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A perpetual student, here to read from more knowledgeable people more than to write. Software engineer, furry. Icon created by @rowyn Suspected Mexican and […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ im-in.space/@Chip_Unicorn, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 8h
I agree with mastodon.social/@vascorsd/117411611… and I'm going to expand on it. Some languages' structures, like Racket ( racket-lang.org ) , can be learned by a beginner in an hour. (Most of that hour will be convincing them that's ALL of the structure of the language […]
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
I keep realizing how different my life is from many others in Los Angeles. Even people in similar brackets. On Bluesky, they were talking about making reservations at restaurants. I eat out about three times a week. Since I moved to Los Angeles, I don't think I have ever made a reservation. Or […]
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026
Amazon is using an LLM to guide what it's showing you. You can find what it thinks about you at www.amazon.com/slc/hub?useAiMode=1&… It also offers a prompt to ask your most-used LLM to write about you. I have included a screen grab of the […] [Original post on im-in.space]
I'm setting up a new shopping assistant and I want it to know me well enough to give great recommendations. Please go through all your memories, saved facts, and anything you've picked up from our conversations, and write me a profile.

Rules:
- Only include facts you actually know about me with high confidence. If you don't have information for a category, omit it entirely — do not write placeholder statements, and do not write negations like "I don't have any pets" or "I haven't mentioned a car."
- Do not infer, guess, or generalize based on demographics or typical behavior.
- If you have no known facts about me, respond with exactly: "I don't have enough information about you yet to build a profile."

Write every fact in first person, as if I'm saying it about myself. Use "I", "my", "me" language. For example:
- "I have a golden retriever named Max"
- "I prefer dark roast coffee"
- "My shoe size is 10"

Write one fact per line. Be specific — include brand names, sizes, model numbers, and exact product names when you know them.

Cover these areas:

About me and my household:
- Where I live, my age or age range
- Who I live with — my partner, my kids (ages and interests), my family
- My pets — names, breeds, ages, food brands, any health needs
- My home — apartment, house, how many bedrooms, yard, etc.
- My car or vehicles (make, model, year)

What I like and how I shop:
- My favorite brands, stores, and products
- My clothing and shoe sizes (and my family's)
- My style pref
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
[Physical health] Well, this sucks. I had minor pain in my lower back from one week ago. I know that movement is an excellent way to fix this problem, so I kept moving. Today, without warning at about 11:30am, _extreme pain_ from one muscle in my lower back. I took Advil. I have a pain patch […]
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
Yesterday, I went to a Korean festival in Los Angeles. Two-thirds of it was what I expected: a fun night market, with a huge stage for dancers and other entertainment. But I didn't write about the other one-third. About one hundred farm cooperatives from Korea and other small businesses were […]
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
I am off to a big Koreatown festival. I just realized something-- this was almost definitely the festival that the animators of K-Pop Demon Hunters used as a source for the final battle of the bands. If the band on stage starts rising in the air and eating everyone's souls... the trip would be […]
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026
_waves to everyone from a Polish festival at Our Lady of the Bright Mount in Los Angeles_ I am rapidly filling up with pierogi, cabbage rolls, potato pancakes and other wunnerful foods. You will have to roll me out of here!
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026
Hey @the_gneech -- How did Oglaf sneak into your role-playing games? www.oglaf.com/goodideas
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
People _really_ live in their own worlds in Los Angeles. Today at work, my speaking Spanish came up. "Wow," was the response. "Where do you get the chance to practice it?"
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026
Very cool! Scientists detect radio signals from the aurora of a planet outside the solar system! www.sciencealert.com/astronomers-de…
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026
World's stupidest racist... I heard a complaint in con-ops. No names will be shared. During the fursuit parade, an asshole came up to a Chinese furry fan and shouted, "Ching chong! Ching chong!" Okay. That's stupid for three reasons: * Ontario is just barely to the east of San Gabriel […]
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026
7,652 badges printed at Anthro SoCal! I'm EXHAUSTED.
A large screen reads: Badges Printed: 7652.

Bellow it is a crowd.

On stage are seven people, each showing a different emotion.
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Alley Stoughton @fullyabstract.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026
Music by Peter Dickson Lopez, Meredith Monk, Gene Pritsker & inti figgis-vizueta - featuring cellists Jakob Nierenz / Andrew Yee, ComoCord Modified Quartet, MISE-EN & Phaedra Ensemble / guest singers - on Not Brahms and Liszt Monday (9/21/26) 4-5:30pm ET on […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]
Cover of Gene Pritsker's Composers Concordance Records album "The Painters", featuring a grid of eight paintings in different styles.Cover of inti figgis-vizueta's New Amsterdam Records album "Music for Transitions", featuring a black and white photo of a small child with long hair painting at an easel.Cover of Meredith Monk and Phaedra Ensemble's Cantaloupe Music album "Realms", featuring a partly off the frame disk of what looks like (electronic?) waves inside a dark but not black donut - on a black background.Cover of International Computer Music Conference's Ravello Records album "ICMC: Best of the Listening Sessions", featuring a graphic with colorful circuit boards.
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026
I'm curious... You are given two things: 1. A physical stack of cards that have names and number of hours worked. 2. A list of names who are gofurs. Without using a computer, would you be able to give the total number of hours for all gofurs? At least three people around me couldn't […]
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026
Happy birthday to you, @rowyn !
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026
I am at a furry convention. There were FRANTIC calls over the radio asking for "clickers". I was absolutely certain that they needed dog training clickers
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026
[Staffing a convention] Oh heavens. I messed up badly. People thought that the gofurs needed their own space, to hold then while they wait around. I **_hate_** that kind of gofur den. Hate, hate, hate. We coordinate gofurs through Discord so that the gofurs can have fun. But it means that […]
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Angela Korra'ti @annathepiper.mastodon.murkworks.net.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
I have just been informed by Dayjob that my position is being eliminated. They aren't punting me out the door immediately, they're at least giving me 60 days' notice, but they are nonetheless punting me out the door. So joy oh glee, I get to go back on the job market. 😩 And try to find whatever […]
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
Oh heavens. Anthro So Cal starts tomorrow. I'm on site. So nervous.
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026
[Effects of torture.] Yesterday, I was in a nail salon in Santa Monica. On the chair, the manicurist put down a heavy board on which I could rest my hands. I quickly learned that she spoke little English; she was a recent immigrant from Vietnam. She was wearing a camisole, so I looked at her […]
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026
This is a reason why I adore @the_gneech 's universe. This is one of the most good, honorable, and heroic kaijus in the game. meow.social/@the_gneech/11726666077… (Mothra still needs to grow into her more lovely moth form.)
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Attached: 1 image They manage to make contact and teleport out to the jungle to chat with their old friend, who is apparently babysitting the newborn caterpillar version of Ganogami and periodically takes her "out for a fly around" at night (because the sunlight is too harsh). Olli informs them that the surging magic from the approach of the Nemesis moon forced Ganogami to hatch against her will, and that it is also turning Olli into a kaiju herself, but that she doesn't want that to happen. 2/?
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Tonight in #PF2E! The Ghostlight Crew are snoozing in Matofuno when a couple of them are awakened by chanting out in the streets. Investigating, they find several of the locals kneeling and praying Mecca-like at a pair of distant lights in the distant sky. When asked what it's all about, the […]
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026
Congratulations to Tristan Buckminster for solving the Navier-Stokes problem, and phooooey to OpenAI for using his ideas. techcrunch.com/2026/09/08/openai-fo…
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026
Where I work are two people in particular: * A quiet, studious mouse of a Christian who leads a weekly Bible study. * A very brash dev who today loudly announced that he keeps two copies of _The Satanic Bible_ , one to loan out. They sit across from each other. I'm getting out popcorn.
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026
Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! I saw T. Kingfisher and Kevin! #WorldCon
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026
I'm at the LatinX diaspora panel at #LAConV The panelists were burlando en Español. They didn't realize there was a large screen trying to transcribe their words... set to English.
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026
Hello to everyone from #WorldCon!
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026
Hi folks -- I bought @misseli.bsky.social this necklace as a small gift. Does the design have any particular meaning?
It is a red pendant that looks a little like roots of a tree, or maybe the glass left behind when lightning strikes sand.
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026
ppubs.uspto.gov/basic patents.google.com www.search-for-intellectual-propert… data.inpi.fr/recherche_avancee/brev… worldwide.espacenet.com www.j-platpat.inpit.go.jp/p0100 […]
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026
I am not writing that my neighborhood of Los Angeles doesn't match what's in movies. But... A dealer who would very much like to be _my_ dealer was on the bus. He's always interested in getting the latest addiction for me. He sells books from tables on the sidewalk.
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026
[Los Angeles. Funny.] At my new job, I chatted with a coworker who had two thoughts that I can't reconcile: * "I love Los Angeles!" * "I haven't left Venice and Santa Monica since I moved to Los Angeles." I wanted to tell him: "It's okay to say that you love Venice and Santa Monica […]
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026
I finished my first day of work yesterday. The technology stack is approachable. I'm still setting up everything. But I'm at that strange point where none of the tasks the team is working on mean anything: I lack the context of what the team is doing, so I don't understand the tickets. I will […]
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026
I came across the most dangerous event in today's walk: a pop-up cat adoption event. One kitty was absolutely perfect: a friendly ginger tomcat with a _lot_ to say. If my feline translator is correct, it was mostly complaints about the cage he was in. I unfortunately remembered how badly […]
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026
[Nervous] On Monday, I start my first job in over four years that has me going to an office. Now, the trip itself is easy -- I can take light rail, busses, bicycle, or even drive. But I'm more worried that I have forgotten social niceties over the last four-five years, and that I will offend […]
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026
Hi Fediverse! What's the best way to clean out a #keyboard that's filled with hair, food particles, and the like? Thanks.
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Theodora Ward @theodoraward.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026
yesterday i was talking about mastodon and someone was like "what the fuck is that" and without thinking i said "linux twitter"
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026
The main reason I went to the Netherlands was the wedding of @catdraoichta and @robinsyl . May they grow in love and joy throughout the years!
Just before the marriage ceremony, Catdroichta and Robin rest. Both have flowers in hand.On the boat after the marriage ceremony. They still have flowers!The wedding cake has six layers: one for each color of the rainbow.On the streets of Utrecht, with the famous tower in the background, Catdroichta and Robin kiss!
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026
Los Angeles -- I am inside you!
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026
[Travel] I was expecting travel into and out of the EU to be easy, and getting into the US to be a nightmare. In reality, Schiapole (the airport for Amsterdam) was horrible. We were stuck in line to enter the EU for a little under two hours. Further, our bags took another hour to find. (They […]
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026
I have absolutely no idea what made me bring my _Helluva Boss_ t-shirt to Europe as my comfy shirt for the 12-hour flight. Actually, I know. It's very comfy. But it's a terrible choice to go through customs with. In Salt Lake City.
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026
Hi @JennyFluff ! We sat next to each other at Misty's and Robin's wedding.
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026
Hiss.
The sign reads: "Paardenslagerij" and underneath, "W. Van Beek".

The front door has more pictures of horses.

Beyond, the place sells meat.

Yes, it's a horse butcher.

Perfectly legal (even in the US), exactly as moral as any other kind of butcher, but it's still not a place I would want to get meat from. Because horsemeat.
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026
In Utrecht, we are staying in the Muslim zone. So many bakeries, family restaurants, green grocers, and the like! I went into a bakery planning on one thing for breakfast. Then they brought "Turkish pizzas" fresh out of the oven. I had to get one, fully dressed. Three euros for bread baked […]
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 07/08/2026
In fact, I did not starve to death today.
A large plate with salad, fries, and Merguez (lamb) sausages. It's a lot of food!
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 07/08/2026
My mother warned me that there are "very scary" parts of Amsterdam and Ůtrecht filled with immigrants. I am in a neighborhood filled with Muslim immigrants, but I see absolutely nothing scary. Just dozens of shops (some closed for August -- sadness!) for the immigrant community including […]
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 07/08/2026
At a warehouse that had been subdivided into artist lofts, this was the most spectacular piece of art that I saw. It's electromagnets to lift steel sculptures. I saw it is also art.
A very long steel girder with many hanging electromagnets.
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 07/08/2026
At the museum of street art, I saw this painting. The photo doesn't give away that the painting was over six feet tall and about ten feet wide!
It is two paintings in one.

In blue is the side view of a late teen woman.

In red, sharing one eye, is a wolf in three-quarter profile.

The effect is of a woman and her spirit protector. Very strong, very beautiful.
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 07/08/2026
I found the _most_ Netherlands food at today's breakfast: Vegan liverworst.
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2026
We visited a huge artwork set of studios in Northern Amsterdam: NDSM. Please parse the sentence as (huge artwork) set of studios -- many pieces were larger than life. But my favorite piece hung from the ceiling and had hundreds of electromagnets to raise up sculptures. The locations of the […]
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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2026
Despite what everyone says, I did not model for this picture. I can neither confirm nor deny that this is actually Xydexx Unicorn.
"Banana Blast" by Spoko Loco.

Behind are two bananas. In front is an anthro, pink unicorn with a bubble butt facing the viewer. The effect is very silly.
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