eBay is running ads that say “Things. People. Love.” Only one of those is actually legal to buy and sell on eBay.
Richard Crowley
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I just try to be useful and eat pizza. https://rcrowley.org
Slackbot says week's over. Pack it up, folks. Good job. See you Monday.
Temporary tattoos for kids with their parents’ phone numbers. Is this anything?
I think "don't read text in screenshots" might be my new guiding principle.
Happy we-didn’t-do-shit-about-it day to those who celebrate. :/
Me: [sips tea, calmly] Clock: [ticks to 9:00am] Slack: HEY IT'S AFTER THE HOLIDAYS HERE IS AN INDIVIDUAL NOTIFICATION OF EACH OF THE 21464863 THINGS YOU PUNTED UNTIL AFTER THE HOLIDAYS
Potter had years to think of a reply to “warped, frustrated old man” and the best he could do was “warped, frustrated young man.”
The next trend in billionaire tax evasion (that they’ll call avoidance and which courts will allow) will be somehow claiming to be homeless.
You don't have to say "at [name of bank], my voice is my passport" in an exasperated tone but it helps.
My main rule for AI use is simple: I can’t expect you to read something I couldn’t be bothered to write.
It should not be possible to start a thread from the most recent message in a Slack channel. Just reply in the channel!
Computers taking over writing software would be just as sad as computers taking over making art. (Programming is fun!) Fortunately, the averaging machines can’t write novel programs any more than they can make original art.
Pundits on KQED today were saying Warner Brothers Discovery has so much debt that the only sensible path is to pursue a sale. What about going out of business? They seem to be legendarily bad at it.
Two-part question: 1. Isn't the vote on ACA subsidies Mike Johnson just canceled _exactly_ the vote promised the Democrats in exchange for caving and reopening the government? 2. WHY WON'T THEY EVER FUCKING LEARN?
It’s that magical time of year when the leaves have fallen, dusk comes early, the air cools, the ground frosts overnight, and the Republicans deny climate change as if they’ve never heard of winter before.
Syntax highlighting in Mergician rcrowley.org/mergician/sy...
Syntax highlighting — Richard Crowley
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“Elphaba” but pronounced like Homer pronounces “tuba.” Is this anything?
One of my most deeply held inconsequential beliefs is that you should always plug into the bottom of a pair of outlets first. Then it’s much easier to plug in a second thing.
US citizens: We just want to go to the doctor. US government: Here is a triple-tax-advantaged investment vehicle.
Something I've been wondering about LLMs: The Wolfram article and others mentioned how LLMs don't strictly emit _the most_ likely next token. This apparently makes the output more interesting and read more naturally. Does this technique send it down bad paths and cause the hallucinations?
Don't be alarmed, I won't be blogging daily, but I did just publish a second article in as many days. Everything is lock-in rcrowley.org/2025/everyth...
Everything is lock-in — Richard Crowley
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Are they called "posts" because you HTTP POST them to the server?
Question about Republicans: Are they stupid or evil? Question about Democrats: Are they stupid?
Tired of hearing about the risk of electing inexperienced politicians when Chuck Schumer