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Michael Vilain

@mvilain@sfba.social

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recovering sysadmin
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Michael Vilain 7h ago

TACOHat 12h ago

E: So the deal is a horse for your wife S: Is the horse fresh E: What S: Is the horse freshly dead E: No it’s . . . Why would you ask that? Why would I offer you a dead horse for your wife? S: The dead are beautiful K: Would you PLEASE stop talking about the dead E: you know what I’m actually good

Michael Vilain 7h ago

The Funny Pages 11h ago

New Comic Found: Frazz by Jef Mallett for Thu, 29 May 2025 https://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2025/05/29

#comicstrip #frazzstrip

Michael Vilain 8h ago

@fictionable @bookstodon

Michael Vilain 8h ago

Craig Hockenberry 11h ago

If you're thinking that going from “19" to “26" is just a search and replace, have a look at TargetConditionals.h - it's at the very foundation of the platforms and does a good job at showing how some identifiers _just can't change_.

Like TARGET_OS_OSX being a sibling of TARGET_OS_IPHONE and both of them being children of TARGET_OS_MAC:

https://github.com/xybp888/iOS-SDKs/blob/master/iPhoneOS18.4.sdk/usr/include/TargetConditionals.h

iOS-SDKs/iPhoneOS18.4.sdk/usr/include/TargetConditionals.h at master · xybp888/iOS-SDKs

iOS 9 - iOS 18 SDK including symbols for private frameworks. - xybp888/iOS-SDKs

GitHub

Michael Vilain 8h ago

@andypiper Even entropy isn't what it used to be. -- Solomon Short

Michael Vilain 8h ago

Andy Piper 11h ago

Another word for this is “entropy”. https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/27/opinion_column_ai_model_collapse/

Some signs of AI model collapse begin to reveal themselves

Opinion: Prediction: General-purpose AI could start getting worse

The Register

Michael Vilain 8h ago

@sysop408 At least marketing isn't sending out Excel spreadsheets with their all-company announcements. I remember when they'd do that and 3000 copies of the 30MB file would fill /var/spool/mail on the mail server.

I remember when managers wouldn't file their messages into separate folders so their 10,000 email inbox would live on /var/spool/mail and to avoid email quotas. And they'd complain that mail would take forever to load on their laptop.

The things that Gmail solved. Fun times.

Michael Vilain 8h ago

Sheldon 10h ago

The year is 2025.

AI Tech Bros: Our AI is sentient. Prepare to meet your robot masters.

Reality: We still have no technology to stop people from replying-all to an email list... or inviting a reporter to a Signal chat.

Michael Vilain 8h ago

The Funny Pages 9h ago

New comic strip found:
Adult Children by Stephen Beals for Thu, 29 May 2025 https://www.gocomics.com/adult-children/2025/05/29

#comicstrip #adultchildren #retail

Michael Vilain 8h ago

The Funny Pages 9h ago

The Buckets by Greg Cravens for Thu, 29 May 2025 https://www.gocomics.com/thebuckets/2025/05/29

#comicstrips #thebuckets

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🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽May 22

It’s satire, but we’re likely very nearly there. And Clown Prince Trump has a nice ring to it!

FallsMom 🌻May 22

#CPT #ClownPrinceTrump

Extinction Studies May 22

She needs a big ass banana peel as a nemesis.

🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽May 22

@aka_quant_noir 😂😂😂

DeanFarrell May 22

@georgetakei "Clown Prince Trump" is about the nicest thing I'd call him.

🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽May 22

@DeanFarrell Same.

Sean Fenian May 22

@georgetakei How about if I call him Trumpenclown von Schitzenpantz?

🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽May 22

@zakalwe Even better!

Jaime Robertson May 22

@georgetakei
Illegally Blonde

@georgetakei I still prefer Treasonweasel or Trumplethinskin.

I prefer the Bare Emperor. One thing you know he doesn't want is to be seen in the buff. Also, it implies a stripping away of the trappings of power.

@georgetakei I could easily believe she said that. I get that it's satire, but it's barely satire.

Jim Sullivan May 22

@georgetakei Clown prints.

@georgetakei Clown Prince Trump is definitely the new protest poster.

manchicken May 22

@georgetakei yeah, #FuckClownPrinceTrump.

FurballsNHairballs May 22

@georgetakei
I like Bling King more.

Tux Usr 🇺🇦 🇵🇸May 22

So what if he prefers "Clown King Trump"?

Or "Pope Clown Trump"?

It's a preference, like his pronouns.

Stuart Longland (VK4MSL)May 22

@georgetakei I'd love to see "Clown Prince Trump" try.

BuckRogers1965 May 22

OK, I will not call him the Clown Price DonOld.

Instead I will call him the Orange Idiot with the teeny shroom.

Fernando May 22

@georgetakei clown? He has been. A prince? Let’s not ruin kids ideas about princes.

@georgetakei I prefer to use faux-king to describe him, such as "that faux-king trump"

Don Jr is the clown prince

@georgetakei Is Trump a clown? For me, he isn't. He is very, very, very dangerous and I'm unable to lough.

Mad Dog Ace Run May 22

@georgetakei
I have a lot more names than that...

Hair Farce One.
Trumplethinskin.
The Traffic Cone of Treason.
Mar-A-Lardo.
Tangerine Ball Bag.
Dingus Con.
Dolt 45.
YMCA-Hole.
The Great Grabsby.
Girth Vader.
Scooby Coup.
The Count of Mostly Crisco.
The Manchurian Cantaloupe.

@georgetakei I think this must be this freedom of speech thing JD Vance talked about in Munich at that security conference, right?

Zimbobble 🐟May 22

@georgetakei
Nice that she wants to defend the reputation of clowns from being smeared in this way...

...it is for the clowns' sake, isn't?

Mr. Axis & Allies ✅☑️🐈‍⬛🥜May 22

@georgetakei He want to be called "Clown King Trump"!

Mr. Axis & Allies ✅☑️🐈‍⬛🥜May 22

@georgetakei Or is "Clown Agent Krasnow" the correct wording? - An official statement would help to get clearance.

Jürgen Trinkaus

@georgetakei That‘s him - nothing else… And that is your problem, 🇺🇸
Fix it, before we all go to hell!

https://tenor.com/de/view/i-am-coming-pennywise-terror-fear-scared-gif-7966547312635921981

Tenor

SolMastodon May 22

@georgetakei I liked Clownface von Fuckstick better.

SolMastodon May 22

@georgetakei my bad. Fuckface von Clownstick.

@georgetakei let’s make an animated/doll/anime character and call it ‘clown prince trump’ ! It will be famous out the gate- but even better we don’t really make one but spread info about his existence thus he can take on any shape and yet never be seen (or not seen).

Lstn2urmama 🇨🇦May 22

@Rickd6 @georgetakei just what he wants is MORE attention as you keep falling in his trap ...HE is an attention seeker ...🙄😬🙄

AlisonW ♿🏳️‍🌈♾️May 22

@georgetakei
Well quite clearly T wants to be called "Clown King Trump". 🤡👑😂

Owen G. Richards May 22

Is Trumplestiltskin Ok?

What about Trumpah Loompah? (With Putin as Wonka).

Whatever happened to "Sticks and stones", kids?