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@jdhattin

Visual Effects purveyor. Dad. Terrible musician. Cook. My opinions are my own. I started a remote VFX company 12 years ago. (he/him/a compositor)

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Why Do Some People Still Wear Masks In 2026 And On A Completely Unrelated Note Why Is Everyone In The Office Sick Right Now Apart From The Guy In The Mask?
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Why Do Some People Still Wear Masks In 2026 And On A Completely Unrelated Note Why Is Everyone In The Office Sick Right Now Apart From The Guy In The Mask?

12.03.2026 19:54 πŸ‘ 2529 πŸ” 1002 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 56
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Watchlist+Shopping App - App Store Download Watchlist+Shopping by James Hattin on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like Watchlist+Shopping.

Got an iPhone and an Apple Watch now you can get a shopping list for your wrist!

apps.apple.com/us/app/watch...

12.03.2026 19:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We're running out of human data. Now what? The research is clear: AI models trained on synthetic data are collapsing. The industry's answer is to keep scaling. There's a better way.

More engaging: starvethemedia.com/running-out-...

12.03.2026 19:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You have no idea how often our precious FBI agents find themselves out in the world and stumble into an octagon with a cage and have to fight for their very lives.

It’s probably lots.

12.03.2026 18:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

VFX Prius. Nice.

12.03.2026 18:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Anti-Climate change president doing everything he can to cut fossil fuel consumption world wide.

Well done, Mr President. Very woke.

12.03.2026 16:44 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I really want to invent a fake crab that tastes like crab.

12.03.2026 04:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There’s a time when I write things or publish apps or do any manner of things that I feel like that guy in the six senth who was actually dead the whole time.

Sorry. Spoilers.

12.03.2026 04:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

To my wife. β€œI had to schedule some time to go see Kyle.”

β€œSieg heil?!?!”

12.03.2026 02:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Mother in law watching Fox News says everything is going great. We are doing great things in Iran and everything here at home is amazing. β€œWe had to do it. Good for Trump.”

Wife is losing her mind.

12.03.2026 01:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

missing an "s". madhattinsbakery.com

12.03.2026 00:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

No, I might try to catch it.

11.03.2026 23:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I wish 4 years of kung fu didn’t teach me to catch everything.

11.03.2026 23:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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11.03.2026 23:24 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Oh no! Was it Tilly Norwood?

11.03.2026 23:23 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That’s the whole madhattinbakery.com site.

11.03.2026 23:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Given that I don’t have to make more than 3 or 4 fishes any given week, the larger menu is fine. If this was a small restaurant I would opt for prix fix and tasting style menus with some hearty stick to your ribs fare.

11.03.2026 23:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Cybertruck with a train horn. Full fucking douche bag.

11.03.2026 22:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

For my customers the always order the same few things.

11.03.2026 22:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trying to think of things to add to the menu.

11.03.2026 22:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh snap. That IS the solution.

I shall grab my spade and start planting right now.

11.03.2026 21:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Things I'm learning in my mid 50's... if something is falling, let it fall... even though I have the speed to stop it, something is going to pull or strain and it's going to suck.

11.03.2026 21:25 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

I shall invest!

11.03.2026 21:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

He never said "He fucking loves kids."

He said...

11.03.2026 21:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well, you have to import them. Dip them in highly tariffed, and climate change affected chocolate. I mean... Casey... what other choice is there?

11.03.2026 21:10 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My favorite headline in a while.

11.03.2026 19:42 πŸ‘ 2932 πŸ” 169 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 3

I'm glad for that.

11.03.2026 20:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Whhhhhaaaaaaatttt thhhhhheeee fuuuuuuuccccckkkk?

11.03.2026 19:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Love it. Hunger.

11.03.2026 19:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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We've passed 'peak LLM' THE VIRGIN CORPUS AND THE CASE FOR SPECIALIZED AI We may have passed β€œpeak LLM” and not even noticed. It all feels like each conversation with the bots is more a constant retread, that they are all l...

starvethemedia.com/weve-passed-...

My latest thought piece, and it seems like it's something we really need to solve.

11.03.2026 19:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0