Joseph M. Jones
@netsecdude757.bsky.social
A salty veteran powered by caffeine and spite. Fluent in tech buzzwords, military acronyms, and creative profanity. Still waiting for AI to replace me so I can finally take a damn nap. https://realitydotexe.substack.com/
Cybersecurity budget: $3M on AI threat detection. Actual breach vector: George in shipping clicked "yes" on a link in a random email.
He wasn't trying to destroy your company. He was trying to get his job done.
The call is coming from inside the operations team.
He wasn't trying to destroy your company. He was trying to get his job done.
The call is coming from inside the operations team.
Congratulations, You Bought the Tools. Now Try Changing the Humans.
The field guide to buying tools, ignoring humans, and calling it "innovation"
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November 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Cybersecurity budget: $3M on AI threat detection. Actual breach vector: George in shipping clicked "yes" on a link in a random email.
He wasn't trying to destroy your company. He was trying to get his job done.
The call is coming from inside the operations team.
He wasn't trying to destroy your company. He was trying to get his job done.
The call is coming from inside the operations team.
Lol, I wanna know which uncle fucked his mom. To be this stupid requires inbreeding.
November 6, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Lol, I wanna know which uncle fucked his mom. To be this stupid requires inbreeding.
AI’s drinking problem, corporate denial, and federal self-sabotage—October was a vibe.
Your chatbot drained a reservoir, your “digital transformation” blamed the humans, and Washington pulled a hamstring in the chip race.
At least the machines started learning how to fall down.
Your chatbot drained a reservoir, your “digital transformation” blamed the humans, and Washington pulled a hamstring in the chip race.
At least the machines started learning how to fall down.
October 2025 in Review: What We Got Into
October 2025: AI drank your reservoir dry, humans debugged better than code, and we killed the only semiconductor program that worked. Just another month in tech.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
AI’s drinking problem, corporate denial, and federal self-sabotage—October was a vibe.
Your chatbot drained a reservoir, your “digital transformation” blamed the humans, and Washington pulled a hamstring in the chip race.
At least the machines started learning how to fall down.
Your chatbot drained a reservoir, your “digital transformation” blamed the humans, and Washington pulled a hamstring in the chip race.
At least the machines started learning how to fall down.
Digital transformation success rate: 30%
Reason for failure: "Change resistance"
Translation: We built something nobody asked for and blamed the users when they didn't love our seventeen-step approval workflow for ordering paperclips.
Reason for failure: "Change resistance"
Translation: We built something nobody asked for and blamed the users when they didn't love our seventeen-step approval workflow for ordering paperclips.
Congratulations, You Bought the Tools. Now Try Changing the Humans.
The field guide to buying tools, ignoring humans, and calling it "innovation"
open.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Digital transformation success rate: 30%
Reason for failure: "Change resistance"
Translation: We built something nobody asked for and blamed the users when they didn't love our seventeen-step approval workflow for ordering paperclips.
Reason for failure: "Change resistance"
Translation: We built something nobody asked for and blamed the users when they didn't love our seventeen-step approval workflow for ordering paperclips.
America: finally builds something that works.
Also America: "This seems dangerous, better kill it."
We killed our only working semiconductor program because it wasn't bureaucratic enough. China probably has a whole ministry studying our propensity for self-sabotage at this point.
Also America: "This seems dangerous, better kill it."
We killed our only working semiconductor program because it wasn't bureaucratic enough. China probably has a whole ministry studying our propensity for self-sabotage at this point.
Natcast Gets Kneecapped
How to lose a chip race in the dumbest way possible: kill the only thing that was working.
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October 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
America: finally builds something that works.
Also America: "This seems dangerous, better kill it."
We killed our only working semiconductor program because it wasn't bureaucratic enough. China probably has a whole ministry studying our propensity for self-sabotage at this point.
Also America: "This seems dangerous, better kill it."
We killed our only working semiconductor program because it wasn't bureaucratic enough. China probably has a whole ministry studying our propensity for self-sabotage at this point.
Everyone's racing to build bigger libraries when we need to unlock the door and let these things go out and eat shit on the playground a few times.
#AI #EmbodiedAI #MachineLearning #TechReality
#AI #EmbodiedAI #MachineLearning #TechReality
The Real AI Revolution Starts When Machines Learn to Fall Down
A message to artificial intelligence: go outside and touch grass, kid.
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October 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Everyone's racing to build bigger libraries when we need to unlock the door and let these things go out and eat shit on the playground a few times.
#AI #EmbodiedAI #MachineLearning #TechReality
#AI #EmbodiedAI #MachineLearning #TechReality
AI’s got a dirty little secret: it’s thirsty as hell.
Billions of gallons to keep servers cool — by 2028, over a trillion liters gone so chatbots can sound “confidently wrong.”
Every prompt has a water cost and this “cloud” just drains, never rains.
#AI #WaterCrisis #DataCenters #Tech
Billions of gallons to keep servers cool — by 2028, over a trillion liters gone so chatbots can sound “confidently wrong.”
Every prompt has a water cost and this “cloud” just drains, never rains.
#AI #WaterCrisis #DataCenters #Tech
AI's Thirst Trap: The Dumbest Way to Drain a Reservoir
Because apparently teaching computers to write haikus requires more water than your entire neighborhood
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October 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
AI’s got a dirty little secret: it’s thirsty as hell.
Billions of gallons to keep servers cool — by 2028, over a trillion liters gone so chatbots can sound “confidently wrong.”
Every prompt has a water cost and this “cloud” just drains, never rains.
#AI #WaterCrisis #DataCenters #Tech
Billions of gallons to keep servers cool — by 2028, over a trillion liters gone so chatbots can sound “confidently wrong.”
Every prompt has a water cost and this “cloud” just drains, never rains.
#AI #WaterCrisis #DataCenters #Tech
CSI: Cyber was so catastrophically bad it made Swordfish look like a TED Talk on cybersecurity best practices.
October 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
CSI: Cyber was so catastrophically bad it made Swordfish look like a TED Talk on cybersecurity best practices.
Declaring "Hollywood is dead" isn't edgy cultural criticism. It's writing the professional obituary for 2.32 million people whose paychecks depend on you occasionally showing up.
#FilmIndustry #Hollywood #Television #CreativeJobs #SupportTheArts
#FilmIndustry #Hollywood #Television #CreativeJobs #SupportTheArts
Hollywood Isn't Dead, It's Just on Life Support (And You're Holding the Paddles)
Because apparently 2.32 million jobs depend on whether you can be bothered to see a movie this weekend or watch that show when it actually airs
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October 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Declaring "Hollywood is dead" isn't edgy cultural criticism. It's writing the professional obituary for 2.32 million people whose paychecks depend on you occasionally showing up.
#FilmIndustry #Hollywood #Television #CreativeJobs #SupportTheArts
#FilmIndustry #Hollywood #Television #CreativeJobs #SupportTheArts
Reality Bytes: September 2025 In Review
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September: utility bills hiding AI subs; OpenAI, Oracle and NVIDIA's money theater; cybersecurity's losing battle; and burnout is still killing us.
#AI #Cybersecurity #Tech #Burnout
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September: utility bills hiding AI subs; OpenAI, Oracle and NVIDIA's money theater; cybersecurity's losing battle; and burnout is still killing us.
#AI #Cybersecurity #Tech #Burnout
Reality Bytes: September 2025 In Review
September 2025: AI ate your electric bill, Oracle discovered infinite money, and burnout got rebranded as "dedication." Just another month in tech.
open.substack.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Reality Bytes: September 2025 In Review
open.substack.com/pub/realityd...
September: utility bills hiding AI subs; OpenAI, Oracle and NVIDIA's money theater; cybersecurity's losing battle; and burnout is still killing us.
#AI #Cybersecurity #Tech #Burnout
open.substack.com/pub/realityd...
September: utility bills hiding AI subs; OpenAI, Oracle and NVIDIA's money theater; cybersecurity's losing battle; and burnout is still killing us.
#AI #Cybersecurity #Tech #Burnout
Found this absolute legend buried in my OneDrive and I have QUESTIONS.
October 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Found this absolute legend buried in my OneDrive and I have QUESTIONS.