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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 11h

I've never been much of an individual-stock investor (much less advisor), but this puts a pretty sharp point on my current "there's nowhere in the #AI value chain where I would feel comfortable investing (for anything but hitting an IPO bounce) today" advice... 😬 www.wheresyoured.at/dead-money/?...

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Fascinating stuff, especially the workforce development aspects. I can't even count the number of areas where the talent pipeline has run dry and needs to be refilled in order to turn the U.S. (back?) into what we need to be...

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#PeopleDebt can be a huge part of #TechnicalDebt. Thinking of a team that over 30ish person years (4 people x 7.5 years) sent exactly 1 person to 1 conference and 0 to any refresher training.

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

With all the talk of hiring processes, I think of past teams where we should have quizzed applicants on their ability to quote The Princess Bride at length. We could teach the technical stuff. It's the PB quotes that mattered more.

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

When Sam Altman first started talking about #AI needing trillions of dollars of infrastructure investment, I wrote him off as a crank. "We can't scrape up $2T for our roads and bridges! We can't even do high speed rail in this country!" Wow, do I feel like an idiot now... 🤦‍♂️

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

President Xi looks on knowingly... Waiting for the price to drop enough for him to just buy America outright. Low enough that he knows we'll throw in Taiwan as a deal sweeter...

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Gotta love a consumer research survey where every single proposed name for the product is pathetically generic and doesn't fit the concept at all. Did #AI generate all of the suggestions to name itself? 😇

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Well, heck! I guess the mainstream media finally caught up to the folks who have been predicting this in various venues for a while now... Although, I think they're deeply understating the case... www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

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Datacenter rush will create ‘tsunami’ of discarded electronics, report says

Global push will triple toxic e-waste annually in 25 years, filling enough shipping containers to circle globe six times

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Exponential ick factor... 1) A YouTube video posted by a16z. 2) Talking with / about Greg Brockman (OpenAI). 3) Who says AGI has arrived. It might not be a singularity, but it's a gravity well of ick so deep that I'm pretty sure my head would implode. I think I'll avoid that one...

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

There is no setting the bar too low for these people. They will always find a way to dig a deeper hole for themselves and all of us if they can. Any bets on whether #DataCenters that "bring their own power" will be released from all such regulations too? 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Most of the time, if I say "You remind me of a much younger me!" it's not meant as a compliment. Far too often, "AITA (Am I The A******)?" Has gotten a yes in 20/20 hindsight. ☹️

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Is it too much to ask that Vanderbilt scientists invent a time machine and send some of their recent football success back to the '80s??? Sure, they could use it for other things, but ... 🤷‍♂️

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Yes, please! Don't multiply the maniacs!

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Not a super Kimmel fan. Not a super Talarico fan. I hope he wins big so he stops running the darn fundraising ads on YouTube. 😇 But, I am definitely not a Brendan Carr fan, so here's a link to the censored(ish) interview... www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLDE...

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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Is it just me, or does "let's make it even easier for the U.S. to remain a car-centric and car-dependent culture in the face of overwhelming climate change impacts" sound like a bad policy take? 🤔

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

My morbid curiosity didn't overcome my revulsion, but with "advice" like this floating around on YouTube, it's not a wonder that there are a ton of "men" wandering around confused. AYFKM? If that's what you're thinking about a hug, you deserve to be in the bad friendzone or beyond. 🤮

youtube thumbnail "99% of men hug wrong do this instead" with the sub-title "Your hug is friend-zoning you. Here's the hug that turns her on."

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Well, that is ... hideous. Can the ICJ try someone for crimes against architecture? Crimes against history? Intentional inflaming of eyeballs?

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Can we not aim higher? There's not a moment in my personal time on this earth that I would suggest for a "what will it take to get the US back to how things were in [year x]?" kind of question. That's just blue-tinted MAGA. 2024 ain't it. 2016 ain't it. 2000 ain't it. 1976 ain't it. #AimHigher

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 07/09/2026

On this Labor Day, let us remember that it wasn’t the CEOs and billionaires who saved us during COVID-19. It was the janitors, nurses, cleaning crews, grocery and food workers with their hard, often invisible labor.

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Fascinating stuff... Seems like the outsiders coming in were starting with a lot of the stereotypes about Tennessee... Oops!

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Well... Ummm... This is some seriously scary [stuff]. Lovely to think that this is only the beginning of a lengthy video series. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IFV...

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216,000,000 Spy TVs | The LG Smart TV Problem

YouTube video by Gamers Nexus

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

[howling at the screen] Clicked on a video titled " #AI Explained Simply " with great fear and trepidation. Received a level of anthropomorphism that was mind-blowing even going in with low expectations. It's no wonder so many people think they understand it well enough to tell everyone to use it.

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Created this for a reply on LinkedIn, but it applies pretty generally, so posting it here, too:

Simpsons "Don't make me tap the sign" meme with the text "Just because you've identified a problem doesn't mean an LLM is the solution" on the sign.

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Fascinating to juxtapose this with a post earlier about how China planted a ton of trees, etc. and it changed the rainfall pattern, making Tibet / Nepal wetter. There was no allegation that it was intentional, but it may have changed things in ways that exacerbated this incident...

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bluevoter24.bsky.social @bluevoter24.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Finally! That's what I'm talking about! #politics

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

And, there you have it, folks... Not sure if that particular plant produces bulk polysilicon for the wafer industry (precursor to chips), but the company does. Always nice to blow up one part of our supply chain to "benefit" another... www.wacker.com/cms/en-us/ab...

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The Polysilicon division – a hyperpure and cost-effective material

WACKER supplies hyperpure polysilicon to the solar and semiconductor industries

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Wishing everyone the happiest (merriest? cheeriest? whatever!) #DragonCon 40 this weekend! With luck, I will see you all again in person next year and far beyond...

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Sure, the underlying math predicts exactly that result, but I guess it's not business orthodoxy unless you read it in Bloomberg...

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

There's some nuance to be had even in the headline, but that's not what I'd call a sign of a healthy economy that's humming along, running on all cylinders... www.constructiondive.com/news/data-ce...

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Data centers drove all nonresidential construction spending growth in July

Not counting data centers, nonresidential construction spending fell to its lowest level since September 2023, said Anirban Basu, ABC chief economist.

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

If the NSF (National Science Foundation - not NASA Space Flight ;-) was still adequately funding basic research, I'd put in a proposal to study whether certain brands of hair gel can seep through the scalp, cross the blood/brain barrier, and permanently degrade strategic thinking. #JustCurious 🤔

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Only deep truths can make me laugh this hard... 😂😆🤣

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

a) at least he wore a suit, but b) there's no better tell that the current US regime wants the world to be one big AI-driven oligarchy 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Another day, another #AI related podcast where my neighbors 3 states away could hear me howling. It wasn't just the AI howls this time. It was the organizational howls. "I don't have status meetings anymore. I just have my agent(s) go out and pull / summarize all the status for me."

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I probably gave the screen a completely [dumbstruck, flabbergasted, gobsmacked, etc.] look when I read this headline. The *desert* southwest is about to get a whole lot more desert-y with new Colorado River water restrictions, and this is their big idea? 🤦‍♂️ www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/permitt...

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New Mexico is short 58K homes. Streamlined permitting can help, study says.

Reviewing housing projects on a case-by-case basis is slowing down production in localities, a report from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University suggests.

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The Wolfpack @wolfpack11720.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

"The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him." ~ Niccolo Machiavelli

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Happy and sad to see I got bad info about the Cofnas situation... Now, fingers crossed it goes the right way...

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

As someone who regularly drives the I-24 / I-40 interchange, I can hardly wait for years of construction to begin. And if we're really talking about tolls, there are options to bypass Nashvegas entirely. #SeeYa 😇 www.constructiondive.com/news/92b-ten...

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$9.2B Tennessee highway project picks construction team

The proposal represents the largest public-private partnership concession for an interstate choice lanes project in the U.S., per an announcement from Gov. Bill Lee.

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Aw, come on... Years of my Saturday midnights were spent screaming and singing at / with Tim Curry on the screen... I guess I'll no longer shiver ......... with anticipation. 😭😭😭😭😭

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

@edzitron.com is on fire as usual! "Please, point to the time in history when we have invested a trillion [...] dollars in making human workers better." Or the $2-3T needed to fix bridges and roads? Or, or, or, or... Oh! #GenAI might make VCs even richer! 🤦‍♂️ www.wheresyoured.at/r/0c8b0f60?m...

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

An interesting read. A year or two ago, I might have called it charmingly naïve. Today, I have to call it entirely divorced from reality ... at best. Oh, yes! Why not add to CISA's mandate after it's been so dismembered that Congress is starting to ask hard questions? 🤦‍♂️

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Well, that's interesting! #HotChips2026 off to an interesting start. Each thread will be able switch between #IBMz and #ARM instruction set architectures...

IEEE HotChips2026 slide from IBM showing that the next mainframe gen will be able to run ARM software natively

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UncleRicoReturns @unclericotnt.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

My, my, my the more time flies the more shit stays the same. A cartoon from the 1930s.

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

If you can't normally get away on voting day or you're worried about the potential for "election monitors" showing up, check your area for the dates for in-person, early voting. I couldn't tell you the last time I voted on voting day, and the "monitors" may not be there a week or two early. 😇👿

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

An interesting starting point for #AI enabling autonomous work. With an entire genre of YouTube videos devoted to showing what it takes to repair such beasts, instrumenting them and letting them call home for proper maintenance could be a win all its own... www.constructiondive.com/news/bedrock...

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Bedrock Robotics deploys fully autonomous excavators on jobsites

The company said its retrofit tech, which digs without an operator, is now active on infrastructure projects for firms such as Sundt Construction and Zachry Construction.

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

That is wild... Didn't realize what I was seeing for a moment. Those two totally messed up pieces of metal used to be one and used to be keeping the water out of the ship. Yikes! Sal for the win! www.youtube.com/shorts/-mITu...

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Latest video from the engineroom of MV SLNC York

YouTube video by What's Going on With Shipping?

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

A decidedly odd take. Asymmetric warfare has been around as long as warfare itself, and while the technologies are changing fast, perhaps the bigger change is to cost / risk rather than to physics itself. The more you can lower your risk / cost while inflecting damage on the enemy the better...

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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Bought the Philadelphia shipyards? ✅ A bid for Austal USA? ❓ A bid to build patrol submarines for Canada? ❎ And, the President just crapped on military exercises with South Korea? ❎ #NotSmart if they're involved with a ton of our [allied] military capabilities...

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