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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_..."
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