bob barker 🍸
@insortediaboli.bsky.social
Metal dude in a metal mood
I code, I lift, I make small shrubs in small pots
I code, I lift, I make small shrubs in small pots
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I work at a software company and see the efficiency gains. They’re real and impressive. The view that it’s worthless is obtuse. There’s a world of moderate possibility between worthless and omnipotent AGI (a childish fantasy.) But the level of investment is indexed more toward the childish fantasy.
February 12, 2026 at 10:05 AM
I work at a software company and see the efficiency gains. They’re real and impressive. The view that it’s worthless is obtuse. There’s a world of moderate possibility between worthless and omnipotent AGI (a childish fantasy.) But the level of investment is indexed more toward the childish fantasy.
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Somehow people have a hard time believing both things at the same time: that its a mind-boggling transformative innovation that produces real value but that there is also no profitable business model on the horizon that can produce a positive return on the mammoth level of investment.
February 12, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Somehow people have a hard time believing both things at the same time: that its a mind-boggling transformative innovation that produces real value but that there is also no profitable business model on the horizon that can produce a positive return on the mammoth level of investment.
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(2) the cost of the technology is heavily subsidized by speculative capital, the value of the productivity gains are smaller than the massive r&d and infra costs, and there is going to be a catastrophic crash.
February 12, 2026 at 9:32 AM
(2) the cost of the technology is heavily subsidized by speculative capital, the value of the productivity gains are smaller than the massive r&d and infra costs, and there is going to be a catastrophic crash.
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I think the correct take is that (1) LLMs are normal automation technology. They eliminate some jobs that can be automated, create other jobs managing the automation processes, and increase the productivity of workers who gain mastery of the tools; and… 1/2
I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
February 12, 2026 at 9:25 AM
I think the correct take is that (1) LLMs are normal automation technology. They eliminate some jobs that can be automated, create other jobs managing the automation processes, and increase the productivity of workers who gain mastery of the tools; and… 1/2
Holy fuck no
Looking for an edge in college admissions? Just pull your kid from school. Homeschooling, long associated with hippies and religious conservatives in the U.S., is in the middle of a rebrand and a boom.
The Homeschooling Hack
Looking for an edge in college admissions? Just pull your kid from school. Homeschooling, long associated with hippies and religious conservatives in the U.S., is in the middle of a rebrand and a boom.
nymag.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Holy fuck no
Just remembered the IDF cum brigade
February 12, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Just remembered the IDF cum brigade
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Tbh It's pretty straightforward in this case— the motivation for the vast majority of the people who hate Tlaib has nothing to do with her actions and everything to do with her race.
The worst is those who try to shit on Tlaib for not being Harris’ biggest cheerleader after a bunch of squishy centrists voted with republicans to censure her and as both her and her constituencies family and friends were being slaughtered with US weapons. And she didn’t even say don’t vote Harris
February 12, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Tbh It's pretty straightforward in this case— the motivation for the vast majority of the people who hate Tlaib has nothing to do with her actions and everything to do with her race.
In the end, we all die anyway
February 12, 2026 at 10:02 AM
In the end, we all die anyway
Why aren’t you giving your cat a sweet kiss on the head?
February 12, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Why aren’t you giving your cat a sweet kiss on the head?
*hits bong* apps ruined computer science
February 12, 2026 at 9:38 AM
*hits bong* apps ruined computer science
Brain pickled by right wing ecosystem
February 12, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Brain pickled by right wing ecosystem
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In 2018, after Musk infamously claimed that he had the funding to take Tesla private, his PR consultant went to Jeffrey Epstein for help convincing the Saudis to put up the cash he didn't actually have. Epstein also strategized on press coverage of Musk and recommended names for Tesla's board.
Jeffrey Epstein Advised an Elon Musk Associate on Taking Tesla Private
The financier recommended adding Margaret Thatcher to Tesla’s board, even though she had been dead for five years.
www.wired.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:19 PM
In 2018, after Musk infamously claimed that he had the funding to take Tesla private, his PR consultant went to Jeffrey Epstein for help convincing the Saudis to put up the cash he didn't actually have. Epstein also strategized on press coverage of Musk and recommended names for Tesla's board.
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Declining HR meeting request and replying with link to Dow Jones Industrial Average
February 12, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Declining HR meeting request and replying with link to Dow Jones Industrial Average
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One of you is ready to live mas
February 12, 2026 at 1:06 AM
One of you is ready to live mas
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fucken uh still suitin desert style walking without rhythm? Fucken worm riding in the deep desert…maybe..maybe become god?
i’m thinkin me, kwisatz haderach, you my stilgar? i need you on this tho baby bro may thy knife chip and shatter
i’m thinkin me, kwisatz haderach, you my stilgar? i need you on this tho baby bro may thy knife chip and shatter
November 30, 2024 at 8:09 AM
fucken uh still suitin desert style walking without rhythm? Fucken worm riding in the deep desert…maybe..maybe become god?
i’m thinkin me, kwisatz haderach, you my stilgar? i need you on this tho baby bro may thy knife chip and shatter
i’m thinkin me, kwisatz haderach, you my stilgar? i need you on this tho baby bro may thy knife chip and shatter
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concerning
February 11, 2026 at 11:28 PM
concerning
im surprised to not see MGP on this list
FoxNews reporting the crosses were Massie (KY), Fitzpatrick (PA), Newhouse (WA), Kiley (CA), Hurd (CO), and Bacon (NE) on the R side, and Golden (ME) on the D side
February 11, 2026 at 11:27 PM
im surprised to not see MGP on this list
New Outer Gloom EP rips
OUTER GLOOM
open.spotify.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:15 PM
New Outer Gloom EP rips
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*Breaking* The date by which every single pardoned J6er will be in jail for committing a different crime has been moved up from Feb. 4, 2028 to Nov. 16, 2027
Andrew Paul Johnson, who I wrote about in November, was found guilty of five charges.
February 11, 2026 at 10:22 PM
*Breaking* The date by which every single pardoned J6er will be in jail for committing a different crime has been moved up from Feb. 4, 2028 to Nov. 16, 2027
It did not
US TREASURY SECRETARY BESSENT SAYS U.S. GROWTH MAY HAVE REACHED 3% FOR 2025 – FOX NEWS
February 11, 2026 at 7:17 PM
It did not
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“US government to issue Scrip” is a fuckin wild turn of history
Fuck it hand the troops Monopoly money atp lmaooo
February 11, 2026 at 6:42 PM
“US government to issue Scrip” is a fuckin wild turn of history
Yep, if a company now only needs 20% of their devs to do what they can do now, what happens to the economy
do think people are not broadly making the connection yet that the software stuff means that anything theoretically automatable with software can now be automated MUCH more cheaply/easily. Like it's not "what will 'AI' do" but "what will reducing the marginal cost of custom software to ~zero do"
February 11, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Yep, if a company now only needs 20% of their devs to do what they can do now, what happens to the economy