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
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“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”
Docs in A.I. copyright suit reveal startling admission by Microsoft exec over ‘astonishing theft’
The admission appeared in a newly unredacted filing in the landmark copyright infringement legal battle playing out between newspapers like the Orlando Sentinel and tech companies Microsoft and OpenAI...
www.orlandosentinel.com
September 17, 2026 at 9:17 PM
“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”
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I am amazed that for a few years we had the ability to instantly access information through an almost perfect search engine and the makers of that search engine decided hundreds of billions wasn’t enough profit so they destroyed it
Google is now screwing with the 10 blue links in traditional search and rewriting headlines - including ours - to be the worst kind of slop. This sucks so bad www.theverge.com/tech/896490/...
March 20, 2026 at 3:34 PM
I am amazed that for a few years we had the ability to instantly access information through an almost perfect search engine and the makers of that search engine decided hundreds of billions wasn’t enough profit so they destroyed it
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finally got long videos to work, so here's my masterpiece
August 16, 2026 at 4:10 AM
finally got long videos to work, so here's my masterpiece
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Maybe I'm naive but I kinda don't think the product can survive being widely known as pervert glasses
August 13, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Maybe I'm naive but I kinda don't think the product can survive being widely known as pervert glasses
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You can't predict the turns this sentence takes.
Extreme heat is threatening Italy’s “cheese banks,” where hundreds of thousands of Parmigiano-Reggiano wheels are stored as loan collateral.
fortune.com/2026/08/10/i...
Extreme heat is threatening Italy’s “cheese banks,” where hundreds of thousands of Parmigiano-Reggiano wheels are stored as loan collateral.
fortune.com/2026/08/10/i...
Italy's $4.7 billion cheese economy is feeling the heat as climate change threatens its cheese banks that hold Parmigiano wheels as loan collateral | Fortune
Extreme heat is straining the vaults that hold Parmigiano wheels as loan collateral, and economists say the damage runs wider than the vault
fortune.com
August 10, 2026 at 11:50 PM
You can't predict the turns this sentence takes.
Extreme heat is threatening Italy’s “cheese banks,” where hundreds of thousands of Parmigiano-Reggiano wheels are stored as loan collateral.
fortune.com/2026/08/10/i...
Extreme heat is threatening Italy’s “cheese banks,” where hundreds of thousands of Parmigiano-Reggiano wheels are stored as loan collateral.
fortune.com/2026/08/10/i...
AI slop loving dipshits calling people "boomer", and then going on 10 post tirades is always a sure sign that someone's not suffering from being online too much.
August 10, 2026 at 12:12 AM
AI slop loving dipshits calling people "boomer", and then going on 10 post tirades is always a sure sign that someone's not suffering from being online too much.
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workshopping a new sticker
August 9, 2026 at 1:18 AM
workshopping a new sticker
See what being soft on crime gets you? When you fail to prosecute the criminal element in the US, it spreads. And becomes responsible for countless deaths by shutting down USAID.
Forgot to observe the 8th anniversary of one of the many things that should have ended the career of this menace to humanity.
August 9, 2026 at 2:19 AM
See what being soft on crime gets you? When you fail to prosecute the criminal element in the US, it spreads. And becomes responsible for countless deaths by shutting down USAID.
Because a product that actually improved safety would need to do so in secret, obviously. It's a scam. Always was.
@niedermeyer.online
Double face palm.
Reuters reports: "Pressured by Tesla, European regulators keep 'Full Self-Driving' safety data secret"
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Double face palm.
Reuters reports: "Pressured by Tesla, European regulators keep 'Full Self-Driving' safety data secret"
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
August 6, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Because a product that actually improved safety would need to do so in secret, obviously. It's a scam. Always was.
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Me: surely the designers of this keyboard put the battery in a safe place.
Designers: the battery helps dampen the keys!
Designers: the battery helps dampen the keys!
August 6, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Me: surely the designers of this keyboard put the battery in a safe place.
Designers: the battery helps dampen the keys!
Designers: the battery helps dampen the keys!
These people are perverts and freaks, and we should all just say so.
An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
August 3, 2026 at 3:11 PM
These people are perverts and freaks, and we should all just say so.
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NEW: Two government watchdog groups have demanded an investigation into whether FCC officials violated ethics requirements by accepting luxury gala tickets from Paramount as it sought federal approval for its $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros.
FCC Commissioners Face Ethics Complaints for Taking Luxury Gifts From Paramount
Citing a ProPublica report on Paramount providing luxury Kennedy Center gala tickets to FCC officials, the complaints note that commissioners accepted the gifts while the FCC was reviewing or about to...
www.propublica.org
August 3, 2026 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Two government watchdog groups have demanded an investigation into whether FCC officials violated ethics requirements by accepting luxury gala tickets from Paramount as it sought federal approval for its $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros.
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If you post survey data, news articles, etc. without a link back to the source whenever possible, you are weakening the informational chain of custody and making it harder for other people to confirm that they're seeing accurate information.
This holds even if you're mad at whatever it is.
This holds even if you're mad at whatever it is.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
July 29, 2026 at 10:52 PM
If you post survey data, news articles, etc. without a link back to the source whenever possible, you are weakening the informational chain of custody and making it harder for other people to confirm that they're seeing accurate information.
This holds even if you're mad at whatever it is.
This holds even if you're mad at whatever it is.
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This is framed as a feel-good story, but it should scare the wits out of anybody on the road.
Tesla's deceptive marketing is convincing seniors that the cars drive themselves. In reality, a human must always be ready to intervene.
If someone lacks the ability to do that, they shouldn't be driving!
Tesla's deceptive marketing is convincing seniors that the cars drive themselves. In reality, a human must always be ready to intervene.
If someone lacks the ability to do that, they shouldn't be driving!
Forget rideshare. How seniors are using Teslas for transportation
As Waymo and Tesla robotaxi services promise more rides for more cities, seniors are taking matters into their own hands and self-driving Teslas.
www.detroitnews.com
July 28, 2026 at 11:02 PM
This is framed as a feel-good story, but it should scare the wits out of anybody on the road.
Tesla's deceptive marketing is convincing seniors that the cars drive themselves. In reality, a human must always be ready to intervene.
If someone lacks the ability to do that, they shouldn't be driving!
Tesla's deceptive marketing is convincing seniors that the cars drive themselves. In reality, a human must always be ready to intervene.
If someone lacks the ability to do that, they shouldn't be driving!
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Are Waymo execs trying to cash out once they get to an IPO, leaving investors to clean up the mess?
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nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Rapid Scaling Turns into AV Achilles’ Heel
AV operations aren't scaling because their vehicles have gotten safer. In contrast, scaling is exposing AVs' weaknesses, as evidenced by each recall involving software updates that proved ineffective.
nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com
July 21, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Are Waymo execs trying to cash out once they get to an IPO, leaving investors to clean up the mess?
nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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I started to write a joke about Oedipus and Midas. It was motherfucking gold.
I started to write a joke about Poseidon, but it got waved away
I started writing a joke about Polyphemus, but what if no one laughs?
July 17, 2026 at 7:30 PM
I started to write a joke about Oedipus and Midas. It was motherfucking gold.
This week in "They Actually Play For The Same Side", people that should know better carrying lots of water for the shittiest, most hateful, two-faced politicians. It's good when they put themselves, but not nearly enough people are grossed out by it.
July 13, 2026 at 8:14 AM
This week in "They Actually Play For The Same Side", people that should know better carrying lots of water for the shittiest, most hateful, two-faced politicians. It's good when they put themselves, but not nearly enough people are grossed out by it.
I went to bed after hearing the news, because nothing was going to top that for the rest of the day. And people like to say nothing good happens late at night?
July 12, 2026 at 3:48 PM
I went to bed after hearing the news, because nothing was going to top that for the rest of the day. And people like to say nothing good happens late at night?
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The thing about social media age restrictions is that it treats today’s internet as an inevitability we all just have to deal with. The internet (and the WORLD) wasn’t like this until like four dudes were allowed to own & monetize as much tech real estate as they wanted. Fix THAT problem.
June 30, 2026 at 2:24 AM
The thing about social media age restrictions is that it treats today’s internet as an inevitability we all just have to deal with. The internet (and the WORLD) wasn’t like this until like four dudes were allowed to own & monetize as much tech real estate as they wanted. Fix THAT problem.
I learned something long ago after implementing a corporate internet monitoring tool. Humans forget they're being watched, and we behave our worst when watching. These tools are abused 100% of the time they're deployed, and only creeps want them.
The next time one of these guys has a new idea will be the first time.
Xprize founder says 'humans behave better when they’re being watched' | TechCrunch
Peter Diamandis is the latest tech executive to argue that global surveillance will make the world a better place, following Larry Ellison's comments in 2024.
techcrunch.com
June 27, 2026 at 2:22 PM
I learned something long ago after implementing a corporate internet monitoring tool. Humans forget they're being watched, and we behave our worst when watching. These tools are abused 100% of the time they're deployed, and only creeps want them.
I'm sick to death of people in the tech industry that don't want to know how anything works, don't want an understanding of the tools, environments, and technology they interact with. Fuck off with this "ask AI how to..." bullshit.
June 25, 2026 at 4:35 PM
I'm sick to death of people in the tech industry that don't want to know how anything works, don't want an understanding of the tools, environments, and technology they interact with. Fuck off with this "ask AI how to..." bullshit.
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We wanted to understand why so many young New York City Democrats turned out in last night’s primaries. So we talked to three retired Republicans at a Capital Grill in White Plains
June 25, 2026 at 1:12 AM
We wanted to understand why so many young New York City Democrats turned out in last night’s primaries. So we talked to three retired Republicans at a Capital Grill in White Plains
The most incredible thing to me is that the number of news outlets or journalists I want to follow has decreased dramatically in the past 10 years. Obviously I'm not alone on this.
June 23, 2026 at 3:35 PM
The most incredible thing to me is that the number of news outlets or journalists I want to follow has decreased dramatically in the past 10 years. Obviously I'm not alone on this.