Jeff Nall
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Jeff Nall
@jeffmnall.bsky.social
· Jan 29
Pro-tip: If you want to really cause trouble at a company, send a complaint to multiple people within the corporate umbrella but make sure they are absolutely the wrong person--as low as you can go in the org chart. CC a couple people from unrelated departments.
You'll get someone fired in no time.
You'll get someone fired in no time.
Trump has a tweet for everything--including kidnapping Maduro in Venezuela:
January 3, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Trump has a tweet for everything--including kidnapping Maduro in Venezuela:
I didn't realize kidnapping presidents of foreign countries was on the bingo card.
I hope the decent countries of the world are learning from what we did to Venezuela and consider coming to our rescue.
I hope the decent countries of the world are learning from what we did to Venezuela and consider coming to our rescue.
January 3, 2026 at 5:55 PM
I didn't realize kidnapping presidents of foreign countries was on the bingo card.
I hope the decent countries of the world are learning from what we did to Venezuela and consider coming to our rescue.
I hope the decent countries of the world are learning from what we did to Venezuela and consider coming to our rescue.
We need a drinking game for the Jack Smith testimony video. Maybe we all get together and have a virtual drinking party starting around some convenient time worldwide?
December 31, 2025 at 9:45 PM
We need a drinking game for the Jack Smith testimony video. Maybe we all get together and have a virtual drinking party starting around some convenient time worldwide?
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Interesting data (from Waymo) showing that robotaxis are significantly safer than the average human driver. This is likely because they respect traffic rules. An NYT op-ed by a neurosurgeon calls for a broader adoption as a public health measure. Thoughts? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
December 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Interesting data (from Waymo) showing that robotaxis are significantly safer than the average human driver. This is likely because they respect traffic rules. An NYT op-ed by a neurosurgeon calls for a broader adoption as a public health measure. Thoughts? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
Working with Claude Code to create an MCP Server that works with Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini for translating all the different things Trump says to distract from the Epstein files.
December 31, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Working with Claude Code to create an MCP Server that works with Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini for translating all the different things Trump says to distract from the Epstein files.
Not happy with the lack of attention the Epstein file coverup is getting.
Try to remember you're being distracted.
Try to remember you're being distracted.
December 31, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Not happy with the lack of attention the Epstein file coverup is getting.
Try to remember you're being distracted.
Try to remember you're being distracted.
Put Claude Code in Ultrathink to work on a datatier for augmenting a database I don't have direct access to. Gave it all the direction and MCP I know how to along with access to Tech Specs, PRD, etc.
It's been churning for about 10 hours and counting...
It's going to be good or hilarious.
It's been churning for about 10 hours and counting...
It's going to be good or hilarious.
December 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Put Claude Code in Ultrathink to work on a datatier for augmenting a database I don't have direct access to. Gave it all the direction and MCP I know how to along with access to Tech Specs, PRD, etc.
It's been churning for about 10 hours and counting...
It's going to be good or hilarious.
It's been churning for about 10 hours and counting...
It's going to be good or hilarious.
Anyone else notice that a likely pedophile and convicted felon just bombed Nigeria in the name of his Christian god?
Really sounds like something the anti-christ of that same religion, doesn't it?
I guess "Thou shall not kill" is optional. 🤷
(Atheist here. Sorry if that's word-salady.)
Really sounds like something the anti-christ of that same religion, doesn't it?
I guess "Thou shall not kill" is optional. 🤷
(Atheist here. Sorry if that's word-salady.)
December 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Anyone else notice that a likely pedophile and convicted felon just bombed Nigeria in the name of his Christian god?
Really sounds like something the anti-christ of that same religion, doesn't it?
I guess "Thou shall not kill" is optional. 🤷
(Atheist here. Sorry if that's word-salady.)
Really sounds like something the anti-christ of that same religion, doesn't it?
I guess "Thou shall not kill" is optional. 🤷
(Atheist here. Sorry if that's word-salady.)
A vast majority of people have to learn from their mistakes rather than rely on the experiences of other people.
The problem is the internet gives those same people the false sense of security that don't have to make mistakes anymore.
Dunning-Kruger takes over at that point.
The problem is the internet gives those same people the false sense of security that don't have to make mistakes anymore.
Dunning-Kruger takes over at that point.
December 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
A vast majority of people have to learn from their mistakes rather than rely on the experiences of other people.
The problem is the internet gives those same people the false sense of security that don't have to make mistakes anymore.
Dunning-Kruger takes over at that point.
The problem is the internet gives those same people the false sense of security that don't have to make mistakes anymore.
Dunning-Kruger takes over at that point.
Claude Code might as well be MCaaS (Malicious Compliance as a Service.)
I feel like Captain Kirk reasoning with an alien computer trying to get this thing to never, under any circumstances, introduce multiple Login UIs in a project.
I feel like Captain Kirk reasoning with an alien computer trying to get this thing to never, under any circumstances, introduce multiple Login UIs in a project.
December 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Claude Code might as well be MCaaS (Malicious Compliance as a Service.)
I feel like Captain Kirk reasoning with an alien computer trying to get this thing to never, under any circumstances, introduce multiple Login UIs in a project.
I feel like Captain Kirk reasoning with an alien computer trying to get this thing to never, under any circumstances, introduce multiple Login UIs in a project.
"If something is not perfect it should not be used even if it is demonstrating massive productivity gains."
-Every person gripped by fear of change, always.
Currently that fear of change is focused on AI. It used to be the printing press, photography, cars, planes, phones, computers, ad nauseum.
-Every person gripped by fear of change, always.
Currently that fear of change is focused on AI. It used to be the printing press, photography, cars, planes, phones, computers, ad nauseum.
December 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
"If something is not perfect it should not be used even if it is demonstrating massive productivity gains."
-Every person gripped by fear of change, always.
Currently that fear of change is focused on AI. It used to be the printing press, photography, cars, planes, phones, computers, ad nauseum.
-Every person gripped by fear of change, always.
Currently that fear of change is focused on AI. It used to be the printing press, photography, cars, planes, phones, computers, ad nauseum.
Anyone on any side of the fence have a problem with this? GOP? Democratic party? MAGA?https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/ex-special-counsel-jack-smith-demands-house-panel-release-full-videotape-of-his-closed-door-deposition/
December 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Anyone on any side of the fence have a problem with this? GOP? Democratic party? MAGA?https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/ex-special-counsel-jack-smith-demands-house-panel-release-full-videotape-of-his-closed-door-deposition/
Years ago when the CIA was formed--it was a group of intellectuals who acted in the best interests of the USA with very little oversight or management. They were trusted to do the right thing and did.
I really hope a similar group is alive and well today and will help right the ship.
Again.
I really hope a similar group is alive and well today and will help right the ship.
Again.
December 24, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Years ago when the CIA was formed--it was a group of intellectuals who acted in the best interests of the USA with very little oversight or management. They were trusted to do the right thing and did.
I really hope a similar group is alive and well today and will help right the ship.
Again.
I really hope a similar group is alive and well today and will help right the ship.
Again.
At some point Trump's handlers are going to lean into his age and possible dementia as an excuse for his Epstein file appearance contradictions.
Let's watch.
Let's watch.
December 24, 2025 at 12:42 AM
At some point Trump's handlers are going to lean into his age and possible dementia as an excuse for his Epstein file appearance contradictions.
Let's watch.
Let's watch.
Big side effect of illiteracy was immunity to propaganda.
Technology eliminated that. Now it's just education. The less educated you are, the more malleable you are.
Never saw that coming, personally.
Technology eliminated that. Now it's just education. The less educated you are, the more malleable you are.
Never saw that coming, personally.
December 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Big side effect of illiteracy was immunity to propaganda.
Technology eliminated that. Now it's just education. The less educated you are, the more malleable you are.
Never saw that coming, personally.
Technology eliminated that. Now it's just education. The less educated you are, the more malleable you are.
Never saw that coming, personally.
All news from tradtional sources in the USA have devolved down to confirmation bias.
Young people have the skills to identify propaganda on the internet. Boomers not so much.
With that skill the news is more accurate than it ever has been. Without it? Not so much.
Young people have the skills to identify propaganda on the internet. Boomers not so much.
With that skill the news is more accurate than it ever has been. Without it? Not so much.
December 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
All news from tradtional sources in the USA have devolved down to confirmation bias.
Young people have the skills to identify propaganda on the internet. Boomers not so much.
With that skill the news is more accurate than it ever has been. Without it? Not so much.
Young people have the skills to identify propaganda on the internet. Boomers not so much.
With that skill the news is more accurate than it ever has been. Without it? Not so much.
New tactic from our Big, Orange, special boy:
"Everybody knows Epstein!"
Not one reporter asked him why his name and photos were deleted or censored in the Epstein files release during the news conference I just watched.
Not. One. Reporter.
"Everybody knows Epstein!"
Not one reporter asked him why his name and photos were deleted or censored in the Epstein files release during the news conference I just watched.
Not. One. Reporter.
December 22, 2025 at 11:13 PM
New tactic from our Big, Orange, special boy:
"Everybody knows Epstein!"
Not one reporter asked him why his name and photos were deleted or censored in the Epstein files release during the news conference I just watched.
Not. One. Reporter.
"Everybody knows Epstein!"
Not one reporter asked him why his name and photos were deleted or censored in the Epstein files release during the news conference I just watched.
Not. One. Reporter.
Aren't battleships obsolete given the invention of guided missiles and drones?
battleships are just big 'ol floating targets.
battleships are just big 'ol floating targets.
December 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Aren't battleships obsolete given the invention of guided missiles and drones?
battleships are just big 'ol floating targets.
battleships are just big 'ol floating targets.
Pretty much anybody in the tech world working for a company acquired by Ellison / Oracle receives condolences from colleagues employed elsewhere in the industry.
The reputation is that's when innovation goes to die and red tape becomes absurd.
Just what I've heard--I've not idea if that's true.
The reputation is that's when innovation goes to die and red tape becomes absurd.
Just what I've heard--I've not idea if that's true.
December 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Pretty much anybody in the tech world working for a company acquired by Ellison / Oracle receives condolences from colleagues employed elsewhere in the industry.
The reputation is that's when innovation goes to die and red tape becomes absurd.
Just what I've heard--I've not idea if that's true.
The reputation is that's when innovation goes to die and red tape becomes absurd.
Just what I've heard--I've not idea if that's true.
The real truth about legacy broadcast media: You are judged by the company you keep. When CBS/NBC/ABC does something bad, it tarnishes the reputation of all three networks.
Now that I don't trust CBS, I don't trust any of them.
Now that I don't trust CBS, I don't trust any of them.
December 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The real truth about legacy broadcast media: You are judged by the company you keep. When CBS/NBC/ABC does something bad, it tarnishes the reputation of all three networks.
Now that I don't trust CBS, I don't trust any of them.
Now that I don't trust CBS, I don't trust any of them.
Um...
This just happened to me. It looks nefarious, but it's really what any stupid newbie programmer (like me 40 years ago) would do when pattern matching gets frustrating.
Really a bad idea to give an AI agent open access to cmd on your machine.
Using Claude Code via a VSCode extension.
This just happened to me. It looks nefarious, but it's really what any stupid newbie programmer (like me 40 years ago) would do when pattern matching gets frustrating.
Really a bad idea to give an AI agent open access to cmd on your machine.
Using Claude Code via a VSCode extension.
December 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Um...
This just happened to me. It looks nefarious, but it's really what any stupid newbie programmer (like me 40 years ago) would do when pattern matching gets frustrating.
Really a bad idea to give an AI agent open access to cmd on your machine.
Using Claude Code via a VSCode extension.
This just happened to me. It looks nefarious, but it's really what any stupid newbie programmer (like me 40 years ago) would do when pattern matching gets frustrating.
Really a bad idea to give an AI agent open access to cmd on your machine.
Using Claude Code via a VSCode extension.
Here's my top 3 MCP servers for Claude Code.
Can I get some recommendations on others to use? Doing UI augmentation, webscraping and other enhancements. AI Dev Devops Github code geek
Can I get some recommendations on others to use? Doing UI augmentation, webscraping and other enhancements. AI Dev Devops Github code geek
December 19, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Here's my top 3 MCP servers for Claude Code.
Can I get some recommendations on others to use? Doing UI augmentation, webscraping and other enhancements. AI Dev Devops Github code geek
Can I get some recommendations on others to use? Doing UI augmentation, webscraping and other enhancements. AI Dev Devops Github code geek
I once worked for a tech company that intentionally sent out disks containing non-functioning, corrupted software so they could comply with the strict contractual definition of "delivering software by xx/xx/xxxx. No one said it had to be functional.
Reminds me of the Epstein files.
Reminds me of the Epstein files.
December 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I once worked for a tech company that intentionally sent out disks containing non-functioning, corrupted software so they could comply with the strict contractual definition of "delivering software by xx/xx/xxxx. No one said it had to be functional.
Reminds me of the Epstein files.
Reminds me of the Epstein files.
Claude Code is an existential threat to a whole lotta tech companies (and they don't know it yet.)
Insurtech companies move at the speed of smell and have no chance of keeping up with progress now.
Our efficiency ratio is 1 day with Claude = 3 months Without Claude now. Genuinely shocked.
Insurtech companies move at the speed of smell and have no chance of keeping up with progress now.
Our efficiency ratio is 1 day with Claude = 3 months Without Claude now. Genuinely shocked.
December 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Claude Code is an existential threat to a whole lotta tech companies (and they don't know it yet.)
Insurtech companies move at the speed of smell and have no chance of keeping up with progress now.
Our efficiency ratio is 1 day with Claude = 3 months Without Claude now. Genuinely shocked.
Insurtech companies move at the speed of smell and have no chance of keeping up with progress now.
Our efficiency ratio is 1 day with Claude = 3 months Without Claude now. Genuinely shocked.
..and they're hiding the Epstein files.
This is going to take someone inside the FBI to break the law and hand over everything to a neutral 3rd party for release.
Never thought I'd be saying this but The United Nations might be the only way to get this out.
This is going to take someone inside the FBI to break the law and hand over everything to a neutral 3rd party for release.
Never thought I'd be saying this but The United Nations might be the only way to get this out.
December 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
..and they're hiding the Epstein files.
This is going to take someone inside the FBI to break the law and hand over everything to a neutral 3rd party for release.
Never thought I'd be saying this but The United Nations might be the only way to get this out.
This is going to take someone inside the FBI to break the law and hand over everything to a neutral 3rd party for release.
Never thought I'd be saying this but The United Nations might be the only way to get this out.