Rob J.
@robjaniii.bsky.social
Manager - AV Engineering at NBCU.
Make all sorts of things in the physical world but really want to make virtual worlds
Make all sorts of things in the physical world but really want to make virtual worlds
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Rob J.
@robjaniii.bsky.social
· Nov 22
A little bit about myself beyond the bio. I have been doing AV for 25 years and I have pretty much done everything you could think that has audio or video. From things as large as football stadiums and massive interactive art down to phonebooths and home theaters I have designed, integrated, or
Pretty good distillation from the judge here
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Pretty good distillation from the judge here
Of course Aurora borealis comes to LA and it's cloudy
November 13, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Of course Aurora borealis comes to LA and it's cloudy
Hey its me from Ops, I didn't bother to read your email. Here are five frantic questions which were already answered in your email. I need an immediate response.
November 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Hey its me from Ops, I didn't bother to read your email. Here are five frantic questions which were already answered in your email. I need an immediate response.
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🔭 Spiral Galaxy NGC 3370 from Hubble
Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Riess, K. Noll
star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Riess, K. Noll
star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
November 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🔭 Spiral Galaxy NGC 3370 from Hubble
Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Riess, K. Noll
star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Riess, K. Noll
star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
Just got the Steam reminder that Dead Static Drive is out! Well I guess tomorrow or maybe today, I dunno.
I pumped either way.
store.steampowered.com/app/1166940/...
I pumped either way.
store.steampowered.com/app/1166940/...
Dead Static Drive on Steam
Dead Static Drive is Grand Theft Cthulhu. An indie survival-horror game following a nightmarish road trip across a 1980s Americana. Evade police. Equip yourself and those close to you, and follow your...
store.steampowered.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Just got the Steam reminder that Dead Static Drive is out! Well I guess tomorrow or maybe today, I dunno.
I pumped either way.
store.steampowered.com/app/1166940/...
I pumped either way.
store.steampowered.com/app/1166940/...
Been waiting on this for a bit, stoked it's here!
It’s true, here’s our exciting news! Dead Static Drive is coming out on NOVEMBER 5TH! This year! Next week, even.
Yee—and we cannot stress this enough—haw 🤠
www.deadstaticdrive.com/releases
Yee—and we cannot stress this enough—haw 🤠
www.deadstaticdrive.com/releases
Dead Static Drive | Coming to PC and Xbox
Grab your bat, steal a car, and take your chances against the unearthly horrors found along Route 666. This is Dead Static Drive.
www.deadstaticdrive.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Been waiting on this for a bit, stoked it's here!
New Teams logo just dropped and this is all I can think of.
October 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
New Teams logo just dropped and this is all I can think of.
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Exactly this.
Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
anildash.com
October 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Exactly this.
It needs more bass
"It'll be on time."
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It needs more bass
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My friend Matt Inman made a great comic about AI…
A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal
This is a comic about AI art.
theoatmeal.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:47 AM
My friend Matt Inman made a great comic about AI…
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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports
AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.
www.consumerreports.org
October 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Network switches kinda blow my mind sometimes. Phenomenal technology
October 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Network switches kinda blow my mind sometimes. Phenomenal technology
Had a pretty awesome moment with the toddler yesterday. We were heading out on our evening walk. The moon was visible while still light and my guy stopped halfway down the stairs and said "Luna" it was like he had seen it for the first time. He looked at me again and said "Luna"!
September 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Had a pretty awesome moment with the toddler yesterday. We were heading out on our evening walk. The moon was visible while still light and my guy stopped halfway down the stairs and said "Luna" it was like he had seen it for the first time. He looked at me again and said "Luna"!
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If any single techbro pushing genAI had 1% of the incredible artists (incl writers, film-makers, game devs, etc) in their life that I do, they'd never ever put their talents and energy towards making machines that steal from them to spit out soulless garbage facsimiles of creativity.
September 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
If any single techbro pushing genAI had 1% of the incredible artists (incl writers, film-makers, game devs, etc) in their life that I do, they'd never ever put their talents and energy towards making machines that steal from them to spit out soulless garbage facsimiles of creativity.
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Saturn, rising behind its largest moon Titan.
This scene is a composite of images taken by the Cassini spacecraft on 31 March 2005. At the time, Cassini was 7,000 km from Titan and 1.2 million km from Saturn.
Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI/Ian Regan/Val Klavans
This scene is a composite of images taken by the Cassini spacecraft on 31 March 2005. At the time, Cassini was 7,000 km from Titan and 1.2 million km from Saturn.
Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI/Ian Regan/Val Klavans
September 27, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Saturn, rising behind its largest moon Titan.
This scene is a composite of images taken by the Cassini spacecraft on 31 March 2005. At the time, Cassini was 7,000 km from Titan and 1.2 million km from Saturn.
Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI/Ian Regan/Val Klavans
This scene is a composite of images taken by the Cassini spacecraft on 31 March 2005. At the time, Cassini was 7,000 km from Titan and 1.2 million km from Saturn.
Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI/Ian Regan/Val Klavans
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I think this is what they mean when they say "wishful thinking".
$45B annual revenue from the entire genAI industry in 2024 will magically become $2T in the next 4 years?
So much bullshit.
$45B annual revenue from the entire genAI industry in 2024 will magically become $2T in the next 4 years?
So much bullshit.
*The AI boom = one of the costliest building sprees in world history
* Past 3 years' commitments are greater than the cost of building the U.S. interstate highway system
* Consumers must spend $800 billion on AI within a few years, to justify investment from 2023-24
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-b...
* Past 3 years' commitments are greater than the cost of building the U.S. interstate highway system
* Consumers must spend $800 billion on AI within a few years, to justify investment from 2023-24
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-b...
September 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I think this is what they mean when they say "wishful thinking".
$45B annual revenue from the entire genAI industry in 2024 will magically become $2T in the next 4 years?
So much bullshit.
$45B annual revenue from the entire genAI industry in 2024 will magically become $2T in the next 4 years?
So much bullshit.
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September 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Woke up with the theme to Airwolf in my head. This bodes well for the day.
September 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Woke up with the theme to Airwolf in my head. This bodes well for the day.
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a golden age for doing bullshit and creating problems for your coworkers www.404media.co/ai-workslop-...
AI ‘Workslop’ Is Killing Productivity and Making Workers Miserable
AI slop is taking over workplaces. Workers said that they thought of their colleagues who filed low-quality AI work as "less creative, capable, and reliable than they did before receiving the output."
www.404media.co
September 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
a golden age for doing bullshit and creating problems for your coworkers www.404media.co/ai-workslop-...
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the entire world should come to an agreement to never reveal shoegaze lyrics
September 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM
the entire world should come to an agreement to never reveal shoegaze lyrics
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