V. Meccanico
@v-meccanico.bsky.social
European, former UK immigrant, now back to The Continent
EU politics, engineering, games.
Against all strongmen and oligarchs.
It is going to be a tough 4 years, let's stick together!
EU politics, engineering, games.
Against all strongmen and oligarchs.
It is going to be a tough 4 years, let's stick together!
It is not my first rodeo (2001, dotcom bubble, infra engineer),
but yes, it is going to be painful:
1- Massive destruction of wealth.
2-Many people will get badly hurt by carelessly-deployed "AI", in ALL sectors.
The writing's on the wall, yet everybody keeps happily building data centers.
but yes, it is going to be painful:
1- Massive destruction of wealth.
2-Many people will get badly hurt by carelessly-deployed "AI", in ALL sectors.
The writing's on the wall, yet everybody keeps happily building data centers.
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
It is not my first rodeo (2001, dotcom bubble, infra engineer),
but yes, it is going to be painful:
1- Massive destruction of wealth.
2-Many people will get badly hurt by carelessly-deployed "AI", in ALL sectors.
The writing's on the wall, yet everybody keeps happily building data centers.
but yes, it is going to be painful:
1- Massive destruction of wealth.
2-Many people will get badly hurt by carelessly-deployed "AI", in ALL sectors.
The writing's on the wall, yet everybody keeps happily building data centers.
"Your mornings are just somebody else's evenings"
- Ahrdiverthan the Bullshitter
- Ahrdiverthan the Bullshitter
November 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
"Your mornings are just somebody else's evenings"
- Ahrdiverthan the Bullshitter
- Ahrdiverthan the Bullshitter
"Judge me ar next election"
He's not gonna a make it.
Good riddance, Sir KS.
The Great Dustbin of History awaits you!
He's not gonna a make it.
Good riddance, Sir KS.
The Great Dustbin of History awaits you!
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"Judge me ar next election"
He's not gonna a make it.
Good riddance, Sir KS.
The Great Dustbin of History awaits you!
He's not gonna a make it.
Good riddance, Sir KS.
The Great Dustbin of History awaits you!
Maybe we can mod them and get the Grue Gun!
November 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Maybe we can mod them and get the Grue Gun!
European here.
Do you really think there will ve midterms?
When something like this happened to Italy, it took 20 years - and the country reduced to a pile of rubble - before we could get to the next elections.
Do you really think there will ve midterms?
When something like this happened to Italy, it took 20 years - and the country reduced to a pile of rubble - before we could get to the next elections.
November 20, 2025 at 11:29 PM
European here.
Do you really think there will ve midterms?
When something like this happened to Italy, it took 20 years - and the country reduced to a pile of rubble - before we could get to the next elections.
Do you really think there will ve midterms?
When something like this happened to Italy, it took 20 years - and the country reduced to a pile of rubble - before we could get to the next elections.
With a full head of head of hair, like Hades' demons in ancient Greece!
August 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
With a full head of head of hair, like Hades' demons in ancient Greece!
Brian Glenn" is not a reporter: reporters don't "call out" guests' dressing codes at international meetings.
He is the "boyfriend" of MAGA Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene.
It is in that capacity that he attended the meeting.
Some contexts to put his contribution into perspective.
He is the "boyfriend" of MAGA Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene.
It is in that capacity that he attended the meeting.
Some contexts to put his contribution into perspective.
August 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Brian Glenn" is not a reporter: reporters don't "call out" guests' dressing codes at international meetings.
He is the "boyfriend" of MAGA Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene.
It is in that capacity that he attended the meeting.
Some contexts to put his contribution into perspective.
He is the "boyfriend" of MAGA Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene.
It is in that capacity that he attended the meeting.
Some contexts to put his contribution into perspective.
A climb-down from a stupid, untenable position should never be seen as humiliating.
Having taken that position in the first place, THAT should be.
Now let's see if they repel of the online "safety" act - never a minute too soon.
Having taken that position in the first place, THAT should be.
Now let's see if they repel of the online "safety" act - never a minute too soon.
August 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
A climb-down from a stupid, untenable position should never be seen as humiliating.
Having taken that position in the first place, THAT should be.
Now let's see if they repel of the online "safety" act - never a minute too soon.
Having taken that position in the first place, THAT should be.
Now let's see if they repel of the online "safety" act - never a minute too soon.
With time, I came to understand you cannot save people from themselves.
Still, it's ugly, when you see an American walking around, to think "one in three".
Still, it's ugly, when you see an American walking around, to think "one in three".
August 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
With time, I came to understand you cannot save people from themselves.
Still, it's ugly, when you see an American walking around, to think "one in three".
Still, it's ugly, when you see an American walking around, to think "one in three".
Fear is, they still have a long way down to fall.
August 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Fear is, they still have a long way down to fall.
"the truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand"
August 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
"the truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand"
"lol"?
Americans...
Americans...
August 15, 2025 at 10:43 AM
"lol"?
Americans...
Americans...
An if you happen, by chance, to have some resemblance to a violent criminal, you are in for a world of pain (TM).
Also, we won't know this, because the selectivity and error rates of these systems are classified, aren't they?
More and more dystopian every day.
Also, we won't know this, because the selectivity and error rates of these systems are classified, aren't they?
More and more dystopian every day.
August 15, 2025 at 8:31 AM
An if you happen, by chance, to have some resemblance to a violent criminal, you are in for a world of pain (TM).
Also, we won't know this, because the selectivity and error rates of these systems are classified, aren't they?
More and more dystopian every day.
Also, we won't know this, because the selectivity and error rates of these systems are classified, aren't they?
More and more dystopian every day.
We know what's going to happen don'r we?
August 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
We know what's going to happen don'r we?
I bet you can tell me how many B's are in Blueberry, though!
(Narrator: at that very moment, OpenAI was putting together a crack team of Assault Engineers to code custom word-counting subsystems, but he didn't know that)
(Narrator: at that very moment, OpenAI was putting together a crack team of Assault Engineers to code custom word-counting subsystems, but he didn't know that)
August 8, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I bet you can tell me how many B's are in Blueberry, though!
(Narrator: at that very moment, OpenAI was putting together a crack team of Assault Engineers to code custom word-counting subsystems, but he didn't know that)
(Narrator: at that very moment, OpenAI was putting together a crack team of Assault Engineers to code custom word-counting subsystems, but he didn't know that)