Ruben Åkenes
@rubenakenes.bsky.social
Support is valuable. Do useful stuff with it.
Is there a web agency further North than us @70.9821°? Building stuff at www.vitikka.no
Accessible tourist locations: lettreist.no
Is there a web agency further North than us @70.9821°? Building stuff at www.vitikka.no
Accessible tourist locations: lettreist.no
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stop using AI to do your research. it hallucinates too often. if you want an answer to something, post something arrogant on the appropriate subreddit. something like: "this item performs 10% better than everything else. only idiots deny this." this will bait nerds into doing your research for you.
January 26, 2026 at 7:53 AM
stop using AI to do your research. it hallucinates too often. if you want an answer to something, post something arrogant on the appropriate subreddit. something like: "this item performs 10% better than everything else. only idiots deny this." this will bait nerds into doing your research for you.
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The real game changer: ⌘ + → takes you to the end of a line in a Claude Code prompt now.
January 14, 2026 at 3:32 PM
The real game changer: ⌘ + → takes you to the end of a line in a Claude Code prompt now.
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Shop at smaller independent local stores where you can meet and know the owners. Plus it's great to know the people who run the businesses you are supporting. Community! We are very lucky this is so convenient in San Francisco.
people have boycotted home depot for a long time. and apparently they were helping ice
but apparently lowes is helping ice now too. installing license plate readers in their parking lots
stay safe & don’t shop at places that condone or support what’s happening right now ✌🏼
but apparently lowes is helping ice now too. installing license plate readers in their parking lots
stay safe & don’t shop at places that condone or support what’s happening right now ✌🏼
January 11, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Shop at smaller independent local stores where you can meet and know the owners. Plus it's great to know the people who run the businesses you are supporting. Community! We are very lucky this is so convenient in San Francisco.
😅
Sometimes I think about how the home computer revolution started 50 years ago in large part because typewriters sucked as you couldn’t correct mistakes and then I remember you can’t edit posts on here
December 17, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Owning your data 🔥 Being able to switch, move and replace solutions you dislike - or if they stop working ✨
FOA ftw🙅
FOA ftw🙅
December 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Owning your data 🔥 Being able to switch, move and replace solutions you dislike - or if they stop working ✨
FOA ftw🙅
FOA ftw🙅
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
Christmas activity calendar with the kids.
Today #3; kimchi.
Tomorrow #4; taking the trash outside.
Let them know what it's all about
Today #3; kimchi.
Tomorrow #4; taking the trash outside.
Let them know what it's all about
December 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Christmas activity calendar with the kids.
Today #3; kimchi.
Tomorrow #4; taking the trash outside.
Let them know what it's all about
Today #3; kimchi.
Tomorrow #4; taking the trash outside.
Let them know what it's all about
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
@hildur.bsky.social please provide a quick guide 🥁
Why yes, @microsoft.com, I will HAPPILY provide you feedback on how exactly I feel about Word right now.
November 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
@hildur.bsky.social please provide a quick guide 🥁
Murder Prince. Fitting name
Tim Cook was at the state dinner for the murder prince.
Can’t wait for him to be gone as CEO. Please Apple, have someone after him with taste and morals.
Can’t wait for him to be gone as CEO. Please Apple, have someone after him with taste and morals.
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Murder Prince. Fitting name
Aligned Worldviews and a good price, is always good for business ☺️
That is reasonable, thanks!
After a bit of searching, I'm leaning towards @stormweb.ca, but I'd love to hear from folks who have used them (or anyone) before.
After a bit of searching, I'm leaning towards @stormweb.ca, but I'd love to hear from folks who have used them (or anyone) before.
November 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Aligned Worldviews and a good price, is always good for business ☺️
"how dooo they do it".
A close family member kept showing me a tripod he bought for 10$ last month.
"So practical, and so cheap".
When asked where he bought it? "Don't remember".
Which website?
"Don't know".
"But look how practical it is, and only 10$!!".
A close family member kept showing me a tripod he bought for 10$ last month.
"So practical, and so cheap".
When asked where he bought it? "Don't remember".
Which website?
"Don't know".
"But look how practical it is, and only 10$!!".
I remember when there was a discussion on Twitter about Shein's manufacturing practices and some apologists invented all sorts of fantastical machinery and technology to avoid facing the more horrifying truth. Reminds me of this comedian's joke.
IG bscomedian
IG bscomedian
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"how dooo they do it".
A close family member kept showing me a tripod he bought for 10$ last month.
"So practical, and so cheap".
When asked where he bought it? "Don't remember".
Which website?
"Don't know".
"But look how practical it is, and only 10$!!".
A close family member kept showing me a tripod he bought for 10$ last month.
"So practical, and so cheap".
When asked where he bought it? "Don't remember".
Which website?
"Don't know".
"But look how practical it is, and only 10$!!".
Look for smart functions and turn them off
I didn't find this under Settings>General, I found this under the email account settings. I also had to do it for each individual Gmail account I'm signed into.
November 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Look for smart functions and turn them off
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Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
Whatever Hoyrror write, is worth reading. Videos worth watching, and that book, pdf or course worth buying.
October 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Whatever Hoyrror write, is worth reading. Videos worth watching, and that book, pdf or course worth buying.
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Scientists discover the gene responsible for brand loyalty, apparently
Nigel Newton, CEO of Bloomsbury, telling us why AI is good for publishing with this fun caveat: “We are programmed deep in our DNA to be comforted by the authority and the reliability of big brand names, & that applies more than ever to the names of big writers."
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
AI can help authors beat writer’s block, says Bloomsbury chief
Publisher last week reported jump in revenue in academic and professional arm thanks to AI licensing deal
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Scientists discover the gene responsible for brand loyalty, apparently
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kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school
October 15, 2025 at 7:45 AM
kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school
MAGA diners ordering wine
MAGA "g'day, do you have any 🇺🇸 wines to go with the brisket?
Waiter Sorry Sir, but it would suit with a red from Provence
MAGA: "SHUT THE FRONT DOOR BOY, YOU GOT PRO VANCE WINE? MAKE IT TWO!"
MAGA "g'day, do you have any 🇺🇸 wines to go with the brisket?
Waiter Sorry Sir, but it would suit with a red from Provence
MAGA: "SHUT THE FRONT DOOR BOY, YOU GOT PRO VANCE WINE? MAKE IT TWO!"
October 13, 2025 at 11:34 AM
MAGA diners ordering wine
MAGA "g'day, do you have any 🇺🇸 wines to go with the brisket?
Waiter Sorry Sir, but it would suit with a red from Provence
MAGA: "SHUT THE FRONT DOOR BOY, YOU GOT PRO VANCE WINE? MAKE IT TWO!"
MAGA "g'day, do you have any 🇺🇸 wines to go with the brisket?
Waiter Sorry Sir, but it would suit with a red from Provence
MAGA: "SHUT THE FRONT DOOR BOY, YOU GOT PRO VANCE WINE? MAKE IT TWO!"
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Lol on LinkedIn I saw a 100% serious, completely not ironic job posting for a part time data scientist... The job is to clean up and fix ai coded machine learning
October 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Lol on LinkedIn I saw a 100% serious, completely not ironic job posting for a part time data scientist... The job is to clean up and fix ai coded machine learning
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What 1-3 things, if they go really well, will lead to success even if everything else is mid or bad?
Those are the things you have to focus on.
And if you don’t know the answer, you’re blindly walking around, and therefore will probably fail.
Those are the things you have to focus on.
And if you don’t know the answer, you’re blindly walking around, and therefore will probably fail.
The Important Thing--powerful enough to override all your deficiencies
This is the reason that startups succeed despite their many weaknesses. And it’s a reason to build a startup in the first place.
longform.asmartbear.com
October 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
What 1-3 things, if they go really well, will lead to success even if everything else is mid or bad?
Those are the things you have to focus on.
And if you don’t know the answer, you’re blindly walking around, and therefore will probably fail.
Those are the things you have to focus on.
And if you don’t know the answer, you’re blindly walking around, and therefore will probably fail.
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September 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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For the last few months Duolingo has felt off, like their main goal is no longer to teach me French, but to keep me using the app.
So cancelled the family subscription, I don’t find it as useful anymore
So cancelled the family subscription, I don’t find it as useful anymore
September 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
For the last few months Duolingo has felt off, like their main goal is no longer to teach me French, but to keep me using the app.
So cancelled the family subscription, I don’t find it as useful anymore
So cancelled the family subscription, I don’t find it as useful anymore
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New in Chrome DevTools: Instantly check CSS feature compatibility with Baseline!
Chrome DevTools now displays the Baseline status for CSS properties right in the Elements panel - Baseline gives you clear info about which web features are ready to use today.
Chrome DevTools now displays the Baseline status for CSS properties right in the Elements panel - Baseline gives you clear info about which web features are ready to use today.
August 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
New in Chrome DevTools: Instantly check CSS feature compatibility with Baseline!
Chrome DevTools now displays the Baseline status for CSS properties right in the Elements panel - Baseline gives you clear info about which web features are ready to use today.
Chrome DevTools now displays the Baseline status for CSS properties right in the Elements panel - Baseline gives you clear info about which web features are ready to use today.
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Hi, our company has tried out several AI note taking solutions. I can tell you two things:
1) Every product we've tried constantly mischaracterizes meetings (hallucinating new topics, mixing up facts, etc.)
2) Half our employees do not notice the AI mischaracterizing their own meetings.
1) Every product we've tried constantly mischaracterizes meetings (hallucinating new topics, mixing up facts, etc.)
2) Half our employees do not notice the AI mischaracterizing their own meetings.
August 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Hi, our company has tried out several AI note taking solutions. I can tell you two things:
1) Every product we've tried constantly mischaracterizes meetings (hallucinating new topics, mixing up facts, etc.)
2) Half our employees do not notice the AI mischaracterizing their own meetings.
1) Every product we've tried constantly mischaracterizes meetings (hallucinating new topics, mixing up facts, etc.)
2) Half our employees do not notice the AI mischaracterizing their own meetings.