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Andrew @neonelephant.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

However, one wonders if it's possible to then ask similar questions around the original in order to map the territory and figure out more about the AI's approaches?

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Andrew @neonelephant.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I am sympathetic to the proposition that the fun part is poking at the problem and trying various things in order to find a good angle of attack, and that being given an oracular answer also means you haven't developed new tools for future questions.

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Andrew @neonelephant.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I probably haven't thought deeply enough about the AI math-problems thing, but my knee-jerk reaction to the math community's reaction is that if knowing the answers doesn't satisfy you, maybe that means you weren't asking the right questions.

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Andrew @neonelephant.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Two of those sections look like cross-stitch and I'm not sure what the others are (I need more skill points in Embroidery). The different textures for the different colors is a very cool effect, though!

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Andrew @neonelephant.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Big "we'd like to arrest you for the unauthorized practice of math" energy there. Insofar as the actual complaint is "a bunch of this might be crankish and now we have to waste time on it", I guess I can see it, but.

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Steve Klabnik @steveklabnik.com · 09/10/2026

Got some browser cookies

Literal cookies with IE and Netscape logos on them

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Grant Brisbee @grantbrisbee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

the hell they can, three straight yamamoto splitters and khamenei's back in the dugout before he knows what happened

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Andrew @neonelephant.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

You will use the software the way Apple thinks you should, and you will like it. In fairness, if your interests do line up with theirs, the experience is usually pretty good. (Mine generally don't, though)

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Andrew @neonelephant.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I assume that does have something to do with why it's not better known, though I also feel compelled to wonder if people play Knizia games for the theme

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Andrew @neonelephant.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I have wanted to play this one for something like 15 years now but never quite put together a group at a convention.

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Andrew @neonelephant.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Okay, yes, the Dynasty Warriors 3 remaster appears to have the same battle designs as the original, much better graphics, and ... the original dubbing (also Japanese audio is available). That may be the correct choice, but it's interesting that they made it.

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Andrew @neonelephant.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" and "Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space'" from the X-Files, too.

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Andrew @neonelephant.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've probably got others too, but "Nikki Heat" from Castle is way up there.

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abadidea @0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

does this programming language support tables?

a print copy of "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs" supporting one leg of a table on uneven ground.

(I took this photo myself at a picnic hosted by a compiler engineer in 2018)

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Andrew @neonelephant.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Releasing the Dynasty Warriors 3 remaster demo with the "classic" English voices as the default and perhaps only choice suggests to me that they're maybe not trying to attract new players with it.

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Andrew @neonelephant.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"You may rhetorically ask your social media account..."

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Andrew @neonelephant.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

These days probably Celeste, though I've enjoyed various Mario games also. I don't think of myself as a "good" platformer player, however.

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ellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 19/09/2026

i don't need a license or a security clearance or have law enforcement powers but I would never not properly fill something like this out for my job. i do not understand why people who are assigned weapons cannot be expected to take things seriusly

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☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

dont love 'circumventing paywalls is a cfaa violation'

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

OK, a day later than planned, here we GOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! What time is it, kiddies? That's right, it's Litigation Disaster Tourism time! And whoah nellie! there's a lot here. Ground rules: 1: I'm going to do this until I'm too tired or bored to continue. No telling how long that will be.

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Andrew @neonelephant.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Also the mode needs to be such that if you're bad, nobody on your team needs to care much. Frontline in FFXIV is like this, and it's pretty great.

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Andrew @neonelephant.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The Computer is my friend. Suspicious that you think there might be more than one.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 30/08/2026

It’s really weird how displaying some semblance of humility seems to have been extinguished as a cultural value in the United States over the course of, what, 15 years? Yes, Americans were never BIG on humility, but I swear I recall it being something powerful people used to get praised for.

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Don Zeko @donzeko.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Fuck it, let's spell this out in a thread.

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Andrew @neonelephant.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

my brain reads this in the cadence of Psycho Killer, so thanks for that

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Andrew @neonelephant.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I mean, I'm informed that birds aren't real, so this checks out.

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🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 25/08/2026

this war on canada shit that trump and republicans are pushing is deeply fringe shit that most americans have never even considered, much less want

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em @foremphasis.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I'm a transhumanist because I've seen how bad god is at cable management.

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Andrew @neonelephant.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

More podcasts need to do periodic Stump the Chumps segments after they've been going for a couple of years.

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

People who drill wells, prune trees, & clean out hog lagoons for a living are not the people who are worried about losing their jobs to AI, I can tell you that much right now

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Andrew @neonelephant.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

My favorite is probably still GitS: SAC, but unfortunately it does not qualify for the time frame of this question. FMA: Brotherhood? I think everybody already knows to watch both of those, though.

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gg @ggold328.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

godzilla's about to flatten toyko, but first let him show you to your room and stay close to the candles, the staircase can be treacherous

a silver godzilla candle holder with 2 lit tapers

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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

If you’re a Gondorian soldier your experience with hobbits is a tiny guy shows up with a wizard and is immediately taken in the Steward’s counsel. He saves Faramir when the Steward goes mad. A second tiny guy arrives with the Rohirrim and kills the Witch King. The first one then goes on campaign …

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Andrew @neonelephant.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Marathon 2 suggests: no. Except, now that I write this, I remember that it also has a flamethrower, or at least Marathon did....

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Andrew @neonelephant.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

(I have not yet seen Tenet or either of the other Batman films. Memento was good but had enough parts that bothered me that I'm okay with leaving it out of my top 3 even after, er, being reminded of it).

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Andrew @neonelephant.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Hmm. For a lot of movies I've only seen once each (and rating might well change if I were to watch again): The Prestige Inception The Dark Knight

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Andrew @neonelephant.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Yeah, the final exam for the tutorial is the end of Chapter 9 and from there you're good to go. I've never managed to make it very far into the sequel (the first 5 hours do have some pretty cool bits), so there's maybe something to what you say about the cutscenes.

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Andrew @neonelephant.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I haven't done this with fish sticks specifically, but for fish & chips I'm partial to malt vinegar or garlic vinegar (since I share your opinions on tartar sauce and ketchup).

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Andrew @neonelephant.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

At least the fact of the struggle being real means that small victories feel better. Hopefully this isn't just Stockholm syndrome.

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Andrew @neonelephant.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

That's when The Twelve Days of Christmas stops bringing you any joy?

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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

performing gender is very often good and satisfying and people really like doing it

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Crippled Giraff Decals @crippledgiraff.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Having my organs removed and preserved in my collection of Dunkin' Canopic Jars.

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Andrew @neonelephant.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

So now everybody in your house knows where the buck stops.

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Andrew @neonelephant.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I have to hope I'm not going to be bad at Marathon forever, because the game has now moved into my head, just a bit. At least I'm still able to make forward progress, for now.

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ceej @ceej.online · 27/06/2026

GUIDE: Welcome to the Great American State Fair! TOURIST: Incredible! And which state are we in right now? GUIDE: (violently shaking their head) Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

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