Tim A.
@flipperpa.bsky.social
Open-source maintainer, objective "A.I." skeptic, speaker, and organizer in tech (mainly Python). 🖖 Guitar and serenity geek 🖖 Principal Engineer, WRDS @ Wharton @ Penn 🖖 he/him 🖖 https://github.com/flipperpa 🖖 https://youtube.com/flipperpa
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The AI bubble is so out of control most RAM manufacturers have stopped manufacturing RAM for pcs and shifted to high bandwidth RAM for AI computing. There's now such a severe shortage that prices have jump 3-4x in just a month and it is impacting the ability to supply PCs and gaming consoles.
November 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The AI bubble is so out of control most RAM manufacturers have stopped manufacturing RAM for pcs and shifted to high bandwidth RAM for AI computing. There's now such a severe shortage that prices have jump 3-4x in just a month and it is impacting the ability to supply PCs and gaming consoles.
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In 1968, a soldier named Hugh Thompson defied orders to save Vietnamese lives during the My Lai massacre. Eventually seen as a hero, in real time he was vilified and nearly court-martialed
It's Congress' job to stop Trump's war crimes, not the troops. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
It's Congress' job to stop Trump's war crimes, not the troops. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
The Catch-22 around Trump’s illegal orders | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, Pennsylvania chooses a budget over the planet.
www.inquirer.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
In 1968, a soldier named Hugh Thompson defied orders to save Vietnamese lives during the My Lai massacre. Eventually seen as a hero, in real time he was vilified and nearly court-martialed
It's Congress' job to stop Trump's war crimes, not the troops. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
It's Congress' job to stop Trump's war crimes, not the troops. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
There's not a strong enough word in English for “the opposite of shock” to express my reaction to this article. www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/11/...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
There's not a strong enough word in English for “the opposite of shock” to express my reaction to this article. www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/11/...
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This is a nuts story. An AI chatbot and image platform left millions of images exposed. They show what people are actually using the AI for: taking random women's yearbook, graduation, and social media photos and making super realistic hardcore porn with them
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
Massive Leak Shows Erotic Chatbot Users Turned Women’s Yearbook Pictures Into AI Porn
Chatbot roleplay and image generator platform SecretDesires.ai left cloud storage containers of nearly two million of images and videos exposed, including photos and full names of women from social me...
www.404media.co
November 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This is a nuts story. An AI chatbot and image platform left millions of images exposed. They show what people are actually using the AI for: taking random women's yearbook, graduation, and social media photos and making super realistic hardcore porn with them
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
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Imagine knowing your platform was a playground for predators, fueling teen depression, eating disorders, and suicide and deciding the best course of action was… absolutely nothing. Meta didn’t just “miss” anything.
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Imagine knowing your platform was a playground for predators, fueling teen depression, eating disorders, and suicide and deciding the best course of action was… absolutely nothing. Meta didn’t just “miss” anything.
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If you think women here can't be forced backwards...
These are women in Parliament in Iran in the mid-1970's.
Their decline feels familiar.
A reaction to women having too many rights.
A fear of what was happening to traditional family.
A desire for younger wives.
A closing of the fist.
#Pinks
These are women in Parliament in Iran in the mid-1970's.
Their decline feels familiar.
A reaction to women having too many rights.
A fear of what was happening to traditional family.
A desire for younger wives.
A closing of the fist.
#Pinks
November 24, 2025 at 12:15 AM
If you think women here can't be forced backwards...
These are women in Parliament in Iran in the mid-1970's.
Their decline feels familiar.
A reaction to women having too many rights.
A fear of what was happening to traditional family.
A desire for younger wives.
A closing of the fist.
#Pinks
These are women in Parliament in Iran in the mid-1970's.
Their decline feels familiar.
A reaction to women having too many rights.
A fear of what was happening to traditional family.
A desire for younger wives.
A closing of the fist.
#Pinks
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Trump has zero beliefs. He just wants people to cheer when he says stuff and hang out with cool people. Mamdani is cool. It's *literally* that simple.
November 23, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Trump has zero beliefs. He just wants people to cheer when he says stuff and hang out with cool people. Mamdani is cool. It's *literally* that simple.
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WTF newrepublic.com/post/203517/... This is like a Maddow fever dream circa 2018
Trump’s Ukraine Peace Deal Appears to Be Translated From Russian
Certain phrases in Trump’s proposed deal seem to be using Russian language.
newrepublic.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:50 AM
WTF newrepublic.com/post/203517/... This is like a Maddow fever dream circa 2018
I love my neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I love my neighborhood.
I was lucky to have met Bernie a few times, and the example he set helped change my life at a crucial infection point. RIP old friend. www.phillyvoice.com/bernie-paren...
Bernie Parent 'means everything to this city,' as Flyers fans, teammates, and family remember late goaltender
The Flyers celebrated the life of the late Bernie Parent on Friday, who as a goalie and as a person, left an impact on the city that will last forever.
www.phillyvoice.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I was lucky to have met Bernie a few times, and the example he set helped change my life at a crucial infection point. RIP old friend. www.phillyvoice.com/bernie-paren...
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Here’s @sarahjeong.bsky.social somehow going even harder than the T-shirt at the AI-copyright conference: “[AI companies] have ushered in a wholesale destruction of human knowledge and culture that is as significant as the burning of the Library of Alexandria.”
November 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Here’s @sarahjeong.bsky.social somehow going even harder than the T-shirt at the AI-copyright conference: “[AI companies] have ushered in a wholesale destruction of human knowledge and culture that is as significant as the burning of the Library of Alexandria.”
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lol a deep irony in @washingtonpost.com publishing this
The richest 100 Americans gave $1.1B to the 2024 election. For comparison, between 2000 and 2010, they spent an average of $21 million on federal elections.
We don’t have to accept oligarchy as normal. @washingtonpost.com on billionaire money in politics: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We don’t have to accept oligarchy as normal. @washingtonpost.com on billionaire money in politics: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
How billionaires took over American politics
The current concentration of wealth is unlike anything in history. So is billionaires’ involvement in politics.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
lol a deep irony in @washingtonpost.com publishing this
These comics keep getting better.
Yesterday, I implored y'all to give your systems and security teams pats on the back.
Today, say thanks to those who help maintain open-source. The entire modern world runs on critically, tragically under-funded open-source, and would crumble without it.
Yesterday, I implored y'all to give your systems and security teams pats on the back.
Today, say thanks to those who help maintain open-source. The entire modern world runs on critically, tragically under-funded open-source, and would crumble without it.
November 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
These comics keep getting better.
Yesterday, I implored y'all to give your systems and security teams pats on the back.
Today, say thanks to those who help maintain open-source. The entire modern world runs on critically, tragically under-funded open-source, and would crumble without it.
Yesterday, I implored y'all to give your systems and security teams pats on the back.
Today, say thanks to those who help maintain open-source. The entire modern world runs on critically, tragically under-funded open-source, and would crumble without it.
I finally got a chance to read “Strategic Software Engineering” by Filipe Ximenes, and it is fantastic. It is broken into four chapters: Self-Management, Technical Discipline, Risk Management, and Strategic Teamwork. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for software engineers!
November 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I finally got a chance to read “Strategic Software Engineering” by Filipe Ximenes, and it is fantastic. It is broken into four chapters: Self-Management, Technical Discipline, Risk Management, and Strategic Teamwork. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for software engineers!
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New study on LLMs shows that while LLMs & humans converge on similar judgments of reliability of news media, they rely on very different underlying processes.
In delegating, are we confusing linguistic plausibility with epistemic reliability?
The age of "epistemia"
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
In delegating, are we confusing linguistic plausibility with epistemic reliability?
The age of "epistemia"
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
November 21, 2025 at 10:36 AM
New study on LLMs shows that while LLMs & humans converge on similar judgments of reliability of news media, they rely on very different underlying processes.
In delegating, are we confusing linguistic plausibility with epistemic reliability?
The age of "epistemia"
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
In delegating, are we confusing linguistic plausibility with epistemic reliability?
The age of "epistemia"
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
I’ve done the same. I have a much healthier relationship with social media since ditching Twitter.
I've been off X for an entire year now. I can't tell you just how much my mental health has improved. I have so much less anxiety from not getting death threats all the time. It's one of the best moves I've ever done. Instead, I've picked up skiing, hiking, cooking, and playing the cuatro.
November 21, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I’ve done the same. I have a much healthier relationship with social media since ditching Twitter.
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.
If you scroll on X, you are only being shown what Elon wants you to see. If you create content on X, no one will see it unless Elon wants them to.
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.
Want an encapsulation of why video piracy is back up after years of decline? These are the channels and subscriptions you need to watch all 162 regular-season #Phillies games in the 2026 #MLB season:
Apple TV+
ESPN
Fox Local
Fox Sports 1
NBC Sports Philadelphia
NBC Local
Peacock
Netflix
Insanity.
Apple TV+
ESPN
Fox Local
Fox Sports 1
NBC Sports Philadelphia
NBC Local
Peacock
Netflix
Insanity.
November 21, 2025 at 12:17 AM
...and a few minutes later, we're even more bonkers. Kimi K2 is off the rails this time. Minute by minute, *none* of these models provide any kind of reliability or repeatability, which is the holy grail of research.
November 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
...and a few minutes later, we're even more bonkers. Kimi K2 is off the rails this time. Minute by minute, *none* of these models provide any kind of reliability or repeatability, which is the holy grail of research.
One minute later, we're back to total fail. Only Kimi K2 seems reliable at all for this task.
November 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
One minute later, we're back to total fail. Only Kimi K2 seems reliable at all for this task.
This is the closest to correct percentage-wise I think I've seen the clocks appear. And that's terrifying.
November 20, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This is the closest to correct percentage-wise I think I've seen the clocks appear. And that's terrifying.
Give the wonderful folks on your systems and security teams lots of pats on the back.
This is the hellscape they inhabit daily.
This is the hellscape they inhabit daily.
November 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Give the wonderful folks on your systems and security teams lots of pats on the back.
This is the hellscape they inhabit daily.
This is the hellscape they inhabit daily.
This brilliant site prompts nine LLMs to create a wall clock every minute. It is a brilliant visual representation of the unreliability of current LLM techniques. It should give pause to anyone considering using LLM output for anything that needs accuracy or veracity. clocks.brianmoore.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This brilliant site prompts nine LLMs to create a wall clock every minute. It is a brilliant visual representation of the unreliability of current LLM techniques. It should give pause to anyone considering using LLM output for anything that needs accuracy or veracity. clocks.brianmoore.com
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Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
Trump says he’s meeting with “communist” Mamdani at the White House on Friday
November 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.