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MikeStok

@MikeStok@mstdn.ca
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Deeply flawed foolish mortal.

"…, and it has reminded us in its graver moments that life won’t last. And that for this very reason there are things more important than success or power."

— Some words from “What of the future? (In touch with the infinite)” from Public Service Broadcasting’s “This New Noise” album.

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Joined December 20, 2023
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MikeStok
MikeStok @MikeStok@mstdn.ca · Jun 06, 2026
MikeStok
@MikeStok@mstdn.ca

Deeply flawed foolish mortal. "…, and it has reminded us in its graver moments that life won’t last. And that for this very reason there are things more important than success or power." — Some words from “What of the future? (In touch with the infinite)” from Public Service Broadcasting’s “This New Noise” album.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @grammargirl@zirk.us
@grammargirl@zirk.us these folks are stealing language to whitewash a con. In my opinion. Hallucination is a deviation from the normal way healthy human minds work. The confident incorrectness presented by the companies shilling AI is working as designed.
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MikeStok @MikeStok@mstdn.ca · May 18, 2026
MikeStok
@MikeStok@mstdn.ca

Deeply flawed foolish mortal. "…, and it has reminded us in its graver moments that life won’t last. And that for this very reason there are things more important than success or power." — Some words from “What of the future? (In touch with the infinite)” from Public Service Broadcasting’s “This New Noise” album.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @Quasit@beige.party
@Quasit@beige.party @joeposaurus@chaos.social I think the product AI companies are selling is more like mechanically recovered meat than filet mignon.
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MikeStok @MikeStok@mstdn.ca · May 14, 2026
MikeStok
@MikeStok@mstdn.ca

Deeply flawed foolish mortal. "…, and it has reminded us in its graver moments that life won’t last. And that for this very reason there are things more important than success or power." — Some words from “What of the future? (In touch with the infinite)” from Public Service Broadcasting’s “This New Noise” album.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @nedbat@hachyderm.io
@nedbat@hachyderm.io @philip@mastodon.mallegolhansen.com then there are the AI cores that just guess the result and hope it’s close enough (first seen in pentium floating point) 😉
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MikeStok @MikeStok@mstdn.ca · May 10, 2026
MikeStok
@MikeStok@mstdn.ca

Deeply flawed foolish mortal. "…, and it has reminded us in its graver moments that life won’t last. And that for this very reason there are things more important than success or power." — Some words from “What of the future? (In touch with the infinite)” from Public Service Broadcasting’s “This New Noise” album.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @aparrish@friend.camp
@aparrish@friend.camp @jef@mastodon.social I am still amused that some AI boosters whine about “damn autocorrect” getting things wrong.
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MikeStok @MikeStok@mstdn.ca · May 08, 2026
MikeStok
@MikeStok@mstdn.ca

Deeply flawed foolish mortal. "…, and it has reminded us in its graver moments that life won’t last. And that for this very reason there are things more important than success or power." — Some words from “What of the future? (In touch with the infinite)” from Public Service Broadcasting’s “This New Noise” album.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @straphanger@urbanists.social
@straphanger@urbanists.social I wish this was a world where I could live a meaningful and fulfilling life without the notion of employment. It would be different…
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MikeStok @MikeStok@mstdn.ca · May 08, 2026
MikeStok
@MikeStok@mstdn.ca

Deeply flawed foolish mortal. "…, and it has reminded us in its graver moments that life won’t last. And that for this very reason there are things more important than success or power." — Some words from “What of the future? (In touch with the infinite)” from Public Service Broadcasting’s “This New Noise” album.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @rmondello@hachyderm.io
@rmondello@hachyderm.io @vmbrasseur@social.vmbrasseur.com why would I use a passkey if I have a password manager?
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MikeStok @MikeStok@mstdn.ca · May 07, 2026
MikeStok
@MikeStok@mstdn.ca

Deeply flawed foolish mortal. "…, and it has reminded us in its graver moments that life won’t last. And that for this very reason there are things more important than success or power." — Some words from “What of the future? (In touch with the infinite)” from Public Service Broadcasting’s “This New Noise” album.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @wordshaper@weatherishappening.network
@wordshaper@weatherishappening.network I have been realizing how many JavaScript bits in a 15 year old site I’m looking at could be replaced with modern CSS. Getting rid of code is always a good feeling. Even better than making it faster.
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MikeStok @MikeStok@mstdn.ca · May 06, 2026
MikeStok
@MikeStok@mstdn.ca

Deeply flawed foolish mortal. "…, and it has reminded us in its graver moments that life won’t last. And that for this very reason there are things more important than success or power." — Some words from “What of the future? (In touch with the infinite)” from Public Service Broadcasting’s “This New Noise” album.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @MikeStok@mstdn.ca
@wordshaper@weatherishappening.network @mhoye@cosocial.ca @algernon@come-from.mad-scientist.club the whole idea of binding before run time seems shockingly primitive and premature.
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MikeStok @MikeStok@mstdn.ca · May 06, 2026
MikeStok
@MikeStok@mstdn.ca

Deeply flawed foolish mortal. "…, and it has reminded us in its graver moments that life won’t last. And that for this very reason there are things more important than success or power." — Some words from “What of the future? (In touch with the infinite)” from Public Service Broadcasting’s “This New Noise” album.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @wordshaper@weatherishappening.network
@wordshaper@weatherishappening.network @mhoye@cosocial.ca @algernon@come-from.mad-scientist.club let me suggest that C++ was the problem 😉 A proper OO response would have been to make the symbol table entries an s-expression, but if they had done that we wouldn’t have needed Perl.
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MikeStok @MikeStok@mstdn.ca · May 06, 2026
MikeStok
@MikeStok@mstdn.ca

Deeply flawed foolish mortal. "…, and it has reminded us in its graver moments that life won’t last. And that for this very reason there are things more important than success or power." — Some words from “What of the future? (In touch with the infinite)” from Public Service Broadcasting’s “This New Noise” album.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @wordshaper@weatherishappening.network
@wordshaper@weatherishappening.network @mhoye@cosocial.ca @algernon@come-from.mad-scientist.club AIX had smit. That was a really great idea. I was a big fan of the 6150.
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MikeStok @MikeStok@mstdn.ca · May 06, 2026
MikeStok
@MikeStok@mstdn.ca

Deeply flawed foolish mortal. "…, and it has reminded us in its graver moments that life won’t last. And that for this very reason there are things more important than success or power." — Some words from “What of the future? (In touch with the infinite)” from Public Service Broadcasting’s “This New Noise” album.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @newsthump@mastodon.online
@newsthump “Nothing sucks like Electrolux” springs to mind. Edit: misremembered the slogan from the 1970s, there was no “an”. And I found a video of an Electrolux ad on YouTube. https://youtu.be/yZrQqnRhmZ0
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MikeStok @MikeStok@mstdn.ca · May 01, 2026
MikeStok
@MikeStok@mstdn.ca

Deeply flawed foolish mortal. "…, and it has reminded us in its graver moments that life won’t last. And that for this very reason there are things more important than success or power." — Some words from “What of the future? (In touch with the infinite)” from Public Service Broadcasting’s “This New Noise” album.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @Lana@beige.party
@Lana I think that I’m a proud, thoughtful Luddite. That’s an aspirational goal.
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MikeStok @MikeStok@mstdn.ca · May 01, 2026
MikeStok
@MikeStok@mstdn.ca

Deeply flawed foolish mortal. "…, and it has reminded us in its graver moments that life won’t last. And that for this very reason there are things more important than success or power." — Some words from “What of the future? (In touch with the infinite)” from Public Service Broadcasting’s “This New Noise” album.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @Lana@beige.party
@Lana @jzb I hope you enjoy being told you’re right. You’re right.
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MikeStok @MikeStok@mstdn.ca · Apr 30, 2026
MikeStok
@MikeStok@mstdn.ca

Deeply flawed foolish mortal. "…, and it has reminded us in its graver moments that life won’t last. And that for this very reason there are things more important than success or power." — Some words from “What of the future? (In touch with the infinite)” from Public Service Broadcasting’s “This New Noise” album.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place
@eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place does that mean a 10x chatbot would be wrong 100% of the time?
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MikeStok @MikeStok@mstdn.ca · Apr 23, 2026
MikeStok
@MikeStok@mstdn.ca

Deeply flawed foolish mortal. "…, and it has reminded us in its graver moments that life won’t last. And that for this very reason there are things more important than success or power." — Some words from “What of the future? (In touch with the infinite)” from Public Service Broadcasting’s “This New Noise” album.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @wordshaper@weatherishappening.network
@wordshaper @ferryoons is MBA related to MDMA?
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MikeStok @MikeStok@mstdn.ca · Apr 23, 2026
MikeStok
@MikeStok@mstdn.ca

Deeply flawed foolish mortal. "…, and it has reminded us in its graver moments that life won’t last. And that for this very reason there are things more important than success or power." — Some words from “What of the future? (In touch with the infinite)” from Public Service Broadcasting’s “This New Noise” album.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @wordshaper@weatherishappening.network
@wordshaper @ferryoons nothing has exponential revenue growth for long.
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MikeStok @MikeStok@mstdn.ca · Apr 23, 2026
MikeStok
@MikeStok@mstdn.ca

Deeply flawed foolish mortal. "…, and it has reminded us in its graver moments that life won’t last. And that for this very reason there are things more important than success or power." — Some words from “What of the future? (In touch with the infinite)” from Public Service Broadcasting’s “This New Noise” album.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @inthehands@hachyderm.io
@inthehands @mralancooper @EugeneMcParland cornhole?
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MikeStok
MikeStok @MikeStok@mstdn.ca · Apr 23, 2026
MikeStok
@MikeStok@mstdn.ca

Deeply flawed foolish mortal. "…, and it has reminded us in its graver moments that life won’t last. And that for this very reason there are things more important than success or power." — Some words from “What of the future? (In touch with the infinite)” from Public Service Broadcasting’s “This New Noise” album.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @ferryoons@mastodon.scot
@ferryoons @wordshaper hopefully a few more parasitic US tech companies will vanish soon too. I can despise the companies without hating the folk I know who worked for Google.
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MikeStok @MikeStok@mstdn.ca · Apr 19, 2026
MikeStok
@MikeStok@mstdn.ca

Deeply flawed foolish mortal. "…, and it has reminded us in its graver moments that life won’t last. And that for this very reason there are things more important than success or power." — Some words from “What of the future? (In touch with the infinite)” from Public Service Broadcasting’s “This New Noise” album.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @wordshaper@weatherishappening.network
@wordshaper @cstross @mhd @jwz @mikej @mjg59 @glyph I prefer radium. Much safer.
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MikeStok @MikeStok@mstdn.ca · Apr 19, 2026
MikeStok
@MikeStok@mstdn.ca

Deeply flawed foolish mortal. "…, and it has reminded us in its graver moments that life won’t last. And that for this very reason there are things more important than success or power." — Some words from “What of the future? (In touch with the infinite)” from Public Service Broadcasting’s “This New Noise” album.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @ellesaurus@toot.lgbt
@ellesaurus @KimSJ … and even if we are seduced by the productivity mirage, what damage is wrought in its pursuit?
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MikeStok @MikeStok@mstdn.ca · Apr 17, 2026
MikeStok
@MikeStok@mstdn.ca

Deeply flawed foolish mortal. "…, and it has reminded us in its graver moments that life won’t last. And that for this very reason there are things more important than success or power." — Some words from “What of the future? (In touch with the infinite)” from Public Service Broadcasting’s “This New Noise” album.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @bascule@mas.to
@bascule and the dunderhead running Ontario stopped a bunch of renewable projects when he came to office and is pretty much all in on gas and nuclear. At least his buddies building the new facilities will do well.
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MikeStok @MikeStok@mstdn.ca · Apr 15, 2026
MikeStok
@MikeStok@mstdn.ca

Deeply flawed foolish mortal. "…, and it has reminded us in its graver moments that life won’t last. And that for this very reason there are things more important than success or power." — Some words from “What of the future? (In touch with the infinite)” from Public Service Broadcasting’s “This New Noise” album.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @exchgr@mastodon.world
@exchgr @PragmaticAndy should there be quotes around “engineering“?
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MikeStok @MikeStok@mstdn.ca · Apr 05, 2026
MikeStok
@MikeStok@mstdn.ca

Deeply flawed foolish mortal. "…, and it has reminded us in its graver moments that life won’t last. And that for this very reason there are things more important than success or power." — Some words from “What of the future? (In touch with the infinite)” from Public Service Broadcasting’s “This New Noise” album.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @gunchleoc@mastodon.scot
@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us for a little occasional “edutainment” about antisocial folks I enjoy videos like this. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jMJxoYzWT5A&pp=ygUWVGhpcyBmdWNrb25nIGd1eSB0aGllbA%3D%3D
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MikeStok @MikeStok@mstdn.ca · Apr 03, 2026
MikeStok
@MikeStok@mstdn.ca

Deeply flawed foolish mortal. "…, and it has reminded us in its graver moments that life won’t last. And that for this very reason there are things more important than success or power." — Some words from “What of the future? (In touch with the infinite)” from Public Service Broadcasting’s “This New Noise” album.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @Paulatics@mstdn.ca
@Paulatics@mstdn.ca especially beware of MBAs in management positions. They are easily hoodwinked: they paid for an MBA!
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MikeStok @MikeStok@mstdn.ca · Apr 03, 2026
MikeStok
@MikeStok@mstdn.ca

Deeply flawed foolish mortal. "…, and it has reminded us in its graver moments that life won’t last. And that for this very reason there are things more important than success or power." — Some words from “What of the future? (In touch with the infinite)” from Public Service Broadcasting’s “This New Noise” album.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @CStamp@mastodon.social
@CStamp @realtegan @mekkaokereke if we’re going to give billionaires and corporations tax breaks then feeding kids without means testing seems like small change.
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MikeStok @MikeStok@mstdn.ca · Apr 03, 2026
MikeStok
@MikeStok@mstdn.ca

Deeply flawed foolish mortal. "…, and it has reminded us in its graver moments that life won’t last. And that for this very reason there are things more important than success or power." — Some words from “What of the future? (In touch with the infinite)” from Public Service Broadcasting’s “This New Noise” album.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @downey@floss.social
@downey @wordshaper maybe Chrome is part of the problem too.
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MikeStok @MikeStok@mstdn.ca · Apr 02, 2026
MikeStok
@MikeStok@mstdn.ca

Deeply flawed foolish mortal. "…, and it has reminded us in its graver moments that life won’t last. And that for this very reason there are things more important than success or power." — Some words from “What of the future? (In touch with the infinite)” from Public Service Broadcasting’s “This New Noise” album.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @droughtcenter@mastodon.world
@wordshaper@weatherishappening.network for a second I thought that was Bill Gates’ dick after a visit to Epstein’s “Love Island”.
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MikeStok @MikeStok@mstdn.ca · Mar 20, 2026
MikeStok
@MikeStok@mstdn.ca

Deeply flawed foolish mortal. "…, and it has reminded us in its graver moments that life won’t last. And that for this very reason there are things more important than success or power." — Some words from “What of the future? (In touch with the infinite)” from Public Service Broadcasting’s “This New Noise” album.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @kumarvibe@mastodon.social
@kumarvibe@mastodon.social @anttipeltola@mastodon.world is that the same Lütke who’s happy to host Nazi stores on his platform?
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MikeStok @MikeStok@mstdn.ca · Mar 11, 2026
MikeStok
@MikeStok@mstdn.ca

Deeply flawed foolish mortal. "…, and it has reminded us in its graver moments that life won’t last. And that for this very reason there are things more important than success or power." — Some words from “What of the future? (In touch with the infinite)” from Public Service Broadcasting’s “This New Noise” album.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @liaizon@social.wake.st
@liaizon@social.wake.st @nielsa@mas.to avoiding anything from Google is a goal worth working towards.
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MikeStok @MikeStok@mstdn.ca · Mar 04, 2026
MikeStok
@MikeStok@mstdn.ca

Deeply flawed foolish mortal. "…, and it has reminded us in its graver moments that life won’t last. And that for this very reason there are things more important than success or power." — Some words from “What of the future? (In touch with the infinite)” from Public Service Broadcasting’s “This New Noise” album.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @IanDSmith@mas.to
@IanDSmith someone once said that all property is theft.
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MikeStok @MikeStok@mstdn.ca · Mar 01, 2026
MikeStok
@MikeStok@mstdn.ca

Deeply flawed foolish mortal. "…, and it has reminded us in its graver moments that life won’t last. And that for this very reason there are things more important than success or power." — Some words from “What of the future? (In touch with the infinite)” from Public Service Broadcasting’s “This New Noise” album.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @haruki_zaemon@aus.social
@haruki_zaemon oh come on, think of Orbán and Putin, and that limey lickspittle Farage.
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MikeStok @MikeStok@mstdn.ca · Feb 28, 2026
MikeStok
@MikeStok@mstdn.ca

Deeply flawed foolish mortal. "…, and it has reminded us in its graver moments that life won’t last. And that for this very reason there are things more important than success or power." — Some words from “What of the future? (In touch with the infinite)” from Public Service Broadcasting’s “This New Noise” album.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @bruces@mastodon.social
@bruces @wordshaper “Long-term preservation of digital information is vital for safeguarding the knowledge of humanity for future generations.” If it’s digitized it’s crap. The amount of potentially useful physical evidence we discard while digitizing frightens me, and it’s not entirely clear future generations will have electricity, water etc. the way we’re going.
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MikeStok @MikeStok@mstdn.ca · Feb 21, 2026
MikeStok
@MikeStok@mstdn.ca

Deeply flawed foolish mortal. "…, and it has reminded us in its graver moments that life won’t last. And that for this very reason there are things more important than success or power." — Some words from “What of the future? (In touch with the infinite)” from Public Service Broadcasting’s “This New Noise” album.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @infobeautiful@vis.social
@talexb@fosstodon.org and the imbecile running Ontario is all in on imaginary nuclear technology (SMRs)
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MikeStok @MikeStok@mstdn.ca · Feb 15, 2026
MikeStok
@MikeStok@mstdn.ca

Deeply flawed foolish mortal. "…, and it has reminded us in its graver moments that life won’t last. And that for this very reason there are things more important than success or power." — Some words from “What of the future? (In touch with the infinite)” from Public Service Broadcasting’s “This New Noise” album.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @cstross__dup_483@wandering.shop
@cstross@wandering.shop since Brexit it’s more like four gerbils in a toilet roll tube. Or that’s how it seems to me from Canada.
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MikeStok @MikeStok@mstdn.ca · Feb 13, 2026
MikeStok
@MikeStok@mstdn.ca

Deeply flawed foolish mortal. "…, and it has reminded us in its graver moments that life won’t last. And that for this very reason there are things more important than success or power." — Some words from “What of the future? (In touch with the infinite)” from Public Service Broadcasting’s “This New Noise” album.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @josh@vickerson.me
@josh I’m more than 60 years old. Is there time for me to understand it?
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