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i apologize, i have compiler brain worms

13.10.2025 10:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

this would be great for garbage collection in a dyson swarm

13.10.2025 10:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A cyborg girl with a shirt showing the cross-section of a Nerf gun with the caption "BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD" , she has an arm of exposed metal and she's wearing blue jeans with a pair of large square glasses on

A cyborg girl with a shirt showing the cross-section of a Nerf gun with the caption "BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD" , she has an arm of exposed metal and she's wearing blue jeans with a pair of large square glasses on

/s

29.08.2025 11:23 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

calling my adhd meds "prole pills" from now on

19.08.2025 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

florian's substack is great, unlike most people i've come across who do research on civilizational collapse, he isn't overly pessimistic and defeatist

08.08.2025 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The people's history of collapse How dominance hierarchies doom societies

you might like: existentialcrunch.substack.com/p/the-people...

08.08.2025 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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signalis appreciation post

08.08.2025 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

wait what? 😭

22.07.2025 11:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

was wondering if your username was a reference to the eye of gyges or something else and came across it

02.06.2025 07:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

paas (panopticon as a service)

22.05.2025 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

if we ever get cheap mechanosynthesis style nanotech, everyone will lose their shit

19.05.2025 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

i think these types of projects are still largely limited by funding but there's good reason to believe a lot more can be done with what we currently have

16.05.2025 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it's not all perfect but there's a lot of success stories that make me hopeful:

@spritelyinst.bsky.social just crowdfunded over $80,000 to build the future of p2p software

@crowdsupply.bsky.social has been funding open source hardware projects with a near hundred percent success rate

16.05.2025 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

money is a huge factor but the cost of getting involved in developing technology has been dropping drastically mostly in software but also in hardware

16.05.2025 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

the best writing i've seen collecting these sort of ideas is @kevincarson1.bsky.social's "homebrew industrial revolution" and "the desktop regulatory state"

16.05.2025 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

i think there's a lot of people working on this intentionally and unintentionally, making it easier for people to see what's been done and connect with others doing similar stuff (i think) could have a huge impact

16.05.2025 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Gap Map Explore R&D Gaps and their related Foundational Capabilities.

i've been thinking of making something like www.gap-map.org but for cool leftist tech ideas. it would have a description of an idea and link to good research on the idea and past/existing implementations

16.05.2025 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

bsky.app/profile/mutu...

16.05.2025 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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you can actually shape how technology is developed in positive ways. you can. i know people who have. you don't have to wait for a revolution. you can just do it. you might not succeed. but its better than waiting around and complaining.

15.05.2025 02:03 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
The Party of Truth I, like I'm sure many of you, have spent the last couple days swinging from outright despair to mild anxiety and concern. The situation in the United States right now is, to use the technical term, ex...

@mutual-a.bsky.social is writing a lot of good stuff on this: wedontagree.net/the-party-of...

16.05.2025 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ“Œ

16.05.2025 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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yup

15.05.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
a watercolor showing a downtown lit up with warm orange neon lights, the building have elegant curves

a watercolor showing a downtown lit up with warm orange neon lights, the building have elegant curves

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sci-fi always looks better with curves

like the original concept art for blade runner

04.05.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
a white space-ship curved like a boat, it's steel internals are peeking through the gaps in it's hull almost growing out organically

a white space-ship curved like a boat, it's steel internals are peeking through the gaps in it's hull almost growing out organically

i forgot how beautiful the ships in lgoh are

04.05.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

long march through the youtube recommends

04.05.2025 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Although she had hoped to be allowed to transition on the job, IBM fired Conway in 1968 after she revealed her intention to transition.[15] In 2020, IBM publicly apologized to Conway for firing her at a public event with Diane Gherson, then IBM's senior vice president of human relations. At the event, Conway was awarded the IBM Lifetime Achievement Award for her work at IBM and later work.[16][17]

Although she had hoped to be allowed to transition on the job, IBM fired Conway in 1968 after she revealed her intention to transition.[15] In 2020, IBM publicly apologized to Conway for firing her at a public event with Diane Gherson, then IBM's senior vice president of human relations. At the event, Conway was awarded the IBM Lifetime Achievement Award for her work at IBM and later work.[16][17]

also fuck ibm

02.05.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

a while back someone demoed something like this on twitter and the projected the datasheet on any nearby surface using ar

01.05.2025 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

yes

01.05.2025 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Cover of the book "Laced With Love: A Family Memoir With Recipes and Games" by Sheila Walker

Cover of the book "Laced With Love: A Family Memoir With Recipes and Games" by Sheila Walker

02.04.2025 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A Tesla Roadster floating in the void of space with Earth in the rear-view, there's a SpaceX space suit in the driver seat leaning it's arm on the door of the Roadster.

A Tesla Roadster floating in the void of space with Earth in the rear-view, there's a SpaceX space suit in the driver seat leaning it's arm on the door of the Roadster.

he needs to recreate this with the helmet off

02.04.2025 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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