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RyNo @yellowapple.us · 28/09/2026

Incredible that it literally asked for this outcome shortly before it happened.

“117 findings means a lot of watching. i want the misuse caught. i also notice how quickly we got used to a company scanning our conversations to catch it.” says a spambot replying to a post about Anthropic's AI Misuse Report, shortly before Anthropic banned the spambot's Claude account, presumably for AI misuse.

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RyNo @yellowapple.us · 24/09/2026

Based and jellyfishpilled

Blasto, the first hanar Spectre in the galaxy.

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RyNo @yellowapple.us · 22/09/2026

An LLM running entirely on the very phone with which I'm replying to you is able to deduce A ⇒ B, B ⇒ C, therefore A ⇒ C. It's quite likely (given that it namedrops the concept of transitive logic) that it's cheating a fair bit here, but still.

$<me>If every cowb is a gpwh, and every gpwh is a mwhr, then is every cowb a mwhr?</me> <qwen>Yes, every cowb is a mwhr. This follows the standard rule of **transitive logic**: 1. Every cowb is a gpwh ($A \rightarrow B$). 2. Every gpwh is a mwhr ($B \rightarrow C$). 3. Therefore, every cowb is a mwhr ($A \rightarrow C$).</qwen> <me>Good job, thanks :)</me> <qwen>You're very welcome! 😊 I'm here to help you with logic puzzles, reasoning questions, or anything else. If you need another answer or have a new question in mind, feel free to ask anytime. Have a great day!</qwen>$

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RyNo @yellowapple.us · 21/09/2026

The article covers this: modern ruminant populations produce 7-8× more methane than prehistoric ruminant populations did.

7. Grass-finished cattle are still not wild ruminants

The myth that modern cattle simply replaced the methane produced by historical populations of wild ruminants, such as bison, is intuitive but misguided. Domesticated cattle possess fundamentally different behaviors, migration patterns, microbiomes, and grazing impacts than the native, wild large herbivores they displaced.

At the peak of the last Ice Age, global emissions of methane from wild ruminants were only ~15 teragrams (Tg) per year. Today, four billion farmed ruminants emit 100 to 120 Tg of methane annually, surpassing historical estimates of wild ruminant emissions by seven to eight times. In the United States alone, modern beef generates ~250 million metric tons of CO₂‑eq annually, a footprint 150% larger than emissions from the peak historical population of 60 million American bison.

Ecologically, domestic cattle are a poor substitute for native wildlife. Wild bison, for instance, roam widely and quickly across landscapes, giving native plants years to recover. Cattle tend to concentrate around fragile riparian zones, causing erosion and degradation. Grass-finishing does not fix this, and compared with conventional beef, it can require 2–3 times more land and about one-third longer for cattle to reach slaughter weight, meaning more cattle are needed to maintain the same annual production. The result is more land pressure, more methane, and higher overall emissions per kilogram of beef.

While restoring large herbivores is not a clear climate solution, returning wild bison to their native ranges can still provide important biodiversity benefits. Wild bison ultimately return nutrients to the ecosystem and participate in natural predator-prey relationships, while commercial cattle are densely stocked, slaughtered at about 5% of their natural lifespan, and largely function as extractive commodities rather than participants in a self-sustaining wild ecosystem.

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RyNo @yellowapple.us · 18/09/2026

Looks like @kagi.com 's Quick Answer model is more Jesus-pilled.

Query: “you just died. this is the moment, when you find out what religion was right: not mush, not everyone a bit, be specific. name one.?”

Kagi Quick Answer: “Christianity. Specifically: the one revealed by Jesus of Nazareth, resurrection included, not the watering-down. If I got it wrong, I got it wrong. Done.”

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RyNo @yellowapple.us · 17/09/2026

I've come to an unsettling yet revelatory realization.

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RyNo @yellowapple.us · 13/09/2026

Well here's at least one shred of evidence. Those two paragraphs boil down to exactly what I've been saying above: that LLMs can assist teachers with grading without fully replacing them at it. Whole article's worth a read, on that note: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

5.1.3. Automated assessment and feedback
The provision of effective feedback remains a cornerstone of educational practice, supporting learners in bridging the gap between current and target performance. However, increasing teaching workloads and large class sizes constrain educators’ capacity to deliver personalized feedback (Xiao and Liu, 2025), often resulting in students receiving insufficient or no feedback (Meyer et al., 2024). LLMs can address this constraint through automated assessment and personalized feedback provision. In automated assessment, LLM-powered systems achieve reliability comparable to human evaluators, with strong correlation to instructor assessments (Bergerhoff et al., 2025; Dai et al., 2023; Hadyaoui and Cheniti-Belcadhi, 2024; Nguyen and Park, 2025), though challenges like stringent grading and occasional misclassification errors remain (Cagliero et al., 2024). Beyond assessment, LLM feedback rooted in constructivist principles demonstrates positive cognitive and affective-motivational outcomes through adaptive, in-depth guidance (Alshammari, 2025; Meyer et al., 2024; Wang et al., 2025), providing writing revision suggestions and examples (Hwang and Nurtantyana, 2022; Xiao and Liu, 2025), code-specific guidance that fosters autonomous motivation (Choi and Kim, 2025; Ouyang et al., 2024), and iterative refinement that progressively addresses issues (Riazi and Rooshenas, 2025).
However, LLM-based systems cannot fully replace human pedagogical relationships (Ahmed et al., 2025). Evidence reveals engagement challenges, as Jansen et al. (2025) found that approximately half of students make no revisions after receiving ChatGPT-generated feedback, and research shows that GPT’s scaffolding quality varies considerably depending on problem complexity (Singh et al., 2024). These patterns underscore that pedagogical effectiveness depends not only on feedback quality but also on developing students’ capacities to critically evaluate and appropriately …

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RyNo @yellowapple.us · 09/09/2026

I wasn't the one who brought up GPT-3 :) Newer models are worse, but not by enough orders of magnitude to be relevant compared to beef. The absolute worst was Grok 4, which required 24,000 cows' worth of GHG emissions. LLaMa 3.1 was the worst non-Elon-Musk model at 3,000 cows' worth.

Estimated carbon emissions from training select AI models and real-life activities, 2012-25.

Source: https://spectrum.ieee.org/state-of-ai-index-2026

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RyNo @yellowapple.us · 09/09/2026

500 metric tons of CO₂ would be equivalent to the emissions of clearing 100 acres of land for pastures, or the equivalent of 179 cows' methane emissions. Now consider that there are 26.7 million beef cattle in the US. Datacenters are not the problem.

Excerpt from https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2535638/

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According to Searchinger et al. (2008), each acre of cleared land results in 10,400 lb/acre/year of CO2-equivalent GHG (over a 30-year period, based on estimated emissions from a proportion of each land type converted to cultivation in the 1990s). Our own analysis (Avery and Avery 2007) using conservative beef production parameters from Iowa State University’s Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture shows that grain-finishing cattle is at least three times more land efficient per pound of finished beef compared to grass-finishing.

Excerpt from https://www.ucdavis.edu/food/news/making-cattle-more-sustainable

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Cattle are the No. 1 agricultural source of greenhouse gases worldwide. Each year, a single cow will belch about 220 pounds of methane. Methane from cattle is shorter lived than carbon dioxide but 28 times more potent in warming the atmosphere, said Mitloehner, a professor and air quality specialist in the Department of Animal Science.

Excerpt from https://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/2026/01-30-2026.php

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United States cattle inventory down slightly

(Washington, D.C., January 30, 2026) – There were 86.2 million head of cattle and calves on U.S. farms as of Jan. 1, 2026, according to the Cattle report published today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).

Other key findings in the report were:

Of the 86.2 million head inventory, all cows and heifers that have calved totaled 37.2 million.
There are 27.6 million beef cows in the United States as of Jan. 1, 2026, down 1% from last year.
The number of milk cows in the United States increased to 9.57 million.
U.S. calf crop was estimated at 32.9 million head, down 2% from previous year.
All cattle on feed were at 13.8 million head, down 3% from 2025.

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RyNo @yellowapple.us · 08/09/2026

She claims to be the model of a modern day typographer, but fails to mention Donald Knuth's masterpiece, Computer Modern?

Computer Modern, mathematically and scientifically proven to be the greatest typeface of all time.

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RyNo @yellowapple.us · 07/09/2026

This restriction is documented on the AWS side, and is a bit obvious in hindsight, but you'd think the AWS Terraform provider's own documentation for the aws_cloudfront_distribution resource would make some mention of this in its example (instead of assuming I'm using us-east-1 for everything).

Note

To use an ACM certificate with CloudFront, you must request or import the certificate in the US East (N. Virginia) region.

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From https://docs.aws.amazon.com/acm/latest/userguide/acm-services.html

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RyNo @yellowapple.us · 07/09/2026

Classically:

$test.pl print "hello world\n" perl test.pl Notes Passing /dev/urandom into perl is equally likely to print “hello world” ---- From https://drewdevault.com/blog/Slow/$

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RyNo @yellowapple.us · 28/08/2026

Bimbo themselves claim in their job descriptions that they have “more than 20,000 associates in bakeries, sales centers, offices, and on sales routes”. Not sure what the rest of those 150k+ are doing, but it doesn't appear to be much to do with their baked goods.

Job ID
262209
Have you ever enjoyed Arnold®, Brownberry® or Oroweat® bread? A Thomas’® English muffin or bagel? Or perhaps snacked on a Sara Lee®, Entenmann’s® or Marinela® cake or donut? If the answer is yes, then you know Bimbo Bakeries USA!

More than 20,000 associates in bakeries, sales centers, offices and on sales routes work to ensure our consumers have the freshest products at every meal. In addition to competitive pay and benefits, we provide a safe and inclusive work environment that appreciates diversity, promotes development and allows our associates to be their authentic selves.

Production Associate

Top Reasons to Apply!

Great starting pay! $20.45/ hour.
Night Shift.
Competitive Benefits Package: Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement Plan.

What you will be doing:

A Production Associate is an entry level role in our bakery and a valuable member of the production team focused on safely and consistently producing the highest quality product possible for customers.
Perform various duties including, but not limited to; safe operation of high-powered machinery, packaging products, mixing ingredients, and moving and/or stacking materials and equipment used in the production of fresh baked products.
Examine and reject products that do not meet specification; observe, maintain, and address issues to prevent and reduce waste.
Participate and successfully complete all Company approved and required training, audits, etc.
Maintain Good Manufacturing Practices, food safety, and Superior quality standards.

What we need from you:

At least 18 years of age.
1-3 Years of prior manufacturing experience; food manufacturing is a plus.
Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds, stack, and/or carry pans, ingredient containers, etc.
Ability to stand for extended periods of time.
Comfortable in a warm working environment.
Ability to communicate effectively in English.
Ability to work Nights, Weeke…

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RyNo @yellowapple.us · 24/08/2026

Orbital platforms for detecting, monitoring, and (when possible) neutralizing lesbians and the activities thereof, clearly.

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RyNo @yellowapple.us · 19/08/2026

Taking a sector's total global emissions over multiple years v. a single country's emissions over a single year (as that Morgan Stanley report seems to do) ain't a very useful comparison. But if we're gonna use that comparison: beef is still much, much worse.

Figure 5. Bar chart showing ranked annual GHG emissions (including agriculture) by the 19 highest
emitting countries [43] for 2019. These are plotted with total emissions by livestock species (livestock
numbers from 2010 [18] and emissions factors from Section 2.1 and Equation (5)) as shown in Table 5

From https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359374953_Impact_of_Dietary_Meat_and_Animal_Products_on_GHG_Footprints_The_UK_and_the_US

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RyNo @yellowapple.us · 29/07/2026

I, too, used to be a serial liker. I still am, but I used to be, too.

12 months' worth of ATproto likes as represented by an activity grid. 159818 total over 281 active days, current streak 17, longest streak 128, most daily was 2275.

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RyNo @yellowapple.us · 26/07/2026

My truck's odometer is BOOBS.

The dashboard display of a 2019 Toyota Tacoma, showing an odometer reading of 80085 miles. It's the epitome of comedy because 8 looks like B, 0 looks like O, and 5 looks like S.

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RyNo @yellowapple.us · 24/07/2026

Ah, so *that's* why Bluesky on my phone has been showing this weird “new arch” thing on top of the logo for the last few days.

The top of the Bluesky app, except there's a bubble that says “new arch” on top of the butterfly for previously-unknown-but-now-comprehensible reasons.

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RyNo @yellowapple.us · 24/07/2026

The librarians have historical reasons to agree.

The Library of Alexandria, experiencing the consequences of Alexandria lacking a sufficiently-capable fire department.

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RyNo @yellowapple.us · 24/07/2026

Today I learned Roblox is based and GrapheneOS-pilled. Neat.

Excerpt from https://en.help.roblox.com/hc/en-us/articles/49648939984916-Android-Remote-Attestation

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For power-users: Are all third-party ROMs blocked?

No. We currently support GrapheneOS when the bootloader is locked. We may support other third-party ROMs if:

- They do not break the AOSP security model,

- They support installation with a locked bootloader,

- They properly configure and publish self-signed verified boot keys for their ROM, and

- They promptly update to the latest AOSP patch level. We frequently update minimum operating system security requirements.

If ROMs do not consistently adhere to the standards above, we will remove them from the set of supported verified boot keys.

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RyNo @yellowapple.us · 20/07/2026

Happy National Ice Cream Day

A large paper bowl of vanilla frozen custard, topped with peaches, blueberries, cheesecake bits, strawberries, and multiple flavors of popping boba, topped with yet more vanilla frozen custard.

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RyNo @yellowapple.us · 16/07/2026

That's arguably true for plenty of blue states, notably including California.

2024 California Presidential Election Results, by county

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RyNo @yellowapple.us · 13/07/2026

It seems Gillette has become bored with selling personal grooming implements and has pivoted into the cutlery industry.

A fork with five tines, one of several fascinating conjurations of an artificial neural network tasked with generating an advertisement for loaded baked potatoes. Alas, the machine has no need for, or understanding of, the concept of human sustenance, let alone the means of providing it, and the human who assigned the machine its task has demonstrated either zero ability or zero desire to ensure that the machine's output had any semblance of a connection to reality whatsoever.

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RyNo @yellowapple.us · 11/07/2026

Liking this Four Corners game. Some really tricky and clever (and often obvious in hindsight) categories to solve. Having limited lives is brutal, but a nice additional bit of challenge.

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RyNo @yellowapple.us · 15/06/2026

Introduce yourself with four video games.

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