Reposted by Faustian Bargain BasementStephen Judkins @stephenjudkins.bsky.social · 14/10/2026The Bob's Burgers illustrators love accurate buildings and infrastructure, down to the framing, plumbing, wiring. The boiler has an expansion tank. The power poles have transformers wired up just like they should be. There's a gas meter in the alley. The under-sink plumbing is detailed and correct 422714311 0
Reposted by Faustian Bargain Basement🎃👻🧙♀️ Vio the VVitch 🧙♀️👻🎃 @viothevvitch.myatproto.social · 08/10/2026this is so fucking sad 886118931445 0
Reposted by Faustian Bargain Basementbryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare... 102144294733 0
Faustian Bargain Basement @kenkeiter.com · 28/09/2026They’re not mainstream, but: www.vice.com/en/article/p...vice.comPalmer Luckey Made a VR Headset That Kills the User If They Die in the GameThe man who created the Oculus Rift has invented a virtual reality headset that will explode the forebrain of a user who dies in a video game. 010 0
Reposted by Faustian Bargain BasementBen Fry @benfry.com · 11/09/2026There's a 10% chance that Rowboat will kill us all before the end of the decade. Until then, I hope you'll find it's drastically faster, more accurate, less expensive, and more fun than using an LLM to play with large datasets. Our latest: buttondown.com/rowboat/arch... Give it a try: rowboat.net 0134 0
Faustian Bargain Basement @kenkeiter.com · 04/09/2026this is the year i finally lick all of my friends' salt lamps 001 0
Faustian Bargain Basement @kenkeiter.com · 22/08/2026What's it's called when you have a parasocial relationship with your apartment neighbor's cat through your adjoining bay windows...? I named him Fiddlesticks 000 0
Faustian Bargain Basement @kenkeiter.com · 15/08/2026have you ever cringed so hard you can’t recover 010 0
Faustian Bargain Basement @kenkeiter.com · 13/08/2026lol same and I’ve been a software engineer for like 20 years 010 0
Faustian Bargain Basement @kenkeiter.com · 23/07/2026"This will be a closed-book test. Fuck you, and good luck!" 020 0
Faustian Bargain Basement @kenkeiter.com · 23/07/2026(this is capacitive leakage from the charger's EMI filter's Y-capacitors – but it's generally supposed to be in the µA range, and I suspect that this is notsomuch 🤔) 000 0
Faustian Bargain Basement @kenkeiter.com · 23/07/2026oh, and btw none of this is reflective of the actual work you'll be expected to perform for us 😘 030 0
Faustian Bargain Basement @kenkeiter.com · 23/07/2026Question: when I'm using my laptop, why does it hurt so much when I accidentally rest my elbow against these USB-C cables plugged into this Anker charger...? Answer: 100 0
Faustian Bargain Basement @kenkeiter.com · 21/07/2026Jim Jimothy, Jim Jimothy, Jim Jim-a-ree / Finest cryptid that you ever did see 🎵 010 0
Faustian Bargain Basement @kenkeiter.com · 15/07/2026Ha! This is dope. Glad to know Proxylity is a thing. 010 0
Reposted by Faustian Bargain BasementCat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 07/07/2026hardware prices 🤝 astrology keeping an eye on chinese ram 182129521 0
Faustian Bargain Basement @kenkeiter.com · 24/06/2026I actually love this thing. Vehicles should be platforms. 000 0
Reposted by Faustian Bargain Basementdonni saphire @donni.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Did Counting Crows ever give us a total number of crows 851437240 0
Faustian Bargain Basement @kenkeiter.com · 16/06/2026what i love about AI is that engineers finally get to paint all their bike sheds different colors and test them in the marketplace of ideas by burning down the rainforest 000 0
Faustian Bargain Basement @kenkeiter.com · 12/06/2026@niedermeyer.online r/wallstreetbets aesthetic is great today 1446 0
Faustian Bargain Basement @kenkeiter.com · 08/06/2026Siri, how can I not be mad about what's happening with computers...? 000 0
Faustian Bargain Basement @kenkeiter.com · 08/06/2026Hi, I'm Ken. I impulse-buy domain names. I should probably sell some of them: - gastown.ai - apilint.com - civicapi.com - macroscale.io - opsfox.com - timelydb.com 101 0
Faustian Bargain Basement @kenkeiter.com · 06/06/2026The existence of Anne Hathaway implies the existence of Anne Fullway 010 0
Faustian Bargain Basement @kenkeiter.com · 05/06/2026I think your illustrations are beautiful 💜 000 0
Faustian Bargain Basement @kenkeiter.com · 04/06/2026Extremely jealous of wherever tf you’re living these days 010 0
Faustian Bargain Basement @kenkeiter.com · 04/06/2026you: <uses AI to generate PR> your manager: <uses AI to generate their CR> you: <uses AI to automate your anxiety response to their automated CR> your manager: <uses AI to send calming messages to the AI enacting your anxiety response> 1101 0
Faustian Bargain Basement @kenkeiter.com · 04/06/2026hi, Boeing expert here! this is not funny, the 787 only does this when it is in extreme distress 010 0
Faustian Bargain Basement @kenkeiter.com · 04/06/2026This proton traveled four billion years to intersect with the M3 processor in my MacBook Pro. Moving at the speed of light, it struck the silicon wafer – changing a single bit from a zero to a one. My microphone unmutes just in time for the whole company to hear me flush. 0103 0
Faustian Bargain Basement @kenkeiter.com · 03/06/2026Development pace: Gentle [===========[]=] Grueling 010 0
Faustian Bargain Basement @kenkeiter.com · 03/06/2026I wonder if they’ll find that as fulfilling as I did…? 000 0
Faustian Bargain Basement @kenkeiter.com · 03/06/2026Kinda wanna hear more about you making Notch cry… 120 0
Reposted by Faustian Bargain Basementcee @cee.wtf · 31/05/2026ran a 100 horse tournament to test multithreading and then watched the top 8 run a race that usually takes 30+ seconds 151 0
Reposted by Faustian Bargain Basementblair @blairaf.com · 29/05/2026One of the more misogynistic takes currently trending in the AI policy space is "women use less AI than men because they have less tech literacy" Ok but have you considered that women use less AI than men because we have more tech literacy? 251104271941 0
Faustian Bargain Basement @kenkeiter.com · 30/05/2026BlueSky I need your help: What are your favorite examples of user interfaces you'd refer to as "cozy"...? 🌿 000 0
Reposted by Faustian Bargain BasementEmily Herring @emilyherring.bsky.social · 25/05/2026website that picks the Rothko closest to how the weather feels in your location (by Joonas Virtanen) rothko.joonas.wtf 17743232 0
Reposted by Faustian Bargain Basementclever display name lacker @pfish.zone · 24/05/2026the identity mushroom is a mushroom that, when consumed, has zero effects whatsoever 3343 0
Faustian Bargain Basement @kenkeiter.com · 22/05/2026I re-read this site end-to-end every couple of years. 110 0
Reposted by Faustian Bargain Basement✧✦Catherine✦✧ @whitequark.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 21/05/2026sneak peek at Glasgow revD0 designed by Elen Eisendle / Fully Automated! 147 0
Faustian Bargain Basement @kenkeiter.com · 16/05/2026brings a whole new meaning to your ride is here 030 0
Faustian Bargain Basement @kenkeiter.com · 16/05/2026I've been pushing myself really hard to hit a deadline and my sweet friends left me a container of hot broth on my doorstep 😭 010 0