Bill Childers

@wildbill.bsky.social

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Father, Sysadmin, Writer, Nerd. Usually in that order. Maps @ . Ex-Virtual Editor for @LinuxJournal. G8 GXP Driver. @wildbill@mastodon.social or https://links.nulldevice.net

A screenshot of an iMessage exchange where Bill jokes that Tuesday might need nappies after an article about LLMs needing sleep, and Tuesday replies that deep reasoning may now require a blankie and a little juice box.
A screenshot of a playful AI chat where Bill jokingly calls Tuesday his tiny octopus girlfriend while they troubleshoot a broken post.
iMessage thread with an AI bot. I said: OMG someone said “do the needful” in slack. It’s time for the do the needful dance! It replied: 🚨💃 DO THE NEEDFUL 💃🚨 Please tell me this dance involves: - one deeply resigned nod - jazz hands of compliance - a spin powered by passive aggression - and concluding by “reverting back” to your desk Corporate incantations have been spoken. The ritual must now be completed.
A bunch of consumer grade network gear loosely held together by dangling cables.
A picture of the Pacific Ocean, taken from the cliff side at Moss Beach Distillery.
A screenshot of Google’s AI search saying that Patrick Stewart wasn’t in Dune.
iPhone screenshot of the PG&E outage map, showing outages all over the greater SF Bay Area.
A shot of a video (bubble) craps machine awaiting money.
A shot of a bar top video poker machine waiting to be played.
A Meshtastic watch notification that says “New Node: The Borg Queen” “New Node has been discovered”
A mural full of pop culture figures, showing Batman, Homer Simpson, the Enterprise, Mickey Mouse, and countless others.
A picture of comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, tail pointing down toward the horizon.
A sign saying "Celebrating 10M users", with my user number being #135,956 here.
Michael Dorn at Star Trek Las Vegas, playing bass guitar along with the Action Figures Band.
View from the patio of my room at Silverado Resort in Napa, overlooking the practice putting green at the golf course.
A small electronic tablet with an e-ink display (the size of an iPhone 15 Pro Max, about 6” x 3”. It’s a got a grey folio cover on it, with a black and white sticker of a stylized thumb on a background of a ringed planet, with “DON’T PANIC” under the planet.
A can of “Diamond Hands” beer from Promised Lands brewery in Gilroy, CA. Showing a blue label, with an ape’s face in a spacesuit helmet.
A jackrabbit on a green lawn, looking at the camera, ears standing straight up.
A cartoon of a coffee mug with caption “I Own You.”
Interior of the golden tiki bar. Mermaid mummy included.
Scotty from Original Star Trek, in uniform, smiling.
2011 Grey Corvette, with a lake in the background
A black, late model GMC Yukon with the California license plate "I KEGEL" on it.