DaveDisaster
@davedisasterman.bsky.social
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DaveDisaster
@davedisasterman.bsky.social
· Dec 11
Looking for FT or contract. LDN based.
I'm a web engineer, front end specialist & tech lead. React focused for a good while but tech agnostic, regularly picking up new frameworks, even languages on the job.
Design background, experienced in backend, DBs, SysAdmin/DevOps. Love TS & TDD.
Hit me up!
I'm a web engineer, front end specialist & tech lead. React focused for a good while but tech agnostic, regularly picking up new frameworks, even languages on the job.
Design background, experienced in backend, DBs, SysAdmin/DevOps. Love TS & TDD.
Hit me up!
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The 12th-century Romanesque nave at Ely Cathedral rarely steals the spotlight (thanks to that lantern tower), but it’s absolutely jaw-dropping
December 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The 12th-century Romanesque nave at Ely Cathedral rarely steals the spotlight (thanks to that lantern tower), but it’s absolutely jaw-dropping
Fucking pathetic...
December 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Fucking pathetic...
Attn: @funranium.bsky.social
DUNE (dir. David Lynch, 1984)
Good morning! 🪶
December 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Attn: @funranium.bsky.social
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The Conservative Party is simultaneously arguing people shouldn’t be jailed for social media posts directly calling for violence, but also that people’s citizenship should be revoked over social media posts they don’t like.
Make it make sense.
Make it make sense.
December 29, 2025 at 11:09 AM
The Conservative Party is simultaneously arguing people shouldn’t be jailed for social media posts directly calling for violence, but also that people’s citizenship should be revoked over social media posts they don’t like.
Make it make sense.
Make it make sense.
It's good to be single today.
This day of Christmas is five gold rings, and like fuck can I afford that…
This day of Christmas is five gold rings, and like fuck can I afford that…
Giddy up bitches it’s five gold rings
December 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
It's good to be single today.
This day of Christmas is five gold rings, and like fuck can I afford that…
This day of Christmas is five gold rings, and like fuck can I afford that…
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"The makers of AI aren’t damned by their failures, they’re damned by their goals. Their wish is that nobody ever has to make art again. They want to create a new kind of mind, so they can force it into mindless servitude. Their dream is to invent new forms of life to enslave."
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
December 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
"The makers of AI aren’t damned by their failures, they’re damned by their goals. Their wish is that nobody ever has to make art again. They want to create a new kind of mind, so they can force it into mindless servitude. Their dream is to invent new forms of life to enslave."
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I bet this shit hits so hard if you're stupid and don't like to think
Thoughts are what distract us from the reality of the moment (the reflection in the pond).
They are like ripples on the surface of the water:
They are like ripples on the surface of the water:
December 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I bet this shit hits so hard if you're stupid and don't like to think
Reminder that some people have little choice and DO NOT make any extra money for the pleasure...
Having a 1 hour+ commute is never worth it. I don't care how much extra money you earn or how many podcasts you listen to on the way. Spending such a significant portion of your life simply going to and from work is a waste of life.
December 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Reminder that some people have little choice and DO NOT make any extra money for the pleasure...
There is no use case for LLMs that outweighs any ONE of the massive problems inherent in them that we currently know of, and there will be more emergent problems yet.
Fruit of the poisoned tree.
Fruit of the poisoned tree.
i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
December 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
There is no use case for LLMs that outweighs any ONE of the massive problems inherent in them that we currently know of, and there will be more emergent problems yet.
Fruit of the poisoned tree.
Fruit of the poisoned tree.
Sidebar: Passkey is a shit and confusing name for the tech, and it should only be used as part of 2fa.
Secondary sidebar: What's with the push for PINs again? FFS… This sucks.
Secondary sidebar: What's with the push for PINs again? FFS… This sucks.
I cannot stand this website sometimes. I do know what a passkey is and I understand the value prop. So does everyone else in my replies. The implementation is dogshit and the rollout has been terrible and forced. It's very easy to fuck up. Please quit evangelizing to my friends. Behave.
December 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Sidebar: Passkey is a shit and confusing name for the tech, and it should only be used as part of 2fa.
Secondary sidebar: What's with the push for PINs again? FFS… This sucks.
Secondary sidebar: What's with the push for PINs again? FFS… This sucks.
Not subtle...
No idea who Laurent Brindeau is, but isn’t this caricature of @zackpolanski.bsky.social in today’s @dailymailpolitics.bsky.social ragingly antisemitic?
December 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Not subtle...
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its honestly an incredible bit that jordan peterson plays a character who simultaneously says that its absolutely critical to be precise in your language and is also the most rhetorically obtuse person who has ever lived
December 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
its honestly an incredible bit that jordan peterson plays a character who simultaneously says that its absolutely critical to be precise in your language and is also the most rhetorically obtuse person who has ever lived
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My wife reading a joke from a cracker: why do they call it the Dark Ages?
Me: they don’t
Her: because there were lots of knights.
Everyone: hahaha
Me: ok let me stop you there. Number one…
Me: they don’t
Her: because there were lots of knights.
Everyone: hahaha
Me: ok let me stop you there. Number one…
December 27, 2025 at 9:33 AM
My wife reading a joke from a cracker: why do they call it the Dark Ages?
Me: they don’t
Her: because there were lots of knights.
Everyone: hahaha
Me: ok let me stop you there. Number one…
Me: they don’t
Her: because there were lots of knights.
Everyone: hahaha
Me: ok let me stop you there. Number one…
I have been using the same borrowed* term for a while. It is 100% valid.
*From the US legal system
*From the US legal system
A) Fruit of a poisoned tree. Regardless of how you use AI and what your intentions are, the LLMs were trained on stolen intellectual property whose owners were never asked for permission nor reimbursed.
1/
1/
Erin Underwood: Open Letter to the Science Fiction Writers Association and Community on AI
file770.com/erin-underwo...
Erin's core thesis is "There are responsible ways to use AI that support creators without replacing creative labor."
file770.com/erin-underwo...
Erin's core thesis is "There are responsible ways to use AI that support creators without replacing creative labor."
December 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I have been using the same borrowed* term for a while. It is 100% valid.
*From the US legal system
*From the US legal system
I'm not a fan, but saying they suck isn't an effective criticism...
Amyway. Every memtion of tax-dodger supreme James Dyson is an excuse to remind everyone that Henry vaccuums are incredible AND made in the UK.
www.myhenry.com/henry-hvr160
Gonna get their pet hair one when our current machine dies.
www.myhenry.com/henry-hvr160
Gonna get their pet hair one when our current machine dies.
Henry
<p>The nations best loved vacuum and chosen by millions for his reliability, high performance and of course, his cheeky smile. Henry is the UK’s best-selling vacuum.
</p>
www.myhenry.com
December 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I'm not a fan, but saying they suck isn't an effective criticism...
I like to think the robot is doubled over in laughter...
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I like to think the robot is doubled over in laughter...
Eh. Tankies. Tankies thought that, in part because that's what tankies would do...
Y'know, "every accusation…" and all that.
Y'know, "every accusation…" and all that.
No one has ever been able to adequately explain what Putin is meant to have thought NATO expansion would threaten him with, apart from limiting his expansionist ambitions.
"He was worried they'd invade Russia."
No he wasn't.
He just wasn't.
That's not a thing anyone thought might happen.
"He was worried they'd invade Russia."
No he wasn't.
He just wasn't.
That's not a thing anyone thought might happen.
this is the simple answer to people who keep saying NATO expansion matters. Sure, it matters because it presented an obstacle to Russian imperial ambitions. Putin didn't invade because he hated NATO expansion, he hated NATO expansion because he wanted to invade
December 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Eh. Tankies. Tankies thought that, in part because that's what tankies would do...
Y'know, "every accusation…" and all that.
Y'know, "every accusation…" and all that.
"My fucking preciousssss!"
C'mon...
C'mon...
The Lord of The Rings movies were rated PG-13. By current rules that means that each film could contain one use of the word "Fuck". Which line are you altering to insert the most useful swear word?
"I can't carry it for you, but I can Fucking carry you"
"I can't carry it for you, but I can Fucking carry you"
December 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"My fucking preciousssss!"
C'mon...
C'mon...
Just heard a man ask a woman if she knows what a crèche is and I may have to hurl myself off a cliff in transferable shame...
December 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Just heard a man ask a woman if she knows what a crèche is and I may have to hurl myself off a cliff in transferable shame...
JFC, the desperation...
Why? Why does it not need to be safe, secure and reliable all of a sudden?
SHOW YOUR WORKINGS!
Why? Why does it not need to be safe, secure and reliable all of a sudden?
SHOW YOUR WORKINGS!
After more than a year reading engineering leaders talking about how "AI" is gonna 2x, 5x, 10x their dev team productivity, I'm seeing them pivot to "It doesn't have to be perfect anymore!".
My guess is that 2x, 5x, 10x failed to materialise, and "good enough" has been identified as the culprit.
My guess is that 2x, 5x, 10x failed to materialise, and "good enough" has been identified as the culprit.
December 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
JFC, the desperation...
Why? Why does it not need to be safe, secure and reliable all of a sudden?
SHOW YOUR WORKINGS!
Why? Why does it not need to be safe, secure and reliable all of a sudden?
SHOW YOUR WORKINGS!
Welcome to the shitty, shitty future...
🤯 What did I just read? Is that an ad disguised as a GitHub comment on a discussion, generated by AI? This gotta be a new low point ...
December 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Welcome to the shitty, shitty future...
Ooff. I feel ya.
December 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Ooff. I feel ya.
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"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
December 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
Superb...
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Superb...
Breaking news from two days ago.
Fuck offfffff...
Fuck offfffff...
The president posted more than 150 times—including about Jeffrey Epstein. trib.al/ARTvsqv
“Enjoy what may be your last merry Christmas!”
“Enjoy what may be your last merry Christmas!”
December 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Breaking news from two days ago.
Fuck offfffff...
Fuck offfffff...