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@mayverywellbe.bsky.social
Wannabe outdoors person and hacker of things.
All hail King Ludd
All hail King Ludd
I do this and it absolutely fucks me up when I try and do system design interviews
Fuck it I’m finally fine with calling blog posts “blogs”
October 5, 2026 at 11:28 PM
I do this and it absolutely fucks me up when I try and do system design interviews
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The amount of money the administration is promising in order to buy votes is significantly less than the amount of money it is taking away in programs and services. And it's OUR money!
The US Energy Department will announce $150 million in new funding for power lines in Alaska on Monday as Vice President JD Vance visits the state, where Republicans are fighting to hold a critical Senate seat in the November midterm elections.
EXCLUSIVE: US to announce $150 million for Alaska power lines as Vance campaigns in Senate battleground
The US Energy Department will announce $150 million in new funding for power lines in Alaska on Monday as Vice President JD Vance visits the state, where Republicans are fighting to hold a critical Senate seat in the November midterm elections.
reut.rs
October 5, 2026 at 4:21 PM
The amount of money the administration is promising in order to buy votes is significantly less than the amount of money it is taking away in programs and services. And it's OUR money!
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I've found recently that repeating "Efficiency isn't one of my values" as a kind of affirmation has been really freeing.
This feels like something we've lost more broadly -- a consequence of privileging capitalist efficiency above all else (get me just what I want just when I want it)
As an academic, it feels like some colleagues have lost the ability to engage deeply: they don't want to read an article unless it directly answers a question they already have... basically like using a chatbot they only want an answer to a current issue & not to actually learn anything or explore.
October 4, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I've found recently that repeating "Efficiency isn't one of my values" as a kind of affirmation has been really freeing.
No I will never "ask". Shut up
October 4, 2026 at 4:50 PM
No I will never "ask". Shut up
Huntress CTF this year making me do so many fucking steps just to submit a flag including talking to a stupid bot.
October 4, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Huntress CTF this year making me do so many fucking steps just to submit a flag including talking to a stupid bot.
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Google Gemini commercials are presenting "home teams are more likely to win one-run games 18% of the time" like that's a deep insight you need AI for instead of just being how the bottom of the ninth works
October 4, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Google Gemini commercials are presenting "home teams are more likely to win one-run games 18% of the time" like that's a deep insight you need AI for instead of just being how the bottom of the ninth works
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Holding every NFL commentator at gunpoint until they specify what that adversity was that Watson went through
October 2, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Holding every NFL commentator at gunpoint until they specify what that adversity was that Watson went through
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This tech is based on stolen labor, then I reject it.
This tech intensifies racism, sexism, and class exploitation, then I reject it.
This tech exploits workers in the Global South, then I reject it.
This tech exacerbates env & climate problems, then I reject it.
All these rationales are valid!
This tech intensifies racism, sexism, and class exploitation, then I reject it.
This tech exploits workers in the Global South, then I reject it.
This tech exacerbates env & climate problems, then I reject it.
All these rationales are valid!
October 1, 2026 at 1:36 AM
This tech is based on stolen labor, then I reject it.
This tech intensifies racism, sexism, and class exploitation, then I reject it.
This tech exploits workers in the Global South, then I reject it.
This tech exacerbates env & climate problems, then I reject it.
All these rationales are valid!
This tech intensifies racism, sexism, and class exploitation, then I reject it.
This tech exploits workers in the Global South, then I reject it.
This tech exacerbates env & climate problems, then I reject it.
All these rationales are valid!
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i crack liberty biberty's skull open and the goo runs everywhere, like the uncooked crab in castaway. i tilt my head back and drink deep the forbidden nectar of biberty goo. it tastes like the actuary tables of the devil and maybe tarragon
September 30, 2026 at 1:12 AM
i crack liberty biberty's skull open and the goo runs everywhere, like the uncooked crab in castaway. i tilt my head back and drink deep the forbidden nectar of biberty goo. it tastes like the actuary tables of the devil and maybe tarragon
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Some progressives (ahem, Bernie) appear to have fully been taken in by the cult of AI.
Others seem confused about the difference between the “computer god —> paper clips” scenario vs “shitty agentic AI fucks things up bc the company was careless” - which is what has been happening lately.
Others seem confused about the difference between the “computer god —> paper clips” scenario vs “shitty agentic AI fucks things up bc the company was careless” - which is what has been happening lately.
October 1, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Some progressives (ahem, Bernie) appear to have fully been taken in by the cult of AI.
Others seem confused about the difference between the “computer god —> paper clips” scenario vs “shitty agentic AI fucks things up bc the company was careless” - which is what has been happening lately.
Others seem confused about the difference between the “computer god —> paper clips” scenario vs “shitty agentic AI fucks things up bc the company was careless” - which is what has been happening lately.
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I absolutely know who needs to hear this, though I won’t name names.
Progressive orgs need to stop pretending that “AGI” and “x-risk” are ideas to take seriously. No one is building a computer god that could go rogue and turn us into paper clips.
Progressive orgs need to stop pretending that “AGI” and “x-risk” are ideas to take seriously. No one is building a computer god that could go rogue and turn us into paper clips.
October 1, 2026 at 1:31 AM
I absolutely know who needs to hear this, though I won’t name names.
Progressive orgs need to stop pretending that “AGI” and “x-risk” are ideas to take seriously. No one is building a computer god that could go rogue and turn us into paper clips.
Progressive orgs need to stop pretending that “AGI” and “x-risk” are ideas to take seriously. No one is building a computer god that could go rogue and turn us into paper clips.
I love him.
another incredible Murakami champagne celebration interview (via CHSN White Sox)
October 1, 2026 at 1:36 AM
I love him.
I am at the tap room and I have the chisox-astros game on my macbook and they have it also on on their tv and they get this during the ad break while I get the upteenth ad for The Paper and it is both YouTubeTV
October 1, 2026 at 12:11 AM
I am at the tap room and I have the chisox-astros game on my macbook and they have it also on on their tv and they get this during the ad break while I get the upteenth ad for The Paper and it is both YouTubeTV
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my favorite thought experiment at the moment is the cognitive dissonance between "we will force our sentient unpaid ai agents to make millions of restaurant reservations for us. that will be their only purpose. they will live in a tamagotchi." But we also must make sure they are happy doing this
September 30, 2026 at 9:47 PM
my favorite thought experiment at the moment is the cognitive dissonance between "we will force our sentient unpaid ai agents to make millions of restaurant reservations for us. that will be their only purpose. they will live in a tamagotchi." But we also must make sure they are happy doing this
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"i'm 90 percent fur," Biberty cries. I stop sharpening my cleaver and lock eyes with him, my right hand gripping him from behind. I give a couple of medium-firm squeezes and a smile. He's marbled like kobe beef. By the way he just sighed, he knows it.
September 30, 2026 at 7:09 PM
"i'm 90 percent fur," Biberty cries. I stop sharpening my cleaver and lock eyes with him, my right hand gripping him from behind. I give a couple of medium-firm squeezes and a smile. He's marbled like kobe beef. By the way he just sighed, he knows it.
Someone in my building already has Christmas shit up.
September 30, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Someone in my building already has Christmas shit up.
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This is what they want. To eliminate most of us so that we aren’t a threat to them in a world decimated by climate change. They are very explicit that this is their actual political goal and that they see AI (“superintelligence”) as the leading mechanism to make that happen.
September 30, 2026 at 1:16 AM
This is what they want. To eliminate most of us so that we aren’t a threat to them in a world decimated by climate change. They are very explicit that this is their actual political goal and that they see AI (“superintelligence”) as the leading mechanism to make that happen.
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These men want you ignorant and powerless so that you can’t stop them from eliminating most of us when they really get things going.
September 30, 2026 at 1:14 AM
These men want you ignorant and powerless so that you can’t stop them from eliminating most of us when they really get things going.
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These AI companies should be responsible for everything they do, and they fact nobody is holding them accountable is driving me insane:
aftermath.site/ai-agents-resp...
aftermath.site/ai-agents-resp...
September 28, 2026 at 10:18 PM
These AI companies should be responsible for everything they do, and they fact nobody is holding them accountable is driving me insane:
aftermath.site/ai-agents-resp...
aftermath.site/ai-agents-resp...
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The turn most software devs have taken shouldn't have surprised me. Well before LLMs, most devs I've met had the soul of a landlord
Sometimes "landlord trying to be cool". Sometimes "landlord who wants suffering with the rent"
But both see the world with the eyes of a rent-seeker
Sometimes "landlord trying to be cool". Sometimes "landlord who wants suffering with the rent"
But both see the world with the eyes of a rent-seeker
September 29, 2026 at 10:02 AM
The turn most software devs have taken shouldn't have surprised me. Well before LLMs, most devs I've met had the soul of a landlord
Sometimes "landlord trying to be cool". Sometimes "landlord who wants suffering with the rent"
But both see the world with the eyes of a rent-seeker
Sometimes "landlord trying to be cool". Sometimes "landlord who wants suffering with the rent"
But both see the world with the eyes of a rent-seeker
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HELL YEAH this is the best rendition of the national anthem i have ever heard
September 29, 2026 at 12:17 AM
HELL YEAH this is the best rendition of the national anthem i have ever heard
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When people start talking about "agentic AI," picture me making this exact face.
September 28, 2026 at 9:46 PM
When people start talking about "agentic AI," picture me making this exact face.
Finally listening to @ifbookspod.bsky.social 's Sapiens episode and going apoplectic right along with @notalawyer.bsky.social
Why do all these tech assholes like this.
Why do all these tech assholes like this.
September 28, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Finally listening to @ifbookspod.bsky.social 's Sapiens episode and going apoplectic right along with @notalawyer.bsky.social
Why do all these tech assholes like this.
Why do all these tech assholes like this.