Category: blathering
Commentapocalypse Nighness Numbers
(October 29, 2026)I was kvetching about AI-generated comments the other day — for some reason or other, Akismet anti-spam doesn’t seem to recognise them, so I have to manually mark them as spam, which is annoying. What makes the AI comment spammers especially annoying is that the first few times you see them, you don’t realise that … Continue reading Commentapocalypse Nighness Numbers
I have another theory
(September 21, 2026)No, wait! I’ve been using the Emacs LLM-backed spellcheck mode to go through my old comics blogs like the one about Epic Comics. Most blog posts are pretty ephemeral so I don’t really care that much, but those comics blogs are sorta kinda meant to be actually readable, so getting rid of obvious spelling mistakes … Continue reading I have another theory
English is such an impoverished language
(September 9, 2026)That’s what I say, jokingly, every time I discover that English doesn’t have that particular word I’m looking for to distinguish between two natural concepts. And it’s a joke, because of course English is a huge language, what with it swallowing up several other languages wholesale and then just misspelling all the words a lot. … Continue reading English is such an impoverished language
The Bubbles Aesthetic
(September 4, 2026)I’ve been vaguely reading the Bubbles RSS feed for the past month or so. Bubbles aggregates a bunch of “small web”/”indie web” blogs, which sounds like it should give you a variety of diverse, interesting things to read: Original, different approaches to writing and design and etc etc etc, right? I don’t want to be … Continue reading The Bubbles Aesthetic
There’s something abhorrent about what AI produces
(July 11, 2026)Here’s my little thought: Humans find AI output to be subtly disgusting and avoid subjecting themselves to it. Because that seems to be the only reasonable explanation for stuff like this: Again and again we see people having an LLM generate text and then somehow avoid reading before posting. Sure, people are lazy, and laziness … Continue reading There’s something abhorrent about what AI produces
70% Of Drivers Really Are Above Average
(July 6, 2026)You see it all the time — “70% of drivers think they’re above average” used as an example at how stupid people are. Often mixed with some confused Dunning-Krueger references. But the thing is: Most people observe the other drivers around them and come to the conclusion that they drive better than the drivers around … Continue reading 70% Of Drivers Really Are Above Average