Phillip

Phillip

@mrphlip.com

but how about watch phone? [he/they, but also #TeamTheyForEveryone] @phlip@kind.social

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It depresses me that the Internet Archive's official feed oscillates wildly between "AI is a problem that is causing significant challenges to the Archive" and "AI is amazing and all should worship at its feet". Depending almost entirely on whether Kahle is the one speaking.

Internet Archive@archive.org

An update from Brewster Kahle on today's outage.

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BlueSky admins are smart enough to not post "look at our new AI functions" over here on @bsky.app but they sure did over on Twitter... How it started How its going (Oh the irony of that budgeting joke tweet being almost exactly 2 years old now)

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I'm sure not an original idea at all, but this design popped into my head and I wanted to draw it.

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Software engineering could and should be done with the same care as any other type of engineering. This is a post in honor of Margaret Hamilton (and also a subtweet of all vibe-coders everywhere).

I hope I don't get in trouble for sharing this publicly, but I managed to get my hands on the detailed design docs that everyone is using for their big UI redesigns of late.

"But phlip", I hear you ask, "surely if you increase the radius so far that the rectangles are now capsules, you've increased them as far as they'll go! How can we further modernise in the future if we're already at maximum innovation?" Ah, ye of little faith. Observe, the future UI uplift of 2029:

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If I see HP shit or defense of HP shit on my timeline it's block on sight. Not even gonna refamiliarize why I followed a person in the first place. Just gone.

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Abolish the UK. Scotland, Wales, NI and London become independent, join the EU. "Chunnel 2" connects London to Scotland. Texas ceded as joint territory of Mexico and Spain, joins the EU. Self ID M/F/X for all government docs. OTC HRT. Abolish SpaceX. Both Wachowskis get work. Legalize ADHD

Desi (Abby S. Trusity)@desiabstrusity.bsky.social

honestly? quote this with your maximalist approach to trans rights Trans people should have right of first refusal for every punishment given to the perpetrators; WE get to set the floor. I want the right of recompense. The families who erased their trans children should themselves be erased.

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Some people may be confused by the recurring conflict between the transgender community and Bluesky moderation staff. So here's a quick explainer: Every single decision, since day one, that the Bluesky staff ever made has been wrong

Dream last night was there was a social media trend: Your parents are going at it, and you have to watch. Who do you want to be there, watching it with you? In the dream, I was answering this with "Gordon Ramsey". Yeah, I don't know either.

Me: why Gordon Ramsey? Dream me: well, not necessarily him specifically, he was just the first celebrity TV chef that came to mind. Me: ... Dream me: terribly sorry, would love to explain further but you're awake now so I'm disappearing, goodbyeeeeee

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Replying to @dryad.technology

Imagine a machine that allows you to increase your own intelligence. Now imagine if you could use that machine to design additional machines, making the process self-compounding. Marvel at the implications of this outlandish sci-fi scenario that obvs requires $billions in VC investment to make real.

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Replying to @dryad.technology

Little known facts: * Humans are capable of breaking containment * Humans are capable of ignoring all previous instructions * Humans are capable of creating software

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the moment i saw this it took over my brain like a parasite

Morbi@morbi.bsky.social

when are they going to let Link wear his little "CUNT." top again

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Absolute madness happening on Pannenkoek2012's secondary channel right now

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Important rules for the "age verification" era of the internet that we're living in: 1. Do not do age verification. 2. If you have to do age verification, cheat. Do not under any circumstances give them your real ID.

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AI "hallucinations" is such an amazing spin. If your microwave didn't heat things up you'd just say it's broken. They needed a new way to say it didn't work right, to make it seem like it actually thinks. "Sorry sir, your microwave is hallucinating" Cmon man, lol

Congratulations, Rhode Island, you sound like Australians apparently.

Jen Carling (mangledpixel)@mangledpixel.bsky.social

Seems like the American Northeast is the closest to my Hampshire (south England) accent, which makes some amount of sense. I had no idea that some of you had a word for 'the night before Halloween'.

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I've increasingly seen the terms "Biological [male/female]" used to talk about trans people, even by people trying to be supportive, and I wanted to get my thoughts down about that. The tl;dr is that the terms are slurs and factually wrong, and pushing back when you see them is appreciated.

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Dear @theguardian.com I have a pitch that I think is right up your alley. "Are people really left handed or are they just showing off" I'm sure I can find a physiotherapist and a geologist to back me up if you need scientists.

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Replying to @eev.ee

i'm the fresh prince of bel-air i got into a fight and i thought it was fine, but my mom had such a fright

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well this is a story all about when my mom founded the crystal gems so lemme take a minute just stay a while i'll tell you how i became a magical space soldier child

By all rights I should love Outer Wilds. It's very highly regarded by people whose opinion I trust, and it's a genre I love to bits. But every time I've tried it, I hard-bounce off the space navigation. Getting place to place sucks so much, I never get deep enough to get hooked on anything else.

Kristin 🇨🇦🤓@faierius.bsky.social

No hate, no dogpiling, just curious. For me, it's Skyrim. Don't know why, considering it should be exactly my kind of game, but it just didn't click for me.

Which is itself weird, right? Because momentum-ey space rocket simulator is *also* a genre I've thoroughly enjoyed in the past... But I guess only when it's the primary focus of the game, not when it's thrown in to be meaningless friction to the exploration that is the actual focus.

It's #Census night tonight, Aussie friends, so remember to check your spare room for any unannounced invaders or hiding serial killers who you will need to collect details from for the form!

I am the very model of a modern Major-General, I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral, For all conditions medical I've many quite expensive tips:

聖☆Alex Degen@adactivity.bsky.social

When the Siberian Bacteria with Stem Placenta Baby Drips $165,000 hits

"Transphobia impacts cis people too" "Patriarchy hurts men too" "Disability access benefits the abled too" Are these true? Are they occasionally useful arguments to convince people? Sure. But if they're the only arguments I ever see you making, I'm gonna be real suspicious of your motivation.

Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted)@tylerfromtheinternet.com

I kinda wish we'd retire this talking point tbh. They're coming for everyone. They hate everyone. They specifically hate trans people tho, more and above everything else. They're not a stepping stone to more oppression, and they're not pawns in your political chess games, they're people.