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John Maxwell

@jmax@mastodon.social
mastodon 4.6.0-nightly.2026-03-16

He/him.
Reluctantly aging geek.
LLMs are a scam.
I miss you, Hobbes and Tux. You were the Best Cats.
Been playing D&D since 1980.
Adopt the Juicero or be left behind.
Corporations are not people.

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@thermia@sk.girlthi.ng
lmao a friends printer seems to have weaseled its way to the internet (probably using UPnP) and is old and doesn't know what to do with the data it's being sent so it just prints the data to pages ...
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John Maxwell
@jmax@mastodon.social

He/him. Reluctantly aging geek. LLMs are a scam. I miss you, Hobbes and Tux. You were the Best Cats. Been playing D&D since 1980. Adopt the Juicero or be left behind. Corporations are not people.

mastodon.social
John Maxwell
John Maxwell
@jmax@mastodon.social

He/him. Reluctantly aging geek. LLMs are a scam. I miss you, Hobbes and Tux. You were the Best Cats. Been playing D&D since 1980. Adopt the Juicero or be left behind. Corporations are not people.

mastodon.social
@jmax@mastodon.social · Mar 05, 2026
@thermia I mean, I kinda like that it wants to print. I've met too many printers who didn't.
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John Maxwell
@jmax@mastodon.social

He/him. Reluctantly aging geek. LLMs are a scam. I miss you, Hobbes and Tux. You were the Best Cats. Been playing D&D since 1980. Adopt the Juicero or be left behind. Corporations are not people.

mastodon.social
John Maxwell
John Maxwell
@jmax@mastodon.social

He/him. Reluctantly aging geek. LLMs are a scam. I miss you, Hobbes and Tux. You were the Best Cats. Been playing D&D since 1980. Adopt the Juicero or be left behind. Corporations are not people.

mastodon.social
@jmax@mastodon.social · Jan 27, 2026
New @cstross@wandering.shop novel out today. I will be in the blanket fort with my flashlight and book if anyone needs me.
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Russian Propaganda Infects AI Chatbots A Moscow-based global “news” network is leveraging Western artificial intelligence tools to devastating effect. https://cepa.org/article/russian-propaganda-infec
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John Maxwell
@jmax@mastodon.social

He/him. Reluctantly aging geek. LLMs are a scam. I miss you, Hobbes and Tux. You were the Best Cats. Been playing D&D since 1980. Adopt the Juicero or be left behind. Corporations are not people.

mastodon.social
John Maxwell
John Maxwell
@jmax@mastodon.social

He/him. Reluctantly aging geek. LLMs are a scam. I miss you, Hobbes and Tux. You were the Best Cats. Been playing D&D since 1980. Adopt the Juicero or be left behind. Corporations are not people.

mastodon.social
@jmax@mastodon.social · Jan 14, 2026
@cstross@wandering.shop "Crappy, dangerous software infected by other crap."
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@cstross@wandering.shop
Found elsenet: seems reasonable to me.
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John Maxwell
@jmax@mastodon.social

He/him. Reluctantly aging geek. LLMs are a scam. I miss you, Hobbes and Tux. You were the Best Cats. Been playing D&D since 1980. Adopt the Juicero or be left behind. Corporations are not people.

mastodon.social
John Maxwell
John Maxwell
@jmax@mastodon.social

He/him. Reluctantly aging geek. LLMs are a scam. I miss you, Hobbes and Tux. You were the Best Cats. Been playing D&D since 1980. Adopt the Juicero or be left behind. Corporations are not people.

mastodon.social
@jmax@mastodon.social · Jan 13, 2026
@cstross@wandering.shop "The hungry ghost in a jar continues to wail 'use me! use me!' while I ignore it." Yeah. Fair. Tracks.
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@cstross@wandering.shop
Oh good grief Jensen, just cut to the chase and call them "guilt-free slaves" already, your target audience already know exactly that you mean https://mastodon.online/@tomshardware/115850473965635484
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John Maxwell
@jmax@mastodon.social

He/him. Reluctantly aging geek. LLMs are a scam. I miss you, Hobbes and Tux. You were the Best Cats. Been playing D&D since 1980. Adopt the Juicero or be left behind. Corporations are not people.

mastodon.social
John Maxwell
John Maxwell
@jmax@mastodon.social

He/him. Reluctantly aging geek. LLMs are a scam. I miss you, Hobbes and Tux. You were the Best Cats. Been playing D&D since 1980. Adopt the Juicero or be left behind. Corporations are not people.

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@jmax@mastodon.social · Jan 08, 2026
@cstross@wandering.shop Hmmm. So, maybe we can sic the gestapo on the robot immigrants...
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@davidgerard@circumstances.run The main Linux desktops—GNOME and KDE—are unfit for purpose. GNOME because it's inconsistent user-hostile bullshit from start to finish, KDE because it's put a gun calle
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John Maxwell
@jmax@mastodon.social

He/him. Reluctantly aging geek. LLMs are a scam. I miss you, Hobbes and Tux. You were the Best Cats. Been playing D&D since 1980. Adopt the Juicero or be left behind. Corporations are not people.

mastodon.social
John Maxwell
John Maxwell
@jmax@mastodon.social

He/him. Reluctantly aging geek. LLMs are a scam. I miss you, Hobbes and Tux. You were the Best Cats. Been playing D&D since 1980. Adopt the Juicero or be left behind. Corporations are not people.

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@jmax@mastodon.social · Jan 08, 2026
@cstross@wandering.shop @davidgerard@circumstances.run xfce Yeah, I know, I'm old. And crotchety, too.
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Suggested list of titles to AVOID for your first novel: "The Lord of the Rings": or, how to make a fortune from phone ringtones and lose it again in one fell lawsuit. … Untitled: a Remittance Man in I
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@jmax@mastodon.social
@cstross@wandering.shop Martial Arts Movie Man: His super power is making all his opponents line up and attack him one at a time. (Not original with me by a large margin.)
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@cstross@wandering.shop
@jmax@mastodon.social You're familiar with Little Bobby Tables, right? (Bookstores run on databases too) https://xkcd.com/327/
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John Maxwell
@jmax@mastodon.social

He/him. Reluctantly aging geek. LLMs are a scam. I miss you, Hobbes and Tux. You were the Best Cats. Been playing D&D since 1980. Adopt the Juicero or be left behind. Corporations are not people.

mastodon.social
John Maxwell
John Maxwell
@jmax@mastodon.social

He/him. Reluctantly aging geek. LLMs are a scam. I miss you, Hobbes and Tux. You were the Best Cats. Been playing D&D since 1980. Adopt the Juicero or be left behind. Corporations are not people.

mastodon.social
@jmax@mastodon.social · Jan 03, 2026
@cstross@wandering.shop Yes. No disrespect to you or the other denizens of the fediverse, but I read XKCD first in the morning.
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@cstross@wandering.shop
Suggested list of titles to AVOID for your first novel: "The Lord of the Rings": or, how to make a fortune from phone ringtones and lose it again in one fell lawsuit. … Untitled: a Remittance Man in I
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jmax
John Maxwell
@jmax@mastodon.social

He/him. Reluctantly aging geek. LLMs are a scam. I miss you, Hobbes and Tux. You were the Best Cats. Been playing D&D since 1980. Adopt the Juicero or be left behind. Corporations are not people.

mastodon.social
John Maxwell
John Maxwell
@jmax@mastodon.social

He/him. Reluctantly aging geek. LLMs are a scam. I miss you, Hobbes and Tux. You were the Best Cats. Been playing D&D since 1980. Adopt the Juicero or be left behind. Corporations are not people.

mastodon.social
@jmax@mastodon.social · Jan 03, 2026
@cstross@wandering.shop Martial Arts Movie Man: His super power is making all his opponents line up and attack him one at a time. (Not original with me by a large margin.)
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 29 – What’s something you’d like to see future generations of writers discard? Supine obedience-in-advance to the whims of marketing diktat issued by publishing marketers (who f
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John Maxwell
@jmax@mastodon.social

He/him. Reluctantly aging geek. LLMs are a scam. I miss you, Hobbes and Tux. You were the Best Cats. Been playing D&D since 1980. Adopt the Juicero or be left behind. Corporations are not people.

mastodon.social
John Maxwell
John Maxwell
@jmax@mastodon.social

He/him. Reluctantly aging geek. LLMs are a scam. I miss you, Hobbes and Tux. You were the Best Cats. Been playing D&D since 1980. Adopt the Juicero or be left behind. Corporations are not people.

mastodon.social
@jmax@mastodon.social · Dec 29, 2025
@cstross@wandering.shop Um. I wonder how long it'll take before someone starts doing fb/ig/etc surveillance and marketing at the individuals who have those jobs.
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@cstross@wandering.shop
@mwl@io.mwl.io @nuintari@mastodon.bsd.cafe I discovered the hard way that Boston drivers think using their indicators is giving intelligence to the enemy.
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John Maxwell
@jmax@mastodon.social

He/him. Reluctantly aging geek. LLMs are a scam. I miss you, Hobbes and Tux. You were the Best Cats. Been playing D&D since 1980. Adopt the Juicero or be left behind. Corporations are not people.

mastodon.social
John Maxwell
John Maxwell
@jmax@mastodon.social

He/him. Reluctantly aging geek. LLMs are a scam. I miss you, Hobbes and Tux. You were the Best Cats. Been playing D&D since 1980. Adopt the Juicero or be left behind. Corporations are not people.

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@jmax@mastodon.social · Dec 27, 2025
@cstross@wandering.shop @mwl@io.mwl.io @nuintari@mastodon.bsd.cafe - Never mind the ones who use them for active deception.
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Uh … AI bubble costing the US as much money in 12 months as *two major wars over 13 years* is quite the buried lede! "If it can't go on forever it will stop." — economist Herb Stein, 1985. (The "it" i
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@quinn@social.circl.lu
@cstross@wandering.shop unsustainable thing don't sustain. It's right there in the word. This AI nonsense coinciding with the ramp up in climate change impacts is going to be fast, at least by histori
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@quinn@social.circl.lu I'm hopeful (but beware—I'm a pathological optimist) that the AI bubble is inflating *so* fast that it'll burst before too many of the data centres/coal-burning power stations b
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John Maxwell
@jmax@mastodon.social

He/him. Reluctantly aging geek. LLMs are a scam. I miss you, Hobbes and Tux. You were the Best Cats. Been playing D&D since 1980. Adopt the Juicero or be left behind. Corporations are not people.

mastodon.social
John Maxwell
John Maxwell
@jmax@mastodon.social

He/him. Reluctantly aging geek. LLMs are a scam. I miss you, Hobbes and Tux. You were the Best Cats. Been playing D&D since 1980. Adopt the Juicero or be left behind. Corporations are not people.

mastodon.social
@jmax@mastodon.social · Dec 27, 2025
@cstross@wandering.shop @quinn@social.circl.lu From your lips to any benevolent deity's ears.
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Look what just arrived!
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John Maxwell
@jmax@mastodon.social

He/him. Reluctantly aging geek. LLMs are a scam. I miss you, Hobbes and Tux. You were the Best Cats. Been playing D&D since 1980. Adopt the Juicero or be left behind. Corporations are not people.

mastodon.social
John Maxwell
John Maxwell
@jmax@mastodon.social

He/him. Reluctantly aging geek. LLMs are a scam. I miss you, Hobbes and Tux. You were the Best Cats. Been playing D&D since 1980. Adopt the Juicero or be left behind. Corporations are not people.

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@jmax@mastodon.social · Dec 22, 2025
@cstross@wandering.shop Tease.
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Boost for artists in AI copyright battle as only 3% back UK active opt-out plan Liz Kendall faces pressure from campaigners as she tells parliament there is no clear consensus on issue Kendall is lyin
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John Maxwell
@jmax@mastodon.social

He/him. Reluctantly aging geek. LLMs are a scam. I miss you, Hobbes and Tux. You were the Best Cats. Been playing D&D since 1980. Adopt the Juicero or be left behind. Corporations are not people.

mastodon.social
John Maxwell
John Maxwell
@jmax@mastodon.social

He/him. Reluctantly aging geek. LLMs are a scam. I miss you, Hobbes and Tux. You were the Best Cats. Been playing D&D since 1980. Adopt the Juicero or be left behind. Corporations are not people.

mastodon.social
@jmax@mastodon.social · Dec 16, 2025
@cstross@wandering.shop "There is no consensus that murder is wrong."
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Hypothesis: the AI bubble is being supported by the fossil fuel industry's network of paid lobbyists *precisely* because it's the last remaining driver of increasing demand for their products. https:/
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John Maxwell
@jmax@mastodon.social

He/him. Reluctantly aging geek. LLMs are a scam. I miss you, Hobbes and Tux. You were the Best Cats. Been playing D&D since 1980. Adopt the Juicero or be left behind. Corporations are not people.

mastodon.social
John Maxwell
John Maxwell
@jmax@mastodon.social

He/him. Reluctantly aging geek. LLMs are a scam. I miss you, Hobbes and Tux. You were the Best Cats. Been playing D&D since 1980. Adopt the Juicero or be left behind. Corporations are not people.

mastodon.social
@jmax@mastodon.social · Nov 29, 2025
@cstross@wandering.shop Yup. Only globaly consistent scenario I've encountered.
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There's nothing quite like not having binocular vision for three months to trip you up when you get a new prescription and can stare at a computer screen for hours without going cross-eyed (much)! Sti
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John Maxwell
@jmax@mastodon.social

He/him. Reluctantly aging geek. LLMs are a scam. I miss you, Hobbes and Tux. You were the Best Cats. Been playing D&D since 1980. Adopt the Juicero or be left behind. Corporations are not people.

mastodon.social
John Maxwell
John Maxwell
@jmax@mastodon.social

He/him. Reluctantly aging geek. LLMs are a scam. I miss you, Hobbes and Tux. You were the Best Cats. Been playing D&D since 1980. Adopt the Juicero or be left behind. Corporations are not people.

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@jmax@mastodon.social · Nov 21, 2025
@cstross@wandering.shop Yay!
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Be fair: AI-bear didn't tell its owners to vote for Trump! https://mastodon.social/@Julf/115582326145840546
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jmax
John Maxwell
@jmax@mastodon.social

He/him. Reluctantly aging geek. LLMs are a scam. I miss you, Hobbes and Tux. You were the Best Cats. Been playing D&D since 1980. Adopt the Juicero or be left behind. Corporations are not people.

mastodon.social
John Maxwell
John Maxwell
@jmax@mastodon.social

He/him. Reluctantly aging geek. LLMs are a scam. I miss you, Hobbes and Tux. You were the Best Cats. Been playing D&D since 1980. Adopt the Juicero or be left behind. Corporations are not people.

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@jmax@mastodon.social · Nov 20, 2025
@cstross@wandering.shop He didn't pay the developers.
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