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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 15h

Well, yes, similar to how you can't get fire insurance for a building that's already on fire (and also your CEO keeps giving interviews about how much he loves arson)

Glyn Moody @glynmoody.bsky.social · 16h

Insurers balk at paying out huge settlements for claims against #ai firms - arstechnica.com/ai/2025/10/i... which means smaller companies will struggle to do the same...

Insurers balk at paying out huge settlements for claims against AI firms

OpenAI, Anthropic consider using investor funds to settle potential lawsuits.

arstechnica.com

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 20h

Everyone: “Really worried about this AI bubble.”

BoE Financial Policy Committee: “No no no, there's like nine separate catastrophic bubbles, and they could all pop any time, perhaps next week!”

Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 21h

Bank of England flags risk of ‘sudden correction’ in tech stocks inflated by AI - on.ft.com/4o3RheA

Bank of England flags risk of ‘sudden correction’ in tech stocks inflated by AI

Financial Policy Committee warns equity prices are at levels comparable with dotcom bubble

on.ft.com

Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 2d

Sorry, I keep forgetting you can't be sarcastic on the Internet.

Yes, she's terrible, and apparently no longer feels like she needs to even pretend to follow BBC rules some of the time.

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 2d

I actually LOL at that bit. Kuenssberg is a national treasure.

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 2d

I love how what they openly say they're doing is almost certainly a blatant scam for public money (“Upskilling the workforce in AI”? Seriously?), but everyone is like, don't care I want to fight about the imaginary problem.

Zoë Crowther @zoecrowther.bsky.social · 2d

Euan Blair’s company responds to #HIGNFY airing the conspiracy theory about them being linked to digital ID 😅

Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 4d

True, but importantly, they don't need or want it to work. Their politics is eternal grievance. They would just move on to the next unhinged demand – leaving the UN or whatever.

Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 4d

There are lots of reasons not to leave ECHR. But apart from anything else, it just doesn't solve the problem the Tories/Reform think it does.

E.g. the Supreme Court judgment re Rwanda being unsafe explicitly said it was not based on ECHR.

Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 5d

Similar with the triangulation thing; if you try for tactical ambiguity because you want voters to be able to assume you're a racist prick if they like that, and pretend that you're not if they don't, you'll just end up with both groups not believing anything you say.

Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 5d

The main problem with “For tactical reasons, should we avoid calling them racist?” is that if you call this stuff not racist, you're lying. It's just obviously not true, and above all else, politics has a credibility problem. You've got to stop lying all the time.

Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 5d

The politics of drawing a moral line: When we need to call out racism for what it is open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

The politics of drawing a moral line

The politics of drawing a moral line.

open.substack.com

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 6d

I have a couple of Google Home devices, bought years ago, and my policy is clear:

If they require Gemini to work, they're going in the bin.

If they require a new subscription to work, they're going in the bin.

Google desperately needs new leadership.

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 7d

Google unveils Gemini for Home, replacing Assistant on smart speakers with new voice options and improved conversational skills, and a redesigned Home app (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 8d

What the shit Google, why is there a Take a Message feature in the phone app now, and why is it enabled without asking?

If I wanted that, every carrier has voicemail, but more importantly, nobody wants that, voicemail is the worst thing ever invented in all of history.

Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 8d

Less than a month in office and already looking like a Braverman level pick.

All that's left on the to-do list is forgetting an unencrypted USB stick full of MI5 files at the hairdressers.

Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 8d

Vielleicht kann sich Deutschland für das britische Modell begeistern: Zahnarztleistungen werden prinzipiell von der GK voll übernommen, aber es gibt nur ungefähr drei Zahnärzte im Land, die bereit sind, mit ihr abzurechnen, und du kannst perspektivisch ungefähr im Jahr 9000 einen Termin bekommen.

Katharina Nocun @kattascha.bsky.social · 8d

Wer meint, Kürzungen bei den Zahnarztkosten der GK-Versicherten ließen sich problemlos privat absichern, hat einfach keine Ahnung von der Lebensrealität vieler Menschen mit geringem Einkommen. Ein solches Geschenk an die Versicherungswirtschaft hätte massive soziale Folgen.

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 9d

Establishing localhost comms without bouncing through a server first is intentionally quite hard.

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 9d

More generally, make sure browser and daemon can communicate bidirectionally through the server first. Then you can pass small tokens that way, or attempt to negotiate a direct channel by exchanging port numbers and keys or auth tokens and such.

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 10d

Fair enough :) Have a safe flight!

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Maik Zumstrull @maik.zumstrull.net · 10d

Is there a loose end in the Sandman Slim saga that bothers you? Some story point you wanted to do more with, but couldn't figure out how to make it work and never followed up?

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