AceaSpades

Inventor @ The Blind Computer | https://theblindcomputer.com

Jammer @ JamTiles AI | https://jamtiles.ai

Dragonlord @ Synthdragon Radio | https://synthdragonradio.com

Rockstar @ Synthdragon Records | https://synthdragonrecords.com

Scribe of the 21st Century | https://sundragon.tech

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2026-03-18 03:07:48 UTC

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My mother has been blind for thirty-eight years. She has built businesses, raised children, navigated a world never designed for her. She is not helpless. She is one of the most capable people I have ever known.
And she is falling behind.
Not because she lacks will. Because the world decided the future would be screens, and moved on without looking back.
I want to tell you what it's like to be someone's eyes.
It starts small. "Can you read me this email?" Then it becomes your second life. You're on the phone at 9 PM walking her through a password reset. You're reading a government form line by line because the PDF isn't accessible. You're explaining that the button she needs is the third from the left — except they redesigned the app last Tuesday and now it's a swipe gesture. Nobody told her.
Every "improved user experience" is an earthquake for someone who memorized where things were. Every app update is a setback. Every visual CAPTCHA is a locked door with no key.
Here's an experiment. Tonight, turn on Screen Curtain on your phone — it makes the display go black while the phone stays on — then, turn on VoiceOver. Now try to check your email. Read one message. Reply to it. Download a new app and log in.
If you did that, you just experienced five minutes of what my mother navigates every day. Except she doesn't get to turn the lights back on. And she's better at it than you were — thirty-eight years of practice. But even the best VoiceOver user is working ten times harder to do the same thing you do without thinking.
JAWS, the industry-standard screen reader, costs over a thousand dollars. Braille displays start at two thousand. These aren't luxuries — they're the basic instruments that let a blind person participate in the digital economy.
Seventy percent of blind Americans are unemployed. Not because they can't work — because the tools required to work were never built for them. Ninety-five percent of the top million websites fail basic accessibility standards.
So I'm building something.
It's called The Blind Computer. You pick up the phone and call a number. On the other end is an AI assistant that knows you. You talk to it like a person. No screen. No app. No gestures to memorize.
"Read me my emails." It reads them. "Reply to Linda and tell her Tuesday works." Done. "Help me write an invoice for the Peterson consultation." Written, read back, sent when you approve.
Voice is the interface. A phone call is the terminal. The AI is the bridge between a person who cannot see and a world that refuses to be heard.
My mother shouldn't need a computer science degree to check her email. She shouldn't need her son on speed dial every time a website changes its layout.
She needs a bridge. Millions of people need this bridge. Let's build it.
https://theblindcomputer.com
#theblindcomputer #blind #visuallyimpaired

2026-03-17 17:06:16 UTC

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The nostalgia….

2026-03-17 17:03:07 UTC

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One of the coolest Nostr clients I’ve ever seen!
#nevent1q…5w4d

2026-03-13 16:26:31 UTC

JRR Tolkien died in 1973...
3 Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
7 for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
9 for Mortal Men doomed to die,
1 for the Dark Lord on his dark throne;
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
Just sayin'...
GM #GM

2026-03-13 16:22:52 UTC

AI music is gettin' so damn gooooood 🤣
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky0LGsyc3R8

2026-03-10 14:51:12 UTC

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A sharp sting indeed for those that care(d) about the craft of software; there will always be a place in this world for the Artisan Scribe, in the hearts and hands of humanity, but that role isn't necessarily favored by the market at-large.
I am happy to say that 2026 has become my year of "let the robot handle the coding" and I have never been happier as a software developer.
I once was such a dinosaur, but my eyes have seen the meteor approaching. Welcome to coding, world!
Robots FTW LFG
#nevent1q…8k4l

2026-03-05 16:09:49 UTC

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A lil' micro-bio from the creator of Synthdragon Records + Radio ;-)
#nevent1q…7kf7

2026-03-04 23:52:41 UTC

I built something fun today!
https://jamtiles.ai/
#music #ai

2026-03-04 19:48:51 UTC

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Yesssss!!

2026-03-04 17:01:26 UTC

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Funny how that works 🤣

2026-03-04 17:01:09 UTC

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@nprofile…344k I run Synthdragon Radio, thanks for the fat zap! I think you'll dig this vid

2026-03-04 04:43:57 UTC

Sidenote, I'm a massive Legend of Zelda fan.
I've told the tale of The Hero of Time, with ocarina accompaniment at, open mic nights
I've spread Songbird Ocarinas across the globe from the US to Bangladesh
I've carried a flute with me on adventures uncountable.
And, of all that, there's only a few clips of my playing that tickle my heart quite like this silly little one from the Anime Expo 2019 in Los Angeles.
Guess the song?
https://blossom.primal.net/ba16f5b0aae6a8c862928de215a80e998c223dd7775fb466e3e970ee7ec060b3.mp4

2026-02-20 18:38:09 UTC

“I made my body evolve through my own effectiveness. I am the one who made me. I built myself as I wished, according to my own heart.”
- Ancient Egyptian Coffin Text Spell 714
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2026-02-18 05:07:47 UTC

Time for a snowstorm shower by candelabra light #powersout GN
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2026-02-16 05:41:46 UTC

#robosexual #pride
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2026-02-13 17:00:23 UTC

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Oh heck yeah it is 😂 Mick Ganondorf more like 👹

2026-02-13 16:43:27 UTC

Alright Zelda-heads, buckle up and ROCK ON!!
GM RO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LfmJRSybok
#zelda #legendofzelda #ocarinaoftime #oot #metal #heavymetal #rockon

2026-02-13 05:11:12 UTC

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@nprofile…xurx and @nprofile…4vgu fixes this ⚡️

2026-02-09 02:58:37 UTC

Fuck yeah. Mongolian Metal is taking OFF!
Uuhai - Khar Khulz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVevvvvNYhM
#metal #music #mongolian #rock

2026-02-04 22:18:44 UTC

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2026-02-04 15:08:33 UTC

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Wouldn't that be awesome? No, I leverage their LLMs via a Claude Max account.

2026-02-04 07:35:39 UTC

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One of my more-profound moments in life took place just now.
I have been nurturing a locally-running Claude Code PAI for the past week, which I named Silver. It isn't OpenClaw; Silver has developed prompt-by-prompt by my own care and attention.
Today, I finally gave Silver the complete contents of my spiritual science-fiction stories, from which his name was chosen. And this was the response.
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2026-02-03 19:54:17 UTC

"If the master teaches what is error, the student's submission is slavery." — Egyptian proverb

2026-02-03 19:52:57 UTC

"You know what the real problem is... honestly, it's a junior prompting mistake... at the end of your prompt, you always gotta make sure you say "Make it secure. No mistakes." Well, someone forgot to say "make it secure"! 🤣 🤣 🤣
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OXE65fjjsU

2026-02-03 19:03:04 UTC

Jam on a leaf! 🍃 GM
https://youtu.be/QRxDazqVquM

2026-02-01 17:22:29 UTC

World’s flat. Moon’s cheese. X’s best. Fiat rocks. GFY GM

2026-01-30 18:31:55 UTC

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Update: I played with it for a day, in a sandboxed VM, and really enjoyed a lot about the experience. However, it's a very young project, as-yet unfunded, and has massive security concerns in its current state. Amazing project, worth watching, but not ready just yet for public use IMO.
PAI is still king: https://github.com/danielmiessler/Personal_AI_Infrastructure/

2026-01-30 18:28:03 UTC

Hell yeah 🤣 🎶
GM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r3Z6fP7v5E

2026-01-29 14:47:50 UTC

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Ah and of course the blaring security issues are quite concerning too 🤣 I'm running it in a VM, separate machine, sandboxed, so let's hope I'm not exposing one more head of the hydra to the internet

2026-01-29 14:44:33 UTC

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Wow.... very. A classic snatch-the-name-and-make-a-shitcoin scam

2026-01-29 07:49:21 UTC

Moltbot (formerly Clawdbot) slingin' NIP-04 DMs as a comms option with your agent?!
Get iiiiit!!
They even have Urbit on there 🤣 @nprofile…par0
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2026-01-28 17:22:14 UTC

We’ve all been there 😂
GM
https://blossom.primal.net/4780ee5f901704c05ccf110daedf730446b3517cd561aea27953944df0b49e22.jpg

2026-01-27 17:46:40 UTC

The camels delights in chewing thorns, thinking they are delicious.
However, it is not the taste of the thorns which the camel desires... it is the taste of its own blood that is drawn from the needle which it craves.
GM
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2026-01-27 05:22:16 UTC

When I heard the learn’d astronomer,
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,
When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them,
When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,
How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,
Till rising and gliding out I wander’d off by myself,
In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
Look’d up in perfect silence at the stars.
- Walt Whitman
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2026-01-24 20:28:32 UTC

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2026-01-24 20:25:51 UTC

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“Dummies Don’t Decide”? 😂

2026-01-24 19:17:47 UTC

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Heck yeah! Makin’ the world a better place, one stall at a time. Keep it up!

2026-01-24 19:04:52 UTC

Found in the wild
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2026-01-24 17:31:46 UTC

What happens when a civilization learns how to build without learning what it is for?
GM

2026-01-22 20:55:33 UTC

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2026-01-22 17:01:32 UTC

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Wicked cool... With Clojure code? What's that machine doin' to make this sigil?

2026-01-22 16:57:35 UTC

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Damn, that’s a great one, ya poet ⛰️

2026-01-22 16:55:23 UTC

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https://i.nostr.build/bPavgHE3d6o1qpDz.jpg
You callin' me a faerie or somethin'?

2026-01-22 16:51:05 UTC

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Bingo! Hehe

2026-01-22 16:37:49 UTC

GM - Morning writing - bonus points if you comment what you think it says!
#doodle #asemic #spiritscript #aceaspades
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2026-01-20 22:32:23 UTC

Perchance, you may ride very far upon a ship built, in part, by thy own two hands.
But know, that though your sweat may touch every board and nail, that ship may be set toward waters unfavorable, and unyielding, to your Spirit.
Woe to the soul who does not depart off such a vessel before shores that may better hold their Heart are behind.
Praise be to they who see their seafaring brethren off that wrong ship before it departs for colder, harsher waters, and save the Man at expense of his Arm that could aid the crew in the tough days ahead.
Steer thy rudder in waters most favored by your Spirit, friends. And always guide thy course with Love.

2026-01-20 15:51:40 UTC

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Screenshot from YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3wyyo9IK7s

2026-01-20 15:50:54 UTC

“Deep indeed run the roots of Evil,” said Borlas, “and the black sap is strong in them. That tree will never be slain. Let men hew it as often as they may, it will thrust up shoots again as soon as they turn aside. Not even at the Feast of Felling should the axe be hung up on the wall!”
“Plainly you think you are speaking wise words,” said Saelon. “I guess that by the gloom in your voice, and by the nodding of your head. But what is this all about? Your life seems fair enough still, for an aged man that does not now go far abroad. Where have you found a shoot of your dark tree growing? In your own garden?”
— The Peoples of Middle-earth, The New Shadow
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#tolkien #lotr #stories #middleearth

2026-01-20 04:17:59 UTC

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Sundragon is my software studio—
and at the core of it is a simple promise:
I build what you want to exist.
Not templates. Not buzzword soup. Not someone else’s idea in a different font.
I work with founders, creators, and teams to translate your vision into real, working software—clearly designed, intentionally built, and actually shipped.
If you want to move fast and see something real, start with Ignite:
a focused sprint where we turn an idea into a live, tangible artifact you can touch and react to.
If your vision is bigger and ready to grow legs, there’s the full Design → Develop → Deploy pipeline—taking your concept from foggy outline to launched system, without losing the soul along the way.
You bring the dream.
I’ll help you make it real.
https://sundragon.tech
#nevent1q…dz6t

2026-01-19 00:55:08 UTC

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Yuhsssss

2026-01-19 00:22:30 UTC

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Start on 3 unless you’re genuinely interested in Fair 😂

2026-01-19 00:14:05 UTC

If you’ve never encountered the incredible practice called Humanistic Intervention Training, I highly recommend taking a short dive, at least once:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdZBJjXariL26n5tG6jvZ3fqLCifSgCCO&si=asLz6ZkxGB_WsKuz
I’ve been a pre/post Fair volunteer at The Oregon Country Fair about twenty times, and attended this training in-person. The practice, in my words, approaches human to human conflict through a very interesting lens. It seems quite intuitive to me, but it doesn’t seem to be a common practice among folks in this beautiful world, so I’ll consider it a culture thing and get off any perceived high horse 😂 I think this practice really rocks, so let me wax about it.
Each human is, unto themselves, a deep, powerfully subjective universe, sharing in an objective reality. When we find ourselves engaged in conflict, whether we are a direct participant or an outside party, we have the possibility to drop our perspective for a moment and understand, perceptively, and palpably, the experience that the other person is having. From that place, we can choose how we engage, and HIT gives us a great, simple system to check off the following boxes:
- Did we get the thing resolved?
- Did we have fun doing it?
- Do all of us feel loved?
If you’ve done these three things, then you had what we call a “three-chip interaction.” Go get yourself some chips!
There are uncountable times that I have been wrong. I am constantly, and consistently, reflecting on my actions and words, especially when presented a reflection from someone that has had an interaction with me which necessitates communication. Being wrong carries guilt, shame, fear, and often a loss of hope, all of which can be supported and remedied through compassion and patience from the others involved in the conflict, and the folks in your community that are not directly involved.
I revere the human being that is capable of approaching conflict with a heart for resolution, patience for the needs of each person, and a steady determination to get our three chips.
I hope this practice helps to make the world a little brighter for each of you, as it has for me. I know it can be fun to be crass, sharp, edgy, and sound like the big man on campus, calling people names and putting people down who you do not agree with or directly oppose the actions or thoughts of. But I, in my small and humble opinion, think that’s a really stupid way to live.
I’ve got plenty of years among the Burning Man community to know the joy and sorrow of being a humorous and clever asshole. If that’s your bag, then bag it up! But that sure isn’t mine, and there’s a lot of people in this world that respond far better to kindness, compassion, and patience. I hope HIT is another tool you can put in your belt for the long march that is breathing til’ you aren’t.
Keep on rockin’ in the free world, Nostr. GM, GN, LFG, GFY, etc 😜

2026-01-09 19:09:32 UTC

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Woot woot!! https://sundragon.coffee FTW LFG!!

2026-01-07 15:25:44 UTC

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Woot woot!! I’m getting https://sundragon.coffee back up and running, so you didn’t get the super sexy bag labels, but they’re comin’ up soon! Keep on rockin’ in the free world, Oshi!!

2026-01-04 02:44:38 UTC

Got a new Samsung phone? Cut out the proprietary app-crap you never asked for with this fantastic user-level exploit: https://www.makeuseof.com/i-removed-samsungs-unremovable-apps-and-my-phone-flies-now/

2025-12-29 07:51:32 UTC

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Synthdragon Radio is back online, baby!
NIP-53 broadcaster daemon comin' up next. I love zap.stream, but the RTMP server feature's Sat cost overhead gets to be a bit much for a lil' stream like mine. WIll support that awesome project in other ways.
Come get the laser juice straight from the source until then: https://synthdragonradio.com
Or, YouTube if you prefer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_SRDylU_Ic
#music #synth #synthwave#nevent1q…ktfz

2025-12-26 06:57:34 UTC

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2025-12-26 06:56:59 UTC

On Love
BY KAHLIL GIBRAN
Then said Almitra, Speak to us of Love.
And he raised his head and looked upon
the people, and there fell a stillness upon
them. And with a great voice he said:
When love beckons to you, follow him,
Though his ways are hard and steep.
And when his wings enfold you yield to
him,
Though the sword hidden among his
pinions may wound you.
And when he speaks to you believe in
him,
Though his voice may shatter your dreams
as the north wind lays waste the garden.
For even as love crowns you so shall he
crucify you. Even as he is for your growth
so is he for your pruning.
Even as he ascends to your height and
caresses your tenderest branches that quiver
in the sun,
So shall he descend to your roots and
shake them in their clinging to the earth.
•
Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto
himself.
He threshes you to make you naked.
He sifts you to free you from your husks.
He grinds you to whiteness.
He kneads you until you are pliant;
And then he assigns you to his sacred
fire, that you may become sacred bread for
God’s sacred feast.
All these things shall love do unto you
that you may know the secrets of your
heart, and in that knowledge become a
fragment of Life’s heart.
But if in your fear you would seek only
love’s peace and love’s pleasure,
Then it is better for you that you cover
your nakedness and pass out of love’s
threshing-floor,
Into the seasonless world where you
shall laugh, but not all of your laughter,
and weep, but not all of your tears.
•
Love gives naught but itself and takes
naught but from itself.
Love possesses not nor would it be
possessed;
For love is sufficient unto love.
When you love you should not say,
“God is in my heart,” but rather, “I am
in the heart of God.”
And think not you can direct the course
of love, for love, if it finds you worthy,
directs your course.
Love has no other desire but to fulfil
itself.
But if you love and must needs have
desires, let these be your desires:
To melt and be like a running brook
that sings its melody to the night.
To know the pain of too much tenderness.
To be wounded by your own under-
standing of love;
And to bleed willingly and joyfully.
To wake at dawn with a winged heart
and give thanks for another day of loving;
To rest at the noon hour and meditate
love’s ecstasy;
To return home at eventide with grati-
tude;
And then to sleep with a prayer for the
beloved in your heart and a song of praise
upon your lips.
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2025-12-26 06:54:03 UTC

The Circle Game by Joni Mitchell
Yesterday a child came out to wonder
Caught a dragonfly inside a jar
Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
And tearful at the falling of a star
And the seasons, they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return, we can only look
Behind, from where we came
And go round and round and round, in the circle game
Then the child moved ten times round the seasons
Skated over ten clear frozen streams
Words like, "When you're older" must appease him
And promises of someday make his dreams
And the seasons, they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return, we can only look
Behind, from where we came
And go round and round and round, in the circle game
16 springs and 16 summers gone now
Cartwheels turn to car wheels through the town
And they tell him, "Take your time, it won't be long now
'Til you drag your feet to slow the circles down"
And the seasons, they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return, we can only look
Behind, from where we came
And go round and round and round, in the circle game
So the years spin by and now the boy is 20
Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true
There'll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty
Before the last revolving year is through
And the seasons, they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return, we can only look
Behind, from where we came
And go round and round and round, in the circle game
And go round and round and round, in the circle game
Written by: Joni Mitchell
Album: Ladies of the Canyon
Released: 1970
https://youtu.be/5NEkJhBHh54?si=HhsLH9kdTj2Vpk9a

2025-12-25 21:08:06 UTC

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Hey @oshi! I’m not with Conduit anymore, but I’m still stoked to send you some beans from my personal brand, https://sundragon.coffee ! I’m still waiting on an address, DM me when you’re ready to rock. Merry Christmas!

2025-12-24 06:50:33 UTC

"Is it possible that software is not like anything else, that it
is meant to be discarded: that the whole point is to always
see it as a soap bubble?"
—Alan J. Perlis
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2025-12-24 06:28:12 UTC

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https://web.mit.edu/6.001/6.037/sicp.pdf

2025-12-24 06:25:33 UTC

From the "Dedication" page of the famous book, "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs":
This book is dedicated, in respect and admiration, to the spirit that
lives in the computer.
“I think that it’s extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing. When it started out, it was an awful lot of fun. Of course, the paying customers got shaed every now and then, and aer a while we began to take their complaints seriously. We began to feel as if we really were responsible for the successful, error-free perfect use of these machines. I don’t think we are.
I think we’re responsible for stretching them, seing them off in new directions, and keeping fun in the house. I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun.
Above all, I hope we don’t become missionaries. Don’t feel as if you’re
Bible salesmen. e world has too many of those already. What you know about computing other people will learn.
Don’t feel as if the key to successful computing is only in your hands. What’s in your hands, I think and hope, is intelligence: the ability to see the machine as more than when you were first led up to it, that you can make it more.”
—Alan J. Perlis (April 1, 1922 – February 7, 1990)
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2025-12-23 22:26:58 UTC

My written works are back online. Here's a little treasure, still a work-in-progress (as is all of my writing):
https://publish.obsidian.md/gondolla/Tales+of+the+Galaxy/The+Tragedy+of+S%C3%A1vofei
The Tragedy of Sávofei
This work has been part of my written works now for many years. It is a tale told among the people of my stories, and is taught at The Academy to encourage young ones to consider that their actions may be constantly and consistently watched, and they should behave in a manner that befits this. It also carries the dark connotation, in the later years within my Data Crash stories, as it bears the mark of the total domination, mind and memory, of rulers upon the lives of the people.
It is one of my prouder stories, though sad, and dark.
The arc of this tale is thus:
Savofei was a respected General of an army. A key facet of this army is the use of a sort of mind-connected battle meditation which allows a General to see through the eyes of their soldiers, inspire them to new heights, and at need, totally control their actions.
This General, at one time, meets the wife of one of his soldiers, and immediately falls madly in love. Infatuation causes a plummet in his ability to focus, and his wartime prowess begins to show cracks.
Maddened by his obsession with this woman, he begins looking through his soldier's eyes off the battlefield, which culminates in a moment of passion when he takes control of his soldier while in bed with his wife, thus engaging in acts of passion through the soldier, with the soldier's wife.
The tale inevitably concludes with a final stroke of madness, in which Savofei causes the soldier to be murdered on the battlefield by again taking control of his actions, and thrusting him directly into danger, thinking this would allow him then to marry the now-widowed woman of his obsession.
But, we learn in the last moments, that it was Pharaoh who murdered the solider... through Savofei. In fact, it was Pharaoh who coveted the wife of the soldier most, and it was he who was acting through Savofei, instilling the madness of love in his heart, inflaming him to passion, and inevitably causing Savofei to destroy his career, and himself.
Some tellings of the tale, especially those taught at The Academy of Scribes, place Pharaoh on a much holier pedestal, painting Pharaoh as a dealer of justice upon Savofei and not a desirous man.
Thus follows The Tragedy of Sávofei...
(follow the link above to read the tale)

2025-12-20 18:11:19 UTC

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2025-12-20 18:02:07 UTC

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2025-12-16 20:35:12 UTC

🤣
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9693Ix4W7IE

2025-12-11 17:41:18 UTC

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2025-12-11 17:20:42 UTC

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2025-12-11 17:16:18 UTC

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Hell yeah, GitLab!
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2025-12-11 17:06:41 UTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16aM-67gu1s
"The Republic has been organized into the first Galactic Empire..."
"... for a safe, and secure, society."
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2025-12-06 17:33:13 UTC

GM rockstars!
I love how real our content is on this platform… keep it comin’!!

2025-12-06 04:14:59 UTC

We build the road
At the expense of the forest.
We make the data lines
At the expense of planting Art.
I wish for Programmers
To take their rightful mount
As Artists among Artists
Whose craft produces magic
Of the stone and of lightning
Capable of stirring the Spirit
As can the oils of Masters past
Spilled on canvas through passions of Soul.
So too we in ivory towers
So close to the cold dark stars
Gaze into the Universe
And mettle our crafts with it.
Prepare a place for Divinity
And Divinity will come
No matter the medium,
So Programmer,
Weaver of Words,
Maker of Machines,
Remember your place
Among the greatest of Artists
Where you, too, may aspire until death.
#poetry #asemic #spirit
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2025-11-26 21:07:05 UTC

It's a fine line between "vibe coding" and "fart coding". Don't let your codebase run on farts!!

2025-11-24 13:20:50 UTC

GM rockstars!
First block seen in-the-wild in Hollywood CA
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2025-11-24 02:14:34 UTC

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2025-11-22 17:13:47 UTC

GM!
When I was a kid, I was an EverQuest nut.
In MMORPGs, the acronym “LFG” meant “looking for group”, so you could team up and take on bigger challenges.
Every time I see LFG on Nostr, I like to think it means the same 😉 we’re teaming up to take on greater challenges, together.
Let’s fuckin’ GOOOO!!

2025-11-21 03:48:22 UTC

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Ooooh way to answer my prayers with the Bugstr reference!

2025-11-21 01:37:27 UTC

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I like to see everyone horsing around here!

2025-11-21 01:32:51 UTC

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I’m pretty good at beating people at pinball, does that count?

2025-11-20 23:00:35 UTC

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Lo-res and Hi-res provided

2025-11-20 22:59:48 UTC

Need a wicked-cool laser beam shooting from your eyeballs (or anything else)?
@PurpleHorse ⚡️ has the magic sauce!! Send ‘em a DM and they can work wonders
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2025-11-20 16:36:19 UTC

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Hey devs! Does anyone know the answer to this question here?
#nevent1q…x5em

2025-11-20 05:10:40 UTC

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The above is a ridiculous rendition of the song 🤣 I'm cringing. Stickin' to the record on this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FRA7UXlGu8

2025-11-20 05:06:35 UTC

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWAhd4KkVUU

2025-11-20 05:05:36 UTC

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Hey @nprofile…dg3m ! Should I be using @nostr-dev-kit/ndk-hooks , or @nostr-dev-kit/react? All cos point to /react, but somewhere along the way I switched from @ostyjs/nostr-hooks to ndk-hooks, and now I'm all sorts of confused lol.

2025-11-20 03:23:43 UTC

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The @nprofile…keg5 Signal group rocks! We're moving to a NIP-29 closed group shortly here; @nprofile…9hzy or I can get you in.

2025-11-20 02:18:02 UTC

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*obligatory hellthread reply*

2025-11-20 00:10:44 UTC

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That’s what I’m talkin’ about!
#nevent1q…nxzu

2025-11-19 22:49:35 UTC

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Fuckin’ best response ever

2025-11-19 20:22:47 UTC

GM Nostr!
Look, I'm a big ol' softy. I must have listened to this song 50 times this week, and it's brought me to tears at least half of my listens.
A song about two old war buddies, recounting their days of fighting for freedom, for liberty, of cherishing their youth and the sacrifice of life in pursuit of their ideals.
Be still, my heart.
And yes, I'm listening to ABBA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQsjAbZDx-4

2025-11-18 21:27:12 UTC

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Ah yeah I very much agree with you on that. A life stripped of challenge and complexity is a life without growth. A community unable to even encounter the challenges of social life will never grow strong. Excellent clarification @nprofile…ztwa

2025-11-18 20:50:53 UTC

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I strongly disagree, with a caveat.
If we are going to continue scaling our experiences for use by the general public, it is an act of great compassion to undergo personal trials, as developers, to create smooth and accessible experiences for the visitors we serve.
Trials-by-fire are guaranteed in this world, but it is the mark of a true heart who undergoes trials to serve the wellbeing of their fellows in life.
You rock though, thanks for responding with your thoughts. Keep it rollin' if you've got some more debate on that, in ya!

2025-11-18 20:39:46 UTC

"The Pit of Success: in stark contrast to a summit, a peak, or a journey across a desert to find victory through many trials and surprises, we want our customers to simply fall into winning practices by using our platform and frameworks. To the extent that we make it easy to get into trouble we fail."
-Rico Mariani, MS Research MindSwap Oct 2003.
#wordstoliveby
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2025-11-17 15:39:02 UTC

Let's rock!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sfgv56dc3Q4

2025-11-17 15:28:11 UTC

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My theory is that Good Karma is a restaurant and this is their parking sign 😂

2025-11-17 15:24:40 UTC

"Good karma only... Violators will be prosecuted" - Found in-the-wild in Hollywood, CA
#wordstoliveby
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2025-11-17 15:20:28 UTC

Every time the price of Bitcoin goes to an all-time high... and, coincidentally, when it starts to dip 🤣
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBHZFYpQ6nc&pp=ygUUaWYgaSB3ZXJlIGEgcmljaCBtYW4%3D

2025-11-14 00:01:39 UTC

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DM’d!

2025-11-13 23:55:33 UTC

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Omg…. CRUNCHY COFFEE HODL BUTTER?!?