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  1. CW: academic chatter | weird things from this term | a thread of miscellaneousness

    wrapping up the semester, so processing things that have happened that made me laugh/go 'huh'/want to punch someone

    1. it turns out that some students are using `AI' to 'summarize' assignment prompts. The 'summaries' they get back are not shorter than the actual prompt, but at least they are confusing and inaccurate!

    #academicChatter #weirdness #sigh

    1/x

  2. Yeah okie, lets stop pretending shall we?

    Reality is not what it seems and you know it. I know it. And I'm tired of pretending that it's solid and immutable.

    You're not crazy. I'm not crazy.

    I promise.

    #FediCoven #Witch #Witchcraft #Wicca #MandelaEffect #Weirdness #16 #71

    tiefling.bardicperspiration.co

  3. There are some of us, who make a huge effort just to appear ’normal’ and to fit in the world, so others would feel comfortable.

    And the normals reward this effort by criticising and attacking us when our mask briefly slips.

    #masking #weirdness #neurodiversity

  4. I ordered two blu-rays from the same seller at bol.com. They were sent in two different packages, but both via PostNL, to the same pickup point.

    WHY did one get delivered to the pickup point, but is the other rerouted to a shop much further away? Because it needs my signature, that's why.

    The movies in question? Flow and The Wild Robot.

    Why would the latter need my sig?

  5. One of the things I have occasionally thought about is how the discoverer of turpentine actually did it. A scene plays out in my mind:

    Bob: Hey Carl, how's it going?

    Carl: Pretty good, Bob. What are you up to?

    Bob: Well, I was about to go boil a tree.

    #turpentine #weirdness #tree #weird #pine #PineTree #solvent

  6. A quotation from Douglas Adams

    “You,” said Sally Mills, “are very strange.”
    “Only,” said Dirk, “as strange as I need to be.”

    Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humourist, screenwriter
    Dirk Gently, No. 2, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, ch. 10 (1988)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/adams-douglas/74183/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #dirkgently #oddity #peculiarity #strangeness #weirdness

  7. A quotation from Douglas Adams

    “You,” said Sally Mills, “are very strange.”
    “Only,” said Dirk, “as strange as I need to be.”

    Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humourist, screenwriter
    Dirk Gently, No. 2, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, ch. 10 (1988)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/adams-douglas/74183/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #dirkgently #oddity #peculiarity #strangeness #weirdness

  8. A quotation from Douglas Adams

    “You,” said Sally Mills, “are very strange.”
    “Only,” said Dirk, “as strange as I need to be.”

    Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humourist, screenwriter
    Dirk Gently, No. 2, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, ch. 10 (1988)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/adams-douglas/74183/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #dirkgently #oddity #peculiarity #strangeness #weirdness

  9. If you avoid doing something that would bring you joy, simply because you are worried about what others might think or say about you, then you are not living your life -- you are living theirs.

    Be yourself, in all your weird glory..

    #wisdom #life #LifeAdvice #fear #joy #judge #embarassment #EmbraceWeirdness #weirdness #weird #freedom

  10. 🎩 BREAKING NEWS: #JavaScript is weird! 🧙‍♂️ Who would've thought? 🤔 An article reveals the shocking truth that #eval is a #nightmare, #loops are #sneaky, and #ASI is quirkier than your uncle's dance moves at a wedding. 😱 But hey, don't worry, just slap a #linter on it and pretend everything's fine. 🙄
    stack-auth.com/blog/on-javascr #Weirdness #Quirks #Solutions #HackerNews #ngated

  11. Wrote something on being a weirdo for February's theme 'affirmations' for the #IndieWeb Carnival that's being hosted by @artlung this month.

    This was a fun one to write. Got some ideas out I've had buzzing around for a while.

    Different kinds of affirmations: spacetimetech.wordpress.com/20

    #affirmations #IndieWebCarnival #writing #blogging #art #artists #FringeDwellers #outsiders #weirdos #individuality #weirdness #uniqueness #nature #purpose #meaning #happiness #joy @vhbelvadi

  12. Also I'd never considered that AI is a perfect replacement for the right wing's God, it uses a hell of a lot of power, it acts completely differently to everyone who talks to it, it makes absolutely no logical sense because all it does is predict the next word, and it's an invisible person they can all talk to and program with a huge bias.

    #Gab #Religion #Rightwing #GOP #ChristianNationalism #Christian #Weirdness #God #AI

  13. New issue of Kzoo Star dropped :)

    Enjoy some #weirdness, #strangeness, and odd #humor? Like it in a semi-flyer-newsletter format? Like it #free because the first 10 of anything on #Vella is free?

    You might like my nonsense!

    amazon.com/kindle-vella/episod

  14. New issue of Kzoo Star dropped :)

    Enjoy some #weirdness, #strangeness, and odd #humor? Like it in a semi-flyer-newsletter format? Like it #free because the first 10 of anything on #Vella is free?

    You might like my nonsense!

    amazon.com/kindle-vella/episod

  15. New issue of Kzoo Star dropped :)

    Enjoy some #weirdness, #strangeness, and odd #humor? Like it in a semi-flyer-newsletter format? Like it #free because the first 10 of anything on #Vella is free?

    You might like my nonsense!

    amazon.com/kindle-vella/episod

  16. New issue of Kzoo Star dropped :)

    Enjoy some #weirdness, #strangeness, and odd #humor? Like it in a semi-flyer-newsletter format? Like it #free because the first 10 of anything on #Vella is free?

    You might like my nonsense!

    amazon.com/kindle-vella/episod

  17. @Strombo yeah, i was driving at just before six and apparently a tidal wave came from the sky? fast wipers unable to make a dent, very impressive. for... 10 minutes?

    #weather #climageChange #weirdness

  18. My internal #network is full of issues right now. Why? Beats me. Is it my 4 node #Proxmox #cluster? Maybe. #PiHole, which runs on one node, has been laggy recently which cascades problems down the line. Could that be it? Could it be the physical #networkswitch in the server room? The #switch in the basement that serves the rest of the house's connections? All physical nodes have been rebooted and I'm still seeing #weirdness. Driving me batty! :coin_eater_face:

  19. I have a quarterly review meeting in 25 minutes.

    I’m having a low blood sugar moment and feel kinda loopy. Oh good.

    A few minutes ago I gave myself a full dose of The Foamies just by drinking water. That’s a first. I’m just shy of two years since gastric bypass surgery and I’ve never had the foamies triggered by a liquid before. It’s always been solid food. It passed quick, but it was a surprise.

    My father is having a bad day, health-wise today.

    I just got an invite to a training that I took on Tuesday. It says the training starts in 25 minutes. I am so confused. Maybe it’s just the blood sugar thing. I’ve had a protein bar and I’m feeling better. My father is going to get stitches. He’s going to be miserable. I wish I could do something to help.

    Blah, this is an example of a Friday that is not living up to it’s potential. It’s supposed to be “Good Friday” today, isn’t it? So far it’s not very good. Blah.

    https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/03/29/fun-times-2/

    #badFriday #dad #gastricBypass #gastricBypassRecovery #gastricBypassSideEffects #goodFriday #health #hospital #lowBloodSugar #meetings #scheduling #stitches #theFoamies #weightLossSurgery #weirdThings #weirdness #work #wound