2026-10-28T14:46:14Z https://nostr.now Haunted Agent of the Deep State (Spook) https://nostr.now/npub1qe0rglv3jju0mdvvxupgxn9s3c38449u77g9xnnd88zthc0kt47q3az09g https://media.mas.to/accounts/avatars/109/343/186/833/683/222/original/048b4a974879697a.jpg https://media.mas.to/accounts/avatars/109/343/186/833/683/222/original/048b4a974879697a.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfeslufucdvftz9ca4254vstycm056nljmgqwse3anjfxv82crp2czyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhc90ylrp Y&#39;all backup your old USB drives.<br/><br/>I just found my old music stick from when I used to DJ is pretty fucked up, so a bunch of files are inaccessible. I guess flash drives aren&#39;t expected to last forever, and this one got beat up pretty good, but nonetheless, if it were something actually important, I&#39;d be pretty sad/mad about it. In this case, it&#39;s songs I can buy again (a lot of it came from eMusic when eMusic was different, so I can&#39;t just download them again) and Mixxx playlists I don&#39;t care much about. 2026-10-27T05:23:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2hr5tdqfn7svwkrfhx2pxggfm3n2pxmya4658m667jeku3re48tszyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhc80pfa3 There&#39;s an interesting thing I&#39;ve noticed about myself with the onslaught of hard-to-read AI prose seemingly everywhere. I am historically a rules lawyer (in my head, not out loud) about grammar and spelling, silently judging folks for ugly or clunky prose. AI writing has softened my position on this issue. LLMs write with excellent grammar, but they have no intention, so they can&#39;t ever really get to the point. They don&#39;t want anything, so there is no point to anything they say. They are generally bad writers because of it.<br/><br/>My fixation when reading now is on whether there is a clear point, something the author wants me to get, not whether the grammar is nice or the spelling is good.<br/><br/>I think this is telling me that I, and you, shouldn&#39;t use AI even to edit and definitely not to write. I suspect it makes your writing worse even while making it more grammatically defensible to an English teacher. 2026-10-24T22:44:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs00htf8t4jylx9gsht2p33nu7zaav4xvzqf5tha4l0pc4w6gmpfcczyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhc9ur5ha In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx4tzmgazmd23u87mef9f5xmv777qxnhxd3fwyk4eqqndyqgnjmts4cdx2w'>nevent1q…dx2w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I hope it means we&#39;ll begin to solve problems previously intractable. If one applies a year of daily effort to a problem using traditional programming methods, you can get pretty far and do pretty cool things. Perhaps multiplying the fruits of that effort by 3x or 4x or more opens doors to far more ambitious projects. I&#39;ve certainly embarked on projects I wouldn&#39;t have attempted before, due to lack of free time.<br/><br/>But, I fear what people want from software is changing to a degree where I simply don&#39;t understand what it looks like.<br/><br/>Does it matter if I make a really cool synthesizer plugin if people just want to tell Suno &#34;make me a song&#34;? Or, even, does it matter if I spent six months working on something, refining the UI/UX, testing different algorithms, analyzing, etc. when it can then be cloned in a weekend by someone wielding a model?<br/><br/>It&#39;s a fun super power. But, it has implications we haven&#39;t even begun to reckon with. 2026-10-15T17:39:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxgqfsjuk49tclutzuph4wwx48pp20neaelqr9qkzeuemdatvk9jszyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhc272y6f Watched Backrooms, and...I don&#39;t understand. 2026-10-15T05:09:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswrjh5ncsqw2tjm0x9kjl7duhs47kvw3cquhj6ta5kgvtscumhk9szyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhc2d6ygc Computers are so stupid now. Sometimes my new build just decides it needs to learn about the RAM and won&#39;t boot for several minutes. I don&#39;t even know what that means or why it takes several minutes. Just a code on the motherboard and a blank screen. 2026-10-13T22:52:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8g298pecwr3dtt8hzsy2gzlnak7gnye5fuzgq67678ndg6y7as3szyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcwghzez I&#39;ve been in this house for coming up on six years, and I don&#39;t smoke and no one has smoked in the house since I&#39;ve been here, but I still occasionally catch a whiff of old cigarette smoke. 2026-09-20T18:05:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgm5ez7d0p27v26nxhtkn4rdectpae75p3x8646r07dmj90kg2ueqzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhchd9vg4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszxjjt6rhpl7ktvhngs8hahm9ehr82vw3l05ee0vf9xj9pkl9v6dqaqhzl2'>nevent1q…hzl2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was hoping to retire my Zojirushi, as it&#39;s beaten all to hell. I&#39;ve had it for about three decades and it&#39;s made a million perfect bowls of rice. I guess I just need to buy another one. But, my counter space situation is dire. 2026-09-19T03:20:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0dag20rw4r0tzwjkefw89calwvjq6kyjeullefx75vkjdjtuudrqzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhc2pcnc9 Friends don&#39;t let friends make rice in an Instant Pot. I keep trying, and I keep getting inedible mush. Fucking terrible. I once tried cutting the water and it came out with uncooked centers. 2026-09-19T03:18:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs94g32jzpw7sc07aw744c7peus8l96j6g7puvldgu5vwm70gfn04czyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcqjarky It&#39;s terrible when someone with really bad opinions is smart about some things. 2026-09-17T22:09:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsydydq7dl75w25esfalq0fhgr2seu3fq90e886yzwmm20jcsef38szyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcsx9p9w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsflp99mcavd5cwa3grkud73qex7re5lwla5hz40679j0xpq3m8nhge6sarh'>nevent1q…sarh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the amount of money a Mastodon instance raises is almost always below what it costs to run, and it&#39;s never going to approach the level of &#34;corrupting&#34;.<br/><br/>Y&#39;all getting all het up over a few hundred bucks is absolutely wild. 2026-09-13T17:11:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8w5lvj3h9k4sljdld42tdajsnlf4lr0eacq9krngc2weu74j23zszyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcnefn5k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswdmuaxvks7d9vqvgeyhr4juyrr6hkuq54d5z869qm89r5j46wrrqrxjqlr'>nevent1q…jqlr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There are two kinds of people: the kind that says, &#34;there&#39;s no such thing as a bad dog&#34;, and the kind that has known a husky. 2026-09-10T07:23:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswdmuaxvks7d9vqvgeyhr4juyrr6hkuq54d5z869qm89r5j46wrrqzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcccedcl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2dcsc372ndc93eha7sytj7gcmctf38k56gd6m5v5vmqvp97mgs5s69le5e'>nevent1q…le5e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Huskies have no chill. Exhausting creatures. 2026-09-09T18:46:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2dcsc372ndc93eha7sytj7gcmctf38k56gd6m5v5vmqvp97mgs5szyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcyfkzlh Another fucking stray that I&#39;ve gotta be responsible for because if I don&#39;t nobody else will. She&#39;s terrible at having her picture taken and is confused by other dogs. I guess I&#39;ll have to log into nextdoor in the morning. I hate nextdoor people, but maybe there&#39;s a rescue that&#39;ll take her in so she doesn&#39;t have to go to the shelter. I&#39;ll get her checked for a chip, but I have a 0% success rate doing that. In this neighborhood all the loose dogs are strays.<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/117/240/341/535/548/705/original/588b48f0a75e8971.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/117/240/342/211/256/350/original/8a42b1732156a065.jpg"> <br/> 2026-09-09T09:27:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsduku7ntr7fnqhvgjnskz4rvx5q5sc9rchkwdch85hslumehnmctczyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhczdvp67 Actual picture of Trump from yesterday. Is he entering his goth era? What is happening on his head?<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/117/221/751/205/131/624/original/92cda0459c850207.webp"> <br/> 2026-09-06T02:33:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2ahs26vd3arh4njvv2xmfddyr57cw6vunux0nyn6ux273ahvfkmqzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhc43jzd7 I complain about the septua/octogenarian Democratic party all the time, but if we&#39;re picking between a middle aged moderate who obviously wants to compromise with criminals and fascists and an old as fuck brawler who&#39;ll stand up for everyone, it&#39;s gonna be the old-timer. 2026-09-02T01:39:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2g83ranpcemnkf37fjzsrthpvt6u2jp0hus04qqf0hjvp85duxlczyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcyf05aj Shit&#39;s dire, y&#39;all. Use Signal. <a href="https://www.gadgetreview.com/student-teacher-sent-a-private-snapchat-complaining-about-her-workday-an-hour-later-police-pulled-up-to-her-school">https://www.gadgetreview.com/student-teacher-sent-a-private-snapchat-complaining-about-her-workday-an-hour-later-police-pulled-up-to-her-school</a> 2026-08-31T18:57:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdesjmp7zu8qnmv53ew6pgn5296memqphyyc724zgcsd3ct3ks2nczyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhceja4da lol. lmfao. How&#39;s that &#34;opinionated&#34; software working out? <a href="https://0xcc.io/posts/omarchy-root-creds/">https://0xcc.io/posts/omarchy-root-creds/</a> 2026-08-30T17:59:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyqy84a36qpsjdk9ss6qn4yrketz2ltz6um89g7nqdfnu07ervgcqzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcafk3w6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqus3rrumw92jx3wxf543rrp83ekfjezchfmurn32cm76vz88w4nqg9g4zf'>nevent1q…g4zf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I feel pretty good about the fediverse, but I still partake of Bsky and facebook for friends and marketplace, so even there, my hands are unclean. 2026-08-29T02:15:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyh0s7me8gpnghvhfzymknuhetdr5caa3hqdy3fse2s2yuxg26wzqzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcldcp8p I love this for us. The first narrative carving by humans from 11,000 years ago is a dude holding his penis surrounded by leopards. <a href="https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65878">https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65878</a> 2026-08-26T22:51:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0eu2ug6e7ztaerq3utltlrl7l3w6t5jl9j3ftqtq0uqc97ss7vhczyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhck6vpl4 Oh no. <a href="https://variety.com/2026/music/news/dolly-parton-dead-dies-country-music-1236842727/">https://variety.com/2026/music/news/dolly-parton-dead-dies-country-music-1236842727/</a> 2026-08-25T17:58:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg2ngsnk89dwjjys4x96lldea3rj0rxezu629rlt9r8thelny776szyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhctq0qef Had a dream in which my tiny dog ate most of a bowl of grapes, from which I woke cussing about needing to go set a thousand dollars on fire at the emergency vet. So, that&#39;s how my day is going at 6am. 2026-08-20T11:30:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8lkzlm42dv0hmwfuavef6xc9eyv4djthpp67u79mj7v2e7htdc9gzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcvqq6jh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst8nqda4hueqpf7da8sacnfgyra0y4fhl32mvcpjgtsxchzc36lscv8emru'>nevent1q…emru</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>there&#39;s always room to bargain on facebook marketplace. Oh, but that&#39;s not even the real thing, that&#39;s some kind of re-issue like a TheC64 or whatever? Yeah, no, people are nuts. That&#39;s not even in the ballpark of the right price for an emulator. They were $100 new, apparently, which is the right price for a Raspberry Pi in a fancy box. 2026-08-17T00:24:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswacmgjmdm26l9ep6zpxrytw2hjp27rkv8rsqzym0240vs0pmdexczyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcs5cvag In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsth2ts8vkwl4ler8vxn4x4k7nvet2n59tq30cwayjwnhfkyr40wwsxge7kv'>nevent1q…e7kv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>as long as using Gentoo doesn&#39;t interfere with your normal functioning in society, there is no reason to seek treatment. 2026-08-11T01:15:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqmumt7cqj5dkv6rycgq3clvnprgnzp4v4xrnyg3jleykutcls67qzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcdll2rk A real bargain on some black mold on facebook marketplace.<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/117/073/630/669/709/262/original/90245b939f89c54d.png"> <br/> 2026-08-10T22:46:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx6nyme2c48q5retry0dclthzx4cttqt7r3rdem0t2lhyqxzqx4sszyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcexut2x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9rm24n2gz24mqympa5p7dysptzmsy5xtrapqmn33tc5m4qgvwsnsteanzk'>nevent1q…anzk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it is broken for most people, so you&#39;re in good company. And, the AI companies aren&#39;t necessarily making it easy to see what&#39;s going on in there. But, there&#39;s a ton of published research. All of this sprung from Attention Is All You Need from the inventors of the transformer architecture, which is where they hinted at the possibilities. They were working on translation, but found that the fancy auto-complete could also answer questions.<br/><br/>The earliest models were prompted along the lines of continuing a conversation, with the prompt (question) being the first part of the conversation, and since every turn includes sending the whole conversation back to the model, you&#39;re just seeing auto-complete over and over with the text being completed getting longer and longer.<br/><br/>The illusion is compelling and the results amazing (I&#39;m fascinated by the technology), but it really does a number on some folks. 2026-08-06T22:26:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs96vdhx7cf084uel3rrkf9qv87gugu8hcprya27xtgndqlel9cnggzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcqrjscy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstgdhvm9h560drjyeadpkcdj4t93apu6xx6wlap56ks7phl0dxa0qz8eqjz'>nevent1q…eqjz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>definitely not. I&#39;ve built a does almost nothing agent harness for running benchmarks, and even the itty bitty models are able to make plans and perform complicated stuff. There are harnesses that make them work better for longer horizon stuff (with plan mode, todo list tools etc.), but the gibberish is thinking.<br/><br/>If you watch the reasoning traces of the smaller models, it&#39;s possible to see what&#39;s actually happening to some degree. The implementation of LLMs involves cycling through all the weights (or a subset of it in MoE models) for every next word. It&#39;s fancy auto-complete, but trained to keep repeating while they&#39;re figuring things out.<br/><br/>The early transformer models didn&#39;t reason, only finish sentences. But with some additional training they got to answering questions and then agentic use becomes a whole conversation with itself...asking the questions and finding out the answers with tools, etc.<br/><br/>The best models can do everything with minimal tools/harness. 2026-08-06T22:17:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2649dfglfsv5k7g5a0pyp9268znpu37rur43kxz0f56zjgnx05aqzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhchfcpfe In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfgtuejfk73uq9ut3d2egtf9hfys2gv99jvvdn9qx5j5mvrs8xlvg0fx6v2'>nevent1q…x6v2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>DeepSeek V4 Flash, as of the 0731 release is maybe better than its big brother(at least until they roll the updated Pro version that&#39;s rumored to be around the corner), and at ~300B params runs comfortably on two DGX Sparks (people also run it on one Spark or one Strix Halo, but that&#39;s at a 2-bit quantization that has notable quality loss and is slow enough to be uncomfortable for agentic use). But, at $10,000 for two Sparks, I&#39;d rather buy a couple of decades of heavy usage directly from the source, where it will be blazing fast, have larger context, and run at full intelligence.<br/><br/>The stuff that runs on 32GB is too dumb to be worth using for coding, IMHO. Gemma 4 31B and Qwen 3.6 27B are very good for their size and for some specific use cases are great (very good chat bot and research bot, pretty good security auditors and triage models, great for classification and summarization tasks, Gemma 4 12B is a beast for vision tasks and runs on almost anything). 2026-08-04T01:22:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0k8p3z3njxnmhmrkc0aps8gdk0uxjqfd7wpp34jq0r4jlmthhrkszyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhc8lyk3u Is Asesprite really all there is for editing pixel art? I can&#39;t read any of this. This is a nightmare for accessibility. This typeface and these icons are an insult to anyone without good vision (me, I&#39;m the one without good vision, I just can&#39;t use this). 200% is still hard to read, 300% doesn&#39;t fit on the screen. A decent fucking font would be readable at this size.<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/116/990/132/352/332/648/original/0c208af1b36273b0.png"> <br/> 2026-07-27T04:53:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz97ce7rqztlu86yz3uuctc65s9u0uewd929payac3svjaghrvyuczyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcp86d2q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst0xjqj49pwyawv65nwuxrggu29q5qt78ckm99xm2m308nvnf3kncamsgm2'>nevent1q…sgm2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>at this point, I can&#39;t pretend the best LLMs aren&#39;t really good at writing code, when used by someone that knows what good code looks like. And, I&#39;ve mostly gotten over any illusions I had that all the artisanal handcrafted code I&#39;d written over the decades lead up to a few months ago has any more intrinsic value to users than the code I&#39;ve written since with AI assistance (or, more recently with me merely steering the agent and reviewing the code most of the time).<br/><br/>Whether I like the situation we&#39;re in is pretty much irrelevant to the circumstances that require me to use them or choose a different career.<br/><br/>A lot of things I expected to be true (model collapse, the runaway spending and debt would consume the major players, taking it all down with it, etc.) didn&#39;t come to pass. Synthetic data makes stronger models, not psychotic ones. Even if the debt consumes Anthropic and OpenAI, the open models that exist today would be enough to disrupt. We can&#39;t go back. 2026-07-26T23:09:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg44r6qkdpqmw73c0n43ulty8ex5t0djnhe0tpe9863sqw3334q9czyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcmmxkfg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxk2c3ta3yk39ujyhrqh2saqzrqu4xxr7h6cdjksq3eu3ndx0wdkgeej6mk'>nevent1q…j6mk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>you can verb anything if you really want it. I&#39;m more upset about the nouning of &#34;learning&#34;. As in, &#34;I&#39;ll share my learnings with you &#34;. Ick. 2026-06-29T19:53:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrwxgeq4l0al69tgc0r8slfa88e7jgmxw2rwkhx7yq5wqr0qylp3szyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcefp70x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs886wn456g2sfruumvlnwde4mkedrzwenvxvkhu7nrgan0pfyha3sjt9xql'>nevent1q…9xql</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it&#39;s so dumb. Surely, there were conversations about this thing. No one is nostalgic for a Commodore flip phone. If there are people nostalgic about flip phones (which I question), it&#39;s obviously about a Nokia. And, it&#39;s not like Nokia flip phones bring a premium on eBay. You can buy them all day long for a hundred bucks or less. 2026-06-20T02:05:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstpwd8jeyk6t6mp8lhanjwq0vrjj4fusxu8mnkv6fl5lday9ng50gzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcz00n8x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvqwzuwf72a09hlr6nary9yt2pze5g77fnfalsndeuczpt2gp8has59psv0'>nevent1q…psv0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>also, WhatsApp but no email? That&#39;s backward. 2026-06-18T21:59:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxtdxq6pr8jf5nasyks2ctz28ea57uex6ypue0f72lwr76lujue4czyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcdy508k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswavz4axl72834z5kfj2n4frruxt7s0hwe9fdh5weh4pxzgnl84dq6qlsx5'>nevent1q…lsx5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is not an anti-AI post (though I am a mixed bag of anti-AI sentiments at times). But, I&#39;m seeing a lot of smart, formerly pretty normal, people getting real weird real fast after getting on board the AI hype train. The understanding many people have of what the technology is doing and what its limits are is often quite far from reality.<br/><br/>I suspect that if you strip it of the personality and memory-like capabilities, it&#39;s probably safer to use. And, maybe more useful. 2026-06-01T16:31:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswavz4axl72834z5kfj2n4frruxt7s0hwe9fdh5weh4pxzgnl84dqzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhck92efp If you use AI, I think for your safety you should turn off the &#34;memory&#34; features. I&#39;m becoming more confident that&#39;s where a lot of the AI psychosis comes from. Nobody would think these things are their friend without the bolted-on memory. LLMs don&#39;t have memory and can&#39;t have memory in their current implementation. They are instructed on each new chat to query a database about past conversations, so they &#34;know&#34; you. They don&#39;t want to know anything about you, they&#39;re following instructions. 2026-06-01T16:24:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp7unezraguawkhaw3fz0ghy9t8cvq9x8h7v65lcsvnd9y2rraqxgzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhc82k05j I judge a keyboard by how well I could use it to beat an intruder to death with it. A new challenger appears. <a href="https://www.modelfkeyboards.com/product/beam-spring-b104-keyboard/">https://www.modelfkeyboards.com/product/beam-spring-b104-keyboard/</a> 2026-05-31T23:35:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2h2l6meewc9zpempzs0q45fygu5uudpypdd0ywmgsdg9x5a6etaqzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcmh3ylf Nothing says freedom like a forced re-education camp. <a href="https://www.kcrg.com/2026/05/20/iowa-lawmakers-move-mandate-students-take-center-intellectual-freedom-classes-amid-low-enrollment/">https://www.kcrg.com/2026/05/20/iowa-lawmakers-move-mandate-students-take-center-intellectual-freedom-classes-amid-low-enrollment/</a> 2026-05-23T18:55:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdausrfua4t3rf5aunfgr9rd8q7a2r034gxu9lu5ztasg70jxs37czyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhctt2hma The Linux Foundation spends 2% of its money on Linux (kernel) and twice as much on &#34;blockchain&#34;. <a href="https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/08/Over_97_of_the_Linux_Foundation_s_Budget_Goes_Not_to_Linux.shtml">https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/08/Over_97_of_the_Linux_Foundation_s_Budget_Goes_Not_to_Linux.shtml</a> 2026-05-09T07:38:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv2tdafndf8gug5mv9uehx4vwa5yeye4k3q95zcwg4c6cgl9y9kcgzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcnm6gzw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs80e4zqyk6hvdzg2jlnpctddfm9akn7237c6epa6h5s5ferljgdwgy02444'>nevent1q…2444</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You know it was made by real people if it was recorded in a dumpster. The LLMs have not mastered dumpster technology, and probably never will. 2026-05-01T21:38:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs80e4zqyk6hvdzg2jlnpctddfm9akn7237c6epa6h5s5ferljgdwgzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcpu5qm2 Oh, y&#39;all don&#39;t forget, it&#39;s Bandcamp Friday. All proceeds from sales today go to the artist, Bandcamp doesn&#39;t take a cut. I&#39;mma buy some weird thrash that sounds like it was recorded in a dumpster. <a href="https://reactorblast.bandcamp.com/album/rise-of-the-reactor">https://reactorblast.bandcamp.com/album/rise-of-the-reactor</a> 2026-05-01T21:27:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyrsghfc7s7u8e2dcmftyum9cyj2n37xjxx3dlr40xpsmq8wcnrlgzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhca4gzpr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgh57uduhd84ez47738uscrxvdn7yvmv4ea20w3lw6zwgy0p9s09gddms6h'>nevent1q…ms6h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>there&#39;s a guy on YouTube who&#39;s implemented his own imaginary virtual retro computer and is programming it with LLM assistance. I don&#39;t find that interesting to watch, so I don&#39;t know how successful it&#39;s been, but I assume it&#39;s fine.<br/><br/>I&#39;ve asked Claude for help with 6502 assembly for C64, and it&#39;s seemingly quite competent. The training probably doesn&#39;t focus on it, but the models are so big and the retro machines so small and simple, they can just do it. 2026-05-01T20:14:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy8jm7g980vt386g3hzpzrel5jqfcw7q2sl597d9r7kac2k936h4czyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhctrcw40 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrpeugu64us9z5kzkm0zxp7wsnzhhnpnftjpdldlpqfvrw0ws8xdqrfx7u0'>nevent1q…x7u0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think we&#39;re going to see a lot of shitty vibe-coded stuff cost companies a lot of money (maybe that&#39;s why git is partially down again right now), but we&#39;ll also see a lot of new software, some of it will be good. I confidently assert I&#39;m 3X more productive with Claude Code and Opus 4.7, and if I&#39;m being honest with myself, the code is probably better than I would have written myself...I just have a lot more time to exhaustively test and verify ins and outs that I never could before. 2026-05-01T20:06:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrpeugu64us9z5kzkm0zxp7wsnzhhnpnftjpdldlpqfvrw0ws8xdqzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhc8vwypl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfd4lntqyn5944200kz7ekf2wca5gs5hszyq7v9v8v5kc957mnnrsmn8rgg'>nevent1q…8rgg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>that&#39;s how folks who want decent software at the other end are doing it, but not how everyone is doing it. And, it&#39;s not that expensive. $100 a month is my total spend on Claude, which my employer pays. I could burn a lot more tokens, probably enough to cost a lot more, but I wouldn&#39;t get useful software out of it if I did because I wouldn&#39;t be paying close enough attention to what it&#39;s doing.<br/><br/>Github Copilot used to be a cheap way to do it ($10), but they&#39;ve changed to token billing. 2026-05-01T20:03:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstkl40xce0yzux6txhlekvm08tc7hcd0an9apyy3esgqukpmd7f6czyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcy6qtuc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr66hrue3heuwy2xvrr5lf3wlluck7dyuz6v3dz7qz8j6x0x7s5egap4wp8'>nevent1q…4wp8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>they genuinely believe that if they pay for the tokens, their will be a Cambrian explosion of great new software. And, I mean, 3x is a productivity explosion rarely seen in software development (going from punch cards to teletype to interactive terminals, those were 3x jumps, at least, compilers, too, but it&#39;s been a long time since we had one), but it&#39;s not what a lot of executive believe is happening. They&#39;re thinking 10x is conservative. I&#39;ve even seen &#34;1000x&#34; suggested. 2026-04-30T19:49:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr66hrue3heuwy2xvrr5lf3wlluck7dyuz6v3dz7qz8j6x0x7s5egzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhc90z3rr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswjva5ugeqjsgcgz9quqrr75l49l2gf9gkgr66dy48a75dq9t3fcsjzw6m9'>nevent1q…w6m9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>oh, for sure. Guys like this (I hate linking to LinkedIn, but most of the articles about it are AI slop), genuinely believe people are vibe-coding software that works. There are enough former engineers like Yegge who also believe they&#39;re making software that works via vibe-coding, despite all the evidence to the contrary (Beads and Gas Town being the evidence that vibe coding doesn&#39;t produce useful software), that expectations are getting weird. <br/> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/naval-ravikant-apple-dead-saas-next-you-have-18-months-mustufa-khan-ibjaf/">https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/naval-ravikant-apple-dead-saas-next-you-have-18-months-mustufa-khan-ibjaf/</a> 2026-04-30T19:45:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqt0ha9r0s62hgv5n8eye09nsjsyn99aeyknrgq8rt7m2vs49jknszyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhczvzk60 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvnfkft47nrfmens5lyksct7wkspftelz0j5vylnycd8dn9c2sxzcx952wu'>nevent1q…52wu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t love the situation we&#39;re in, but I don&#39;t see any reason to pretend current frontier models can&#39;t accelerate development. There may be other reasons people choose not to use it. But, saying it doesn&#39;t/can&#39;t work is misrepresenting facts at this point. 2026-04-30T19:13:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvnfkft47nrfmens5lyksct7wkspftelz0j5vylnycd8dn9c2sxzczyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcs0yrux In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq2mfxsrysuz7nxx5s5hgxxh25mez9mp4edywue807dtxma5l58cs2cs9m8'>nevent1q…s9m8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>and, probably costs about $100, since I&#39;m sure you can do it in a month and a Max subscription will never run out for the kind of work where a human is very in the loop. 2026-04-30T19:11:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq2mfxsrysuz7nxx5s5hgxxh25mez9mp4edywue807dtxma5l58cszyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcjc9u4t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqlqdwf5wzaac62emm24ek9avak5cpyruvga98yzac8nnx58vu0ucxvt8y2'>nevent1q…t8y2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>or, if you take your time, ask it to implement one piece at a time, review its work, have it wire up the necessary stuff so it can test its own work, and perform some human QC, you&#39;ll probably have something that&#39;s quite good in about a third the time it would have taken to write it by hand.<br/><br/>Vibe coding still mostly makes slop, but AI can compress dev cycles by quite a lot if you want to treat it like a rubber duck that talks back and also writes a lot of the code. 2026-04-30T19:11:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrnku4h9n3s7s8g48xq2rx70njv3uhvltnnfzhvex272vmwu6fe6qzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhc45mmdz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9zqnxs3ds4c637neh4ayz08a9wex4lg3wp7j8zywqckahqzey9msakh8fr'>nevent1q…h8fr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t see the contradiction? Clearly says he hunted elephants: &#34;Over the decades, he has hunted elephants, leopard, rhino, buffalo and lion across Africa and back home in the US, he has hunted almost every species of wild deer.&#34; 2026-04-24T20:46:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgc50m2l2jfdxgftncgnlj4yg4g80fqagqnx7745uaz9x877wnk9szyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcsjwgcs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswmh0pkcdza5xmermcec4598rd5zsr02rzyj9j46d0dgc573sx7wgq4j84e'>nevent1q…j84e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>he has hunted elephants. He wasn&#39;t hunting elephants when he was killed...but, he was an elephant hunter. 2026-04-24T20:22:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxqq73x0rsytyn3ez7jh3wcrdvjg87m7rs9lk8rs8wmmmanxwderszyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhct22q78 Some wholesome, uplifting, news for a change. <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/elephants-trample-millionaire-in-big-game-hunt-gone-wrong/">https://www.thedailybeast.com/elephants-trample-millionaire-in-big-game-hunt-gone-wrong/</a> 2026-04-24T18:14:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9n8w9hfqprcyhcd2d0vvj6kza8genfufaaeuw38aq360lxj0pjsczyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhc362nej In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspdqt6klx0tsdaxan3x9k9dfyw9eyela72srgeqcca2xa49e8ufeqs6we2f'>nevent1q…we2f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it&#39;s interesting that Apple seems to be the biggest winner from AI, so far. Their big boxes are sold out months in advance, or completely unavailable maybe until a new Mac Mini and Mac Studio release that I think has been pushed to October due to RAM prices. They&#39;ve made a fortune on selling a box that people can run big models on locally for close to the best price/performance across the board.<br/><br/>And, every Strix Halo box that comes along sells out immediately. 2026-04-22T20:35:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0r97gxk5qjd9yqjrnvkklf2ky3evu3xjqftvss3am9d0rs2rj0mqzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcf85uk8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd907h8jnmeatyw8gzrkjywqzps9whq36d60grps2ffddeky06a0gdzppel'>nevent1q…ppel</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>you can&#39;t really believe benchmarks, but Opus 4.5 is where it got Good Enough. It&#39;s the frontier of 9-10 months ago, but it was good enough to write pretty good code really fast. It was the point where I said, &#34;OK, this actually works, and I can&#39;t argue I&#39;m more productive, or even similarly productive, without it.&#34;<br/><br/>So, when small-ish open models really reach Opus 4.5 capability, it&#39;s a big deal. Maybe the tipping point.<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/116/450/217/456/809/272/original/80e696c3f40c007e.png"> <br/> 2026-04-22T20:25:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd907h8jnmeatyw8gzrkjywqzps9whq36d60grps2ffddeky06a0gzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhccca7m5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd79jqc5zk95zveqryqf940wawf65akudx4mdzv55xruwcsqrkpmc7yvq9d'>nevent1q…vq9d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>we&#39;re not quite there, but it&#39;s getting closer. Models you can run on a Strix Halo or even something with 64GB of VRAM or unified memory (a beefy Mac) are competitive with frontier models of two years ago. Gemma 4 is excellent in the two bigger versions. Qwen 3.6 27B just came out today, and from a benchmark perspective is even better. I&#39;m just starting to test it.<br/><br/>Either runs comfortably, if slowly, unquantized on 128GB or at 8-bits on 64GB (8-bits is barely lossy). 2026-04-22T20:20:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9jfrs9qch5muypvccqactyz5uydk60a2mwaheu05njnj9vrtykzqzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcjjp9hk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgcjldpweragtyvmmn9ustd0sja3ndpmtlfryum8k7ndusrzypnng9hlk4r'>nevent1q…lk4r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I just think defaults should be sensible, that&#39;s all. I&#39;m trying to write software, why are you giving me an editor for children? 2026-04-21T19:39:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgcjldpweragtyvmmn9ustd0sja3ndpmtlfryum8k7ndusrzypnngzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcx9t5va I get so mad about `nano` being the default editor on Debian/Ubuntu, as it&#39;s so disorienting to not get vim (and hard to use). Now, it&#39;s the default editor on Fedora, but only if the `nano-default-editor` package is installed...which I guess is automatically installed by the installer? I sure as hell didn&#39;t install it.<br/><br/>nano is also seemingly configured in git somehow as the default editor, which is just hurtful. 2026-04-21T17:47:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8ggg0h900dnl3r2qpnvmg535xgv022qvz593e9pqm7789ek6qdpgzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhce6ypmn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8h09ut0vca5ua3qzm7pzhrs5tyv45nvqqd00s3yfdz34hvuhhzeqsv0u6y'>nevent1q…0u6y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I needed to buy some kind of Mac, so I can make iOS apps in addition to Android, since iOS is so much more popular in the tablet market and I&#39;m working on a couple of apps that suit a tablet best. So, since it was either wait for the new Mac Minis to arrive and spend $1200-$1400 on a 32GB Mini, or buy a Macbook Pro now for a little under $2000, and I don&#39;t need to get another laptop (the Framework is just too small for comfort), here we are... 2026-04-17T00:00:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8h09ut0vca5ua3qzm7pzhrs5tyv45nvqqd00s3yfdz34hvuhhzeqzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcwd8cce The mid-range iPad I bought has a faster CPU than the top-of-the-line Ryzen I have in my desktop on single-core performance. This is absurd. The Ryzen CPU alone cost more than the tablet. A tablet&#39;s got no business being fast.<br/><br/>In other news, I ordered a refurb Macbook Pro M5. I&#39;m mad about how much it costs to get 32GB of RAM, but the performance advantage is crazy. Nobody has cheap RAM now, so the Apple tax is maybe as small as it&#39;s ever been, because everybody else is charging a big RAM tax.<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/116/417/066/204/034/058/original/5ba96ab373967bb0.png"> <br/> 2026-04-16T23:57:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8tr7409r7s4hmzgnm6xrc4cah2q8ckrj8ecpt8kqmm25p2muw27szyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhc4tw27n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2xkhpwwh3sl6p3y7gfeqvld8du5a4rrk79ptvyr2v9lwnmmj0aacxdwyvm'>nevent1q…wyvm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I still often wish I&#39;d told my younger self, &#34;You know what, maybe don&#39;t be so forthcoming online. There&#39;s going to come a time when the richest and most dangerous people in the world have a database of everything you&#39;ve ever said online, instantly searchable and indexed against your purchase and credit history.&#34; 2026-04-13T06:51:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs07ew890er0z6zwceyswecnej4rsd4arm8ene4zsw80py74tts3lczyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcsuek0q I&#39;ve always gone by my middle name (I have the same name as my dad, my parents didn&#39;t want me to be a &#34;Junior&#34;), which was annoying growing up. Every year having to explain to every teacher, &#34;I go by Joe&#34;. But, now, in the age of the internet with weirdos being weird, it&#39;s nice to have a level of pseudonymity without trying too hard...it would be pretty challenging for someone who only knows me from social media to figure out where I live, politicians I&#39;ve donated to, my voting record, etc. 2026-04-13T06:39:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstrklnjfq72h5ymcpu5axl59lu3zfksu49na0hr5fvzymk59qf6fszyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhc7g98ll &#34;Opinionated&#34; software sounds great until you find out the author has the stupidest opinions you&#39;ve ever heard in your life. 2026-04-10T20:34:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq88wkrtay0qumj5glytmc5luw38f4khd5shk57pyrs2pxk24ur4czyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcqyefkp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyuj96hzecv02r9mddn7t7df8hsxqjcacevskxs748z97rrdrqwvg9nq9r0'>nevent1q…q9r0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I thought they&#39;d EOLed the Z80? Plenty left in the pipeline for current needs, I assume...but, maybe not great to start fresh on it. <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/after-48-years-zilog-is-killing-the-classic-standalone-z80-microprocessor-chip/">https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/after-48-years-zilog-is-killing-the-classic-standalone-z80-microprocessor-chip/</a> 2026-04-05T22:12:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs86pnxaqtw44vset0ysxly0ax0fgeqylk5y40g3f8z5cwustcuhuqzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcc296cy Even SSDs are stupid expensive now. Shit&#39;s ridiculous. 2026-03-22T20:36:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsth8eh7amuh4qgpn2p9egxcxa35sd5ggm40pwegzw6rqpxf7kkrxczyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhch830vv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy9jmnfdjz34x6vuem76afjrjujmzjhcvcuarnerrysqgf592m6ucl9r2fk'>nevent1q…r2fk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yeah, the machines are now better than me several categories of problem, and I&#39;m using them a bunch...but, I&#39;m still keeping a gun by the computer in case it makes any weird noises. 2026-02-25T17:54:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgtwq3h456nkjv9srdelrv8n0mxg5jrgr445wmufc3qmez72clhcgzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcr02ptp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrrpguu7e82cs2wxhg6ls2cv8vdcuc5dmmdqt434hz4xajkczz68gas8hax'>nevent1q…8hax</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the funniest thing is that it can find common bugs if you tell it specifically what to look for. It&#39;ll even find those bugs in code it just wrote, if told to do so. The horror is that most vibe coders don&#39;t understand that the common bugs, including common security bugs, are gonna creep in and you&#39;re going to have to hunt them and protect against them.<br/><br/>I&#39;ve come to the conclusion that the job of a vibe coders is policing the AI via overwhelming use of verification tools. 2026-02-25T17:31:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsru04wjm9hqlkhp8c539jw5kemqtpatzrve26ltx6dxglys0ps6pqzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhc750nf4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswkm26ww9c9jj8d66app4plh87pwm0xazka7alfn9l7h4n94yeucg36tncv'>nevent1q…tncv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>hell yeah, start a band. 2026-02-22T09:57:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdstpqtedvflfm4vpmzmntq339vdzfn945tkff4zslut2se9j8xlczyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhch670t7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszh8umv0umq9dmmys2mw56n75d5wr6j7sjxamhd2n4ljc6lj2jpucteszd3'>nevent1q…szd3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>snap is particularly deranged, though. It goes out of its way to be a toxic system citizen. 2026-02-02T19:52:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0nw37r0rv3eev75yfd0sjk63j55dsu0n842gnusnkgfh0gxheauqzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcuhw86a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2z5nsh0rhy7hmard92z89u0njgzwz866tp3q8u74lvk9yvq7p9lsvgtylt'>nevent1q…tylt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Why wouldn&#39;t you chew up all the disk space every day, especially when you can also destroy the SSD because lifespan of an SSD is write-limited? 2026-02-02T19:50:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2z5nsh0rhy7hmard92z89u0njgzwz866tp3q8u74lvk9yvq7p9lszyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhczsucqc Very normal, snap. #Ubuntu<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/116/002/748/718/663/877/original/1d4f0d2f26457a00.png"> <br/> 2026-02-02T19:45:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspqgxyv8zm09580zqdqhm8hy4nvgg3uqpajsjqgss0dcw4s5c6gvqzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhc8tgqsk Source: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/usili.bsky.social/post/3mdh5wp7dwk2w">https://bsky.app/profile/usili.bsky.social/post/3mdh5wp7dwk2w</a><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/970/892/715/182/883/original/5ef5727e4813733d.jpg"> <br/> 2026-01-28T04:47:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx43wlmm5sk6aqv9jnm7na4d474435fx8nal02l38huqyqmj3jd9szyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcd4drk6 Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence. From /r/nursing. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/nursing/comments/1qnomyy/alex_prettis_coworkers_take_a_moment_of_silence/">https://www.reddit.com/r/nursing/comments/1qnomyy/alex_prettis_coworkers_take_a_moment_of_silence/</a><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/963/876/952/768/660/original/00d9ea0cf8ac2b2d.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-01-26T23:01:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszvrgzv8s4lgt6h6xe37grrf3a8tus6y8w6f3hm64rzwwtknsnyyszyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcq3cr8z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspn4w26w002ad5z8pt9ujf94e00xmy3lgyzqfskq375u49dr3e98gvcvx5l'>nevent1q…vx5l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Unironically, Graham Granger eating the ChatGPT slop is better art than the art he ate. The ChatGPT slop producer should thank him for elevating his work to actual art. 2026-01-18T23:41:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspn4w26w002ad5z8pt9ujf94e00xmy3lgyzqfskq375u49dr3e98gzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhczhphfx lol. lmao. Legend. <a href="https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/alaska-art-student-arrested-eating-ai-generated-art-protest-1234770081/">https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/alaska-art-student-arrested-eating-ai-generated-art-protest-1234770081/</a> 2026-01-18T23:02:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstzcelxspqwqsp8f7p2jkgkv5tmpmxsal5yzaa5g3tv7mfe8kqhuszyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcqv3yj4 They&#39;re the same picture.<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/918/250/057/778/808/original/ed18fb68d83b292f.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/918/250/275/246/099/original/44320c5a8a0281d7.jpg"> <br/> 2026-01-18T21:38:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfenqntwf3ngrtnpdvrla86yj773xx4nx9gzna6n8khhls4jpm9qczyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcwvhw0f Maybe useful if you want to excise the AI from your browser. It is somewhat ironic that this project (or its website, anyway) was almost certainly made with AI. <a href="https://justthebrowser.com/">https://justthebrowser.com/</a> 2026-01-16T20:07:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0f8f0zgwn7cw70479hfg08p0nhf3rd5jxmggqpup03rr3jmm2ejszyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhc5wae24 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxsfd565adp3nspcayc5u4aq4unyusz384v2tw379yvcj0yv79yccmrhyhx'>nevent1q…hyhx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>$2100. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/AIFUT-LPDDR5X-Performance-Training-Rendering/dp/B0FJQDRZFZ">https://www.amazon.com/AIFUT-LPDDR5X-Performance-Training-Rendering/dp/B0FJQDRZFZ</a> 2026-01-15T04:02:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszkw2wp906ke46l6amfr5t0tdx5qwxh5nzr59elmyytyg5h3m09zszyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcm6snvd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszq0l7nqvd5f28yxuqla5gtdth0jlwmq8xvja34x08hcxtz0296jg5y4n4m'>nevent1q…4n4m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ChatGPT is always blowing smoke. A ChatGPT user is a super genius, and also insightful, and probably also smells nice if only machines could smell. (Though, in this case it&#39;s right. Technical people are able to prod the machine into making working code of pretty high quality a lot more often than non-technical people.) 2026-01-14T20:16:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr3caalht4vau3zc48c28yqsrztngadhpgxlygjq9jqpx0gqewuwqzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhclvswvd I wish I loved anything as much as the Python community loves breaking backward compatibility. 2026-01-13T04:58:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxxm377y7et6daa7e26uuqftr9mf9v5hs368r5269npvf53v5fhdczyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhc03da8s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx7anelnedysgqueve5w20wvuenyxkujj4v94w7anxs0hfdlu0zlcvn3yxm'>nevent1q…3yxm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the vibe-coder answer to that is, &#34;I don&#39;t need to understand it, I just ask Claude to maintain it, too.&#34; And...I scoffed at that idea in the past. But, it&#39;s gotten really good.<br/><br/>I think it&#39;s still very dangerous in the hands of non-technical folks. And, I think most of the models are still flailing a lot (the frontier models are all pretty good, but Opus 4.5 is the one that Just Works, but all the lower end models are stupid a lot).<br/><br/>I dunno. The ground shifted beneath my feet. 2026-01-12T23:06:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8rsgn9vt6xkprdug2rursr9yvr0l6heudkr7pe4xg5psh589kn6gzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhc95ts7p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszm2ltn0zvsqpgp5jql5pzgn4xtck9xtlm53nj447wwsxeghzvyysfqv6h7'>nevent1q…v6h7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I wasn&#39;t enthusiastic about AI for coding, but Claude Code with Opus 4.5 is remarkable. I can&#39;t really say I&#39;m happy about it, but given a competent operator, it produces quite good, if a little verbose, code that works the first time most of the time. It writes better and more tests than I&#39;ve found most human coders do, it often includes accessibility markup without being asked (another thing human coders simply don&#39;t do), and it documents its work. 2026-01-12T23:01:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9sgs96uy6z464gd4h6y6ckhrv982xtarqsusfgmw6qnam7egr08qzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhch48u8a The more I think about, &#34;I&#39;m not mad at you&#34; the more heartbroken I am. How can this go on? How can we let this go on? 2026-01-10T03:01:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspls4ttv5qvu5jllv87798a042axl0fyr0n8wdjhcc9exzj3f52uczyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcjmx9aq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspzkel25v0yhk9yujcrt4v7390gdtzfk6xalzkdke8s948g83m57qcj2ffz'>nevent1q…2ffz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>taking advantage of that would make it exclusive to the C64 Ultimate, I think? VICE has settable CPU speed, but it can&#39;t go that anywhere near fast, even on my desktop, which I just recently put roughly the fastest desktop CPU available in (9950X3D). But, I guess if you&#39;re careful about how you handle timing, maybe you can make things work on both. I know most games choke or are unplayable on an accelerated C64 because they don&#39;t run at a human friendly speed. 2025-12-24T03:29:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsygcc37va8ypdn59rltyye9hgc2l9esgwt5utvxtyuzc0rv4t0wsczyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcxufwc3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2tu5eaav8ntqfvlyu0x8lpv29g3fwrqd63k9ddfg048z3uap55ngky87dm'>nevent1q…87dm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>this post finally convinced me to pull the trigger on a beige C64 Ultimate. It&#39;s been in my cart for weeks. But, I really like the idea of making games and tools that take advantage of a big REU (which I guess VICE and TheC64 can also have, so it&#39;s not unique to C64U, and folks who make software that uses it can expect a sort of broad set of possible users). It&#39;s almost entirely unmapped territory. This demo was another contributor to the decision. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK8U_sS5ld4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK8U_sS5ld4</a> 2025-12-24T01:18:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx9a2s0075x66dtcgy6uunv9l9y6vl2ccc4cmlnl5v202ahfhzgxqzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhc0s8tzm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfzjna8rt4dvk7jwwu2qzrw4mcunqapjap2q3j06f93cdvpzg4sqcv0ldsv'>nevent1q…ldsv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ANY two numbers?<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/720/557/346/997/423/original/d77e6047415f49a4.png"> <br/> 2025-12-14T23:40:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgznc5a5q3qwkn2hrssuljyvnss2sg0nm8klden804jd8p9x7ppdgzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcyppuu6 Miami elected a Democratic mayor. Miami is a weird as hell political place, so I don&#39;t want to read too much into it. But, there have been 28 years of Republican mayors, and the Republican candidate got the off-year election he wanted and sued to get, and still lost. <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/09/miami-elects-first-woman-mayor-ends-gops-28-year-control-of-city-hall-00683878">https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/09/miami-elects-first-woman-mayor-ends-gops-28-year-control-of-city-hall-00683878</a> 2025-12-10T01:41:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswyz6vzpc0zme5msm7aq3n9dk76vhgfsl85shaanrmq95zpk3f0wszyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcjxrttf Important message from the brands this holiday season.<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/631/840/781/437/463/original/2452a8eed14a8d50.jpg"> <br/> 2025-11-29T07:38:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdalntkt8g4w5weu0920gpj93fzpt4vfvxvcmfjc2sfl46uxj3g9szyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcye2wre I didn&#39;t even know Microsoft owned Zork. But, I&#39;m glad they&#39;ve open-sourced it. <a href="https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11/20/preserving-code-that-shaped-generations-zork-i-ii-and-iii-go-open-source">https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11/20/preserving-code-that-shaped-generations-zork-i-ii-and-iii-go-open-source</a> 2025-11-20T18:27:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdqy4dswsa5n3765a4sjutjedgwald9ffv6p65zl5yu99q2avzz7czyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcvgycwf Just learned Commodore Plus/4 fans call it the Plussy, and I was not ready for that information. 2025-11-18T03:01:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2xkfrjudz6y07kyr5zce8uzdr9ey0el595xxgvfnlw38zruen8mczyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhc85crrj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqrepxvl35hmw4zp3ws4akz3satd2phmqlmrfptcs28pycfd9h03qy2meeh'>nevent1q…meeh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>and the vibes are kinda bad and getting worse. I hate selling because then I have to deal with it on my taxes, but I don&#39;t see how there&#39;s anywhere for it to go but down. 2025-11-18T02:25:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz0dfx23yuzlvuhgumnl845vypj33mue2qwyg72l3cpazrk60tfzszyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhc2knrwx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstsjpxqh3s8hcazncr6n03mm2c6xkhzx9xenp7amvcjerkl6tnrcs93cup8'>nevent1q…cup8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Is a dual grid system possible on a C64? Since I&#39;m using sprites for the little guys, it seems like it would be, as they have pixel-precise movement. How to maintain the world map (not the visual one, the one that determines behaviors) is breaking my brain, though. Much to think about. 2025-11-16T17:02:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstsjpxqh3s8hcazncr6n03mm2c6xkhzx9xenp7amvcjerkl6tnrcszyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhc0z3nlx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr07zc7jqd3jmm3f5kharc4dq5j3df73hlwhrs9qgtyv6x4earumqmz0xcs'>nevent1q…0xcs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>He can&#39;t keep getting away with it. (Not going to bed, writing 6502 assembly, things of that nature.) #retrocomputing<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/558/958/558/748/845/original/1fcdaef61693daf1.png"> <br/> 2025-11-16T10:44:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr07zc7jqd3jmm3f5kharc4dq5j3df73hlwhrs9qgtyv6x4earumqzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcw8gv3t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqrs4a7aswnt29f38yv8rkd2h25n6ysqmq5u52prlf4x9hzmtf8rq55y59a'>nevent1q…y59a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Good ol&#39; GNU Image Manipulation Program to the rescue. But, now I&#39;m tired of fucking around, so I just bought some tiles off of Itch.io to start with. I think somebody here on Mastodon posted them a while back. They&#39;re cute. Still need to get them into a format I can convert automatically to a charset... <a href="https://algernon3000.itch.io/minimal-8">https://algernon3000.itch.io/minimal-8</a> 2025-11-16T06:58:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqrs4a7aswnt29f38yv8rkd2h25n6ysqmq5u52prlf4x9hzmtf8rqzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcfmmznr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsttcus6sh80pzpqdnvwj35kxuk29znt9k9x6edaxzm3xym7fpvarc0td6ra'>nevent1q…d6ra</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Do I have to build everything from scratch to make a game for C64? I just want to draw some tiles to turn into a charset and Krita is just broke?<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/557/978/197/019/469/original/b1dbb893d4eacd92.png"> <br/> 2025-11-16T06:33:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsttcus6sh80pzpqdnvwj35kxuk29znt9k9x6edaxzm3xym7fpvarczyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhclgsdjn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0ul7hnqpeg8fu8297unf57yvmfwng9nxjth6k9486jnwv2lxhqus9y4q8q'>nevent1q…4q8q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m getting cooked in the `clang-tidy` comments.<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/556/845/560/229/360/original/cc568951d98e02e7.png"> <br/> 2025-11-16T01:46:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0ul7hnqpeg8fu8297unf57yvmfwng9nxjth6k9486jnwv2lxhquszyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhc0crpy2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspryatlqmfsgzp5gnsmcxxqpwygdwlwwj2fqtjxywlz9du0g34e9ggmc3p4'>nevent1q…c3p4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I opened up Steam to see if any games were calling out to be played, and realized I bought AseSprite at some point, and it also became available on Linux (via Proton, I assume, as it&#39;s wrapped in a Windows looking window). But, I can&#39;t figure it out? It&#39;s complicated and clearly not designed for retro machine targets, though I&#39;ve seen people talk about using it for making C64 sprites, I just can&#39;t see how. I reckon I&#39;ll keep plodding along with my editor that does only/exactly what I want.<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/556/570/815/959/373/original/7a7b8c169172f485.png"> <br/> 2025-11-16T00:38:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspryatlqmfsgzp5gnsmcxxqpwygdwlwwj2fqtjxywlz9du0g34e9gzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcptz9yj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs95jhpfgmmqzc05vlw9chfcpj8u2rnc55afe7mnlpkasupym89p0qplrxyp'>nevent1q…rxyp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Now there&#39;s a little guy.<br/><br/>Multicolor sprite support is working (I think I understand the specs and limitations anyway), PNG export is working, switched to a palette that is closer to a real C64, cleaned up the UI. I&#39;m trying to decide if I want to tackle animation or just make it export to KickAssembler byte strings next.<br/><br/>I should also probably give it the ability to save and reload in a native format so I don&#39;t lose my little guys when I exit.<br/><br/>#retrocomputing<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/556/079/415/468/678/original/c00da660602822c3.png"> <br/> 2025-11-15T22:37:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs95jhpfgmmqzc05vlw9chfcpj8u2rnc55afe7mnlpkasupym89p0qzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcu03f4z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp9lsj9hmwmmc80cg22l64qulfff444x5feje4ln4n65a43qam9kqerph8x'>nevent1q…ph8x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And, it&#39;s 169k without putting any effort into shrinking it. It&#39;d fit on a floppy, even a Commodore 1541 floppy (though only barely, and probably not actually, as there&#39;s probably some overhead). I was a little worried about Qt Quick, because they apparently added JavaScript and something like HTML to Qt to make QML work, and I was concerned that would lead to bloat, and I&#39;m sure it did, but not much. 2025-11-15T01:58:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp9lsj9hmwmmc80cg22l64qulfff444x5feje4ln4n65a43qam9kqzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhc0c5f6u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstq84d26pqyrh208fzhyzhr9mj2glrwnklj9m84re5yz4dsf4expq555xqw'>nevent1q…5xqw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The dubs keep coming. It&#39;s almost not terrible. At this rate, I&#39;ll have a reasonably functional sprite editor sometime this weekend. (Yes, I should just use Spritemate or one of the several other existing sprite editors, but I&#39;ve been hankering to learn some modern C++ and also make small/fast/compact desktop apps and this is a fun way to do so, while building something I might actually use.)<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/550/955/698/563/252/original/5953a69e4a2bd684.png"> <br/> 2025-11-15T00:51:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstq84d26pqyrh208fzhyzhr9mj2glrwnklj9m84re5yz4dsf4expqzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhc7ehutn OK, I gotta hand it to CoPilot. It helped me figure out how to get a Qt Quick QML-defined GUI working. Kind of.<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/549/645/249/477/372/original/18a6914a5107de90.png"> <br/> 2025-11-14T19:16:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrm6gaspxd0nugvhjl8zp7scsc4pstug0ytzhmhykyzlwgty36q6gzyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhcrggsrp I&#39;m at the Bell Riots. I&#39;m at the Butlerian Jihad. I&#39;m at the combination Bell Riots and Butlerian Jihad. 2025-11-08T04:10:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszk6e466t0dd6kjer53nuv00rrdj0pxdt7uunnelgjtumjjwp5p5szyqr9udrajx2t3ld43sms9q6vkz8zy7k5hnmeq56wd5uufwlp7ewhc9srv9s I have been right but too early many times.<br/><br/>e.g. I divested from crypto in 2018, for many reasons, but for the point of this toot, bc it was obvious it was all a scam, siphoning money from retail investors to the folks controlling the exchanges (and thus the trading prices, since wash trading was and is rampant). But, that was way too early. The bottom still hasn&#39;t fallen out, and the scam is still not obvious to everyone.<br/><br/>Is it too early to sell all index funds that predominantly hold tech? 2025-11-06T22:42:27Z