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Nanoraptor @nanoraptor.danamania.com · 11h

Combine two film titles to make a new film. Alien: Transformers

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Combined two film titles to make a new film. Paddington vs Predator.

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That aial.ie domain sounds like a nursery rhyme. 🎶 Old McScientist had a plan 🎶 🎶 A-I A-I No 🎶

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Well, I do have an iPhone, but it is an original 8GB one & part of my Jobs collection. Totally useless otherwise, there's no 2G cellular any more & it is still on iPhoneOS 2.1.

Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 10h

Me too. Mudita Pure, like a Nokia brick but lighter & with e-ink.

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I don't eat avos, but if I had to, this'd be me. #Spocktober #StarTrek60 #MrSpock

Four-frame image titled 'Me buying avocados' but each frame is Star Trek's Mr Spock (Leonard Nimoy) doing a mind-meld.

Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 16h

"Put that rock down!" "Okay. You're a useless, hopeless rock! No-one wants you in their rockery, you're so pathetic!"

Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 17h

I predicted the MacBook Neo Touch some weeks ago, but I sincerely doubt they will have added a 360-degree hinge.

Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 17h

This is like writing a policy that says "Don’t be mean to this rock I found outside" as the equivalent of a computer having feelings. The attempts by AI companies to give their products some kind of moral authority of any kind - such as trying to sway Pope Leo - is anti-human.

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Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 18h

That, I was not aware of. It is SmallCaps, all uppercase but what would be lower case is ... smaller uppercase. It is how Death 'speaks' in Pratchett's Discworld books.

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Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 18h

Filing for divorce, the hard way #3. #NoAI

My wife: Can you read our baby a book?
Me: I can just play an audiobook from my phone.
My wife: But then it won't be in your voice.
Me: I can train a voice model.

Parenting hits different when you work in AI.

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cara giaimo @cjgiaimo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

i was fortunate enough to profile Margaret Hamilton in 2019. A really kind and curious person. This was my favorite story she told me:

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Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 18h

I ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀɴsᴡᴇʀ ᴛᴏ "Aʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀɴʏ ғᴀʀᴍɪɴɢ ᴛᴏᴏʟs" ɪs ᴀɴ ᴜɴᴇᴏ̨ᴜɪᴠᴏᴄᴀʙʟᴇ Yᴇs. ... Mʏ ɴᴀᴍᴇ? Mʏ ɴᴀᴍᴇ ɪs ... Bɪʟʟ. Bɪʟʟ Dᴏᴏʀ.

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Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 19h

Which? That you're locked out, or don't have a smartphone?

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Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 23h

A bit hard to do when you don't have a phone that can run apps.

Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 23h

Huh, looks like I've been locked out of That naXi Place for some reason. Oh well, I was mostly using it as an image-hosting service anyway, the Melon trainwreck had stopped being amusing.

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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

the tech industry is about to invent books

Andrew Yeung
@andruyeung
X.com
We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
10:53 PM • 10/4/26 • 1.3M Views

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Aj Rez 🗿 @aj.reznor.com · 07/10/2026

{Via Toonz Arte}

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If you’re still wearing a mask, thank you. Please know you’re not alone. Many of us still mask, test and isolate when sick. Being the lone masker can be difficult, but your long term health is worth it. As a high risk, immunocompromised person… I see and appreciate you.

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Circuit Rewind @circuitrewind.com · 07/10/2026

I've spent WAY TOO DAMN MUCH TIME trying to find information on setting the switches on the Corvus OmniNet OmniDrive. Sharing here publicly first... But I'll also be documenting this in a future YouTube video (don't expect it soon tho, I got a few in the pipeline before then)

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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Adelaideans! Come and hear me in conversation with Elise Stephenson, author of Space XX: Gender, Power and the New Space Race, Thu, 22 Oct, 5:30pm, at the Australian Space Discovery Centre! @giwlanu.bsky.social 🧪 🔭 #WomenInSTEM

events.humanitix.com

Book Launch - Space XX: Gender, Power and the New Space Race

Compelling and urgent, Space XX exposes the state of the New Space Race and argues that a more inclusive future can – and must – be fought for.

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Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Want to use macOS 27 but don't want to be saddled with Apple Intelligence? Media attention on two tools to remove & block Apple's bundled AI has exploded, both just had a major-version release, now with GUIs. Grab one & get up to 32 GB back. Links in ALT.

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Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Do you live in Los Angeles or San Diego? Bad news, because His Cheezness has just painted a massive "NUKE ME" sign over both cities, and all but given permission to Tehran to attack.

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Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

... Wait wait wait, Apple's upcoming Smart Home gadgets - a doorbell, a lock & a thermostat - are being built by LG? The same LG under investigation for TVs that record everything around them? Filing that under OH HELL NO. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

bloomberg.com

Apple’s Smart Home Push Includes Doorbell, Lock, Thermostat Codeveloped With LG

Apple Inc.’s upcoming push into smart home devices will include a doorbell, thermostat and other accessories developed through an unusual partnership with LG Electronics Inc.

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Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

When you're watching TV in bed and fall asleep on the remote.

The physical imprint of a TV remote control's button panel pressed into the skin of someone's side after laying on it for several hours without realising.

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Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yo dawg, I heard you like notifications so we're going to give you notifications about your notification notifications in Notifications.

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Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

What if "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" was a modern film? I'm glad you asked. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wegx...

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail Modern Trailer (Trajan Font Edition)

YouTube video by Stéphane Bouley

Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

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Star Trek royalty Mike @mikeokuda.bsky.social Okuda talks extensively on the forty years he & Denise spent defining the look of Star Trek, from "Star Trek IV" to the current shows. A must-watch interview with Space.com's Tariq Malik & Rod Pyle. youtu.be/PRLch0F_Txs #StarTrek60

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TrekMania - Michael Okuda Talks LCARS, Easter Eggs, and Sci-Fi Innovation

YouTube video by This Week in Space

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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It's not just that women are silenced, harrassed, assaulted, pushed out of work, assumed to be incompetent, have their work stolen or credit denied. It's that men get ahead standing on the backs of women being pushed down. When you point this out they get ANGRY. #patriarchy

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Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Dear Apple, If you want us to use macOS 27, provide settings to disable AND REMOVE all the Apple Intelligence stuff that many of us won't ever use, and give us our 32 GB of space back. In the meantime, we'll use RemoveMacAI. www.macrumors.com/2026/10/05/a...

macrumors.com

Mac Users Reclaim 12GB+ of Storage With Apple Intelligence Removal Tool

A new open-source tool is making waves in the Mac community by helping users reclaim valuable storage space taken up by Apple's AI models. Called "RemoveMacAI," the command line tool disables Apple In...

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Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yeah, okay, he can keep his union card.

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Center for Space Environmentalism @space-environment.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

CSE has formally petitioned the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to dismiss SpaceX's application for the 100,000-satellite Starlink Gen3 constellation. Read our full comment: www.spaceenvironmentalism.org/actions/publ...

spaceenvironmentalism.org

Comment on the SpaceX Starlink Gen3 VLEO Application to the U.S. FCC (2026)

October 3, 2026 Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20554 via ICFS Electronic Filing In the Matter of: Space Exploration Holdings, LLC, Application for...

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Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Because Picard Looking is actually AI – Australian Intelligence. Mate.

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Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Meta & Rayban. Buy now, plague later.

Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"Are you pondering what I'm pondering, Pinky?" "I think so, Brain, but kids these days have never heard of POVRAY. Poit."