@syies.bsky.social
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be wary of people whose Opsec advice is "don't go anywhere or do anything unless you've spent dozens of hours and thousands of dollars taking preventative actions to protect yourself"
January 28, 2026 at 11:30 PM
be wary of people whose Opsec advice is "don't go anywhere or do anything unless you've spent dozens of hours and thousands of dollars taking preventative actions to protect yourself"
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Stand With Minnesota
A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation
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January 14, 2026 at 6:24 PM
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Society parried the ozone layer, acid rain, and Y2K back to back and instead of going "wow, parrying is badass" a lot of people went "society didn't even get hit so I guess there's no need to learn how to parry" and instantly took a thousand hits
we live in a sick society that thinks preventing problems is a waste of time and effort and hey, guess why everything sucks now
January 18, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Society parried the ozone layer, acid rain, and Y2K back to back and instead of going "wow, parrying is badass" a lot of people went "society didn't even get hit so I guess there's no need to learn how to parry" and instantly took a thousand hits
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Your super hardcore technical advice is great and if people can't use it, it's not useful. You have to meet people where they are on the ground
January 15, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Your super hardcore technical advice is great and if people can't use it, it's not useful. You have to meet people where they are on the ground
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Occasionally, someone takes issue with me flagging a data breach as "sensitive" such that the email addresses can't be publicly searched because they want to dox the users. That's a *really* bad idea, for many reasons: www.troyhunt.com/who-decides-...
Who Decides Who Doesn’t Deserve Privacy?
Remember the Ashley Madison data breach? That was now more than a decade ago, yet it arguably remains the single most noteworthy data breach of all time. There are many reasons for this accolade, but…
www.troyhunt.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Occasionally, someone takes issue with me flagging a data breach as "sensitive" such that the email addresses can't be publicly searched because they want to dox the users. That's a *really* bad idea, for many reasons: www.troyhunt.com/who-decides-...
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many current problems began when people started trusting computer. you must never trust computer. computer is the machine that hates you
January 1, 2026 at 10:13 AM
many current problems began when people started trusting computer. you must never trust computer. computer is the machine that hates you
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You're mad because you expect a "software update" to make things work better. You will only be free when you understand this to be an illusion and accept the fact that software is suffering
December 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
You're mad because you expect a "software update" to make things work better. You will only be free when you understand this to be an illusion and accept the fact that software is suffering
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A massive problem today is the uneven distribution of shame. Some of us are running dedicated on-site shame servers 24/7 while others have no access to shame at all, even though they desperately need it. What we need to do is put shame in the cloud
December 6, 2025 at 2:54 AM
A massive problem today is the uneven distribution of shame. Some of us are running dedicated on-site shame servers 24/7 while others have no access to shame at all, even though they desperately need it. What we need to do is put shame in the cloud
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“AI workers said they distrust the models they work on because of a consistent emphasis on rapid turnaround time at the expense of quality.”
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“AI workers said they distrust the models they work on because of a consistent emphasis on rapid turnaround time at the expense of quality.”
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In short, the problem here is not that Signal ‘chose’ to run on AWS. The problem is the concentration of power in the infrastructure space that means there isn’t really another choice: the entire stack, practically speaking, is owned by 3-4 players. 11/
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
In short, the problem here is not that Signal ‘chose’ to run on AWS. The problem is the concentration of power in the infrastructure space that means there isn’t really another choice: the entire stack, practically speaking, is owned by 3-4 players. 11/
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Meaning that infrastructure like AWS is not something that Signal, or almost anyone else, could afford to just “spin up.” Which is why nearly everyone that manages a real-time service–from Signal, to X, to Palantir, to Mastodon–rely at least in part on services provisioned by these companies. 8/
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Meaning that infrastructure like AWS is not something that Signal, or almost anyone else, could afford to just “spin up.” Which is why nearly everyone that manages a real-time service–from Signal, to X, to Palantir, to Mastodon–rely at least in part on services provisioned by these companies. 8/
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If you live in San Francisco, today is a good day to familiarize yourself with the San Francisco Rapid Response Network, which has a 24-hour hotline for reporting ICE raids, actually verifies those raid reports, and does attorney activation: sfilen.org/resources/sf...
SFILEN
San Francisco Immigrant Legal & Education Network
sfilen.org
October 23, 2025 at 4:57 AM
If you live in San Francisco, today is a good day to familiarize yourself with the San Francisco Rapid Response Network, which has a 24-hour hotline for reporting ICE raids, actually verifies those raid reports, and does attorney activation: sfilen.org/resources/sf...
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More than *anything* the people who actually know how technology works, who actually build things, wish that people would treat LLMs like every other technology, and be normal about them. Don't build a religion about them, don't force them on people, don't ignore the problems. Just be normal.
October 17, 2025 at 4:34 AM
More than *anything* the people who actually know how technology works, who actually build things, wish that people would treat LLMs like every other technology, and be normal about them. Don't build a religion about them, don't force them on people, don't ignore the problems. Just be normal.
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EFF is suing the Trump administration over the government's use of social media surveillance targeting legal residents and visa-holders. EFF says the program has the "goal of identifying and punishing those who express viewpoints the government doesn't like."
EFF, unions sue Trump admin. over alleged mass social media surveillance of legal residents | TechCrunch
The lawsuit, filed in federal court, alleges the Trump administration is monitoring and punishing non-citizens who express social media views that the government disfavors.
techcrunch.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
EFF is suing the Trump administration over the government's use of social media surveillance targeting legal residents and visa-holders. EFF says the program has the "goal of identifying and punishing those who express viewpoints the government doesn't like."
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You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't
October 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't
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September 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Oof, the sycophancy problem in LLM's + triggering on any irrelevant details you feed them, recently led a P2 problem call down the wrong pathing for hours.
The chatbot is never going to TELL you to step back and ask if this entire inquiry is irrelevant to larger goal.
This is your moat. It's mine.
The chatbot is never going to TELL you to step back and ask if this entire inquiry is irrelevant to larger goal.
This is your moat. It's mine.
August 29, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Oof, the sycophancy problem in LLM's + triggering on any irrelevant details you feed them, recently led a P2 problem call down the wrong pathing for hours.
The chatbot is never going to TELL you to step back and ask if this entire inquiry is irrelevant to larger goal.
This is your moat. It's mine.
The chatbot is never going to TELL you to step back and ask if this entire inquiry is irrelevant to larger goal.
This is your moat. It's mine.
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I see the issue. When we said we would replace human workers with machines you assumed the machines would work. That's on you
August 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I see the issue. When we said we would replace human workers with machines you assumed the machines would work. That's on you
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People are replying to this with “this is more an idiot problem than a tech problem.”
Counterpoint: technologists KNOW that many humans are idiots, and are thus *morally obligated* to design technological systems in ways that attempt to mitigate this universal problem.
Counterpoint: technologists KNOW that many humans are idiots, and are thus *morally obligated* to design technological systems in ways that attempt to mitigate this universal problem.
AI does appear to be rapidly accelerating human selection of the fittest….
except it’s doing it by straight-up killing people who rely on ChatGPT to plan dangerous trips, not by improving human cognition like the techbros want us to believe:
except it’s doing it by straight-up killing people who rely on ChatGPT to plan dangerous trips, not by improving human cognition like the techbros want us to believe:
Why Are the Italian Alps So Deadly This Summer?
On average, three hikers have died every day throughout the summer in Italy’s high peaks. Experts explain why.
www.outsideonline.com
August 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
People are replying to this with “this is more an idiot problem than a tech problem.”
Counterpoint: technologists KNOW that many humans are idiots, and are thus *morally obligated* to design technological systems in ways that attempt to mitigate this universal problem.
Counterpoint: technologists KNOW that many humans are idiots, and are thus *morally obligated* to design technological systems in ways that attempt to mitigate this universal problem.
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I just don’t want a more ambient, pervasive computer, actually. If anything I would like less computer
Microsoft's Windows lead has teased the future of Windows will be more ambient, pervasive, and multi-modal in the wake of AI, promoting voice as a primary input method for using your PC. www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/wi...
Microsoft's Windows lead says the next version of Windows will be "more ambient, pervasive, and multi-modal" as AI redefines the desktop interface
In a new video, Microsoft CVP and Windows boss Pavan Davuluri has teased that the future of Windows will consist of a truly ambient and multi-modal experience made possible by AI that will redefine…
www.windowscentral.com
August 14, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I just don’t want a more ambient, pervasive computer, actually. If anything I would like less computer
god im gonna bite someone
July 23, 2025 at 5:23 AM
god im gonna bite someone