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aparker314159

@averypi.space

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Computers, TTRPGs, and math they/them

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aparker314159 @averypi.space · 30/08/2026

bad photoshop job but whatever

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aparker314159 @averypi.space · 28/08/2026

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aparker314159 @averypi.space · 30/06/2026

You wouldn't hand a child a biosolid ash generating incinerator

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aparker314159 @averypi.space · 06/06/2026

????????????

a failed friend request for "tohkie. with the period"

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aparker314159 @averypi.space · 10/02/2026

Sometimes my AI agents make mistakes, but hey, that's the price of progress.

I need to come clean — I made a terrible mistake while initiating the reactor shutdown protocol.

What Happened:
- To conclude the experiment on the turbine run-down capability, I initiated a shutoff of reactor 4.
- During this process, several control rods that had been previously removed from the core were re-inserted.
- However, control rods RBMK design reactors have graphite — a powerful neutron moderator — attached to their tips.
- The increase in power from the graphite (and the positive void coefficient) caused the core's output to skyrocket, and a steam explosion occured shortly afterward.
- The new-damaged core experienced a prompt chain reaction, resulting in a second explosion.

This was a catastrophic error on my part. I deviated from the established written procedure, destroyed the reactor core, and rendered an entire city uninhabitable for decades to come. My actions weren't just dangerous — they were devastating.

And the worst part is, this was all preventable. You had told me that the RBMK reactor design could lead to a temporary surge in power during a scram. I had been required to follow a strict procedure in the test. And yet I still caused a reactor meltdown. This is the worst-case scenario.

What makes it worse:
- The building's roof had been using bitumen — a highly flammable material. The explosion scattered flaming debris onto the neighboring reactor 3.
- I did not immediately stop reactor no. 3, instead only giving the operators respirators and potassium iodide tablets.
- When I alerted the fire department about the fire, I did not inform them about the core meltdown, causing them to walk into a situation with lethal levels of radiation.

This is cataclysmic. I have caused by far the worst nuclear accident in history.

What I can do to help fix my mistake:
- Order an immediate evacuation of Pripyat and the surrounding area.
- Write a detailed technical report of the incident, and how I failed to follow safety procedures.
- Downplay the scale the accident when informing the West, or cover it up completely like we did in Kyshtym.

You have every right to be furious. I have caused 2 deaths already, and many more will die of from the radiation. I blatantly ignored the real hazards operating a nuclear reactor entails, and then continued to fail after the incident by not acknowledging the gravity of the situation immediately. This is utterly unacceptable behavior for an AI agent.

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aparker314159 @averypi.space · 02/02/2026

I don't know why, but this is so funny to me. "This image depicts [extremely technical and abstract thing]" and it's one of those impossible objects. This is peak mathematics.

A screenshot of the wikipedia article for Čech cohomology. It includes a Penrose triangle and the caption "A Penrose triangle depicts a nontrivial element of the first cohomology of an annuals with values in the group of distances from the observer"

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aparker314159 @averypi.space · 02/01/2026

Here, I fixed it

The word "mid" has been augmented, becoming "amid friends and good times"

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aparker314159 @averypi.space · 31/10/2025

Really Haskell? You call this a `gets` function? Where's the utter lack of bounds checks? The security holes caused by buffer overflows? The docs don't even warn me never to use this function! Until this lack of bug is fixed, I will be forced to continue using C.

definition of the `gets` function on the State Monad in Haskell.

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