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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The AI company should be liable for cases like this. But you know they put somewhere in the fine print "don't trust the model"so they can blame the user

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's worse than that - now that the agent fucking up is part of the chat history it is more likely that future tokens will be generated that fuck up in similar ways.

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

One of the lines in my family's recipe for crab salad is "as much crab as you can afford". Nowadays we can put as much crab as we want in it. Of course, where I live could be described as "as much housing as you can afford".

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Fwiw, I can see both the patreon homepage and your patreon.

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

You can set an android phone to automatically upload by going to Google photos, going to Photos Settings, and making sure Backup is on. You can get to photos Settings by tapping your account icon in the upper right. (I wasn't sure how to do it so I looked it up and I thought I'd share)

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

There is an interesting connection between long-termism and anti-abortion beliefs. They both believe that someone who does not exist now can be harmed by not being brought into existence.

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

But this is an interesting question! How many straws do you have to pull out before a broom becomes a stick? Admittedly, it would probably be better to explore this on a broom hovering a meter above a pond...

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I'm taking your toys and going home.

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Small Gods is my favorite book, but this may be my favorite Discworld quote

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This makes me want to see the rules system for this character sheet. I know a lot of those terms, but not all of them.

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

(according to FRED median new home price in 1985 Q1 was 82800, and median new home price in 2025 Q1 was 423100)

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

For example. In 1985 it took 3.5 years of median household income to purchase a median new home, while in 2025 it took 5 years. It's not clear to me that people should feel that they're doing better now than they would have been doing in 1985

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I think people react poorly to this kind of statement because they're seeing an implication that the economy is doing ok, so they shouldn't complain. I also think you're underestimating the importance of the inflation measure.

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

When I was a kid I almost started a house fire by sticking one of my stuffed toys in a place where it was in contact with a light bulb. When my mom took it out, it was scorched.

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I don't think this is about elevating the family so much as it is about providing a justification for the violence. Nowadays there isn't much need for violence, but culturally many people see the capacity for violence as an inherent part of masculinity, and family provides a pretext for that.

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

When I was born my mom refused to pay the hospital bill until they sent it to her, in her name, and not my dad.

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

You could make an argument for Mrs Clay. Her main sin seems to be that she is a poor woman trying to marry a rich man.

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I'm lactose intolerant and I'd still vote for the all you can drink milk. I have good memories of trying to beat my dad at drinking milk when I was a kid.

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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

ORPHANED CATS NEED FOREVER HOME IN NORTHEAST (PLEASE READ *ENTIRE* THREAD) My wife's childhood friend died Thursday, leaving his two *mildly* special-needs cats. The elder, Wally, is about 13. ABSOLUTELY affectionate cat; GLORIOUSLY dim. His only issue is that he poops in bathtubs if given a chance

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Ranked choice voting! Ranked choice voting! Ranked choice voting!

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Thank you so much! That's exactly what I was curious about.

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Yeah, I recognized it from that, but it seems like a real word.

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I just looked up claudication, cause I realized I didn't know exactly what it meant, but all the definitions I can find seem to be talking about limping, which doesn't make sense in context.

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Wow. I read this and thought "well, euthanasia really does sound like youth in Asia, maybe I'm doing it too" but no, he really does say youth in Asia

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

My impression is that it's when you try to make chatbots more dependable by having them chat with each other. i.e. ask one bot to answer a question, and ask a second bot to critique the answer.

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Most mean to: easily Pavel's mom

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Do you put the tentacles on and then see how it stands, or do you plan how it's going to stand and then add the tentacles?

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

OMG, please! I don't even have any pedagogical purpose, but that seems like the kind of thing that would be very entertaining.

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

That slogan only works with an asterisk that comes with 20 paragraphs detailing all the ways that you're not allowed to use police power to abuse people. And even then it'd only take them a week to come up with some new awful form of abuse.

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Today I learned :D That's awesome!

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Wait, there's a real Oolskunrahod?

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Is there somewhere I can order this or pre-order it?

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I don't believe them but I can't help wishing that God would provide them with the HRT that they claim they want.

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Nowadays lettuce watch has a completely different meaning

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

From the article it looks like they shut it down cause they didn't want to deal with a union, and they're gonna try to give the brand to someone else. Guess I can just continue not buying it :/

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Boooo! I mean, I guess I'm partially responsible, I haven't bought any of their candy for years, but still, boo.

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Maybe don't count anyone who gets the hardest first.

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Hell, if meta was really interested in solving the problem they could implement the software side of that right now, but they know their market

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I think it requires a legislative solution. Something like "glasses cannot save or export images or video, if you want that get a camera. Modifying your glasses to allow them to save or export images or video is a crime." I'm not sure if that's enough but it's a start.

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Patrick Pittman @patrickpittman.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

When my brain broke, I set about trying to fix it the same way I do with anything — by pulling it apart to figure out what's jammed. This started as a cultural history of writer's block, and ended up in the neuroscience of how creativity itself works (or doesn't): thestory.au/articles/wri...

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Grief Breaks the Brain: A Writer's Long Journey Back to the Page

When tragedy destroyed his ability to write, Patrick Pittman went looking for a way back to the page. But is the cure for writer’s block in your heart, or in your head?

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I got sidetracked thinking about what Anne McCaffrey would pick, based on her use of 'runnerbeast' for horse

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I was in academia. It didn't go great, and in hindsight there are things I wish I had done differently; you seem much more organized, industrious, and clear-eyed than I was. Still, I don't regret trying to figure things out. The world is an amazing place and it's worth trying to figure out.

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Plus, you made me realize there is a symmetry between Mr and Mrs Bennett. Mr Bennett knows, but doesn't care, and Mrs Bennett cares, but doesn't know.

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Steven Damer @hampswitch.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I've really appreciated your thread. I've read Pride and Prejudice many times, and your thread has helped me look at it with new eyes.

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