Barky
@barky.bsky.social
I enjoy insightful critique. I try to compete in fighting games. Bachelors ISE, MA Philosophy. I work in drug research software. I've had a weird work trajectory.
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I reported a few months ago that in August Microsoft had only 8 million active paying users of Microsoft 365 Copilot. So tired of his company! Wow you’re gonna have 220 million paying subscribers, crazy, are you going to conjure a genie too? How about a dragon? Fantastical bullshit
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I reported a few months ago that in August Microsoft had only 8 million active paying users of Microsoft 365 Copilot. So tired of his company! Wow you’re gonna have 220 million paying subscribers, crazy, are you going to conjure a genie too? How about a dragon? Fantastical bullshit
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ME: [extremely burnt out] I need to take the day off to relax
ALSO ME: I wonder if there is a way that I could relax that would be more productive
ALSO ME: I wonder if there is a way that I could relax that would be more productive
December 13, 2024 at 9:11 PM
ME: [extremely burnt out] I need to take the day off to relax
ALSO ME: I wonder if there is a way that I could relax that would be more productive
ALSO ME: I wonder if there is a way that I could relax that would be more productive
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Basically how I've been internalizing it lol
September 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Basically how I've been internalizing it lol
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I was told asking people to wear masks was the most intolerable tyranny. But militarizing cities to use the U.S. military against American civilians "with full force," and saying our cities should be "training grounds" for the U.S. Military. All good, huh? www.axios.com/2025/09/30/t...
Trump offers "dangerous" U.S. cities as military "training grounds"
He told military leaders "we have to handle" the so-called "enemy from within."
www.axios.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I was told asking people to wear masks was the most intolerable tyranny. But militarizing cities to use the U.S. military against American civilians "with full force," and saying our cities should be "training grounds" for the U.S. Military. All good, huh? www.axios.com/2025/09/30/t...
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Elizabeth Holmes posting success memes about lifting in prison is about as close to an actual pale horse in history.
September 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Elizabeth Holmes posting success memes about lifting in prison is about as close to an actual pale horse in history.
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i really want us, collectively, to understand that chat format LLMs cannot assess their own behavior. if you ask it what it did, it will construct a likely response to your query and that is all.
"why did you do this" is projection. even accusing them of "lying" is projection.
"why did you do this" is projection. even accusing them of "lying" is projection.
AI-assistant caused DATA LOSS, destroyed projects, user files and a production database: issued faulty commands, overwriting data; another ignored freeze directives, fabricated test data, and dropped a live database. anuraag2601.github.io/gemini_cli_d... www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/r...
July 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
i really want us, collectively, to understand that chat format LLMs cannot assess their own behavior. if you ask it what it did, it will construct a likely response to your query and that is all.
"why did you do this" is projection. even accusing them of "lying" is projection.
"why did you do this" is projection. even accusing them of "lying" is projection.
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"The problem with AI isn't that it can do your job. It can't. The problem with AI is that your MBA-brained boss's boss doesn't know how your job works and thinks AI can do your job at fractions of a penny on the dollar, and hears the siren song of 'maximize shareholder value'."
MBA-brain is real.
MBA-brain is real.
July 3, 2025 at 6:57 AM
"The problem with AI isn't that it can do your job. It can't. The problem with AI is that your MBA-brained boss's boss doesn't know how your job works and thinks AI can do your job at fractions of a penny on the dollar, and hears the siren song of 'maximize shareholder value'."
MBA-brain is real.
MBA-brain is real.
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you have got to be kidding me
July 13, 2025 at 2:09 AM
you have got to be kidding me
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FFC review: SUPERMAN (2025), by Walter Chaw (@mangiotto.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2025/07/supe...
Superman (2025) - FILM FREAK CENTRAL
****/****starring David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult, Edi Gathegiwritten and directed by James Gunn by Walter Chaw I’m in the bag for Superman, I admit it. I grew up in a small town, Go...
filmfreakcentral.net
July 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
FFC review: SUPERMAN (2025), by Walter Chaw (@mangiotto.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2025/07/supe...
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![dril tweet that originally said
(accidentaly fires entire ar15 magazine into my foot & leg with 100% accuracy rate) alright. thats fine. heres what i think happened, [1/82]
now edited to read
(am very racist in the newspaper adn everyone notices and gets
mad at me ) alright. thats fine. heres what i think happened, [1/82]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:c23ebk76cyagxpocpr3zfvpe/bafkreihmdtzx5rmg3vkl6aoospykvdyjghyhwkarduclpagr7ltancqa34@jpeg)
"You say you only used AI for placeholder text, but in that text was a response from the AI saying 'here's a revised version'. Here's what I don't understand - why revise placeholder text? You see my problem? It just doesn't make sense to me. Why revise something nobody was meant to see, unless..."
July 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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I can't tell if it's because I'm too NYC focused but does it feel like the news cycle spent more time crashing out on the fact that NYC picked a brown Muslim dude as is primary candidate then it did on a right wing extremist who shot 2 Minnesota legislators killing one, her husband and dog?
June 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I can't tell if it's because I'm too NYC focused but does it feel like the news cycle spent more time crashing out on the fact that NYC picked a brown Muslim dude as is primary candidate then it did on a right wing extremist who shot 2 Minnesota legislators killing one, her husband and dog?
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again the problem is functional markets require competent and skilled federal government oversight, but that runs in stark contrast to the interests of corrupt oligarchs, consolidated industry, and libertarian delusion, so instead you get this sort of bizarre theater (propped up by lazy journalists)
June 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
again the problem is functional markets require competent and skilled federal government oversight, but that runs in stark contrast to the interests of corrupt oligarchs, consolidated industry, and libertarian delusion, so instead you get this sort of bizarre theater (propped up by lazy journalists)
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yes it’s a big mystery why people who think empathy is evil don’t become therapists
The idea that conservative ideology should be equally represented in everything is ironically a very liberal idea
June 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
yes it’s a big mystery why people who think empathy is evil don’t become therapists
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It is really really sinking in for me the degree to which LLMs are the ultimate expression of right wing anti-intellectualism. Its proponents are literally mocking the idea that anyone would ever want to learn anything, know anything, develop any actual skill, or have a thought of their own.
June 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
It is really really sinking in for me the degree to which LLMs are the ultimate expression of right wing anti-intellectualism. Its proponents are literally mocking the idea that anyone would ever want to learn anything, know anything, develop any actual skill, or have a thought of their own.
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Liberals fear that if people act unruly, Trump will be able to impose totalitarian control.
That gets things backwards. Trump is already imposing totalitarian control. That's what is driving people into the streets.
It's too late to avoid this fight.
We can be passive and lose—or give it our all.
That gets things backwards. Trump is already imposing totalitarian control. That's what is driving people into the streets.
It's too late to avoid this fight.
We can be passive and lose—or give it our all.
It's Safer in the Front
Faced with intensifying repression and state violence, there is an understandable inclination to seek safety by avoiding confrontation. But this is not always the most effective strategy.
crimethinc.com
June 9, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Liberals fear that if people act unruly, Trump will be able to impose totalitarian control.
That gets things backwards. Trump is already imposing totalitarian control. That's what is driving people into the streets.
It's too late to avoid this fight.
We can be passive and lose—or give it our all.
That gets things backwards. Trump is already imposing totalitarian control. That's what is driving people into the streets.
It's too late to avoid this fight.
We can be passive and lose—or give it our all.
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Every day that this horror continues, I think of Omar El Akkad's tweet: "One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this."
June 1, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Every day that this horror continues, I think of Omar El Akkad's tweet: "One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this."
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A Shattered Nation Longs To Care About Stupid Bullshit Again
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May 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A Shattered Nation Longs To Care About Stupid Bullshit Again
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Lots of love and support to all the Giant Bomb crew and fans.
May 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Lots of love and support to all the Giant Bomb crew and fans.
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“I had a dialogue with ChatGPT.” No you didn’t. What are you talking about? I was bullshitting with my toaster this morning. That’s what you sound like
April 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
“I had a dialogue with ChatGPT.” No you didn’t. What are you talking about? I was bullshitting with my toaster this morning. That’s what you sound like