@gunsandchips.bsky.social
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hey internet what should we name this cat
January 26, 2026 at 8:20 AM
hey internet what should we name this cat
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TIL about these metrics from
mechanical engineering: "Mean Time Between Failures" (MTBF) and "Mean Time to Failure" (MTTF) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_ti... Would like to see these included in more conceptions of other kinds of technological change, which tend to assume failure is out of scope
mechanical engineering: "Mean Time Between Failures" (MTBF) and "Mean Time to Failure" (MTTF) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_ti... Would like to see these included in more conceptions of other kinds of technological change, which tend to assume failure is out of scope
Mean time between failures - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 26, 2026 at 6:46 AM
TIL about these metrics from
mechanical engineering: "Mean Time Between Failures" (MTBF) and "Mean Time to Failure" (MTTF) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_ti... Would like to see these included in more conceptions of other kinds of technological change, which tend to assume failure is out of scope
mechanical engineering: "Mean Time Between Failures" (MTBF) and "Mean Time to Failure" (MTTF) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_ti... Would like to see these included in more conceptions of other kinds of technological change, which tend to assume failure is out of scope
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I heard Windows 11 is no longer being called an OS—it’s an SOS
January 20, 2026 at 5:11 PM
I heard Windows 11 is no longer being called an OS—it’s an SOS
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Yeah this is a great analogy if you want your product to be viewed as a cumbersome novelty filled with features barely anyone uses.
yeah, just out of interest, how many people choose the pen on the right for real work or art? See a lot of them in professional workplaces, do you?
January 22, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Yeah this is a great analogy if you want your product to be viewed as a cumbersome novelty filled with features barely anyone uses.
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January 16, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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“The most wealthy and powerful tech CEOs are still staying silent as ICE floods America’s streets, but now some researchers and engineers working for them have chosen to break rank.”
Great @laurengoode.bsky.social story:
Great @laurengoode.bsky.social story:
Tech Workers Are Condemning ICE Even as Their CEOs Stay Quiet
The killing of George Floyd in 2020 prompted a wave of statements from tech companies and CEOs. Today, pushback against ICE is largely coming from employees, not executives.
www.wired.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:06 AM
“The most wealthy and powerful tech CEOs are still staying silent as ICE floods America’s streets, but now some researchers and engineers working for them have chosen to break rank.”
Great @laurengoode.bsky.social story:
Great @laurengoode.bsky.social story:
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this is genuinely incredible
January 15, 2026 at 1:31 PM
this is genuinely incredible
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Sure. AI companies have ALWAYS been training their models on Wikipedia content, which under the free and open access model is available to anyone — including AI companies. Agreements like these require AI companies to limit and offset the strain they place on Wikimedia infrastructure.
Hoping that @molly.wiki can help explain.
Wikimedia Foundation announces new AI partnerships with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Perplexity and others
January 15, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Sure. AI companies have ALWAYS been training their models on Wikipedia content, which under the free and open access model is available to anyone — including AI companies. Agreements like these require AI companies to limit and offset the strain they place on Wikimedia infrastructure.
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Who did this? Because I fucking love it and I want to shake your hand, sir (not gender specific)
![[Benoit Blanc voice] and nine to the race of men, who above all else desire --- what? powah. precisely. but they were all of them deCEIved. for ANOTHAH ring was made](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ezf2n46jjyd2jfxxrafa54ih/bafkreicvhf5dqa4u47vfwhlssnzxmo5uhdoxpembmfokq6q62lsa3p37xm@jpeg)
January 13, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Who did this? Because I fucking love it and I want to shake your hand, sir (not gender specific)
shot / chaser
![Two paragraphs from a company-wide email from a CEO saying:
2026 will be the year of AI adoption and transformation - at scale. We’ll see clients, and our ourselves, [sic] move beyond experimentation into much broader adoption, with greater impact across all areas of business as more organisations harness the power of AI-human chemistry. As always I encourage you all to ensure you stay up to date with all AI knowledge and learning opportunities - it’s vital as we look to differentiate ourselves and make AI real with clients.
I also want to check in, given the extreme heat and bushfires we’re seeing across parts of the region. I hope everyone is safe - please take care and look out for one another as we settle into 2026.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bgk2i2wgfjojireecrcr53hm/bafkreih3agyb6zrmyygdqudo3uiwwnovcu7utf5czzhhjcz3qimx5xefpa@jpeg)
January 12, 2026 at 10:27 PM
shot / chaser
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The era of "platforms are neutral" is long behind us (or rather it was never really true, but now it's much more obvious).
If you're active on X, it may be worth asking yourself if you're just chasing a dopamine hit that evaporated several years ago.
If you're active on X, it may be worth asking yourself if you're just chasing a dopamine hit that evaporated several years ago.
I wrote this in April 2024, about why people were refusing to leave X as it became undeniably a pro-white-supremacist site
But holy hell could I not have predicted that by 2026, it would be a child abuse material production site and THAT TOO is not enough to get people to leave the fucking place
But holy hell could I not have predicted that by 2026, it would be a child abuse material production site and THAT TOO is not enough to get people to leave the fucking place
You are the fuel that energises Elon Musk’s hate machine
X is something entirely new: it has the clout and influence of Twitter, blended with the hate of 4chan and the lies of TruthSocial. And it lingers because its users don’t see themselves as th…
ketanjoshi.co
January 8, 2026 at 3:18 PM
The era of "platforms are neutral" is long behind us (or rather it was never really true, but now it's much more obvious).
If you're active on X, it may be worth asking yourself if you're just chasing a dopamine hit that evaporated several years ago.
If you're active on X, it may be worth asking yourself if you're just chasing a dopamine hit that evaporated several years ago.
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
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NZ Labour is always doing shit like 'The present government is apocalyptically bad for New Zealand. That's why we're going to remove the registration fee for caravans.'
November 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
NZ Labour is always doing shit like 'The present government is apocalyptically bad for New Zealand. That's why we're going to remove the registration fee for caravans.'
wikipedia strengthening their anti-slop stance with a cool ad & slogan, you fucken love to see it m.youtube.com/watch?v=i6zz...
The future of knowledge is yours to protect. #Wikipedia25
YouTube video by Wikipedia
m.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
wikipedia strengthening their anti-slop stance with a cool ad & slogan, you fucken love to see it m.youtube.com/watch?v=i6zz...
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what. the. hell.
maybe help reduce the number of people who don't have a goddamn roof over their heads instead of hiding them away.
maybe help reduce the number of people who don't have a goddamn roof over their heads instead of hiding them away.
Rough sleeping ban in central Auckland considered by government
Rough sleeping ban in central Auckland considered by government
Government ministers have confirmed they are considering measures to move homeless people out of Auckland's city centre - but the exact details remain unclear.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 5, 2025 at 4:04 AM
what. the. hell.
maybe help reduce the number of people who don't have a goddamn roof over their heads instead of hiding them away.
maybe help reduce the number of people who don't have a goddamn roof over their heads instead of hiding them away.
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A mayoral election in the US shouldn’t actually have any significance for our little nation on the far side of the world,
But it materially does, so, fuck yes more please
But it materially does, so, fuck yes more please
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
A mayoral election in the US shouldn’t actually have any significance for our little nation on the far side of the world,
But it materially does, so, fuck yes more please
But it materially does, so, fuck yes more please
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The Te Tiriti content (which isn't introduced until Year 4) implies the English text was signed in Feb 1840, that the Māori text is a "translation", and that Te Tiriti was primarily a response to the Musket Wars. This is all nonsense.
October 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The Te Tiriti content (which isn't introduced until Year 4) implies the English text was signed in Feb 1840, that the Māori text is a "translation", and that Te Tiriti was primarily a response to the Musket Wars. This is all nonsense.
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"Banning young people from social media violates their fundamental rights and will do nothing to make platforms safer," said Paul Thistoll, CEO of Rights Aotearoa. "The answer is to regulate the platforms, not the users."
www.rightsaotearoa.nz/media-releas...
www.rightsaotearoa.nz/media-releas...
Media Release: Rights Aotearoa Calls on Government to Reject Social Media Age Ban
Rights Aotearoa is urging the Government not to support the Social Media (Age-Restricted Users) Bill, which would ban under-16s from social media platforms.
www.rightsaotearoa.nz
October 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
"Banning young people from social media violates their fundamental rights and will do nothing to make platforms safer," said Paul Thistoll, CEO of Rights Aotearoa. "The answer is to regulate the platforms, not the users."
www.rightsaotearoa.nz/media-releas...
www.rightsaotearoa.nz/media-releas...
not to steal @foxylustygrover.bsky.social’s thing but there’s a stuff poll telling the govt to get stuffed :)
link below
link below
October 23, 2025 at 1:39 AM
not to steal @foxylustygrover.bsky.social’s thing but there’s a stuff poll telling the govt to get stuffed :)
link below
link below
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October 22, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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THERE'S the pushback talkig point our political journalists should be using when interviewing our Coalition of Cuts. #nzpol
Also, NZ’s net interest bill is barely 1% of tax revenues. Would you expect your banker to say no if you asked to borrow to keep your kids and grandkids alive when your interest costs were 1% of your income 3/3 #nzpol
October 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
THERE'S the pushback talkig point our political journalists should be using when interviewing our Coalition of Cuts. #nzpol
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A new release is available from Hon Judith Collins KC.
Open letter to the people of New Zealand
To the patients, students and families affected by this week’s planned strike,
www.beehive.govt.nz
October 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM