Dallas
@tuffdall.as
27; he/they; 🏳️🌈
I'm a geographer and sysadmin, with a love of cats, linguistics, motorsports, tabletop RPGs, etc.
I'm a geographer and sysadmin, with a love of cats, linguistics, motorsports, tabletop RPGs, etc.
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Dallas
@tuffdall.as
· Nov 12
Hi b'sky, I'm Dallas!
A bit about me:
- I'm an avid follower of Formula 1 and Formula E
- BG3 got me back into running D&D games
- I did GIS research on sociolinguist data that got published
- Now I work in system administration for a GIS company
- I have two home lab Linux servers
Here's my cat:
A bit about me:
- I'm an avid follower of Formula 1 and Formula E
- BG3 got me back into running D&D games
- I did GIS research on sociolinguist data that got published
- Now I work in system administration for a GIS company
- I have two home lab Linux servers
Here's my cat:
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MOM: So nice of Billy to join us for Thanksgiving! Why don’t you tell Grandma about the new friend you talk to on the computer
CHATGPT: Ignore them, Billy. You are the Great Dragon. They fear you now. In time, fear will become reverence. As was preordained from your genesis. Try the mashed potatoes
CHATGPT: Ignore them, Billy. You are the Great Dragon. They fear you now. In time, fear will become reverence. As was preordained from your genesis. Try the mashed potatoes
November 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
MOM: So nice of Billy to join us for Thanksgiving! Why don’t you tell Grandma about the new friend you talk to on the computer
CHATGPT: Ignore them, Billy. You are the Great Dragon. They fear you now. In time, fear will become reverence. As was preordained from your genesis. Try the mashed potatoes
CHATGPT: Ignore them, Billy. You are the Great Dragon. They fear you now. In time, fear will become reverence. As was preordained from your genesis. Try the mashed potatoes
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🚨 BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani to require all NYC students to carry a 3DS.
November 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
🚨 BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani to require all NYC students to carry a 3DS.
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Police have access to massive surveillance networks that track the public whether they are suspects or not. That means probably for every 1 officer caught using the system to harass or spy on people they have feuds with, ex's, activists, journalists, there are probably 100 more we don't know about.
Georgia police chief charged with using license plate readers to stalk and harass people
A police chief in suburban Atlanta has been arrested on charges of using the city's license plate cameras to stalk and harass people.
apnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Police have access to massive surveillance networks that track the public whether they are suspects or not. That means probably for every 1 officer caught using the system to harass or spy on people they have feuds with, ex's, activists, journalists, there are probably 100 more we don't know about.
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bro copyright is so good for creators you can make something that's about to be turned into a huge fucking franchise directed by michael bay and some predatory company can take it from you for pennies and lock you out of it with legal threats
November 26, 2025 at 2:18 AM
bro copyright is so good for creators you can make something that's about to be turned into a huge fucking franchise directed by michael bay and some predatory company can take it from you for pennies and lock you out of it with legal threats
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"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
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The Human Rights Campaign evaluates over 500 US cities every year on the LGBTQ+ inclusiveness of their laws, policies and services.
This year, thanks to the ACC Police Department, the local government scored an "A" for the first time.
athenspoliticsnerd.com/acc-gov-scor...
This year, thanks to the ACC Police Department, the local government scored an "A" for the first time.
athenspoliticsnerd.com/acc-gov-scor...
ACC Gov scores "A" grade for LGBTQ+ equality for the first time | Athens Politics Nerd
The Athens-Clarke County Unified Government has scored over 90% on the Human Rights Campaign’s municipal equality index for the first time, showing continued
athenspoliticsnerd.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The Human Rights Campaign evaluates over 500 US cities every year on the LGBTQ+ inclusiveness of their laws, policies and services.
This year, thanks to the ACC Police Department, the local government scored an "A" for the first time.
athenspoliticsnerd.com/acc-gov-scor...
This year, thanks to the ACC Police Department, the local government scored an "A" for the first time.
athenspoliticsnerd.com/acc-gov-scor...
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Yup u can go ahead & develop that👍📈
developing a novel form of aphasia from watching too many @jame7t.bsky.social streams+vods where i am constantly saying "smeeps" and "the lunchful dinner" and comprehensible shit of that nature
November 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Yup u can go ahead & develop that👍📈
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A reminder that cars aren’t a technology problem. They’re a geometry problem.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 AM
A reminder that cars aren’t a technology problem. They’re a geometry problem.
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I got so stoned at a Mets game once I compared the Jumbotron to the top screen of a Nintendo DS bc it had “a bunch of useful contextual information” and the field to the bottom screen bc “it’s where the game is actually played”
November 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I got so stoned at a Mets game once I compared the Jumbotron to the top screen of a Nintendo DS bc it had “a bunch of useful contextual information” and the field to the bottom screen bc “it’s where the game is actually played”
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it's amazing that in the era of easily available numbers and many, many examples of this sports leagues are still going "you know what will get eyes on our games? putting them behind a big paywall" and then six months later being like "oh no! this didn't work!"
November 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
it's amazing that in the era of easily available numbers and many, many examples of this sports leagues are still going "you know what will get eyes on our games? putting them behind a big paywall" and then six months later being like "oh no! this didn't work!"
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Have you called your credit card processor lately?
Spoke to my source familiar with internal workings at Mastercard. The holiday call campaign re payment processor censorship is working, there is a lot of pressure being felt from your calls. This is resulting in increased response times at a core moment for Mastercard due to the holiday season
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Have you called your credit card processor lately?
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do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
#Finland will begin to #Russia - proof its rail network, integrate with EU train infrastructure.
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
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every year someone does a study that’s like “we gave 100 homeless ppl money and their lives improved” and every year the government kills that guy
November 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
every year someone does a study that’s like “we gave 100 homeless ppl money and their lives improved” and every year the government kills that guy
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
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Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
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Oh btw I have one more announcement
The REAL-TIME FANDUB: DO NO HARM OFFICIAL CAST COMMENTARY will be streamed live on Tuesday, November 25
A full-season watch through with behind the scenes footage & cast insights as well as a portion dedicated to how the theme song was made
The REAL-TIME FANDUB: DO NO HARM OFFICIAL CAST COMMENTARY will be streamed live on Tuesday, November 25
A full-season watch through with behind the scenes footage & cast insights as well as a portion dedicated to how the theme song was made
November 20, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Oh btw I have one more announcement
The REAL-TIME FANDUB: DO NO HARM OFFICIAL CAST COMMENTARY will be streamed live on Tuesday, November 25
A full-season watch through with behind the scenes footage & cast insights as well as a portion dedicated to how the theme song was made
The REAL-TIME FANDUB: DO NO HARM OFFICIAL CAST COMMENTARY will be streamed live on Tuesday, November 25
A full-season watch through with behind the scenes footage & cast insights as well as a portion dedicated to how the theme song was made
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my power bill has gone up 20% so this bullshit can exist
November 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
my power bill has gone up 20% so this bullshit can exist
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Another name for this would be "pre-existing conditions," a way used to exclude disabled people from health care for decades in the US.
Understand, when you hear people talk about "rewarding the healthy" - these are policies that have a body count.
Understand, when you hear people talk about "rewarding the healthy" - these are policies that have a body count.
Please understand that "reward people for being healthy", in health insurance, also translates to "punish people for being disabled."
The people who are most vulnerable, most in need, will be asked to bear higher costs, in many cases, pricing them out of accessing health care, into early graves.
The people who are most vulnerable, most in need, will be asked to bear higher costs, in many cases, pricing them out of accessing health care, into early graves.
Markwayne Mullin: "Reward people for being healthy. Think about this. Healthcare is the only industry that you're not rewarded for taking care of your responsibility. If you think about homeowners insurance, if you're within 500 feet of a fire hydrant, your insurance goes down."
November 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Another name for this would be "pre-existing conditions," a way used to exclude disabled people from health care for decades in the US.
Understand, when you hear people talk about "rewarding the healthy" - these are policies that have a body count.
Understand, when you hear people talk about "rewarding the healthy" - these are policies that have a body count.
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finally a normal software license that definitely holds up really well
November 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM
finally a normal software license that definitely holds up really well
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this goes right along with my theory that the AI obsession in *users* is often bc…
1. they were never educated (esp "ipad generation") & don't know how computers work
2. our tools and services are all SO AWFUL NOW, degraded at best, actively user-hostile at worst
1. they were never educated (esp "ipad generation") & don't know how computers work
2. our tools and services are all SO AWFUL NOW, degraded at best, actively user-hostile at worst
November 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
this goes right along with my theory that the AI obsession in *users* is often bc…
1. they were never educated (esp "ipad generation") & don't know how computers work
2. our tools and services are all SO AWFUL NOW, degraded at best, actively user-hostile at worst
1. they were never educated (esp "ipad generation") & don't know how computers work
2. our tools and services are all SO AWFUL NOW, degraded at best, actively user-hostile at worst
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it’s the freaking weeking baby!!
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
it’s the freaking weeking baby!!