Jimmy
@jimmylittle.bsky.social
Senior Metadata Product Manager for The Mouse.
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Experimenting with lots of stuff in life these days and loving it.
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Ally to all 🏳️🌈 @jimmylittle on all the things.
Opinions are mine. Facts are ours.
Experimenting with lots of stuff in life these days and loving it.
🩷💜💙♾️
Ally to all 🏳️🌈 @jimmylittle on all the things.
I’m not excusing the energy use by either company, and everyone is working towards better efficiency (💸), but perspective matters.
The reason we don’t notice that the streamers use so much energy is they built up over 20 years what the AI companies have done in 3 or 4.
The reason we don’t notice that the streamers use so much energy is they built up over 20 years what the AI companies have done in 3 or 4.
November 29, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I’m not excusing the energy use by either company, and everyone is working towards better efficiency (💸), but perspective matters.
The reason we don’t notice that the streamers use so much energy is they built up over 20 years what the AI companies have done in 3 or 4.
The reason we don’t notice that the streamers use so much energy is they built up over 20 years what the AI companies have done in 3 or 4.
I genuinely don’t know what my mail chimes sound like. I’ve had them turned off for at least a decade, probably longer.
November 25, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I genuinely don’t know what my mail chimes sound like. I’ve had them turned off for at least a decade, probably longer.
There are max brightness regulations. The problem isn’t usually the brightness, but how they are aimed. I don’t think there are any regulations on that bit.
www.ecfr.gov/current/titl...
www.ecfr.gov/current/titl...
49 CFR 571.108 -- Standard No. 108; Lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment.
www.ecfr.gov
November 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
There are max brightness regulations. The problem isn’t usually the brightness, but how they are aimed. I don’t think there are any regulations on that bit.
www.ecfr.gov/current/titl...
www.ecfr.gov/current/titl...
I also have not seen it yet, but my take is as old as the last movie – this did not need to be two movies and the lag between the first and second movie inevitably leads to build-up and anticipation that no movie can live up to.
It was always going to be a disappointment.
It was always going to be a disappointment.
November 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I also have not seen it yet, but my take is as old as the last movie – this did not need to be two movies and the lag between the first and second movie inevitably leads to build-up and anticipation that no movie can live up to.
It was always going to be a disappointment.
It was always going to be a disappointment.
the difference is:
Back then, hundreds of concrete castles served hundreds of kingdoms.
Now, hundreds of concrete data centers serve 3 middle-aged white guys.
Not good.
Back then, hundreds of concrete castles served hundreds of kingdoms.
Now, hundreds of concrete data centers serve 3 middle-aged white guys.
Not good.
November 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
the difference is:
Back then, hundreds of concrete castles served hundreds of kingdoms.
Now, hundreds of concrete data centers serve 3 middle-aged white guys.
Not good.
Back then, hundreds of concrete castles served hundreds of kingdoms.
Now, hundreds of concrete data centers serve 3 middle-aged white guys.
Not good.
Headline: "Apple replacing Tim Cook"
Story: "Tim Cook retiring/stepping away"
I guess shitty headlines get clicks, but jeez. Do better.
Story: "Tim Cook retiring/stepping away"
I guess shitty headlines get clicks, but jeez. Do better.
November 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Headline: "Apple replacing Tim Cook"
Story: "Tim Cook retiring/stepping away"
I guess shitty headlines get clicks, but jeez. Do better.
Story: "Tim Cook retiring/stepping away"
I guess shitty headlines get clicks, but jeez. Do better.
Many, including a few dozen of my former colleagues who lost their jobs to AI automation, would argue that the systemic harm is coming from AI, not from an absense of AI.
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Many, including a few dozen of my former colleagues who lost their jobs to AI automation, would argue that the systemic harm is coming from AI, not from an absense of AI.
No it's not.
If AI fails it's mostly destroying _potential_, not actual gains.
There's no real money in AI right now, it's all AI companies promising trillions of dollars in potential for billions of dollars of infrastructure. There's no there there. Yet.
If AI fails it's mostly destroying _potential_, not actual gains.
There's no real money in AI right now, it's all AI companies promising trillions of dollars in potential for billions of dollars of infrastructure. There's no there there. Yet.
November 8, 2025 at 3:50 AM
No it's not.
If AI fails it's mostly destroying _potential_, not actual gains.
There's no real money in AI right now, it's all AI companies promising trillions of dollars in potential for billions of dollars of infrastructure. There's no there there. Yet.
If AI fails it's mostly destroying _potential_, not actual gains.
There's no real money in AI right now, it's all AI companies promising trillions of dollars in potential for billions of dollars of infrastructure. There's no there there. Yet.
Asking a person who hasn't been a senator in a decade about a mayoral race for a city she's never lived in is a dumb hypothetical question.
Might as well have asked who she thinks should win the next season of Top Chef. Just as relevant.
Might as well have asked who she thinks should win the next season of Top Chef. Just as relevant.
November 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Asking a person who hasn't been a senator in a decade about a mayoral race for a city she's never lived in is a dumb hypothetical question.
Might as well have asked who she thinks should win the next season of Top Chef. Just as relevant.
Might as well have asked who she thinks should win the next season of Top Chef. Just as relevant.
But politicians don’t vote on policy. They vote on politics.
They ask themselves “Who will make sure I have a better chance winning next cycle?” and “Who will make sure my district gets more money?”
Once your “real job” is politics, you are very careful about losing that job.
Term limits!
They ask themselves “Who will make sure I have a better chance winning next cycle?” and “Who will make sure my district gets more money?”
Once your “real job” is politics, you are very careful about losing that job.
Term limits!
November 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
But politicians don’t vote on policy. They vote on politics.
They ask themselves “Who will make sure I have a better chance winning next cycle?” and “Who will make sure my district gets more money?”
Once your “real job” is politics, you are very careful about losing that job.
Term limits!
They ask themselves “Who will make sure I have a better chance winning next cycle?” and “Who will make sure my district gets more money?”
Once your “real job” is politics, you are very careful about losing that job.
Term limits!
Republicans have built an entire political party on intentional ignorance.
November 4, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Republicans have built an entire political party on intentional ignorance.