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mford.bsky.social
Ezra Klein asked Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about AI making kids worse at math and reading. Huang’s reply: “Does it matter?”

Then he said he doesn’t know his own address or phone number. “We’re going to lose some fine intellectual dexterity.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o...
So the message of this research out of China, where you were seeing a lot of kids using A.I. to help them, was that when they were using the A.I., they were getting things done faster. But it turned out that the skills they were learning were not holding, that their actual personal performance, at least in the way we traditionally measure it, was degrading. What do you think when you hear that? The last part — I completely agree. Try to get a kid to do long division right now. The multiplication table is starting to be forgotten. Doing square roots, my goodness. Basic math is being forgotten. Does it matter? That’s my question for you. Yeah. I don’t think it does. I don’t think it does. But there must be some set of skills that matter. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. But maybe not those. We’re going to discover new ones. Just maybe not those. There are a lot of skills that don’t matter. My first confession, I actually don’t know my address. And I —— I don’t really believe that to be true. It’s completely true. Janine will tell you and Lori will tell you. One day I had to pump gas — it was a few years ago. They needed my ZIP code, and I panicked. I didn’t know my ZIP code. I don’t know my telephone number. I forget these things. I can live with it. But let me take the other side because I don’t want to fall into a thing where, because some skills can be safely offloaded —— Yeah. I also can’t get anywhere without a mapping system now. Never could, frankly. But I’m a big reader. And one of the skills I really value, one of the capacities I have that I really value is an attention span formed on physical books. You’re a big reader. I’ve read about the kind of reading you do. And there is, prior to A.I., a lot of concern and noticing among college professors and others that the way people use the internet has probably shortened attention spans. Some skills can be safely given away. Others are valuable. They are capacities that are needed for that flexibility, for that creative thinking, for that focus. It can’t be the case that everything can be traded off. Some skills can be safely given away. Others are valuable. They are capacities that are needed for that flexibility, for that creative thinking, for that focus. It can’t be the case that everything can be traded off. Yeah. Well, I think that we’re going to lose some finer intellectual dexterity, but we’re going to be better systems thinkers. Today’s engineers are far better systems thinkers than I was when I graduated from school. But I was a much better transistor thinker. What do you mean by systems thinker? They think of large systems. Today’s computers have trillions, hundreds of trillions of transistors in them. When I first graduated from school, the first chip I worked on had 200 transistors. I knew every one of them by name. No engineer does that today. Most engineers now work well above the transistor, well above the functionality, and they’re cobbling things together to do things. So you need to think much more about systems and interactions of systems. So some of the lower-level knowledge is gone.
September 24, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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alfiekohn.bsky.social
"I don't know how much longer I'll be able to continue making a fortune by voluntarily staying at a company that is barreling full-speed ahead with something most of us believe will have catastrophic consequences."
September 22, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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eff.org
When you talk to an AI, you are talking to the company hosting the AI, EFF’s @falsemirror.masto.nyc.ap.brid.gy told @WIRED.com. “These chat windows—that we’re used to being connections between us and another person—are really just us directly putting information into Meta servers about ourselves.”
Meta's Muse Is Better at Surveilling Than Helping Me
The Muse app continues Meta’s trend of opting users into data collection for AI training. It also nudges you to share your bank account, email, and passport information.
www.wired.com
September 21, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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jrosenbaum.com.au
I don't know how to get through to most people that we are closer to being homeless than we are to being billionaires. Everyone becomes disabled at some point therefore disability is an everyone issue.
tylerfromtheinternet.com Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · Jun 21
if you disagree that nobody chooses to be destitute or homeless or disabled or in need of help, idk what to tell you, you're a bad person. I know it's corny to beg for kindness and compassion, but Jesus Christ it's sort of all we have. stop tearing needy people down. you will inevitably be one.
June 22, 2026 at 12:55 AM
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schwarz.bsky.social
The NYT Alan Greenspan obituary says he oversaw "a period of immense wealth creation." In reality, his time at the Fed from 1987-2006 was a period of average GDP growth — BUT the growth that there was flooded to America's richest people, making them think it was a period of immense wealth creation.
June 22, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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crimethinc.com
One of the 15 defendants in Minnesota indicted on "Antifa" charges for allegedly standing up to ICE is simply accused of writing an article we published about the murder of Renee Good.

The author describes an ICE agent shooting a pepper ball at his eye, point-blank.

You can read the article here:
June 22, 2026 at 5:41 PM
devious.computer
The stigma certainly isn't fading in my social circles. And I'm happy to remind anyone who has forgotten how shameful these things are to actually buy and wear.
June 18, 2026 at 5:26 PM
devious.computer
Disgusting behavior.
mattburgess1.bsky.social Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · Jun 3
NEW: Elon Musk’s xAI is trying to force four people suing it over sexual deepfake images created with Grok to drop their public anonymity.

The company asked a judge to overturn a ruling allowing the use of pseudonyms.

One person was allegedly depicted as a child in the images, the lawsuit says
xAI Asks Court to Strip Alleged Grok Deepfake Nudes Victims of Anonymity
Four people suing Elon Musk's AI firm under pseudonyms due to the risks of being identified may face a difficult choice: Reveal your real names, or drop the lawsuit.
www.wired.com
June 4, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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attrition.org
InfoSec News (ISN) Mail List History

As early as 1996, I created a mail list called InfoSec News (ISN) which initially was to share news about the industry. At the time, there were no online news sites covering the topic with any regularity and most were hobbies at best. So the original list had…
InfoSec News (ISN) Mail List History
As early as 1996, I created a mail list called InfoSec News (ISN) which initially was to share news about the industry. At the time, there were no online news sites covering the topic with any regularity and most were hobbies at best. So the original list had many articles that I had typed in by hand from print InfoSec magazines.
jericho.blog
April 30, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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cjtrowbridge.com
Use old cell phones as AI servers
April 8, 2026 at 12:58 PM
devious.computer
Maybe just stop using dating apps? Get out of the house. Do something you enjoy. Meet other people who share your interests. Make friends. Maybe wind up dating one of them. Who knows? Couldn't be worse than sitting at home, swiping on your phone.
404media.co 404 Media @404media.co · Mar 19
In a feature the dating app says is set to roll out in the U.S. later this spring, Tinder plans to access users' camera rolls to pick photos and determine what they're into.
Tinder Plans to Let AI Scan Your Camera Roll
In a feature the dating app says is set to roll out in the U.S. later this spring, Tinder plans to access users' camera rolls to pick photos and determine what they're into.
www.404media.co
March 19, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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larry-macdougall.bsky.social
Armoured Mice take down a Carrion Range Trawler in the snow. Work continues on third Gwelf book, The Haunted Garden. More soon. Tally Ho!
March 18, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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elitenikita.bsky.social
I didn’t spend the last 22.5 years of my life in the hacker community, organizing the world’s most complicated hacker convention, because I wanted things to stay the same.

Don’t be a little bitch, DISOBEY.
Picture of awesome high school boy who punched a pro-ice antagonist in the face. He’s drawing this fist back to punch, the Text says “OKAY”. Context: he was told “you’ll get in trouble” after he said “i’m gonna punch you in the face”, spoiler alert he punched that douche canoe anyway.
February 20, 2026 at 7:48 PM
devious.computer
Hanging at Hacker Feud @ WWHF
February 13, 2026 at 2:04 AM
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billcorbett.bsky.social
People not in Minnesota: please read this excellent summary of what life is like in Minneapolis since the murderous scum ICE swarmed here. And more are on their way. By local reporter / writer / bike dude / legend @dbrauer.net .
Text: “A friend said those of us who live in Minneapolis should write about what's going on here for folks who live elsewhere. You need to know that whether you're a Republican, Independent or Democrat, the Constitution is being violated by our federal government. This is not about catching criminals, or even deporting people. It is about punishing an entire state, including citizens, for not supporting the president. Everyone in my part of Minneapolis is affected. On our streets, ICE is stopping people of color and demanding their papers. In America. US citizens do not have to prove citizenship to ICE. Yet people are being intimidated, some cases beaten up and detained, for requiring ICE to follow the law. ICE needs a judicial warrant to enter homes. Yet there are documented cases of them ignoring the law - violating a bedrock constitutional principle. Americans of color are staying home, afraid to go to work, school, to grocery shop, or fill their cars with gas. This isn't just "illegals" or immigrants with valid work permits, it is citizens who have had their cars rammed by ICE for merely looking Hispanic. Businesses are closing. Schools are 50 percent full. When they are open, fascists are calling in bomb threats because the president decided to make us a meme. After a daycare teacher with a valid work permit (through 2030) was snatched from her workplace, parents (and grandparents) have had to organize to watch their SCHOOLS, to make sure conditional rights are observed. This is being repeated throughout Minnesota. Imagine trying to do your job or live you life while also taking volunteer shifts to make sure the federal government doesn't act extrajudicially. Because of ICE's documented abuses, neighbors have organized to monitor federal actions. This observation is legal, as long as it doesn't interfere with a valid action. Yet since ICE killed Renee Good, they are increasingly stopping this observation, breaking car windows and …”
January 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
devious.computer
Yeah, so... The epilogue of my trip is... After @defcon.bsky.social I came back to Denver and I've been here ever since. I'm still looking for work, but I'm doing my damnedest to stay in the 303 for the long term.
December 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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titsay.bsky.social
i am meant to love
August 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
devious.computer
I made it to Denver Thursday evening, meet up with friends, and has a great time. Yesterday, a friend and I went to an animal sanctuary. Today, I’m resting. Then, I get on the road to Vegas with a caravan of friends.
August 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
devious.computer
I left Reno last night. I’ve been on this bus for the last 21 hours through Salt Lake City and Cheyenne on my way to Denver. I’m almost there.
July 31, 2025 at 11:01 PM
devious.computer
I got into Reno a few hours ago. Since I have a several hours long layover here, I went to the National Automobile Museum. They have a great collection of cars. Including some vehicles that belonged to Ed “Big Daddy” Roth, creator of Rat Fink.
July 31, 2025 at 1:03 AM
devious.computer
I’ve got a layover in Reno for a few hours. Any suggestions on where to eat or a patio I can sit on for a while?
July 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
devious.computer
I’m currently boarding a Greyhound bus to head to #HackerSummerCamp. I’ll be staying in Denver Thursday to Saturday before heading on to Vegas. If anyone wants hang out in either city, let me know. @defcon.bsky.social @bsideslv.org
July 29, 2025 at 9:58 PM
devious.computer
I will be at hacker summer camp this year, attending @bsideslv.org and @defcon.bsky.social. Anyone wanna hang out?
July 20, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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artbyemilydare.bsky.social
Asexual Possum 🖤🩶🤍💜
June 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM