HylianSidekick
@hyliansidekick.com
I’m a grown-ass man in a Pikachu shirt.
Leftist, feminist, baseball fan, IT analyst, video game player and silly billy.
Leftist, feminist, baseball fan, IT analyst, video game player and silly billy.
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I feel like this should be more horrifying to people than it is.
We're all basically numb to massive data leaks and no one will be held to account for this insane breach of trust.
And, as @masnick.com correctly points out, politicians will keep pushing for age verification laws that don't work.
We're all basically numb to massive data leaks and no one will be held to account for this insane breach of trust.
And, as @masnick.com correctly points out, politicians will keep pushing for age verification laws that don't work.
Hackers Had A Live Feed Of Every ID This Verification Company Scanned. For Over A Year.
From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online (yes, they like to call it "age" verification, but it always ends up as identity verification), we've been pointing out that it was a huge privacy nightmare waiting to happen. Or maybe it wasn't waiting. Maybe it was already happening. This week a...
www.techdirt.com
September 6, 2026 at 2:39 PM
I feel like this should be more horrifying to people than it is.
We're all basically numb to massive data leaks and no one will be held to account for this insane breach of trust.
And, as @masnick.com correctly points out, politicians will keep pushing for age verification laws that don't work.
We're all basically numb to massive data leaks and no one will be held to account for this insane breach of trust.
And, as @masnick.com correctly points out, politicians will keep pushing for age verification laws that don't work.
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This is set up for laughs, but it’s actually one of the best demonstrations I’ve seen of how being capable of producing convincing sounding language and understanding meaning are two completely different things.
A chatbot does not understand you, it just has automated responses based on your words.
A chatbot does not understand you, it just has automated responses based on your words.
August 28, 2026 at 8:32 AM
This is set up for laughs, but it’s actually one of the best demonstrations I’ve seen of how being capable of producing convincing sounding language and understanding meaning are two completely different things.
A chatbot does not understand you, it just has automated responses based on your words.
A chatbot does not understand you, it just has automated responses based on your words.
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Perhaps an AI agent might be better at predicting what my father will want for his birthday than I am, but it definitionally cannot give him my time and consideration. Love is not just a feeling; it is a way of paying attention.
Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t understand how to live
An AI future of sleek, streamlined, and totally empty relationships.
www.theverge.com
August 11, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Perhaps an AI agent might be better at predicting what my father will want for his birthday than I am, but it definitionally cannot give him my time and consideration. Love is not just a feeling; it is a way of paying attention.
Just watched “Commander” @robzacny.bsky.social vs “Big Dawg” @patrickklepek.bsky.social in Super Mega Baseball 4 (one of my favorite games) on @remapradio.bsky.social YouTube.
Remap Baseball League when? I wanna watch the crew face off in a playoff bracket culminating in a World Series.
Remap Baseball League when? I wanna watch the crew face off in a playoff bracket culminating in a World Series.
August 3, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Just watched “Commander” @robzacny.bsky.social vs “Big Dawg” @patrickklepek.bsky.social in Super Mega Baseball 4 (one of my favorite games) on @remapradio.bsky.social YouTube.
Remap Baseball League when? I wanna watch the crew face off in a playoff bracket culminating in a World Series.
Remap Baseball League when? I wanna watch the crew face off in a playoff bracket culminating in a World Series.
Went to see The Invite last night. Roughly 15 people in the theater. Previews ended with a Claude commercial and literally everyone groaned, booed, heckled and/or threw popcorn at the screen. It made me so happy.
July 18, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Went to see The Invite last night. Roughly 15 people in the theater. Previews ended with a Claude commercial and literally everyone groaned, booed, heckled and/or threw popcorn at the screen. It made me so happy.
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NEW BLOG FOR YOU
Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too.
A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI:
ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...
Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too.
A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI:
ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...
July 1, 2026 at 8:23 PM
NEW BLOG FOR YOU
Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too.
A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI:
ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...
Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too.
A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI:
ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...
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if there are more than one topics, is it InfoSecs
June 28, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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We have a little over 24 hours to save the internet. The vote for a package of internet-freedom destroying bills is being rushed to the US House floor on Monday the 29th. Spread this beyond Bluesky, ASAP.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
The KIDS Act Would Require Age Checks To Get Online
Buried inside the KIDS Act are provisions that will push online services to verify all users’ ages, require government-directed moderation policies for online speech, and even create new rules about p...
www.eff.org
June 28, 2026 at 3:59 AM
We have a little over 24 hours to save the internet. The vote for a package of internet-freedom destroying bills is being rushed to the US House floor on Monday the 29th. Spread this beyond Bluesky, ASAP.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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c o s m o s
June 16, 2026 at 5:13 PM
c o s m o s
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"So, if I use ChatGPT you think less of me?"
Yep. Hope this helps.
Yep. Hope this helps.
June 16, 2026 at 2:19 AM
"So, if I use ChatGPT you think less of me?"
Yep. Hope this helps.
Yep. Hope this helps.
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i don't want to be based and correct for the next century of AI. i want the AI bubble to pop so i can buy computer parts this year!!!
May 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
i don't want to be based and correct for the next century of AI. i want the AI bubble to pop so i can buy computer parts this year!!!
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trans people deserve to live, freely and openly and safely and unconditionally
May 15, 2026 at 1:13 PM
trans people deserve to live, freely and openly and safely and unconditionally
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May 12, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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the party of "a whole civilization will die tonight" fake-rending their garments over violent rhetoric is funnier than the entire history of saturday night live
April 27, 2026 at 1:34 PM
the party of "a whole civilization will die tonight" fake-rending their garments over violent rhetoric is funnier than the entire history of saturday night live
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The only valid answer to any Republican who complains about political violence or violent rhetoric is a very loud, pronounced, and prolonged fart sound accompanied by the jack-off hand gesture while your other hand does the “get a load of this clown” thumb point.
April 26, 2026 at 5:33 PM
The only valid answer to any Republican who complains about political violence or violent rhetoric is a very loud, pronounced, and prolonged fart sound accompanied by the jack-off hand gesture while your other hand does the “get a load of this clown” thumb point.
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OpenAI: We’re burning money like the Joker. A miracle needs to happen for us to turn a profit
Microsoft: Please please use our AI systems, we’re teetering on the edge here
Anthropic: I wonder what’ll kill us first: lawsuits, regulations or model collapse
Media and universities: AI is here to stay
Microsoft: Please please use our AI systems, we’re teetering on the edge here
Anthropic: I wonder what’ll kill us first: lawsuits, regulations or model collapse
Media and universities: AI is here to stay
April 15, 2026 at 7:04 PM
OpenAI: We’re burning money like the Joker. A miracle needs to happen for us to turn a profit
Microsoft: Please please use our AI systems, we’re teetering on the edge here
Anthropic: I wonder what’ll kill us first: lawsuits, regulations or model collapse
Media and universities: AI is here to stay
Microsoft: Please please use our AI systems, we’re teetering on the edge here
Anthropic: I wonder what’ll kill us first: lawsuits, regulations or model collapse
Media and universities: AI is here to stay
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You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship.
April 7, 2026 at 8:53 PM
You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship.
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K, ERA, WHIP, QS, S+H
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March 25, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Looking for a last minute fantasy baseball league? MY 26-man roster, near-standard scoring league has open spots.
Weekly head-to-head categories
R, RBI, SB, OBP, SLG
K, ERA, WHIP, QS, S+H
baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1/204978/in...
Weekly head-to-head categories
R, RBI, SB, OBP, SLG
K, ERA, WHIP, QS, S+H
baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1/204978/in...
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Challenge for people who believe Claude *is* conscious and use it anyway: Explain how you’re not a slaver.
Challenge for those who are very confident that Claude isn't conscious: Explain how human consciousness works.
March 7, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Challenge for people who believe Claude *is* conscious and use it anyway: Explain how you’re not a slaver.
VOY: Bitches of Hell
Take a Star Trek episode and replace one word in the title with “bitch” (or “bitches”)
Never say that I'm not thorough.
Never say that I'm not thorough.
February 28, 2026 at 12:55 AM
VOY: Bitches of Hell
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Don’t spend the precious moments of your life watching an old rapist lie to you on TV tonight, do something healthier like chew on roofing nails
February 24, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Don’t spend the precious moments of your life watching an old rapist lie to you on TV tonight, do something healthier like chew on roofing nails
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Discord was going to use age verification that literally pipes your information straight to the fascist US government, until hackers exposed it.
“The state wants to see everything. The corporations want to see everything. And they've learned to work together.”
www.therage.co/persona-age-...
“The state wants to see everything. The corporations want to see everything. And they've learned to work together.”
www.therage.co/persona-age-...
Hackers Expose Age-Verification Software Powering Surveillance Web
Three hacktivists tried to find a workaround to Discord’s age-verification software. Instead, they found its frontend exposed to the open internet.
www.therage.co
February 21, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Discord was going to use age verification that literally pipes your information straight to the fascist US government, until hackers exposed it.
“The state wants to see everything. The corporations want to see everything. And they've learned to work together.”
www.therage.co/persona-age-...
“The state wants to see everything. The corporations want to see everything. And they've learned to work together.”
www.therage.co/persona-age-...
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caves of qud outsold cybertruck by like 5x in 2025
Fewer than 39,000 Cybertrucks were sold in 2024, and just over 20,000 found homes in 2025.
Tesla slashes Cybertruck prices as it tries to move (unpainted) metal
The stainless steel pickup truck is Tesla's first real flop.
arstechnica.com
February 21, 2026 at 2:31 AM
caves of qud outsold cybertruck by like 5x in 2025
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It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this
February 14, 2026 at 9:53 AM
It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this