Rick Ward
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using GenAI == skill issue, get better or get friends who can help
turning my carefully curated BlueSky NicheNerd account into a BlueSky Basic Bitch account because BlueSky is becoming mainstream, and by God, that’s the dream, ain’t it?
November 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
turning my carefully curated BlueSky NicheNerd account into a BlueSky Basic Bitch account because BlueSky is becoming mainstream, and by God, that’s the dream, ain’t it?
awww yiss the synchronicity timeline is back, just like in the good ol’ days of Twitter
November 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
awww yiss the synchronicity timeline is back, just like in the good ol’ days of Twitter
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I am a dev and I dislike AI because
•it cannot operate without stolen data
•it does not work reliably
•it lies all the time
•it is terribly inefficient
•it pollutes
•it is/was oversold
•the biggest frauds champion it
•the people behind it are psychos
none of these are unreasonable complaints
•it cannot operate without stolen data
•it does not work reliably
•it lies all the time
•it is terribly inefficient
•it pollutes
•it is/was oversold
•the biggest frauds champion it
•the people behind it are psychos
none of these are unreasonable complaints
November 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I am a dev and I dislike AI because
•it cannot operate without stolen data
•it does not work reliably
•it lies all the time
•it is terribly inefficient
•it pollutes
•it is/was oversold
•the biggest frauds champion it
•the people behind it are psychos
none of these are unreasonable complaints
•it cannot operate without stolen data
•it does not work reliably
•it lies all the time
•it is terribly inefficient
•it pollutes
•it is/was oversold
•the biggest frauds champion it
•the people behind it are psychos
none of these are unreasonable complaints
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not beating the “AI art is lazy” allegations
November 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
not beating the “AI art is lazy” allegations
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The same road this picture was taken.
My neighborhood.
My neighborhood.
November 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The same road this picture was taken.
My neighborhood.
My neighborhood.
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I’ve not heard of a Black Friday deal worth leaving the house for since the 2010s. We all got flat screens. There’s no new consoles. The printers got subscription fees. The phones aren’t going down. Couldn’t tell you what ppl are buying but junk they don’t need
November 28, 2025 at 3:45 AM
I’ve not heard of a Black Friday deal worth leaving the house for since the 2010s. We all got flat screens. There’s no new consoles. The printers got subscription fees. The phones aren’t going down. Couldn’t tell you what ppl are buying but junk they don’t need
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i’m thankful for pity-likes
November 28, 2025 at 4:27 AM
i’m thankful for pity-likes
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this is madness www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
Sally Rooney books may be pulled from UK, court told
Normal People author Sally Rooney's books may have to be withdrawn from sale and none of her new works published in the UK due to "uncertainty" caused by the ban on Palestine Action, the British High ...
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November 28, 2025 at 5:15 AM
this is madness www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
Ever work with a grandiose entry-level new hire who flattered colleagues to their faces but talked about them behind their backs, never hit a deadline, and could not do anything right, but was juiced in somehow and couldn’t be gotten rid of?
That’s GenAI, the CEO’s Nephew®
That’s GenAI, the CEO’s Nephew®
Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
November 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Ever work with a grandiose entry-level new hire who flattered colleagues to their faces but talked about them behind their backs, never hit a deadline, and could not do anything right, but was juiced in somehow and couldn’t be gotten rid of?
That’s GenAI, the CEO’s Nephew®
That’s GenAI, the CEO’s Nephew®
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Every prompt to chatbot software is “generate me some text.” If it generated you some text, it performed its function correctly. It never lies, it never wants anything, it’s text generating software that generates text.
Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
November 28, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Every prompt to chatbot software is “generate me some text.” If it generated you some text, it performed its function correctly. It never lies, it never wants anything, it’s text generating software that generates text.
I saw Ghostbusters at age 6 and never laughed at the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man until recently. I just always saw him as a Cyclopean monster thanks to that initial, uh, childhood trauma?
I may have been a stupid kid
I may have been a stupid kid
November 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I saw Ghostbusters at age 6 and never laughed at the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man until recently. I just always saw him as a Cyclopean monster thanks to that initial, uh, childhood trauma?
I may have been a stupid kid
I may have been a stupid kid
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- Where is Dog Island? (2012)
- Where is Dog Island 2: Give a Dog a Bone (2014)
- Where is Dog Island 3: Found It (2015)
- Where is Dog Island: Puppy Farm (2019)
- Dog Island: Origins (forthcoming)
- Where is Dog Island 2: Give a Dog a Bone (2014)
- Where is Dog Island 3: Found It (2015)
- Where is Dog Island: Puppy Farm (2019)
- Dog Island: Origins (forthcoming)
November 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
- Where is Dog Island? (2012)
- Where is Dog Island 2: Give a Dog a Bone (2014)
- Where is Dog Island 3: Found It (2015)
- Where is Dog Island: Puppy Farm (2019)
- Dog Island: Origins (forthcoming)
- Where is Dog Island 2: Give a Dog a Bone (2014)
- Where is Dog Island 3: Found It (2015)
- Where is Dog Island: Puppy Farm (2019)
- Dog Island: Origins (forthcoming)
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Bunch of sad men built the world's most expensive and racist Magic Eight Ball and then tried to convince everyone else that it was absolutely essential that they treat it like their teacher and their lover.
November 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Bunch of sad men built the world's most expensive and racist Magic Eight Ball and then tried to convince everyone else that it was absolutely essential that they treat it like their teacher and their lover.
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Acceptable answer
No. The Thing is a movie about a bunch of people who all distrust and hate each other trapped in one building as the tension between them slowly builds until it reaches a breaking point. It's a Thanksgiving movie.
Should John Carpenter's THE THING be officially classified as a Christmas movie? Let your voice be heard!
November 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Acceptable answer
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Interesting that the two Ray- names are so close together, and that they're aligned with Republicans. I'd have expected them to be further apart, and thus blue. You know, because of the Rayleigh scattering
To zoom in on the partisan names, here, we're looking only at names used >100 times (in 2023) and only 50 names on the outskirts of the partisan divide, labelling the 5 outliers on each side and the 5 most commonly used on each side. inequalitybyinteriordesign.wordpress.com/2025/04/03/p...
November 26, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Interesting that the two Ray- names are so close together, and that they're aligned with Republicans. I'd have expected them to be further apart, and thus blue. You know, because of the Rayleigh scattering
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Increasingly hard to deny we’ve been Lathe of Heavened into our present reality
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Increasingly hard to deny we’ve been Lathe of Heavened into our present reality
I have two. Toy Story 2’s “When She Loved Me” flashback and the final scene of Heavenly Creatures.
What movie scene will make you cry everytime you see it?
I'll go first.
Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium.
When Mr. Magorium (Dustin Hoffman) explains to Mahoney that he going to die.
I'll go first.
Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium.
When Mr. Magorium (Dustin Hoffman) explains to Mahoney that he going to die.
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I have two. Toy Story 2’s “When She Loved Me” flashback and the final scene of Heavenly Creatures.
“Either you are guided by something inside you, or you are lost.” gardenscenery.net/p/on-being-i...
On Being Interested in Stuff Almost No One is Interested in
I bought a CD the other day.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:07 AM
“Either you are guided by something inside you, or you are lost.” gardenscenery.net/p/on-being-i...
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Verdict on buying the groceries for Thanksgiving against the current backdrop of needlessly accelerated inflation:
Not a fan
Not a fan
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Verdict on buying the groceries for Thanksgiving against the current backdrop of needlessly accelerated inflation:
Not a fan
Not a fan
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
It’s been like ten years and I still get Disco Elysium confused with Dream Daddy
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
It’s been like ten years and I still get Disco Elysium confused with Dream Daddy
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So rather than use your enormous leverage to pressure the politicians you have in your pocket to restore these benefits you decide to drop people from coverage …
November 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
So rather than use your enormous leverage to pressure the politicians you have in your pocket to restore these benefits you decide to drop people from coverage …
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Duffer Brothers Used Cutting-Edge CGI to Make Actors Appear Happy to Still Be Making Stranger Things
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Duffer Brothers Used Cutting-Edge CGI to Make Actors Appear Happy to Still Be Making Stranger Things - Hard Drive
LOS ANGELES — Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer have revealed that they used CGI in the upcoming season to make... Continue this tale
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November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Duffer Brothers Used Cutting-Edge CGI to Make Actors Appear Happy to Still Be Making Stranger Things
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