Reposted by CS_McVeyH I Sutton @covertshores.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Yandex cloud data centre in Sasovo hit by Ukrainian drones (OWA-UAV) overnight. Strategic target likely with impacts much greater than an internet network disruption chart will suggest. Trump isn’t the only one who loves data centres. Feel the warmth. 2353587
Reposted by CS_McVeyJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 06/10/2026Hot news for the sea lion in my comments bothering everyone about how training data is fair use www.courthousenews.com/ai-training-...courthousenews.comAI training of copyrighted material not fair use: Third CircuitUsing someone else's "creative spark" to start a competing business runs afoul of copyright law, the panel found. 603854911
CS_McVey @cs-mcvey.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I wonder if you know what a Jennings Relay is, or have any connection to its inventor. 000
CS_McVey @cs-mcvey.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The first known peace treaty! Oooh, that needs its own ROOM in a museum. 000
CS_McVey @cs-mcvey.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I am amazed there are people who remember Escaflowne; I wasn't alone in being very into it at the time but it really sort of vanished quickly. Trigun, now that's a nigh-universal acknowledged classic. 120
CS_McVey @cs-mcvey.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Then why is the gap between the “overall” and the “white” line in your chart bigger now than in 1960? Skeptical of this narrative. 000
CS_McVey @cs-mcvey.bsky.social · 21/09/2026No. Other countries had post-ww2 economic miracles too, like West Germany or Japan. Industrial automation really does suck. Acemoglu made arguments to this effect in “Power over Progress.” 100
CS_McVey @cs-mcvey.bsky.social · 21/09/2026That is... not what I would have expected. 67-68% vs. 50% isn't "dwarfs," but it is significantly higher. Ok, maybe it's just the area where I live that's turning into a deranged housing crisis hellscape? I mean, there *is* a real housing crisis, and not just in the USA. 110
CS_McVey @cs-mcvey.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I didn't say technology has been OVERALL bad; that would be insane. I indicated, essentially, that his assertion that "almost all" technological advancement has liberated people from drudgery overreaches to the point of blithe coldness and it makes me upset. 100
CS_McVey @cs-mcvey.bsky.social · 21/09/2026What, so you'd rather make share-an-apartment money working retail or food service today, than suburban house money hand-making planes and fridges in pre-automation factories? 310
Reposted by CS_McVeyFaytuks Network @faytuksnetwork.bsky.social · 18/09/2026US military nearly intercepted a Chinese ship in the Middle East this spring after an AI-generated intelligence report falsely claimed it carried nuclear weapons components. Troops were preparing to board and aircraft were airborne before the error was caught - CNN 1236
Reposted by CS_McVeyFaytuks Network @faytuksnetwork.bsky.social · 18/09/2026US officials say there is no single standard for verifying AI-generated intelligence. Sources say AI hallucinations have happened repeatedly across the intelligence community - CNN 0182
Reposted by CS_McVeyFaytuks Network @faytuksnetwork.bsky.social · 18/09/2026A US Special Operations Command Pacific analyst used a chatbot to assess the ship's manifest, then used AI to write and circulate the report. The chatbot misidentified the cargo. One source said it almost started a war - CNNx.comQuoted tweet on X 0123
CS_McVey @cs-mcvey.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Populist right underperformed; center-left looks slightly ahead. Sweden has soured on large scale immigration (even though they still face the same demographic crisis everyone does,) but perhaps seeing far right governments abet Russia's war, or start wars of their own, was even more distasteful. 010
CS_McVey @cs-mcvey.bsky.social · 13/09/2026"But they are" is going too far in the opposite direction. They are still tools that can do better at some tasks, not independently functioning beings that always do better at entire roles. 010
CS_McVey @cs-mcvey.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I want him to answer this too. I hate AI, but have given up praying it will remain clumsy and useless. Clearly it has abilities. 101
Reposted by CS_McVeyPatrick Boyle 💎 @pboyle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026youtu.be/HgjXjPP_p3syoutu.beWhy Nothing Looks Cool AnymoreYouTube video by Design Theory 4244
CS_McVey @cs-mcvey.bsky.social · 09/09/2026How can I experience more uncommon and unique apple cultivars if I do not live in a climate where apples are grown? 100
CS_McVey @cs-mcvey.bsky.social · 08/09/2026My understanding: there were rival British and French claims to the islands, Spain bought out the French claim, newly-independent Argentina inherited the claim & moved onto the islands and tore down abandoned UK structures (had been enemies in Napoleonic Wars) but soon UK took them back. 020
CS_McVey @cs-mcvey.bsky.social · 05/09/2026My prayers being answered. Humanity has a future after all? 000
Reposted by CS_McVeyMother Jones @motherjones.com · 05/09/2026Flock is far from the only company taking automated pictures of your license plate as you go about your day. motherjones.comFlock is cancelled—and their competitors are profitingOther brands are still dodging the backlash around automated license plate readers. 7286123
CS_McVey @cs-mcvey.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I mean, they're for AI. The badness is pretty specified. Trying to tack on peripheral concerns like water and power use is a bit silly, but they truly are bad and a threat to us all. 000
Reposted by CS_McVeyWildPartyInviteDecliner @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Francis Fukuyama keeps the winning streak alive. 414230633
CS_McVey @cs-mcvey.bsky.social · 01/09/2026“If you knew this would lead to Dr. Manhattan why did you do it anyway?!” “Because it’s what happens.” 010
Reposted by CS_McVeyUnofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Somali piracy surges as the impact of the US-Iran war ripples outwardsbbc.co.ukSomali piracy surges as the impact of the US-Iran war ripples outwardsTwo ships were seized within four days last week raising to at least 13 the number attacked since January. 076
CS_McVey @cs-mcvey.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Can you image the SAF and RSF trying to get away with like 1/5th of this shit 25 years ago? They'd have been squashed like bugs, captured, dragged before the ICC. Now, madness and amorality reign as though a long-dead C'thulhu had somehow subtly awakened. 110
CS_McVey @cs-mcvey.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I have a long commute and haven't even managed to finish Clausewitz. I wish IR/defense were more accessible! Then again, a "dumbed down" version of the subject is probably dangerous. 020
CS_McVey @cs-mcvey.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I used to do bike-and-transit commuting before COVID; SF Bay Area. Would do it again if it were safer and/or I didn't have a small kid. 010
CS_McVey @cs-mcvey.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I had an idea about vactrains once: to make the tube double-hulled with a layer of brine between, as it would tend to form a mineral plug over a leak by evaporation/freezing, and also mark its location. Too bad brine's too heavy to take to Luna. 010
CS_McVey @cs-mcvey.bsky.social · 18/08/2026This is why I old-millenial it up with out-of-print TTRPG stuff. Tired of the predictable edition cycling. It's like if some corporation had the authority to cancel baseball and make everybody buy all new stuff and learn "baseball 2." 260
Reposted by CS_McVeyWIRED @wired.com · 17/08/2026Platforms are finally recognizing that people don’t want to consume AI slop. A growing number of sites and apps now have tools and policies to flag, label, and ban AI-generated content.wired.comThe AI Slop Backlash Is Actually Having an ImpactPlatforms are finally recognizing that people don’t want to consume AI slop. A growing number of sites and apps now have tools and policies to flag, label, and ban AI-generated content. 262112634
CS_McVey @cs-mcvey.bsky.social · 16/08/2026They don't just let Claude decide where the terrorists are now? 120
CS_McVey @cs-mcvey.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Wouldn't FPVs matter somewhat less if one of the warring sides were able to achieve air supremacy? 260