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Bumping into people @bumpingintopeople.bsky.social · 3h

Oh! This made my heart heavy for a moment. I remember learning Aaron’s story and what a stark contrast to when AI companies do the same, they get away with it. Sad.

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Bumping into people @bumpingintopeople.bsky.social · 5h

Who woulda thought that, bikers generally have more “gas” money to spend ;)

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Bumping into people @bumpingintopeople.bsky.social · 23h

www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/05-soft... “Software developers are not okay” by @baldurbjarnason.com

It's also the nature of the agent automation to feel more like delegation to a clueless junior developer than automation, and that changes your relationship to the work.
In woodworking, the power tools didn't reduce the woodworker's emotional investment in what they made. The worker still felt like they'd made that thing out of wood themselves.
Some woodworkers might still use hand tools for a variety of reasons - some of them romantic, some of them, you know, just because it's more fun.
But having a table saw doesn't make you feel like you've asked somebody else to make the shelf, or table, or chair.

The nature of automation with Large Language Model tools feels substantially different from prior attempts at automation in coding. It's an abstraction that feels like a delegation, not an automation, and separates you from the output.
That has an effect of making you feel less invested in the output and that takes away much the joy of coding. The flow state is also gone, the sort of focused state of mind that you get into when you're really deep into solving a problem.
On top of the changes to the job itself, the industry itself has changed as well.
There is more uncertainty. People know there are layoffs every quarter. They know they're probably next on the block. Or, if they aren't, they'll be on the block next quarter instead. They know the reasons for dismissal are going to be arbitrary. They know they generally aren't going to be able to do anything to improve their odds.

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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 20/02/2024

Marcus Aurelius says u don’t have to have a take on fucking everything 🙌

A photo of a book page with the quote: You are not compelled to form any opinion about this matter before you, nor to disturb your peace of mind at all.
Things in themselves have no power to extort a verdict from you.

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All The Right Movies @alltherightmovies.com · 05/10/2026

DR. NO was released 64 years ago today. The first Hollywood entry in the iconic James Bond series, and still among the most popular 007 films, the story of how it was made will leave you shaken and stirred…. 1/52

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Reena Mahajan @reenamahajan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The street you live with is not the street you have to keep. livestreetsmart.com

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gini in a bottle @citation-needed.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

When discussing economic policy it's good to know there are two types of people, so you know which you are talking to. Type 1: I'd love a Porsche, so I want an economy where anyone can have a Porsche. Type 2: I'd love a Porsche, so I want an economy where most people are blocked from getting one.

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Bumping into people @bumpingintopeople.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

What is this grave danger that communities in the US seems to be watching out for that other countries don’t experience? Seems like it is competing with China in cameras per sq ft.

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Bumping into people @bumpingintopeople.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

To the ones reading this, Patrick. 🙂 Glad to have you here sharing your thoughts.

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Tom Coates @tomcoates.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Strong disagree. The likely destabilization of the economy and the potential job losses caused by AI in my opinion are most likely to result in a further rise of the far right, lack of focus on climate change, and a general crash in core public services for the working classes.

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Bumping into people @bumpingintopeople.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The accord on AI was not AI generated? How sad? /s

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Bumping into people @bumpingintopeople.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I am sure my mother never got around to reading it, but that was my first adult novel I read. The book was “A stone for Danny Fisher” by Harold Robbins. :)

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Bumping into people @bumpingintopeople.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Haha.. When I was 14 or so, my uncle was cleaning his attic and found some old books. I was more than happy to take some off his hands. One book he said, “it’s not for you” and I was disappointed. Perhaps my mother caught this reaction of mine and said she will read and I could bring home that too.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

5. The best way of pushing a book to a kid is to say it isn't suitable. "You won't understand it." "It's rude." "It's far too challenging for someone your age." Then, just leave the book around somewhere they can reach it.

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Bumping into people @bumpingintopeople.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

So true. The rich are the most selfish as it gets revealed again and again.

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

We wanted robots that would relieve us of menial tasks and free us up to be creative. Instead, we’ve ceded our creative selves to robots and ended up with all the washing and cleaning.

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Reader, Birder, Herper, Guy @motherflicker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I figured out that a) I am often not the smartest guy in the room about the particular thing everyone in the room cares about right now; b) no one in the room will care about <some technical problem> 10 years from now, and for sure I will not; and c) people less smart have solved < problem> before.

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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.

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Baby octopus @mancalled.horse · 24/09/2026

When is OpenAI going to face criminal prosecution for all the cybercrimes they've admitted to?

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I have a social inept but kind hearted uncle who keeps using phrases like "water get place" and "liquid-sourcing shaft". He means well.

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Bumping into people @bumpingintopeople.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I really hope you reach home safe and sound. OTOH, I would really enjoy another thread if you were to get stranded in Greenland. Too soon? Sorry. 😜

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Bumping into people @bumpingintopeople.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It’s wonderful how different brains work. For me it is completely opposite. I cannot work with any audio (that has words) in the background. But I can work without disruption staring at some video (muted) playing along.

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Bumping into people @bumpingintopeople.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The risk is you’ll realize how bad you are at it now than when you were a teenager, and math is your only solace.

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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We need to reintroduce the distinction between software company and tech company. a software company makes and sells software and may enjoy some economies of scale a tech company creates a software front-end to labor exploitation, is extraordinarily costly to run and requires regulatory capture

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Bumping into people @bumpingintopeople.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Look at all the things that we cannot say and do because we are expected to be dignified people and not be racist genocidal slave-owners!

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Bumping into people @bumpingintopeople.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

As a fellow latitude-neighbor, I agree with you. Fall always rings “Winter is coming” in my brain.

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The world’s largest battery-electric aircraft flew for the first time on the 12th of August, a 27-minute test flight over upstate New York that cost about five dollars in electricity. Heart Aerospace’s 30-seat prototype is a big step toward a commercial version. buff.ly/i3f0PhR #ShareGoodNewsToo

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The largest all-electric plane ever flew for 27 minutes, on $5 of electricity

Heart's X1 demonstrator flew for 27 minutes from a regional airport in upstate New York, running on battery power the entire time. The aircraft reached 1,100 feet...

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Bumping into people @bumpingintopeople.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Hahaha.. I thought polycule was a software tool working over a network 😂 TIL I guess 🤦‍♂️

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Bumping into people @bumpingintopeople.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It could be that DHH was always a prick and money emboldened him to peel off the mask. Or he got into wing circles and became what he is today. Either way, it’s unnecessary to delve on the marvel-villain-origin-story for evil people when their actions and words are having real world impact.

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It happens everywhere, but Hollywood is my beat. And that is an industry that *loves* to present the active choices that individuals made over time as inevitabilities that nobody could have possibly prevented. It’s rank, ridiculous nonsense as a PR strategy & we don’t have to buy it, ever!

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Bumping into people @bumpingintopeople.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Yeah, Jason seemed like a good guy. But you can only be good for so long continuing to work with a guy like DHH. DHH is such a Musk-wannabe.

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Bumping into people @bumpingintopeople.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

+1 The need for air-gapped setups with proper infrastructure standards for critical systems has become more important.

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Bumping into people @bumpingintopeople.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Exactly! Those dollars will line certain pockets only.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Susan La Flesche Picotte: the first #NativeAmerican woman to earn a medical degree in the US. Living in an era when Native Americans were denied citizenship & women couldn't vote, she became an indispensable physician & fierce defender of her people's sovereignty. Died #OTD in 1915. #WomenInSTEM 🧵

A black-and-white studio portrait of Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte (1865–1915), the historic reformer celebrated as the first Native American woman to earn a medical degree in the United States. In a bust-up composition against a dark, textured backdrop, she is positioned slightly turned to the side while facing the camera directly. She looks forward with an intelligent, steady, and composed expression, her dark hair neatly swept up away from her face into a soft bun. She wears a Victorian-era garment featuring a high-necked collar made of a contrasting, intricately patterned light fabric with fine floral or geometric motifs. This collared section is framed by a square, dark lace trim on her darker, structured bodice, which has modest pleating and slight puffing at the shoulders. The soft studio lighting emphasizes her prominent cheekbones and the calm, dignified mood of the portrait, embodying her historic legacy as an enduring pioneer of Indigenous health and civil rights.

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Bumping into people @bumpingintopeople.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

People like these are spineless parasites. They change loyalties like diapers as soon as they smell shit on the side they are currently supporting.

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Bumping into people @bumpingintopeople.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

And Americans. While I can sympathize with many who want to remove Trump from office, the systemic and social systems that allowed this rot is still in place. The obsession with money and greed in America is mind-blowing.

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Bumping into people @bumpingintopeople.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

What’s the obsession with Nobel prizes with these dumbasses?

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Bumping into people @bumpingintopeople.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Just because you have white friends, you cannot claim to be a racist.

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Bumping into people @bumpingintopeople.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

US hasn’t really recovered from the Cold War. It just is competing with different entities.

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Bumping into people @bumpingintopeople.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

They are not “paid” to do that. 🤷‍♂️

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