Victor Balestrin
@victorbalestrin.bsky.social
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Regret to report that there has been another good linkedin post
November 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Regret to report that there has been another good linkedin post
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coisa triste ver pobre fudido tentando se achar pra cima de outro pobre fudido porque ambos estão em níveis de fuddys diferentes
November 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
coisa triste ver pobre fudido tentando se achar pra cima de outro pobre fudido porque ambos estão em níveis de fuddys diferentes
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"They're trying to change our habits, because all of the projections rely on people becoming truly dependent on the technology. Whether or not it's actually a good thing for society isn't considered to be a factor."
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
"They're trying to change our habits, because all of the projections rely on people becoming truly dependent on the technology. Whether or not it's actually a good thing for society isn't considered to be a factor."
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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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Poetry to jailbreak an AI, chalk rings to trap a self-driving car. Technology is going to turn us all into witches.
this is quite the detail
November 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Poetry to jailbreak an AI, chalk rings to trap a self-driving car. Technology is going to turn us all into witches.
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Que certeira a dona Wilson:
“As artes estão do jeito que estão porque paramos de fuçar. Nossas opiniões vêm dos algoritmos. Era nos 15 minutos que você ficava fuçando a livraria, a loja de gibi ou a locadora que você encontrava aquilo que não era o seu de sempre e aumentava seu repertório.”
“As artes estão do jeito que estão porque paramos de fuçar. Nossas opiniões vêm dos algoritmos. Era nos 15 minutos que você ficava fuçando a livraria, a loja de gibi ou a locadora que você encontrava aquilo que não era o seu de sempre e aumentava seu repertório.”
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Que certeira a dona Wilson:
“As artes estão do jeito que estão porque paramos de fuçar. Nossas opiniões vêm dos algoritmos. Era nos 15 minutos que você ficava fuçando a livraria, a loja de gibi ou a locadora que você encontrava aquilo que não era o seu de sempre e aumentava seu repertório.”
“As artes estão do jeito que estão porque paramos de fuçar. Nossas opiniões vêm dos algoritmos. Era nos 15 minutos que você ficava fuçando a livraria, a loja de gibi ou a locadora que você encontrava aquilo que não era o seu de sempre e aumentava seu repertório.”
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We all wish we could post like menswear guy, but who among us has the ability or dedication to call up a factory in Hong Kong and get them to confirm they are making suits for the guy with the Nixon tattoo?
I'm also surprised that Roger went with a Hong Kong factory (I called the factory today to confirm). If MAGA is about making America great again through reindustrialization, why not use a US factory? Over at O'Connell's, you can find MiUSA tailoring for half of Roger's prices
November 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
We all wish we could post like menswear guy, but who among us has the ability or dedication to call up a factory in Hong Kong and get them to confirm they are making suits for the guy with the Nixon tattoo?
"007 Against the Atomic Blackmail" (🇧🇷) is a much cooler title than "Thunderball"
November 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
"007 Against the Atomic Blackmail" (🇧🇷) is a much cooler title than "Thunderball"
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gracias a dios nací en latinoamerica
November 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
gracias a dios nací en latinoamerica
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Ai to engasgando com esse cavalo de brinquedo do meu sobrinho
November 29, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Ai to engasgando com esse cavalo de brinquedo do meu sobrinho
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"But on the field? Part.. of... a... TEAM."
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"But on the field? Part.. of... a... TEAM."
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This is one of the biggest problems with so-called "AI". EVERY branch of computer science and thought ever accomplished is now included as part of "AI". It's a gigantic hoax. Guess what? Computers, research and algos all existed before the current hoax.
Last month, @theguardian.com framed this historical event project the same way; minimizing the years of archival work, the interviews etc it took to be able to do this.
Instead ‘AI solved this historical problem!’
Instead ‘AI solved this historical problem!’
November 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This is one of the biggest problems with so-called "AI". EVERY branch of computer science and thought ever accomplished is now included as part of "AI". It's a gigantic hoax. Guess what? Computers, research and algos all existed before the current hoax.
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Tennant is so totally the guy who'd do it.
Actors can be nuts, man. A dude (André Tchaikowsky) left his skull to the Royal Shakespeare Company to play Yorick in future productions. No one felt comfortable doing it until David Tennant played Hamlet.
November 29, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Tennant is so totally the guy who'd do it.
"RT não é endosso"
Então me faça o favor de dar um RT comentado deixando isso claro.
Então me faça o favor de dar um RT comentado deixando isso claro.
November 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"RT não é endosso"
Então me faça o favor de dar um RT comentado deixando isso claro.
Então me faça o favor de dar um RT comentado deixando isso claro.
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Bluesky repliers really can manage to be annoying about anything
November 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Bluesky repliers really can manage to be annoying about anything
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Love this guy
"In recent history, the Doctor Who actor has repeatedly made headlines thanks to his allyship towards trans and gender non-conforming people – most notably with a subtle gesture during a TV interview that wound up helping to raise £18,000 for the LGBTQ+ youth charity AKT."
'F*** Off And Let People Be': David Tennant Doubles Down On Support For Trans People
"People are trying to create division... and it's so f***ing unnecessary."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Love this guy
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"it's basically the It's a Wonderful Life of fucking" is the best description of Eyes Wide Shut I've ever read
One of the reasons why EYES WIDE SHUT has become such an unlikely Christmas movie is that it’s basically the IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE of fucking. www.vulture.com/2019/06/eyes...
November 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
"it's basically the It's a Wonderful Life of fucking" is the best description of Eyes Wide Shut I've ever read
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Why does this dog look like it's about to betray Gandalf
Some of those dogs at the dog show are just obscene abominations unto the lord.
November 29, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Why does this dog look like it's about to betray Gandalf
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A true-life horror story:
Wake up babe, a new way to be horrified by AI just dropped.
Talking to a librarian friend back home, she mentions a patron looking for help finding a book she liked as a kid. Super common request.
Lady is adamant the title is “something like XYZ and there’s a picture of a rabbit on it.”
Talking to a librarian friend back home, she mentions a patron looking for help finding a book she liked as a kid. Super common request.
Lady is adamant the title is “something like XYZ and there’s a picture of a rabbit on it.”
November 29, 2025 at 4:32 AM
A true-life horror story:
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incredible quote lol
November 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
incredible quote lol
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With the internet becoming ever more unreliable, I wonder if anyone will publish known facts and general knowledge in a book or, rather, multiple books, everything in alphabetical order, safely printed on paper so it can’t be changed on the sly. Numbered spines would be a plus.
November 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
With the internet becoming ever more unreliable, I wonder if anyone will publish known facts and general knowledge in a book or, rather, multiple books, everything in alphabetical order, safely printed on paper so it can’t be changed on the sly. Numbered spines would be a plus.
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when you’re trying to evade capture after WWII ends:
November 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
when you’re trying to evade capture after WWII ends:
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline