Dr. Dabbles
@drdabbles.bsky.social
Hardware Architect. I like the intersection of ISA and hardware.
Realistic expectations evangelist.
C / Go / Python
Realistic expectations evangelist.
C / Go / Python
Funny and satisfying seeing @edzitron.com getting a shoutout from Scott Jenson. Also satisfying seeing someone from the trenches talking sense about UI design, and our lack of solid understanding these days.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fZT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fZT...
Are we stuck with the same Desktop UX forever? | Ubuntu Summit 25.10
YouTube video by Canonical Ubuntu
www.youtube.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:40 AM
Funny and satisfying seeing @edzitron.com getting a shoutout from Scott Jenson. Also satisfying seeing someone from the trenches talking sense about UI design, and our lack of solid understanding these days.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fZT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fZT...
Remember. The claim at the center of this scam is you can just tell the computer what you want and it'll magically do the thing. Which requires user training for some reason.
Yeah man you call it “training funds” I call it “paying your customers to use your product”
www.theinformation.com/articles/app...
www.theinformation.com/articles/app...
December 30, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Remember. The claim at the center of this scam is you can just tell the computer what you want and it'll magically do the thing. Which requires user training for some reason.
Not only a LOTR name, which is lame as hell, but also the bad guy's name. Like, if this company sells cameras as part of their security you know they're stealing footage of you to train "AI" weapons. Total losers.
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for "super premium" customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos | TechCrunch
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
techcrunch.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Not only a LOTR name, which is lame as hell, but also the bad guy's name. Like, if this company sells cameras as part of their security you know they're stealing footage of you to train "AI" weapons. Total losers.
The only response to people like this is "Shut the fuck up" and make fun of them. Bari Weiss is a piece of shit regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, or nationality.
What these people are doing to the power of calling out real antisemitism, in an incredibly dangerous time of surging global antisemitism….man, it is just so worrisome
December 27, 2025 at 5:42 AM
The only response to people like this is "Shut the fuck up" and make fun of them. Bari Weiss is a piece of shit regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, or nationality.
So, @netflix.com is making football way worse, huh? Yeesh.
December 26, 2025 at 5:01 AM
So, @netflix.com is making football way worse, huh? Yeesh.
I can't be bothered to care that the US is banning people because their policy positions are anti-tech behemoth or anti-genocide. Like, what kind of a threat is being banned from this place anymore? Who TF is coming here on purpose??
December 24, 2025 at 7:16 AM
I can't be bothered to care that the US is banning people because their policy positions are anti-tech behemoth or anti-genocide. Like, what kind of a threat is being banned from this place anymore? Who TF is coming here on purpose??
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Incredible words from real boxer Anthony Joshua after he knocked Jake Paul the fuck out lol
December 20, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Incredible words from real boxer Anthony Joshua after he knocked Jake Paul the fuck out lol
Let me add to the din by saying if Anthony Enzor-DeMeo thinks adding dogshit "AI" to FireFox will win him anything but the anger of FF users, he's out of his mind. The reason we use FF instead of the others is the lack of this shit. @mozilla.org needs a serious rethink.
December 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Let me add to the din by saying if Anthony Enzor-DeMeo thinks adding dogshit "AI" to FireFox will win him anything but the anger of FF users, he's out of his mind. The reason we use FF instead of the others is the lack of this shit. @mozilla.org needs a serious rethink.
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![Tesla's Sales in California Set to Be Suspended, DMV Says
By Madlin Mekelburg, Dana Hull and Kara Carlson 12/16/2025 18:45:44 [BN]
(Bloomberg) -- Tesla Inc.'s sales in California are set to be suspended for 30 days as a penalty for allegedly misleading consumers about its driver-assistance technology, according to the head of the state's motor vehicles department.
The agency decided to adopt the recommendation of a suspension from an administrative judge, but the suspension won't take effect for 90 days to allow Tesla to come into compliance, the official said during a press conference Tuesday.
Tesla shares fell 1.3% at 6:41 p.m. in postmarket trading in New York.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pnx2fjuannbdpy3337ggthpp/bafkreibpvvgbrxtvgrtlfn5cc464hm6fiprfaiwp5vjhccmfo6lwvvrve4@jpeg)
I haven't laughed this hard at a drunk couples' expense in a very long time. This amount of life drama is a sign that you should quit drinking entirely, but my god we would lose so much potential content.
Hazie's, a San Francisco restaurant co-owned by celebrity chef Joey Altman in Hayes Valley, had quite an eventful Saturday night. A video showing a couple assaulting employees at the restaurant has gone viral on social media, racking up over 780,000 views.
December 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I haven't laughed this hard at a drunk couples' expense in a very long time. This amount of life drama is a sign that you should quit drinking entirely, but my god we would lose so much potential content.
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Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
Watching Avatar, they say "unobtanium", and I audibly groan and say "fuck you". Still annoyed by it to this day.
Also going to a Fast and the Furious release with a local Subaru club.
Also going to a Fast and the Furious release with a local Subaru club.
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Watching Avatar, they say "unobtanium", and I audibly groan and say "fuck you". Still annoyed by it to this day.
Also going to a Fast and the Furious release with a local Subaru club.
Also going to a Fast and the Furious release with a local Subaru club.
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Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
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The existence of pets in a home makes the bipedal robot requirement dumb on its face. Unimaginative slop from people that listen to corporate marketing too much.
November 29, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The existence of pets in a home makes the bipedal robot requirement dumb on its face. Unimaginative slop from people that listen to corporate marketing too much.
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shit. OpenReview hacked and identities of reviewers, authors, and AC leaked for all conferences hosted on OpenReview
November 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
shit. OpenReview hacked and identities of reviewers, authors, and AC leaked for all conferences hosted on OpenReview
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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
Saying, "I personally get tremendous value [from AI]" is an instant disqualification for me. You what? How? How does the low cost, low value word guesser provide value for you? And, if it's so low cost and low value, what do you think the thing you're doing is worth?? WTF?
November 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Saying, "I personally get tremendous value [from AI]" is an instant disqualification for me. You what? How? How does the low cost, low value word guesser provide value for you? And, if it's so low cost and low value, what do you think the thing you're doing is worth?? WTF?
I'm impressed. Having clear examples and solid evidence, the SEC decides to drop its civil action.
I assume "in the exercise of its discretion" means "it would make bumping into each other at parties awkward"
I assume "in the exercise of its discretion" means "it would make bumping into each other at parties awkward"
Big news on the corporate accountability (or lack thereof) front: The SEC just dropped its case against SolarWinds and its former CISO for allegedly defrauding investors about the company's cybersecurity posture prior to its major hack. www.sec.gov/enforcement-...
SEC.gov | SolarWinds Corp. and Timothy G. Brown
www.sec.gov
November 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I'm impressed. Having clear examples and solid evidence, the SEC decides to drop its civil action.
I assume "in the exercise of its discretion" means "it would make bumping into each other at parties awkward"
I assume "in the exercise of its discretion" means "it would make bumping into each other at parties awkward"
And that, kids, is why we had to burn down the rain forests.
November 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
And that, kids, is why we had to burn down the rain forests.
I guess I'm the only person that isn't a right wing weird but has hated Noam Chomsky for decades now. Anyway, welcome to the party, there's plenty snacks and refreshments.
November 19, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I guess I'm the only person that isn't a right wing weird but has hated Noam Chomsky for decades now. Anyway, welcome to the party, there's plenty snacks and refreshments.
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"‘In fact, what’s really surprising is that higher AI literacy brings more overconfidence...We would expect people who are AI literate to not only be a bit better at interacting with AI systems, but also at judging their performance with those systems – but this was not the case.’"
AI use makes us overestimate our cognitive performance
A study led by Aalto University reveals that when it comes to AI, specifically, LLMs, the Dunning-Kruger Effect doesn’t hold. All users show a significant inability to assess their performance a...
www.eurekalert.org
November 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
"‘In fact, what’s really surprising is that higher AI literacy brings more overconfidence...We would expect people who are AI literate to not only be a bit better at interacting with AI systems, but also at judging their performance with those systems – but this was not the case.’"
Hey, I think we might have found one of the major problems with the rank-and-file dem party. 😒
A CAP spokesperson tells Dan Boguslaw: "Larry Summers is a non-resident, uncompensated fellow at CAP. We are reviewing this week's disclosures to determine appropriate next steps."
lmao
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lmao
prospect.org/2025/11/14/e...
Epstein Confidant Larry Summers Guiding Democrats’ ‘Project 2029’ - The American Prospect
Summers was overseeing the economic policy plank of the Center for American Progress’s effort. Emails released this week show him in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein.
prospect.org
November 15, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Hey, I think we might have found one of the major problems with the rank-and-file dem party. 😒
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Biggest takeaway from KubeCon: People want Neki badly.
We're building the solution for scaling and managing huge Postgres databases.
More to come, but in the meantime: neki.dev
We're building the solution for scaling and managing huge Postgres databases.
More to come, but in the meantime: neki.dev
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November 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Biggest takeaway from KubeCon: People want Neki badly.
We're building the solution for scaling and managing huge Postgres databases.
More to come, but in the meantime: neki.dev
We're building the solution for scaling and managing huge Postgres databases.
More to come, but in the meantime: neki.dev