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thudfactor

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Web developer by trade, mostly on the front end. Owner, author, and probably the only audience for the movie site "FilmHydra." Southwest Virginian (not South West Virginian). Skipper Cosplayer. He / him.

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Last week, players identified six of my ten mystery lyrics! Can we get to seven this week? Take a look and give it a try: https://thudfactor.com/lyrics/friday-10-how-deep-the-bullet/

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Some years ago I lost my copy of Deep Forest’s eponymous debut album (from 1992). It’s been out of print for ages and streaming nowhere.

Today I decided I’d try to get a copy from Discogs, and that’s when I learned Deep Forest re-released the album, in extended form, with the name “World Mix.” In 1994. And that one is absolutely available in streaming. 🤦‍♂️

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Deep Forest is not a band I’ve kept up with, partly because of the royalties / rights / cultural appropriations nonsense surrounding them. But that album was the soundtrack to my first real paycheck.

@thudfactor@hachyderm.io avatar thudfactor , to random

Friday, so it's time for another ten lyrics to identify! Last week we had eight of ten — I can feel a perfect score happening any week now.

https://thudfactor.com/lyrics/friday-10-snow-day/

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This is of limited interest to … anyone … but I've revised a lot of Thudfactor to use more semantic code patterns. For the moment I have it stripped of all CSS on a branch so I can write the CSS very deliberately. If you want to take a look, the most recent deployed state of this work is at:

https://exp-new-css.thudfactor.pages.dev

and I'll be updating as I go along. Feedback is welcome.

@Da_Gut@dice.camp avatar Da_Gut , to random

Yeowtch… when the urologist arrived, he removed the new catheter from the bag. He then shoved it down through the passage through the rest of me the bed below annd about 4 feet into the concrete of the floor.
OK, I might exaggerate slightly. But damn that’s what it felt like.

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@Da_Gut Yikes! I’m really sorry you’re having to deal with this.

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Rich can’t crime if there’s no rich people.

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I seem to have fallen down one of my occasional rabbit holes this last week, but this time it's Doctor Who.

https://www.thudfactor.com/doctor-who-and-the-highest-stakes/

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@sheephorse “All-knowing space Gandalf” is such a good way to put it.

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It's Friday so I have another ten lyrics for you to identify. Last week four people guessed seven in record time, so now's your best chance!

https://www.thudfactor.com/posts/2025/09/friday-10-5

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A colleague pointed out today that we’ve spent decades convincing developers not to mix data and instruction streams because of the huge security concerns.

Then LLMs come along and basically wrap an eval() around anything anyone types.

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This photo got 3rd in an AI art contest—then its human photographer came forward

Humans pretending to be machines isn't exactly a victory for the creative spirit.

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/06/this-photo-got-3rd-in-an-ai-art-contest-then-its-human-photographer-came-forward/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica Tell that to John Henry.