Jon Taylor
@jontaylor.bsky.social
Hiking, hammocks, outdoors. #dotnet, GCP, APIs. Relearning some front end.
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Voyager 1 is almost one light-day from Earth. The intrepid #spacecraft will cross a major distance milestone in November 2026 - 16.1 billion miles. #Voyager1 #lightday
Link for more information: www.popsci.com/science/voya...
Link for more information: www.popsci.com/science/voya...
November 25, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Voyager 1 is almost one light-day from Earth. The intrepid #spacecraft will cross a major distance milestone in November 2026 - 16.1 billion miles. #Voyager1 #lightday
Link for more information: www.popsci.com/science/voya...
Link for more information: www.popsci.com/science/voya...
Backfired? Or all part of the plan?
AI layoffs to backfire: half quietly rehired at lower pay
AI layoffs to backfire: half quietly rehired at lower pay
Bosses banking on automation? 55% will regret those job cuts
Many organizations rushing to cut staff in the name of AI efficiency are expected to quietly rehire those roles — often "offshore or at lower salary."…
dlvr.it
October 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Backfired? Or all part of the plan?
Every church I ever attended required attendance of a full sermon service before providing even a single one-off meal.
So, 1.5 hours of time for a $6 McDonald's meal--not even minimum wage--because they didn't think the individual was worth even that much.
So, 1.5 hours of time for a $6 McDonald's meal--not even minimum wage--because they didn't think the individual was worth even that much.
I grew up as a pastor's kid in an evangelical church and we had a food bank and I can assure you that no one they would think was a "drug addict" (ie nonwhite, visibly poor, queer etc) was ever gonna get access to that pantry
i just need people to know it's not hypocrisy when Devout Christian Mike Johnson cuts off SNAP benefits. it's not a lack of "christian charity" to make kids starve; it's because the christian right wants to control who gets food, through churches, so they can deny queers and sluts at will
October 28, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Every church I ever attended required attendance of a full sermon service before providing even a single one-off meal.
So, 1.5 hours of time for a $6 McDonald's meal--not even minimum wage--because they didn't think the individual was worth even that much.
So, 1.5 hours of time for a $6 McDonald's meal--not even minimum wage--because they didn't think the individual was worth even that much.
Centralizing the world's hosting and compute to a small handful of companies was such a dumb idea.
October 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Centralizing the world's hosting and compute to a small handful of companies was such a dumb idea.
Walmart. Rolling forward prices. To pay more for searching.
The nation’s largest retailer announces a new partnership with OpenAI, aimed at helping shoppers make purchases using the tech startup's chatbot app.
Walmart says customers will soon be able to use ChatGPT to shop
The nation's largest retailer announced a partnership with OpenAI that they say will create more personalized shopping experiences.
nbcnews.to
October 15, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Walmart. Rolling forward prices. To pay more for searching.
When your unprofitable energy burning company goes under, maybe it wasn't a real company to begin with.
October 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
When your unprofitable energy burning company goes under, maybe it wasn't a real company to begin with.
It's very bad. And allowing commentators to promote it mid game should be illegal.
% of US men under 30 who say legal sports betting is a *bad thing* for society
22% in 2022
47% in 2025
No other demographic group has seen a bigger increase.
22% in 2022
47% in 2025
No other demographic group has seen a bigger increase.
Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad thing for society and sports
Today, 43% of U.S. adults say the fact that sports betting is now legal in much of the country is a bad thing for society, up from 34% in 2022.
www.pewresearch.org
October 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
It's very bad. And allowing commentators to promote it mid game should be illegal.
I've never understood humanoid robots. Robotics excels when they are designed and engineered specifically to do things humans cannot and will not ever be able to do.
‘Renowned roboticist Rodney Brooks has a wake-up call for investors funneling billions into humanoid robot startups: you’re wasting your money.’
techcrunch.com/2025/09/26/f...
techcrunch.com/2025/09/26/f...
Famed roboticist says humanoid robot bubble is doomed to burst | TechCrunch
Brooks, who co-founded iRobot and spent decades at MIT, is particularly skeptical of companies like Tesla and Figure trying to teach robots dexterity by showing them videos of humans doing tasks. In a...
techcrunch.com
September 28, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I've never understood humanoid robots. Robotics excels when they are designed and engineered specifically to do things humans cannot and will not ever be able to do.
If evangelicals actually read the Bible, they would know that September 23rd is now guaranteed to NOT be the day this will happen.
Got sucked into the side of TikTok commenting on the trend in American evangelicalism right now—where there’s a growing belief that that the rapture will happen this Tuesday—September 23rd
This is due to a of set of things happening in Israel interpreted through a tangled "Left Behind" theology+
This is due to a of set of things happening in Israel interpreted through a tangled "Left Behind" theology+
September 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
If evangelicals actually read the Bible, they would know that September 23rd is now guaranteed to NOT be the day this will happen.
Perfectly paired with the NextDoor app to fulfill all your suburban needs.
“…the multi-lingual app Safeguard Ohio can allow anyone to upload video, audio, and photos of suspicious activity. Then it lets artificial intelligence to take it from there.”
Ohio brings on artificial intelligence chatbot app to help fight crime, terrorism
Ohio Homeland Security has a new app that allows people to submit information about potential criminal activity.
www.statenews.org
September 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Perfectly paired with the NextDoor app to fulfill all your suburban needs.
Lol. Every time.
CEOs trying to gently land a burning plane they intentionally set on fire.
CEOs trying to gently land a burning plane they intentionally set on fire.
Oh yeah things are falling apart. You've got paranoid guys on Blind freaking out now
August 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Lol. Every time.
CEOs trying to gently land a burning plane they intentionally set on fire.
CEOs trying to gently land a burning plane they intentionally set on fire.
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Yeah, no, please change the share icon @support.bsky.team.
Every. Single. Time. I don't recognise it as a share icon, I try to find 'Share link' or similar in the three-dot context menu, fail, and then exasperatedly remember that the icon that looks like "upload" is "share", actually.
@pfrazee.com
Every. Single. Time. I don't recognise it as a share icon, I try to find 'Share link' or similar in the three-dot context menu, fail, and then exasperatedly remember that the icon that looks like "upload" is "share", actually.
@pfrazee.com
August 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Yeah, no, please change the share icon @support.bsky.team.
Every. Single. Time. I don't recognise it as a share icon, I try to find 'Share link' or similar in the three-dot context menu, fail, and then exasperatedly remember that the icon that looks like "upload" is "share", actually.
@pfrazee.com
Every. Single. Time. I don't recognise it as a share icon, I try to find 'Share link' or similar in the three-dot context menu, fail, and then exasperatedly remember that the icon that looks like "upload" is "share", actually.
@pfrazee.com
Websites are full of pointless clutter these days. Nothing works, it's impossible to find anything, and load times are embarrassing.
Old computer users like me can relate to what I’m about to say, which is that UI/UX design hit its apogee maybe in the first few years of the 2000s, and it has been a disastrous downhill shit show ever since. There used to be very well-understood conventions by which to abide.
August 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Websites are full of pointless clutter these days. Nothing works, it's impossible to find anything, and load times are embarrassing.
A battery powered soldering iron is probably one of the best investments I've made for working on low voltage electronics.
Tight spaces, on the go, almost instant hot.
Tight spaces, on the go, almost instant hot.
August 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A battery powered soldering iron is probably one of the best investments I've made for working on low voltage electronics.
Tight spaces, on the go, almost instant hot.
Tight spaces, on the go, almost instant hot.
When you look around, it's clear that most companies are out of innovation ideas.
Their only thought for growth is adding LEDs, screens, and WiFi to objects that don't need them.
Their only thought for growth is adding LEDs, screens, and WiFi to objects that don't need them.
August 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
When you look around, it's clear that most companies are out of innovation ideas.
Their only thought for growth is adding LEDs, screens, and WiFi to objects that don't need them.
Their only thought for growth is adding LEDs, screens, and WiFi to objects that don't need them.
The whole idea that AI will free humans from the mundane so we are free to be more creative is utter nonsense.
Creativity is the direct result of repeatedly engaging in the mundane.
Creativity is the direct result of repeatedly engaging in the mundane.
August 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The whole idea that AI will free humans from the mundane so we are free to be more creative is utter nonsense.
Creativity is the direct result of repeatedly engaging in the mundane.
Creativity is the direct result of repeatedly engaging in the mundane.
Explain to me like I'm five, why can't streaming services keep subtitles in sync with the audio/video. Is this not a problem already solved by embedding the CC within the frames?
August 7, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Explain to me like I'm five, why can't streaming services keep subtitles in sync with the audio/video. Is this not a problem already solved by embedding the CC within the frames?
The same company that had to pay out $168 million after falsely accusing customers of stealing cars.
I would never rent from Hertz.
I would never rent from Hertz.
Our AI future: businesses/government hiding behind AI.
Perfect obfuscation to stymie recourse and accountability.
Worse? Hertz's UVeye is from a former DEFENSE CONTRACTOR!!! Imagine all the untold fuck ups from their prior tech in defense.
😵💫
futurism.com/hertz-ai-dam...
Perfect obfuscation to stymie recourse and accountability.
Worse? Hertz's UVeye is from a former DEFENSE CONTRACTOR!!! Imagine all the untold fuck ups from their prior tech in defense.
😵💫
futurism.com/hertz-ai-dam...
Hertz' AI System That Scans for "Damage" on Rental Cars Is Turning Into an Epic Disaster
Hertz' new AI damage scanners are dead on arrival — and unfortunately, it's not the only company deploying the shoddy tech.
futurism.com
July 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The same company that had to pay out $168 million after falsely accusing customers of stealing cars.
I would never rent from Hertz.
I would never rent from Hertz.
I was recently in a 3 day training with about a hundred people. I noticed that when the AC turned off I was almost instantly really tired. I knew it was from the elevated CO2. I spent most of the 3 days standing in the back near the open door to resolve the issue.
Meeting rooms poison people.
Meeting rooms poison people.
one thing I wish more people knew is that many offices have such poor air circulation that CO2 levels in meeting rooms can rapidly exceed 1000ppm, the point at which people start to get groggy and sleepy
people are literally suffocating in offices every day & absolutely no one talks about it
people are literally suffocating in offices every day & absolutely no one talks about it
July 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I was recently in a 3 day training with about a hundred people. I noticed that when the AC turned off I was almost instantly really tired. I knew it was from the elevated CO2. I spent most of the 3 days standing in the back near the open door to resolve the issue.
Meeting rooms poison people.
Meeting rooms poison people.
These guys are gonna be about 12 months away from trying to build a papier-mâché submarine to take to the Titanic.
Billionaires are convinced AI is on the verge of making new scientific discoveries because they don't understand how AI chatbots work.
Billionaires Convince Themselves AI Is Close to Making New Scientific Discoveries
gizmodo.com
July 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
These guys are gonna be about 12 months away from trying to build a papier-mâché submarine to take to the Titanic.
Whoever made this map doesn't understand how the internal rivers and Great Lakes system actually work.
Below, 'water access' apparently means 'able to throw a rock into the ocean', which is not what that phrase means at all.
Below, 'water access' apparently means 'able to throw a rock into the ocean', which is not what that phrase means at all.
I guess it’s truly the heartLAND of the US?!
July 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Whoever made this map doesn't understand how the internal rivers and Great Lakes system actually work.
Below, 'water access' apparently means 'able to throw a rock into the ocean', which is not what that phrase means at all.
Below, 'water access' apparently means 'able to throw a rock into the ocean', which is not what that phrase means at all.
Every evangelical pastor in America is giddily pulling an all-nighter going over their Revelation series sermons that they pulled out of the beige filing cabinet in their church office.
June 22, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Every evangelical pastor in America is giddily pulling an all-nighter going over their Revelation series sermons that they pulled out of the beige filing cabinet in their church office.
Learning is the point. The struggle is what produces the knowledge and skills.
Using LLMs for everything shorts out that process.
Using LLMs for everything shorts out that process.
June 20, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Learning is the point. The struggle is what produces the knowledge and skills.
Using LLMs for everything shorts out that process.
Using LLMs for everything shorts out that process.
Another embarrassing reason to be from this state, among many others.
“‘Through AI Fluency, Ohio State students will be ‘bilingual’ — fluent in both their major field of study and the application of AI in that area,’ Ravi V. Bellamkonda, executive vice president and provost, said.” 😵
Ohio State announces every student will use AI in class
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Starting this fall, every Ohio State student will be asked to use artificial intelligence. “Through AI Fluency, Ohio State students will be ‘bilingual’ — fluent …
www.nbc4i.com
June 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Another embarrassing reason to be from this state, among many others.