Notorious RBMK
@comraderobot.bsky.social
equal parts physics, left politics, DIY science, and photos (space/birds/stuff). formerly astroparticle physics, now astrodynamicist. "dr" in certain extremely specific professional contexts. ohio for 3 decades then west coast (sfbay, now pdx). fuck gen ai
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Notorious RBMK
@comraderobot.bsky.social
· Oct 17
okay we can pin stuff now and tons of people are pouring in from an X debacle… so
Hi! my name is Nathan
i post jokes and do a bunch of tedious but aesthetic stuff in my free time:
* space photos
* bird photos
* bouncing radio off the moon
* making gadgets
* using/programming old computers
Hi! my name is Nathan
i post jokes and do a bunch of tedious but aesthetic stuff in my free time:
* space photos
* bird photos
* bouncing radio off the moon
* making gadgets
* using/programming old computers
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im picking your ass up in the No Bitches plane
November 17, 2025 at 10:37 PM
im picking your ass up in the No Bitches plane
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It’s Plurbin’ time (we’re watching more Pluribus)
November 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
It’s Plurbin’ time (we’re watching more Pluribus)
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losing my mind over youtube's suggested reply for this comment
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
losing my mind over youtube's suggested reply for this comment
im picking your ass up in the No Bitches plane
November 17, 2025 at 10:37 PM
im picking your ass up in the No Bitches plane
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honestly I was surprised he managed to get that cart back on the road with how frequently those pants dispense morphine
wake up and smell the road beers, mr freeman
half life 2 can now legally drink and drive
November 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
honestly I was surprised he managed to get that cart back on the road with how frequently those pants dispense morphine
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wake up and smell the road beers, mr freeman
half life 2 can now legally drink and drive
November 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
wake up and smell the road beers, mr freeman
Pretty sure that to the extent LLMs can (contextually!) provide better search results than Google, it is because they more unabashedly incorporate copyrighted material
November 17, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Pretty sure that to the extent LLMs can (contextually!) provide better search results than Google, it is because they more unabashedly incorporate copyrighted material
how many years we been doing this now and they don’t even have new bullshit.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei thinks AI could help find cures for most cancers, prevent Alzheimer’s, and even double the human lifespan. cbsn.ws/4oRZ8Nm
November 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
how many years we been doing this now and they don’t even have new bullshit.
astronaut wife vindicated
November 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
astronaut wife vindicated
Tim Robinson is so perfect for this moment because literally everyone acts like this
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Tim Robinson is so perfect for this moment because literally everyone acts like this
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america's mayor
November 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
america's mayor
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Couldn't remember Jon Hamm's name or the name of his character. So I made a discovery
November 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Couldn't remember Jon Hamm's name or the name of his character. So I made a discovery
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friend i haven't seen in 3 years: yo what's up man
me: i saw an air conditioner fall on a guy's head
friend: did it kill him
me: yeah completely i gotta go good seeing you
me: i saw an air conditioner fall on a guy's head
friend: did it kill him
me: yeah completely i gotta go good seeing you
November 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
friend i haven't seen in 3 years: yo what's up man
me: i saw an air conditioner fall on a guy's head
friend: did it kill him
me: yeah completely i gotta go good seeing you
me: i saw an air conditioner fall on a guy's head
friend: did it kill him
me: yeah completely i gotta go good seeing you
important distinction: i am tired of hearing about nuzzi but i am NOT tired of hearing her writing get roasted lol
November 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
important distinction: i am tired of hearing about nuzzi but i am NOT tired of hearing her writing get roasted lol
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"He desired. He desired desiring. He desired being desired. He desired desire itself."
November 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"He desired. He desired desiring. He desired being desired. He desired desire itself."
time to post the most realistic meme ever made, which permanently reflects my life as someone looking for a better job
November 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
time to post the most realistic meme ever made, which permanently reflects my life as someone looking for a better job
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He loved to love, loving to love as only a lover loved to love. I was and am a professional writer, and in fact am being paid to write these sentences.
November 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
He loved to love, loving to love as only a lover loved to love. I was and am a professional writer, and in fact am being paid to write these sentences.
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It's the "smell this" of journalism
All of you reposting that Nuzzi article: "good God this is horrible. Here look at it! Share it with everyone you know!"
November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
It's the "smell this" of journalism
human beings have language for pretty much the same reason birds have songs. it’s wayyyyy deep in the hardware. it’s not some big goofy billion parameter reinforcement fit on raw data with no priors.
November 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
human beings have language for pretty much the same reason birds have songs. it’s wayyyyy deep in the hardware. it’s not some big goofy billion parameter reinforcement fit on raw data with no priors.
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the guy streaming right now who has got a scraggly beard and is chain smoking is actually a copwatcher slash public official accountability youtuber. beached whales is just his side gig
November 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
the guy streaming right now who has got a scraggly beard and is chain smoking is actually a copwatcher slash public official accountability youtuber. beached whales is just his side gig
this people still think human language is very intricate behavioral conditioning lmao
Why are OpenAI’s creative writing abilities not great? Well they’re made by people who can’t articulate an original thought and ambush real writers at cons to rehash seventy year old Asimov stories
November 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
this people still think human language is very intricate behavioral conditioning lmao
had a stress dream about the job i still haven’t heard back from where they wanted me to do a take home project that was a competition with another remaining candidate. plausible and cool scenario, brain. good job.
November 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
had a stress dream about the job i still haven’t heard back from where they wanted me to do a take home project that was a competition with another remaining candidate. plausible and cool scenario, brain. good job.
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(spending 9 billion dollars to make a robot say "i have always loved you") hard times create strong men
November 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
(spending 9 billion dollars to make a robot say "i have always loved you") hard times create strong men
been offline flight simming because im cool.
so: catch me up what are some of the juiciest takes you’ve seen on the Epstein files reversal
my assumption is its just no longer tenable politically to NOT release them so he will have to achieve his fuckery by other means?
so: catch me up what are some of the juiciest takes you’ve seen on the Epstein files reversal
my assumption is its just no longer tenable politically to NOT release them so he will have to achieve his fuckery by other means?
November 17, 2025 at 6:30 AM
been offline flight simming because im cool.
so: catch me up what are some of the juiciest takes you’ve seen on the Epstein files reversal
my assumption is its just no longer tenable politically to NOT release them so he will have to achieve his fuckery by other means?
so: catch me up what are some of the juiciest takes you’ve seen on the Epstein files reversal
my assumption is its just no longer tenable politically to NOT release them so he will have to achieve his fuckery by other means?