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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 16/02/2026

eBay is running ads that say “Things. People. Love.” Only one of those is actually legal to buy and sell on eBay.

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 29/01/2026

Slackbot says week's over. Pack it up, folks. Good job. See you Monday.

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 19/01/2026

Temporary tattoos for kids with their parents’ phone numbers. Is this anything?

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 13/01/2026

I think "don't read text in screenshots" might be my new guiding principle.

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 06/01/2026

Happy we-didn’t-do-shit-about-it day to those who celebrate. :/

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 05/01/2026

Me: [sips tea, calmly] Clock: [ticks to 9:00am] Slack: HEY IT'S AFTER THE HOLIDAYS HERE IS AN INDIVIDUAL NOTIFICATION OF EACH OF THE 21464863 THINGS YOU PUNTED UNTIL AFTER THE HOLIDAYS

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 27/12/2025

Potter had years to think of a reply to “warped, frustrated old man” and the best he could do was “warped, frustrated young man.”

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 27/12/2025

The next trend in billionaire tax evasion (that they’ll call avoidance and which courts will allow) will be somehow claiming to be homeless.

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 26/12/2025

A recipe began “¾ egg yolks” and I stopped reading.

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 22/12/2025

You don't have to say "at [name of bank], my voice is my passport" in an exasperated tone but it helps.

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 21/12/2025

My main rule for AI use is simple: I can’t expect you to read something I couldn’t be bothered to write.

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 19/12/2025

It should not be possible to start a thread from the most recent message in a Slack channel. Just reply in the channel!

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 18/12/2025

Computers taking over writing software would be just as sad as computers taking over making art. (Programming is fun!) Fortunately, the averaging machines can’t write novel programs any more than they can make original art.

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 17/12/2025

Pundits on KQED today were saying Warner Brothers Discovery has so much debt that the only sensible path is to pursue a sale. What about going out of business? They seem to be legendarily bad at it.

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 16/12/2025

Two-part question: 1. Isn't the vote on ACA subsidies Mike Johnson just canceled _exactly_ the vote promised the Democrats in exchange for caving and reopening the government? 2. WHY WON'T THEY EVER FUCKING LEARN?

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 11/12/2025

High crimes (and misdemeanors) on the high seas.

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 10/12/2025

It’s that magical time of year when the leaves have fallen, dusk comes early, the air cools, the ground frosts overnight, and the Republicans deny climate change as if they’ve never heard of winter before.

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 05/12/2025

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 27/11/2025

You could never start a business called Piggly Wiggly today.

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 26/11/2025

“Elphaba” but pronounced like Homer pronounces “tuba.” Is this anything?

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 22/11/2025

One of my most deeply held inconsequential beliefs is that you should always plug into the bottom of a pair of outlets first. Then it’s much easier to plug in a second thing.

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 21/11/2025

US citizens: We just want to go to the doctor. US government: Here is a triple-tax-advantaged investment vehicle.

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 19/11/2025

Something I've been wondering about LLMs: The Wolfram article and others mentioned how LLMs don't strictly emit _the most_ likely next token. This apparently makes the output more interesting and read more naturally. Does this technique send it down bad paths and cause the hallucinations?

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 17/11/2025

Don't be alarmed, I won't be blogging daily, but I did just publish a second article in as many days. Everything is lock-in rcrowley.org/2025/everyth...

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 15/11/2025

Are they called "posts" because you HTTP POST them to the server?

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 11/11/2025

Question about Republicans: Are they stupid or evil? Question about Democrats: Are they stupid?

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 10/11/2025

Tired of hearing about the risk of electing inexperienced politicians when Chuck Schumer

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 10/11/2025

What’s a Republican promise worth?

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 05/11/2025

Is 64.7% yes on Prop 50 enough to just paint the whole state blue?

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 05/11/2025

The short-term solution to gerrymandering is “eat shit, Texas.” I often wonder if the long-term solution is to knock it off with geographically defined districts altogether.

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 05/11/2025

I’m cackling at how many of Cuomo’s wins sound like just the most racist gated communities you can imagine.

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 03/11/2025

Most vibe-coders writing CLAUDE.md files probably don't even know who John Gruber is.

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 03/11/2025

All the IOPS you can eat, now on a smaller plate.

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 31/10/2025

Chat, is purposely starving 40 million people a high crime or misdemeanor?

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 23/10/2025

Who among conditions creates us ? never race

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 22/10/2025

@adamschiff.com why are you voting to seat any judge Trump nominates at all but especially right now?

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 10/10/2025

What in the military propaganda is going on that the Blue Angels are flying around San Francisco during a government shutdown?

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 26/09/2025

Sam Altman is Keenan Feldspar.

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 25/09/2025

Escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience.

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 23/09/2025

A Watergate a day keeps the Democrats at bay.

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 04/09/2025

Chat is murder a high crime or misdemeanor?

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 20/08/2025

What's another million IOPS between friends?

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 15/08/2025

OH: "You can do anything you want in your last ride in a Waymo."

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 14/08/2025

I am a man of sophisticated tastes. For instance, I switch from Japanese whiskey to Bourbon to go with s’mores. Pairs well.

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 11/08/2025

Just discovered an honest-to-god good use of stunnel(8). Having a great day.

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Richard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 10/08/2025

Lazyweb: There’s a statement from a computer science pioneer (Knuth, in my head, but it might not be him) that talked about his preference to “use my own routines” or something like that, making points about libraries, abstraction, and code reuse. I can’t find it. Anybody got a citation?

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