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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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I've had it with all these motherfucking capulets here in motherfucking spain

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I'm reading Reality Is Not What It Seems (by Carlo Rovelli) when I realized that Einstein literally means One Stone. It's right there, plainly written, but until recently it was just a sound.

I was practicing the Dutch "f" sound (sort of half way between an English f and an English v) when that happened.

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Because I'm living in the Netherlands and immersed in Dutch, I keep having these little epiphanies about the origin and meanings of family names or English words. The first one, about 5 years ago, was "folk and volk are the same word." Seems obvious, right?

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John Blair @jdblair.org · 18/09/2026

did Claude suggest more data center building?

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Well said! The fake certainty (10% in 10 years!) is what drives me crazy.

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Bryan Cantrill @bcantrill.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The contagion of fear bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/09/13/t...

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The contagion of fear | The Observation Deck

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John Blair @jdblair.org · 12/09/2026

yeah, like a Greek Amazon, but in reverse

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John Blair @jdblair.org · 11/09/2026

Infinite Jest is a strong 2nd place.

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John Blair @jdblair.org · 10/09/2026

So the DoD did know the difference between tactics and strategy!

John Blair @jdblair.org · 09/09/2026

This is also a super busy day at Schiphol because the IBC (International Broadcasters Conference) starts Friday here in Amsterdam.

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John Blair @jdblair.org · 07/09/2026

I feel you! I was an AI skeptic a year ago. Now I'm making a budget for API usage for my family. I still follow skeptics here and in the fediverse. There are real hazards and externalities, but "does it work" is answered "yes" to my satisfaction.

Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

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The skye above the port was the color of parchment, as yet unmarked by a scrybe.

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Isaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

the problem really is that americans are bad at voting

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Woke up, made coffee, and sat at my laptop where companies gathered and shared information about my news consumption, entertainment preferences, shopping habits, and more. When I left the house, my departure time was recorded by my smart lock and my doorbell camera captured what I was wearing. 🧵

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MRSPOURS @mrspours.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

2026 MN State Fair Crop Art entry "Witness" based on pStar Tribune photograph by Leila Navi with MPR reporter Sam Stroiza.

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John Blair @jdblair.org · 19/08/2026

RETVRN to 1990s prices. I paid $3500 for my PowerMac 7200 in 1995, and about $10k for a minimally configured SparcStation 3 the same year. Now do the inflation conversion.

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Rick CarBOOso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Broke Pirates Fans: Bring back Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow Woke Pirates Fans: Bring back Kiera Knightly as Elizabeth Swan Woke 2 Pirates Fans: Bring back Kiera Knightly as Jack Sparrow

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Castledolphyn @castledolphyn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

My contribution to the trans spidey trend ^_^

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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

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John Blair @jdblair.org · 08/08/2026

Me, a space alien learning about Earth religion: There are three Abrahamic religions with a common root. They must get along really well, since they're so similar, right?

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Lesley Carhart @hacks4pancakes.com · 08/08/2026

Nobody warns you how tremendously disconcerting going back to an American restaurant is after living anywhere else long term. - them walking off with your credit card & no tap to pay - the huge portions and sodium - the weird attentiveness for tips - being IDed over 30 - flags everywhere

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John Blair @jdblair.org · 08/08/2026

I pointed out that my (non-apple) watch doesn't work to pay if I take it off, and then I learned the magic words: Apple Pay. After that he held out the terminal for me to tap.

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John Blair @jdblair.org · 08/08/2026

I had a moment at an In-N-Out Burger Driver through, where I said I would pay with a card and then we both just waited. I was waiting for him to hold out the tap-to-pay and he was waiting for me to hand him my card.

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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b

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John Blair @jdblair.org · 02/08/2026

This could have been a post on Gawker in its heyday. It's up there with Fahrenheit is better than Celcius.

John Blair @jdblair.org · 01/08/2026

"rampaging" is the new "looking for work"

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John Blair @jdblair.org · 31/07/2026

this is a personal choice that should be made in the privacy of your home

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Veronika Simms @veronikasimms.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

One thing I've found in this entire discussion is that, even for the average person, this isn't about fairness. It's about making sure that people see trans women as men. Even the most well meaning allies see us as men. The science doesn't matter, because to them, women's sports is for women. 1/

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My own C coding style was learned reading the Linux kernel, and other GPL works. My use of macros, or structure prototypes, for example, will look like lines copied from kernel source code even though I am writing them from memory.

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There is a lot of writing and commentary by experts about this if you look. The summary is, yes, you can copy works into a new work, and there is no bright line saying how many lines have to appear. How many songs have the same chord sequences? How many stories use the same plot structure?

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Is an LLM a transformative work? I think yes, but this hasn't yet been decided by either litigation or legislation.

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Copyleft isn't a magic spell, it's just a license enforced using copyright law. Fair use doctrine says you can create a transformative work from any source and the new work is not encumbered by the original copyright. Caveat: IANAL, just a developer who has read a lot about software licensing.

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John Blair @jdblair.org · 24/07/2026

Counter-argument: the model is a transformative work and is fair use.

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Engaging with this argument is a trap. Cutting aid was illegal, and a bad policy decision. The semantics of responsibility are a distraction.