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I don't really do gender. Trans as in transhumanist, transatlantic and transfluvial.

I'm "kechpaja" pretty much anywhere you see that username.

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2024-09-12 16:49:56

This is an angrier tech blog post than I would normally write, but I keep getting more frustrated with programmers using #GenAI for coding. Coding is _fun_, and it is weird to me to see professional programmers who seem to enjoy it so little that they want to hand it off to an algorithm: https://kechpaja.com/blog/2024/09/12-if-you-don-t-like-coding-why-are-you-in-this-industry.html.
#copilot #ChatGPT #AI #programming

2024-09-06 10:38:33

If you leave your Hoover in the woods for a few days, when you come back it will be rusted through and unusable, having been destroyed with extreme prejudice.
After all, nature abhors a vacuum.
#wordplay

2024-08-02 03:20:01

Has anyone ever seen (or themselves put together) any sort of guide on how to do linguistic fieldwork as a member of a gender minority? I've never done any fieldwork myself, but the tiny bit of preparatory instruction I received on the subject made some very cisnormative assumptions IIRC.

2024-07-20 15:29:48

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@npub1zdp…vqv8 Understand _fully_. I think it will still be funny to anyone who knows what a bug is in a programming context, though.

2024-07-16 17:25:43

If you heard something described as a "green herring", what would you assume was meant by that phrase?

2024-07-08 09:22:29

This isn't data — it isn't even really the plural of _anecdote_, for that matter — but based on my recent experiences at #finncon2024 I have a very strong hunch that queer-coded people are more likely to wear masks at conferences.
Not everyone does, of course. But I was definitely not the only one wearing one this time.

2024-06-18 23:49:34

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@npub1zdp…vqv8 Why do all spiders practice the same religion?
They aren't in sects.

2024-06-15 12:37:10

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@npub1zdp…vqv8 I would probably end up voting for the Tully Monster, although there are other cool options as well.

2024-06-14 00:09:19

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@npub1zdp…vqv8 Addendum, which I failed to mention: the male moths showed up _in broad daylight_.
I would never have thought pheromones could diffuse that fast, but apparently they can.

2024-05-31 20:14:23

Yeah I'm a content creator. I strive to make people feel content about things.

2024-05-27 13:06:36

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@npub1zdp…vqv8 Some people I went to college with did something very similar to this entirely accidentally (minus the ants and SUVs).

2024-05-07 09:46:14

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@npub1vse…v7q2 Isn't that usually a politics thing, though? "We travel in the regular-people class when we take regular-people transit, because otherwise we'll get yelled at for spending taxpayer money on a nicer seat?"
(Or is there context I'm missing?)

2023-10-30 11:20:37

"So how do you feel about George Bush Jr. now, 15 years later?"
"Well, I've started writing _dubya_ as _dubia_..."
(@npub1zdp…vqv8)

2023-06-21 22:47:52

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@npub1zdp…vqv8 I think it’s worth remembering here that “work” is a spectrum, comprising everything from actively helpful and mutually beneficial to manipulative and just out to suck you dry. At some level, not allowing yourself to be affected by any advertizing would mean cutting yourself off from all suggestions of any sort.
But yeah, it often can be very manipulative, and there’s no need to have advertizing jammed into every single piece of media.