Nostr notes by Sir Ryan Bemrose

Most won't. They'll carry their smugness to their dying ...

2026-10-30T16:23:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…4ary
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Most won't. They'll carry their smugness to their dying day, secure in the knowledge that they were making the world a better place, because a blue-haired second-grade teacher on instagram told them that they were.

Good Night, No Agenda Stream. You served us well. But the ...

2026-10-30T00:59:07Z

Good Night, No Agenda Stream. You served us well.

But the constellation of live shows continues on! We will continue streaming more than a dozen LIVE shows at [Voidzero Community Radio](http://voidzero.stream). Pass the word!

BREAKING: No Agenda Stream is going OFFLINE following NA show ...

2026-10-28T22:44:30Z

BREAKING: No Agenda Stream is going OFFLINE following NA show #1916 tomorrow.

Stay connected with the community. Go to http://voidzero.stream for LIVE shows and quality podcasts!

(Now I've gotta go flog myself for using "BREAKING" in the headline)

It's been time for 15 years, but y'all kept using their ...

2026-10-24T00:51:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…jhr2
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It's been time for 15 years, but y'all kept using their platform anyways

Do not listen to talk of respect for other cultures from those ...

2026-10-19T18:32:52Z

Do not listen to talk of respect for other cultures from those who would see their own destroyed.

Local school board member bans children openly carrying Bibles on ...

2026-10-17T14:12:14Z

Local school board member bans children openly carrying Bibles on campus (presumably because he's worried he and his ilk will burst into flame)

https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1958190413596594176

Now the district has to pay a $275k settlement, which will come directly out of MY stolen property taxes.

This is why I always vote no on school levies, no matter how much "for the kids" propaganda they drag out.

Bill Gates is a significant contributor to climate change ...

2026-10-08T17:51:02Z

In reply to nevent1q…rhc7
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Bill Gates is a significant contributor to climate change propaganda. Eliminating him could cut up to 2% of the globalist agenda.

Indeed. How ever did humans even tie their shoes without having ...

2026-10-08T17:41:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…at7k
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Indeed. How ever did humans even tie their shoes without having an AI around to ask the really obvious questions. I'm surprised humanity survived with only our common sense and thinking skills to guide us.

My local grocery store today had some kind of staffing shortage, ...

2026-10-06T23:35:08Z

My local grocery store today had some kind of staffing shortage, probably a pride parade or something, the upshot of which was that none of the regular checkout lines were open. All that was available was those frustrating self-checkout kiosks where an AI voice with borderline personality berates you for having an extra paperclip on the scale.

I noticed later that the top of the receipt had the text "Your cashier today was Teresa".

No, Albertsons. My cashier today was Ryan. He hates this job, he sucks at it, and I never want him to ring up my groceries again.

> Only reason ... would refuse orders... Whomever made this ...

2026-10-06T15:46:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…p3z0
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> Only reason ... would refuse orders...

Whomever made this meme is an idiot (or more likely a dishonest partisan) if they think this is the "only" reason.

Statistically, it's far more likely to be TDS. Like him or not, Trump Derangement is real, and is a very common reason for otherwise rational people to go against the current administration for no reason other than "Trump".

Bread and circuses, my friend.

2026-10-05T21:09:04Z

In reply to nevent1q…5psw
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Bread and circuses, my friend.

> Or be independently wealthy and not need the job. Hmmm. ...

2026-10-05T20:59:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…3s6p
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> Or be independently wealthy and not need the job.
Hmmm. I'd like to try that. Is there a youtube guide that shows me how?

Or you can leave it blank on the application and make them either ...

2026-10-05T20:45:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…q6t8
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Or you can leave it blank on the application and make them either have that conversation, or reject you outright thus protecting you from entering a deeper relationship with a manipulative company that screws its workers with cheap psychological tricks.

When I was learning to write software, my professor gave this ...

2026-10-05T15:40:19Z

When I was learning to write software, my professor gave this list of characteristics software must have to be considered quality. In order of priority:

1) **Correct**. When given valid input, the software must give correct output.

2) **Reliable**. The software does not fail when given invalid input.

3) **Secure**. The software does not compromise the integrity of its environment.

4) **Maintainable**. Software can be modified in response to requirement changes without having to rewrite it.

5) **Readable**. An educated person familiar with the problem domain should be able to look at the source code and understand how it works.

The number of examples of AI failing to be correct would have been a deal-breaker on the technology just 20 years ago. But modern AI and the software that it produces fail at all five.

FWIW, those instructions are kinda overkill. They read more like ...

2026-09-30T23:33:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…ap8m
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FWIW, those instructions are kinda overkill. They read more like a debugging manual if everything goes wrong.

My chainsaw still uses this old-style 2-stroke engine. Usually the only time I need to go through this much is the first time I try to start it in the spring. Most of the time, the fuel isn't too stale, and the temperature isn't too low, so it turns right over.

1) pump fuel bulb a couple times
2) Switch to choke
3) Pull cord once
4) Switch to on
5) Pull cord until it starts

Skip steps 1-3 if the engine is already warm (like you've been using it already today)

Computerized push-button start has ruined an entire ...

2026-09-30T23:27:49Z

In reply to nevent1q…ap8m
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Computerized push-button start has ruined an entire generation's understanding about how an internal combustion engine works.

I mean, those steps are basically how to start any 2-stroke ...

2026-09-30T23:24:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…vm2j
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I mean, those steps are basically how to start any 2-stroke engine that doesn't have computer chips or electronic timing. Anyone who did yard work in the 1980s knows how to do this.

In every discussion of the rising surveillance state, someone ...

2026-09-30T23:20:16Z

In every discussion of the rising surveillance state, someone always has to argue that "*your cell phone is already spying on you*"; usually in an attempt to downplay or divert any complaints about the nationwide surviellance networks being built around us.

The cell phone argument is false equivalency. Making this argument is disingenuous and intellectually dishonest. You can opt out of being tracked by a cell phone - by removing tracking apps, by keeping the cell radio off, or simply by leaving the phone at home in a drawer. Even if you choose not to exercise this right; even if you are hopelessly addicted to your fondleslab and don't have the willpower to go five minutes without a social media notification, the choice to consent or not still exists.

No opt-out exists when cameras are surveilling the public roads that you have to use in order to exercise your freedom to move about.

This is a non-sequitur. I can (and regularly do) leave the pocket ...

2026-09-30T01:28:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…d3r7
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This is a non-sequitur. I can (and regularly do) leave the pocket device in the drawer when I go out. Where is my opt-out for the ones on poles?

black6 (npub16lg…fzrw) OneEyeKing (npub1qmd…w3y3)

A new credit card arrived in the mail today. It offers three ways ...

2026-09-29T21:01:22Z

A new credit card arrived in the mail today. It offers three ways to activate the card.

First, install our app and ... how about no.

Second, "Visit: website.com/activate". Yeah, let's try that. Oh, look, a redirect from https to http, causing my browser to throw a huge "Don't go here!" warning page. Now normally I think encrypting every webpage is overkill, but for credit card stuff, maybe not.

So I guess I'll take door number 3. Call this 866 number and very slowly and deliberately enunciate two dozen digits to an annoyingly-cheerful AI voice that is so advanced it doesn't even understand when I press the number buttons on my touch-tone phone.

Tell me again how technology keeps making everything easier?

There are only three types of people who vote Democrat: The ...

2026-09-29T19:43:35Z

There are only three types of people who vote Democrat: The corrupt, the stupid, and the fictional.

Unfortunately, America's voter rolls are overrun by all three.

When you live in a society where stealing carries no ...

2026-09-28T03:53:56Z

In reply to nevent1q…ceq2
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When you live in a society where stealing carries no consequences, merchants will take what steps they must to protect their own.

If we go back to cutting the hands off of thieves, we'll see merchants become a lot more trustful of the person on the street.

Patents, like all forms of "Intellectual Property" are ...

2026-09-22T03:53:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…ktm3
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Patents, like all forms of "Intellectual Property" are ultimately a government-granted monopoly on an idea, which is anathema to freedom of thought and expression. If used at all, they should be sparing and very short-lived.

Even the Constitution says as much (Article 1, Sec. 8: "by securing **for limited Times** ... the exclusive Right to ... Writings and Discoveries."

What passes for intellectual property these days is a grotesque perversion of the idea. We would be better off with no intellectual property than with what is enforced today by government at the barrel of a gun.

I called up my credit card company to request a new card, because ...

2026-09-21T22:09:58Z

I called up my credit card company to request a new card, because the previous one finally expired. The AI system was unsurprisingly resistant to putting a human on the line. I tried to explain to it that I have no working card and need a new one issued. The AI cheerfully informed me that since I have no cards, my account would now be closed, and was there anything else it could do for me today?

Fortunately, a string of profanity was able to get the system to transfer me to a human, who was able to sort things out without the destruction of 15 years worth of account trust.

Reminder how all-mail-in voting works in Washington State: 1) The ...

2026-09-19T00:43:40Z

Reminder how all-mail-in voting works in Washington State:

1) The state mails out ballots which arrive a couple weeks before the election.
2) Citizens dutifully fill out their preferences and put the ballot into the mailbox or an unattended drop box.
3) At the end of election day, the Democrat election officials, as directed by the Democrat politicians, announce that the Democrat whom they had preselected to win the election, won the election. There are usually ballot counts attached to these announcements, but system offers no way for the public to verify the veracity of these numbers.
4) Shortly after the election, all mailed ballots are destroyed. Wouldn't want any of that pesky "evidence" laying around, would we?

The system is perfect. No need to muck about with rigged voting machines, or ballot stuffing, or registering illegal aliens and dead people. They just announce the winner they want, and there is absolutely no way anyone can prove them wrong.

Evolution is nondeterministic. For every successful outcome, ...

2026-09-17T09:39:42Z

In reply to nevent1q…jj0n
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Evolution is nondeterministic. For every successful outcome, there's 10,000 failures, and the winner is chosen via survivorship bias. It's possible that modern agriculture is one of those failure cases that just hasn't failed *yet*.

That's less likely for the insects-as-food hypothesis. Bugs have existed on earth for many orders of magnitude longer than modern agriculture.

Bugs have been available for centuries, and they still don't ...

2026-09-17T09:24:02Z

In reply to nevent1q…2ezz
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Bugs have been available for centuries, and they still don't taste good to the human palate. It never even occurs that maybe this is because the human body is not designed to be able to process and live on insect protein.

The hubris of modern people knows no bounds. They think they know better than thousands of years of evolution / intelligent design (take your pick).

She can make as many videos as she wants. What gives her power is ...

2026-09-12T14:00:40Z

In reply to nevent1q…5rrr
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She can make as many videos as she wants. What gives her power is that you keep watching (and reposting) them.

Rules of the road: You yield to the larger vehicle. It used to ...

2026-09-07T21:29:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…57ye
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Rules of the road: You yield to the larger vehicle. It used to just be common knowledge, back before our society became overrun with entitled cluster-B types.

Dealt with exactly this same situation numerous times in a cargo van. A school bus is even less maneuverable.

*"The population exploded and intelligence continued to ...

2026-09-07T15:22:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…secg
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*"The population exploded and intelligence continued to decline. Until humanity was incapable of solving even its most basic problems, like garbage. Which had been stacked for centuries with no plan whatsoever."*

To all of the CEOs who think that AI can replace rank and file ...

2026-09-07T02:46:59Z

To all of the CEOs who think that AI can replace rank and file employees: CEOs can be replaced too.

https://github.com/SenteLabsAI/OpenExecutive

When I was young, I always thought that Labor Day was so named ...

2026-09-07T00:41:44Z

When I was young, I always thought that Labor Day was so named because it came nine months after the holiday season. Labor Day was the day that the expectant moms went into labor, which explains why September birthdays are so common.

Imagine my disappointment when I found out that the holiday was instead about communism.

All of the above. A) John because he's a man. Nuff said. B) ...

2026-09-04T21:59:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…lq9e
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All of the above.

A) John because he's a man. Nuff said.
B) Cindy because she was obviously asking for it the way she's dressed.
C) Ethan because that salt isn't kosher and so he's being antisemitic.

Honey Badger Supreme 🇮🇪 (npub1y5t…uw9t)

Forget the Israel part. I support legislation to block federal ...

2026-09-03T22:09:01Z

In reply to nevent1q…v908
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Forget the Israel part. I support legislation to block federal funding for universities and colleges, full stop.

In fact, even that's too long. I support legislation to block federal funding. Next topic?

Cable TV, professional sports, social media, carrying my phone ...

2026-09-02T22:50:07Z

In reply to nevent1q…c6xv
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Cable TV, professional sports, social media, carrying my phone everywhere... Each time I gave one up because its cost exceeded its value, there was the initial difficult period of addiction withdrawal. Once I got through that, my life was improved.

You're correct that a one-man boycott doesn't send a message to a company. But it does make it Not My Problem anymore, and that's good enough for me. I'm not sure I care about the further enshittification of products that I no longer use; other than the whining from people who are still hooked.

I honestly don't see the downside to walking away from an abusive relationship with a brand. As enshittification continues, one of two things will happen: Either enough people leave and the company will get the message. Or nothing changes, but it doesn't affect me.

The reason that enshittification works is because most of you out ...

2026-09-02T22:08:57Z

The reason that enshittification works is because most of you out there are so hopelessly addicted to the bread and circuses, to the latest gadget, the latest social dopamine injector, or the latest status symbol, that you will put up with almost any level of indignity as long as you get your next hit.

Companies know this. They get away with it. The only way this trend gets better is if y'all start opting out of the product treadmill more often.

Whenever someone complains about surveillance networks like ALPR, ...

2026-09-02T03:13:52Z

Whenever someone complains about surveillance networks like ALPR, there's always some pussy statist apologist coming out of the woodwork with the "But they're already tracking you through your car and your phone..."

Motherfucker, I can leave my phone at home. I can drive an older car without tracking built in. I can put my Elon chip inside a tinfoil bag.

How am I supposed to NOT drive past the panopticon-machine stationed on the PUBLIC road that goes where I need to go?

This is a difference in KIND for the surveillance society. This is a complete REMOVAL of the ability to skip this kind of tracking. Just because YOU have already given up and bent over to being tracked because it was CONVENIENT, doesn't mean that those of us who still care should somehow be DENIED the ability to go about our lives with any semblance of privacy.

One of the most annoying (personally) effects of unrepentant AI ...

2026-08-30T14:48:01Z

One of the most annoying (personally) effects of unrepentant AI scraping is the number of sites turning to CAPTCHAs and other automated means of attempting to separate humans from bots. It doesn't work, of course; AI agents can plow through a CAPTCHA faster than a human can. But that doesn't stop the site operators from breaking accessibility with a bunch of ineffective javascript widgets.

Worse, nobody implements these things in-house anymore. Instead, they're turning to big microservices providers like Cloudflare, putting more and more of the once-open internet under the control of unaccountable corporate mega-gatekeepers.

How is this better when you need angel investors just to afford a ...

2026-08-26T17:43:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…jq9q
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How is this better when you need angel investors just to afford a local video card or a stick of RAM? I certainly can't run the overhyped local LLM of the week. I'm still running games from 2011 on a graphics card from 2013, because I can't get approved for the third mortgage it would take to upgrade.

The anti-datacenter crowd is still needed.

aww, man, and just when @npub1vm3…6nvd almost had me convinced ...

2026-08-26T00:27:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…pvpc
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aww, man, and just when CSB @ na . social (npub1vm3…6nvd) almost had me convinced that Poland wasn't an authoritarian shithole like the rest of the EU.

If AI is as good at finding bugs and exploits as they say, why ...

2026-08-24T19:29:18Z

If AI is as good at finding bugs and exploits as they say, why doesn't someone point it at the US tax code, and package the results in an app?

Thanks to AI, everyone can enjoy living tax-free like the ultra-wealthy!

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2026-08-24T17:35:50Z

Flock Safety: Constitutional Rights Infringment As A Service

Appreciate the sentiment, but I also realize that the post ...

2026-08-22T00:37:06Z

In reply to nevent1q…kd6y
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Appreciate the sentiment, but I also realize that the post doesn't weigh anything. :D

Your monthly reminder to every web designer who completely ...

2026-08-21T20:54:36Z

Your monthly reminder to every web designer who completely rewrites a working site just to take advantage of the latest shiny whizbang javascript framework because they read about it in a trade article:

Accessibility is a thing. Look it up. Spend some time to learn about the well-understood fallback technologies called HTML and CSS.

Not everything has to be dynamically rendered. You can send information in response to a HTTP request, and not just code. The old ways are usually the best ways.

(Added bonus: HTML+CSS is pretty well tested, meaning you won't have to deploy a security patch next month. And the month after that. And the one after that. And ...)

> make this place welcoming to everyone Maybe it's just ...

2026-08-20T21:43:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…x45g
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> make this place welcoming to everyone

Maybe it's just me, but I don't find living in an authoritarian panopticon which forces everyone to aggressively self-censor, raising anxiety and stress of communication lest one inadvertently speak a forbidden incantation and be excommunicated from the cult, to be very welcoming.

#Oversocialization #ProfessorTedWasRight

I'm pretty sure those are power lines, and they're much ...

2026-08-19T03:46:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…lez2
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I'm pretty sure those are power lines, and they're much closer than the clouds. Check to see if they end at vertical wooden poles. 😁

> getting money out of politics How about we get politics out ...

2026-08-18T13:18:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…qj72
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> getting money out of politics

How about we get politics out of politics. As you correctly note, the more power placed in government, the more attractive it is to the corrupt and nefarious. So the obvious solution is not only to avoid a single world government, but to reduce its influence at all levels. Statism is a death cult for civilizations.

"That government is best which governs least."

> Where are all the strong men at? Most of us are taken by ...

2026-08-15T15:10:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…uukp
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> Where are all the strong men at?
Most of us are taken by women not carrying around so much baggage.

Make sure to wear a mask too. And conduct all of your business ...

2026-08-13T21:28:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…amcd
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Make sure to wear a mask too. And conduct all of your business behind a flimsy sheet of plexiglass. And only walk one direction down supermarket aisles.

Because science.

Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to ...

2026-08-13T07:23:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…eqwh
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Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

I fully support this form of protest, and see no downsides to it.

2026-08-13T00:44:07Z

In reply to nevent1q…dc7d
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I fully support this form of protest, and see no downsides to it.

Tor is useless. Not only are most of the exit points compromised ...

2026-08-11T16:11:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…ulqf
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Tor is useless. Not only are most of the exit points compromised by the feds, but we've also moved on past IP tracking to device ID tracking. Why would they bother looking up your IP address when they can go to your OS vendor and ask about every site you've visited and when.

But you're trolling, so I don't expect a rational conclusion to this conversation.

Do you have any clue how much tracking and fingerprinting can ...

2026-08-11T16:01:58Z

In reply to nevent1q…we0y
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Do you have any clue how much tracking and fingerprinting can happen before your first chance to even interact with a page? You're nuts if you think that will save you.

And that's to say nothing of the weekly exploits enabled by JS.

It's completely bonkers to have to enable arbitrary code downloaded from who-the-fuck-knows-where on the internet to execute in the same process where you keep all your bank passwords just so that you can read some text on a page, and everyone in the world is just perfectly fine with this.

Looks like StackOverflow has joined the ever-increasing list of ...

2026-08-11T15:56:01Z

Looks like StackOverflow has joined the ever-increasing list of sites that are completely and intentionally broken if you don't enable Remote Code Execution exploits in your browser.

Damn, and that was a useful one.

replace - www.reddit.com/blahblahblah" with - ...

2026-08-10T20:37:04Z

In reply to nevent1q…cd2s
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replace
- www.reddit.com/blahblahblah"
with
- old.reddit.com/blahblahblah

to make the site usable. It takes you back to the reddit of 2018.

AI is not killing Hollywood. Hollywood is killing Hollywood. AI ...

2026-08-04T01:07:16Z

AI is not killing Hollywood. Hollywood is killing Hollywood.

AI is just a convenient scapegoat, so that they don't have to face their failures.

I can't take AI announcements like this seriously. She ...

2026-08-03T17:39:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…xypt
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I can't take AI announcements like this seriously. She doesn't even get her boobs out.

Yeah, never heard of this guy, but from the video title alone, ...

2026-07-30T17:38:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…7776
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Yeah, never heard of this guy, but from the video title alone, he's totally bought into the hype and just trying to cash in on the FUD fad with a clickbait top 5. Pass.

CSB (mstdn.social) (npub1w50…a67h) Princess Pheonix of The Lotus (npub142a…ccwa) PhoneBoy of The Lotus 🪷 (npub1d85…p88k)

Three dead at a festival yesterday in the far-left communist ...

2026-07-27T23:04:12Z

Three dead at a festival yesterday in the far-left communist shithole known as Seattle. Police have arrested a suspect identified only as a "15-year-old".

Not one news story mentions the suspect's race, which means he definitely wasn't white.

Depending on where you are that day, it'll turn dark for an ...

2026-07-27T14:28:58Z

In reply to nevent1q…6juz
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Depending on where you are that day, it'll turn dark for an average of 12 hours. And you won't see it again until the next day.

Don't buy a car with a "central nervous system" that ...

2026-07-25T15:09:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…5d6s
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Don't buy a car with a "central nervous system" that can be hooked into. The only "radio" that should be in a car is AM/FM.

He should've told her to rub some dirt in it, quit crying, ...

2026-07-25T14:01:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…u44c
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He should've told her to rub some dirt in it, quit crying, and go mow the lawn.

Nate?

2026-07-25T13:55:29Z

In reply to nevent1q…3mmu
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Nate?

I propose we rename vibe-coding to something that better explains ...

2026-07-24T18:33:14Z

I propose we rename vibe-coding to something that better explains the actual process. How about **Dunning-Kruger-based development**?

The first time I ever heard of John C. Dvorak, he had written a ...

2026-07-24T01:02:02Z

The first time I ever heard of John C. Dvorak, he had written a review that absolutely savaged a software product that I had worked on for 18 months. I hated him instantly.

His review was spot-on. But of course that only made me dislike him more.

It wasn't until I saw him on TWiT years later that I gave the man another look. I've been a Dvorak fan ever since.

The frightening thing is that more than half of leftists are ...

2026-07-22T01:14:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…ssfg
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The frightening thing is that more than half of leftists are walking around undiagnosed.

People accuse me of hating AI. Hate is a strong word that implies ...

2026-07-19T20:06:45Z

People accuse me of hating AI. Hate is a strong word that implies a level of emotional involvement that I don't generally give to online things.

I have some measure of disdain for AI. I'll argue against its use when someone suggests an inappropriate application for AI. I make fun at AI's expense. I will absolutely disrespect the people who deify AI.

But hate? Nah, I'm not nearly that invested.

It is with no small amount of wry humor that I listen to the rest ...

2026-07-19T19:04:09Z

It is with no small amount of wry humor that I listen to the rest of the country bitch about the wildfire smoke that we out west deal with for a month out of every summer.

Precisely how my phone is set up. The default ringtone is ...

2026-07-14T20:08:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…4a5v
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Precisely how my phone is set up. The default ringtone is silence. My wife and three other people have custom ringtones.

The Android feature I wanted for ten years was to ring only if the number was in the address book, and go straight to voicemail for numbers that aren't. Though at this point, I don't even want calls from most of my contacts.

I've given up on synchronous interrupt-driven communication. ...

2026-07-14T19:54:18Z

I've given up on synchronous interrupt-driven communication. Notifications off, ringtones silent. When you get 15-20 robocalls a day, it's just not worth answering phone calls - especially from numbers that aren't in the address book.

Anyone who wants to get hold of me needs to leave a message - SMS, voicemail, email - somewhere that I can filter and check later, when I get the energy to deal with the bullshit of a world that wants me to be 24/7 connected.

I think I understand your main point, which is that one ...

2026-07-13T16:19:11Z

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I think I understand your main point, which is that one individual decision by a single person whether or not to subscribe will not move a company's bottom line enough to change their policy. This is usually true. But if the value equation is as egregious as you say, then you will not be the only one. When a large amount of people all independently move away from a product, companies must take notice. This is how an economic market works.

On the other side, the widespread belief that individual decisions don't matter, and people assuming they are powerless, tends to lead to outcomes such as entitlement mindsets and lobbying for government to meddle in the free market.

> The ability to walk away without power or control over the ...

2026-07-13T16:08:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…2tvc
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> The ability to walk away without power or control over the situation is not the same thing as leverage.

That's precisely what it is. If enough people walk away from a shitty streaming service, they either lower prices to entice customers back, or they shut down. There are countless examples of companies doing either one.

Asserting that you don't have leverage implies that the ...

2026-07-13T15:01:40Z

In reply to nevent1q…0wdw
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Asserting that you don't have leverage implies that the decision has been taken away from you; that you are somehow required to watch the sporting events that they are offering at premium prices. This is incorrect. Of course you are free to make your own value judgments to decide whether what they're offering is worth what they're charging to you, but you are in no way forced to watch that content. That decision is still yours, and you have the ability (if not the willingness) to say no.

> we don't have very much leverage when it comes to live ...

2026-07-10T22:45:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…820f
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> we don't have very much leverage when it comes to live sports.

We really really do, actually. You just don't want to give up your addiction to the professional gambling rings who play at gladiatorial spectacle, and that gives them leverage over you.

If your goal is simply to see sporting events, there are alternatives that aren't at the top-tier most-expensive bread-and-circuses level. I follow minor league baseball, where, for about the same cost as a pub night, I can watch the game in person from four rows behind the dugout.

They get a lot of things wrong. They also lie to your face. They ...

2026-07-08T17:53:38Z

In reply to nevent1q…p805
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They get a lot of things wrong. They also lie to your face. They have never had your best interests in mind. It might be time to start thinking for yourself.

They were wrong.

2026-07-08T17:44:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…p6d6
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They were wrong.

The question is no longer "What radicalized you?" The ...

2026-07-08T14:47:25Z

The question is no longer "What radicalized you?"

The question is "Why aren't you radicalized yet?"

@npub145e…kjzl #2hfh Folk Hour Forever! ...

2026-07-05T15:06:45Z

RevDoc phifer [MOzarks] (npub145e…kjzl) #2hfh Folk Hour Forever!

This argument is so tired and overused. Your local Wal-Mart ...

2026-06-29T16:27:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…wz4j
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This argument is so tired and overused. Your local Wal-Mart coupon book also failed to prevent it. Because documents don't have agency. They're not animate. They can't do anything without people acting on them.

People allowed the current system. People failed to prevent it. A document is useless if people don't read it. It's not the Constitution's fault. It's our fault for letting evil people who disregard it into positions of power.

Reminder of the difference between news and propaganda: News ...

2026-06-27T20:48:47Z

Reminder of the difference between news and propaganda:

News tells you what happened.

Propaganda tells you how to feel about it.

It's not the FBI's job to police petty crime within ...

2026-06-16T16:48:49Z

In reply to nevent1q…p9m6
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It's not the FBI's job to police petty crime within cities. Those cities are supposed to have local police to do that. In places where they don't, the first criminals that need to be locked up are in City Hall.

Do you propose that the FBI should start arresting the mayors and city councils of cities who won't police their streets? If so, you've got my vote. But even the most ardent Trump-worshippers should cringe at the idea of a national centralized police force HQ'd in Washington DC and responsible for all policing across the country.

He's got my vote. To which precinct do I send my box of ...

2026-06-10T19:53:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…99jk
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He's got my vote. To which precinct do I send my box of mail-in ballots?

> Your insults only further diminish your integrity here on ...

2026-06-09T21:04:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…fmm6
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> Your insults only further diminish your integrity here on Mastodon.

Says the person who started the conversation with the phrase 'climate denialists'. Projection much? Hypocrisy is after all, one of the founding tenets of Scientism.

OneEyeKing (npub1qmd…w3y3)

At this point, there is no question as to whether the people ...

2026-06-09T03:02:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…4fvm
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At this point, there is no question as to whether the people running the Los Angeles elections are guilty of fraud. The question is whether or not the political will exists to enforce the law. That question is much more up in the air.

sigh In a purely causal, definitional sense, you are correct. ...

2026-06-09T02:59:43Z

In reply to nevent1q…wdqy
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*sigh*

In a purely causal, definitional sense, you are correct. There is not absolute certainty. In real life, that simply doesn't happen. **That standard is reserved for pure logic and mathematical proofs.** So if that's your standard of proof, then you will never elect anyone. You will never convict a criminal. **You will never know anything. EVER.**

However, in this thread, you yourself have used the phrase "**beyond a reasonable doubt**". *That standard has been met.* I've already shown you the numbers which prove that the bounds of uncertainty are so close to zero as to be indistinguishable from absolute certainty within our ability to measure. It is far, far, far beyond any standard of "reasonable doubt" that a fair justice system requires.

You ignored those numbers, and spewed some ignorant talking point about "statistics != proof". Clearly, you doubt the numbers, which tells me that you don't understand the numbers, but the fact remains. **Your doubt is not reasonable.** The standard has been met.

Joel [Minnesota] (npub1r3h…7lk9) Sensei (npub1eyu…43gw) SirCrocky of Cosmic Hi-Country (npub17tr…9dsg)

I don't know why the willful ignorance of political devotees ...

2026-06-08T20:30:43Z

I don't know why the willful ignorance of political devotees still surprises me.

How often an otherwise reasonable-sounding person will demand you prove your points, but when you do, they will not trust or believe that proof - simply because they don't understand it.

I gave someone a mathematical analysis explaining why there is a higher probability that the sun will explode tomorrow killing everyone on Earth than that the numbers being reported by the Democrats of California came from actual American voters. He ignored the entire analysis and said "Yeah, but statistics aren't proof."

People who Believe will scream that there's "no evidence", and will believe their own words because they have no idea what evidence even looks like if they saw it.

And they steadfastly refuse to learn. Because that might challenge their Faith.

> Statistical probability != proof. > do so beyond a ...

2026-06-08T07:56:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…tma4
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> Statistical probability != proof.

> do so beyond a reasonable doubt

Please read what you just wrote again. Thank you.

A vote dump of 23,000 ballots where zero of them are for the ...

2026-06-08T02:22:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…0stj
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A vote dump of 23,000 ballots where zero of them are for the republican is statistically impossible, if the ballots are from legitimate votes. A box of 16,000 ballots, every one of which is for the same Democrat gubernatorial candidate, and NONE of them voted for a single down-ballot candidate, is statistically impossible if those ballots are from real voters.

If you can't accept the statistical argument, is because you don't understand statistics. And your misplaced faith in the democratic process is just that. Faith. A desire to believe a fantasy despite evidence and logic to the contrary.

This widespread faith - the unsupported belief that we aren't being ruled by a cult of psychopathic liars - is exactly the reason that we are.

Sensei (npub1eyu…43gw)

The burden of proof should be on the cheaters to explain how ...

2026-06-08T01:58:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…vwjw
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The burden of proof should be on the cheaters to explain how every election they hold produces a statistical impossibility. They're the ones who intend to certify obviously fraudulent results. That's what it means to certify an election. You're attesting under oath that the count is accurate.

Sensei (npub1eyu…43gw)

> it's what is supposed to happen when the other side is ...

2026-05-20T17:52:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…ryzx
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> it's what is supposed to happen when the other side is voted in

Nothing is "supposed to" happen when the other side is voted in. Republicans and Democrats aren't in the Constitution. They are the stable equilibrium in our first-past-the-post voting system. Plurality voting has the advantage of being easy to understand and administer, but the disadvantage that it inevitably leads to a two-party system. None of this was intended. Nobody ever asked for a permanent "us versus them" dichotomy.

Every conflict that divides 50% along party lines was specifically engineered that way, by people who have something to gain by the nation being divided.

It's a prisoner's dilemma. If one side does the right ...

2026-05-20T17:30:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…htth
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It's a prisoner's dilemma. If one side does the right thing, and the other side acts like corrupt psychopaths, the corrupt side wins.

My comment was suggesting a hypothetical scenario in which we would all be better off if everybody in the dilemma chose "defend". Yours is basically saying "The commies will stab us in the back, so we should stab them first." Sadly, that attitude is more likely to win in the short term, but it's a slippery slope that ends up sacrificing a part of your soul, and eventually the country.

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> he voted against bills because there was something in them ...

2026-05-20T17:19:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…lnjk
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> he voted against bills because there was something in them he didn't like

Imagine if more Congresspeople voted this way. Imagine how much less pork and fraud would make its way into these 10,000 page bills.

Maybe the problem isn't one person voting what he thinks is best for his constituency. Maybe the problem is the other 434 voting the way their party's hivemind demands.

Why am I tagged on this? I see three possible explanations: 1) ...

2026-05-20T16:53:38Z

In reply to nevent1q…7mxf
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Why am I tagged on this? I see three possible explanations:

1) You think I'm a Republican
2) You think I'm in Kentucky
3) You think I'm omniscient

I'm leaning toward number three as the most likely.

Matt Hamilton (npub1gx2…4lmh) BillyBon3s (npub1ll8…2w72) ↯ Klaatu - Some Brave Apollo ↯ (npub135w…4llc)

Debate Pro-Tip: If you are making a rational argument that you ...

2026-05-18T18:31:26Z

Debate Pro-Tip: If you are making a rational argument that you want taken seriously, avoid outing yourself as a mentally disabled 12yo by putting things like "LMAO" at the end of your post.

Do an all Taylor Swift show. It's what the fans want.

2026-05-15T01:00:12Z

In reply to nevent1q…etz3
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Do an all Taylor Swift show. It's what the fans want.

Socialism is a system in which government handouts exceed ...

2026-05-08T23:30:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…qugx
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Socialism is a system in which government handouts exceed economic production. The difference is made up with stolen wealth (hence why socialism only begins in nations that were prosperous under some other system), and always lasts until the pool of wealth is depleted, at which point, the system inevitably collapses on itself.

How long this takes is a function of GDP, starting wealth, and the excess and corruption by the ruling class. The most insidious part is that this often takes a generation or two - long enough for the population to forget how to be self-sufficient.

Some suggested symptoms of mental illness to be included in the ...

2026-05-08T22:03:54Z

Some suggested symptoms of mental illness to be included in the next DSM:

- Trusting the government
- Wearing a mask alone in a car
- Having an AI girlfriend
- Believing that the weather is your fault
- Thinking that socialism can work

And not to be confused with ordnance, which is what we should be ...

2026-05-08T19:19:48Z

In reply to nevent1q…lrv0
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And not to be confused with ordnance, which is what we should be using the next time they decide to impose totalitarianism under the guise of public health.

Technically, an ordinance is a city or county level law. The ...

2026-05-08T19:18:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…fylm
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Technically, an ordinance is a city or county level law.

The others are indeed all fantasies from the spank bank of a would-be tyrant.

He didn't serve three terms, but at this point, I don't ...

2026-05-08T17:09:02Z

In reply to nevent1q…t2a9
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He didn't serve three terms, but at this point, I don't think a rational person can deny that he won three elections.