Adam Finlayson

Chaotic neutral NPC. Symbolic capitalist. Backbench technocrat electioneer. Kayfabe hard determinist machiavellian. Black hat. Black tie. Somebody nobody sent

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@bulldog1205 Scholars playing multiple accounts at high wages suggests a labor shortage. The solution to that problem is more workers, not fewer. If you force “real investors” to also perform labor to recoup investment, you may see less initial investment

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Evanston Roundtable, "Neighbor challenges Heartwood Center’s tax-exempt status" https://t.co/rQS0XDaTtU

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On 8/20/25 I filed IRS, state, and county tax evasion complaints against Tsogyaling Meditation for claiming tax exemption as a Buddhist temple while operating as an alternative medicine provider leasing commercial space to practitioners. My full complaint:
https://t.co/Zdw8W6g9nv

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Evanston Now, "Heartwood’s tax-exempt status questioned" https://t.co/cTvornn9Qy

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I drew this map of the amazon-textract-response-parser NPM library to navigate the AWS Textract JSON

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@KillerWhalesTV @splinterlands @Pokemon (1) Aggro has always delivered for the @splinterlands community. (2) Splinterlands is still lightyears ahead on multiple semi-passive ways to put assets to work: staking, renting, delegating

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Optimal paper pulverizes rock, covers suboptimal paper, and sometimes cuts scissors

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I asked ChatGPT to "suggest specific improvements" to a paragraph I wrote. It suggested I "proofread for minor edits." If I wanted someone to tell me to do it myself I would tell my child to put away the dishes

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I like prettier because it prevents me from having to argue about formatting, except when it comes to arrow-body-style

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const jest = vitest; // eslint-disable-line no-lazy-bullshit

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Normally enjoy Bluegreen Vacations but this is the THIRD DAY of the incessant high-pitch poolside noise staff say is “complicated” to fix @bluegreentweets

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GitHub CoPilot in VSCode is like copy-and-paste on all the drugs at once. AI is teaching me stuff like, "that's not gonna work... wait whaaa--"

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> As of my knowledge cutoff in September 2021, I am not aware of any specific open source projects with the explicit goal of world domination

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Minted two of these generative art pieces a few moments ago. I discovered this artist's previous work, Tentura, last year. In fact I think I am going to grab another one of those off the floor. Something about their style really speaks to me

[Stranger in the Q @stranger_intheq]

🎉And this moment is coming, SL/CE will go live in 1 hour. If you have any questions - feel free to ask me here.

I was made page with description of the project, where you can see a lot of real-time generated possibilities of SL/CE algorithm.

All links below👇

Please enjoy!

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Me: Are we all just word soup?
#ChatGPT: If you are suggesting that human beings are simply a collection of words or ideas, this could be seen as a reductionist view of human nature... We have emotions, experiences, relationships, and a sense of self that go beyond language

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I like to sit in the front car so I can listen to the @cta conductors signal “good morning” to each other passing on the elevated tracks

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Anything now, everything eventually

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I feel like this is an easy and important job to cross-train

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Goal minimalism allows operational innovation to breathe; unattainable targets cause operational debt as contributors cut corners in pursuit of leadership's blind ambition

[AJ+ @ajplus]

Brittany Martin was sentenced to 4 years after telling police: "You better be ready to die for the blue. I'm ready to die for the Black."

January 6 Capitol rioters got less harsh sentences:
▪️Median sentence: 45 days
▪️As of January: 1 in 3 took plea deals for 1 year or less