how the fuck i didn’t realize that!!!

Fuck,

so 1 in base pi is still 1, but 10 is pi

makes sense,

1 =pi ^ 0

10=pi^1

100 = pi^2

my intuition kept telling me that using an irrational base system would end up with all integers being irrational. didn’t realize how easy it is to prove it otherwise

ie, I had a very bad conjecture and I gained better understanding why it was wrong

trivial,

Impossible in decimal, but if we use Pi as a base, then the final (and first digit) is 1

it’s not about being the first, just the first one when the technology/cost are just right.

you might want to wash it thoroughly before using it.

late to streaming, but practically the first subscription based system to watch movies/tv online.

First years of Netflix were the best, the product began degrading quite early on. but that was mostly companies realizing that instead of licensing their content on Netflix, they can make their own platforms.

Imagine having a streaming service so bad it fails twice

reminder than during 2019 there were streaming services popping left and right, all showing tremendous growth because they started from zero, and articles were about how bad Netflix was doing due to having practically no growth compared with the competition (they already had a massive subscriber base). Twist? Netflix was the only streaming service that was actually making a profit, the rest were a massive loss but big growth.

Needless to say most of those streaming services died; who remembers DC streaming service, or Yahoo’s? While Netflix is basically as stong as ever, despite the prevalent enshitification happening through the whole industry.

Point of the story? shareholders don’t care about stable profitable business, only cancerous growth. AI is like that, zero profits, ton of cost, but as long as they show growth the shareholders are happy, regardless of how cooked the books are.

going to make a fortune analy smuggling curling stones from Canada.

going to make a fortune analy smuggling curling stones from Canada.

users are folders, if Linux could turn user into files we… isn’t that the plot of the tron?

spent the weekend playing horsey game, if I was rich I would definitely be part of the problem.

A reminder to all trans men to drink water rights now.

yes, just unplug the machine.

Fine but I’ll still bitch about vibe coding

used to do a lot of digital algorithmic art. I appreciate it too.

it’s vibecoding season

was wondering why his shadow was chicken shaped

I hate that I might be witness to the Great Filter, and finally have an answer to the Fermi Paradox

The US military is a paper tiger, designed and optimize to funnel public funds to military shareholders pockets. and it’s extremely effective at only that.

When it comes to actual war, it is useless and ends up delegating actual war to mercenary groups.

by now, China is the global leader. US has been crumbling for a while.

If there’s ever a US/China war, the US will lose. it isn’t even close to a fair match.