Allan Murphy
@cullenskink.bsky.social
I live in the burnt out crater of the anarchist jurisdiction of Seattle. You are just one bun. Scottish š“ó §ó ¢ó ³ó £ó “ó æ I don't think that kindness is a weakness. Tinseltown was always in the rain. I enjoy pendantry in all its forms. Get off my la
created June 2, 2023
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Itās far more likely that he does that, than appear in a dressing gown with an IV on a stand say āitās over, Iām resigningā (Apart from anything else Trump would try to govern from beyond the grave via Jim Jordan on a ouija board if he could)
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Whomever wrote the promo titles is either: - 'get off my lawn' era, ie around and listening to grunge when the album was released - about 20-25 years younger than me, when retro-Nirvana enjoyment peaked (at a guess)
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He has no bronze bullshit on his face, and per commentary on another golfing photo - where is his hair?
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
We can determine the age of the author using forensic techniques.
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A secret third kind which I am part of - DUH unexpected, I should have thought harder. If your work environment is like that and you got promoted through it, then you are probably a lot better than the men at your level... what's that? Shut up and examine my privilege? ok ok all right
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
Which kind, the 'I can't do it' kind or the 'the stress from new responsibility' kind (or another I didn't think of yet...)
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Surprised at Omid Djalili and Jim Jeffries - Jeffries in particular, I thought had more principles behind his 'I care about nothing' onstage persona.
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New Orleans, New Orleans... now I think on it, where IS the old Orleans?
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NEVER FELT BETTER IN MY LIFE
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Conspiracy theory: he has aggressive cancer, which can cause edema in the legs, treatment might require multiple injections in the hand (thus bruising) and now he's on aggressive chemo which causes hair loss. Also, we should have a maximum age for presidential candidates, of any party, ffs.
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Oh there's a Nobel Prize For Snack Innovation, right? ]
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Is that an M Night Shyamalan movie?
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
Mom auditioning for Real Housewives of New Joisey there.
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
āAnd maāam, you were the victim of domestic violence?ā āYes, thatās right.ā āAnd when was that?ā ā1997ā
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
Heās afraid of sharks - burial at sea surely
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
You should not; you should forgive yourself, and like many people who got entangled with a narcissist, you should focus on: I fixed it, I got out of there and didnāt get stuck forever and destroyed. Because that happens a lot. Average attempts to leave a narcissist before success: 7
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
BBK Iām so sorry for how this worked out :(
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Narcissistic or borderline
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You spelled Die Another Day funny?
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Like Doc Daneeka in Catch-22, we can just insist he is dead, despite all contrary evidence.
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I would like to second that emotion, it's really good.
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Same deal, let me check out that article too!
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
He should have just given her the unicorn š¤·
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The Democrat party has a net -30 or so favourability rating right now - whatever they are paying, it is not working.
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I have started to feel like the multiple front rejection of federal decisions by blue states is the thin end of the wedge to the country breaking up.
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
This is straight from the Dexter Guff school of "manufacturing your authentic self"
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
No, that is not fundamentally possible, I believe. Here's an article that covers working around the thin layer of protection on the top; one of the better articles about LLMs I've read.
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
These ones can pretend to.
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
Shoegaze album cover, surely Album title is something like 'Outside Is Overrated'
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
There's an Australian show, Mr Inbetween, about an underworld enforcer (who is also a dad, blah blah). There's a sequence where a grown ass man won't give a secret santa unicorn to the main character's daughter - who loves unicorns - ie THIS guy in the clip. Nothing good happens to grown ass man.
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Proud of WA but JFC
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
I was once given one of these at Hertz at SeaTac. I refused it. The service desk dude tried to be enthusiastic about it but we both knew.
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Superb, bravo - a tour de force
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
Iām down. Pickle lemonade, I tried - I felt it nearly worked. This is gonna be right side of the line
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
He looked odd in that show Landman* too. Maybe some āworkā made him look more hamstery? * I find him entertaining to watch but that show was a heap of oil industry propaganda.
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
We saw your mini pineapples from across the barā¦
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
Sawing Clacton off the coast and pushing out to sea, just to be sure
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
Like a vampire, then.
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
Random aside: There is a sideband hacking attack where the attacker uses a lens like this to get a picture of the computer screen reflected in the eyeball of the user, and you use astronomy software to unwrap it into a flat and readable image. Pikas just look at pictures of snacks online though.
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I believe you are shortly hosting an in person roblox and pizza (and cheese balls, fuck the haters) party for her and anyone who looks like they might make a good friend from the roblox handles group?
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
What percentage of tax paying, employed people take SSRIs to help them cope with stress and life in general in
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
RFK Jr's math is not strong. Around 10% of Americans take anti-depressants. He has to find 33m places for people on organic farms? What about the economic collapse this will cause, because people taking anti-depressants are not all home on the couch all day (like I am sure he imagines).
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
"On the island...uh...uh..mm. MM!! Ha! Life, uh, they say, finds a way"
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
Wondering about qualifications for the dads - any min number of divorces? What about custody time, I've got to assume you'd only accept less than 30%, and ideally 'not permitted to see kids'?
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
Slutty Divorced Dad Island is a different proposal to my assumptions at the start of the thread. Zaddy Island if you will, show hosted by Jeff Goldblum
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I'd really like to know. FOIA requests can't reach there though, apparently.
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
(this is deeper than it seems)
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If you are doing divorced dad right, you ARE an island
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
Oddly, all of their exes are narcissists? What are the chances?
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My default assumption from when I was at college til now was 'Students will protest, and represent all manner of opinions, and that is a) thought provoking b) healthy for students AND society c) part of the college experience'. We live in a time where the stupidest and pettiest triumph.
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As a Scot watching from the US (where the media is also a disastrous propaganda mess), I just can't get round the disproportionate coverage of Reform and Farage.
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Right? It REALLY stuck with me.
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OOF what a surprise show Saw them and Fontaines DC together in Seattle a ways back - incredible show
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
Ferguson in WA told Pam Bondi to pound sand also.
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
This is a stone cold Tightpussy classic.
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
āAutocorrect girlfriendā I mistyped as autocorrect gruelfriend and you know, that kinda works too
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
Iām just gonna say that the gold carriage looks a little like a trap from some angles and we do know someone who loves gold and being a figurehead - maybe can invest in one in DC.
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
Didn't mean Bernie is the solution :-D (my bad, confusing writing). So is the serious attempt 'tape this mess up and hope it holds', or is there some other structuring? Do Dems with fight become I that caucus with D (like Bernie does), to distinguish? Or is it every candidate for themselves? Or..
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I don't work in US politics - pardon dumbness. Similarly to me - a small number of Democrats have done anything I respect since Jan 20. But what do we hope for? Rag-tag resistance succeeds in 2026 against all odds and despite itself? An outbreak of Bernie style 'I but caucus with Dems' short term?
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
It's like his parade. He imagined the whole thing would look much more toughly tough and manly macho, but when they did what he asked he got squeaky ol' tanks and a cover of Fortunate Son; and in DC a sandwich attack they couldn't prosecute and soldiers picking up garbage.
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
"Won't Fix"
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
Inflammation, toxins, bad humours, aether poisoning, miasmatic blaze, phlogiston fever, dropsical flux, elf-shot, moonblight - ah finally we're down to the 'gold standard science' he promised us.
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
In case readers don't get me - no, NOT good for schools.
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
At my school, the same, in Scotland :-D
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
Also, this is a small but important example of how to report these people, like, actually trying to provide some context for something like 'because of crime'.
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
I am not one of those its chambered in blah blah, only the Galil has a folding stock CoD obsessives, but the MP7 is a 'personal defence weapon'; the role of which is automatic fire and armor penetration at close range. Good for schools, then.
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Tell me what you think about it! I read it and nodded along, but the implications therein really stuck with me. I'm a software guy (sorry everyone, sorry) and the technical details are all kosher as far as I could see.
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
I for one welcome our Shocking Molten Salt Overlords
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
This is an excellent article about how these things work versus what they purport to be (which the AI companies happily ride on people misunderstanding). Helps understand why the protections for forbidden topics etc are not strong at all.
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I can share more pics without linking them, though! A solar molten salt energy storage system in Haixi. I am so puzzled, our president here in the US said solar energy didn't work except during the day. I suppose it doesn't work, this 50MW storage facility.
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"These jack booted thugs goose-stepping in my bedroom and arresting me are a warning, or distraction"
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
It's not the reality or the pic or China's fault but it's from an article in The Atlantic about the scale of Chinese solar farms. But they hosted Jesse Singal, etc etc
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This is a long article, but it is one of the ones I have read recently about LLMs that I felt really understood the underpinnings, improved my understanding; and critiques what they purport to be, versus what they really are.
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I'm into it (this is in Hebei province in China, the article it is from says)
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
"We arrived in their compound and they were super welcoming, I am sure nothing suspect is going on, and the leader! So charismatic and ch.. wait, what did he say about women?"
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
This is a great article, long though. It does tackle usurping the weak top level controls and so on. It helps understand why those are not deeply rooted and there is no 'agency' in the LLM refusing to talk about difficult areas.
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I actually think that is not possible. There's an incredibly thin veneer on the top of these LLMs that does a sort of weak sauce job of 'I can't give you QAnon theory websites' but you can get around those relatively easily.
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Sorry for the paranoia :(
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
Can I ask, why wouldn't all authors do this?
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
As long as this is not the FDA just back-door collecting lists of people with those risk factors so we can work on RFK Jr's organic radioactive prawn farms or whatever.
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Iām sure theyāll never reduce it again šš¤
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
Main question for Copilot for vi: āhow do I quit viā
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
Then you text Stop back, and do 'delete and report junk' and get 17 more messages anyway.
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
*sniff* you're a good man Wolfie - everyone's been very kind *sob*
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No, THE best, I brook no dissent.
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
No JD Vance as Sancho Panza? For shame.
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'gold standard science' (always remember, Trump hates windfarms because he lost a court case against the Scottish government over building one in the sea off his golf course in Aberdeenshire).
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
I refer you to this thread on Worcestershire and sushi
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
I have no power to cancel anyone, I'm out here trying to scrape together 100 likes over a 2 year period :-D
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
It's an unusual deployment on sushi though - and actually, no wonder I haven't garnered a lot of likes, I promised to try it - dammit! Woorsshuhshueceshtiisurshur is great on a great many things, you speak the truth. Throw some in any casserole or stew or sauce to umami life up a bit, for example.
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
And here now, finally, is the fatal flaw in 'if you've done nothing wrong, you have nothing to fear'.
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It is a fucking great podcast, though.
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
"Liz Softball, Sig Sauer News - would you say people should own two, or more than two Sig Sauer guns? And what about accessories Mr President?"
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"When you say carry I assume you mean what we're talking about, Carrie, the 1974 Stephen King horror novel, great book, but very nasty man, very nasty ma
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The rampage continues, with 4 whole months of the year left, we're at 87, just 13 likes to make it to 13 digits - as the prophecy foretold.
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
Does this not imply any number of other class actions by other kinds of creators would win in court?
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
This is true (Amazon is 2 years clawback, this is why many do a dead on 2 years stint there). Some companies don't fight to claw back always, though exactly why and when, I don't know. However, if you give a big enough signing bonus, now they are well armed to fight you in court.
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
They should be legally permitted to ban golf, also. This is a fundamental - non-negotiable.
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
This is NO fun During one stressful time went to urgent care for something entirely different; they took my BP and said, sit down chief, you're not going anywhere til we check your platelet count. I did say that the BP reading they had was low for a Scotsman but those fools didn't listen.
Allan Murphy (@cullenskink.bsky.social) reply parent
We're one step off the Kim Jong Un golf announcement - 'Trump scored 11 holes in 1, and was 38 under par'.