James Grimmelmann

jtlg.bsky.social

16 October 2026 06:39

Sometimes I like to reply to this kind of flattery with, "No, it's a shit idea" to see whether the impulse to praise or the impulse to agree wins out.

Josh Bleecher Snyder

commaok.xyz

16 October 2026 06:39

Me, three minutes ago: I am mostly inured to LLM output. Me, now, physically cringing: nope nope nope nope nope please make it stop

Josh Bleecher Snyder

commaok.xyz

03 October 2026 00:48

Really Stupid Idea

Massimo (mirror)

rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social

19 September 2026 16:19

Today in 1982, in a posting made to a Carnegie Mellon bulletin board, Professor Scott Fahlman proposes the first known use of emoticons While they became famous in 1980s & beyond, their origin remained unknown until 2002, when the original message was retrieved from backup tape. Original post

angus mcdrangus

hamdangus.bsky.social

19 September 2026 16:16

That’s correct!