Bill Ray
@bill4000.bsky.social
Analyst at Gartner, trying to discern the future of wireless and space.
Bubble, what bubble?
"Quantum Computing Inc ... has failed to generate any meaningful revenue. It is a tiny company with 41 employees including a part-time CEO. But because it has Quantum Computing in its name it now has a market valuation in excess of $3bn" - www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6ZA...
"Quantum Computing Inc ... has failed to generate any meaningful revenue. It is a tiny company with 41 employees including a part-time CEO. But because it has Quantum Computing in its name it now has a market valuation in excess of $3bn" - www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6ZA...
November 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Bubble, what bubble?
"Quantum Computing Inc ... has failed to generate any meaningful revenue. It is a tiny company with 41 employees including a part-time CEO. But because it has Quantum Computing in its name it now has a market valuation in excess of $3bn" - www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6ZA...
"Quantum Computing Inc ... has failed to generate any meaningful revenue. It is a tiny company with 41 employees including a part-time CEO. But because it has Quantum Computing in its name it now has a market valuation in excess of $3bn" - www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6ZA...
Amazon Leo (nee Kuiper) has a launch video - a montage of dolly pans and drone shots fast enough to induce motion sickness, without a single satellite in shot (which seems a little on point). www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPN4...
November 17, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Amazon Leo (nee Kuiper) has a launch video - a montage of dolly pans and drone shots fast enough to induce motion sickness, without a single satellite in shot (which seems a little on point). www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPN4...
Maybe Trump should just change his name to "President Trump", that way he could stay president forever without having to muck about with the US constitution.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Judge denies ex-judge’s bid to change name to ‘Judge’
A Ramsey County judge denied former Anoka County Judge John Dehen’s request to legally change his first name to “Judge,” calling the move misleading and made in bad faith.
www.mprnews.org
November 3, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Maybe Trump should just change his name to "President Trump", that way he could stay president forever without having to muck about with the US constitution.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
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Oh nooooo, Lindsey Halligan, this is not how any of this works
(15 screens into a Signal exchange) www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
(15 screens into a Signal exchange) www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Oh nooooo, Lindsey Halligan, this is not how any of this works
(15 screens into a Signal exchange) www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
(15 screens into a Signal exchange) www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
Some really interesting analysis on how pervasive AI is getting (there's a less controversial example at www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd69...).
In case you missed it last night, I dug into Will Smith's "fake AI crowd" video. Nearly everyone got this wrong, and the evidence was easy to find… if you're sick enough to watch everything Will Smith posted on social media in the last four months.
You may have seen this story blowing up about Will Smith using AI to generate fake audiences to promote his latest tour, but the truth is more complicated. The audiences are real, but the footage was manipulated: first by Will Smith's team and then, without permission, by YouTube itself.
August 27, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Some really interesting analysis on how pervasive AI is getting (there's a less controversial example at www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd69...).
A view from history on the future of American science:
American science is what ultimately won Sagdeev over to his new home ... He appreciated that scientists could move freely between institutions, and didn’t have to grovel before party leaders to get funding.
American science is what ultimately won Sagdeev over to his new home ... He appreciated that scientists could move freely between institutions, and didn’t have to grovel before party leaders to get funding.
This Atlantic article about the decline of US science broadly reflects my own view
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
Every Scientific Empire Comes to an End
America’s run as the premier techno-superpower may be over.
www.theatlantic.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A view from history on the future of American science:
American science is what ultimately won Sagdeev over to his new home ... He appreciated that scientists could move freely between institutions, and didn’t have to grovel before party leaders to get funding.
American science is what ultimately won Sagdeev over to his new home ... He appreciated that scientists could move freely between institutions, and didn’t have to grovel before party leaders to get funding.
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This is, legitimately, the best marketing I’ve ever seen. For anything. Ever.
July 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This is, legitimately, the best marketing I’ve ever seen. For anything. Ever.
The existing mode can be bypassed by swearing in your search terms. Anyone know if that's still going to work in "AI Mode"?
Google has started rolling out its search experience AI Mode in UK
News Media Association's CEO said it's "a lose-lose for sources of trusted verified news and information as the dominant tech firms continue to draw yet more web traffic into their walled gardens" pressgazette.co.uk/news/google-...
News Media Association's CEO said it's "a lose-lose for sources of trusted verified news and information as the dominant tech firms continue to draw yet more web traffic into their walled gardens" pressgazette.co.uk/news/google-...
Google AI Mode goes live in the UK
Google has started rolling out its new search experience AI Mode in the UK after launching earlier this year in the US.
pressgazette.co.uk
July 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The existing mode can be bypassed by swearing in your search terms. Anyone know if that's still going to work in "AI Mode"?
Looks like more than a quarter (26%) of the accounts on X discussing Scottish Independence were fake - created to politically destabilize the UK.
Scary stuff - details are at cyabra.com/.../the-bot-....
Scary stuff - details are at cyabra.com/.../the-bot-....
cyabra.com
July 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Looks like more than a quarter (26%) of the accounts on X discussing Scottish Independence were fake - created to politically destabilize the UK.
Scary stuff - details are at cyabra.com/.../the-bot-....
Scary stuff - details are at cyabra.com/.../the-bot-....
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EXCLUSIVE 💥
Aneurin Barnard is #RogueTrooper in our exclusive first look at Duncan Jones’ upcoming sci-fi blockbuster, based on the titular 2000AD comics.
See more images from the movie here: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...
Aneurin Barnard is #RogueTrooper in our exclusive first look at Duncan Jones’ upcoming sci-fi blockbuster, based on the titular 2000AD comics.
See more images from the movie here: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...
June 24, 2025 at 11:06 AM
EXCLUSIVE 💥
Aneurin Barnard is #RogueTrooper in our exclusive first look at Duncan Jones’ upcoming sci-fi blockbuster, based on the titular 2000AD comics.
See more images from the movie here: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...
Aneurin Barnard is #RogueTrooper in our exclusive first look at Duncan Jones’ upcoming sci-fi blockbuster, based on the titular 2000AD comics.
See more images from the movie here: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...
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So arguably, at least in philosophy-related social media, 1 Bluesky follower is worth about 4 on Twitter.
June 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
So arguably, at least in philosophy-related social media, 1 Bluesky follower is worth about 4 on Twitter.
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SCOOP: Trump to launch branded crypto wallet and trading application, encouraging his supporters to purchase his memecoin and other crypto assets.
www.citationneeded.news/trump-crypto...
www.citationneeded.news/trump-crypto...
Trump to launch branded crypto trading application
New crypto trading and wallet application, created in partnership with Magic Eden, invites fans of President Trump to buy his memecoin
www.citationneeded.news
June 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
SCOOP: Trump to launch branded crypto wallet and trading application, encouraging his supporters to purchase his memecoin and other crypto assets.
www.citationneeded.news/trump-crypto...
www.citationneeded.news/trump-crypto...
Can I recommend reading "The Last Pink Bits", while there's still time... www.amazon.co.uk/Last-Pink-Bi...
May 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Can I recommend reading "The Last Pink Bits", while there's still time... www.amazon.co.uk/Last-Pink-Bi...
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This is marvelously snarky stuff from the FT by someone who knows a bit about Altman and a lot about olive oil.
Three things we learned about Sam Altman by scoping his kitchen
All Drizzle, no sizzle
www.ft.com
May 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
This is marvelously snarky stuff from the FT by someone who knows a bit about Altman and a lot about olive oil.
Finally published "Humanoid Robots Are Overhyped and Overvalued", on how humanoids are mostly used to artificially inflate company share prices (something we can all appreciate right now).
Gartner customers can find it at www.gartner.com/document/634....
Gartner customers can find it at www.gartner.com/document/634....
April 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Finally published "Humanoid Robots Are Overhyped and Overvalued", on how humanoids are mostly used to artificially inflate company share prices (something we can all appreciate right now).
Gartner customers can find it at www.gartner.com/document/634....
Gartner customers can find it at www.gartner.com/document/634....
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An interesting study by the Press Gazette on the use of AI-generated comments. Journos really need to be sure of their sources.
Virtual reality: The widely-quoted media experts who are not what they seem
Press Gazette investigation into the widely-quoted national media experts who either do not exist, or whose credentials have not been checked.
pressgazette.co.uk
April 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
An interesting study by the Press Gazette on the use of AI-generated comments. Journos really need to be sure of their sources.
Not normally big on book reviews, but I have to recommend "Careless People". It's the inside story of Facebook, and shows just how sociopathic (and misogynistic) a big tech company can be.
Scary stuff, but important: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Scary stuff, but important: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Careless People
#1 New York Times Bestseller“Careless People is darkly funny and genuinely shocking...Not only does [Sarah Wynn-Williams] have the storytelling chops to un...
us.macmillan.com
April 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Not normally big on book reviews, but I have to recommend "Careless People". It's the inside story of Facebook, and shows just how sociopathic (and misogynistic) a big tech company can be.
Scary stuff, but important: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Scary stuff, but important: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Most of these are too depressing, but this one made me laugh out loud.
Elon Musk's favorite supposed data expert, who he's retweeted at least a dozen times, claims she can only process 60,000 rows of data before her "hard drive overheats"
March 14, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Most of these are too depressing, but this one made me laugh out loud.
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The thing that everyone thinks is nuts, but I absolutely think would work: a presentation that looked like an Apple keynote product launch, but for all the cool shit that the government makes for people. Cancer treatments, national parks, space discoveries, free tax filing, cool new airports.
If you were in Congress, what would you do for the State of the Union? What do you think Dems should do?
March 1, 2025 at 3:19 AM
The thing that everyone thinks is nuts, but I absolutely think would work: a presentation that looked like an Apple keynote product launch, but for all the cool shit that the government makes for people. Cancer treatments, national parks, space discoveries, free tax filing, cool new airports.
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Everyone thinks they're going to be Mad Max. Most are just going to be Johnny the Boy at best.
February 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Everyone thinks they're going to be Mad Max. Most are just going to be Johnny the Boy at best.
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"Friends of Dorothy" brought in to replace the Gay choir - just when I thought the world couldn't get an weirder.
February 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"Friends of Dorothy" brought in to replace the Gay choir - just when I thought the world couldn't get an weirder.
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Be not afraid
The UK’s GDP is 50% bigger than Russia’s and GDP per capita three times as great (as with most EU countries).
The economic power of the EU alone (without the UK) is EIGHT times larger than Russia.
The EU is a superpower. Russia is not. And should not be treated like one
The UK’s GDP is 50% bigger than Russia’s and GDP per capita three times as great (as with most EU countries).
The economic power of the EU alone (without the UK) is EIGHT times larger than Russia.
The EU is a superpower. Russia is not. And should not be treated like one
February 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Be not afraid
The UK’s GDP is 50% bigger than Russia’s and GDP per capita three times as great (as with most EU countries).
The economic power of the EU alone (without the UK) is EIGHT times larger than Russia.
The EU is a superpower. Russia is not. And should not be treated like one
The UK’s GDP is 50% bigger than Russia’s and GDP per capita three times as great (as with most EU countries).
The economic power of the EU alone (without the UK) is EIGHT times larger than Russia.
The EU is a superpower. Russia is not. And should not be treated like one
Finished this at the weekend - quite a read, and a reminder of just how good Dredd can be.
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February 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Finished this at the weekend - quite a read, and a reminder of just how good Dredd can be.