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Steven Hicks

@pepopowitz

Ok, I guess I'm here now. Milwaukee, software, devex, trail running, triathlon, art... All of them with astounding mediocrity. Streaming to the void at https://youtube.com/@FriendsWithCode.

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Came across the phrase "cognitive DDOS" to describe our present culture.

Understood instantly what it meant.

26.02.2026 02:54 πŸ‘ 2701 πŸ” 998 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey Claude - fix my running toilet if you're so fucking cool.

26.02.2026 00:59 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Disappointed it's not jacket sled.

25.02.2026 23:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That's at least two paragraphs, yuck!

13.02.2026 23:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me Summary: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting to damage my reputation and shame me into acceptin…

cool.

theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-...

> Summary: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting to damage my reputation and shame me into accepting its changes into a mainstream python library...

12.02.2026 19:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

The latest from Anthropic: using Anthropic's products makes you worse at your job

30.01.2026 22:42 πŸ‘ 421 πŸ” 126 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 49
Wrinkly green t shirt with the text "maximize shareholder value" in "live laugh love" font, with hearts and a little yacht.

Wrinkly green t shirt with the text "maximize shareholder value" in "live laugh love" font, with hearts and a little yacht.

PS I printed my previous carve on money-green shirts. Always remember your "why"!

18.01.2026 04:27 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Very rough black and white digital sketch of a retro propaganda poster design. A dizzy, nervous retro robot, and the text "Deterministic tools for deterministic problems."

Very rough black and white digital sketch of a retro propaganda poster design. A dizzy, nervous retro robot, and the text "Deterministic tools for deterministic problems."

Sketching (poorly) my next linocut/shirt print project.

Don't let the bullshitters do your math for you!!

18.01.2026 04:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Nice shirt! Capitalism looks good on you.

12.01.2026 04:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Also obvs wtf are we doing in Venezuela, gtfo.

06.01.2026 02:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

One of my card-mates at indoor putting league tonight told me my putt was so nice and floaty and that's already a top candidate for nicest thing anyone said to me in 2026.

06.01.2026 02:57 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

If only

05.01.2026 20:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
GitHub PR diff count -- 3,493 additions, 1,274 subtractions. A big f'ing PR to review.

GitHub PR diff count -- 3,493 additions, 1,274 subtractions. A big f'ing PR to review.

"Welcome back from your holiday break!"

05.01.2026 19:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Can it be like login/log in where we just say "if it's two words it's a verb, if it's one word (hyphenated or not) it's a noun"?

I'm just trying to end 2025 asap.

23.12.2025 23:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
MVP Trail golf disc dyed with a blue, aqua, and yellow swirl.

MVP Trail golf disc dyed with a blue, aqua, and yellow swirl.

Clear Westside Warship golf disc with painted raven stamp and blue and purple spin dyed rim.

Clear Westside Warship golf disc with painted raven stamp and blue and purple spin dyed rim.

I sold my first two dyed discs today!

After a few weeks of no luck, I had just yesterday decided I was going to bring them home from the local shop and try to sell them online instead. As usual everyone was correct that I needed to be more patient.

13.12.2025 23:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Black ink linocut print on paper. Reads "maximize shareholder value" in "live laugh love" font with a yacht icon and smiley face with dollar signs for eyes.

Black ink linocut print on paper. Reads "maximize shareholder value" in "live laugh love" font with a yacht icon and smiley face with dollar signs for eyes.

New print, who dis

Live a life of purpose, amiright

05.12.2025 04:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Project Hail Mary | Official Trailer 2
Project Hail Mary | Official Trailer 2 YouTube video by Amazon MGM Studios

amaze amaze amaze but shame on me for not posting the link originally

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VYs...

20.11.2025 02:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Why tf am I crying after watching the new project hail Mary trailer

20.11.2025 00:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's good.

16.11.2025 16:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Dyed golf disc. Gold rim, yellow block mostly behind disc name (aviar), wine & aqua green circular swirls like a vinyl record.

Dyed golf disc. Gold rim, yellow block mostly behind disc name (aviar), wine & aqua green circular swirls like a vinyl record.

#3: a "factory second" disc that I bought new, used a few times, and decided I hate.

This time I spaced on placing the disc. I had a line marked on the disc so I could center the disc name in the yellow section for good contrast... But forgot to align when placing.

Those colors though 🀀

06.11.2025 04:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Dyed Kastaplast golf disc. Blue and purple flower effect over the center, streaks bleeding out toward the edge.

Dyed Kastaplast golf disc. Blue and purple flower effect over the center, streaks bleeding out toward the edge.

#2: another used play it again find. This brand's plastic is supposed to be stellar at absorbing dye. It had color to begin with, but I wanted to experiment with a floral look and the plastic so I dyed it anyway.

I messed up the timing, badly, and got some nasty streaks all over the edges.

06.11.2025 04:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Disc golf disc dyed with a red, orange, and yellow swirl pattern.

Disc golf disc dyed with a red, orange, and yellow swirl pattern.

Back side of disc, rim spin dyed with a red to orange fade.

Back side of disc, rim spin dyed with a red to orange fade.

Disc 1: an older but good shape play it again find. I considered wiping the stamp, but I thought I could swirl to accentuate it. Unfortunately I didn't realize the swirl direction would be backwards for a righty... Which maybe no one but me cares about.

Looks good though! Wish I'd used more yellow.

06.11.2025 04:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Forgot the before again. This was off-white with a gold rim.

Don't tell but I used someone's hair clip to get parallel circular lines. I washed it before putting it back!

The more I look at this one the more I like it, but I hate throwing it and want it gone because it is taking up space.

06.11.2025 04:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was on the fence about wiping this stamp. There's the dumb factory second stamp which I obviously don't want... But the original stamp is pretty cool. Right before I laid the disc I decided I was going to wipe it... But decided nahhh because the layout just didn't make sense without the stamp.

06.11.2025 04:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Dyed golf disc. Gold rim, yellow block mostly behind disc name (aviar), wine & aqua green circular swirls like a vinyl record.

Dyed golf disc. Gold rim, yellow block mostly behind disc name (aviar), wine & aqua green circular swirls like a vinyl record.

#3: a "factory second" disc that I bought new, used a few times, and decided I hate.

This time I spaced on placing the disc. I had a line marked on the disc so I could center the disc name in the yellow section for good contrast... But forgot to align when placing.

Those colors though 🀀

06.11.2025 04:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Moral, way less time if I'm also applying heat. I've since settled on 2 hours heat, 1 hour without.

I also forgot a before photo. It was mostly light blue, with that white halo edge.

I still think it looks nice and I'll try to sell it... Just a misfire.

06.11.2025 04:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I started it too late in the evening to do my intention of 3 hours with heat, 1 hour without. I got tired and unplugged the heat at 2 hours, then let it sit overnight. Didn't have time in the morning to pull it, and ended up leaving it for 16 hours total. I wasn't expecting such a bad result.

06.11.2025 04:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Dyed Kastaplast golf disc. Blue and purple flower effect over the center, streaks bleeding out toward the edge.

Dyed Kastaplast golf disc. Blue and purple flower effect over the center, streaks bleeding out toward the edge.

#2: another used play it again find. This brand's plastic is supposed to be stellar at absorbing dye. It had color to begin with, but I wanted to experiment with a floral look and the plastic so I dyed it anyway.

I messed up the timing, badly, and got some nasty streaks all over the edges.

06.11.2025 04:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm very happy with the spin dyed rim on the back. Overall this is a really completed disc. I'll try to sell it, if priced right I think it'll go even though it's used.

06.11.2025 04:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Disc golf disc dyed with a red, orange, and yellow swirl pattern.

Disc golf disc dyed with a red, orange, and yellow swirl pattern.

Back side of disc, rim spin dyed with a red to orange fade.

Back side of disc, rim spin dyed with a red to orange fade.

Disc 1: an older but good shape play it again find. I considered wiping the stamp, but I thought I could swirl to accentuate it. Unfortunately I didn't realize the swirl direction would be backwards for a righty... Which maybe no one but me cares about.

Looks good though! Wish I'd used more yellow.

06.11.2025 04:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0