AI in a nutshell

BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

Why, Oh, Why ??

Trying to get answers from people before they go on holiday

"Ce bruit... c'est le camion des... MERDE LES POUBELLES !"

Reminder that Adolph Hitler, the Ayatollah Khamenei and Vlad Putin were all Time's People of the Year, so you can decide for yourself on which side of the split this grouping fits

Recuperating from a case of food poisoning. My brain is about at 50 %. This makes it the ideal moment to take some onboarding training of a new customer!

Oh, IBM mainframe, where do you get your constants from? "n can be 0 to 562949953421310" Seriously?

It seems that AI does not magically solves the legacy problem. by @raymyers.bsky.social ainativedev.io/news/ai-hate...

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

Thanks, Endpoint Central for interrupting my flow with this super-useful information.

Google has now admitted that they will tap into users' personal data within Gmail and Drive in order for their upcoming AI search to "be more helpful". For years, Google has advertised their services as "encrypted" and "secure", which begs the question: are they really? 1/5 🧵

Last chance to turn it off. On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default. To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.

my wife: we have to wear what we died in for eternity!? st. peter: that’s right me: [from the back end of our horse costume] what’d he say

TIL, again, the power of good terminology. I was struggling to explain how we provide support for plugins @Raincode. Then I remembered the 'entry point' and 'bootstrap method' terminology, and the clouds parted, the sky was blue, the sun shone, and I had a happy day.

How to respond to reviewers

A 60 second summary of some of the biggest and best sights from #NoKings Day. Congratulations to every single organizer, volunteer and attendee👏 History.

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

“Octopus” refers to a single member of a particular subset of cephalopod species “Octopi” refers to 8π which is related in some way to the circumference of a hypersphere or something

Listen to Pete.

Aargh. Got bit by a one-off error again. I guess that's what happens when you mix COBOL (1-based indexing) and C# (0-based indexing) code. Yes, my life is that weird.

That's a wrap for IEEE SCAM 2025! Thank you to this amazing community for sharing your brilliant research and insights. A big thank you to all participants, from organizers to authors, reviewers, and sponsors. To close this year's edition, we are happy to announce the list of awards for SCAM'25. 1/n

FINALLY the days of the sluggardly, lackadaisical urinal are at an end

This reminds me of film footage of after the 1973 Chilean coup d'état: people were 'dissapeared' from the streets by the secret police DINA, and these victims knew to yell out their name and ID number, so that families would know they had been taken. But this is the USA, this is 2025.

If you can't think of a word, just say "I forgot the English word for it." That way people will think you're bilingual instead of an idiot.

FUCK YEAH SCIENCE arstechnica.com/science/2025...

Es maravilloso como se va inventando fechas y hechos futuros continuamente sin ninguna base y la prensa lo publica Sam Altman, CEO de OpenAI: “Para 2035, seremos capaces de utilizar herramientas como ChatGPT para curar o, al menos, tratar muchas de las enfermedades” share.google/nnaU3rtHmxuj...

Harsh? But true?

Who knew that an extreme subgenre of music could change our energy landscape forever

Alcohol is the most harmful drug we use. It kills more people each year than wars, terrorism, car accidents, and homicides combined. Why do we cling to something so harmful? Watch our latest video to find out: kgs.link/alcohol

I just successfully removed about two man-days of useless work from this project's schedule. Time for a beer.

🎉 El #dccuchile celebró 50 años con una edición especial de Revista Bits y un panel que reflexionó junto al comunicador científico Gabriel León sobre el pasado, presente y futuro de la computación en Chile. Noticia en: comunicaciones.dcc.uchile.cl/news/1035-50...

In Chile, banks are now starting to *force* users to install their app to be able to make bank transfers. This is "for security" and because "the law requires us to". OK, the current printed-card-authentication is insecure, but you're not convincing me that your app is more secure than a paper bag.

science funding rn

Mainframe computing in 2025: use AI to generate a CICS BMS map to show a "WELCOME" screen on a user terminal.

¡No te pierdas el lanzamiento de la edición especial de Revista Bits! Celebramos los 50 años del #dccuchile con una mirada al pasado, presente y futuro de la digitalización en Chile. 🗓️ 7 de agosto, 12:00 h 📍 Beauchef 851, Hall -3 🔗 Inscripciones en: bit.ly/bits50dcc

Achievement of the day: I optimized a job that would take 53 days to take only 5 seconds. I think that's enough productivity for today ... where's my beer?

CORRUPTION UPDATE: Donald Trump accepted a “free” luxury jet from Qatar. A new report says taxpayers will be on the hook for up to $1 billion for renovations. All for a jet that's going to his future Presidential Library.

An accurate description of the whole idea. (new - though admittedly, not very novel - comic)

We should have listened when the modems screamed at us.

Replication Crisis xkcd.com/3117/

How, arguably, NOT to document a CICS command:

The first rule of Rejection Club is that no one can be accepted in to it.

Experimenting with vibe-coding a COBOL application that should handle a 3270 terminal logon screen to perform a CICS SIGNON command. Let's see how this works out!

Still there

Being afraid of failure doesn’t help people succeed. It helps them stay safe by succeeding less often. When we make failure safer & cheaper, we can succeed more.

Same, medieval dudes. Same.

Trump and Miller are intent on building an unaccountable domestic secret police force that would be the world's third-biggest security force by funding levels, after the US and China's *militaries*. That kind of funding dwarfs its stated purpose, which tells you what its real purpose will be.

Dehumidifier xkcd.com/3109/