I’ve been in IT for the better part of 30 years and the greatest tool ever invented for finding fiber optic cables is called “the Backhoe”
Just so happens that there a quite a few rural communities that already have the tools necessary to deal with data centers poisoning the air and using up all the water. 🤷🏾♂️
Some gigs are just sink or swim https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/08/royal-caribbean-cruise-ship-pianist-rescue
Every woman feels "the call of the ants" now and then, you know?
software supply chain security is important, but have we considered software supply chain human rights
The Four Freedoms have always been DJ-ing, MC-ing, B-Boying and Graffiti I have no idea wtf you lot are on about
I've often suspected that auto-complete was used as a subtle/shadow form of semi-censorship, and now comes evidence from the auto-complete function on the Apple iPhone that confirms exactly that suspicion... anyone who thinks this issue is limited to Apple, has not been paying attention to the politics & behaviour of Big Tech.
Some marvellous anagrams of Oblique Strategies by Noah Wall
#paperposts #anagrams
https://www.paperposts.me/oblique-strategies/
RE: https://social.epfl.ch/@EPFL/117558151949046847
Congratulations, Dr. Seltzer!
Good update on the Mississipi U.S. Senate race and what might come next. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/mississippi-has-no-recount-law-heres-how-a-battle-over-its-senate-nail-biter-might-play-out/
RE: https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3/post/3mzirmw6osk22
I want (and will work towards) a government with more people in it who have life histories like this.
Despite my deep skepticism that one good election will halt the advance of fascism, there is something delightful about the idea that a lot of people may be about to learn the word _dummymander_.
If capital loses on the battleground of politics, it will try to shift the action to the field of macroeconomics.
I expect a debt crisis soon.
A lot of horrible people lost some of their power to hurt others today. ¡Salud! To everyone who made that happen
No amnesty.
Ditch the filibuster immediately.
After the reporting on Proton CEO Andy Yen pushing AI on workers and broader issues at the company last week, Proton employees are pushing for their colleagues to unionize and make sure Yen is held to account.
More info here: https://molecule.build
vote for richard barrera as state superintendent. his opponent is a transphobe
RE: https://kolektiva.social/@MikeDunnAuthor/117553193380428718
1979.
Capitalism has never been the result of freely made transactions between equals. It was imposed by force, and the violence is ongoing.
Quietly waiting for more companies to discover that "AI-free environment" is the magic phrase that will attract the smartest, most dedicated experts in the world to come work for you. We don't often get magic phrases with zero downsides but we've got one right now and you can just, you know, use it
the idea that hallucinations are a little glitch we're juuuust about to work out is one of the most fundamental and maddening obfuscations of this entire bubble. it has been 9 years since attention is all you need, 6 since RAG, and 4 since chatgpt. we have blown more wealth on this technology than arguably any major project in the history of civilization. is "reliable pizza ordering" coming at 10 trillion parameters? maybe another $500,000,000,000 will do it