Dan Bornstein
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Virtual Machinist. Loves coffee and noise. May or may not be working on an operating system.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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I had the displeasure of reading an article in the Harvard student paper by an economics major who said in apparent seriousness that comp sci majors are wasting time on theory classes like “Introduction to Algorithms and their Limitations” when they could be learning REAL skills like prompt […]
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infosec.exchange
November 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I had the displeasure of reading an article in the Harvard student paper by an economics major who said in apparent seriousness that comp sci majors are wasting time on theory classes like “Introduction to Algorithms and their Limitations” when they could be learning REAL skills like prompt […]
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Chatting with a friend about Cloudflare's intermittent outages today, they brought up an interesting point: How many organizations have started relying on Cloudflare to do basic security blocking and tackling stuff, like stopping SQL injection attacks at the edge? Maybe your devs were lazy at […]
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infosec.exchange
November 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Chatting with a friend about Cloudflare's intermittent outages today, they brought up an interesting point: How many organizations have started relying on Cloudflare to do basic security blocking and tackling stuff, like stopping SQL injection attacks at the edge? Maybe your devs were lazy at […]
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Okay, but hear me out, what if we produce an entire generation of students who are *all* the ones who did nothing in the group project?
November 13, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Okay, but hear me out, what if we produce an entire generation of students who are *all* the ones who did nothing in the group project?
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ChatGPT Temporary Chat feature seems to work flawlessly.
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
ChatGPT Temporary Chat feature seems to work flawlessly.
"The…Surrender Caucus… thought they were sparing their constituents some present pain, but they are actually dooming them to far worse pain later. And the surrender was a slap in the face to all who suffered to get us this far." — @jaykuo
https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/the-surrender-caucus
https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/the-surrender-caucus
The Surrender Caucus
Eight Democrats crossed the party line to vote with the Republicans to clear a key procedural hurdle to ending the shutdown.
statuskuo.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
"The…Surrender Caucus… thought they were sparing their constituents some present pain, but they are actually dooming them to far worse pain later. And the surrender was a slap in the face to all who suffered to get us this far." — @jaykuo
https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/the-surrender-caucus
https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/the-surrender-caucus
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“Most of the days the federal government has ever been shut down, Donald Trump was the president.”— @howtoreadthisch.art
www.howtoreadthisch.art/red-versus-b...
www.howtoreadthisch.art/red-versus-b...
November 8, 2025 at 11:54 PM
“Most of the days the federal government has ever been shut down, Donald Trump was the president.”— @howtoreadthisch.art
www.howtoreadthisch.art/red-versus-b...
www.howtoreadthisch.art/red-versus-b...
Earthquake tooters: ACTIVATE!
November 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Earthquake tooters: ACTIVATE!
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The moms of Montgomery County don't like Bethany Mandel because she's a jerk to trans kids, and that tells a lot about America's political realignment.
The “Likable”/“Unlikable” Political Realignment
American conservatism is a home for unlikeable people who’ve turned their unlinkability into a political project.
www.aaronrosspowell.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The moms of Montgomery County don't like Bethany Mandel because she's a jerk to trans kids, and that tells a lot about America's political realignment.
My local young gentleman wanted to share this drawing of a hepteract (seven-dimensional hypercube) on social media, and I hereby oblige.
November 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
My local young gentleman wanted to share this drawing of a hepteract (seven-dimensional hypercube) on social media, and I hereby oblige.
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Absolutely amazing: they've got so much solar in Australia that they need more people to use more of it, so the gov't has instructed energy retailers to offer *at least three hours of free power* during the middle of the day.
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Energy retailers to be directed to offer free power three hours a day
Saying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.
www.abc.net.au
November 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Absolutely amazing: they've got so much solar in Australia that they need more people to use more of it, so the gov't has instructed energy retailers to offer *at least three hours of free power* during the middle of the day.
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
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Hey California frenz: I voted YES on 50. I think you should too. It is one of the few tools we have available to us to fight the fascists currently occupying Washington DC.
October 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Hey California frenz: I voted YES on 50. I think you should too. It is one of the few tools we have available to us to fight the fascists currently occupying Washington DC.
Reposted by Dan Bornstein
If you are a California voter, please vote Yes on Proposition 50, a hopefully temporary measure to counter the Trump-Republican rigging of U.S. House districts for perpetual GOP control.
They declared war on democracy. Support Prop 50 to fight back […]
They declared war on democracy. Support Prop 50 to fight back […]
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mastodon.social
October 30, 2025 at 2:54 AM
If you are a California voter, please vote Yes on Proposition 50, a hopefully temporary measure to counter the Trump-Republican rigging of U.S. House districts for perpetual GOP control.
They declared war on democracy. Support Prop 50 to fight back […]
They declared war on democracy. Support Prop 50 to fight back […]
Veggie kefta hummus wrap, kefta made with Impossible ground (semi-improvised recipe). Very happy with the results!
October 29, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Veggie kefta hummus wrap, kefta made with Impossible ground (semi-improvised recipe). Very happy with the results!
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I've lately been quite obsessed with this app called StreetComplete. It gamifies contributing to OpenStreetMaps in a really nice way by giving you you little quests to do while you walk around. A fun way to get some steps in, to make you look closer at your […]
[Original post on mas.to]
[Original post on mas.to]
October 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I've lately been quite obsessed with this app called StreetComplete. It gamifies contributing to OpenStreetMaps in a really nice way by giving you you little quests to do while you walk around. A fun way to get some steps in, to make you look closer at your […]
[Original post on mas.to]
[Original post on mas.to]
Hey California frenz: I voted YES on 50. I think you should too. It is one of the few tools we have available to us to fight the fascists currently occupying Washington DC.
October 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Hey California frenz: I voted YES on 50. I think you should too. It is one of the few tools we have available to us to fight the fascists currently occupying Washington DC.
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Me 10 years ago: You know people are always calling political opponents Nazis even if they aren’t anything like Nazis, I wish that would stop
Monkey‘s paw:
Monkey‘s paw:
October 21, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Me 10 years ago: You know people are always calling political opponents Nazis even if they aren’t anything like Nazis, I wish that would stop
Monkey‘s paw:
Monkey‘s paw:
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Reposted by Dan Bornstein
As Churchill said of the US in general: it turns out American institutions of higher education can be trusted to do the right thing, once all other possibilities have been exhausted.
October 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
As Churchill said of the US in general: it turns out American institutions of higher education can be trusted to do the right thing, once all other possibilities have been exhausted.
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Matt Levine points out the OpenAI's current business model is basically what you'd expect if you asked ChatGPT for a business model, because ChatGPT learns everything it knows from the web:
October 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Matt Levine points out the OpenAI's current business model is basically what you'd expect if you asked ChatGPT for a business model, because ChatGPT learns everything it knows from the web:
There are many pictures of the Salk Institute, but these ones are mine.
October 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
There are many pictures of the Salk Institute, but these ones are mine.
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Whenever I see "GenAI basically can do the work of a junior dev", I assume that those people are using junior devs very differently from me. To me, the value of a junior developer is maybe like 20% the code they write, and 80% is a down payment to a future where they no longer are a junior. I […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
October 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Whenever I see "GenAI basically can do the work of a junior dev", I assume that those people are using junior devs very differently from me. To me, the value of a junior developer is maybe like 20% the code they write, and 80% is a down payment to a future where they no longer are a junior. I […]
"Is the Supreme Court willing to strike down the entire power of Montana to authorize corporations simply because it did not grant the specific power of political speech to them?"
https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/montana-plan-citizens-united
https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/montana-plan-citizens-united
Could We End Corporate Money In Politics?
Backers of a referendum before Montana voters next year believe they’ve found a vulnerability on Citizen United
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
"Is the Supreme Court willing to strike down the entire power of Montana to authorize corporations simply because it did not grant the specific power of political speech to them?"
https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/montana-plan-citizens-united
https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/montana-plan-citizens-united