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Posts by John Holdun

Wasn’t this song on their first album?

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software is ultimately a sociocultural object, not a pile of code, not a tool like a hammer

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A.I. Isn't People How many Reddit posts does it take to learn to read?

Yesterday I wrote about what AI is (math) and isn’t (people) and someone in the comment said it’s the best thing anyone ever wrote about AI. I’m just gonna take that at face value and so should you. www.todayintabs.com/p/a-i-isn-t-...

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Whoa

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It’s so good omg

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This resonated with me before I understood the context but having listened to your episode about this book, I concur! Deciding what to do and how to do it can make the execution trivial. Probably more true in the constrained environment Crawford was working in at the time but often still true today.

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Week in Review #4: I'm going to make a damn video game Bigmode Game Jam 2026 is upon us!

I have blogged five times so far this year. If you’re wondering about blogging? It’s blogging. johnholdun.com/articles/wee...

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Got three job rejections in one day so: I am asking for help finding a new full-stack web development job. My website/portfolio is available at casey.kolderup.org. I'm a great team member and I've worked at small startups and medium-sized companies with success working across teams and disciplines.

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This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...

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It’s okay I have spent many thousands of dollars about it

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One time in college I hastily assembled a zombie costume for Halloween and a random adult outside the dorm said “Nice! You even did the teeth!”

I had not done the teeth

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There is no amount of useful that LLMs can reach that will make me think using them is acceptable. They are harmful at their base design and getting deep into a discussion of how good or bad the output is is only ceding that point implicitly.

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every time i come around people come around humma bumma bimma shimma bumma lookin amma UH!

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Rude
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Rude Rude or impolite, including crude language and disrespectful comments, without constructive purpose. Highlighted Off, darkened Warn, and darkened Hide buttons.

If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.

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“Everything in its right place” includes dogs

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Against the protection of stocking frames. — ethanmarcotte.com “Artificial intelligence” is a failed technology. It’s time we described it that way.

We are well past the point at which talking uncritically about AI should be seen as deeply embarrassing. ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/against-stocking-f...

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) - Movie Review Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Movie review by film critic Tim Brayton

Tim’s blog series about the Disney animated features in the late 2000s was so important to me www.alternateending.com/2009/10/disn...

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To this day I still mutter the ancient words:

Jack Ryan, Jack Reacher
Bad Santa, Bad Teacher

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If you are okay with this, if you think this is justified, if you think people living on the street have brought this upon themselves, if you think this is good leadership, you may be able to fool yourself that you care about others but you don’t fool me

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Haha but Eephus is a really good movie

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"actually there are a few use cases for LLMs" fair enough friend! Just know that I lose all respect for you when you use them for anything at all. Utter contempt. I'll never respect you again. Good luck out there

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I love the way the frame bobs to the beat

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you're being very aggressive and unkind to genAI right now and not really giving it a chance, and i just want to say good job that's the way to do it

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Just stepped outside to check my neighborhood’s weirdly active flag pole because I’ve definitely seen that one. It’s currently nude.

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Gorillas

For literally no reason I've updated the Javascript on my non-interactive GORILLAS.BAS browser port. I originally wrote this in 2014…in CoffeeScript.

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Key Lime La Croix tastes like Skittles #itstrue

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The reality is that there is all the difference in the world between designing a picture of a website and designing a fully responsive and accessible site.

They are different problems that require different tools.

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Omega Mart is great—do the keycard upcharge quest if you have a couple hours to spend. The janky animatronic show in the mall at Ceasar's Palace is also great

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