Paul SomeoneElse

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I like bicycles
I'm some form of socialist/anarchist and pro-labor / unions.

I like all of the programming languages and switch too often between them.
vi not vim, but emacs is ok too especially when doing lisp stuff.

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Pronouns: he/they

I follow/unfollow a lot. It typically is should not
be taken as personal. My attention span is not consistent.

My posts auto-delete after a few weeks.

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2026-08-03 22:04:35 UTC

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I have quit and restarted a few times.
I'm guessing different things have different
properties, like I would not casually start drinking
again, that scares me more than smoking.
Anyways, I noticed that when i started smoking again
the first couple were amazing, and then it was instantly
back to boring dependency.
Knowing that helps me stay quitted.
My "one trick" to quit smoking was that
I would only roll them myself, and i'd also
use filters in the roll. But honestly all that
did was make me really expedient at rolling them :P
Good luck! I'm a fan of sharing ones
inner issues like this.
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2026-07-29 08:40:06 UTC

i r artist
https://snac.d34d.net/pkw/s/post-5e392741b6632f56ed9bd49949d32fb2.GIF

2026-07-29 03:59:32 UTC

166 (h3 "Save New") 167 (p "Save current filter as custom. If you reuse a name it overwrites.") Some code I am working on.
See the two spaces?
Am I a monster?

2026-07-26 21:10:52 UTC

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Cool!
I used to work on the MODIS satellites which is kinda the predecessor
of VIIRS and I'm guessing has lots of the same scientists working
on it at Goddard.
I keep meaning to brush off my notes, because NASA makes all
their data available, it's just a matter of like pulling out
the right bands if like you wanna make an image.
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2026-07-21 16:44:08 UTC

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The Dybvig Scheme book is very good for scheme learning
and reference.
https://www.scheme.com/tspl4/
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2026-07-01 19:38:22 UTC

OpenBSD ports mailing list is talking about importing
claude and anthropic and other crap.
I'm dissapointed at the lack of pushback.
I like OpenBSD but not that much.
#uncool #openbsd
https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&m=178286673648679&w=2
I guess it's just ports so it's all optional, but i still don't have to like it.
Also these are not "development" tools.

2026-06-16 17:08:36 UTC

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Librarians: actual not artificial intelligence.
?
(maybe not if it comes across as ableist)

2026-06-14 20:02:18 UTC

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nice bike, especially the lack of disk brakes, and the multiple
rear facing red lights. :)

2026-06-12 14:25:42 UTC

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I switch back and forth between vi and emacs.
Vi is nice if you are into "Unix IS the IDE".
It starts instantly. You use the shell for shell
things.
Emacs is nice to do EVERYTHING in.
When I use emacs I leave it running for
days. It's especially nice for programming
any kind of lisp.
Emacs is definitely more of an ideal for using
as a pure programming editor, but i have
become more and more unix pilled so I
tend to use vi more lately.
An example is auto formatting. Emacs is great
at this IN the editor. Press tab and emacs will
do the correct thing indent wise.
In vi I have to find an external program
that formats (like gofmt or indent) and
pipe the buffer contents out to that
program and back. This is made easier
by using map commands to map keys
to do the indenting. But shows how emacs
and vi differ basically.

2026-05-13 18:50:06 UTC

I have this urge to put up a palestinian flag
because I am so bothered by the US flags
and the isreali flag on the "liberal" part
of my street. Vermont has these older liberals
that are really conservative, but like the nicer
ones. (not a compliment)
I won't put up a flag for two reasons:
1. I recognize that I am being reactionary.
I don't believe in flags more than I want
to rebutt the neighbors flags.
IOW I would be doing the same thing they're
doing, and probably be counter-productive.
2. I live alone and don't have much of a community
so I am afraid of vandalism. I'm pretty sure the
local cops would see the palestinian flag
and just assume i was a terrorist.
I would like to think I was above this fear, but
i am not.

2026-05-07 02:31:16 UTC

I don't comment on the really bad famous people because i think they
should hang to begin to repair society and i know that upsets ppl

2026-05-06 01:22:09 UTC

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This isn't me being biased against ppl in wheelchairs.
It is me being biased against the act of people
choosing to need a wheelchair when they
otherwise wouldn't.
(I chose an analogy on porpoise there)

2026-05-06 01:18:33 UTC

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And then they connect this AI now (LLMs)
to future "AI" that is robots doing things.
THOSE TWO TECHNOLOGIES ARE DISTINCT.
distinct means "not the same".

2026-05-06 01:17:21 UTC

NPR radio saying "AI is sometimes biased" ...
AI IS ALWAYS BIASED THAT IS HOW THE TECH WORKS.
People are not rational anymore.
Like normal people are not rational.
I blame smart phones.
And AI is just a sympton of what happens when
you willingly give over your cognitive agency
to a think outside of yourself.
(unless it is like you family elders or something)
I guess at the minimun do not give your cognitive
agency to institutions where they will want to
use it for control (including politics by way
of media which is their voice)
#AI #LLM #IRRATIONAL

2026-04-07 17:05:23 UTC

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Yes 100%.
I am probably a Luddite in the real meaning of that word also.
Like I don't fly in planes anymore. I also don't buy new computers.
I think that people expecting to have a computer in their pocket
at all times is totally wrong. (from that utility POV you mention)
But it's like being a vegan, I don't say it all the time in mixed company.
Like most of the people reading this are on a "pocket computer".
That is not the medium to tell them I don't think people
should have pocket computers. (again because of utility in
a difference sense ... i know the message will be counter
productive. Like vegans learn to not talk about veganism,
because it tends to make people dig into eating meat.)
I am prepared to not use computers anymore.
I am also someone that can use computers as
ethically as possible. (like by not buying new systems.)
(Also I am flawed and like i really want a MNT reform pocket
which would be a new systems. But even that is on the right
side of a lot of things because it is not a mult death corporation.)
I mean I did put my money where my mouth is.
I quit my high paying programming job at NTT because
i couldn't keep working with LLMs and agentic crap.
I will eventually run out of money and lose my house etc.
(I mean i will get a low paying job before that. I am
pretty good at working all kinds of jobs. I just really
like programming.)
About your last point. I think all of that is not real. You
could pay humans to do everything you said instead of
doing that. It would be better on all fronts.
Also like I was saying in another post, using LLMs in
that sense is usually "beauracry management".
Like filling out forms, and knowing which forms to
fill out. That whole systems needs to go away, and
catering to that by providing LLMs to underpriviledged
people is making my brain hurt. Also that is idealist
and in the short term if using an LLM helps an underpriviledged
person I would never tell _them_ to stop.
But in the big picture I won't pretend it's useful.
Utility starts with food water and shelter and well being
from having a good quality of life. Like it's good to remember
those first principles. LLMs as a solution to any of that
again devolves into bearucracy mitifgation, which
first principles would say fight the beauacracy not
prop up the mitigation.

2026-04-07 16:25:15 UTC

LLM is a brute force machine.
I think that's part of the disconnect between the pro and anti
people (i am clearly an anti person).
Any dialog is focusing on different things.
The pro people are focusing on utility ... valid.
The anti people are focusing on the infrastructure ... valid.
The deeper point is which of these has more impact
or strength of argument ?
The infrastructure does.
Because if it doesn't then the argument devolves into
"it's OK to do something bad if it brings utility"
I think that is the point that people like me are seeing
implicitly and the pro-AI ppl are like weirdly NOT
seeing.
#butlerianjihad

2026-03-21 19:34:40 UTC

Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 11:59:02 -0600 From: Theo de Raadt <deraadt@openbsd.org> To: Renaud Allard <renaud@allard.it> cc: tech@openbsd.org Subject: Re: [patch] ext4fs rw In-reply-to: <2c8df0cc-938e-4036-a628-4c7f69874e0a@allard.it> Renaud Allard <renaud@allard.it> wrote: > Maybe it should be made clear on the website that OpenBSD will only > allow new code made by a human. Because I feel there might be more > requests like this and there is no point in repeating the discussion. Yes. #openbsd

2026-02-05 12:48:36 UTC

I think I hit a point where the overhead of #zig is
not worth the benefits it brings with better
syntax and modules.
Now I'm into #chicken and #c .
This is pretty normal for me I will oscillate
between a few of these things at any given
time, I def. haven't given up on zig. Let
I find this a great way to learn, meaning
jumping between pretty pretty different
approaches to similar things.

2026-01-15 17:43:18 UTC

i guess all hot takes are naive ?

2026-01-15 17:33:17 UTC

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This is bad for the individuals, but yes please give different groups in the US rank and file more
reasons to have soldidarity.
(edit: maybe I am missing some nuance and this is a naive hot take)

2026-01-14 15:31:31 UTC

I am bigoted against LLMs.
I know it and it is how I deal with the hype.
Meaning I can't constantly be reasonable and
figure out what is meant and the context of LLMs
and what people think about them.
It drains my brain power from other things.
And I have continually found nothing compelling.
Worse, I have typically found very frustrating
examples of people using very strong but implied
assumptions and using logic that depends utterly
on using blinders and ignoring reason.
Until the hype dies, I am not interested in them.
I am still interested in the old AI stuff like
for example path finding, NNs, and markov chains.
#butlerianjihad #LLM #hype

2025-12-30 02:34:38 UTC

Why aren't we all playing bzflag?

2025-12-14 15:24:05 UTC

single letter unix server names
...runs away...

2025-11-26 22:55:02 UTC

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I just did a quick dive into Z3950 and SRU/SRW, do you know if this data
is exposed anywhere for a normie like me?
For example I frequently use my libararies portal to search for interlibrary
loan books, but it would be fun if I could search them directly.
CC: [@uncanny_kate@dice.camp](https://dice.camp/users/uncanny_kate )
edit: maybe:
https://www.loc.gov/standards/sru/resources/listOfServers.html#UnitedStates
https://www.loc.gov/standards/sru/resources/lcServers.html

2025-11-25 16:14:11 UTC

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"People were already getting dangerously ignorant;"
I think that is the fertile ground that the belief that LLMs
can do reasoning grows in.

2025-11-12 18:40:31 UTC

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where r zine? (post will auto-delete, bleep blorp)
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2025-11-07 19:48:17 UTC

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Wow that's nuts, also I would love to work on the DMVs IT staff and not suggest things like that. Usually all of the jobs are in Montpelier it seems though.

2025-10-08 15:16:31 UTC

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similiar notion:
Rich Hickey woudn't have made Clojure if they let him use common lisp.

2025-09-19 02:37:21 UTC

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_Public_Health_Collaborative
fingers crossed, wikipedia says VT is in ...
also a twitter post
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2025-08-03 20:33:07 UTC

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What languages are you generating code in? (using LLM)

2025-07-29 02:29:53 UTC

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cool thread :)
I can imagine that keeping older and disabled people alive would
have many benefits.
It does not surprise me, I often also don't like the too easily
drawn conclusions people make about why.
Joy with younger people and passing experience.
The more damage they have the more experience they pass ? :)
(Reminds me of how people make mistakes in judging animals
reasons for doing things too.)
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2025-07-17 23:09:29 UTC

1. NPR is some sacred cow that is a force for good.
2. USAID money is worth the global manipulation that comes with it.

2025-07-15 17:41:06 UTC

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zoom is 13$ a month , fuck that.
and the free option only lets you talk for 40 minutes.

2025-07-15 17:38:24 UTC

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maybe zoom is the best bet, I assume I would have to pay if I am the one suggesting to
use it. (which is ok)
also this isn't about a "good" solution, this is about how can i easily talk to job prospect
ppl WITHOUT needing a smart phone. I am already fine with using windows for this.

2025-07-15 17:28:20 UTC

Is there an easy why to voice chat with someone just using a windows computer?
I don't have a smartphone, so I can't use whatsapp for exmaple.
This is for work stuff, so the person I am contacting will surely have a smartphone.

2025-05-29 21:47:36 UTC

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alias ':q'=exit

2025-05-13 15:41:18 UTC

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yes and incarceration is one of the main "violences" that only the
state is allowed to use. I'm waking up to the abolition concept in the US.
It used to surprise me that abolition (which I think of as slavery related)
is mostly incarceration related. Now it starts to make sense.
It's similar to how people think police protect them, but that
was never the main intention. Prisons are to scare you into complying
to the demands of the state, even and especially when it isn't logical.
(Like many homeless have nowhere to go.)
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2025-05-10 15:48:33 UTC

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This concept has helped my greatly.
My voice my shake and break while I speak but I speak
anyways. Also when I see others speak anyways I connect
with them.
https://snac.d34d.net/pkw/s/bb8198d56c1ea0ce46b44491151d149a.jpg

2025-04-08 14:33:27 UTC

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"The web dev industry is in ruins. Funding is gone for open source. Team sizes are collapsing. Everybody’s job is degrading into becoming the meat puppet for a stochastic parrot. The job market is a shambles. We’re fucked…"
Yeah that's me, I'm interested ...

2025-02-28 03:59:44 UTC

When I was young edgy counter culture I had that naive I don't want
to pay taxes. But just because I had no conception of my society
and that I was a part of it for better or for worse.
Now as an older edgy radical type I WANT TO PAY taxes that go to social and civil
services. Please can these recovering drug addicts have fantastic counseling and
a nice single room apartment with no responsibilities so they can figure their
shit out.
That seems like heaven to me. A society that gives you a minimum to live
and be comfortable. And I mean the minimum in both
senses.
Even many liberals don't really want that when pressed. They want
people to have more suffering than that. What else does "you mean
not work at all?" mean?
I feel like lots of adults around me are like me when i was younger.
It's annoying but I sorta internalized that notion that it's fine for kids
to learn at whatever pace. To drastically extrapolate, it seems like we
just have a lot of adults that haven't learned yet. maybe that's OK
with these long life spanner wrenches we have.

2025-01-31 00:53:54 UTC

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I went from two soekris models (48** -> 5**) to the APU
which has been been just chugging away for years as
my router. Everynow and then i pull out a serial cable thing
to upgrade OpenBSD on it. I think it's on 7.0 now.
It kinda uses the whole case in that it's all aluminum touching
each other.
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2025-01-27 15:57:20 UTC

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Is this a crash scenario ?
I see so much big tech $$$ go into something where I don't
see a revenue stream come out.
Or is it like it just gets normalized as BS part of "doing business".
I guess I veered off of your nvidia specific comment to general
industry LLM observation.
CC: @npub1rp6…w5et

2025-01-17 21:01:29 UTC

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That's a violation. (i think)
I'm not some "rule of law" guy, but i love the no billboards laws.
I bet it gets taken down, a similar thing happened near me and it got taken down.

2025-01-12 23:34:57 UTC

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I have this problem using snac.
Say I follow someone and they reply to someone's year+ long thread.
Now snac shows me their reply because i follow them.
And it also pulls in context ....
How much context?
I think a naive but valid first implementation solution to that is
to pull the whole thread.
and scene.
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