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Security Consulting @ Big Financial (again!). Opinions mine.
Elon got this from the Culture novels. Elektrek hates him and so is suitably mocking, but as his ideas often do, it strikes me as wildly impractical yet directionally correct (the second best kind of correct). Prison sucks.
electrek.co/2025/11/06/e...
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Elon Musk says let criminals out of prison and give them a robot stalker instead
At Tesla's shareholder meeting, Musk suggested that people who commit crimes should be followed by a crime-preventing robot instead of jailed.
electrek.co
November 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Elon got this from the Culture novels. Elektrek hates him and so is suitably mocking, but as his ideas often do, it strikes me as wildly impractical yet directionally correct (the second best kind of correct). Prison sucks.
electrek.co/2025/11/06/e...
electrek.co/2025/11/06/e...
I came around reluctantly, but baseball really is much better with the pitch clock. Also I doubt anyone tuned out on that Game 7. The NBA is... fine.
www.houseofstrauss.com/p/the-main-r...
www.houseofstrauss.com/p/the-main-r...
The MAIN REASON MLB Overtook the NBA
An NBA choice helped MLB eclipse it
www.houseofstrauss.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I came around reluctantly, but baseball really is much better with the pitch clock. Also I doubt anyone tuned out on that Game 7. The NBA is... fine.
www.houseofstrauss.com/p/the-main-r...
www.houseofstrauss.com/p/the-main-r...
When Toyota moved to Plano I saw a dig from a bitter Irviner hoping that Toyota employees liked eating at Olive Garden. Funny, and a few decades prior, true.
Anyway, here is Mikey Chen eating at Olive Gardens. He passes by one of my favorites, Uyghur Olive Garden.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd4W...
Anyway, here is Mikey Chen eating at Olive Gardens. He passes by one of my favorites, Uyghur Olive Garden.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd4W...
24 Hours Eating The Best NOODLES + DUMPLINGS Around Dallas Texas
YouTube video by Strictly Dumpling
www.youtube.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:45 AM
When Toyota moved to Plano I saw a dig from a bitter Irviner hoping that Toyota employees liked eating at Olive Garden. Funny, and a few decades prior, true.
Anyway, here is Mikey Chen eating at Olive Gardens. He passes by one of my favorites, Uyghur Olive Garden.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd4W...
Anyway, here is Mikey Chen eating at Olive Gardens. He passes by one of my favorites, Uyghur Olive Garden.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd4W...
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Looked at my data collections for state-backed activity. If the report were a picture:
September 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Looked at my data collections for state-backed activity. If the report were a picture:
There is a lot of Dan Jenkins style stuff in here. Jenkins wrote satire, but he didn't have to use his imagination all that much.
www.espn.com/college-foot...
www.espn.com/college-foot...
'We are what we drive': How car dealers became college football's power brokers
More college football players are driving sports cars than ever before. But the connection between dealers and programs goes back decades.
www.espn.com
August 31, 2025 at 9:15 PM
There is a lot of Dan Jenkins style stuff in here. Jenkins wrote satire, but he didn't have to use his imagination all that much.
www.espn.com/college-foot...
www.espn.com/college-foot...
If only we had a, I dunno, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, just to pick a possible name at random, with un-fired employees who could at least work on keeping drug cartels from stealing the names of informants from federal courts.
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Hack of federal court filing system exploited security flaws known since 2020
The intrusion into the federal judiciary’s case filing system was like “taking candy from a baby,” said one person with knowledge of the hack.
www.politico.com
August 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
If only we had a, I dunno, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, just to pick a possible name at random, with un-fired employees who could at least work on keeping drug cartels from stealing the names of informants from federal courts.
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
I did an escape room once that involved dialing a rotary phone to get a voice recording. The room monitor told me that sometimes when they don't have an oldhead in the group they have to teach the kids how to do it.
Dad refused to pay extra for touch tone until he finally no longer had the option.
Dad refused to pay extra for touch tone until he finally no longer had the option.
What’s a real thing from your childhood that kids these days would find completely foreign?
Like, how we used to be able to walk right up to the gate to meet our family coming off a flight.
Or how we had to pick a spot to meet at the theater BEFORE we went.
Like, how we used to be able to walk right up to the gate to meet our family coming off a flight.
Or how we had to pick a spot to meet at the theater BEFORE we went.
July 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I did an escape room once that involved dialing a rotary phone to get a voice recording. The room monitor told me that sometimes when they don't have an oldhead in the group they have to teach the kids how to do it.
Dad refused to pay extra for touch tone until he finally no longer had the option.
Dad refused to pay extra for touch tone until he finally no longer had the option.
One for @laplanck.bsky.social
"...cops in another small town in the state, called Zanesville, had killed dozens of lions, tigers, bears, and monkeys who escaped from someone’s backyard."
Your upbringing was apparently more metal than I had envisioned.
slate.com/life/2025/07...
"...cops in another small town in the state, called Zanesville, had killed dozens of lions, tigers, bears, and monkeys who escaped from someone’s backyard."
Your upbringing was apparently more metal than I had envisioned.
slate.com/life/2025/07...
It Was a Notorious—and Bloody—Incident That Stunned America in 2011. I Saw for Myself That It’s Not Over.
Many people still own exotic animals like they're any other pet. But they're not.
slate.com
July 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
One for @laplanck.bsky.social
"...cops in another small town in the state, called Zanesville, had killed dozens of lions, tigers, bears, and monkeys who escaped from someone’s backyard."
Your upbringing was apparently more metal than I had envisioned.
slate.com/life/2025/07...
"...cops in another small town in the state, called Zanesville, had killed dozens of lions, tigers, bears, and monkeys who escaped from someone’s backyard."
Your upbringing was apparently more metal than I had envisioned.
slate.com/life/2025/07...
Southwest Texas State Teachers College has come a long way up in the world.
www.saturdaydownsouth.com/news/college...
www.saturdaydownsouth.com/news/college...
College football realignment rumors: ESPN reports 'ripple' of change could be coming
Conference realignment could start up again, as the Pac-12 seeks to add a 8th football member for 2026 to secure FBS status.
www.saturdaydownsouth.com
June 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Southwest Texas State Teachers College has come a long way up in the world.
www.saturdaydownsouth.com/news/college...
www.saturdaydownsouth.com/news/college...
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Ukraine used $47,000 in drones to inflict $7,000,000,000 of damage.
War changed today. Forever.
War changed today. Forever.
June 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Ukraine used $47,000 in drones to inflict $7,000,000,000 of damage.
War changed today. Forever.
War changed today. Forever.
If ever an organization truly needed a lucky financial break, surely it was Harvard.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/w...
Harvard Paid $27 for a Copy of Magna Carta. Surprise! It’s an Original.
www.nytimes.com
May 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
If ever an organization truly needed a lucky financial break, surely it was Harvard.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/w...
anyone who trades with me is an imperialist pig. anyone who refuses to trade with me is a well-disciplined imperialist pig.
jacobin.com/2025/05/tari...
jacobin.com/2025/05/tari...
Tariffs, Like Free Trade, Discipline the Global South
Nations across the Global South were forced to surrender economic self-determination under the banner of free trade. Absent a collective response, Donald Trump’s dismantling of this order will only fu...
jacobin.com
May 14, 2025 at 11:40 PM
anyone who trades with me is an imperialist pig. anyone who refuses to trade with me is a well-disciplined imperialist pig.
jacobin.com/2025/05/tari...
jacobin.com/2025/05/tari...
First they came for the security clearances of the lawyers, but I did not care, because come on, they're lawyers.
But then they started to come for actual people.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
But then they started to come for actual people.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Cybersecurity Community Must Not Remain Silent On Executive Order Attacking Former CISA Director
Cybersecurity professionals and the infosec community have essential roles to play in protecting our democracy, securing our elections, and building, testing, and safeguarding government infrastructur...
www.eff.org
April 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
First they came for the security clearances of the lawyers, but I did not care, because come on, they're lawyers.
But then they started to come for actual people.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
But then they started to come for actual people.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Gulf of Map Explorer
Create and share your own custom Gulf maps with MapQuest
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February 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Interesting that both alleged killers are data scientists. If I were a data scientist I would say that two data points are not enough to draw conclusions, but I'm not, so I can say that this conclusively proves that data science is nuts.
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
String of recent killings linked to Bay Area 'death cult'
A string of recent killings across the United States have been tied to fringe online group the Zizians, described as a "death cult."
www.sfgate.com
January 31, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Interesting that both alleged killers are data scientists. If I were a data scientist I would say that two data points are not enough to draw conclusions, but I'm not, so I can say that this conclusively proves that data science is nuts.
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery.
January 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM
If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery.
It's extraordinarily crass for settler-colonists try to make money on the ashes of a burned American city. Apropos of nothing, I wonder if there are any suitcase makers currently making bags out of carpet.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Fire-Ravaged Altadena Attracts Real Estate Vultures Eyeing Deals
Danielle Neal is a fourth-generation resident of Altadena who saw the house she grew up in and the home she rented burn down in the wildfires that swept through Los Angeles County.
www.bloomberg.com
January 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It's extraordinarily crass for settler-colonists try to make money on the ashes of a burned American city. Apropos of nothing, I wonder if there are any suitcase makers currently making bags out of carpet.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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This is real U2 Songs of Innocence energy from Apple
Apple auto-opts everyone into having their photos analyzed by AI for landmarks
Apple auto-opts everyone into having their photos analyzed by AI for landmarks
Homomorphic-based Enhanced Visual Search is so privacy-preserving, iPhone giant activated it without asking
Apple last year deployed a mechanism for identifying landmarks and places of interest in images stored in the Photos application on its…
dlvr.it
January 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This is real U2 Songs of Innocence energy from Apple
My state representative, Capriglione, has clearly been thinking hard, apparently with the usual results that occur when a politician does that.
www.hyperdimensional.co/p/texas-plow...
www.hyperdimensional.co/p/texas-plow...
Texas Plows Ahead
Texas' onerous AI regulation is formally introduced
www.hyperdimensional.co
January 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
My state representative, Capriglione, has clearly been thinking hard, apparently with the usual results that occur when a politician does that.
www.hyperdimensional.co/p/texas-plow...
www.hyperdimensional.co/p/texas-plow...
Yes I know, Michael Lewis toadied up to SBF and Moneyball was B.S. and whatever. Read this one anyway.
December 15, 2024 at 9:55 PM
Yes I know, Michael Lewis toadied up to SBF and Moneyball was B.S. and whatever. Read this one anyway.
Opinion | The Canary
Michael Lewis on Chris Mark of the Department of Labor.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 15, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Requires a pre-read of LeGuin's "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas". I'm not even sure whose ox this is supposed to be goring exactly, but it's kind of brilliant anyway.
clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_02_24
clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_02_24
February 5, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Requires a pre-read of LeGuin's "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas". I'm not even sure whose ox this is supposed to be goring exactly, but it's kind of brilliant anyway.
clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_02_24
clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_02_24
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Yes, that means a retroactive exposure of any Binance's transaction going back years.
Binance's chief compliance officer says users "have nothing to worry about as long as they're not part of the very small, small group of users that use crypto for illicit purposes."
Binance's chief compliance officer says users "have nothing to worry about as long as they're not part of the very small, small group of users that use crypto for illicit purposes."
December 6, 2023 at 7:18 PM
Yes, that means a retroactive exposure of any Binance's transaction going back years.
Binance's chief compliance officer says users "have nothing to worry about as long as they're not part of the very small, small group of users that use crypto for illicit purposes."
Binance's chief compliance officer says users "have nothing to worry about as long as they're not part of the very small, small group of users that use crypto for illicit purposes."