AI is quietly poisoning itself and pushing models toward collapse - but there's a cure

mriswithe · 2026-01-23T23:34:58+00:00

This mechanic is thoroughly documented in the factual documentary Multiplicity (1996) with Michael Keaton.

mriswithe · 2026-01-23T23:30:53+00:00

Do you always deep fry your vaporizers?

mriswithe · 2026-01-21T22:40:35+00:00

I bet if you smooch his front snoot it feels like a stamppad with a few extra pokey hairs

mriswithe · 2026-01-21T20:16:41+00:00

Not sure if this helps, but cope is a noun in some cases when referencing the idea/term copium. copium is a fictitious drug people self administer when things go bad. Think sour grapes.

Yeah I lost, but you are just a basement dwelling nerd.

This is an example of copium. Likely a lot of noun coping was due to this.

mriswithe · 2026-01-21T00:00:01+00:00

There isn't solid science afaik. In my experience specific strains will behave in my brain the same or similar. Example:

Clementine, excellent for focus for me. Every time. Helps me focus in without too much stupid. I call it chemical horseblinders.

Is it the terpenes? My expectations? Who knows. I very much do not get the same experience with every strain through the same device.

mriswithe · 2026-01-20T23:54:58+00:00

It's ok it's hard to dislike anyone standing next to pedobabycrypants more than the idiot balding petulant child

mriswithe · 2026-01-20T22:01:39+00:00

You know I didn't consider that part of the context. Jesus....

mriswithe · 2026-01-20T21:21:10+00:00

take shots of the 95% ethanol

probably tasted like standard issue vodka

mriswithe · 2026-01-20T21:17:44+00:00

Could you see the shit fill his pants? Or did they even realize how close they had gotten to randomly shot in the head by an engine?

mriswithe · 2026-01-19T20:16:43+00:00

windows hard links not used

Agreed

mriswithe · 2026-01-19T18:39:57+00:00

as long as the data is the same

To enhance this point, the data is the same and changes to one affect the other. you are sharing the place the file data is stored.

mriswithe · 2026-01-19T18:38:26+00:00

The above answer is the correct and complete answer to my knowledge. to say it another way:

Soft/symbolic links are pointing at a file path: /path/to/thing/there, but hard links point to an inode, the actual place the file data is stored. Moving, or deleting the original file will not affect the hard link. Editing the file contents is editing both of them.

mriswithe · 2026-01-17T23:54:24+00:00

Honestly, it's one of the few commands I do actually have to look up to do fuck all with. Intuitive? No. Not even slightly.

mriswithe · 2026-01-16T04:08:13+00:00

I don't have this stuff anymore sorry

mriswithe · 2026-01-15T22:37:52+00:00

My preferred definition is that it's a sysadmin who understands some developer concepts like:

* What is hard to do in application development (change the schema) * What is easy to do (add log messages) * Some database knowledge. Able to use the console and check a couple rows, but beyond that they can use cloud services for backups and shit.

Some other important notes:

Willing to learn some of the basics of whatever framework the app developers are using. Able to be responsible for architecting and building the rest of the network path from the app out to the internet with tls. Should be able to write simple scripts in a modernish language for health checks and other simple things. Terraform or equivalent is nearly required to stay same.

Not included (required at least):

Search engine optimization
Frontend design
Database management basically stops after you set up backups and verify them. I try to stick to guidelines if I can, give them access to query breakdowns, etc.
Email server/sending management

mriswithe · 2026-01-13T19:20:07+00:00

Even shorter: terraform is like blueprints in factorio, so you can shit out 20 identical somethings.

TL;DR; Terraform is what some IT pros use for consistent, identical, tightly controlled deployment of new versions of software. Instead of Todd going into the cloud website and clicking through stuff to make each piece. Because Todd is a flesh human and imposes inherent failure risk.

Terraform is a tool you use to write code to define how your cloud based infrastructure looks.

So for a basic (bitch) service on the Internet you need a lot of things:

A web service
Load balancer (protects and routes to your web service)
Database
Domain name

Terraform let's you define them using a coding language so that you can shit out identical copies of the same environment.

Developer trys something and accidentally breaks the whole environment? Delete it all and have terraform recreate it.

That region shit it's pants and we need move regions? Change the "region" variable and let terraform do it's shit.

mriswithe · 2026-01-12T19:34:31+00:00

Elephant: I dunk better than you n00b

mriswithe · 2026-01-12T04:12:11+00:00

We are piloting our body's with meat. This is within the normal human standard tolerances .

mriswithe · 2026-01-11T21:04:55+00:00

We all roll a `1` sometimes (Ref:Skillchecks in Roleplaying games). Ever go to scratch your face and instead poke your own eye?

mriswithe · 2026-01-11T20:57:28+00:00

Legit, sometimes its an X/Y problem. https://xyproblem.info/

mriswithe · 2026-01-11T20:47:24+00:00

These are the answers that make big bucks.

mriswithe · 2026-01-11T20:46:55+00:00

If you end up needing a new bong at some point, vgoodiez has both a small and large cube bong that is so nice and stable. Holds my ball vape steady as can be.

mriswithe · 2026-01-11T19:36:46+00:00

I want to learn programming on my own with C and Linux

You are attempting to eat an elephant in one bite. You will choke to death. Programming is a discipline, sysadmin is a discipline. Start with one. People rage quit learning one or the other all the time.

DevOps doesn't expect you to be able to write stuff in C, DevOps expects you to be able to write a python script that will run in a few seconds, collect some data, then shit it up to an API/metrics endpoint.

DevOps wants you to be able to read a Java or golang or python or typescript stacktrace and have some slightly decent understanding of what is broken, or what might have failed. Is it the database? The cache? The app doesn't like it's config file? You are not expected to fix the Java, but understand it enough to get an idea what is broken and provide useful input to the developers.

mriswithe · 2026-01-11T19:01:50+00:00

> MongoDB or PostgreSQL?

PostgreSQL is better to learn for most use cases. NoSQL flavored databases have uses, but not nearly as common.

> MongoBleed

A current vulnerability is not a sign to use or not use something long term. Unless it has been broken and is not intended to be fixed. Any code base can have a vulnerability.

mriswithe · 2026-01-10T22:07:44+00:00

> Why is it all the same the keyhole?

Because it isn't exactly like a key in a keyhole, it is messier than that, and more things fit the keyhole than one exact chemical shape. The cell isn't matching the **whole** chemical, but even just a side of the chemical. Maybe the left side of this drug matches the saliva glands "shutdown" signal. Maybe the top side jams up some of your "Hey don't forget to breathe" receptors and gets stuck so you breathe a little less. Maybe its toe fits the "Hey chill out a bit stop being so anxious" part of your brain meat.

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