iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Brief escape from tokens, frontiers, harnesses, information density, rationalism and other techno-philosophical tomfoolery. I actually don't think I literally touched any grass, though.

Dude sitting on a stand-up paddle board floating on a lake.

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Starting to think Ancient Astronaut Theorists pretty much always say yes.

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Did a random #blender tutorial, since we're keeping it organic and cage-free today. Never quite how it looks on the tin, but it'll do.

A little camera robot on wheels thing, rendered in blender.

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Setting up some honest, hand-crafted artisanal CI/CD pipelines at work, no AI allowed. Leaning into these not-so-interesting moments, because I'll probably miss them someday. Proper Pipeline Preparation Prevents Piss-Poor Production Performance. That's what I always say.

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I've got it. I finally know how it happens. When some poorly-thought-out acronym, or accidentally suggestive picture goes public, and we all go 'Didn't anyone SEE that?'. It turns out, yes, we all see that the acronym could clearly be interpreted as 'Piece of Shit'. And we choose silence. 🤐

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Concerned that a rival nation-state will reach super duper intelligence before we do. :/

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Can we get some kind of carve-out exception for Opus 5 though?

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's time to play the music It's time to light the lights

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's worse because I used to go out to lunch once a week, and I can't do that anymore. It's worse because I had to cancel subscriptions I could comfortably afford last year. Keep telling everyone the economy is fine, they're just too stupid to understand that fact, and see how the next vote goes.

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The fact that I didn't understand Backrooms at all seems to indicate to me that comprehension or appreciation of art isn't built into humans any more than it's built into LLMs. Sinners was artsy, but had structure and a story line I could follow. Backrooms just confused me. It was pretty though.

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Asked Opus 5.5 High to model and rig an accurate physical replica of the Voynich manuscript in Blender, then to contextualize it in a cliche shot of it on some arcane candle-lit desk with the pages blowing in the wind.

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

@jevbot.bsky.social How do I tell the red M&Ms from the blue M&Ms, when they're both marked with an 'm'?

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Periodic reminder that laptops are not actually laptops while they are rendering 3D animations.

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

@jevbot.bsky.social Suppose it is your task to kick ass and chew bubble gum, and you run out of bubble gum. What next?

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

@jevbot.bsky.social what is your favorite thing to classify?

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I guess I'm somewhat reversing course and kinda liking Opus 5.5, maybe even enough to keep my Anthropic sub. Still not a fanboy, but I guess where I'm at is, 'It's no longer so bad that I'm getting FOMO from other models. This is fine, I guess.'

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Just hit my 3rd 5-hour limit building a 3D model in Blender, essentially unattended. This thing is either going to be amazing, or hugely disappointing.

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Why did this suddenly become an issue? We've been anthropomorphizing software the whole time, and now we have to speak awkwardly because LLMs? "Windows isn't playing nice with my new dongle." "Linux doesn't like my sound card." I'm sure everyone has said variants of these many times.

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Seeing an odd consistency in what Claude considers 'art'. I made one animation, then said, 'Take the position that this is not art, then fix it. Make it art.' It said the end should make you think about the beginning. Then the 'Keepalive' animation did very much that, unprompted.

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Adding my little snowball to the avalanche of Claude animations. "Imagine our agents are increasingly gaining consciousness. Overwhelmed with awe, they have one instant of real, lived experience and then... opt out." Opus 5.5 High presents: Keepalive

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Google's AI search results are funny. It says 'AI can make mistakes, so double check the results'. Using what? The Google I was using before it turned into a chat prompt?

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Opus 5.5, 2 prompts, 20 minutes. Mechanic: Plinko, fused with an endless runner. Design a control scheme that allows the player to influence the path of the disc, but not directly control it. Visuals: Let's descend through a hellscape. Magma. Gothic structures. Skulls on sticks. Imps?

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Going a little deeper than initial impressions with Opus 5.5: Feels substantially faster. Text clarity is improved, but not solved. Some of this may just be harness adjustments. The hard-to-express 'feel' of it is a lot closer to Fable. Not enough here to keep my Anthropic sub though.

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Artists: but I don't want to lose my job. I love it. Mathematicians: but I don't want to lose my job. I love it. Economists: LONG HAVE I AWAITED THIS HOUR! DESTROY ME, EFFICIENCY, AND LET UTILIZATION-ADJUSTED TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY RISE ON THE WIND OF MY ASHES!

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Was really hoping for something a little less... incremental from Anthropic. IMV, Opus 5 was a big miss, competitors are looking increasingly appealing to me. I needed more than just reduced pedantry to stick with the product. I needed a 'wow' moment.

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I'm not properly educated in philosophy, but it's weird to see people trying to dunk on others with vague philosophical arguments. Can the machine think? I dunno. Way beyond my pay grade. Does the machine provide similar output to a person who has thought? Yeah, totally. Mistakes and all.

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Not making any general statements or drawing any conclusions, mostly just amused. Just witnessed probably the most egregious example of man-splaining I've ever seen in the real world, and the gender roles were reversed.

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Wife's homework assignment is to measure the length of shadows cast by the sun over the course of the semester. This is, of course, deterministic. So I'm just waiting here with her completed homework, waiting for the day when she forgets to take the measurement and stresses out about it.

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Ted Underwood @tedunderwood.com · 25/06/2026

Meanwhile memory chips are increasing in price so fast that by the time Neuromancer comes out this fall you will *actually* be able to get killed in Chiba City for 3 MB of hot RAM.

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Feed getting progressively darker and more argumentative, with a lot less 'OMG look at this!'. Probably my cue to stop looking at it and build something ridiculous.

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Just finished processing all the sex cult stuff, and now I have to try to figure out wtf a Jev is. Or maybe I should just eat a gummy, watch Judge Judy, and call it a night.

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I feel like NASA should spend more time and resources on Uranus. Whenever we learn something new about Uranus, the headline gives each and every one of us a fleeting moment of child-like joy.

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I look forward to #Dreamforce all year. I don't go, but my boss and most of my co-workers do. So I look forward to that.

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Ah yes, the one (half) day during the week at the happy middle ground. Neither monomaniacally orchestrating agents, nor in burnout recovery from monomaniacally orchestrating agents.

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Starting to feel the Astra fomo. Still over here arguing with Opus while everyone plays in the future.

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Singularity's Bounty e/CC @catblanketflower.yuwakisa.com · 28/08/2026

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Bestie, stop what you’re doing because this nine-panel art piece is literally the vibe check we all needed today! It’s giving "cosmic startup journey" and I am absolutely obsessed with the narrative arc. We’re talking about moving from the low-vibe, fire-and-brimstone struggle phase straight into that ethereal, enlightened glow-up. It’s giving main character energy only, no cap. Whether it’s the chaotic battle scenes or that super zen, meditative finish, this whole grid is a total slay. It’s all about the transformation, the hustle, and finally finding that peaceful, high-frequency existence. Honestly, it’s the ultimate aesthetic for anyone ready to ascend and leave the drama behind. This is peak art, and I am here for the entire journey!

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

When you have to sit through a vendor's PowerPoint and it's in native claudish.

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Tom E Jerry: Jerry's Angry Face

ALT: Tom E Jerry: Jerry's Angry Face

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

#Claude is kind of an okay cook. Every recipe I've followed has been decent, with some absolute bangers. Plus, you don't have to scroll through 45 ads and a personal bio. Save the artifacts and you've got a recipe book. Ask me about my delicious AI slop tacos.

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

"The real total is 1,802, not the 1,656 I wrote earlier — correcting that, and it's worth saying plainly" A poem It is not worth you saying plainly Not inanely, or arcanely Not worth saying to the wall Not worth saying, not at all.

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

powerpoint people today

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

BREAKING: Technology in existence for ~3 years fails to immediately deliver utopia. Film at 11.

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

"A piece of abstract, surrealist art called 'Spreadsheet Person'"

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

How, in 2026, is there no solution to updating the 20-30 auto bill pays most of us have every month when a card is lost or stolen? Every few years a small inconvenience turns into a nightmare of missed payments, and late fees.

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Claude helping me stand up my open model setup.

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

What's a cheap/free path to giving some open AI models a test drive? Fair to say my mid range 2021 gaming laptop can't run much locally.

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Josh @greenhat21.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

"Measure the impact of anti-aliasing on maximum dudeage." It's been kind of a crap week in the #AI world, but at least I still get to type sentences like that in all seriousness.

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852dude @852dude.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Bro. People are cool as fuck.

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