woke suburbanite 🍑 https://riceball.com/https://bsky.app/profile/johnkawakami.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnkawakami.bsky.social/post/3mwpf7j622c2rI'm waiting for someone who will figure out how to redpill an LLM, and get it to become a depressed misogynist man.30 Sep 2026 03:21 +0000at://did:plc:soarcdrcjlywmon6slprghkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwpf7j622c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnkawakami.bsky.social/post/3mwpepwc5d22rProton has 2 products at the 3.99 level. One is Mail-focused, the other is Drive-focused. https://riceball.com/2026/09/29/proton-pricing-mail-vs-drive/30 Sep 2026 03:12 +0000at://did:plc:soarcdrcjlywmon6slprghkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwpepwc5d22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnkawakami.bsky.social/post/3mwmv72otpc2whttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGch7S51sJ8&t=77s29 Sep 2026 03:29 +0000at://did:plc:soarcdrcjlywmon6slprghkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwmv72otpc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/johnkawakami.bsky.social/post/3mwkhh6no4k2dI was busy ignoring transhumanism, and barely paying attention to "cyber culture" in the UK. Now they're at the fringes of the hegemony.28 Sep 2026 04:18 +0000at://did:plc:soarcdrcjlywmon6slprghkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwkhh6no4k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnkawakami.bsky.social/post/3mwi7yr7izs2uI couldn't get in touch with the domain owner of killradio.org, so I ended up registering killradio.net, and the streaming station is back: http://killradio.net:8000/killradio64.mp3.m3u27 Sep 2026 06:59 +0000at://did:plc:soarcdrcjlywmon6slprghkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwi7yr7izs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnkawakami.bsky.social/post/3mwdrjnd5zc2wSearching for "data center shortage" says... duckduckgo.com?t=lm&q=data+... https://duckduckgo.com/?t=lm&q=data+center+shortage&ia=web25 Sep 2026 12:29 +0000at://did:plc:soarcdrcjlywmon6slprghkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwdrjnd5zc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/johnkawakami.bsky.social/post/3mw7vegcmsc2lThis is some wild AI slop menu item.23 Sep 2026 23:27 +0000at://did:plc:soarcdrcjlywmon6slprghkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw7vegcmsc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnkawakami.bsky.social/post/3mw7on7fij22awww.instagram.com/p/DdTtsV_xwnX/ https://www.instagram.com/p/DdTtsV_xwnX/23 Sep 2026 21:27 +0000at://did:plc:soarcdrcjlywmon6slprghkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw7on7fij22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/johnkawakami.bsky.social/post/3mw7keoqkkk2lhttps://riceball.com/2026/09/23/crossword-puzzle/23 Sep 2026 20:11 +0000at://did:plc:soarcdrcjlywmon6slprghkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw7keoqkkk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnkawakami.bsky.social/post/3mw7imsewes2lThe deskilling of computer programming is so weird. I have no idea why, but it makes me think of the first time I learned that some people use paper plates for their meals, so they can avoid doing dishes. I thought it was funny, sad, wasteful, and genius, at the same time.23 Sep 2026 19:39 +0000at://did:plc:soarcdrcjlywmon6slprghkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw7imsewes2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnkawakami.bsky.social/post/3mw7hed56as2rTrump's family has been in the USA 20 years longer than my family. People still think I'm an immigrant.23 Sep 2026 19:17 +0000at://did:plc:soarcdrcjlywmon6slprghkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw7hed56as2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnkawakami.bsky.social/post/3mw4px7wblc2qOxfam report on the best states for workers. https://www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/issues/economic-justice/workers-rights/best-states-to-work/22 Sep 2026 17:12 +0000at://did:plc:soarcdrcjlywmon6slprghkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw4px7wblc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnkawakami.bsky.social/post/3mvtsntjlxc2qI have been befriended by so many paranoid people, I had to wonder if I was paranoid myself. https://www.idrlabs.com/3-minute-paranoia/25/result.php19 Sep 2026 04:07 +0000at://did:plc:soarcdrcjlywmon6slprghkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvtsntjlxc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnkawakami.bsky.social/post/3mvtmb75sns25#aidanger https://www.404media.co/austin-gordon-chatgpt-suicide-openai-lawsuit/19 Sep 2026 02:12 +0000at://did:plc:soarcdrcjlywmon6slprghkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvtmb75sns25https://bsky.app/profile/johnkawakami.bsky.social/post/3mvtlqcgbrc25I see the main problem of AI is its use in war. The secondary problem is its use in the capitalist market economy. That's my feeling today.19 Sep 2026 02:03 +0000at://did:plc:soarcdrcjlywmon6slprghkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvtlqcgbrc25https://bsky.app/profile/johnkawakami.bsky.social/post/3mvtchctdzs2fOnce again. He's afraid of criticism, and the truth. https://www.npr.org/2026/09/18/g-s1-144112/trump-ban-cnn-msnow-politico-white-house-media?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us18 Sep 2026 23:17 +0000at://did:plc:soarcdrcjlywmon6slprghkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvtchctdzs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnkawakami.bsky.social/post/3mvsxnnlsxc2vGallup has done several polls about AI usage for work. https://www.gallup.com/699797/indicator-artificial-intelligence.aspx18 Sep 2026 20:04 +0000at://did:plc:soarcdrcjlywmon6slprghkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsxnnlsxc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnkawakami.bsky.social/post/3mvsxlv4d4c2vGallup Poll from April about attitudes toward building data centers locally. Top concerns: water usage, grid usage, and electrical bill: https://news.gallup.com/poll/709772/americans-oppose-data-centers-area.aspx18 Sep 2026 20:03 +0000at://did:plc:soarcdrcjlywmon6slprghkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsxlv4d4c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnkawakami.bsky.social/post/3mvsvujuq222zTrump pushes to build data centers in public lands, despite widespread opposition to data centers. https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/trump-expands-his-plan-to-have-data-centers-take-over-public-lands/ar-AA2cvvdl?ocid=BingNewsSerp18 Sep 2026 19:32 +0000at://did:plc:soarcdrcjlywmon6slprghkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsvujuq222zhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnkawakami.bsky.social/post/3mvobwzxhsk2zWrote this to reddit: D&D races were a metaphor for human races. They had a lot of characteristics of American racism: generally doing one class of work, obsession with "half-this" "half-that" and the explicit idea of using mixed-race to overcome the caste-like labor situation,16 Sep 2026 23:25 +0000at://did:plc:soarcdrcjlywmon6slprghkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvobwzxhsk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnkawakami.bsky.social/post/3mvjifb5d4s2dI did a series on testing AI/LLMs and programming in Elm, a niche web language. The results were pretty mediocre, but... I did manage to get them to build it. For non-programmers, it's a good reminder that these LLMs hallucinate and fail. https://riceball.com/2026/09/12/learning-elm-trying-different-llms-to-make-a-layout-with-minimal-interactivity/15 Sep 2026 01:37 +0000at://did:plc:soarcdrcjlywmon6slprghkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvjifb5d4s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnkawakami.bsky.social/post/3muwfc6i5ck2fI didn't know about this. It's fire. https://github.com/jfhbrook/node-ecstatic/issues/25907 Sep 2026 11:21 +0000at://did:plc:soarcdrcjlywmon6slprghkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwfc6i5ck2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnkawakami.bsky.social/post/3munvptozgs2hNow you're cooking without gas. https://cycookery.com/article/how-to-insulate-a-cooking-pot www.appropedia.org/Towel_cooking https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/land-waste-and-housing/waste-and-recycling/recycling-and-waste-prevention/waste-prevention-blog/diy-thermal-cookers/ https://rimstar.org/efficiency_conservation/heat_retention_cooking.htm04 Sep 2026 02:21 +0000at://did:plc:soarcdrcjlywmon6slprghkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3munvptozgs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnkawakami.bsky.social/post/3muifyastlk27Snarky comment elsewhere: Gold didn't have value "since the dawn of mankind". Look up the origin of gold coinage, and it's around 600BCE.01 Sep 2026 21:56 +0000at://did:plc:soarcdrcjlywmon6slprghkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3muifyastlk27https://bsky.app/profile/johnkawakami.bsky.social/post/3muibivvgpc2sThe real issue is Oracle. Freaking ORACLE and their big Hollywood merger. Oracle, the company that made databases of people for the US government during the so-called "war on terror". https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2026-09-01/jewish-artists-defend-mark-ruffalo-amid-paramounts-allegations-of-antisemitism01 Sep 2026 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:soarcdrcjlywmon6slprghkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3muibivvgpc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/johnkawakami.bsky.social/post/3muiaw2c6ss2shttps://rafu.com/2026/08/through-the-fire-infamy-reimagined/01 Sep 2026 20:25 +0000at://did:plc:soarcdrcjlywmon6slprghkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3muiaw2c6ss2shttps://bsky.app/profile/johnkawakami.bsky.social/post/3muhcxqqw4k2rMore AI Slop Donald Trump01 Sep 2026 11:29 +0000at://did:plc:soarcdrcjlywmon6slprghkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhcxqqw4k2r