Erik Johnson

distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

Posts

Post #4170650
https://www.inc.com/bruce-crumley/55-percent-of-leaders-regret-ai-layoffs-and-a-major-hiring-reversal-has-begun/91380901
Post #4077193
This looks... kinda good? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner_2099
Post #3754315
https://youtu.be/nhYi-NTSavg This looks incredibly cool.
Post #3416522
https://theintercept.com/2026/06/26/daniel-sanchez-estrada-zines-prairieland-free-speech/
Post #1756993
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2287430/Metropolis_1998/ Oh, I love this idea.
Post #1081724
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jjgbozOYjpE Title: I Played One Last Song as Bombs Fell | Goodbye to My Music School 💔 Hamidreza afarideh &quot;Honiak Music
Post #880699
https://karlbode.com/ceo-said-a-thing-journalism/ Title: &quot;CEO said a thing!&quot; Journalism
Post #667722
The key problem with US investment laws, norms and regulations is that they assume investors aren&#39;t delusional cultists with a ravenous hunger for monopoly money
Post #565417
I&#39;d liken AI to to PFAS but PFAS were actually useful.
Post #440060
We need to stop calling it age verification and call it what it really is: universal de-anonymization and surveillance. The real life panopticon.
Post #428451
LRT: “AI” SaaS CEOs have been chronically, pervasively wrong on nearly every prediction about “AI” dominance and supremacy they’ve made. And yet for some reason, many folks who are not “AI” CEOs still parrot the “it’s inevitable” “it’s here to stay” “it’s not going anywhere” lies. It’s almost as if the “AI” inevitability is less about reality and more about the stories we tell ourselves. Like any other speculative finance foray.
Post #400923
I know no company will ever see this, but my rule of thumb for companies implementing age verification that is anything other than &quot;Are you 18 years old?&quot; or &quot;What&#39;s your DOB?&quot; is to just stop using their service. If I wind up an old person focused on ethically-licensed OSS and local tech only, playing old games, so be it.
Post #327671
https://www.pcgamer.com/software/platforms/open-source-game-engine-godot-is-drowning-in-ai-slop-code-contributions-i-dont-know-how-long-we-can-keep-it-up/