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too much of the economy now is not built around solving a problem or meeting a need
November 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
too much of the economy now is not built around solving a problem or meeting a need
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They should ask this about every movie. Why isn’t Pennywise in Nights in Rodanthe with Richard Gere and Diane Lane?
Why Isn’t Pennywise in The Running Man? It's more complicated than you might think... bit.ly/4a04Vvk
November 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
They should ask this about every movie. Why isn’t Pennywise in Nights in Rodanthe with Richard Gere and Diane Lane?
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One of the most interesting recent privacy developments is the deployment of big two-hop IP blinding VPNs by companies like Apple and Google. These systems are designed to ensure that even those companies can’t link web requests to IP addresses.
November 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
One of the most interesting recent privacy developments is the deployment of big two-hop IP blinding VPNs by companies like Apple and Google. These systems are designed to ensure that even those companies can’t link web requests to IP addresses.
I try not to comment on American or even Dutch politics on my timeline and keep it in replies, but if true, it's shocking to me how brazen these people are in violating the separation of powers. It's so wild that anyone in their position would even consider doing this.
My god (sorry I’m late on a bunch of this stuff. But wow!)
According to this NYT report, the head of the FBI and the Attorney General are holding meetings *in the Situation Room* with GOP lawmakers they are trying to pressure to rescind their votes to release the Epstein info. This is madness.
According to this NYT report, the head of the FBI and the Attorney General are holding meetings *in the Situation Room* with GOP lawmakers they are trying to pressure to rescind their votes to release the Epstein info. This is madness.
November 13, 2025 at 6:14 AM
I try not to comment on American or even Dutch politics on my timeline and keep it in replies, but if true, it's shocking to me how brazen these people are in violating the separation of powers. It's so wild that anyone in their position would even consider doing this.
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that's right
ironically i've said this since the beginning bc my early career was 100% consulting and
THIS IS HOW MOST LARGE COMPANIES USE CONSULTANTS
if you are at *all* savvy, you will realize that many so-called engagements are using you as a handy, deniable loincloth to cover their ass
ironically i've said this since the beginning bc my early career was 100% consulting and
THIS IS HOW MOST LARGE COMPANIES USE CONSULTANTS
if you are at *all* savvy, you will realize that many so-called engagements are using you as a handy, deniable loincloth to cover their ass
The entire point of AI is to have that magic mystery black box as origin point: unquestionable and impervious. A puppet god that tech companies control but are never responsible for.
Its not at all surprising though. Once stuff goes into the black box suddenly no one is accountable or responsible for the results! The best in corporate handwashing.
With an added bonus runaround of "only the vendor can fix it" trying to exhaust the customer so they give up.
With an added bonus runaround of "only the vendor can fix it" trying to exhaust the customer so they give up.
November 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
that's right
ironically i've said this since the beginning bc my early career was 100% consulting and
THIS IS HOW MOST LARGE COMPANIES USE CONSULTANTS
if you are at *all* savvy, you will realize that many so-called engagements are using you as a handy, deniable loincloth to cover their ass
ironically i've said this since the beginning bc my early career was 100% consulting and
THIS IS HOW MOST LARGE COMPANIES USE CONSULTANTS
if you are at *all* savvy, you will realize that many so-called engagements are using you as a handy, deniable loincloth to cover their ass
I keep forgetting how great Terry Pratchett really was, and it's a delight to rediscover. I mean the phrase "face like a blind carpenter's thumb" is just pure poetry to me.
November 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
I keep forgetting how great Terry Pratchett really was, and it's a delight to rediscover. I mean the phrase "face like a blind carpenter's thumb" is just pure poetry to me.
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This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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One of the things I learned teaching search literacy is that search sucks because the world wide web doesn't exist anymore. The blogs that held it together with links are paywalled, big publishers paywall and don't link, the platforms users post to don't link. You're left with reddit and Wikipedia.
I need accounts like this to actually link to the story they’re citing. If I have the right link, this strikes me as an overstatement.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 6, 2025 at 2:15 AM
One of the things I learned teaching search literacy is that search sucks because the world wide web doesn't exist anymore. The blogs that held it together with links are paywalled, big publishers paywall and don't link, the platforms users post to don't link. You're left with reddit and Wikipedia.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
One thing I'm noticing about ChatGPT is it seems to be engineered to keep you engaged in conversation with it. That's weird to me because the more people talk to it, the more money it costs OpenAI. Apparently there's value in keeping the conversation going somehow, but I can't see what it would be.
November 2, 2025 at 9:11 AM
One thing I'm noticing about ChatGPT is it seems to be engineered to keep you engaged in conversation with it. That's weird to me because the more people talk to it, the more money it costs OpenAI. Apparently there's value in keeping the conversation going somehow, but I can't see what it would be.
I was curious and looked him up on Wikipedia - they sentenced him to over 11,000 years in prison
Turkish state media reports that Faruk Fatih Ozer, the former CEO of failed crypto exchange Thodex, has been found dead in his prison cell (Baris Balci/Bloomberg)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
November 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I was curious and looked him up on Wikipedia - they sentenced him to over 11,000 years in prison
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from “Star Wars,” “Star Trek,” “Dr. Who,” or “Transformers.”
October 31, 2025 at 7:08 AM
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from “Star Wars,” “Star Trek,” “Dr. Who,” or “Transformers.”
Follow Matt for interesting election and cyber security content - and cool photos. Also his post reminds me of this interesting case en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_w...
October 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Follow Matt for interesting election and cyber security content - and cool photos. Also his post reminds me of this interesting case en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_w...
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god dammit
Bluesky: the website to be on if you’re the exact right age to remember when buying a ringtone was a thing, and thought it was really cool when it was.
October 29, 2025 at 6:15 AM
god dammit
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📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
I mean I guess it's technically true - huff a high enough concentration and you won't ever suffer any of those again.
October 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I mean I guess it's technically true - huff a high enough concentration and you won't ever suffer any of those again.
I still miss the j key
kids just don't know what it was like playing tlc-no_scrubs_(with_rap).mp3 on winamp 2
October 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I still miss the j key
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Wikipedia is worth $10/month because if it dies so does reliable knowledge. Cough up if you can -- it's cheaper, more interesting and morally superior to Netflix.
wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
www.404media.co
October 17, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Wikipedia is worth $10/month because if it dies so does reliable knowledge. Cough up if you can -- it's cheaper, more interesting and morally superior to Netflix.
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"I don't have anything to hide why should I care about privacy?"
The politician in South Carolina who has introduced a bill redefining contraception as abortion also wants people who share websites to be charged with aiding and abetting homicide.
October 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
"I don't have anything to hide why should I care about privacy?"
... they don't use version control
... there's no source code
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 13, 2025 at 10:08 PM
... they don't use version control
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postmodern finance theory
October 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
postmodern finance theory
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*My Latest CNN Zoom Call Deepfake Demo*
An eng org sent $25M to scammers who deepfaked the CFO in a live video call.
Are your colleagues, fam & friends ready to catch this AI attack?
I demo'd a live Zoom deepfake to CNN's Clare Duffy to help you spot the signs:
edition.cnn.com/2025/10/07/b...
An eng org sent $25M to scammers who deepfaked the CFO in a live video call.
Are your colleagues, fam & friends ready to catch this AI attack?
I demo'd a live Zoom deepfake to CNN's Clare Duffy to help you spot the signs:
edition.cnn.com/2025/10/07/b...
How the latest deepfake scam can cheat companies out of millions | CNN Business
From CEOs to colleagues, deepfake technology can trick people into sending money, sharing passwords, or revealing sensitive information - all in seconds. CNN’s Clare Duffy met with ethical hacker and ...
edition.cnn.com
October 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
*My Latest CNN Zoom Call Deepfake Demo*
An eng org sent $25M to scammers who deepfaked the CFO in a live video call.
Are your colleagues, fam & friends ready to catch this AI attack?
I demo'd a live Zoom deepfake to CNN's Clare Duffy to help you spot the signs:
edition.cnn.com/2025/10/07/b...
An eng org sent $25M to scammers who deepfaked the CFO in a live video call.
Are your colleagues, fam & friends ready to catch this AI attack?
I demo'd a live Zoom deepfake to CNN's Clare Duffy to help you spot the signs:
edition.cnn.com/2025/10/07/b...
Never heard of this movie
October 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Never heard of this movie
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Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns
May 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns