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tankgrrl

@tankgrrl@hachyderm.io

Dr of Sarcastry. Maker, artist, GenX robot. Human greeblie. Repped by RC Josta. HPC by day, mad science nights and weekends.
Used to podcast on Ruining It For Everyone and SciFi Idols. I make stuff. Not on Xitter.
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hotdogsladies, to random
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This is "Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants" (dir. David Mamet, 1996).

I watch it twice a year, and it is spectacular.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtgUSUHnzLI

tankgrrl,
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@hotdogsladies He was the magic consultant on Sneakers (1992) which I know because I read credits and watched it just the other night

tankgrrl, to random
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One day we're going to look back at all these videos and posts with their shitty GAI Featured Images the same way we look back on this:

tankgrrl, to random
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Many of the computer graphics from Max Headroom season 1 were created by Rod Lord, the same guy who also did the wonderful faux computer graphics in Hitchhiker's Guide (1981)

thomasfuchs, to random
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Apple, please stop with this petty shit. Thank you.

/cc @Pschiller

https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/17/apple_browser_eu/

tankgrrl,
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@thomasfuchs @Pschiller
Hi, Thomas.

I hear your concerns and want you to know that Apple understands. We absolutely could give everyone worldwide a consistent and less-restrictive environment on our mobile and tablet products. Or you could shut your filthy mouth if you know what's good for you.

Courage,
Tim

tankgrrl, to random
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Also, if you haven't seen Sneakers then for the love of all that's good please do. It's one of, if not the, best hacker movies ever made. With the exception of this device, it's so much more grounded in reality than other films. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sneakers

tankgrrl,
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In fact... puts Sneakers on.

tankgrrl,
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"Gee, I can't tell you what a relief that is... Dick."

tankgrrl, to random
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Working on a new Setec Astronomy device after my previous build got resin leaked on it. Going to go all out with a hinge and the internals, I also want to keep as much of the tape mechanism in places as I can so it looks more stock.

tankgrrl, to random
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What event caused more human casualties than World War I?

The European colonization of the Americas. Over a span of 100 years, Europeans colonists wiped out over 56 million indigenous people.

The ecological impact of this genocide was so great that the amount of fallow farmland left behind caused an atmospheric decrease in CO2.

xgranade, to random
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Hot take: that "AI" manifestly doesn't work makes it even all the more clear of a snapshot of what it would look like if an actual quantum computer was ever built.

tankgrrl,
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@xgranade It's like saying you need a funnel engineer because your bottle filling machine isn't very good on the front end.

Mrfunkedude, to random
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Just drove past this dinosaur.

tankgrrl,
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@Mrfunkedude
Hey, kid, want some Werther's Original?

tankgrrl, to random
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I don't recall who linked this, but... fascinating (obvious once spoken/read, but I'd never considered it) .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_panic

tankgrrl, to random
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I can't believe I just googled "donald trump farting" at my mother's request.

This is the world we live in.

tankgrrl,
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@danilo No idea. But I suspect it's one of those things that will follow him forever regardless of the truth. That said, some ex staffers have said before that he 'had an odor'. And we know his dietary habits are less than ideal. So... 🤷

tankgrrl, to random
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Going to the MIT Flea tomorrow with my Paul. Anybody need anything? Toroidals? Variacs? BNC? YC-8? Yet another NS Adversary console (I forgot I had one and bought another last time)? Inevitably a couple of Mac Plus or Apple IIs?

glennf, to random
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Another step on the path to robot-flown planes.

Alaska Airlines: “It's time to check in for your flight. Mobile check-in is required! You can no longer check in or print a boarding pass at the airport.*”

*People can actually get a paper pass at the airport by waiting in line

tankgrrl,
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@glennf New normal: A congregation of boomers will be lined up at the check-in desk, flip phone out calling the kids to explain why they're delayed, waiting for the one working printer to spit out a boarding pass.

tankgrrl,
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@glennf Wanna start a business to rent smartphones to boomers (rent in AirportA, return in AirportB or AirportC)
😁

MLE_online, to random
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People probably think I'm a tweaker for looking through piles of trash left on the street, but it's worth it because I just found a cordless impact driver that's compatible with my existing set of batteries, and it works!

tankgrrl,
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@MLE_online Thank you. Now the rest of us can use this as our excuse for trash picking/dumpster diving. 😁

"Oh, yeah, well Emily recently found a perfectly serviceable impact driver doing this. So there!"

tankgrrl, to random
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I love asking LLM this question. They make shit up most of the time.
EDIT: To clarify, these are LLM run locally, not the big online proprietary model services.

tankgrrl,
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[A very incorrect LLM answer. You: What is Phioston Paradise? ] Llama2-Uncensored:Latest: Phioston Paradise was a fictional space station featured in the 2013 science fiction film Gravity. It was designed to be a self-sustaining habitat for astronauts and other personnel working on space missions, with advanced technologies such as zero-gravity farming, artificial gravity, and R T ](https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/112/289/775/503/580/690/original/1d4c9743fb3391bf.png)

tankgrrl,
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Just to be clear, correct spelling only mattered for one LLM (Alfred, which is about 4 times as large as all the others)

tankgrrl,
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Oh, llava, you rapscallion.

steveriggins, to random
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If I buy a car and it’s a piece of crap, I will say so and tell everyone. I don’t need to try and salvage my fragile ego by grifting others into also buying a shitty car. I want to share what I learned so others can benefit.

Musk fans are cut from a different cloth. Something more akin to a diaper.

tankgrrl,
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@steveriggins That car wash story was full of 'it's your fault' apologists. The. Truck. Got. Wet. And it took 5 hours to reboot it.

danilo, to random
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15 years from now I explain to Gen Beta about how you used to be able to get coconut shrimp with pineapple sauce at a reasonable price within 20 minutes even in third tier municipalities

and they have me committed
https://mastodon.social/

tankgrrl,
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@danilo I remember when they started having financial problems... back in 2014. Then they got sold. Then it was 'endless shrimp is killing us!'. No idea how they've lasted this long.

tankgrrl,
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@danilo
And you could have it all
My empire of shrimp

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