normal aaron guy
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computer/code janitor, cat dad, wife guy in the people's republic of nyc
if you touch a computer for business or leisure you probably use software ive written, sorry. im trying to do better.
if you touch a computer for business or leisure you probably use software ive written, sorry. im trying to do better.
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normal aaron guy
@aaronguy.bsky.social
· Jun 26
oh, this isnt a meme account
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I'm back, I missed you all.
Since this is an important subject I know too much about, here's a 🧵 explaining that
AI Safety Is Mostly A Sex Cult.
I don't think these people should make policy. (1/?)
(alternative title: Time For Some Cult Theory)
Since this is an important subject I know too much about, here's a 🧵 explaining that
AI Safety Is Mostly A Sex Cult.
I don't think these people should make policy. (1/?)
(alternative title: Time For Some Cult Theory)
September 17, 2026 at 2:27 AM
I'm back, I missed you all.
Since this is an important subject I know too much about, here's a 🧵 explaining that
AI Safety Is Mostly A Sex Cult.
I don't think these people should make policy. (1/?)
(alternative title: Time For Some Cult Theory)
Since this is an important subject I know too much about, here's a 🧵 explaining that
AI Safety Is Mostly A Sex Cult.
I don't think these people should make policy. (1/?)
(alternative title: Time For Some Cult Theory)
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a lot of folks are asking how someone can do something so "stupid" as hard coding a secret token, and i'm telling you that you are holding software developers and companies on way too high a pedestal if you still think there's secure, quality code being sent out into the world
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What is that? That's a hard-coded API token that Flock cameras use to identify themselves and get OAuth credentials, which can then be used to talk to Flock's production servers. Like, anyone on the internet can probably do this right now.
What is that? That's a hard-coded API token that Flock cameras use to identify themselves and get OAuth credentials, which can then be used to talk to Flock's production servers. Like, anyone on the internet can probably do this right now.
September 17, 2026 at 1:09 AM
a lot of folks are asking how someone can do something so "stupid" as hard coding a secret token, and i'm telling you that you are holding software developers and companies on way too high a pedestal if you still think there's secure, quality code being sent out into the world
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Genuinely an insane paragraph from Sam Alito. “Voter fraud is real and scary and we have to stop it, so the fact that implementing Trump’s mail ballot rule will disenfranchise millions is legally irrelevant.” Brain melted. A right-wing podcaster in a robe. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
September 15, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Genuinely an insane paragraph from Sam Alito. “Voter fraud is real and scary and we have to stop it, so the fact that implementing Trump’s mail ballot rule will disenfranchise millions is legally irrelevant.” Brain melted. A right-wing podcaster in a robe. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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"Why is Lebanon run by sectarian fascist militias?" asks neighboring country famous for arming and supporting sectarian fascist militias in Lebanon.
September 14, 2026 at 11:41 PM
"Why is Lebanon run by sectarian fascist militias?" asks neighboring country famous for arming and supporting sectarian fascist militias in Lebanon.
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If you have nothing to say about Israel destroying 80+ villages in Lebanon *with US made and provided armored bulldozers* but would like to have AOC et al condemn a random podcaster for saying something descriptively unequivocally true about Hezbollah you're obviously just pro-Israel? lol
September 15, 2026 at 12:02 AM
If you have nothing to say about Israel destroying 80+ villages in Lebanon *with US made and provided armored bulldozers* but would like to have AOC et al condemn a random podcaster for saying something descriptively unequivocally true about Hezbollah you're obviously just pro-Israel? lol
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One of the venues that apparently joined Robert Kraft's anti-Macklemore ultimatum allowed Kanye West to play earlier this year.
September 14, 2026 at 3:58 PM
One of the venues that apparently joined Robert Kraft's anti-Macklemore ultimatum allowed Kanye West to play earlier this year.
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Never stops hitting me the way everyone in mainstream discourse agrees that if we want to help people, we first have to convince Republicans, while everyone in mainstream discourse also agrees that Republicans do not have to convince any of us before they hurt people.
September 14, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Never stops hitting me the way everyone in mainstream discourse agrees that if we want to help people, we first have to convince Republicans, while everyone in mainstream discourse also agrees that Republicans do not have to convince any of us before they hurt people.
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Block me
September 13, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Block me
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i think the fact that centrists are hysterically depressed about america's future is a good sign
September 13, 2026 at 11:18 PM
i think the fact that centrists are hysterically depressed about america's future is a good sign
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This is just round 2 of people blaming Arabs for Harris' loss. If your calculation is that you'll net more votes by burning a vulnerable demographic, you do not get to be mad when they're mad at you. Trying to then browbeat them into your preferred messaging is both counterproductive and immoral
September 12, 2026 at 9:39 PM
This is just round 2 of people blaming Arabs for Harris' loss. If your calculation is that you'll net more votes by burning a vulnerable demographic, you do not get to be mad when they're mad at you. Trying to then browbeat them into your preferred messaging is both counterproductive and immoral
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i don't believe talarico is a bigot. im pretty sure he isnt. but if he apparently "has to" answer bad faith questions in a way that appears to compromise on the rights of one group of people being repressed to get elected, it's fair to ask what else he will "have to" do once he's in office
September 12, 2026 at 9:49 PM
i don't believe talarico is a bigot. im pretty sure he isnt. but if he apparently "has to" answer bad faith questions in a way that appears to compromise on the rights of one group of people being repressed to get elected, it's fair to ask what else he will "have to" do once he's in office
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The key thing about the "Kamala Harris probably would have been tougher on Israel and she was just hiding that fact until after the election" narrative is that she's had approx 2 years to come out and say it and hasn't really done so
September 11, 2026 at 5:53 PM
The key thing about the "Kamala Harris probably would have been tougher on Israel and she was just hiding that fact until after the election" narrative is that she's had approx 2 years to come out and say it and hasn't really done so
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somethingawful to 4chan to 8chan to the com was a distillation column for the worst people on earth
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Donald Trump is all Richard "Lowtax" Kyanka's Fault aka - how banning Hentai from a comedy forum lead to the some dipshit named big balls rooting around in the department of energies nuclear secrets
On all podcast apps and also links to everything here
linktr.ee/10bux
Donald Trump is all Richard "Lowtax" Kyanka's Fault aka - how banning Hentai from a comedy forum lead to the some dipshit named big balls rooting around in the department of energies nuclear secrets
On all podcast apps and also links to everything here
linktr.ee/10bux
February 14, 2025 at 10:56 PM
somethingawful to 4chan to 8chan to the com was a distillation column for the worst people on earth
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i don’t think Vance has a real shot in 2028 bc he’s going to have the same problems Harris did but worse
September 11, 2026 at 12:31 AM
i don’t think Vance has a real shot in 2028 bc he’s going to have the same problems Harris did but worse
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holy shit its real lmao
September 10, 2026 at 6:46 PM
holy shit its real lmao
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It's interesting to see a former top Biden aide explain "No amount of public support in polling or public protest will influence how or when those in power drastically change Israel policy" — ie, he's just straight up saying the US is not a democracy. x.com/MichaelLaRos...
September 10, 2026 at 6:58 PM
It's interesting to see a former top Biden aide explain "No amount of public support in polling or public protest will influence how or when those in power drastically change Israel policy" — ie, he's just straight up saying the US is not a democracy. x.com/MichaelLaRos...
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a year later, looking back, I think Charlie Kirk marks the high water mark of the right's cultural dominance
for a little bit there they actually managed to force civil society as a whole to crack down on people saying mean shit about one of their own, and it turned out to be a massive overreach
for a little bit there they actually managed to force civil society as a whole to crack down on people saying mean shit about one of their own, and it turned out to be a massive overreach
September 10, 2026 at 3:15 PM
a year later, looking back, I think Charlie Kirk marks the high water mark of the right's cultural dominance
for a little bit there they actually managed to force civil society as a whole to crack down on people saying mean shit about one of their own, and it turned out to be a massive overreach
for a little bit there they actually managed to force civil society as a whole to crack down on people saying mean shit about one of their own, and it turned out to be a massive overreach
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Poor Miguel...
"MMAcevedo, also known as Miguel, is the earliest executable image of a human brain...it was the first to be captured with sufficient fidelity that it could be run in simulation on computer hardware without succumbing to cascading errors, and rapidly crashing."
qntm.org/lena
"MMAcevedo, also known as Miguel, is the earliest executable image of a human brain...it was the first to be captured with sufficient fidelity that it could be run in simulation on computer hardware without succumbing to cascading errors, and rapidly crashing."
qntm.org/lena
Lena (first draft)
A note from the author
This was a very quick first draft, written in around two hours as part of my 30 More First Drafts project. You can now read the finished short story.
This article is about t...
qntm.org
September 10, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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People are very high on Ossoff, and I get it, but 1) Laken Riley Act and 2) he's notoriously kind of a dumbshit
September 10, 2026 at 2:36 AM
People are very high on Ossoff, and I get it, but 1) Laken Riley Act and 2) he's notoriously kind of a dumbshit
openreview.net/forum?id=pc7... turns out When you train on as much human language as you can get a hold of you recreate racism/sexism/colorism/etc
Verifying your browser | OpenReview
openreview.net
September 8, 2026 at 11:10 PM
openreview.net/forum?id=pc7... turns out When you train on as much human language as you can get a hold of you recreate racism/sexism/colorism/etc
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Would be neat if the (many more than two dozen!) Jewish Michiganders who are excited to vote for Abdul because we know that Abolishing ICE is a Jewish value were treated with this level of gravity by the NYT, but 🤷♀️
September 8, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Would be neat if the (many more than two dozen!) Jewish Michiganders who are excited to vote for Abdul because we know that Abolishing ICE is a Jewish value were treated with this level of gravity by the NYT, but 🤷♀️
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at this point: carbon removal is, at best, essentially a research project. renewable expansion is a policy project
At the moment we have no real idea how to scale up carbon removal--it's a hair on the mole of the ugly backside of the global hydrocarbon industry
But we do know how to scale up solar panels and wind turbines and batteries. So that's our job
billmckibben.substack.com/p/facts-on-t...
But we do know how to scale up solar panels and wind turbines and batteries. So that's our job
billmckibben.substack.com/p/facts-on-t...
Facts on the ground
Two things matter now: votes, and solar panels. (And wind turbines. And batteries)
billmckibben.substack.com
September 8, 2026 at 11:32 AM
at this point: carbon removal is, at best, essentially a research project. renewable expansion is a policy project