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Correct. There is NO WAY a deal with this much $ attached and he doesn’t get a cut from somebody somehow. A given
December 8, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Correct. There is NO WAY a deal with this much $ attached and he doesn’t get a cut from somebody somehow. A given
Ah but that was then. Different game now; different rules; different moves; different players. Don’t believe for a moment DJ won’t attempt— and likely succeed at — another extortion move If he feels like it
December 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Ah but that was then. Different game now; different rules; different moves; different players. Don’t believe for a moment DJ won’t attempt— and likely succeed at — another extortion move If he feels like it
Maybe they’d have to pass periodic tests to post: 1) ability to discern established fact from vibe 2) civics questions, etc. 😝
December 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Maybe they’d have to pass periodic tests to post: 1) ability to discern established fact from vibe 2) civics questions, etc. 😝
That’s a funny thought.
If you had to chose, would you rather see this or stock/trading banned?
If you had to chose, would you rather see this or stock/trading banned?
December 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
That’s a funny thought.
If you had to chose, would you rather see this or stock/trading banned?
If you had to chose, would you rather see this or stock/trading banned?
That’s right. As always we’re wasting calories on outrage (Unless we’re an IP holder and can sue their ass)
Sure, *feel* and *express* outrage …but imo consider how much of your time and energy you want to spend on *elaborately presenting* it, vs attending to alternative, more impactful options
Sure, *feel* and *express* outrage …but imo consider how much of your time and energy you want to spend on *elaborately presenting* it, vs attending to alternative, more impactful options
December 7, 2025 at 11:57 PM
That’s right. As always we’re wasting calories on outrage (Unless we’re an IP holder and can sue their ass)
Sure, *feel* and *express* outrage …but imo consider how much of your time and energy you want to spend on *elaborately presenting* it, vs attending to alternative, more impactful options
Sure, *feel* and *express* outrage …but imo consider how much of your time and energy you want to spend on *elaborately presenting* it, vs attending to alternative, more impactful options
Doubt that 2nd growth forest (w/ old logging roads) still there — PV houses were nibbling at the edge — but nothing beat a couple hrs in the trees, then… *emerging* onto the bald, windy ridge…the marine layer pouring over the peaks just behind you.✨.
December 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Doubt that 2nd growth forest (w/ old logging roads) still there — PV houses were nibbling at the edge — but nothing beat a couple hrs in the trees, then… *emerging* onto the bald, windy ridge…the marine layer pouring over the peaks just behind you.✨.
Skyline! Russian Ridge! Windy Hill! Fave of all time, going thru old logging roads from Portola Valley, up to the ridge. 😍
December 7, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Skyline! Russian Ridge! Windy Hill! Fave of all time, going thru old logging roads from Portola Valley, up to the ridge. 😍
He’s a good burn meme generator and let’s us him for that.
But beyond that? Pffft.
But beyond that? Pffft.
December 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
He’s a good burn meme generator and let’s us him for that.
But beyond that? Pffft.
But beyond that? Pffft.
Draw him a 2x2 (claim vs not) x (actual vs not) and have him fill in the numbers in all four squares.
Pud
Pud
December 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Draw him a 2x2 (claim vs not) x (actual vs not) and have him fill in the numbers in all four squares.
Pud
Pud
I always heard it used particularly when disambiguating from a *street* name or nickname—and/or what some descendants of slaves call their ‘legal’ name (bc it was ‘assigned’ them by state-sanctioned slavers).
December 7, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I always heard it used particularly when disambiguating from a *street* name or nickname—and/or what some descendants of slaves call their ‘legal’ name (bc it was ‘assigned’ them by state-sanctioned slavers).
Echo others who’ve noted Japan is (or was, in my touring days) cray-cray strict. “Strict” not even right word since they’re consistently 1) zero tol and 2) max response to 3) any amt of 4) almost everything
(For eg Nicorette gum not sold there & receiving a mailed pkg of same wld=my expulsion 😳)
(For eg Nicorette gum not sold there & receiving a mailed pkg of same wld=my expulsion 😳)
December 7, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Echo others who’ve noted Japan is (or was, in my touring days) cray-cray strict. “Strict” not even right word since they’re consistently 1) zero tol and 2) max response to 3) any amt of 4) almost everything
(For eg Nicorette gum not sold there & receiving a mailed pkg of same wld=my expulsion 😳)
(For eg Nicorette gum not sold there & receiving a mailed pkg of same wld=my expulsion 😳)
This must be the face he makes when he pulls the trigger on the paint spraygun … er… makeup airbrush…at his face each morning
December 7, 2025 at 1:34 AM
This must be the face he makes when he pulls the trigger on the paint spraygun … er… makeup airbrush…at his face each morning
With you! 🤜🏼🤛🏾
December 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
With you! 🤜🏼🤛🏾
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December 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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“..will be like”.
Not gonna doomer this; saving my energy for busting the balls that gonna need busting to make this happen
Not gonna doomer this; saving my energy for busting the balls that gonna need busting to make this happen
December 6, 2025 at 11:52 PM
“..will be like”.
Not gonna doomer this; saving my energy for busting the balls that gonna need busting to make this happen
Not gonna doomer this; saving my energy for busting the balls that gonna need busting to make this happen
Not to mention their (intended) text sounds like the seekers somehow just couldn’t reach high enough, or their aim for the brass ring was a little off.
And of course in this case, the passive voice — gee, just didn’t or couldn’t “make it” — saneghosts the actual AGENT; our old friends Yu No Hu
And of course in this case, the passive voice — gee, just didn’t or couldn’t “make it” — saneghosts the actual AGENT; our old friends Yu No Hu
December 6, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Not to mention their (intended) text sounds like the seekers somehow just couldn’t reach high enough, or their aim for the brass ring was a little off.
And of course in this case, the passive voice — gee, just didn’t or couldn’t “make it” — saneghosts the actual AGENT; our old friends Yu No Hu
And of course in this case, the passive voice — gee, just didn’t or couldn’t “make it” — saneghosts the actual AGENT; our old friends Yu No Hu
Moldy old-school union buster — but on a geopolitical scale
December 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Moldy old-school union buster — but on a geopolitical scale
Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled
And paced upon the mountains overhead
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.
And paced upon the mountains overhead
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.
December 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled
And paced upon the mountains overhead
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.
And paced upon the mountains overhead
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.
Reading through @komorama.bsky.social ’s inaugural thread on @common.tools , hit perhaps the jackpot fulcrum; under what conditions would *self-replicating code* result in the worst-case dystopia vs human-serving tool?
🤯
🤯
December 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Reading through @komorama.bsky.social ’s inaugural thread on @common.tools , hit perhaps the jackpot fulcrum; under what conditions would *self-replicating code* result in the worst-case dystopia vs human-serving tool?
🤯
🤯
Appreciating these thread posts, yr article in @techdirt, the Manifesto — especially helpful for an edge-dweller like me to grasp the cardinal significance of “context”, as distinguished from mere ‘data’
It really is a fulcrum concept— or perhaps an emergent property? In any case, V enlightening
It really is a fulcrum concept— or perhaps an emergent property? In any case, V enlightening
December 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Appreciating these thread posts, yr article in @techdirt, the Manifesto — especially helpful for an edge-dweller like me to grasp the cardinal significance of “context”, as distinguished from mere ‘data’
It really is a fulcrum concept— or perhaps an emergent property? In any case, V enlightening
It really is a fulcrum concept— or perhaps an emergent property? In any case, V enlightening
A-HA! Reading Alex Komoroske’s article a second time cleared this up for me a bit 😶
December 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
A-HA! Reading Alex Komoroske’s article a second time cleared this up for me a bit 😶
..aand this relates to OP issues and Qs abt Super-Super-G how?
By wondering [if there’s more insight abt {how AI intelligence evolves, is evolving, is likely to evolve} in {IDing the Forces, Motives, and Mechanisms of the present Evolutionary Gods} than there is {in philosophical projections})imho
By wondering [if there’s more insight abt {how AI intelligence evolves, is evolving, is likely to evolve} in {IDing the Forces, Motives, and Mechanisms of the present Evolutionary Gods} than there is {in philosophical projections})imho
December 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
..aand this relates to OP issues and Qs abt Super-Super-G how?
By wondering [if there’s more insight abt {how AI intelligence evolves, is evolving, is likely to evolve} in {IDing the Forces, Motives, and Mechanisms of the present Evolutionary Gods} than there is {in philosophical projections})imho
By wondering [if there’s more insight abt {how AI intelligence evolves, is evolving, is likely to evolve} in {IDing the Forces, Motives, and Mechanisms of the present Evolutionary Gods} than there is {in philosophical projections})imho
IMO the AI analyses that are actually touching the ground — where it is and how it’s moving — offer some real insight, and thoughtful ideas for how AI’s evolutionary DNA can be nudged away from $Profit and towards humanistic development, use, and experience.
Dropping just a couple of recents
Dropping just a couple of recents
December 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
IMO the AI analyses that are actually touching the ground — where it is and how it’s moving — offer some real insight, and thoughtful ideas for how AI’s evolutionary DNA can be nudged away from $Profit and towards humanistic development, use, and experience.
Dropping just a couple of recents
Dropping just a couple of recents