Rich Cheng

RIP to this man. This is a really powerful 62 seconds of video.

Had this idea in lockdown, half-built it, forgot about it, remembered it again, though might as well finish it.

Will “The Lean proof that OpenAI provided isn’t the same as their printed proof, so who knows if any of it is actually right” get as much publicity as the original PR, I wonder. The final 20% is 80% of the work. Whether it’s a website, a Photoshop knock-off, or a Millennium prize problem

The 32nd IFComp is in full swing. Two more weeks left to play and judge this year's delightful games! And hey, why not consider donating to the Colossal Fund?? It's a cash prize pool for the top entries! ifcomp.org

Some good reminiscin’ in the ensuing thread

how am I gonna explain to my therapist that 149,000 people on twitter want me dead

Time to log in and read the thoughts of people I've chosen to follow and, curiously, the thoughts of people I was specifically trying to avoid

"the author of that harry potter story leads an insane cult that's captured much of the media in this country" is a different person if you're in the UK or the US

Global data centre investment has already surpassed solar PV, and will soon surpass all renewable investment combined sf-asset-manager.s3.amazonaws.com/97637/1139/8...

throng.cee.wtf i've invented a new way to browse bluesky

Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts.

Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe.

This wasn’t just a chat bot helping or encouraging a mass shooter. Humans at the company knew and told no one.

Even if you already know they do this shit, it’s absolutely fucking _wild_ that they’ve just put it out as a finished product that is basically screaming at the user how bone-chillingly creepy it really is.

all around the world, over the course of many years, a bunch of white street and parking lights slowly turned blue/purple, when a special yellow phosphor coating that turned blue light into white gradually delaminated. nobody knew this defect would happen, it just took time. i think that's beautiful

The world's most notorious custard-pie thrower is dead. What an obituary. He got Bernard-Henri Lévy seven times.

Whoever decided to promote Coyote vs Acme by letting Wile E do an AMA using only signs deserves all the praise.

I am thrilled to announce the release of my latest Elite hack: Two-player Elite for the #BBCMicro This is the original 1980s Acornsoft Elite, but with split-screen, two-player, deep-space combat See the thread for links, downloads and details (1/10) #retrocomputing #retrogaming #elitedangerous

🎉 The 32st Annual #IFComp is live! 71 new interactive fiction entries are ready for you to play and judge. (You only need to rate 5 to cast a ballot!) Dive in at ifcomp.org/ballot!

Well then what's the problem

When I used to write for The Guardian, every time I wrote the word “meow” the editors would change it to “miaow”. It used to really get on my wick. Don’t try to make my cats sound like your upper middle class London cats, you fuckers. My cats did not go to your posh cat schools. They say “meow”.

Things To Do With Potatoes Throw a potato on the ground behind a stranger, then say "Excuse me, you've dropped your potato!". If they deny ownership, pull another potato from your pocket, saying "Well it's definitely not my one". Hide a potato in a pair of shoes at a bowling alley.

Who had the NBA Dunk of the Year? 💥

My wife wanted me to try her gluten-free ramen so she extended a fork full of them towards me. I put my hand under them, as one does, so they didn't drip on the table and she dumped the pile of noodles onto my palm, like that's what I wanted, with complete confidence. I love my wife.

I appreciate the dedication to security, #Apple, but I’m not sure if I’m still going to *want* to use my iPad 1 in… uh… 56 years?!

Omg why is this so funny?! (Also… the ensuing thread! It’s been a long time since I’ve laughed so much.)

We should invent a kind of canceling where the guy goes away

It's close, but if *everyone* who voted against Farage in Clacton votes for Count Binface, the funniest thing could happen

America: "We'll adopt renewables when China sorts out its emissions" China:

I messed up my latte art and accidentally made a Hollow Knight tribute.

This is beautifully edited and it made me tear up to think about the inner life of our pets and their ability to enjoy beauty, but it's also likely that she does this because she found a piece of chicken there five years ago

Londoners, there is a webpage for you to see where your nearest "cool spaces" are when the extreme heat hits - places with water, air-conditioning & shade. Have a look and spread the word, especially to those who may need this but might not think to look for it: apps.london.gov.uk/cool-spaces/

Earlier this year I wrote a thing about "The Collective Power Of Human Troubleshooting", aka people getting solid help on reddit in this age of AI search results, and I think I just found an even better example...

It will never stop being funny to me that the street fighter subreddit has a much better, well reasoned ai policy vis a vis literally all universities.

one anecdote: I was searching for a link to one of my old papers on Google, and the automated Gemini summary attributed all of my lab's work to my husband

Happy Pride to this Caravaggio self-portrait that made one man so gay he had to go to the hospital

Life goal: Get a plaque this good

A List of Things Eaten by Scientists 🧵