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Pwn day is a meme gift that keeps on memeing

PHP: Oops, All CVEs! Me: oh man that sucks. so glad I don't need php or have to support it rn. My pfSense box just trying to keep me safe: [ahem] Me: oooo noooooooo!

web developer: oh hey you guys are back early infra: four's haunted web developer: what? infra: *loading a pistol and getting back on the computer* four's haunted

This was such a great answer from Abdul El-Sayed about his previous criticisms of President Obama.

more things should have "I reject the premise" sliders

New thesis statement just dropped. Applicable everywhere, always, at all times.

My next book has a whole section on the psychology behind "People becoming successful by simply lying about already being successful then charging other people to learn their 'secrets' about how to become successful". This would make a perfect case study, but I doubt the legal team will go with it.

“What the fuck is wrong with you?” has gotten me some solid results.

XIII: Let the past die. Kill it if you have to. IX: Somehow, the past returned

Do you remember?

Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.

Somehow Jev has not yet triggered much discussion of cheap, low-latency, general-purpose classification as infrastructure for targeted oppression.

tfw you're so unpopular that people are disgusted by your attempt to bribe them

What I remember was carefully formulating this advice: if you would honor the innocent dead, do so by not adding to their number. No, it didn't work, but at least it's timeless.

Thoughts for a magic system that I don't know where I can use: Magic is, ultimately, the practice of the Language of Heaven. Humans must work hard to master the words of said language. We have only twenty-two words, from a section of scroll stolen from a Divine Messenger.

Begging AI boosters to take one (1) humanities class, part 12,523: "Doubting Thomas" is a person who doesn't take things on faith; who waits until he has evidence to believe. It's only an insult if you're part of a cult, and believe that folks should buy into the hype without evidence, on faith.

There have been so many impeachable offenses, but lying about how you were a hero on a day that 2,753 people died in NYC in the 9/11 disaster—when you were on the other side of town, safely calling local media to brag about how you now had the tallest downtown building—is such a despicable one

Proving Mitch McConnell is alive would be the easiest thing in the world if he were alive.

Sony: Our consoles cost $900+ Me: Oof. That's rough, but everything is expensive. Sony: We're not making physical games anymore. Me: What? Why? Sony: Also, you don't own any digital copies of games you pay for. Me: Is there some kind of massive carbon monoxide leak at Sony HQ?

Check on the wives of the ICE agents being give those gloves. Domestic abuse just leveled up.

I absolutely loved this article. What a fantastic takedown of the bullshittery that is the AI industry. AI does not scale. The returns are diminishing. Line only goes up if it runs on hype and grift. Bc it's a grift run by the amoral sociopathic incel Nerd Reich.

One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.

first issues is based on what happened in Minneapolis yesterday

It seems we need a reminder that the Luddites did not hate technology. The were, in fact, technology experts who objected to the dehumanization and abuse of workers by investors and factory owners through new technologies.

"If you aren't building your own bank robbing robot, you're going to be left behind in the new economy."

Why wait

Every now and then someone takes a run at me along the lines of "I don't understand why you, a scifi writer, don't appreciate 'AI'," and I'm all, motherfucker, it's *because* I'm a science fiction writer I have the positions I have, how many times do we have to fucking yell "torment nexus," my dude

Happy World Tiger Day

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🕯️Manifesting 🕯️

We're gonna find out that an hour ago someone placed a $100,000 Polymarket bet that Mitch McConnell would outlive Lindsey Graham

Well, now that you mention it! #humor #political