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Failed academic, software developer, cat person, parent of children, maker of pizza, pro-library partisan, Guardians enthusiast, skeptic of your philosophical system

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Guys have built multi decade careers as wrestling heels simply by pretending to be Pete Hegseth

06.03.2026 16:37 πŸ‘ 107 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Vibe coding broke people's brains because they had a bad understanding of the software design process.

The pop culture model goes something like this: start out with a sketch and then render that same idea in progressively finer detail.

So when tools could "skip" to high detail, people went WOW.

06.03.2026 16:19 πŸ‘ 282 πŸ” 57 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 13

Thread:

06.03.2026 17:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think a lot of us never knew any of that in the first place.

They don't cover that stuff on the evening news or in high school history class.

And, as you say, they didn't care. Didn't care enough to learn, didn't care enough to see the point in caring.

06.03.2026 17:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You’re right , I just..

I don’t think they’re β€œforgetting”

I think they don’t care and didn’t want to make the full changes needed to sustain

06.03.2026 17:46 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

That's not true, but this would be a good place to insert the "Undertaker steel cage" copypasta meme if I knew all the words but I don't want to google them right now.

06.03.2026 17:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I had to move kind of far from my job because I got priced out of the rental market and now I might not be able to afford the gas needed for the commute. Fun.

06.03.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I want this to be law on a national level.

06.03.2026 17:34 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Definitely worth reading, as is the quoted article.

06.03.2026 17:10 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

At the point you are handing canvassers a script for what to say if they are asked about your Nazi tattoo, is the point you really should be ending your campaign.

06.03.2026 16:35 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Since my immune system decided to attack my body, I've been taking drugs to suppress it. So you'd better believe I got my titers checked (and fortunately, I'm still immune to measles).

06.03.2026 15:56 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Adverb as editorial.

06.03.2026 16:06 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They really thought their government would just collapse into chaos if khamenei were removed the way our government would if Trump were.

06.03.2026 13:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Also the computer companies didn't pay enough bribes.

06.03.2026 13:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

During the actual Cold War the idea of integrating computers into decision making was seen as kind of terrifying? People did it, but with a healthy dose of trepidation and awareness that surrendering control was too dangerous.

But if the computer kisses your ass enough, that’s all it takes.

06.03.2026 12:27 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous β€˜Stop Cop City’ Protester A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the ...

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05.03.2026 20:41 πŸ‘ 2705 πŸ” 1476 πŸ’¬ 85 πŸ“Œ 379

Not getting into the Discourse but there's a reason why every company worth the name hires professionals to talk to heir user/consumer base and don't allow every employee to go B2C and tell the public what they really think of them and maybe the folk running this app should consider that

06.03.2026 01:32 πŸ‘ 278 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

It is 2026 and we are not fucking doing this anymore. EIGHT WOMEN came forward and told stories of Franken GROPING AND FORCIBLY KISSING THEM. The man was a sexual abuser. He did not and does not belong in congress. Fucking period. End of conversation.

06.03.2026 00:02 πŸ‘ 2257 πŸ” 429 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 19
A black cat loafing in front of a grey braid of yarn

A black cat loafing in front of a grey braid of yarn

a baby

06.03.2026 03:06 πŸ‘ 59 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

When my oldest was maybe 5 he asked me what the difference between brave and bold was and I was never in my life less prepared to answer a question.

Including when my mom asked "So are you two having sex?" about my first girlfriend.

06.03.2026 02:55 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I mean, my cat was named ZoΓ«. I'm not going to judge you.

06.03.2026 02:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I dunno. I watched all of Revenge of the Sith, too, and I don't think it was because the acting was so compelling.

It was more ... that it felt like an obligation. Which... yeah.

06.03.2026 02:43 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They did .

06.03.2026 01:52 πŸ‘ 196 πŸ” 64 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

I know when I want good advice for democrats, I go to Rahm Emmanuel and the Wall Street Journal who definitely have their best interests at heart.

06.03.2026 02:38 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I agree with all of this, but also it hadn't occurred to me yet that they might have to give him money.

I guess I assumed they would only do it at all if they had the rights free and clear.

( I still, to be clear, would rather they not, either way. Because, as you say, best left in the past.)

06.03.2026 02:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

look if folks are wanting to produce a show about a ragtag crew in a big scary universe I have some suggestions that won't involve giving a shitty dude money for the privilege of revivifying something best left in the past

06.03.2026 01:58 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4

The biggest problem with this service is how much they absolutely loathe their entire userbase except for the handful of semi-famous people who hang out here.

They would trade me and you and 99% of our followers for a Nate Silver or Tim Pool.

06.03.2026 01:02 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They're spending so much time talking to one another and LLM's that they've forgotten how to communicate like normal human beings with normal human beings. There is a Bluesky echo chamber, but it's amongst the workers, not the users.

06.03.2026 00:48 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

BECAUSE HE WAS SUPPOSED TO

FOR THE LOVE OF THE FATHER THE SUN AND THE HOLY ICED HONEY BUN

Yes doing the thing that repairs harm and actually disconnects from power is a rare

THAT IS THE PROBLEM

06.03.2026 00:52 πŸ‘ 190 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0