HRose/Abalieno
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"it was a calculated withdrawal, from the life of the Republic, from its machinery. Since they could not have withdrawn into a vacuum (could they?), there had to exist the separate, silent, unsuspected world."
China Mieville's book arrived in perfect condition, which is a rarity. Fancy translucent soft cover with illustration beneath.
Some of the thinnest, flimsiest paper I've ever seen, but smooth and soft.
The binding looks like it will bread the third time I open it.
But... WTF?! WHAT? >
Some of the thinnest, flimsiest paper I've ever seen, but smooth and soft.
The binding looks like it will bread the third time I open it.
But... WTF?! WHAT? >
September 29, 2026 at 12:34 PM
China Mieville's book arrived in perfect condition, which is a rarity. Fancy translucent soft cover with illustration beneath.
Some of the thinnest, flimsiest paper I've ever seen, but smooth and soft.
The binding looks like it will bread the third time I open it.
But... WTF?! WHAT? >
Some of the thinnest, flimsiest paper I've ever seen, but smooth and soft.
The binding looks like it will bread the third time I open it.
But... WTF?! WHAT? >
Anthropic, it's your fascist empire the risk, not the One Ring dud.
September 29, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Anthropic, it's your fascist empire the risk, not the One Ring dud.
almost exactly a year ago. I'm not ready to repeat...
September 29, 2026 at 4:18 AM
almost exactly a year ago. I'm not ready to repeat...
this quite good, actually
my copy's in today
my copy's in today
what’s this? an interview with China Miéville on Defector? that’s right
China Miéville On The “Completely Defining” Book It Took 20 Years To Write | Defector
It takes an open mind to engage with China Miéville’s work. A writer for whom the already cliched phrase “genre-bending” is even more banal, Miéville has never opposed the designation of genre writer....
defector.com
September 29, 2026 at 4:07 AM
this quite good, actually
my copy's in today
my copy's in today
lol, my previous PC lasted 12 years of daily use with zero cleaning, in a very dusty room
(it still works today, had to replace PSU, tho)
(it still works today, had to replace PSU, tho)
lol I've kept my PC on the floor for my entire life. No problems. Its fine. I promise. You can clean dust away, which you should be doing anyway.
If your PC is dying faster because of floor-borne dust accumulation you have bigger problems.
If your PC is dying faster because of floor-borne dust accumulation you have bigger problems.
If you're not going to put it on your desk, at least do these things.
September 29, 2026 at 2:51 AM
lol, my previous PC lasted 12 years of daily use with zero cleaning, in a very dusty room
(it still works today, had to replace PSU, tho)
(it still works today, had to replace PSU, tho)
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Proboards just updated their terms of service for their forum software, essentially saying "you give us the right to use anything you post to train LLMs, and we can also disclose and sell your personal information, fuck you." One of the worst of these I've ever seen. www.proboards.com/tos
September 28, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Proboards just updated their terms of service for their forum software, essentially saying "you give us the right to use anything you post to train LLMs, and we can also disclose and sell your personal information, fuck you." One of the worst of these I've ever seen. www.proboards.com/tos
"danger"
it's already formally reality, and it's the whole EXPLICIT plan
they are in control, and only managing the transition
it's already formally reality, and it's the whole EXPLICIT plan
they are in control, and only managing the transition
underappreciated danger that I haven't really considered until now is if one of the frontier labs (or both of them) buys nvidia and/or amd to kill off consumer gpu/tpus. it's not the end of the world but it would buy them like 20 years of monopoly
September 28, 2026 at 3:42 AM
"danger"
it's already formally reality, and it's the whole EXPLICIT plan
they are in control, and only managing the transition
it's already formally reality, and it's the whole EXPLICIT plan
they are in control, and only managing the transition
And again, it was CONCEIVED as a laundering tool for intellectual theft.
Its USE is about persuading people to feed it their work, with the sole purpose of appropriating it, so that those people will eventually lose their jobs.
It works precisely as intended.
You die by the sword, as you deserve.
Its USE is about persuading people to feed it their work, with the sole purpose of appropriating it, so that those people will eventually lose their jobs.
It works precisely as intended.
You die by the sword, as you deserve.
Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWayc
Did Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)
An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work.
nyti.ms
September 28, 2026 at 3:07 AM
And again, it was CONCEIVED as a laundering tool for intellectual theft.
Its USE is about persuading people to feed it their work, with the sole purpose of appropriating it, so that those people will eventually lose their jobs.
It works precisely as intended.
You die by the sword, as you deserve.
Its USE is about persuading people to feed it their work, with the sole purpose of appropriating it, so that those people will eventually lose their jobs.
It works precisely as intended.
You die by the sword, as you deserve.
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i posted an epiphany i had about why i hate AI so much on fedi and i wanna post it here but it won't fit and i don't wanna cut it down to size so fuckit i'm just posting a screenshot
September 27, 2026 at 3:24 PM
i posted an epiphany i had about why i hate AI so much on fedi and i wanna post it here but it won't fit and i don't wanna cut it down to size so fuckit i'm just posting a screenshot
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entirely comes down to help peer + the extreme hallucination that you thought any of the things you thought individually instead of as an antenna of the cultural gestalt
The better AI models get the more I find myself thinking that the human brain seems to be punching way above its weight
September 27, 2026 at 10:50 PM
entirely comes down to help peer + the extreme hallucination that you thought any of the things you thought individually instead of as an antenna of the cultural gestalt
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A.I. and corporate lingo are dragging language ynto drugged realmes of vague, airy, plastic nothingnesse: glitz and hyperbole wythout meaning. Language must have fur and clawes, make the floorboardes creake and leave wet dirtye footprintes. Wordes are rayne and fyre and stone. Wielde them. Save us.
September 26, 2026 at 12:11 AM
A.I. and corporate lingo are dragging language ynto drugged realmes of vague, airy, plastic nothingnesse: glitz and hyperbole wythout meaning. Language must have fur and clawes, make the floorboardes creake and leave wet dirtye footprintes. Wordes are rayne and fyre and stone. Wielde them. Save us.
people don't understand that the AI bubble isn't a thing on the premise it bursts, and those pumping money being oblivious.
Bond market crisis signifies this: they plan of insulating the bubble from the outside. To take control, rather than being driven by the market.
Bond market crisis signifies this: they plan of insulating the bubble from the outside. To take control, rather than being driven by the market.
September 27, 2026 at 4:25 AM
people don't understand that the AI bubble isn't a thing on the premise it bursts, and those pumping money being oblivious.
Bond market crisis signifies this: they plan of insulating the bubble from the outside. To take control, rather than being driven by the market.
Bond market crisis signifies this: they plan of insulating the bubble from the outside. To take control, rather than being driven by the market.
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And the YouTube version of this story:
youtu.be/UDIvfcy3ZJk?...
youtu.be/UDIvfcy3ZJk?...
Chris Hansen Was Never The Hero
YouTube video by Kat Tenbarge
youtu.be
September 25, 2026 at 4:34 PM
And the YouTube version of this story:
youtu.be/UDIvfcy3ZJk?...
youtu.be/UDIvfcy3ZJk?...
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PRIMETIME, which portrays Chris Hansen as a twisted egomaniac, is really good. It’s also the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Hansen, who has long turned child sexual abuse into a spectacle centering himself—at the expense of actual victims.
spitfirenews.com/p/chris-hans...
spitfirenews.com/p/chris-hans...
Chris Hansen was never the hero
On 'Primetime' and the real child abuse investigations that Hansen led astray.
spitfirenews.com
September 25, 2026 at 4:29 PM
PRIMETIME, which portrays Chris Hansen as a twisted egomaniac, is really good. It’s also the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Hansen, who has long turned child sexual abuse into a spectacle centering himself—at the expense of actual victims.
spitfirenews.com/p/chris-hans...
spitfirenews.com/p/chris-hans...
quite funny because VPNs are largely spyware of their own. You are just forced to use them for certain things that don't have alternatives. It's one big ouroboros.
The rest is all widespread enshittification because the people in control are selected to be the worst humanity ever produced.
The rest is all widespread enshittification because the people in control are selected to be the worst humanity ever produced.
VPN bans are a direct response to age-verification. Legislators are frustrated that people are getting around their surveillance, but rather than rethink their strategy, they're doubling down and banning VPNs.
Fight the Flock-ing of the internet.
Fight the Flock-ing of the internet.
The connection between online ID check policies and restricting VPN use is an unholy marriage. Rather than admit that censorship and social media bans doesn't keep us safe, lawmakers have put VPNs on the chopping block.
Explore the toolkit to find ways you can help stop this: DefendVPNs.com
Explore the toolkit to find ways you can help stop this: DefendVPNs.com
September 26, 2026 at 3:37 AM
quite funny because VPNs are largely spyware of their own. You are just forced to use them for certain things that don't have alternatives. It's one big ouroboros.
The rest is all widespread enshittification because the people in control are selected to be the worst humanity ever produced.
The rest is all widespread enshittification because the people in control are selected to be the worst humanity ever produced.
quite funny that a person I was following since very long ago, tech wizard, history in emulation low level code, then employed at Nvidia at hardcore drivers/kernel assembly optimization... now seems quite adamant against AI use.
People who know what tech is seem to despise AI. The "surfers" love it
People who know what tech is seem to despise AI. The "surfers" love it
September 26, 2026 at 3:25 AM
quite funny that a person I was following since very long ago, tech wizard, history in emulation low level code, then employed at Nvidia at hardcore drivers/kernel assembly optimization... now seems quite adamant against AI use.
People who know what tech is seem to despise AI. The "surfers" love it
People who know what tech is seem to despise AI. The "surfers" love it
waited a whole year for a 4Tb ssd, decided to wait in September 2025. All 4Tb drives are trash and cost too much now.
Gave up, got this.
10Tb for 512Mb cache and 7200rpm is quite amazing for what it is. Speed is going to be okay, and I'll be fine for a long while. Old drives are highlanders.
Gave up, got this.
10Tb for 512Mb cache and 7200rpm is quite amazing for what it is. Speed is going to be okay, and I'll be fine for a long while. Old drives are highlanders.
September 25, 2026 at 9:26 AM
waited a whole year for a 4Tb ssd, decided to wait in September 2025. All 4Tb drives are trash and cost too much now.
Gave up, got this.
10Tb for 512Mb cache and 7200rpm is quite amazing for what it is. Speed is going to be okay, and I'll be fine for a long while. Old drives are highlanders.
Gave up, got this.
10Tb for 512Mb cache and 7200rpm is quite amazing for what it is. Speed is going to be okay, and I'll be fine for a long while. Old drives are highlanders.
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Project Metafalica 2.0, a new re-translation for Ar Tonelico 2 is out today. I've spent over a year working on this. AT2 is a PS2 jrpg about giving psychedelic therapy to terrible women in order to make them more powerful and it completely transformed my life.
projectmetafalica.com
#ArTonelico
projectmetafalica.com
#ArTonelico
Project Metafalica 2.0 — Ar tonelico 2 Retranslation
A complete retranslation and remaster of Ar tonelico 2: Melody of Metafalica for PS2, with bugfixes and QoL features.
projectmetafalica.com
September 24, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Project Metafalica 2.0, a new re-translation for Ar Tonelico 2 is out today. I've spent over a year working on this. AT2 is a PS2 jrpg about giving psychedelic therapy to terrible women in order to make them more powerful and it completely transformed my life.
projectmetafalica.com
#ArTonelico
projectmetafalica.com
#ArTonelico
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this is 100% the wrong option
September 23, 2026 at 3:26 AM
this is 100% the wrong option
dicks and vaginas investigated over concerns they can still be accessed by children
Pornhub investigated over concerns it can still be accessed by children
Pornhub investigated over concerns it can still be accessed by children
Ofcom says site’s age-checking regime may not be ‘highly effective’, as required by the Online Safety Act
One of the world’s most visited pornography websites is being investigated by the UK’s communications watchdog over concerns it can still be accessed by children.
Pornhub’s age checking regime may not be “highly effective”, according to Ofcom, and could be in breach of online safety laws requiring strict measures to prevent under-18s from accessing sexually explicit content. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2026 at 11:55 AM
dicks and vaginas investigated over concerns they can still be accessed by children
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happened with game mods. A proliferation of new ones, abandoned and forgotten two days later
AI adds noise precisely as expected
AI adds noise precisely as expected
"Many scientific fields are already drowning in plausible-seeming but unverified papers generated with significant help from a large language model. What’s slop and what’s not? Is there an actual gem amid the gazillion new hypotheses? It’s becoming increasingly impossible to tell."
Polls show people expect AI to at least advanced science. Navier-Stokes, right?
AI may throttle science instead! It doesn’t always advance understanding, its glut overwhelms filters for quality, and its methods don’t fit medical research.
Gift link to my NYT essay.
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/o...
AI may throttle science instead! It doesn’t always advance understanding, its glut overwhelms filters for quality, and its methods don’t fit medical research.
Gift link to my NYT essay.
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/o...
September 23, 2026 at 7:07 AM
happened with game mods. A proliferation of new ones, abandoned and forgotten two days later
AI adds noise precisely as expected
AI adds noise precisely as expected
I went as far. (no idea what the "review" entails)
I certainly won't install until/if I see some objective turn of events and content brought back has a well thought overall shape, rather than just existing
I certainly won't install until/if I see some objective turn of events and content brought back has a well thought overall shape, rather than just existing
September 22, 2026 at 2:14 AM
I went as far. (no idea what the "review" entails)
I certainly won't install until/if I see some objective turn of events and content brought back has a well thought overall shape, rather than just existing
I certainly won't install until/if I see some objective turn of events and content brought back has a well thought overall shape, rather than just existing