Just a geek, finding my way in the fediverse.

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Cake day: June 11th, 2023

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  • The LLMs made search engines near useless by publishing mountains of slop - it’s almost all noise and no signal.

    I frequently get top three search results for things like “how to sharpen an electric razor” where the article is 5 paragraphs of garbage and then “step one, remove razor, step two sharpen razor, step three enjoy your sharp razor!” … Then another 5 paragraphs of pointless slop.

    Fucking infuriating.








  • Similar to another comment, I just stopped using shampoo altogether. It took about a month for my scalp to adjust but now it’s been 15+ years of just occasional hot water rinse in the shower and I only get itchy if I’ve been in salt water.

    I’ve got long hair and it doesn’t look oily but I do usually have it pulled back. The spouse says “smells like a scalp” so apparently I’m not stinky either ; )











  • I ask people on the internet or just scroll through my library’s recommendations.

    Internet recommendations (from people who share the same tastes) are better than library randoms… Mostly because YA stuff is more common in my library recommendations for some reason but I still usually read them anyway.

    There’s only been one book that I ever regretted reading. “Conrad’s Time Machine” … Fuck that book. It was so bad I’m still salty 20+ years later.