Puck the Puddle Pilot
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Mark Twain
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Same shit the Navy said after Fat Leonard.
Shouldn't have mattered then and it damn sure shouldn't matter now.
Shouldn't have mattered then and it damn sure shouldn't matter now.
February 11, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Same shit the Navy said after Fat Leonard.
Shouldn't have mattered then and it damn sure shouldn't matter now.
Shouldn't have mattered then and it damn sure shouldn't matter now.
Always has and always will.
gavin newsom will lose. this isn't that complicated
February 11, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Always has and always will.
Despite what a business degree haver says. "An acceptable amount of customer frustration" is not an endorsement for this use case of AI.
February 11, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Despite what a business degree haver says. "An acceptable amount of customer frustration" is not an endorsement for this use case of AI.
I will look into it. But I'm skeptical that it's going to be a thing moving forward. Especially if the company gives a rats ass about their customers.
Comcast/Verizon/USAA I would expect this kind of behavior.
Comcast/Verizon/USAA I would expect this kind of behavior.
February 11, 2026 at 10:25 PM
I will look into it. But I'm skeptical that it's going to be a thing moving forward. Especially if the company gives a rats ass about their customers.
Comcast/Verizon/USAA I would expect this kind of behavior.
Comcast/Verizon/USAA I would expect this kind of behavior.
That explains why I've not run into it.
February 11, 2026 at 10:10 PM
That explains why I've not run into it.
I have not experienced this at all. Which companies are doing this?
February 11, 2026 at 9:12 PM
I have not experienced this at all. Which companies are doing this?
And they never will until they can figure out how to address the original sin of "generative". I don't need to hear what an answer might sound like I need that answer to be grounded in some kind of fact.
As long as it hallucinates and can't recognize when it is. It won't be useful for anything.
As long as it hallucinates and can't recognize when it is. It won't be useful for anything.
February 11, 2026 at 7:52 PM
And they never will until they can figure out how to address the original sin of "generative". I don't need to hear what an answer might sound like I need that answer to be grounded in some kind of fact.
As long as it hallucinates and can't recognize when it is. It won't be useful for anything.
As long as it hallucinates and can't recognize when it is. It won't be useful for anything.
Can anyone give me One example of AI replacing a worker (and actually doing the work well enough) currently?
Not Machine learning. Not "calls out to a Filipino data center when confused." Not work is checked by/made easier for a human. But a full on replacement of human.
Not Machine learning. Not "calls out to a Filipino data center when confused." Not work is checked by/made easier for a human. But a full on replacement of human.
What I mean by "hype being true" is that the models actually *are* able to replace millions of workers - which is the core economic promise that tech oligarchs are making.
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 11, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Can anyone give me One example of AI replacing a worker (and actually doing the work well enough) currently?
Not Machine learning. Not "calls out to a Filipino data center when confused." Not work is checked by/made easier for a human. But a full on replacement of human.
Not Machine learning. Not "calls out to a Filipino data center when confused." Not work is checked by/made easier for a human. But a full on replacement of human.
They aren't being used to purchase things in stores without checking out.
They aren't replacing sales people at car dealerships.
They aren't making the internet better in any way.
Unless you want CSAM or to flood a zone with bullshit, what exactly are they good for?
They aren't replacing sales people at car dealerships.
They aren't making the internet better in any way.
Unless you want CSAM or to flood a zone with bullshit, what exactly are they good for?
February 11, 2026 at 7:37 PM
They aren't being used to purchase things in stores without checking out.
They aren't replacing sales people at car dealerships.
They aren't making the internet better in any way.
Unless you want CSAM or to flood a zone with bullshit, what exactly are they good for?
They aren't replacing sales people at car dealerships.
They aren't making the internet better in any way.
Unless you want CSAM or to flood a zone with bullshit, what exactly are they good for?
How many stories of "AI just calls out to a Filipino data center when confused" before we acknowledge that AI isn't being used anywhere or replacing anything.
February 11, 2026 at 7:34 PM
How many stories of "AI just calls out to a Filipino data center when confused" before we acknowledge that AI isn't being used anywhere or replacing anything.
Where? They aren't being used in drive throughs because they suck. They aren't being used answering phones because they suck worse the the Byzantine phone trees we have. Anything they do requires a person to check it and correct mistakes. What exactly are they replacing?
February 11, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Where? They aren't being used in drive throughs because they suck. They aren't being used answering phones because they suck worse the the Byzantine phone trees we have. Anything they do requires a person to check it and correct mistakes. What exactly are they replacing?
What a craven, bootlicking, useless move.
He will never like data. Because data doesn't necessarily fit his worldview.
He will never like data. Because data doesn't necessarily fit his worldview.
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 11, 2026 at 7:28 PM
What a craven, bootlicking, useless move.
He will never like data. Because data doesn't necessarily fit his worldview.
He will never like data. Because data doesn't necessarily fit his worldview.
Hey, article 1. Buddy. Listen.
These officials work to enact the laws YOU pass. YOU put them in office. YOU have the power to remove them when they talk to you like that. Or ignore you.
You have the power in this relationship even if they act like you don't.
These officials work to enact the laws YOU pass. YOU put them in office. YOU have the power to remove them when they talk to you like that. Or ignore you.
You have the power in this relationship even if they act like you don't.
holy shit -- Bondi's new tactic is refusing to answer Democratic questions, then using time during the next Republican questioner to smear the previous Democratic member and accuse them of being complicit in violence crimes
February 11, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Hey, article 1. Buddy. Listen.
These officials work to enact the laws YOU pass. YOU put them in office. YOU have the power to remove them when they talk to you like that. Or ignore you.
You have the power in this relationship even if they act like you don't.
These officials work to enact the laws YOU pass. YOU put them in office. YOU have the power to remove them when they talk to you like that. Or ignore you.
You have the power in this relationship even if they act like you don't.
The clear directive from donors is "suck less".
Democratic donors have spent a year frozen, largely out of justified anger at the consultant class, the spammy texts, and lack of leadership from some elected leaders.
That anger, however, is also hurting outside groups doing critical work — and that could hurt us in November.
THREAD 🧵
That anger, however, is also hurting outside groups doing critical work — and that could hurt us in November.
THREAD 🧵
February 11, 2026 at 4:37 PM
The clear directive from donors is "suck less".
"According to the DOJ the stock market is in fact the economy."
Is a real sentence I get to say now.
Is a real sentence I get to say now.
February 11, 2026 at 4:18 PM
"According to the DOJ the stock market is in fact the economy."
Is a real sentence I get to say now.
Is a real sentence I get to say now.
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Non-lawyers: I cannot express just how abnormal it is for the DOJ to get no-billed repeatedly on these cases. Like tripping on a single blade of grass.
I have heard of a no bill but zero votes is new to me
No grand jurors found the Trump DOJ met low probable cause threshold in failed indictment of Democratic lawmakers
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February 11, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Non-lawyers: I cannot express just how abnormal it is for the DOJ to get no-billed repeatedly on these cases. Like tripping on a single blade of grass.
Reposted by Puck the Puddle Pilot
Apropos of nothing much, a reminder that Nixon’s Attorney General served 19 months in prison.
February 11, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Apropos of nothing much, a reminder that Nixon’s Attorney General served 19 months in prison.
That could have been the FAAs way of telling the DOD to pick up the fucking phone.
February 11, 2026 at 4:11 PM
That could have been the FAAs way of telling the DOD to pick up the fucking phone.
Should have said "validate the governments compliance with court orders." But I'ma leave it.
February 11, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Should have said "validate the governments compliance with court orders." But I'ma leave it.
It is not the FAAs job to validate threat information coming in from other government agencies.
Just like it's not the Judiciary's job to validate evidence submitted by the DOJ.
The fact that both now have to is bad. And inefficient but mostly bad.
Just like it's not the Judiciary's job to validate evidence submitted by the DOJ.
The fact that both now have to is bad. And inefficient but mostly bad.
February 11, 2026 at 3:59 PM
It is not the FAAs job to validate threat information coming in from other government agencies.
Just like it's not the Judiciary's job to validate evidence submitted by the DOJ.
The fact that both now have to is bad. And inefficient but mostly bad.
Just like it's not the Judiciary's job to validate evidence submitted by the DOJ.
The fact that both now have to is bad. And inefficient but mostly bad.
Really depends. You want some line of communication to lock down airspace quickly in an actual emergency. You want some kind of communication between DHS and DOD for legitimate threats.
You don't want any of that getting a real time exercise based on vibes.
You don't want any of that getting a real time exercise based on vibes.
February 11, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Really depends. You want some line of communication to lock down airspace quickly in an actual emergency. You want some kind of communication between DHS and DOD for legitimate threats.
You don't want any of that getting a real time exercise based on vibes.
You don't want any of that getting a real time exercise based on vibes.
UAS on the border is being mumbled about. Which would lead me to think that at least three distinct departments were involved. DOD/DHS/DOT.
February 11, 2026 at 3:12 PM
UAS on the border is being mumbled about. Which would lead me to think that at least three distinct departments were involved. DOD/DHS/DOT.
My fear is that they are gonna try to lay this on the FAA when the FAA just responded to the info the DOD/DHS provided.
February 11, 2026 at 3:11 PM
My fear is that they are gonna try to lay this on the FAA when the FAA just responded to the info the DOD/DHS provided.
Not saying they couldn't have been ordered to do a dumb. But this wasn't a low level fuck up.
February 11, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Not saying they couldn't have been ordered to do a dumb. But this wasn't a low level fuck up.
Nah. Someone pulled a lever they weren't supposed to and used an emergency power without the emergency.
They can pretend its lack of coms but they both have fucking phones and a Chain of Command.
They can pretend its lack of coms but they both have fucking phones and a Chain of Command.
February 11, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Nah. Someone pulled a lever they weren't supposed to and used an emergency power without the emergency.
They can pretend its lack of coms but they both have fucking phones and a Chain of Command.
They can pretend its lack of coms but they both have fucking phones and a Chain of Command.