Jim Perrin
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Something something at Microsoft something something. Life coach for terrible ideas
hey, I get to use this gif twice in one day!
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Certainly living up to the hype....
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Glenn White
7 days ago
Billionaire owner of a franchise worth hundreds of millions of dollars insists someone else pay for his office renovations.
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Kraft must be stopped. The Midwest cannot be allowed to escape containment...
www.scrippsnews.com/life/food-an...
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Kraft works on TSA-compliant ranch after World Cup fans pack bottles
TSA warns World Cup visitors that ranch dressing bottles over 3.4 oz can’t go in carry-ons. Kraft teases travel-sized version for fans.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/life/food-and-drink/kraft-works-on-tsa-compliant-ranch-after-world-cup-fans-pack-bottles
11 days ago
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Devon Paul
3 months ago
This is one of the most wildly cursed things I have ever seen
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War Thunder's about to get (even more) insufferable....
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13 days ago
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Remember kids: We're hardwired to look for threats (predators, danger, etc) which is part of why we get caught in the doom scroll so easily. Seek joy. touch grass. play with a dog. Do something to make someone smile. Be kind.
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15 days ago
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Giles Wilkes
20 days ago
Also if anyone wonders if SpaceX revenue growth will make the difference: well MSFT has managed to double revenue every ~5 years for THIRTY YEARS to get to this position. So doubling six times. And mostly with a relatively capital light model? Good luck matching that!
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Treebeard! Noooooooo...
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20 days ago
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O'Reilly books are getting a little weird....
21 days ago
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John Scott-Railton
22 days ago
NEW: malware developers added nuclear & biological weapons text to to their spyware. Goal? To trigger LLM safety refusals... so that their spyware wouldn't be analyzed by an AI security scanner. Cleanest practical example I can think of for why over-indexing on first order "safety" is risky. 1/
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These rock, but those plastic edges....
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23 days ago
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The Muppets escape from LA..
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29 days ago
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G. Willow Wilson
about 1 month ago
Well this is got damn adorable
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"you uh...want some help with those tacos?"
about 1 month ago
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So
@sjvn.bsky.social
just dropped a very nice bit about our announcement today. I might be biased since it's what I've spent the last 6 years working on but hey...
www.zdnet.com/article/micr...
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Microsoft surprises with its first server Linux distribution: Azure Linux 4.0
You'll be able to run this Linux distro on both Azure and your desktop using Windows Subsystem for Linux. Here's what we know about it so far.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-releases-its-first-server-linux-distribution-azure-linux-4-0/
about 1 month ago
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6 years ago, I left Red Hat and joined Microsoft to help build a Linux distro for internal services to standardize on. Today, we announced we're making it available to Azure customers with our upcoming 4.0 release!
opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2026/05...
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From open source to agentic systems: Microsoft at Open Source Summit North America 2026 | Microsoft Open Source Blog
Discover how Azure Linux 4.0 and Azure Container Linux deliver a secure, scalable Linux foundation for cloud native apps, containers, and AI workloads.
https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2026/05/18/from-open-source-to-agentic-systems-microsoft-at-open-source-summit-north-america-2026/
about 1 month ago
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Bridget Kromhout
about 2 months ago
From Open Source to Agentic Systems: Building the AI Native Era: being able to control the output of agents is key for use of AI in regulated environments and at scale. And open source is key to how we build Azure itself!
@brendandburns.bsky.social
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It's been a little while since I did a presentation at //Build... This year seems like a good time to fix that.
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Scale cloud-native workloads with Azure Linux
Azure Linux is a purpose-built Linux distribution optimized for Azure. Learn how Azure Linux supports cloud-native and AI workloads with deep integration into the Azure ecosystem, delivering a consist...
https://build.microsoft.com/en-US/sessions/DEM311
about 2 months ago
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amye
about 2 months ago
Notes from this weekend, when we had a moment of summer. Coppa & Warm Parslied Potato Salad from the Zuni Cafe Cookbook, extremely helpful dog in the sun.
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Robert (Bob) Kubinec
2 months ago
Some people say Bayesian inference is confusing so I thought I would simplify it for you
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public health guy
2 months ago
this account is run by a human at NASA JPL who only posts real images with their receipts. it only has 11k followers compared to the 200k the ai slop space account has
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Eric Neustadter (e)
2 months ago
I love my current
@frame.work
13, but the fact that I can pick and choose from these new components to upgrade my existing laptop if I want is WHY Framework stands apart.
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Hey
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2 months ago
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AkivaMCohen
3 months ago
If you're one of the folks working in those layers, why the hell would you stay if you have any other option? Your CEO just announced that his plan is to ultimately fire you
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Cargoshortasaurus
3 months ago
Interesting. I wonder if this is the first time people have had issues traversing that area.
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Oh sure. NOW they care about copyright.....
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
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Anthropic Races to Contain Leak of Code Behind Claude AI Agent
The developer has issued a copyright takedown request in bid to prevent competitors from cloning coding tool’s features.
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-races-to-contain-leak-of-code-behind-claude-ai-agent-4bc5acc7
3 months ago
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Eric Neustadter (e)
3 months ago
The first of my exhibits for
#VCFPNW
on May 2-3: an NEC TREK! The TREK is a localized for North America PC-6001 with (thankfully) a non-chiclet keyboard. It uses an NEC Z80-compatible CPU with 16K of RAM, expandable to 32K. There's still a homebrew scene today!
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Bully, Little Stuffed Bull 🐮
3 months ago
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This whole episode is great, and worth a listen. If you're not familiar with
@fafo.fm
, you should rectify this IMMEDIATELY.
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3 months ago
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claude is apparently the new 'curl | bash'.....
4 months ago
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If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula
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4 months ago
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4 months ago
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Harry Turtledove
4 months ago
The US and Canada go to Daylight Savings Time tomorrow morning.
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Hey
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4 months ago
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Goddammit....
@jeefy.dev
just nerd sniped
@amye.org
with a new chef influencer on YouTube and I'm going to be in the road for a few days.....
4 months ago
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I haven't shipped packages in a while... How many stamps do I need to put on the box?
5 months ago
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Co-signing as a pre-and-post from the Midwest.
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5 months ago
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This was too good not to share...
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5 months ago
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Southern California Linux Expo
5 months ago
Come and join us to see Eric Hendricks talk 'From Bash to Burnout: Staying Sane in a 24/7 Tech World' at SCaLE 23x. Full details:
www.socallinuxexpo.o...
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Jay Van Bavel, PhD
5 months ago
Writing is thinking Outsourcing the entire task of writing to LLMs will deprive us of the essential creative task of interpreting our findings and generating a deeper theoretical understanding of the world.
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I want to interrupt your doom scroll to tell folks that a peer team of mine in the Office/M365 org is hiring Linux and/or K8s folks - If you're interested in driving large scale product decisions and rollout, this could be your role.
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Senior Product Manager - M365 Chat | Microsoft Careers
Driving growth strategy and roadmap for the product. Working with diverse stakeholders to clarify product requirements, including platform owners, a diverse set of customer engineering teams, and comp...
https://apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job/1970393556657053
6 months ago
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Bout to go support scouting...
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6 months ago
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Hayden Barnes
6 months ago
HeroDevs has joined Microsoft, Canonical, and Red Hat as a member of the .NET Security Group
www.herodevs.com/blog-posts/h...
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HeroDevs Blog | HeroDevs Joins .NET Security Group: Securing the Future of the .NET Ecosystem
HeroDevs joins the .NET Security Group alongside Microsoft, Red Hat, and Canonical to deliver synchronized CVE patches and stronger security for end-of-life .NET systems.
https://www.herodevs.com/blog-posts/herodevs-joins-net-security-group-securing-the-future-of-the-net-ecosystem
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Time to see if the traditional summoning spell works in the other direction.... Hey
@amye.org
, am I doing this right?
6 months ago
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Jacqueline
7 months ago
humanity's last words before skynet took over: "it's fine, it's in a docker container"
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Tech Won’t Save Us
7 months ago
🚨 THE BATTLE BEGINS 🚨 Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025! Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday. 🗳️ Cast your ballot:
twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
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7 months ago
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Cthos
7 months ago
Aaaahhhhhhggggggggggghhhhhh
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