Zelbinian

@zelbinian.bsky.social

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former ux person | tabletop gamer | music lover | cat dad | socialist | LLM hater https://steamcommunity.com/id/The_Zelbinian/

BIGGEST LOSERS bwahahahahaha: Elon Musk (lost $13.5B), Mark Zuckerberg (lost $4.8B), Ma Huanteng (lost $3B), Jeff Bezos (lost $3B), William Ding (lost $2.5B)
dialog where a clown tells the player: "A clown has two key functions: to make people laugh and to star in their nightmares. We'll start with the laughs. Prove you've got what it takes. Tell me your best joke!"
"bro explains" meme where the bro explaining is all of the UX folks who have been drawn into constantly discussing the pros and cons of LLMs and the disinterested, captive woman represents the users who are just waiting for the conversation to move on.
Comment from Stephen Beitzel Maybe I should be, but I just can’t get mad about this. Reply by Dorothea Salo It's a clever move by SMPD. "Them hooligans!" is a tried-and-true trick for getting people to accept (and even clamor for) increased surveillance, never considering that it might be used against them too.
Jake Williams posts a screenshot from PowerPoint for Mac that shows a checkbox "Enable Copilot" as checked. He says: "I literally cannot uncheck this box on PowerPoint for Mac, so the next time you hear about Copilot adoption metrics, know these shenanigans are ongoing.."
Rygel from Farscape, a tiny froggish creature.... sorry, correction, a froggish DOMINAR with prominent ears, earbrows, and a fu-manchu style mustache
Let us examine the following question and clear up this myth once and for all: What are "good" questions? Let us assume that the answer is X, Y, and Z. Is this question "good" or "bad"? It does not matter and is irrelevant. "Good" or "bad" is a state we attribute to the question. What influence does this condition have on the answer? - None. The answer remains X, Y, and Z. If we do something that does not affect the result, it does not matter and is therefore completely irrelevant. This is the same as asking ourselves: "What happens if I jump into the water?" To this question, we then add the following factors: "The water is cold/hot/dark/transparent." How does the water's condition affect the result when we jump into the water? - It does not. Apart from all the other consequences, we get wet either way. The interesting thing is that with the condition, we have even come closer to the actual situation. Because we used it to describe the state of the water, this is much closer connected than the state of the question. How would we influence the result if we set the state of the question and say that it is a "good" question? - We would not.
text that says "released in 2019 (7 years ago)"
My last four watched on Letterboxd, left to right: Project Hail Mary (4 stars), Nobody's Fool (rewatch, 4 stars), Downfall (4.5 stars), K-PAX (rewatch, 4 stars)
a large bottle of Lawry's garlic salt
the word "Movies" is superimposed on a screen grab from the movie "Her" and it makes it look like Joaquin Pheonix is forlornly staring at the word movies
Comment by "kpbmixalot" on Instagram: "The billionaires love space because guillotines need gravity."
Don't make me tap the sign: Don't Use Nazi Shit to Oppose Nazi Shit
Simpsons meme where the bus driver says "Don't Make Me Tap the Sign" in the next panel he taps the sign that says "Don't Use Nazi Shit to Oppose Nazi Shit"
a still from a video showing a close up of Hannah Fry (white woman, 40s, red hair) in mid-speech with the subtitle "breasts" on screen
snippet from a job posting reading: Hi Dustin, Your background in user experience research could be a strong match for this Senior Researcher - Ads Experiences role at Netflix. If you're interested in applying your skills to shape the future of advertising, feel free to apply now or review the job description to learn more.
Shia Lebeouf flexes against a green screen with text around him saying "Don't just own it, chown it."
Movie posters from my last four watched on Letterboxd along with ratings. In order from left (most recent) to right: The Green Mile (4.5 stars), John Q (2.5 stars), Erin Brockovich (3.5 stars), The Number 23 (1.5 stars)
Screenshot of the thumbnail of an America's Test Kitchen video for "Is Boxed Chicken Broth Better Than Chicken Bouillon?" The left side of the image is a picture of various brands of chicken broth. The right side is a blonde woman in her 40s with long hair in a green shirt looking to her left (towards the boxes, seemingly) and looking worried
an advertisement for "Gudtrip." Quote: The first agentic cannabis device. Not just a vape. A connected earning device. Gudtrip combines premium cannabis, blockchain rewards, and AI-powered asset tools in one product.
Al Pacino looks confused or worried while holding a gun in a fog-filled forest. The image is heavily tinted blue.
A dishwasher door that has an error symbol on it that looks like an angry red butthole
Dexter says "Just like me - empty inside."
a smiling toilet paper roll - which is also on fire - looks directly ahead and says "Should paid a living wage"
Red lentil curry courtesy of the Backyard Chef
A black cat sleeps on a box
A drawing of a goblin riding a snail with the text saying "Are we back in medieval times? cause everything sure is mid and evil." Drawing by Wizard of Barge
Me sowing: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!! / Me reaping: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
snippet of a Facebook reporting form, highlighting the reason "I'm in this photo and I don't like it"
a chicken looks forlornly at a root-infested farm
Val from Tremors, dressed in a denim vest, a canvas cowboy hat, and a multicolored bandana around his neck, sits on a lazyboy and looks off screen while he says "We have got to set our sights just a little bit higher."
black background with white text: "Support these data centers: Schools, Libraries, Bookstores"
skeet from Senator Dick Durbin: People are dying in ICE custody. 14 people died this year. 30+ died last year. ICE needs serious reforms.
Banner from Federal Student Aid saying "The SAVE Plan Has Ended, But You Have Options"
movie poster for Dave. Kevin Klein and Sigourney Weaver are in business casual attire and embracing each other on the lawn in front of the White House
TSA officer powers TSA officers are generally, not law enforcement officers, even though they appear to function as such. They are only empowered to screen passengers and check baggage and cargo. This means that they can search you and any bags you want to take on the plane.
Ed Zitron is makes a face, clearly at his wit's end with this AI bullshit
drake thinks "YouTube advertising campaigns" are tired but "YouTube blackmail campaigns" are where it's at
Nathalie Robin Justice says in a Tweet: "If a monkey hoarded more bananas than it could eat, while most of the other monkeys starved, scientists would study that monkey to figure out what the heck was wrong with it. When humans do it, we put them on the cover of Forbes."
The Startup That Cracked the Code for Commercial Thermal Batteries By Haley Zaremba - Mar 20, 2026, 4:00 PM CDT Thermal batteries are emerging as a frontrunner in the energy storage market, capable of capturing excess renewable energy and providing heat for industry to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. Fourth Power is innovating on thermal battery materials by using molten metal as the heat conductor, stored inside carbon bricks, and operating at extremely high temperatures (1,900-2,400°C) to achieve high power density. The pursuit of high temperatures allows Fourth Power to shrink the system and significantly reduce costs on the balance of system, offering a major improvement over existing thermal battery concepts.
Dr Alan Grant from Jurassic Park. He's sitting in the back of roofless Jeep wearing a blue denim shirt, a red handkerchief tied around his neck, sunglasses, and a tan Fedora. There's a jungle in the background. He is looking incredulously at something off screen. (Dinosaurs, he's looking at dinosaurs.) Oh and Ian Malcolm is there, too, but you can't really see him.
On Bernie Sanders' YouTube channel: Bernie vs Claude. "I spoke to AI agent Claude"
chart of YoY quarterly growth for SaaS from 2012 until ~2025. Things went up big in 2016 and since 2022 they're coming down fast.
Star Wars Meme, Anakin tells Padme: "We're going to impeach Trump" and then Padme asks "And then Vance right." Anakin doesn't answer. Padme, worried, asks again "and then Vance right."
Last four movies watched on Letterbox, from most recent to least recent: Point of No Return (2.5 stars), Speed (rewatch, 4.5 stars), Glengarry Glen Ross (rewatch, 4 stars), Apollo 13 (rewatch, 4 stars)
a user by the name of "agathoklesmartinios8414" comments on YouTube: "It's not about the kids. It is never about the kids. It's never been about the kids. It will never be about the kids. It is about mass surveillance."
Movies watched: Michael Clayton (rewatched, 4.5 stars), On Golden Pond (rewatched, 3 stars), Mississippi Burning (rewatched, 4 stars), The Dead Zone (2.5 stars)
screenshot from oilprice.com showing the 3 major crude varieties btwn $92-$102/barrel
From AF Post: US weapons stockpiles, particularly cruise missiles, are being depleted amid the conflict with Iran, according to Reuters. In the past three days, roughly 400 Tomahawk missiles have been expended, equivalent to about five years of supply.
Trump: I expect oil prices to drop once operations against Iran are over.
A black cat is facing forward and laying on a white towel inside a beige carrier
The collection of 8 Dark Tower books by Stephen King: "The Gunslinger", "The Drawing of the Three", "The Waste Lands", "The Wizard and Glass", "Wolves of the Calla", "The Song of Susannah", "The Dark Tower", and "The Wind Through the Keyhole"