Matt Hall

I enjoy reading, storytelling, learning, and solving problems. I write software for a living.

Maryland, US

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2025-05-04 17:19:36

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@nprofile…wjfe
Sorry, you're having to say this so much but thanks for saying it.
Calling Trump stupid makes us all feel smart and superior but the man has a clear understanding of power. He knows rules don't matter only power over other people matters. He's _good_ at exercising that power.
For the thousandth time... He's not a businessman, he's not a politician, he's a mafia capo.
The law doesn't matter if you can avoid the consequences indefinitely.

2025-04-28 02:39:01

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@nprofile…48vs @nprofile…6zp6 @nprofile…ps99
$insult = str_repeat('twa',2) . 'ffle';
echo $insult;
But... Again... This feels like we're moving _away_ from simplicity.

2025-04-28 02:01:43

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@nprofile…6zp6 @nprofile…ps99
Around here we shorten twatwaffles to:
twaffle
You can save yerself three whole characters in the future. <3

2025-04-22 19:00:16

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@nprofile…fgyc
Am men. Not offended. Fair question.

2025-04-01 12:45:00

@nprofile…wjfe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2utlMxAwtE
It's about 8:45am and just wanted to share that Cory Booker has been holding the Senate floor for almost 14 hours. Speaking about the abuse to Social Security and calling out the Trump administration and it's minions for the damage they're creating by their reckless behavior.
Senate Democrats, this is the opposition many of us have been asking for. Stand up. Oppose. Support people like Cory Booker while they stand.
<3

2025-03-23 22:59:57

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@nprofile…f0x4
"Bad shape" feels like an inadequate description. If the legal system doesn't function _at all_ then there's no incentive for _anyone_ to adhere to the law.
That's... Literally the _deal_.

2025-03-22 11:33:47

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@nprofile…args
For what it's worth, I'm not disagreeing with you. It's just that our position isn't relevant in the context that they are propagandizing in.

2025-03-22 11:32:49

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@nprofile…args @nprofile…r5mx
The implication isn't meant to be logical it's purely emotional.
"Only thieves complain!"
That idea _will_ stop someone acting when they're deprived. "I don't want to cause trouble," etc.
The junta and friends are playing an emotional game not a logical one. An emotional game isn't a zero sum game. There's the ability to create _new_ territory to hold. By waging an emotional contest they can create new fronts at _will_.

2025-03-22 11:24:33

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@nprofile…args @nprofile…r5mx
I find it's far simpler to believe that they are lying thieves.
That perspective clears up all the apparent dissonance.

2025-03-20 20:19:01

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@nprofile…gu7x
"Look, I didn't even know women existed until today..." states frustrated and confused Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
https://6-28.mastodon.xyz/media_attachments/files/114/196/601/116/802/275/original/4474f60857df1891.png

2025-03-19 21:12:47

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@nprofile…7v9l
I love that there's a house out there pushing the envelope. I don't mind buying and trying at the same time.
How exciting! Thanks so much for sharing!

2025-03-19 21:09:10

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@nprofile…7v9l
This looks delightful!
Is this same-same?
https://tomkinpress.com/pages/ironsworn-starforged

2025-03-18 16:58:27

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@nprofile…e5sk
This consistently boils down to if we have to pay for it we can't make a profit.
Which means:
"YOUR BUSINESS MODEL ISN'T PROFITABLE. YOU ARE ON THE HOOK TO YOUR INVESTORS. GOOD LUCK."

2025-03-11 19:27:28

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@nprofile…x759
You're going to rescind at 11:59... Right?
RIGHT?!

2025-03-11 18:17:35

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@nprofile…wjfe
Putin doesn't view a ceasefire as a cessation of hostilities. It's an opportunity to reorganize his resources. Troops, equipment, ammunition, etc.
It's a pause that lasts exactly as long a Putin wants it to.
I want Ukraine to have the equipment they need and the support from Europe to make this conflict so painful for Putin that he's pushed out of power.

2025-03-10 15:57:15

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@nprofile…2uaj
Look, you're already incredibly likeable you can't just go slinging these delightful thoughts all over the interwebs.

2025-03-10 13:48:29

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@nprofile…args
I have _moment_ of empathy like you're describing here but I dunno that I'd have it in that context.
In case no one's said it recently: You're good people.

2025-03-10 13:38:46

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@nprofile…args
"Oh, I'm sorry... WAS I INTRUDING ON YOUR PEACEFUL SHOW WATCHING IN PUBLIC?!"

2025-03-07 17:19:33

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@nprofile…yc9s
Hear, hear.
Infinite tolerance only makes sense in good faith situations.
These people have _never_ operated in good faith.
I've been made sick by the recent insistence of Democratic leadership that we behave decorously.
What... Are we afraid of being called names? These people are going to call us names regardless. Lean into it and shut 'em down.

2025-03-06 14:36:35

@nprofile…3sf2
Whoa, whoa... That's preposterous... Who leaves their house in this day and age?
Internet-sluething vampire hunters I can buy... But house-leaving vampire hunters? That's too far.

2025-03-05 19:56:12

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@nprofile…gu7x
See... That... That's how you do it.
I SAID... "SEE THAT, CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS? THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT."

2025-02-27 22:43:38

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@nprofile…90wk
OMG, it accepts uploads/attachments?
🤣

2025-02-12 13:23:24

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@nprofile…d6h6
Oh, thank you so much for writing this.
This is a powerful, and well thought out response.
<3

2025-02-12 12:20:18

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@nprofile…d6h6
I love this.
For the better part of the last year I've had
*Resist Entropy*
written on my whiteboard where it's always in my peripheral vision.

2025-02-12 11:19:20

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@nprofile…d6h6
I don't think the urge is going to go away.
Sloan has not only drank the Kool-Aid, he's mixed it himself.
The 'black-box' mystique that is continually raised around LLMs is weird and smacks of: "We don't understand it, so it must be profound!"
It's not profound. The only profundity is how we're responding to it as a culture. LLMs as AI is snake oil. It always has been.
Anyway, good luck not responding. 🤗

2025-01-16 21:13:08

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@nprofile…dhpg
Oh, that's lovely. What a happy random coincidence.

2025-01-16 16:44:08

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@nprofile…dhpg
If I remember right, Annie was adapted from a play and "That's a hard-knock life" is a big choral number so... I mean... Yeah, I suppose they'd be yelling basically and that was carried over to the film.

2025-01-16 16:24:53

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@nprofile…dhpg
Well, now I'm belting out bits of Annie for the rest of the day...

2025-01-15 15:43:06

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@nprofile…3sf2
Look, I already think you're cool but now I'm getting light-headed.

2025-01-06 19:04:04

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@nprofile…3sf2
I could seriously use some vampirical smuttiness right about now.

2024-12-23 19:20:25

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@nprofile…z22s
Alright, I'm impressed.
Now, I wanna know that you're ashamed of yourself.

2024-12-19 11:37:34

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@nprofile…args
Are your steam-punk ants intelligent individuals or only in the collective?
If only in the collective sense then rest and or comfort might not even be a consideration.
If as individuals (and maybe anthropomorphized) then we'd want to know what their discomfort looks/feels like in order to work out how to alleviate it.
Do their joints ache from constant effort or load-bearing?

2024-12-15 06:54:30

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@nprofile…hz70
I bet one wooden nickel that the cool cats are in there.

2024-12-05 03:59:27

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@nprofile…dhpg
Oh, yeah, I jest a smidge. Between meaningful tests and step-debugging I don't know how I ever did it prior to.
Who's out there just holding entire systems in their head all the time?

2024-12-05 03:56:57

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@nprofile…dhpg
Oh, I thought that was how everybody did it regardless of language.
I start with a best guess assumption about _how_ to do the think I want and trial/error my way from there.
I make a living at this... 🤷

2024-12-03 19:37:50

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@nprofile…hz70
And just like that you're back in the game!
@nprofile…4l6k

2024-12-03 19:08:11

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@nprofile…hz70
"It's an older pun but it checks out."
https://6-28.mastodon.xyz/media_attachments/files/113/590/456/712/341/868/original/1caf39f74d79439d.png

2024-12-02 21:59:09

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@nprofile…hz70
ZING!
@nprofile…qfwu

2024-12-01 23:41:23

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@nprofile…hz70
Ah! This is one always bouncing around in my head.
I never got the wordplay in Adam Ant as a kid and at some point I just got it.
"Oh... He's adamant... Like in general he's just adamant... He's Adam Ant.

2024-12-01 23:16:24

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@nprofile…hz70
I _love_ doing this. My favorite is 'apparently'.
App-aR-ANT-lee.
App-aR-ANT-lee you don't get the joke.

2024-11-28 16:55:24

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@nprofile…3sf2
Hand mill to the rescue?

2024-11-23 23:55:03

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@nprofile…hz70
We should eat them now before they have time to prepare.

2024-11-21 17:31:19

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@nprofile…2hrv
"Cash would've been fine but I guess I'll hock this thing instead."
<sigh>
And before anyone says it... Yes, I would prefer nothing instead of a video game system.

2024-11-21 17:31:19

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@nprofile…2hrv
"Cash would've been fine but I guess I'll hock this thing instead."
<sigh>
And before anyone says it... Yes, I would prefer nothing instead of a video game system.

2024-11-19 21:30:31

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@nprofile…dxd6
Was... Was I the _only_ person that really enjoyed Henry Cavill as Superman?
Seriously, I'd love to see him face-punch Nazis and Musk-a-likes.

2024-11-18 23:13:31

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@nprofile…r5mx
You ever feel like Franklin Graham doesn't know what religious freedom even is?

2024-10-31 19:43:13

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@npub16hp…87l4
Errbody else: "If Donald Trump loses, thank women."

2024-10-31 16:30:15

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@npub1txm…xp6c
Sometimes, just sometimes, "No Spoilers, please!" means no-fucking-spoilers-or-I'll-fucking-stab-you-m'kay?

2024-10-21 17:25:18

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@npub1q5e…6c85
... Are you saying we can get $10 million dollars by making the State Department aware of the GOP?
👀

2024-10-08 18:21:42

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@npub12q6…w2yj @npub189n…satx
And it said to me, "Sir...!" It did, it said to me, "Sir, I don't think you should eat me but I know you're going to."
It was the best mad cow. Nobody's ever eaten mad cow like I have. It's a miracle to behold. Just like the late great Hannibal Lecter, who is a great guy--the best.

2024-10-08 18:17:49

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@npub1v2m…c25g
Maybe but it'd have to be well done... With ketchup.
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2024-10-08 18:09:28

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@npub189n…satx
They do say that. People are, in fact, saying that.
I've heard it myself.

2024-10-08 18:09:28

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@npub189n…satx
They do say that. People are, in fact, saying that.
I've heard it myself.

2024-08-24 21:21:36

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@npub17vj…g088
I loved the show.
Cried _way_ more than I expected.
Enjoyed the characters immensely.
I dunno if it needs a 4th season. I thought they wrapped everything very nicely.
Am I the jerk?

2024-08-14 14:53:14

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@npub1lzz…jhl3
Same ole' lies and misdirection. The excuse that it's not _news_ when it's Republicans because we already _know_ they're awful is a trash response.

2024-08-13 01:55:02

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@npub1zdp…vqv8
Who fell over?

2024-06-15 18:13:18

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@npub17vj…g088
My greatest regret is that I have only one boost to give.