Notices by Steven Hoefer (troublewithwords@wandering.shop)

My new email footer is going to say “cruel” things about LLMs so when someone feeds it into one, they’ll be in violation of the terms of service and maybe get their account banned.

Is it ethical to run this program?
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const action = “punch”;
do {
if (action == “punch”) {
print(“Ow! Please stop!”);
}
} while (true);

I am so tired of rich white fascists.

So, a question:

What programing languages and operating systems have the most diverse folks "in charge"? Who are the most inclusive? Who as at least as many women as men? What projects are steered by a full chorus of LGBTQIA+ folks? Where are BIPOC putting their energy and power?

'Cause every time we complain about a fash we should lift up the work they fight against two times.

Boots welcome.

Too much memory foam, not enough forgetting foam.

I should try not being exhausted.

Just heard* Google doesn't have enough high voltage electrical workers for its data centers, so it has decided to use AI to quickly train up noobs to deal with transmission lines handling thousands of volts.

I need to uninternet for today. It makes me so tired.

* Edit: To clarify "Heard" means from the mouth of a C-level executive at Google, not through the grapevine.

Unsolicited life advice:

The amount of cognitive effort to be human has been increasing dramatically.

Lean into old people stuff. Get a day-of-the-week pill box so you don't have to remember any of that. Live off to-do lists. Put reminders for every damn thing in your phone. (One of the few good uses of talking to your phone.) Sticky notes everywhere, etc, etc.

There is no need to remember most of this stuff. Get it out of your brain so your brain can brain more.

*turns the sky on and off a few times*
Okay fireworks people. Closing time.

The amazing thing about the Softbank golden goose thing is that one can use literally any meme template to dunk on it. (Literally!)

Webbed site: "You can not enter. We think you're a robot and we hate them."

Me: *evades the roadblock to discover the webbed site is all AI generated.*

🫩

What the actual fuck are we doing.

Tech dudes who want to solve everything with fractals are Mandel-bros.

Was sent down a fascinating rabbit hole by today’s post from @requiem on SwyftCard.

The rabbit hole:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/09/jef-raskins-cul-de-sac-and-the-quest-for-the-humane-computer/

The post: https://jasongullickson.com/the-gift-of-deadlines.html

Every computer needs the first 3 sentences of the tutorial page at the top of every screen.

I've had this in my head for ages, so here you go.

#TinyBalancingCat
#CatsOfMastodon

It would have been a lot funnier if he’d died in the middle of the Chuck Norris jokes era instead of the middle of his right-wing nut job era.

I like to watch videos of people making stuff, but watching a video of folks making surfboards is breaking my brain. Think of surfing as some one going out in the primordial element and riding the oblivious and uncaring back of nature. But surfboard making looks incredibly toxic. Grinding foam, ten kinds of epoxy. Everyone is always in full face masks and I still feel like I got cancer from watching the process. Not really one with nature at all.

Strange flying babies shooting people with arrows is no basis for a system of romance.

If you have a void gremlin you’re going to lose the tips of a few fingers.

#caturday

I missed you too.
#caturday