remember if we set up the WhatsApp group because of the pandemic or the civi...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
THE YEAR WITHOUT SUNSHINE by @naomikritzer.bsky.social in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
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"Let me get this straight. Your lab has bred a dragon?"
"A wyvern, director. It has two legs, two wings, whereas a-"
"Which flies, breathes fire, and is intelligent?"
"About as intelligent as a border collie."
"So, intelligent. Why?"
"You asked us to invent measures to take down small drones."
"A wyvern, director. It has two legs, two wings, whereas a-"
"Which flies, breathes fire, and is intelligent?"
"About as intelligent as a border collie."
"So, intelligent. Why?"
"You asked us to invent measures to take down small drones."
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
"Let me get this straight. Your lab has bred a dragon?"
"A wyvern, director. It has two legs, two wings, whereas a-"
"Which flies, breathes fire, and is intelligent?"
"About as intelligent as a border collie."
"So, intelligent. Why?"
"You asked us to invent measures to take down small drones."
"A wyvern, director. It has two legs, two wings, whereas a-"
"Which flies, breathes fire, and is intelligent?"
"About as intelligent as a border collie."
"So, intelligent. Why?"
"You asked us to invent measures to take down small drones."
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This PDF is designed to print on Avery 5263/5163 (2x4" shipping labels); there's 10 labels per page. I do not currently have any of those labels in the house so I haven't proof printed them: do one sheet first to check your settings are correct.
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June 15, 2025 at 3:55 AM
This PDF is designed to print on Avery 5263/5163 (2x4" shipping labels); there's 10 labels per page. I do not currently have any of those labels in the house so I haven't proof printed them: do one sheet first to check your settings are correct.
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/f744r...
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Ted Chiang called LLMs a blurry jpeg of the internet, which I think is a great metaphor
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Ted Chiang called LLMs a blurry jpeg of the internet, which I think is a great metaphor