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<p>HARD/SOFT TINKERER TYPE 4</p><p>Fuck your AI</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/nobot" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>nobot</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/nobridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>nobridge</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/noindex" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>noindex</span></a> I can’t believe I have to write these</p>

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    Thinking about how GenAI uses insane amounts of resources, bring servers down, and have made the economic situation worse for people who want computer components, I want to attempt wording a principle of efficiency that covers this well but am having trouble phrasing it how I want. I would say that a system should use resources proportional to their benefit, but that seems to not be quite enough, as people value things differently. However, I think the concept of depriving people of other benef...

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    One thing that really makes me sad when the first line of a repo’s readme has “with help from Claude” is the apparent diligence with “giving credit” to a nonexistent person, as if Anthropic doesn’t have immense disdain and ingratitude for the struggles and meaning of the work they ate. On top of that, it’s voluntary and free advertising. It’s like going out of your way to put “Made with the help of Microsoft 365” in the header of your documents. I cannot take someone like this seriously, but it...

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    #blender more like #blunder amirite

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    Is anyone forking #blender? #blender3d

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    Absolutely called it when I first heard about #meshcore. Uncooperative, antisocial, controlling, fragile ego. And yeah I’m talking about Kirby. Has no business making anything for anyone with his attitude. Good on the group for forking though. I randomly checked up on this and saw there was a blog post *today*. What a mess. https://blog.meshcore.io/2026/04/23/the-split

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    It is your solemn duty to rip smart glasses with microphones and/or cameras off a person&amp;#39;s face and stomp them into a fine powder. https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/12/apple-reportedly-testing-four-designs-for-upcoming-smart-glasses/

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    RE: https://mastodon.social/@glyph/116395539820297170 FUCKING,,, T H I S

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    RE: https://freesewing.social/@joost/116222697342850444 Such happy news. Wow. Thank goodness.

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    Everyone on the Internet should read The Californian Ideology. Realize that this was written in *1995*. https://web.archive.org/web/20260114182142/http://www.imaginaryfutures.net/2007/04/17/the-californian-ideology-2/ Original, server is a bit flaky it seems: http://www.imaginaryfutures.net/2007/04/17/the-californian-ideology-2