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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
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Engineering can be so much better than this and more than this. It's absurd how much we're resigned to this entire area of human work being held hostage by this kind of culture.
November 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Engineering can be so much better than this and more than this. It's absurd how much we're resigned to this entire area of human work being held hostage by this kind of culture.
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People laugh about these kiddie shows and movies, but I never trusted Ai because I’ve seen 'Smart House' several times. I been peeped game.
November 16, 2025 at 3:32 AM
People laugh about these kiddie shows and movies, but I never trusted Ai because I’ve seen 'Smart House' several times. I been peeped game.
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Reminds me of the time I went to a friend’s aunt’s house to celebrate Passover with her family, and when they asked if I knew the story of Passover, I recounted it for them. They asked how I knew so much about it, and I was honest. “Nickelodeon ran a Rugrats Passover episode every year.”
November 16, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Reminds me of the time I went to a friend’s aunt’s house to celebrate Passover with her family, and when they asked if I knew the story of Passover, I recounted it for them. They asked how I knew so much about it, and I was honest. “Nickelodeon ran a Rugrats Passover episode every year.”
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"Alexa," He says into the void where once his friendships were. "Remind me... remind me that I'm a winner?"
The pause is brief but brutal, a gasp of silence as his whole self-worth teeters.
"You are so goated." She replies.
"I am. I am goated, ain't I?"
This time there is no answer. There never is.
The pause is brief but brutal, a gasp of silence as his whole self-worth teeters.
"You are so goated." She replies.
"I am. I am goated, ain't I?"
This time there is no answer. There never is.
November 16, 2025 at 6:29 AM
"Alexa," He says into the void where once his friendships were. "Remind me... remind me that I'm a winner?"
The pause is brief but brutal, a gasp of silence as his whole self-worth teeters.
"You are so goated." She replies.
"I am. I am goated, ain't I?"
This time there is no answer. There never is.
The pause is brief but brutal, a gasp of silence as his whole self-worth teeters.
"You are so goated." She replies.
"I am. I am goated, ain't I?"
This time there is no answer. There never is.
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My phone has full optical character recognition of 47,000 photos. I can search individual words.
I cannot search three words in quotes.
Computers used to be powerful. That power meant something. It was power for making your life better in sovereignty to your own interests.
And now we have this.
I cannot search three words in quotes.
Computers used to be powerful. That power meant something. It was power for making your life better in sovereignty to your own interests.
And now we have this.
November 14, 2025 at 12:48 AM
My phone has full optical character recognition of 47,000 photos. I can search individual words.
I cannot search three words in quotes.
Computers used to be powerful. That power meant something. It was power for making your life better in sovereignty to your own interests.
And now we have this.
I cannot search three words in quotes.
Computers used to be powerful. That power meant something. It was power for making your life better in sovereignty to your own interests.
And now we have this.
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she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October
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“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Publish date of 1993
High Performance Computing
High Performance Computing
November 3, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Publish date of 1993
High Performance Computing
High Performance Computing
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Good night everyone. May tomorrow bring us more justice and some peace.
![“Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach. Any small, calm thing that one soul can do to help another soul, to assist some portion of this poor suffering world, will help immensely. It is not given to us to know which acts or by whom, will cause the critical mass to tip toward an enduring good. What is needed for dramatic change is an accumulation of acts, adding, adding to, adding more, continuing. We know that it does not take everyone on Earth to bring justice and peace, but only a small, determined group who will not give up during the first, second, or hundredth gale.
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There will always be times when you feel discouraged. I too have felt despair many times in my life, but I do not keep a chair for it. I will not entertain it. It is not allowed to eat from my plate. [...]” --Clarissa Pinkola Estes](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6tr6tuzlx2db3rduzr2d6r24/bafkreia7abvxxu23nuszlxdcjcjvyzlayircvy7gj3ko7f35zpdtli4fga@jpeg)
October 29, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Good night everyone. May tomorrow bring us more justice and some peace.
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advice to every Rust organizational decisionmaker out there: shut up, stop making excuses, and take notes from the PSF: bsky.app/profile/pyth...
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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October 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
advice to every Rust organizational decisionmaker out there: shut up, stop making excuses, and take notes from the PSF: bsky.app/profile/pyth...
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I wholeheartedly share this view with @anildash.com — although on platforms like LinkedIn it definitely can feel otherwise. www.anildash.com/2025/10/17/t...
My biggest issue with the pervasive AI propaganda is the assertion of the inevitability of a AGI w/o provable evidence.
My biggest issue with the pervasive AI propaganda is the assertion of the inevitability of a AGI w/o provable evidence.
October 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I wholeheartedly share this view with @anildash.com — although on platforms like LinkedIn it definitely can feel otherwise. www.anildash.com/2025/10/17/t...
My biggest issue with the pervasive AI propaganda is the assertion of the inevitability of a AGI w/o provable evidence.
My biggest issue with the pervasive AI propaganda is the assertion of the inevitability of a AGI w/o provable evidence.
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there's a reward function
October 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
there's a reward function
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meatcoding (it's like vibecoding but instead you use meat that can think)
October 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
meatcoding (it's like vibecoding but instead you use meat that can think)
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I was so excited by the work Lina was doing with Apple Silicon. A community being hostile enough to cause her to completely distance herself should really take a look in the mirror and figure out what needs to change.
I have learned that Luna has joined the Freedesktop Discord. People expressed feeling unsafe, but the admin shut down discussion immediately.
Luna has been sharing screenshots where an unknown FDo CoC team member discusses banning me with her, and states that they have "a plan" [to deal with me].
Luna has been sharing screenshots where an unknown FDo CoC team member discusses banning me with her, and states that they have "a plan" [to deal with me].
October 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I was so excited by the work Lina was doing with Apple Silicon. A community being hostile enough to cause her to completely distance herself should really take a look in the mirror and figure out what needs to change.
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I do not claim to know why we are on this planet, but I am very certain we are not born to start a mission where we optimize every single little thing in our lives.
I think it's just not good for the spirit.
I think it's just not good for the spirit.
October 23, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I do not claim to know why we are on this planet, but I am very certain we are not born to start a mission where we optimize every single little thing in our lives.
I think it's just not good for the spirit.
I think it's just not good for the spirit.
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OK, having heard a report on some AI bracelet which is always recording audio with the idea that you could go back and audit your day's interactions or ask it questions about what you did that day...
look if you actually want this I think you're forgetting what it means to be human.
look if you actually want this I think you're forgetting what it means to be human.
October 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
OK, having heard a report on some AI bracelet which is always recording audio with the idea that you could go back and audit your day's interactions or ask it questions about what you did that day...
look if you actually want this I think you're forgetting what it means to be human.
look if you actually want this I think you're forgetting what it means to be human.
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Ada Lovelace, first AI denigrator
October 23, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Ada Lovelace, first AI denigrator
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i once ran a script with admin privs that i had not version controlled on an instance i provisioned by hand against prod. our database moved more money than the gdp of many countries.
i was expressly told to do it the fastest way possible and when i specified this was fastest it was confirmed
i was expressly told to do it the fastest way possible and when i specified this was fastest it was confirmed
October 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
i once ran a script with admin privs that i had not version controlled on an instance i provisioned by hand against prod. our database moved more money than the gdp of many countries.
i was expressly told to do it the fastest way possible and when i specified this was fastest it was confirmed
i was expressly told to do it the fastest way possible and when i specified this was fastest it was confirmed
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It’s really funny because of course “surely the prior engineers solved this in a systematic and generalizable way” [opens box] *a RATATOUILLE rat is frantically puppeteerting worse spaghetti code than you have ever seen, it briefly pauses to flip you the bird* is the archetypal engineer experience.
October 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
It’s really funny because of course “surely the prior engineers solved this in a systematic and generalizable way” [opens box] *a RATATOUILLE rat is frantically puppeteerting worse spaghetti code than you have ever seen, it briefly pauses to flip you the bird* is the archetypal engineer experience.
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When you hear about Big Tech companies lobbying the federal government to stifle AI regulation in the states, this is one reason why.
California has now banned algorithmic price fixing.
The state has outlawed the practice of landlords colluding to raise prices using rental software and AI.
This is a huge victory for renters in the biggest state in the country.
The state has outlawed the practice of landlords colluding to raise prices using rental software and AI.
This is a huge victory for renters in the biggest state in the country.
October 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
When you hear about Big Tech companies lobbying the federal government to stifle AI regulation in the states, this is one reason why.
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I'm laughing out loud because, *twenty years ago*, a friend in robotics told me that showing off a dancing robot is what you do when your robot sucks, and a *group* of them even more so.
October 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I'm laughing out loud because, *twenty years ago*, a friend in robotics told me that showing off a dancing robot is what you do when your robot sucks, and a *group* of them even more so.
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heeeeeeeeeeeeeehehehehehe
October 11, 2025 at 3:41 AM
heeeeeeeeeeeeeehehehehehe
As a programmer, this is my greatest enemy.
October 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
As a programmer, this is my greatest enemy.