Clem Fandango
@uglybarbarian.bsky.social
Overpromising and underdelivering since 19xx. Programming and climbing
Even people who have only barely heard of ChatGPT will tell you we are in some sort of a bubble. This stuff spreads by osmosis
November 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Even people who have only barely heard of ChatGPT will tell you we are in some sort of a bubble. This stuff spreads by osmosis
Shouldn’t this be spelled “underpinnings”?
November 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Shouldn’t this be spelled “underpinnings”?
Wasn’t the Glob eventually annihilated by the Man-Thing? The funny part is the Glob was a rip-off of an old character called the Heap and Man-Thing was of course a Swamp Thing clone. One rip-off destroying another
October 5, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Wasn’t the Glob eventually annihilated by the Man-Thing? The funny part is the Glob was a rip-off of an old character called the Heap and Man-Thing was of course a Swamp Thing clone. One rip-off destroying another
The irony being that he’s Jewish
October 5, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The irony being that he’s Jewish
The loser eats a cockroach
September 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The loser eats a cockroach
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i used to work in devops and the more i understood how the internet worked the less i understood why the internet works
July 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
i used to work in devops and the more i understood how the internet worked the less i understood why the internet works
Broadly agree, although I’d argue lowtax banning anime porn was the ur-event in terms of internet brainrot
September 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Broadly agree, although I’d argue lowtax banning anime porn was the ur-event in terms of internet brainrot
There are a couple of ways to mitigate this somewhat with Google search. First, add before:2019 to your search terms. Second, use the “secret” udm=14 flag to eliminate AI results. The site udm14.com will do this for you
&udm=14 | the disenshittification Konami code
A quick way to get an AI-free search without any extra work.
udm14.com
September 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
There are a couple of ways to mitigate this somewhat with Google search. First, add before:2019 to your search terms. Second, use the “secret” udm=14 flag to eliminate AI results. The site udm14.com will do this for you
Seeing Evil Dead 2 as a kid reassured me that there are indeed other weirdos in the world
September 2, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Seeing Evil Dead 2 as a kid reassured me that there are indeed other weirdos in the world
“Romantasy” is eating fiction and it’s porn
September 2, 2025 at 3:43 AM
“Romantasy” is eating fiction and it’s porn
Same, I had no idea when I followed him that I’d end up on 40+ blocklists but it’s fine actually
August 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Same, I had no idea when I followed him that I’d end up on 40+ blocklists but it’s fine actually
She is a troll seeking engagement
August 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
She is a troll seeking engagement
Solaris is pretty much peak Lem. It was adapted into a couple of movies. Can also recommend The Chain of Chance.
August 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Solaris is pretty much peak Lem. It was adapted into a couple of movies. Can also recommend The Chain of Chance.
God is…what? Or is it intentional, eg “Darkseid is”
August 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
God is…what? Or is it intentional, eg “Darkseid is”
Not many 2nd gen Tacomas still on the road because their frames all snapped in half. Toyota eventually and quietly settled a frame rust class action lawsuit in 2016
July 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Not many 2nd gen Tacomas still on the road because their frames all snapped in half. Toyota eventually and quietly settled a frame rust class action lawsuit in 2016
You could add Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to your table (Argentina, convicted and sentenced in 2022 for corruption) to make it a nice even 32. Powers of 2 are simply more pleasing to the eye
July 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
You could add Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to your table (Argentina, convicted and sentenced in 2022 for corruption) to make it a nice even 32. Powers of 2 are simply more pleasing to the eye
Nick Adams is a joke/troll account
July 11, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Nick Adams is a joke/troll account
They buy it from the US: www.economist.com/finance-and-...
The plasma trade is becoming ever-more hypocritical
Reliance on America grows, as other countries clutch their pearls
www.economist.com
July 1, 2025 at 6:27 PM
They buy it from the US: www.economist.com/finance-and-...
“…the French government is the sole shareholder in a company that owns six plasma centres in America, which pay donors, with the fluid collected available for use in France.”
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
The plasma trade is becoming ever-more hypocritical
Reliance on America grows, as other countries clutch their pearls
www.economist.com
July 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
“…the French government is the sole shareholder in a company that owns six plasma centres in America, which pay donors, with the fluid collected available for use in France.”
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
A lot of people find it offensive because there’s no cause specified and the whole thing feels deterministic. But there are no good counter-arguments and it’s worth understanding, I think
July 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
A lot of people find it offensive because there’s no cause specified and the whole thing feels deterministic. But there are no good counter-arguments and it’s worth understanding, I think