Mike Warot
@mikewarot.bsky.social
Grumpy old man still holding onto his fascination with all the things that we can do and see with technology.
Oh... and I take photos
Oh... and I'm inventing BitGrid
Oh... and I take photos
Oh... and I'm inventing BitGrid
So, now you can use AI as a computer attacker, with the advantage of supernatural speed to make up for any lack of skills.
I actually didn't see this one coming.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kc9...
I actually didn't see this one coming.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kc9...
Inside Anthropic's Detection of an AI-Run Cyberattack on 30 High Value Global Targets
YouTube video by AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:22 AM
So, now you can use AI as a computer attacker, with the advantage of supernatural speed to make up for any lack of skills.
I actually didn't see this one coming.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kc9...
I actually didn't see this one coming.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kc9...
Don't forget that Dystopian Savings Time (DST) ended this morning, and if you have offline clocks, you should have turned them back an hour already.
Failing this, you'll find yourself at work tomorrow an hour before everyone else, in your own personally saved hour of Dystopia.
Failing this, you'll find yourself at work tomorrow an hour before everyone else, in your own personally saved hour of Dystopia.
November 3, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Don't forget that Dystopian Savings Time (DST) ended this morning, and if you have offline clocks, you should have turned them back an hour already.
Failing this, you'll find yourself at work tomorrow an hour before everyone else, in your own personally saved hour of Dystopia.
Failing this, you'll find yourself at work tomorrow an hour before everyone else, in your own personally saved hour of Dystopia.
If you think "we've done above ground atmospheric testing in the past, what harm could it possibly do, outside the test zone?"
Think again. It killed millions of babies.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Think again. It killed millions of babies.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Statistical modeling of trends in infant mortality after atmospheric nuclear weapons testing
The global fallout from atmospheric nuclear weapons testing in the 1950s and 1960s caused by far the greatest exposure of mankind to ionizing radiation. Surprisingly few epidemiological studies of the...
journals.plos.org
October 31, 2025 at 5:19 PM
If you think "we've done above ground atmospheric testing in the past, what harm could it possibly do, outside the test zone?"
Think again. It killed millions of babies.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Think again. It killed millions of babies.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
This AI generated story reframes public schooling in an interesting way.
School doesn't really seem to be about learning things, but more about conforming to and learning how to utilize the unwritten rules of society.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyOL...
School doesn't really seem to be about learning things, but more about conforming to and learning how to utilize the unwritten rules of society.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyOL...
When The Instructors Asked Humans Why They Sit Quietly In Class, Then Saw Their Combat Logs | HFY
YouTube video by Sci Fi Realm
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
This AI generated story reframes public schooling in an interesting way.
School doesn't really seem to be about learning things, but more about conforming to and learning how to utilize the unwritten rules of society.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyOL...
School doesn't really seem to be about learning things, but more about conforming to and learning how to utilize the unwritten rules of society.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyOL...
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Made me smile
October 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Made me smile
I find this to be oddly disquieting
I have been traveling and today I present to you...the thing I saw in the Frankfurt airport.
Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?
But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.
Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?
But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.
October 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I find this to be oddly disquieting
Holy shit... a lot of what the Trump world says about the borders and their hatred of brown people makes so much sense now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImZK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImZK...
The science fiction book that perverted Stephen Miller
YouTube video by Science Fiction with Damien Walter
www.youtube.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Holy shit... a lot of what the Trump world says about the borders and their hatred of brown people makes so much sense now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImZK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImZK...
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Okay! This is going to take a while so I had to finish some stuff first, but: Why Da Pope Fucking Up Opus Dei Is A Huge Fucking Deal: a thread
Gimme an hour or two and then I'll explain why this is a "holy fucking shit" moment!
October 17, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Okay! This is going to take a while so I had to finish some stuff first, but: Why Da Pope Fucking Up Opus Dei Is A Huge Fucking Deal: a thread
Alas... no mention of a certain Podcast...
Latest Unmade Podcast on YouTube with some nice Ben Nevis shots... youtu.be/N-6K55F02BI
Plus discussion of napping, spoons, and funerals for defunct podcasts.
Plus discussion of napping, spoons, and funerals for defunct podcasts.
168: Funerals for Dead Podcasts - The Unmade Podcast
YouTube video by Unmade Podcast
youtu.be
September 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Alas... no mention of a certain Podcast...
I've never seen a Heron from this angle.... it just looks like a blue grey ball puff of feathers, amazing!
A Great Blue Heron focused on fishing. Great Blue Herons have excellent depth perception, which comes in handy while hunting.
September 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I've never seen a Heron from this angle.... it just looks like a blue grey ball puff of feathers, amazing!
Avast me hearties... it's Talk Like A Pirate Day!
September 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Avast me hearties... it's Talk Like A Pirate Day!
To get in the mood for the Vintage Computer Festival Midwest, I've got a VAX 11/780 running VMS 7.2 .. all the compute power than Rose-Hulman had in 1982, complete with the ability to telnet into it from my local network.
Running inside my phone! 8)
Running inside my phone! 8)
September 12, 2025 at 6:37 AM
To get in the mood for the Vintage Computer Festival Midwest, I've got a VAX 11/780 running VMS 7.2 .. all the compute power than Rose-Hulman had in 1982, complete with the ability to telnet into it from my local network.
Running inside my phone! 8)
Running inside my phone! 8)
I have to do *something* hacker worthy to prepare for VCF MidWest, so I've decided to install SimH and run a VAX/VMS 7.30 on a VAX 11/780 in my cheap ass android phone.
September 12, 2025 at 5:29 AM
I have to do *something* hacker worthy to prepare for VCF MidWest, so I've decided to install SimH and run a VAX/VMS 7.30 on a VAX 11/780 in my cheap ass android phone.
It took a while to realize, but there's great wisdom in this observation:
Mild take:
The vilification of "virtue signalling" was a political project designed to make even the most subtle reminders of what decency is uncouth and it fucking worked.
The vilification of "virtue signalling" was a political project designed to make even the most subtle reminders of what decency is uncouth and it fucking worked.
September 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
It took a while to realize, but there's great wisdom in this observation:
How is it that I only learned of "stationary weight systolic arrays" today? I've been experimenting with the concept for decades... Google's really let me down.
September 7, 2025 at 5:12 AM
How is it that I only learned of "stationary weight systolic arrays" today? I've been experimenting with the concept for decades... Google's really let me down.
Working on a passion project, it's been really fun, and helped lift my spirits. I'm deep in crazy old man/lone genius territory with this one. Only time will tell which way it went.
Here's the full writeup on Hacker News, if you're curious.
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4505...
Here's the full writeup on Hacker News, if you're curious.
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4505...
I'm trying to change the nature of LLM compute, with an idea that's been scratch... | Hacker News
news.ycombinator.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Working on a passion project, it's been really fun, and helped lift my spirits. I'm deep in crazy old man/lone genius territory with this one. Only time will tell which way it went.
Here's the full writeup on Hacker News, if you're curious.
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4505...
Here's the full writeup on Hacker News, if you're curious.
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4505...
AI is being rapidly driven forward in a financial bubble
Horrible news if you're investing in it, or your job depends on the bubble
Awesome news if you just want to use AI to get shit done, because after the bubble pops, AI compute, and/or the hardware to do it, will be dirt cheap for a while.
Horrible news if you're investing in it, or your job depends on the bubble
Awesome news if you just want to use AI to get shit done, because after the bubble pops, AI compute, and/or the hardware to do it, will be dirt cheap for a while.
August 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
AI is being rapidly driven forward in a financial bubble
Horrible news if you're investing in it, or your job depends on the bubble
Awesome news if you just want to use AI to get shit done, because after the bubble pops, AI compute, and/or the hardware to do it, will be dirt cheap for a while.
Horrible news if you're investing in it, or your job depends on the bubble
Awesome news if you just want to use AI to get shit done, because after the bubble pops, AI compute, and/or the hardware to do it, will be dirt cheap for a while.
Reposted by Mike Warot
Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
Reposted by Mike Warot
Want to help build a crowdsourced microcontroller?
You're invited to design peripherals (UARTs, timers, synths, etc.) for a @riscv.org.web.brid.gy chip that will be fabbed for real!
Take part for free!
tinytapeout.com/competitions...
You're invited to design peripherals (UARTs, timers, synths, etc.) for a @riscv.org.web.brid.gy chip that will be fabbed for real!
Take part for free!
tinytapeout.com/competitions...
July 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Want to help build a crowdsourced microcontroller?
You're invited to design peripherals (UARTs, timers, synths, etc.) for a @riscv.org.web.brid.gy chip that will be fabbed for real!
Take part for free!
tinytapeout.com/competitions...
You're invited to design peripherals (UARTs, timers, synths, etc.) for a @riscv.org.web.brid.gy chip that will be fabbed for real!
Take part for free!
tinytapeout.com/competitions...
I found this quite interesting... being a young man back in the 1980s really sucked... and it seems that today's young men don't have it any better.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=awU5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=awU5...
Why Young Men Don’t Like The Democrats
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
www.youtube.com
July 5, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I found this quite interesting... being a young man back in the 1980s really sucked... and it seems that today's young men don't have it any better.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=awU5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=awU5...
Reposted by Mike Warot
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
Reposted by Mike Warot
Let’s be clear: Donald Trump isn’t smart. He’s a free rider on national decline, a by-product of decades of inattention to how the republic was eroding. We took the American promise for granted, and now we just might lose it if all of us don’t get off the couch and take a stand.
June 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Let’s be clear: Donald Trump isn’t smart. He’s a free rider on national decline, a by-product of decades of inattention to how the republic was eroding. We took the American promise for granted, and now we just might lose it if all of us don’t get off the couch and take a stand.