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Jason Tatem @wvscanner.com · 06/07/2026

Might follow it up with a save game editor Some clever programmer 40 years ago decided to make the in-memory representation of a lot of the game state match exactly to how it's laid out in the save files. Thank you, that saved me a lot of time!

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Jason Tatem @wvscanner.com · 06/07/2026

As a way to distract myself from some terrible things, I made a terminate & stay resident trainer for the DOS game Zeliard If you're in to that sort of thing, check it out #DOS #DOSGames Turbo Pascal code and ready-to-use EXE available on github github.com/jasontatem/z...

Jason Tatem @wvscanner.com · 21/06/2026

I remember a few years ago thinking "wow the lowest level paid tier barely adds anything over the free tier" That's one way to fix that problem!

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Jason Tatem @wvscanner.com · 21/06/2026

This makes twice now that Grafana Cloud's free tier has redefined limits in a way that makes my existing usage no longer free 2nd one surprised me because I thought I'd pointed everything elsewhere. Thanks for helping me find the bad config, I guess? The forgotten bits alone are too much now, lol

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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

the US president, with the explicit support of the US legislature and the US supreme court, is stealing billions of dollars in thousands of ways. meanwhile the NYT is on the case of whether, when mamdani paid a thousand dollars for a knicks ticket out of his own pocket, he got a ticket for VIPs

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Jason Tatem @wvscanner.com · 11/06/2026

Got a survey from what appears to be Brad Smith doing some prep work to run for WV governor There was a question that asked where I saw WV's future. Option 1 was basically "coal". Option 2 was "AI datacenters". Option 3 was "not sure." This survey sucks

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Jason Tatem @wvscanner.com · 10/06/2026

I realized something about that quote a little while back and got sad Plenty of Americans might correctly identify the target of that quote as McCarthy How many could name the person who said it? I couldn't til I had that thought and looked it up The bad guy was remembered over the good guy

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

hey its actually a gigantic problem that 1 of the 2 major political parties in this country are consistently claiming any election they dont win has been “stolen” or “rigged”

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Jason Tatem @wvscanner.com · 31/05/2026

There's also a chance they might think, "if my doctor wanted me to take this test, it likely means they believe my cognition might be impaired..."

Jason Tatem @wvscanner.com · 31/05/2026

The intent is to show them passing the test isn't much to brag about

Jason Tatem @wvscanner.com · 28/05/2026

Probably a terrible idea, but what if there was a community sourced pool of money that would be paid to a journalist with press pool access who asks questions set by the community and refuses to let them go, pushing through any pushback, insults, and topic changes? Might give em a little courage

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Jason Tatem @wvscanner.com · 24/05/2026

I've been away from the local protests the last couple weeks due to work and life stuff. Back out there today

A protest sign that says "Impeach Convict Remove Impeach" in large letters. Below that, it says "A 4 step plan to restore our democracy and dignity"

Jason Tatem @wvscanner.com · 20/05/2026

Yaaaay the threading worked!

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Jason Tatem @wvscanner.com · 20/05/2026

Fixed that. Sorry to the bot's single follower who isn't me for the extra posts

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Jason Tatem @wvscanner.com · 20/05/2026

Aaaand it broke on a non-overflow. It's me, I am the regression creator

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Jason Tatem @wvscanner.com · 19/05/2026

Ok now it should thread when there's too many to fit in 1 post Not testing this at all, just gonna see if it blows up on the next overflow #yolo

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Jason Tatem @wvscanner.com · 19/05/2026

I've set up a bot account to post hourly indexes of EMS ambulance reports my radio system picks up. Each entry links to a page where you can play the audio and read the transcripts Right now if there's too much to fit in a single post it just does nothing, will add overflow threading later

Jason Tatem @wvscanner.com · 06/05/2026

"There's hope in the words and emotion in the eyes It's so easy to be misled by the savvy gentle guise And like fools we trust the delivery But it's all just drunk sincerity" - "Drunk Sincerity" by Bad Religion

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Jason Tatem @wvscanner.com · 05/05/2026

Please check your AI slop before you post it, holy shit

Jason Tatem @wvscanner.com · 05/05/2026

I want to set up booths where the public can take the Montreal Cognitive Assessment and decide for themselves whether Trump should be bragging about his performance

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Considering both factors together, AI psychosis isn't terribly surprising. We're not well equipped for interacting with automatic yes-men who are available 24x7x365 and will entertain any topic

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The sycophancy of many LLMs makes it worse. Most of the time, we'd prefer to be told we're right rather than be told we're wrong, and we prefer interactions that support our existing beliefs rather than challenge them

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LLMs provide a level of dynamic interaction that was just not possible with earlier approaches. This breaks the brain's expectations. It's easier to believe you're talking to something with sentience and intelligence

The evidence has been there that we're susceptible. I can remember some childhood friends of mine who were way too impressed by Dr. Sbaitso and other Eliza-like programs. Just a bit of light dynamic interactivity is enough to make us think something might have sentience

Phone menus and pre-LLM support bots were always too precise in their repetition, obviously mad-libbing their way through a rigid script. Nobody thought they were sentient. There were no news stories about someone in love with their phone menu girlfriend

I really like the framing that LLMs exploit a human cognitive shortcut. When we encounter something that dynamically reacts to what we say, we assume sentience. This has been a useful assumption for millennia

Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

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1966-1999: SCOTUS rejects various challenges to VRA 2006: VRA reauthorized with 98-0 senate vote 2008: Obama elected 2013-2026: SCOTUS dismantles VRA

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jab lung @mobute.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

it's a treat watching people invisible to at least 4/5 of americans fret over how a rubber chicken dinner no one gives a fuck about will be interpreted when any of them could become one of the most trusted voices in the country by interrupting a lying presidential rebuke by telling him to suck eggs

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Jason Tatem @wvscanner.com · 22/04/2026

Donald Trump has been a known liar, grifter, con man, and sex pest for decades The fact that you were ever that deep into his world means you're fundamentally not fit to lead

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David Lublin @davidlublin.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

I keep coming back to this.

66 Historians have a word for Germans who joined the Nazi party, not because they hated Jews, but out of a hope for restored patriotism, or a sense of economic anxiety, or a hope to preserve their religious values, or dislike of their opponents, or raw political opportunism, or convenience, or ignorance, or greed.
That word is "Nazi." Nobody cares about their motives anymore.
They joined what they joined. They lent their support and their moral approval.
And, in so doing, they bound themselves to everything that came after. Who cares any more what particular knot they used in the binding?
A.R. Moxon

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Don't Mind Me @just-pass1n-thru.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

"You do realize that impeaching Trump again won't work because rEpUbLiCaNs wIlL jUsT bLoCk it, right?" I. Don't. Care. Do it anyway. If blocked, do it again. Make them all get on record for supporting this lunatic. Bring all other government functionality to a halt. I am out of fucks to give.

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Jason Tatem @wvscanner.com · 25/03/2026

Enjoying living in a state unaffected by this geographic gotcha

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Jason Tatem @wvscanner.com · 08/03/2026

Today's sign. Which is on the back of last week's sign because I couldn't be bothered to go to Wal Mart this morning

A protest sign that says "Honk if you want this stupid illegal war to end now"

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Jason Tatem @wvscanner.com · 05/03/2026

For too many, violence is a goal on its own

Jason Tatem @wvscanner.com · 27/02/2026

Plenty of other actually qualified candidates who would agree! It's by no means enough of a reason to confirm this wackjob