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Atakan Eser
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Techie for life. Co-founder @circleboom.com
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Broke: DOGE is dead

Woke: DOGE was specifically constructed in a way to avoid accountability partially by zombifying the USDS which still exists as an entity

Bespoke: Dead or not, there needs to be a blue ribbon committee and a massive internal cybersecurity review to root out all the damage.
November 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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NEW: ICE has finally released post-shutdown detention data. The latest data reveals that a full 40%(!) of people arrested in the interior and held in ICE detention have no criminal record; no criminal charges or prior convictions. That is up from just 4% when Trump took office.
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This is one of the most wholesome documentations of what is happening with the US immigration system and how the government and people who took an oath to keep the Constitution and laws above everything are failing on all counts and how traumatizing this is in every way.
New York Times Opinion on Instagram: "They came to the U.S. legally. ICE jailed them anyway. Jemmy Jimenez Rosa, Ayman Soliman and Jasmine Mooney share their stories from inside a cruel detention sys...
This video shares the stories of Jemmy Jimenez Rosa, Ayman Soliman and Jasmine Mooney, three individuals who were detained by ICE and the effects it had on their lives, including family separation, me...
www.instagram.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Fuentes had dinner with Trump. All these folks are Christian Nationalists, they all think immigrants should be terrorized, they all preach ”great replacement” conspiracy theory, they all rant about Soros. The ”distinctions“ between them are without difference.
November 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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This is an absolute beast of a piece - 10,000 words, deeply-researched, exhaustively-explained - but I think it will end up being one of my most consequential works.
Premium newsletter: Meta, Google, Amazon and Microsoft need $2 Trillion in AI revenue by 2030 or they've wasted their capex. The massive cost of building data centers and constant decay in value of expensive-to-run GPUs may make AI profits impossible to achieve.
www.wheresyoured.at/big-tech-2tr/
Big Tech Needs $2 Trillion In AI Revenue By 2030 or They Wasted Their Capex
As I've established again and again, we are in an AI bubble, and no, I cannot tell you when the bubble will pop, because we're in the stupidest financial era since the great financial crisis — though,...
www.wheresyoured.at
October 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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new blog post: From passwords to passkeys ssg.dev/from-passwor...
From passwords to passkeys
A partially accurate historical account on how we finally arrived at passkeys as the ultimate solution to accessible and secure authentication from simple passwords.
ssg.dev
October 9, 2025 at 12:13 AM
It is painful to watch Sam Altman at OpenAI DevDays with his monotonous speech and robotic movements. I remember watching product launch events with joy. Speakers were alive and keeping the audience engaged. Today, almost every event goes boring, including Apple's.
October 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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I FOIA'd the FTC for consumer complaints about crypto scammers who pretend to be Elon Musk.

People are cashing out their retirement accounts and losing ridiculous sums of money.
Elon Musk Fans Are Still Losing Ridiculous Amounts of Money to Crypto Scams
gizmodo.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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So cool they discovered the cause of autism on basically day they guessed they would. I’m also glad they are withholding this information for a few days to prep for a WrestleMania-style announcement. This is how science works.
September 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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If you refuse to do so, you are probably not a true professional, but opted to be either a hobbyist or someone who voluntarily retired from the profession, or plans to retire real soon.

Both are fine - but don't be surprised if those looking for true professionals pass over you.
September 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Someone asked me about my advice to devs for "traditional software engineers" who resist change.

My advice:

Being a true tech professional means you keep your toolset sharp, and up-to-date. If you refuse to do so, you are probably not a true professional, but (cont'd)
September 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"All Hail the Technocracy"

@Wired hits the nail on the head with their latest politics issue. https://www.wired.com/politics-issue/

In short; The US is nose-diving into the abyss, much like what we've seen happen in other countries with autocratic regimes and their wannabe kings.
September 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Have been tagged in to provide the reminder about traumatic video because of the Charlie Kirk shooting video going around!

1. Settings -> Content & Media, turn off "autoplay video"
2. Keep your device sound off while browsing so an accidental activation won't include the sound
September 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Apple needs a leader to kick the whole company out of “lack of creativity syndrome.”
Base iPhone 17 Pro to Cost $200 More But With Doubled Storage
Base iPhone 17 Pro to Cost $200 More But With Doubled Storage
Apple will maintain its entry-level pricing for the standard iPhone 17 this year, but the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max are set to get price hikes, albeit with a minimum storage boost for the iPhone 17 Pro model, according to TrendForce. The market research company expects the regular iPhone 17 model to have the same $799 starting price and 128GB base storage as last year's iPhone 16, while both the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max will come with 256GB base storage options and increases of $50-$100 per comparable capacity. The full iPhone 17 lineup pricing could break down like so: Model 128GB 256GB 512GB 1TB iPhone 17 $799 $899 $1,099 — iPhone 17 Air — $1,099 $1,299 $1,499 iPhone 17 Pro — $1,199 $1,399 $1,599 iPhone 17 Pro Max — $1,299 $1,499 $1,699 According to TrendForce's figures, starting at $1,199, the cheapest iPhone 17 Pro will be $200 more than the cheapest iPhone 16 Pro, but with 256GB instead of 128GB. Customers who want a 512GB or 1TB Pro model will also have to pay $100 more than the comparable capacity last year. Meanwhile, a maxed-out 1TB iPhone 17 Pro Max will cost $1,699, up from $1,599. Currently, the iPhone 16 Pro starts at $999 with 128GB storage, while the iPhone 16 Pro Max already begins at 256GB for $1,199. Both Pro models are also offered with a maximum 1TB of storage. The iPhone 16 Plus – which the all-new ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air replaces – starts at $899 with 128GB storage. Before the launch of the iPhone 15 series in 2023, there were rumors that the iPhone 15 Pro Max would drop the 128GB tier and start at $1,199, up from $1,099 for the iPhone 14 Pro Max. The rumor proved accurate, although Apple eliminated the lower storage option, effectively raising the entry price. Apple appears to be following a similar strategy for the iPhone 17 Air and Pro models, but with a more significant price hike for customers looking for the cheapest Pro model. Apple is expected to unveil the full iPhone 17 lineup next week on Tuesday, September 9 at its "Awe dropping" event. Both the MacRumors site and our X (Twitter) account are excellent ways to discuss the new announcements with other Apple enthusiasts as Apple unveils its new products. Later in the day and throughout the week, we'll also have much more in-depth coverage of all of Apple's announcements, so make sure to stay tuned.Related Roundup: iPhone 17 ProTag: TrendForceRelated Forum: iPhone This article, "Base iPhone 17 Pro to Cost $200 More But With Doubled Storage" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
www.macrumors.com
September 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Congratulations @johnonolan.bsky.social . It amazes me to see how a non-profit is beating big for-profit companies and giving it all back to the community while continuing to invest in the product for greater good. Big props to the Ghost team! 🏆
We've now generated over $136M from free, open source software with @ghost.org 📈

$36M in revenue from managed hosting
$100M in platform revenue for indie publishers

The ecosystem is growing really quickly at this point, and really excited about where things are heading next:
August 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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The S in MCP stands for security
August 2, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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The largest volcano in the Solar System, Olympus Mons.

And crossing in front of it, one of the smallest moons, Phobos.

Photographed from Mars orbit.

Credit: Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/Andrea Luck (@andrealuck.bsky.social) CC BY
July 19, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Anthropic launches financespecific Claude with builtin data connectors higher limits and prompt libraries
Anthropic launches finance-specific Claude with built-in data connectors, higher limits and prompt libraries
Anthropic is unveiling a financial sector-specific Claude version that will tackle data connectors and added rate limits for analysts.
venturebeat.com
July 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Billionaires are convinced AI is on the verge of making new scientific discoveries because they don't understand how AI chatbots work.
Billionaires Convince Themselves AI Is Close to Making New Scientific Discoveries
gizmodo.com
July 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
A recent study found that experienced developers using AI coding tools on mature projects experienced a 19% decrease in productivity, contrary to their 20% increase estimate.

In AI; Perception beats reality. An interesting read;

https://open.substack.com/pub/amistrongeryet/p/ai-coding-slowdown
July 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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ChatGPT’s 300+ million users submit over 1 billion messages to its chatbots per day, often for personal purposes. Their privacy shouldn’t be put at risk. But a recent court order does just that.
Copyright Cases Should Not Threaten Chatbot Users’ Privacy
Like users of all technologies, ChatGPT users deserve the right to delete their personal data. Nineteen U.S. States, the European Union, and a host of other countries already protect users’ right to d...
www.eff.org
June 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM