pete twentythree

@pete23.com

software person proud to be an ally 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ autoblock for odd follows, no posts, fascists, vibes, etc

Lovely evening calling in on @avantgardening.pl, chatting about existence over a couple of AFs, and making the acquaintance of Marmite who is as beautiful and soft as her pictures suggest. I’m also always surprised by how green Krakow is.

the river in Krakow from a bridge

The way that “computer software” is treated as being an ontologically neutral, fungible, and undifferentiated object of unspecified use in the discussion of the impact of LLMs on software production reveals a profound lack of critical and reflexive thinking on their part—being hallmarks of expertise

we’ve had Lucy Fur for 15 years. she’s not been well recently, and disappeared, I expected her to have gone to die somewhere. I happened to see her curled up in the rhubarb patch, and she’s had 32 hours on IV fluids, antibiotics, antinausea, and seems eager for more food. and her nose is pink again.

tiny lucy the tuxedo kitten contemplates the mad whirl of existence and laser bees15 years on this cat is pissed off because can’t an old lady die in peace? tuxie on her blanket.she might be dying but she’s up for escape. tuxedo cat tries for the windows at the vet’s office.tux looks much perkier, although a little like Hannibal Lecter sitting neatly with her little paws “hello clarice”

Philosophers often bring up the "principle of charity": a willingness to assume good faith in an interlocutor and treat them accordingly. It's good to do in many circumstances. But it is worth formulating a principle of not being a fucking mark. If not during the rise of fascism, then when? 12/