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Nerd-About-Town. Co-Host of The Eurowhat? Podcast. he/him. goodatinter.net @eurowhat.bsky.social

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I think this is a great argument, beautifully constructed

06.03.2026 21:20 πŸ‘ 3042 πŸ” 619 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 0

>let claude code fuck with production
>no backups
incredible.

06.03.2026 17:42 πŸ‘ 643 πŸ” 69 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 5
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Today I Will Look The Burrito Man In The Eye and other stories of manifesting success

06.03.2026 15:55 πŸ‘ 10304 πŸ” 1898 πŸ’¬ 106 πŸ“Œ 121
A brown penguin chick of some kind. It looks very much like a man in a suit. It is bedraggled and miserable

A brown penguin chick of some kind. It looks very much like a man in a suit. It is bedraggled and miserable

Made it to Friday but at what cost

06.03.2026 03:24 πŸ‘ 6549 πŸ” 1287 πŸ’¬ 56 πŸ“Œ 92

β€œI was there when it was written” etc etc

06.03.2026 03:58 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A kitchen counter with a cursed square waffle and cursed waffle iron on it with that β€œoptimally packed 17 squares” layout that is deeply unsettling to look at. The outer parts are aligned to a square but there are 7 squares in the middle at various angles and it looks like complete nonsense but it is in fact the most compact way to store 17 squares in a larger square. 

I have no idea where this came from and whoever made it should go to jail.

A kitchen counter with a cursed square waffle and cursed waffle iron on it with that β€œoptimally packed 17 squares” layout that is deeply unsettling to look at. The outer parts are aligned to a square but there are 7 squares in the middle at various angles and it looks like complete nonsense but it is in fact the most compact way to store 17 squares in a larger square. I have no idea where this came from and whoever made it should go to jail.

You may not like it, but this is the optimal way to construct a waffle with exactly 17 squares.

06.03.2026 00:41 πŸ‘ 359 πŸ” 71 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 5

a lot of you haven't rewatched firefly recently and it shows, in the sense that you probably shouldn't rewatch it ever if you want to keep thinking it was good. it was a mass delusion that i also participated in but in my defense i hadn't started reading feminist blogs yet at the time.

05.03.2026 22:04 πŸ‘ 435 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 19
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Kristi Noem on her first day as Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas

05.03.2026 20:23 πŸ‘ 931 πŸ” 215 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 30

Important to remember re: Proton (Mail/other services) is that they have always bragged about being governed by Swiss law in their marketing, but let people assume that Switzerland's famed privacy in banking transactions applies in other realms of civil society.

It firmly and resolutely does not.

05.03.2026 21:21 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

I have a pretty good relationship with my mom, all things considered, but this piece of Katie Gavin's "The Baton" (which likens intergenerational trauma to a relay race) has made me well up every time it comes up on shuffle because my time with her is still finite.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX8p...

05.03.2026 20:16 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Markwayne is actually a noble title, and is the Oklahoma equivalent to "Marquis," and may be passed on at the same time your father gives you his car dealership

05.03.2026 19:56 πŸ‘ 4761 πŸ” 766 πŸ’¬ 83 πŸ“Œ 32

Chotiner: You've made the claim that no one has ever fed you in your life.
My Cat: Maow.
Chotiner: Yet there's food in your dish right now.
My Cat: Maow.
Chotiner: Let's change the subject to the ripped-open bag of sandwich bread on the floor.
My Cat: Maow.
Chotiner: I have read different things.

05.03.2026 06:11 πŸ‘ 2041 πŸ” 421 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 1

Sorry I'm not more open-minded about LLMs, it's just some fucking maniacs shoveled out a bunch of useless bloatware featuring that technology, did not give me any chance to opt out, reorganized the entire economy around it, zeroed out gains made by green energy, and made it impossible to buy RAM

05.03.2026 05:17 πŸ‘ 17272 πŸ” 5731 πŸ’¬ 128 πŸ“Œ 101

les hamentaschen sont pas sucree

05.03.2026 02:42 πŸ‘ 128 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

Apparently not!

05.03.2026 01:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I am once again asking the UK's Eurovision delegation to Just Give MNEK Whatever He Wants to Write/Produce/Possibly Perform The Entry

05.03.2026 01:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"Watch this CEO" oooooh boy, this sentence had better end with "fall out of a hot air balloon"

04.03.2026 21:33 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Good morning! Yes, this is he

04.03.2026 17:25 πŸ‘ 5306 πŸ” 1174 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 33
Headline of a Q&A in New Yorker formatting

Headline: A panicked middle-aged man refuses to tell me directions to the bathroom.

Subhed: Please, I just have to pee. I'm in a hurry.

By Isaac Chotiner
March 4, 2026

Headline of a Q&A in New Yorker formatting Headline: A panicked middle-aged man refuses to tell me directions to the bathroom. Subhed: Please, I just have to pee. I'm in a hurry. By Isaac Chotiner March 4, 2026

Excuse me.

Oh, God. Oh, no. Holy shit. Get away from me.

I was wondering if you knew where the bathrooms are.

Look, I'm ... it's not a crime to scroll through your high school girlfriend's Instagram account. We remained friends after high school! I was at her wedding! It's only natural to see how she's doing.

Excuse me. Oh, God. Oh, no. Holy shit. Get away from me. I was wondering if you knew where the bathrooms are. Look, I'm ... it's not a crime to scroll through your high school girlfriend's Instagram account. We remained friends after high school! I was at her wedding! It's only natural to see how she's doing.

I'm in a bit of a hurry, and I'm afraid that if I choose the wrong corridor, I'll be late for my train.

I think they're down that way, but I'm actually from out of town. Please stop talking to me.

I'm in a bit of a hurry, and I'm afraid that if I choose the wrong corridor, I'll be late for my train. I think they're down that way, but I'm actually from out of town. Please stop talking to me.

Real quick, though. I agree that it's natural to be interested in an old friend, but aren't you afraid about the message you might be sending by liking a picture of her at the beach from 2015?

If that did happen, and I'm only going off your word, it was probably an accident. They put the ... scroll bars or whatever ... close to the thumbs up button. People have been complaining about that for years. I've been complaining about that for years.

Real quick, though. I agree that it's natural to be interested in an old friend, but aren't you afraid about the message you might be sending by liking a picture of her at the beach from 2015? If that did happen, and I'm only going off your word, it was probably an accident. They put the ... scroll bars or whatever ... close to the thumbs up button. People have been complaining about that for years. I've been complaining about that for years.

04.03.2026 19:50 πŸ‘ 2472 πŸ” 498 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 14

As always

04.03.2026 19:43 πŸ‘ 3075 πŸ” 431 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 30
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How do you like THESE apples, Mr. Madame Secretary, Sir?

04.03.2026 15:59 πŸ‘ 283 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 17
Dunkin Donuts - SNL
Dunkin Donuts - SNL YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

had to rewatch this work of art in light of rfk jr's dunkin donuts comments. and also after watching dozens of my comrades walking by my apartment window this winter during full-on blizzards carrying iced dunks in their bare hands www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSvN...

04.03.2026 19:29 πŸ‘ 88 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 2

JUBILEE!

04.03.2026 19:15 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Meta Ray-Bans are a Cybertruck you wear on your face.
www.garbageday.email/p/meta-ray-b...

04.03.2026 18:57 πŸ‘ 234 πŸ” 78 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 6

femeile fac cumpărături!

04.03.2026 18:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am now co-equipment manager for my club and trying to see if anyone else wants to do a very fun road trip where we fly to Fargo, rent a moving van, and go to the curling stone outlet

04.03.2026 18:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

honestly, just put on an official-looking vest, put them on a little cart and say you're here to take them for refinishing

04.03.2026 18:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

mentally trying to picture someone trying to nonchalantly sneak a 42 pound rock out of the arena

04.03.2026 17:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Wheelchair curling drama: 2 rocks stolen from Paralympic venue ahead of competition | CBC Curling drama has arrived at the Paralympics even before the first competition rock has been thrown. Two curling stones have been stolen from the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium.

HERE WE GO, LADS #WinterParalympics

www.cbc.ca/sports/paral...

04.03.2026 17:40 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Saw a thoughtful thread about AI, don't want to QT or argue. But. The biggest rage factor with LLMs is the people who, because genAI is transformative for coding, think it's transformative for everything else, because they devalue every other form of work and labor and knowledge.

04.03.2026 15:24 πŸ‘ 2251 πŸ” 353 πŸ’¬ 83 πŸ“Œ 67