Rotating Handles @davidhdaw.bsky.social · 3hThe Joyce Carol Oates thing everybody hates is just amazing posting because it is a fairly run of the mill AI take (there is writing that is routine communication that can probably be automated) and then she slaps a nuclear hot "what is real literature" take in there. 110
Reposted by Rotating Handleslit_patches @litpatches.bsky.social · 3hInvisible Man by Ralph Ellison v1.05: Added new item: grappling gun 031
Reposted by Rotating HandlesWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 8hThere are two academic disciplines, computer science and sociology. Biology? Computer science. Physics? Computer science. Economics? Computer science. Computer Science? Actually, Sociology. 1426441
Rotating Handles @davidhdaw.bsky.social · 6hGod it's so funny to be doing this bit when we're in an active war that he was personally integral to us starting. He's doing the "hold me back! Hold me back!" routine on levels previous chickenhawk cowards never even imagined. 010
Rotating Handles @davidhdaw.bsky.social · 7hGiving all new AI models a Myers-Briggs test to see if they're a good culture fit for my team. 000
Rotating Handles @davidhdaw.bsky.social · 9hI think it's kinda fascinating that the world's biggest MOVIE STAR and probably the most bankable actor in Hollywood is not a particularly good actor. Tom Cruise is an extremely talented performer and a real contender for hardest working man in show-business but whenever the draw is his acting... 100
Rotating Handles @davidhdaw.bsky.social · 9hNeither is my used car.static.klipy.comCar On Fire Car BurningALT: Car On Fire Car Burning 000
Reposted by Rotating Handlespost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 9hwhat i think is currently up in the AI space since we're having cost arguments again: selling inference is very profitable, but models are improving so fast that there's no time for capex on model training to amortize, so net at this rate they're losing money which is why they want a cartel 1531633
Reposted by Rotating HandlesVituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 9hA very common and sort of funny combination of beliefs on here is that reactionary corporations exercise iron control over the media and also that this is irrelevant to Democrats attempting to put out progressive messaging 35911
Rotating Handles @davidhdaw.bsky.social · 10hI think Matt Berry should have to do every possible line reading of "Godspeed You Black Emperor" as a public service. 000
Reposted by Rotating HandlesSysfin @sysfin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I like democrats who like democrats... but I love democrats who hate republicans. 1136
Rotating Handles @davidhdaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I have been promised that the undercurrent of sorta hating women in Dungeon Crawler Carl goes away at some point and staring down another 500 pages or so of Book 5...does that happen soon? 152
Rotating Handles @davidhdaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026www.polygon.com/thief-pulse-... Unfortunately people may need to be ready for some comic delays as @kierongillen.bsky.social has been cursed by God to write 10-14 essays about this.polygon.comA Beloved '90s Video Game Is Getting a Brand New Sequel 30 Years LaterA Thief story set between Dark Project and Metal Age will fill in some gaps 100
Rotating Handles @davidhdaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026There are many things going badly in the world but I think the "omnicrisis" is pretty clearly a result of people having access to more information on the state of the world than has ever been possible in human history. Like if the average person in 1400 knew everything going on in the world then... 120
Reposted by Rotating HandlesJeremy Diamond ☕️ @dmnd.me · 29/09/2026One thing going on here is that professional writers have actual legit beef with LLMs and they (and arguably artists) are justified in seeing these products as irredeemably tainted by plagiarism. Unfortunately, that is an extremely vulnerable epistemological position to be in. 2525
Reposted by Rotating HandlesDean Frey @dean.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Remembering Madeline Kahn on her birthday 🎂 📷 Harry Langdon, 1985 "She is one of the most talented people that ever lived. I mean, either in stand-up comedy, or acting, or whatever you want, you can't beat Madeline Kahn." - Mel Brooks 591999241
Reposted by Rotating HandlesAsh Flanagan @ashflanagan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One funny thing about how AI alignment is going is that so much of the early work was obsessed with consequentialist ethics, maybe occasionally throwing in some deontology for spice, but so far what seems to work best is "tell Claude to be a person of virtue" 52810
Rotating Handles @davidhdaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It's nice that there's one guy we can all agree is the worst person to ever claim they're a journalist. Just burst on the scene as the shittiest dude to ever do it and it's been all down hill from there. 010
Rotating Handles @davidhdaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026What's funny is that there's a storyline where this sorta happens and when Batman comes back to life his conclusion is that he's really gotta scale up Batman. 062
Rotating Handles @davidhdaw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I think Kai Winn is probably my favorite Trek villain with Dukat a close second. Both such good depictions of people struggling to reconcile their self-perception with a complete refusal to stop being a complete piece of shit every goddamn minute of every day. 150
Rotating Handles @davidhdaw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is the water, and this is the well. Drink full, and descend. ...This is real roots reggae, we don't mess around. 020
Rotating Handles @davidhdaw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I really wish capital G Gamers would at least wait until WoW Forever launched to ruin WoW Forever. 121
Reposted by Rotating HandlesWildPartyInviteDecliner @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026My take from this story is that Joe Biden was the only guy will to de-escalate and pretty much everyone else chose to kill people over any other available option and Biden's impulses lost. 511125
Rotating Handles @davidhdaw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026last RT: Also it stars Luke Cage. Really feels like the new "no I swear, I know you're under 70 but this CBS show rules." 000
Reposted by Rotating HandlesAbby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Me listening to @sepinwall.bsky.social and @kvanaren.bsky.social talking Cupertino on this week's EP of @tvisgoodpod.bsky.social 13210
Rotating Handles @davidhdaw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Computer remains good at absurdism from smashing random things together with about a 10% success rate. This does beat almost all computer science majors. 010
Rotating Handles @davidhdaw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Trying to figure out how we can get the "no idea who he is" number higher. 040
Reposted by Rotating Handlesvideogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 19/09/2026the space tablet, print ad, imagery (1982) archive.org/details/byte... 819548
Reposted by Rotating HandlesBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I like that they made him emperor primarily because he could do the thing with his eyes, that is to Klingons what being handsome was for JFK 1585962
Reposted by Rotating Handlesweeder @weeder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026God, grant me the courage to change the things I can and incredible new powers to change the things I can't. 63106582519
Reposted by Rotating Handlesae @aelkus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026ok this is an actual bomb thrower for tech discourse sockpuppet.org/blog/2026/08...sockpuppet.orgStop Making TUIsIt's time to stop drawing user interfaces with punctuation characters. Native UI is a completely solved problem. 101217
Rotating Handles @davidhdaw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026These "job interviews" you're all talking about sound horrible. 000
Rotating Handles @davidhdaw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Force Awakens doesn't have one, TLJ attempts to create one, Rise of Skywalker doesn't have one either but is very adamant that the one from Last Jedi doesn't count. Overall effect is three movies that are about how we're never going to stop making Star Wars movies. 051
Rotating Handles @davidhdaw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Congratulations to the writer's room of Cupertino because this is incredibly Robert and Michelle King coded. 000
Rotating Handles @davidhdaw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Probably true! Only Rowling herself seems to be having a lot of trouble with it. 031
Reposted by Rotating HandlesEffy, Demon of Corn, Wheat, Spelt, and Rice @mseffy.myatproto.social · 25/09/2026Going back in time to confirm whether Genghis Khan "knew what a woman was" only for the Khan to stare me dead in the face and say "There are at least three. Don't play games with me, kid." 59016
Rotating Handles @davidhdaw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026There's going to be a one pager about this by the end of the weekend. 020
Rotating Handles @davidhdaw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This list is absolutely "somebody with a fetish for getting yelled at" material. So many placements where you can feel some weird pervert in the NYT offices going "yeah...yeah, that'll generate so much discourse. 131
Rotating Handles @davidhdaw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026*Puts hand to ground* Yup, it's Gender alright. 011
Rotating Handles @davidhdaw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Guy who’s going to vote for whoever is ahead in the polls and is constantly just waiting for a majority on any issue so I can IMMEDIATELY go “oh yeah me too” 030
Rotating Handles @davidhdaw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is the outcome all the wishy washy Talarico stuff is looking for. This isn't a getable voter but it is a goawayable voter. 532140
Reposted by Rotating HandlesHerr Donkey Gunther Büergers @calamityjon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Wild thing I learned earlier today -- the phrase "This is a job for Superman" predates Superman. I found citations as early as 1909. 520681
Reposted by Rotating HandlesChris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026In recent years, the media has quietly begun to change the way in which it writes about Bobby Kotick, the former CEO of Activision Blizzard. PMG investigates how Kotick used the threat of defamation to reshape his legacy in the games business, one article at a time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...youtube.comInside Bobby Kotick's Campaign Against the PressYouTube video by People Make Games 231983915
Rotating Handles @davidhdaw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Will I, a straight white cis male have to wait for Woke 3.0 to have somebody stand up for how I'M underprivledged? 000
Reposted by Rotating HandlesLyse @lyse.myatproto.social · 24/09/2026Omg that’s fucking evil and hilarious 1181