Darren Syzling
@dsyzling.bsky.social
Tech/Finance, Scala, Python
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Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter.
Featuring illustrations by Grok, because “pixels 🟰 zero harm” apparently. www.ft.com/content/ad94...
Featuring illustrations by Grok, because “pixels 🟰 zero harm” apparently. www.ft.com/content/ad94...
January 6, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter.
Featuring illustrations by Grok, because “pixels 🟰 zero harm” apparently. www.ft.com/content/ad94...
Featuring illustrations by Grok, because “pixels 🟰 zero harm” apparently. www.ft.com/content/ad94...
F3king insane - if the business isn't and can't be profitable then it shouldn't exist - the market will 'weigh' it. This will just lead to increased energy use and increased prices on consumers and encouraging companies that should go out of business more quickly. This is another form of ZIRP.
Labour plot to slash electricity prices for AI companies
LABOUR are planning to cut electricity prices for tech companies while energy bills continue to leave families struggling, The National can reveal. 👇
www.thenational.scot/news/2563567...
LABOUR are planning to cut electricity prices for tech companies while energy bills continue to leave families struggling, The National can reveal. 👇
www.thenational.scot/news/2563567...
Labour plot to slash electricity prices for AI companies while families struggle
LABOUR are planning to cut electricity prices for tech companies while energy bills continue to leave families struggling, The National can reveal.
www.thenational.scot
January 5, 2026 at 9:35 AM
F3king insane - if the business isn't and can't be profitable then it shouldn't exist - the market will 'weigh' it. This will just lead to increased energy use and increased prices on consumers and encouraging companies that should go out of business more quickly. This is another form of ZIRP.
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Merry Christmas to all our readers. Everyone else can fu(the rest of this post has been deleted on the grounds of taste)ck off. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q68x...
12 Days of Christmas. Jeremy Lion
YouTube video by TheComedyNight
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December 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Merry Christmas to all our readers. Everyone else can fu(the rest of this post has been deleted on the grounds of taste)ck off. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q68x...
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PREACH IT TECH JESUS
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
PREACH IT TECH JESUS
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DRAM prices mooning will hurt everyone and might cause a consumer tech recession on its own in the next 12 months even without the AI bubble popping.
Hyperscalers are going to jack up prices for cloud resources, electronics manufacturers (Apple, Samsung, etc.) will raise prices, this is gonna hurt.
Hyperscalers are going to jack up prices for cloud resources, electronics manufacturers (Apple, Samsung, etc.) will raise prices, this is gonna hurt.
December 15, 2025 at 5:41 AM
DRAM prices mooning will hurt everyone and might cause a consumer tech recession on its own in the next 12 months even without the AI bubble popping.
Hyperscalers are going to jack up prices for cloud resources, electronics manufacturers (Apple, Samsung, etc.) will raise prices, this is gonna hurt.
Hyperscalers are going to jack up prices for cloud resources, electronics manufacturers (Apple, Samsung, etc.) will raise prices, this is gonna hurt.
Donation incoming
An antitrust problem that can be solved by Netflix picking up a new season of The Apprentice in 2026.
December 8, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Donation incoming
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The power crunch threatening America’s AI ambitions on.ft.com/4aztmQz
The power crunch threatening America’s AI ambitions
A lack of electricity for new data centres could deflate the AI ‘bubble’
on.ft.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:03 AM
The power crunch threatening America’s AI ambitions on.ft.com/4aztmQz
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Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
December 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
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Agree with @jomichell.bsky.social here.
My earlier piece: "The claim that that MMT means that a future government can dodge hard choices about how to pay for decent public services is just plain nonsense."
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/econom...
My earlier piece: "The claim that that MMT means that a future government can dodge hard choices about how to pay for decent public services is just plain nonsense."
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/econom...
December 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Agree with @jomichell.bsky.social here.
My earlier piece: "The claim that that MMT means that a future government can dodge hard choices about how to pay for decent public services is just plain nonsense."
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/econom...
My earlier piece: "The claim that that MMT means that a future government can dodge hard choices about how to pay for decent public services is just plain nonsense."
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/econom...
Meet Paddy Power Junior - family focused sports betting
December 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Meet Paddy Power Junior - family focused sports betting
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Even by the subzero standards of FIFA, this is extraordinarily dodgy. www.nytimes.com/athletic/683...
Why FIFA reducing Cristiano Ronaldo's ban should surprise nobody
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Even by the subzero standards of FIFA, this is extraordinarily dodgy. www.nytimes.com/athletic/683...
Meta are just an odious company - they don't design products for their users.
Out of interest, I just checked my Facebook feed. I had to scroll through 86 posts before I saw one from someone I know. (shout out to @groomb.bsky.social whose post it was!)
My Facebook feed no longer has anything from people I know. Instead it's 99% AI slop videos of "trains floating on canal boats having accidents in which someone falls into the water". It's horrible, mainly because I can't stop watching them on repeat and the algorithm knows the darkness of my soul.
November 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Meta are just an odious company - they don't design products for their users.
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It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Two movies I've really enjoyed that were welcome surprises...
Night Call - probably little know French film, propulsive, on the edge of the seat stuff.
www.rottentomatoes.com/m/night_call
Night Call - probably little know French film, propulsive, on the edge of the seat stuff.
www.rottentomatoes.com/m/night_call
Night Call | Rotten Tomatoes
Discover reviews, ratings, and trailers for Night Call on Rotten Tomatoes. Stay updated with critic and audience scores today!
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November 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Two movies I've really enjoyed that were welcome surprises...
Night Call - probably little know French film, propulsive, on the edge of the seat stuff.
www.rottentomatoes.com/m/night_call
Night Call - probably little know French film, propulsive, on the edge of the seat stuff.
www.rottentomatoes.com/m/night_call
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November 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Joyce Carol Oates may be the best poster of our time.
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Joyce Carol Oates may be the best poster of our time.
Dr Roger Marshall doesn't understand how Insurance works.
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Dr Roger Marshall doesn't understand how Insurance works.
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You've got to hand it to the software industry for coming up with new and ingenious ways to not solve problems people actually want solved.
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 AM
You've got to hand it to the software industry for coming up with new and ingenious ways to not solve problems people actually want solved.
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
I thought Football was independent of politics.
November 6, 2025 at 9:21 AM
I thought Football was independent of politics.
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FIFA has announced the creation of a peace prize, which it plans to award at the draw for the World Cup on Dec. 5 in Washington. https://to.pbs.org/47LyluB
FIFA to award new peace prize at World Cup draw in Washington
FIFA has announced the creation of a peace prize, which it plans to award for the first time at the World Cup draw on Dec. 5 in Washington.
www.pbs.org
November 6, 2025 at 12:01 AM
FIFA has announced the creation of a peace prize, which it plans to award at the draw for the World Cup on Dec. 5 in Washington. https://to.pbs.org/47LyluB
Some problems have constraints and force thinking of alternative solutions. Lender of last resort being tax payers and bail outs - just getting ridiculous now.
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Some problems have constraints and force thinking of alternative solutions. Lender of last resort being tax payers and bail outs - just getting ridiculous now.
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Great piece by @thequietus.com on 25 Best Pieces of Horror Fiction - reminded me I have Black Hole on my shelf and intend to pop that this weekend. Going to refer to this and buy some of the others.
thequietus.com/tq-charts/he...
thequietus.com/tq-charts/he...
Here are the 25 best pieces of Horror Fiction of the 21st century so far... | The Quietus
Welcome, dear readers to Halloween, when in the UK and US children dress as their favourite fictional horror characters (and some, misguidedly, as serial killers) to walk door-to-door asking neighbour...
thequietus.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Great piece by @thequietus.com on 25 Best Pieces of Horror Fiction - reminded me I have Black Hole on my shelf and intend to pop that this weekend. Going to refer to this and buy some of the others.
thequietus.com/tq-charts/he...
thequietus.com/tq-charts/he...
Instapaper is too close to Instagram on my browser url completion for my liking...
November 5, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Instapaper is too close to Instagram on my browser url completion for my liking...