Dan Tappan @dantappan.net · 18/08/2026LLM generated :-) Prompt: write a note describing the reasons why an LLM is not reliable as an "AI writing detector", and why LLMs should not be used for decision making in general. Be sure to use the word "quiet" or "quietly" 100
Dan Tappan @dantappan.net · 19/07/2026The guineas alarmed (sound on) just as I went out this morning. Looks like it charged them but only got a few feathers. 000
Dan Tappan @dantappan.net · 29/06/2026Patreon support sends me responses like this, but nothing gets fixed so I'm skeptical that anyone is really working on it. It should not take months to track down a problem like this. 010
Dan Tappan @dantappan.net · 12/04/2026When I see people talk about how great "AI" is at doing a job, I think of this post. If you think "AI" is great at software engineering, see this thread: bsky.app/profile/oliv... 000
Dan Tappan @dantappan.net · 15/01/2026Yes. Looting is a war crime. Why isn't that being noted? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looting 010
Dan Tappan @dantappan.net · 14/01/2026Today is Benedict Arnold's Birthday (Jan 14, 1741), but it's a special one for him since he will no longer go down in History as the greatest Traitor in American History - surpassed by Trump, the entire Republican Party, and the corrupt SCOTUS 040
Dan Tappan @dantappan.net · 01/01/2026Daily aspirin is only recommended for people with EXISTING heart issues or stoke history 010
Dan Tappan @dantappan.net · 22/10/2025if you know where this came from, let me know so I can attribute 010
Dan Tappan @dantappan.net · 22/10/2025Wow! All this time I've been thinking that the copper ethernet cable from my router connecting to my FIOS Fiber last-mile connection ONT works like a charm! I must be imagining typing this! That you Mr President Sir for setting me straight! 010
Dan Tappan @dantappan.net · 16/10/2025Warning: new text scam. This one almost got me (enough to click on the link) but it went to a fake Amazon login at "awaznizon.co" so BitWarden didn't recognize it & refused to fill in the login. That's a major reason to use a good password vault, BTW. 100
Dan Tappan @dantappan.net · 07/06/2025The secret of Area-51 (of course, that's what "they" want you to think :-) ) archive.is/ioVQ6 010
Dan Tappan @dantappan.net · 13/05/2025The current deadline for entry in the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Grassy Hill Emerging Artist showcase is May 20. See falconridgefolk.com/performers/ 010
Dan Tappan @dantappan.net · 08/04/2025eg: the following. "Moved from another platform" seems to be code for "imported a list of accounts to spam" Is there any way to report these newsletters to @substack.bsky.social as spam? 000
Dan Tappan @dantappan.net · 07/03/2025It's Bandcamp Friday - 100% of proceeds for sales today go to the musicians bandcamp.com 070
Dan Tappan @dantappan.net · 22/01/2025😂😅😆🤣😅🤣😂😅😆🤣😅🤣😂😅😆🤣😅🤣!! The Idiot-In-Chief threatens RU with tariffs, and doesn't understand that, due to existing sanctions, Russian imports to the US are virtually nil tradingeconomics.com/united-state... (leaving aside the idiocy that tariffs are a tax on the US purchaser, not the seller) 120
Dan Tappan @dantappan.net · 21/01/2025"Local Policy Violation" - @washingtonpost.com policy is to ignore criticism of their fascist bootlicking. 010
Dan Tappan @dantappan.net · 19/01/2025An "Executive Order" cannot override a law. EOs are based on delegation of power in laws. And the current SCOTUS has spent the past few years working their little hearts out to gut the power of EOs; but presumably that only applies when it's a Democratic President issuing the orders. 100
Dan Tappan @dantappan.net · 16/08/2024 Not to mention: that's a huge plate of fries to go with one small hot dog, and a tiny amount of ketchup for that many fries. via: braddelong.substack.com/p/sundowning... Those lips look oddly pink to me 000
Dan Tappan @dantappan.net · 30/06/2024For me it picked the three towns because of the word "rotary". It didn't ask me about drive-through liquor stores. Seems like in most cases use of a word will be similar in close cities, so there doesn't seem much point in showing 3. 000
Dan Tappan @dantappan.net · 03/04/2024Throwing it into the House more often would definitely be worse. Look at paragraph 3 of the 12th Amendment 200
Dan Tappan @dantappan.net · 21/01/2024Apparently the @bostonglobe.bsky.social censored Doonsbury today. Instead of this one, they ran a repeat of a 2018 Veteran's Day strip (with a distorted aspect ratio) 100
Dan Tappan @dantappan.net · 20/10/2023One might think they would be ashamed to admit that "the most popular Republican in Congress" is so unpopular that he can't win a secret vote among only Republicans I suppose expecting some introspection on that point would be a bridge too far. 010