Loose Cannon @lcstyle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026www.ctrlaltrevolt.net/posts/machin...ctrlaltrevolt.netMachines at the Gates of the Workshop: Engineering, AI, and the Narcissistic Injury of Losing Control - Loose CannonMachines at the Gates of the Workshop: Engineering, AI, and the Narcissistic Injury of Losing Control 000
Loose Cannon @lcstyle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Engineers are typically high in anti-social, Schizoid, Narcissistic, and/or autistic traits, they're nerds, geeks, freaks, and weirdos. Which means they come off like defensive dickheads to the general public, even if they're well-meaning really cool people once you get to know them. 000
Loose Cannon @lcstyle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026@carlrichell.bsky.social the reason this conflict is happening is because you're not shielding your Engineering Team from the Public. You should hire a Project Manager and create your own internal Project Issue Tracker. Let a PM deal with the public Repos. Engineering staff + End Users != good. 000
Loose Cannon @lcstyle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026@carlrichell.bsky.social have you guys absolutely lost your minds over there or what my dude? github.com/pop-os/cosmi... www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWKn...github.com[Bug] Grouped-window thumbnail preview clips windows beyond the output width · Issue #1574 · pop-os/cosmic-appletsDescription Left-clicking a grouped application icon opens a horizontal thumbnail preview strip. When enough windows belong to that application, the strip extends beyond the usable popup area and l... 301
Loose Cannon @lcstyle.bsky.social · 15/08/2026the new glass look is f'in sick - nice work to you and your team. Didn't think cosmic could get better but this is just icing. 100
Loose Cannon @lcstyle.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Even those who would critique capital end up reinforcing it instead. because the system requires constant growth, it is forced to constantly expand its boundaries—eventually turning its gaze inward to privatize and commodify human experience, public services, and political outrage. 010
Loose Cannon @lcstyle.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Not discounting the fact that open source maintainers are probably dealing with a flood of "ai slop", which has become their favorite narcissistic ivory tower go to response. 010
Loose Cannon @lcstyle.bsky.social · 27/05/2026bsky.app/profile/lcst... Have you considered that people with this opinion are partly motivated potentially by ideology, and more deeply by narcissistic defensiveness? Because often their derision is rooted in emotional defensiveness. 020
Reposted by Loose CannonGraham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Another week of failure in Iran. Another week of precious American resources being squandered halfway around the world, benefiting no one but Benjamin Netanyahu and Big Oil. 1022651
Reposted by Loose CannonChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25/05/2026An ad that argues private equity has too much power is taken down off the air by a private equity funded company that owns the team, the TV station that airs the team’s games, and the newspaper that covers the team. Platner couldn’t have written the script better himself. 25960346
Reposted by Loose CannonGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Platner responds to Bezos’s claim that doubling his taxes isn't going to make a difference to a teacher earning a low salary. 541440252
Reposted by Loose CannonDavid Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 25/05/2026The incredibly racially diverse crowd at tonight's Bernie Sanders-Graham Platner rally.gettyimages.comPeople attend the “Fighting Oligarchy” tour stop where Democratic...People attend the “Fighting Oligarchy” tour stop where Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner and Sen. Bernie Sanders spoke at the Collins Center for the Arts on the University of Maine... 1501454459
Reposted by Loose CannonAshleeee 🌊🪭 @reactiveashley.cat · 24/05/2026Oh wow Microsoft tries to bury a BitLocker bypass and root shell vulnerability, and it looks very much like an intentional backdoor. 42886183
Reposted by Loose CannonDave Stanley @davidwstanley.bsky.social · 24/05/2026He sure is a popular target…… 15641631059
Loose Cannon @lcstyle.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Fate it seems. is not without a sense of irony: The Twilight Zone episode “The Man in the Bottle,” predicted our modern day predicament. 000
Loose Cannon @lcstyle.bsky.social · 18/05/2026you should also consider radicle.devradicle.devRadicle: the sovereign forgeSovereign code infrastructure. 241
Reposted by Loose CannonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/05/2026I don't know who needs to hear this, but an economy controlled by a handful of oligarchs isn't a "free market." 423185024819
Loose Cannon @lcstyle.bsky.social · 25/04/2026"if you thought of your core skill as being the technical act of translating a detailed description of a solution created by someone else into working code, then I'm afraid you have a problem, because AI can do that now, and it can do it more quickly and more cheaply than we human beings can. "youtube.comTop AI Trends From 100 Interviews | AI Briefings: nWaveYouTube video by Modern Software Engineering 000
Reposted by Loose CannonJustin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 13/04/2026I believe this is a first. The consumer-facing financial media is calling Wall Street "delusional." Accurate. Surprising nonetheless.finance.yahoo.com3 charts reveal how delusional Wall Street is being about the Middle East conflictWall Street is often an optimistic bunch when it comes to estimating future sales and profits from corporate America. But what's on display right now from the Street borders on absurdity. 36216
Loose Cannon @lcstyle.bsky.social · 13/04/2026No worries, news says Iran war over tomorrow. Also everything's back to normal, all that critical industrial infrastructure that's been destroyed in the Middle East is now repaired. And everyone's in a rush to send tankers through the straight, no problem. Also war is peace, freedom is slavery....media.tenor.coma man with long hair is giving a thumbs up and saying he 's gonna fix the economy .ALT: a man with long hair is giving a thumbs up and saying he 's gonna fix the economy . 000
Loose Cannon @lcstyle.bsky.social · 13/04/2026It's been a documentary several times over already, in actuality. 020
Loose Cannon @lcstyle.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Don't worry. SP500 GO UP.media.tenor.coma man with long hair is sitting in front of a sign that says `` i got a three-point plan to fix everything . ``ALT: a man with long hair is sitting in front of a sign that says `` i got a three-point plan to fix everything . `` 000
Loose Cannon @lcstyle.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Welcome to Costco I love you.media.tenor.coma man wearing headphones looks at a blue box that says monopoly on itALT: a man wearing headphones looks at a blue box that says monopoly on it 010
Reposted by Loose CannonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/04/2026What do you call a system where CEOs make millions of dollars while laying off thousands of workers? 24242571508
Loose Cannon @lcstyle.bsky.social · 04/04/2026You've just made the strongest argument for why experienced developers should adopt AI tools, not avoid them. If codebase familiarity is the key to driving the model well — then the maintainer IS the ideal user. 000
Loose Cannon @lcstyle.bsky.social · 04/04/2026The question isn't whether unskilled people will misuse powerful tools — of course they will. The question is what happens when skilled people use them well. That's the part this thread skips. 000
Loose Cannon @lcstyle.bsky.social · 04/04/2026The only people qualified to use [compilers/IDEs/Stack Overflow/npm packages/AI] are people who understand what the tool is doing under the hood." This argument has been made about every productivity leap in software for 60 years. It's always correct, and it never stops adoption. 010
Loose Cannon @lcstyle.bsky.social · 04/04/2026This thread will age the same way every "you're not a real developer if you use X", or "you're not a real programmer unless you use X" thread has aged. 000
Loose Cannon @lcstyle.bsky.social · 04/04/2026at what point does "you must understand every line yourself", become the new "real programmers use assembly"? The entire argument here assumes AI capability is static. Every month the gap between "AI slop" and "AI-augmented expert work" narrows. 000
Loose Cannon @lcstyle.bsky.social · 31/03/2026LLM's are just exoskeletons for your brain, garbage in, garbage out. Caveat Emptor. 000
Loose Cannon @lcstyle.bsky.social · 31/03/2026github.com/frankbraun/c...github.comGitHub - frankbraun/codechain: Codechain — code trust through hash chainsCodechain — code trust through hash chains. Contribute to frankbraun/codechain development by creating an account on GitHub. 000
Loose Cannon @lcstyle.bsky.social · 28/03/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KSl...youtube.comWHY Are you stuck in a US airport Security queue?! You’ve paid for it.YouTube video by Mentour Now! 000
Loose Cannon @lcstyle.bsky.social · 27/03/2026You let me know when they reverse Citizens United, which should be called Inverted Totalitarianism Corporations United. Until then I'll be here hanging out, waiting for you guys to realize voting isn't working. 000
Loose Cannon @lcstyle.bsky.social · 27/03/2026You won't install a Gemini protocol browser but you'll link to obvious CIA thinktank YouTube propaganda videos and then purposefully confuse the the distinction between AI and a Gemini protocol browser? You're either incredibly smart, or incredibly stupid. 000
Loose Cannon @lcstyle.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Yes, theyve been testing it out and several friends have also noticed a feedback loop, it makes you feel like you're going crazy. It's not gangstalking type narcissistically fueled paranoia, it's more like persistent nudging via targeted algorithms. 000
Loose Cannon @lcstyle.bsky.social · 26/03/2026youtu.be/9M_dq_0ljscyoutu.beClara Mattei: capitalism is not natural - it’s enforcedYouTube video by Channel 4 News 010
Reposted by Loose CannonScott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 25/03/2026Historic levels of insider trading are occurring here,,,and now. 27383121
Reposted by Loose CannonClaire Zagorski, PhD, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 22/03/2026This is why I unapologetically tell the economics students to change their major to something respectable. 331194529
Loose Cannon @lcstyle.bsky.social · 24/03/2026And this is how I know grapheneOS is probably just a spin off of the famed ANOM sting. You corral all the rebels into a certain little paddock where you want them. No one in the empire is free to not comply with laws, unless the empire itself allows it. There is no such thing as an outlaw anymore. 101
Loose Cannon @lcstyle.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Calling LLM code “slop” is like mocking a pilot for not inventing aerodynamics. The system is the achievement. The operator is leverage. If it works, maybe the insult says more about you than the code. 110
Loose Cannon @lcstyle.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Pilots don’t flap their arms—they fly planes built by thousands. LLM coders don’t “write” every line—they steer systems built by thousands. If it works, is it slop… or just leverage you don’t like? 000
Reposted by Loose CannonJoni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 21/03/2026American tech oligarchs spend billions fighting socialism, yet their unhinged greed is the single best advertisement for it. By hoarding wealth and breaking society to enrich themselves, they actively fuel the very ideology they claim to despise 28251501688
Loose Cannon @lcstyle.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Meanwhile the state of the art will continue to evolve, like a slow steamroller, eventually you'll be crushed. Take a look around and see who won. Everyone walks around in 2026 with portable surveillance devices. You can ignore reality, but you cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.media.tenor.coma person is laying on the ground in the dark with smoke coming out of it .ALT: a person is laying on the ground in the dark with smoke coming out of it . 000
Loose Cannon @lcstyle.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Instead of leveraging any and all available tools given to you against the empire, you retreat into luddism and obstructive perfectionism. Perfect says the empire, they've handicapped themselves. In their narcisstic obstinacy, hey brought knives to a gunfight. www.ctrlaltrevolt.net/posts/the-em...ctrlaltrevolt.netThe Empire Strikes Back - Loose CannonAn AI Open Source Manifesto. 000
