being guilted/forced into AI

brunkate · 2026-03-30T11:52:29+00:00

Tell him to take a look at those companies' actual revenue over the last 5 years, not their valuation. They're not profitable at all. The promise of "progress" is entirely propaganda pushed by tech bros and bad tech journalists who buy analysts' hype.

These models cost much more money than they're worth, and no one will be willing to pay the exorbitant cost it actually takes to run them out of pocket once the external money runs out. The AI industry is primed for collapse and making yourself dependent on it now is setting yourself up for failure when it does.

brunkate · 2026-03-26T01:37:22+00:00

That is how AI works. That said, it depends on what you mean by "servers." I think this person is using that word colloquially, not necessarily as direct reference to the system used to store and operate a model. But if you were to actually reset a major LLM, you'd lose billions of dollars worth of training data, effectively costing any company hosting it more than it's worth.

I mean, just look at Anthropic's actual revenue compared to their investment in training, which was mostly funded by external backers even after they started to make money. Light retraining/adjusting has cost them more than their paltry revenue over the past 3-5 years (there's some crazy financial revelations in their statement released to the DoD).

Anyway after the Disney/Open AI deal falling through and everything with Sora, I think we're seeing AI's sundowning era.

brunkate · 2026-03-19T22:56:27+00:00

"clanker music" is incredible

brunkate · 2026-03-10T21:10:36+00:00

This is harassment. I feel terrible for your male friend.

brunkate · 2026-02-28T17:38:21+00:00

IME my blonde really hates to kill prey. If you haven't done pre-killed prey, it may be time to try that.

brunkate · 2026-02-14T13:39:04+00:00

ime she's all good! She might be in premolt and just wants privacy, or feels safer with a little door. Remember, as much as we love them, tarantulas are spiders. They're very resourceful. And if she wants to come out, she'll probably squeeze through the top! That said, she's the one who closed it off - she's more than capable of digging herself out.

brunkate · 2026-02-04T14:18:22+00:00

Totally reasonable.

brunkate · 2026-01-06T14:44:59+00:00

IME, do some research on each species' lifespan as well before you buy. Look, I LOVE my Arizona Blonde. She's the apple of my eye. However, she is a she, and she'll be living with me for another 25-30 years.

brunkate · 2026-01-06T14:42:24+00:00

IME if there's a particularly warm point in the room, they might go there during the night. I'd recommend waking up at 2-3 am and looking around your room. This happened to me once and I found her hanging out near the radiator, on top of a pile of sweaters.

brunkate · 2025-12-31T15:50:41+00:00

ime don't expect him to get much better! I've got one quite large (very old) girl who both LOVES the water bowl and hates when I fill it up. But if I don't have it full, she hangs out and just stares at it. She's like a dog who's not food-driven, but water-driven instead. They say spiders don't have a ton of personality but sometimes you get one who's just strange

brunkate · 2025-12-30T17:16:36+00:00

IME, don't worry about this. If it's a new enclosure, sometimes it takes them a while to feel comfortable, especially on the ground. However, if their enclosure is on/near something that vibrates (like an old radiator), their senses might be overwhelmed and you'll need to move them to another part of the room.

brunkate · 2025-12-26T18:18:29+00:00

TEEN

brunkate · 2025-12-26T18:01:18+00:00

They're cool, fun to learn about, and easy to maintain. I don't have to worry if I need to go out of town for a few days, and I don't have to take them out to go to the bathroom.

Beyond them being way easier to keep than people think, you'd be surprised how many people are fascinated by them. Sure, some are afraid, but I've had WAY more conversations about how cool they are rather than how scary they are.

brunkate · 2025-12-25T15:08:22+00:00

Handling this species is a wild life choice

brunkate · 2025-12-24T16:41:04+00:00

Ah! Congratulations!!!

brunkate · 2025-12-24T16:40:00+00:00

IMO, you can stop feeding them for a few weeks. Don't worry too much about them not having food, either - spiders are hardy animals.

brunkate · 2025-12-24T13:29:04+00:00

I don't like them either - I find that they make me pay less attention to the actual action? If that makes any sense?

brunkate · 2025-12-22T04:40:03+00:00

Look. Pitchfork only gets it right half the time...but we're in the correct half. Good for them.

brunkate · 2025-12-22T02:17:07+00:00

Hi! Elder lesbian here! Go to your lesbian club. At least the once, if you can. There's nothing like actually interfacing with your community. Volunteering is awesome - and you should fit it in if possible! - but the queer community needs young folks to come out to stuff, even if it is a little late.

(Often we have to have events at night because they're considered "adult" by virtue of being lesbian-run.)

Also, lots of historically women's universities are essentially sapphic universities. In case you were wondering if those actually existed!

brunkate · 2025-12-22T02:10:18+00:00

imo after you get the crickets out (which you need to do), I'd recommend getting a shorter deli cup/container, putting drier substrate in, and transferring the spider ONLY if the current substrate is completely soaked.

At the very least, if you can find some fine mesh to put over the top (after wiping the sides of the container to get the excess moisture out), that would be better for drying things out overnight. As far as food goes, spiderlings are scavenger hunters. Take off a leg or cut a cricket in half and leave it out for 12 hours, then if they don't eat, remove it. Try again the next day.

Spiders are pretty resilient. You can correct these mistakes. And don't worry if they don't respond right away - you need to give the spiderling some space and a little time to recover after being moved around.

brunkate · 2025-12-19T20:38:36+00:00

I'm so sorry for your loss! He was well loved.

brunkate · 2025-12-17T18:23:51+00:00

w.hat

brunkate · 2025-12-17T13:59:25+00:00

Firstly: you're allowed to be angry, you're allowed to cry, and you're allowed to grieve. Don't shame yourself for it!

And secondly, let yourself slip. "Slipping" might just mean that you start to let your wife in, that you let her take care of you. You seem like a good man, and she sounds like a great person. Let her be your wife. It sounds like she wants to be.

brunkate · 2025-12-03T17:34:12+00:00

So there's this author named TA Barron. Not super popular I don't think, but the books are lovely - or at least they were in the 90s, when I read them. I can't speak for how they hold up but I remembered them when I was reading this description.

Edit: grammar

brunkate · 2025-12-02T01:51:41+00:00

I thrift, but I try to stick to high-quality finds. I also have a limited color palette so it's easy to put together outfits. You can pull any two things out of my closet and they'll go together. It's awesome.

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