Sean Scott
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Your database is down because you didn't listen to me.
I put databases in containers so I can cook, buy knives, run & give dogs the life they deserve. He/him.
Backup≠Recovery. Dogs>People. Trans Rights=Human Rights.
I put databases in containers so I can cook, buy knives, run & give dogs the life they deserve. He/him.
Backup≠Recovery. Dogs>People. Trans Rights=Human Rights.
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My favourite detail from the life of Maximilian I of Mexico is that, having been tried and condemned to death, a plan was hatched to break him out of jail before his execution by bribing the guards. He refused "because he felt that shaving his beard to avoid recognition would undermine his dignity".
December 1, 2025 at 11:50 AM
My favourite detail from the life of Maximilian I of Mexico is that, having been tried and condemned to death, a plan was hatched to break him out of jail before his execution by bribing the guards. He refused "because he felt that shaving his beard to avoid recognition would undermine his dignity".
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The numbers in here are hilarious.
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
econ.st
November 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The numbers in here are hilarious.
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
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November 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Actually, make that two curated links
People are tired of AI, and companies are running out of ideas for how to jam it into things.
People are tired of AI, and companies are running out of ideas for how to jam it into things.
We can't really say this enough...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
AI tools are 'deskilling' workers, philosophy professor says
A philosophy professor warns that AI reliance is weakening workers' judgment, creativity, and problem-solving.
www.businessinsider.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Actually, make that two curated links
People are tired of AI, and companies are running out of ideas for how to jam it into things.
People are tired of AI, and companies are running out of ideas for how to jam it into things.
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"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
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I have so many questions, starting with ‘Who’s making the movie of this?’
November 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I have so many questions, starting with ‘Who’s making the movie of this?’
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I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
3. Coat in bread crumbs.
4. Deep fry in hot oil for 4-6 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 165°F.
4. Deep fry in hot oil for 4-6 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 165°F.
œuf!
France’s far-right leader hit by egg, days after flour attack
November 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
3. Coat in bread crumbs.
4. Deep fry in hot oil for 4-6 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 165°F.
4. Deep fry in hot oil for 4-6 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 165°F.
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I am a dev and I dislike AI because
•it cannot operate without stolen data
•it does not work reliably
•it lies all the time
•it is terribly inefficient
•it pollutes
•it is/was oversold
•the biggest frauds champion it
•the people behind it are psychos
none of these are unreasonable complaints
•it cannot operate without stolen data
•it does not work reliably
•it lies all the time
•it is terribly inefficient
•it pollutes
•it is/was oversold
•the biggest frauds champion it
•the people behind it are psychos
none of these are unreasonable complaints
November 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I am a dev and I dislike AI because
•it cannot operate without stolen data
•it does not work reliably
•it lies all the time
•it is terribly inefficient
•it pollutes
•it is/was oversold
•the biggest frauds champion it
•the people behind it are psychos
none of these are unreasonable complaints
•it cannot operate without stolen data
•it does not work reliably
•it lies all the time
•it is terribly inefficient
•it pollutes
•it is/was oversold
•the biggest frauds champion it
•the people behind it are psychos
none of these are unreasonable complaints
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
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Every other Devopsdays in the world has some seriously stiff competition. Only Wollongong has given me an opportunity to hang out with QUOKKAS
November 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Every other Devopsdays in the world has some seriously stiff competition. Only Wollongong has given me an opportunity to hang out with QUOKKAS
I'd donate to a super PAC promising to run 24/7 in his district.
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) made several revealing admissions about the stressful and chaotic nature of his job, according to a recent New York Times report.The Times' Annie Karni wrote in a Wednesday article that Johnson turned what was meant to be an easy interview with a friendly podcast h...
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I'd donate to a super PAC promising to run 24/7 in his district.
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Voyager 1 is almost one light-day from Earth. The intrepid #spacecraft will cross a major distance milestone in November 2026 - 16.1 billion miles. #Voyager1 #lightday
Link for more information: www.popsci.com/science/voya...
Link for more information: www.popsci.com/science/voya...
November 25, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Voyager 1 is almost one light-day from Earth. The intrepid #spacecraft will cross a major distance milestone in November 2026 - 16.1 billion miles. #Voyager1 #lightday
Link for more information: www.popsci.com/science/voya...
Link for more information: www.popsci.com/science/voya...
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"Imagine you stole all of the intellectual property in the world. And you're using it to help people write middling emails and make revenge porn about women, and also children. And you're powering this plagiarism and non-consensual porn machine by eating up what's left of humanity's carbon budget."
How to explain AI to your family this holiday season | CNN Business
Politics, football and movies are among the many topics that tend to come up around Thanksgiving. In 2025, a new question may arise at the table: Why the heck is everyone talking about AI, and what sh...
www.cnn.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:04 AM
"Imagine you stole all of the intellectual property in the world. And you're using it to help people write middling emails and make revenge porn about women, and also children. And you're powering this plagiarism and non-consensual porn machine by eating up what's left of humanity's carbon budget."
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Fun cooking tip if your turkey isn't properly defrosted in time for Thanksgiving cooking you can speed the process up by shooting it 17-20 times with a low caliber handgun
November 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Fun cooking tip if your turkey isn't properly defrosted in time for Thanksgiving cooking you can speed the process up by shooting it 17-20 times with a low caliber handgun
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GenAI is a fascist product. Sorry you don’t have the moral fortitude to do your own thinking, but fascists love that
November 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
GenAI is a fascist product. Sorry you don’t have the moral fortitude to do your own thinking, but fascists love that
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You laugh, but the Hammond kids tricked the velociraptors with a mirror image in that kitchen one time, and they're the smartest dinosaurs there is.
November 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
You laugh, but the Hammond kids tricked the velociraptors with a mirror image in that kitchen one time, and they're the smartest dinosaurs there is.
I missed the start. Did Stroll spin out on the formation lap again? Make a wrong turn and lead LVPD on a high-speed chase down I-15? Back over the mayor's dog?
November 23, 2025 at 5:58 AM
I missed the start. Did Stroll spin out on the formation lap again? Make a wrong turn and lead LVPD on a high-speed chase down I-15? Back over the mayor's dog?
Sound down.
ALL the way down.
ALL the way down.
November 23, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Sound down.
ALL the way down.
ALL the way down.
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
"answer-shaped object machine"
old.reddit.com/user/planamu...
That user offering the utter dogshit advice, planamundi.
Look at the post history of a person spinning wildly out of control with the aid of an answer-shaped object machine that regurgitates the nonsense he wants to hear back at him.
That user offering the utter dogshit advice, planamundi.
Look at the post history of a person spinning wildly out of control with the aid of an answer-shaped object machine that regurgitates the nonsense he wants to hear back at him.
November 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM
"answer-shaped object machine"
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“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss
Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.
grist.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
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It takes 225 million years or so for the Solar System to make one orbit around the galaxy. Sharks evolved long enough ago that they’ve done it twice.
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 AM
It takes 225 million years or so for the Solar System to make one orbit around the galaxy. Sharks evolved long enough ago that they’ve done it twice.
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If your business is only profitable because of crimes then you're a running a crime ring.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
If your business is only profitable because of crimes then you're a running a crime ring.
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