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Catelli
@catelli.bsky.social
Consumer of beer, smoker of cigars. Camping and cycling

IT guy, from Cambridge, Ontario

Handle is an old nickname, it means "looked like a wet spaghetti noodle when running down the basketball court"
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On how the search for AI is the pursuit of a myth. There is no 'there' there but the search itself will cause so much damage.

catelli2oh.medium.com/ai-the-digit...
AI, The Digital El Dorado
I have come to the conclusion that the search for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is a modern quest for a mythical solution with no…
catelli2oh.medium.com
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This should make us all grab torches and pitchforks and start a revolution. Crypto billionaire Changpeng Xhao, ex-con recently pardoned by Trump, is now Canada's richest person according to the annual @macleans.bsky.social ranking: macleans.ca/longforms/th.... #cdnecon #canlab /2
The Rich List - Macleans.ca
There's a new billionaire topping our list this year. Here are Canada's 40 wealthiest people—and how they made their money.
macleans.ca
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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As a remote sensing geoscientist, I am often asked about satellite and other aerial images. So here's a primer:

Arial imagery vs Times New Roman imagery.

#dadjoke #EarthObservation

🧪⚒️🛰️
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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The ostrich saga was for the birds. The decision to cull the big birds exposed to avian influenza was a good one and the histrionics unhelpful, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com #H5N1
Opinion: The ostrich saga was for the birds
Government’s decision to cull 300 birds in B.C. was for the public good
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Anybody else hearing stories of drug shortages in Canada/Europe/etc. because of US supply issues?

Just heard scary story from pharmacist about shortages and back orders, some back orders until end of 2026.
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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UK government project using AI to find benefit fraud resulted in:

- A 46% false fraud rate
- Anguish for families who were wrongly accused of fraud and had benefits stopped
- Months of additional work for government, setting up a hotline, correcting false fraud

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
HMRC trial of child benefit crackdown wrongly suspected fraud in 46% of cases
Exclusive: Almost half of families flagged as emigrants based on Home Office travel data were still living in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I can come up with unhelpful topics too.

"The evidence that ultra-partisan politics is bad for us is piling up. But efforts to reduce its role in our society faces a big hurdle: experts can't agree on what it is and what to target."
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
If the evidence is piling up, how did that pile get assembled without a clear definition of what they are?
November 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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September 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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I read the New Yorker article about Scot Galloway and the crisis of men.

The two points that occur to me are:

1) “Crisis in Masculinity” is actually evergreen, and has been going on in this incarnation since at least the late 1800s.
November 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I have to admit, there's an anger building here.

When humans make errors in their profession, it's an excuse to get rid of them.

When software systems make errors, it's an excuse to throw ever more money at them and replace humans with them anyway.
If I start making a large number of errors, can I be valued at $5 billion too?

I just want to understand what we value now. And it appears to be errors and bullshit. If that's the case, I want in!!!
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I don't disagree, but what this implies is that Society is on a an unbreakable? cycle where progress-to-a-better-world stalls and we forget all the benefits that got us to where we are, and then we have to learn the lessons all over again.
Lots of reasons for Canada (and the US?) losing measles elimination status, and I don't think we can discount the likelihood that one of them is some variation of "every generation must learn for itself that the stove is hot"
November 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Listening to a podcast. Heard again that this is the largest federal deficit ever run outside of the pandemic.

Still nope.

bsky.app/profile/aaro...
I saw some commentary that this was the largest non-Covid-era deficit in federal history and it's probably worth dealing with that now.

I presume it's based on dollar value at the time the deficit was incurred, but that doesn't account for inflation or the changing size of the economy.
November 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Um...

"Clio..has a database of more than one billion legal documents and an AI tool that helps legal professionals research cases and draft legal documents and arguments"

Weren't there a bunch of stories about AI Legal Arguments being horseshit or something?

ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/canadia...
Canadian legal tech firm Clio hits US$5 billion valuation as it deepens bet on AI
The company is 'hiring aggressively' to support its international expansion and pivot to enterprise customers
ca.finance.yahoo.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I thought it was unusual....

"Environment Canada meteorologist Rob Kuhn of Kitchener posted ... that the previous record for a large snowfall on Nov. 9 was about 100 years ago."

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Record-breaking snowfall blankets Waterloo region and area over the weekend | CBC News
Winter weather arrived in Waterloo region and most of Ontario on Sunday.
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Yes they played in a snowstorm 🤣🍁

Atlético #Ottawa top Cavalry FC in driving snowstorm to win 1st ever CPL title
David Rodriguez's pair of goals lift Ottawa to North Star Cup

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Atlético Ottawa top Cavalry FC in driving snowstorm to win 1st ever CPL title | CBC News
A pair of goals from David Rodriguez led Atlético Ottawa to a 2-1 win over Cavalry FC and their first ever North Star Cup on a snowy night in the nation's capital.
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
As an IT professional, this kind of thing is a long-standing burr that has rubbed raw.

When designing systems, we are asked to automate manual tasks, like, for example, the checkout process at a store.

Requirements are set, system designed, testing, approval, tweaking go live.
It's a self checkout world. Until you pick something that has a "cashier will apply discount at checkout" sticker, and you need the one over-worked cashier to check you out anyway.

#StupidWorld #JustPayPeople
November 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
It's a self checkout world. Until you pick something that has a "cashier will apply discount at checkout" sticker, and you need the one over-worked cashier to check you out anyway.

#StupidWorld #JustPayPeople
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Ao, meaning deep blue or azure, and Sui, suggesting the teal of kingfisher feathers, are Japan’s top baby names of 2025. 👉 ebx.sh/Ph0Vg9
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
At the Mechanics waiting for my tires to be changed. They have IT issues.

So I lend a hand.

Got priority booking for the other vehicle.

Quid-pro-quo still in effect. 😆
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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The CPL Final is in the middle of a snowstorm in Canada, true North American soccer heritage...how could it get any better?

HOW ABOUT A FREAKIN' BICYCLE KICK EQUALIZER!!!
November 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Dear hockey arena boss in your windowed office:

don't leave your wifi router with the password facing the window.
November 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
That's not just an early snow, that's a full blown winter's day out there right now.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Probably the best, most accurate thing written about modern Canada this year, though I have little faith in Carney. Ingenuity and creative thinking are not his strong points. As for the environment, "Values" seems like a bad joke.
dgardner.substack.com/p/lets-go-ca...
Let's Go, Canada!
A few thoughts about travel and getting big things done.
dgardner.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I'm haunted by my own thoughts.
Paul Hunter on CBC News. “Biden has to prove his fitness for office.”

OK, where’s my fucking torch and pitchfork? Biden has to prove his fitness? BIDEN? What about that other guy that proved he was unfit for office before, during and after his last term in office?

JFC. We’re stupid by choice.
November 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM