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Angry Programmer Bunny Fundament πŸœ‚ Software Ξ˜Ξ” Fae (He/Him)

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the parmesan cheese was clumping up so I shook the container to break it up and apparently it wasn't closed all the way so I am now slightly dusted with parmesan cheese

07.03.2026 21:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
a popup from Indeed asking if you have experience in "Arrays (data structure)".

a popup from Indeed asking if you have experience in "Arrays (data structure)".

what are we even doing here man

07.03.2026 07:01 πŸ‘ 962 πŸ” 118 πŸ’¬ 50 πŸ“Œ 9

...Y'know, I think I did something really cool with the bass entirely by accident in my original Aurora Theory song that is gone in my remake because I can't actually fucking hear it and I think that's why some people prefer it, but also I can't recreate it because I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DID

07.03.2026 18:35 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm seeing posts that say "a country that can fund wars but not healthcare has a values problem", and sure, this is true, but people were saying the EXACT SAME THING 20 years ago when I was in high school.

Clearly, just SAYING things isn't enough. We've been saying it for decades. Nothing changed.

07.03.2026 16:28 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh I was given Showstopper by my boss when I first joined MS in 2015, it's really good and makes it clear Dave Cutler basically dragged Microsoft into the future kicking and screaming.

Some of his critiques of Unix in the book are STILL APPLICABLE TO LINUX TODAY! It's MADDENING.

05.03.2026 21:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A GitHub Issue Title Compromised 4,000 Developer Machines A prompt injection in a GitHub issue triggered a chain reaction that ended with 4,000 developers getting OpenClaw installed without consent. The attack composes well-understood vulnerabilities into so...

It's 2026. I am reading an AI-generated article about an AI prompt injection attack that allowed unauthorized access to an AI's NPM package, which was then hijacked to install a completely different AI: grith.ai/blog/clineje...

05.03.2026 18:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The best way to survive the collapse of civilization is to build a new civilization as fast as possible. The most valuable tool in modern society is still the most valuable tool after the apocalypse: cooperation.

05.03.2026 17:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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No, an AI-focused "Windows 12" is not coming this year β€” here's the plan A new report has caught the internet's attention, claiming that Windows 12 is coming this year and will be a modular, AI-powered OS. Here's why that's wrong.

it was confirmed wrong today so I deleted my post about it: www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/wi...

04.03.2026 14:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

stop turning it so hard

04.03.2026 14:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

When someone says β€žScientists do not want you to knowβ€œ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.

03.03.2026 12:10 πŸ‘ 9467 πŸ” 4116 πŸ’¬ 77 πŸ“Œ 164

we should cure death so we can have thousands of years to experience art instead of just decades.

03.03.2026 15:30 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's a very ironic example, because it turns out it was never going to be a problem since the population boom was just lag between plummeting child mortality and social expectations.

However, countries that overcorrected for it (e.g. China) now face even worse depopulation scenarios as a result!

02.03.2026 20:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The true existential torture that comes with being alive is knowing that we are just smart enough to recognize that we are needlessly torturing each other, but somehow just stupid enough to never actually stop.

02.03.2026 17:26 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

"why does everything suck"

because we suck.

Humans are BARELY smart enough to accumulate technological progress. Relatively speaking, we're pretty dumb.

We live in hell because we make other people's lives hell in an attempt to escape our own hell without recognizing the cycle this creates.

02.03.2026 17:25 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

it was easier to enjoy things when I didn't know everything was giving me cancer

02.03.2026 03:43 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is often called "overclocking". We're gonna invent brain uploading in 2085 and instead of letting everyone do this, only the rich kids will get to, and everyone else will be left even further behind. Rich people will say we don't have enough compute for everyone. They'll be lying, again.

01.03.2026 14:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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25.02.2026 08:08 πŸ‘ 1218 πŸ” 393 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 5

this seems like an absurdly low bar

25.02.2026 23:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thinking about how, despite the fact that I've never had a "bad brain day" and have no clue what an anxiety/panic attack is, when people tell me they have them, I just... listen to them?

My ADHD friend didn't get work done today because it was a bad brain day? Okay, cool, we'll try again tomorrow.

25.02.2026 22:49 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Something Awful gave many horrible things, but I'll always be fond of this one emote they had. the "It is a mystery" ghost lives rent-free in my head.

25.02.2026 13:54 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

SOMEONE ELSE REMEMBERS

25.02.2026 14:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Remember folks: One of the most common non-religious reasons people have for their homophobia is that they just find it disgusting.
"I think it's gross," is never ever a valid reason to put someone down for what they're attracted to.
Never.
Don't be like the homophobes.

25.02.2026 06:07 πŸ‘ 48 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the plural people were right all along!!!!

24.02.2026 01:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

[vibrates with anticipation]

24.02.2026 01:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"that is an impressive collection of incorrect statements" is my new favorite insult

23.02.2026 22:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

People always forget that "most people are nice" and "30% of the population are horrible monsters" can both be true statements. 70% of people is most of them.

21.02.2026 16:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A small brown bunny sits on graph paper with handwritten math notes with text saying "He's learning maths."

A small brown bunny sits on graph paper with handwritten math notes with text saying "He's learning maths."

20.02.2026 22:23 πŸ‘ 5133 πŸ” 1042 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 45

Oh it's OVER over

20.02.2026 20:42 πŸ‘ 170 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0
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