I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 21mUnfortunately here in the Philippines it seems like the majority are 100% in favor of authoritarians taking over 000
I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 9hvery very easy for certain people in this community to say this without any concept of how difficult it is to actually implement certain features in an application ... 000
I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7Ap...youtube.comKids in the Hall - The MonkeysYouTube video by Rui 100
Reposted by I used to be a turtleEmily Hunt @emily.space · 04/10/2026a lot of people are so busy trying to deny that ai is effective that they're missing that a) that belief is years out of date b) it is about to replace/devalue a HUGE amount of human creative work. the below is absurdly disturbingly close to being a full music video from a prompt. and this is bad! 2298
I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 03/10/2026bit early to say if this is true or not, but from what I've seen it seems to be headed in that direction ... (going to admit that this is more hope than any having any empirical evidence ... ) 000
I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Twitter is still a better to stay up to date with Filipino news / politics / culture compared to here ... I can imagine it's similar for other non-US/non-Western country ... not BlueSky's fault, but it is what it is ... 100
Reposted by I used to be a turtleJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 01/10/202610/ Publications are businesses. They have no right to your money. And you have no right to their reporting. It’s all a matter of business models that create a mutual interest in working together. It’s understandable ( based on the history above ) but still silly to think that it’s an offense … 214813
Reposted by I used to be a turtleWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“People are being hugely irresponsible with this disruptive new tech. We need robust regulation to mitigate its disruptive impacts. We’re workingon that.” “Wow, that sounds really good can I learn more abou—“ “Don’t listen to them. They’re a sex cult” “Don’t listen to him. Not a cult. Promise.” 227214
Reposted by I used to be a turtleWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“Wow this thing is really effective at writing Latex code and for loops, I should learn more about how it wor—“ “It’s god.” “Don’t listen to him. It’s not god. It may kill us all.” “Don’t listen to either of them. It’s not god, and it won’t kill us. To prove this, I made a virtual hell for it.” 338231
Reposted by I used to be a turtleCharles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 02/10/2026Talarico should open his speeches with, “Hail Satan!” Then point out how stupid and irrational this kind of Dark Ages magical thinking really is. No, I don’t expect this to ever happen in my lifetime, but it should. 2411
Reposted by I used to be a turtleHannah Shelley, MLIS (Maggots, Lycanthropes & Ice Skeletons) @hannahshelley.site · 02/10/2026Please stop anthropomorphizing computers. They cannot "run" a program, because they don't have legs 392058285
Reposted by I used to be a turtlelarry.earth (he/him) 8647 @larry.earth · 30/09/2026I asked Claude. Claude does not have a "vinyl mode." 121
I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026hmm ... I think it's fine if someone uses Claude or ChatGPT to recommend someone a record .. .it's their time and money so like ... who gives a shit? that said, the best music recommendations I've gotten has been nerding out about music with friends or going on music forums to argue with people ... 000
I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I do think it's important for people in STEM to be exposed to liberal arts because that's part of having a well-rounded education (one of my favorite classes in university was on Picasso) but it's really not a guarantee people won't turn out to be assholes ... 000
Reposted by I used to be a turtleThe Manila Times @themanilatimes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026DAVAO City Mayor Sebastian Duterte on Tuesday confirmed that the city government had 19 transactions with GenCorp Industries Inc., which Vice President Sara Duterte had listed as a business interest in her statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN). READ: mrf.lu/2dww_ 011
I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026notice how they don't put stuff like "wash the toilet", "wash the dishes", "clean the cat litter", etc ... etc ... a lot of chores can be automated ... nothing wrong with that ... 020
I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026wasn't too long ago that people on this site that AI wasn't doing their laundry ... 110
Reposted by I used to be a turtleCat Hicks @grimalkina.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I started tracking and I've spent roughly 20 hours on the phone dealing with doctor office, insurance AND pharmacy errors versus 45 minutes total of actual face to face care in the past six months. Not an exaggeration 215020
I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Steam Deck is crap because it does not include a stand ... and before you type out whatever reply you have in mind, I'll just remind you that you are wrong 000
I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026a lot of the atheists I used to look up to are disappointingly terrible people ... 000
Reposted by I used to be a turtleSenator Dr. John Brown stan account, Esq., PhD, MD, JD, LCSW @johnbrownstan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The problem with the AI discourse for me has always been that the staunchly anti-AI people are silly and wrong about a lot of basic facts while the staunchly pro-AI are insane and/or grifters 5815
I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026something tells me Ed Zitron doesn't really understand the thing he reports on ... but hey, I'm just some rando on the internet ... 000
I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I'm sorry AI guys, but AI will never defeat Excel .. in fact, it will make Excel even stronger!!! 000
I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026now Microsoft needs to just stop being greedy and merge Github Copilot and MS Copilot into a single thing because it makes no technical sense why they're separate services other than MS are greedy little shits ... 000
Reposted by I used to be a turtlerev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 27/09/2026one trillion liters of water is less than the dairy and beef industry uses in one day 2859660
I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026you can see why Anthropic never really dropped their prices but are now doing so with 5.5 ... 000
Reposted by I used to be a turtleAndy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Here it is compared to total water consumption in the US (lol) 1458
I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I do think the pro-AI people sometimes do themselves no favors when they insist AI will be / should be part of their workflows sometimes yes definitely ... but like sometimes AI just doesn't fit ... 100
Reposted by I used to be a turtlerev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 25/09/2026it is genuinely obscene that prior to this point it was considered good for american democracy that nixon and reagan were never prosecuted 191428228
I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Yes, all the opposition to “anthropomorphization” seems like a distraction on what the models are actually capable of … seems very dishonest on the side of the antis 030
I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026how can anyone forget the cast to She's All That? Truly bizarre generation ... 000
I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026also the characters should be talking in old timey Italian if he *really* wants to be accurate ... hopefully in an operetta ... 000
Reposted by I used to be a turtleZach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Artists: 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! 1869881
Reposted by I used to be a turtleWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 19/09/2026It matters in a high level ethical/philosophical question kind of way if these things are sentient, but in terms of practical questions or things to worry about, it doesn’t crack the top ten imo. What matters is what they can *do*. 1321814
I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026since no one has done it yet ..static.klipy.comKeanu Reeves' Iconic Whoa from The MatrixALT: Keanu Reeves' Iconic Whoa from The Matrix 020
Reposted by I used to be a turtleOhai @bop.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Man I thought Dijkstra cut the Gordian knot of this discourse over 40 years ago: "The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim." 41139
I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Backrooms was just okay Chiwetel Ejiofor is great and deserved a better script 010
I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Eventually they'll be all like "Guys, climate change is real and we all need to make sacrifices ... " 000
I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Good luck to all the people who don’t want to use a browser that has any AI at any level … 110
Reposted by I used to be a turtleStarfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It’s very simple. A reality TV host became dictator because he turned down a role for Sharknado 4 and that’s why the king of outer space, who cheats at Diablo, got to kill Africa. Now the economy is controlled by a sex cult that has something to do with Harry Potter fanfic because of robots. 15786392557
I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I have my doubts on this ... I'd like to believe this is true but something nags at me ... Biden never really captured the imagination of the public the way Obama did or Mamdani is doing right now ... he was an institutional character instead of someone "fresh" 100
Reposted by I used to be a turtleDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Jerry Falade, a Black Nigerian writer, lost his $2m book deal because people mistook his writing for AI. As a fellow Nigerian, I totally understand. When I was at Georgia Tech, I remember a fellow teaching assistant who got upset with me because my writing style was so formal yet I spoke in slang 630468
I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I heard you guys like harnesses ... 100
I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026this is a non-controversial statement and the only people bothered by it are the devs lying about it ... 040
I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I have my hangups with Kojima ... but I have to admit that Bill Skarsgard 100% belongs in a Kojima game ... 000
Reposted by I used to be a turtleWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 17/09/2026“Voters are just being extremely rational and literal about answering this one particular poll question, and they all happen to agree with me on Trump’s policies” is wishful thinking, I’m afraid. 9703
