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M. David Scoble

@mdavidscoble.bsky.social
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M. David writes about the worlds of supernatural creatures, high science, and the cybernatural world to come. He can be found at: mandwbooks.com

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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 8m
And re-establish INS with a mandate to encourage and facilitate immigration, not to curtail it.
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 15h
Now do trifocals… 😁
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 16h
I cannot confirm or deny that I am 3 opossums playing dead in a trench coat…
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 16h
My go-tos are ghost pepper and trinidad scorpion. I regularly eat Carolina reaper. Not because of masculinity. That’s just plain stupid. I won’t eat hot if it has no flavor. I also keep a full range from sweet and no heat all the way to 🔥. Because it must have flavor and not everything needs heat!
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 16h
Is it ok that I like both photos?
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 16h
Wouldn’t be exercise if you weren’t salty about it… no, wait, that’s just sweat…
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 22h
It’s giving divorce…
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I would not protest their absence…
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
That is some of the stupidest crap I’ve ever seen…
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I would like to say “stop teasing me…”, but yeah, no. Don’t do that. 😁😁😁
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It was very good. Now I can cancel HBO/Max…
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
And a solid “hell no” to all surveillance software. Much work is done off of mice and keyboards and that can’t be measured by these BS tools…
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I find this interesting in that what the “tool” proposes is usually the role of outside consultants (to identify and propose solutions to inefficient practices)… I don’t think the intent is to kill the outside consultant industry, but I don’t think it would be a terrible thing, either…
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Is murder his love language?
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Creating a mathematical representation of a work does not qualify as fair use. It is a reproduction of the work in other terms, just as a translation is and requires permission. Just my opinion.
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Learned Fortran 77 in university. Learned ASM, C and others later. Good times when you had to code intelligently and with purpose.
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Carole with an e @crwright.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Voyager 1 is running on less memory than a single photo in your camera roll—69 KB. Its data is saved to an 8-track tape & software was developed when "the cloud" was in the sky. NASA sends commands and the old thing answers. And yet your brand new laptop freezes because you opened too many tabs.
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
That sounds like a win to me!
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What a crock! In the best possible way. I have a small, 1-2 person crock pot and I get so much use out of it. It really increases my quality of life. Take that anywhere you want…
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In my official capacity I change the name of the magazine to Vanity Fail.
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Manatease
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
When I remember, I poison all the photos and artwork I post… need to develop a workflow that does that automatically from my phone…
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I have found a lot of recycling options this Halloween. The problem is fabric… everything else I have managed to substitute stuff I find or thrift… The loss of a fabric store however, that sucks big time!
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
So here’s the thing I did to make a Halloween dummy for under 40 bucks… I think I can actually do it cheaper using pretty much only plastic bags stuffed with shredded paper and strategic zip ties…
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Surprised there wasn’t a communal sigh of relief!
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I enjoyed Pretty-OK Maggie’s Drunk Safari podcast when she was still doing it… That is very similar but with dilettantes instead of experts… super fun!!! @maggietokudahall.bsky.social
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Good soju is absolutely worth it. I had a chestnut soju and a sweet potato soju way back and they were amazing. But I don’t drink now, so enjoy!😊
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Hopefully part of this is also running from a sinking ship and not just performative rhetoric masking the next grift…
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Werewolf is an excellent ingredient!
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Zach sees and approves!
Zach, a black and tan silken windhound whose tan has turned grey. He is standing awkwardly in a car.
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Proof you done good! Not that any proof was needed, but I think it must feel awesome!
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Seems like Tommy should post a cell number of his own…
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Seems to me they are accessories after the fact and should be charged as such
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I didn’t develop my personal style until my 50s… well, my current personal style…
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Fundamentally this is regression to the mean and dilution of non-representative samples. This undercuts the entire purpose of the effort, in my opinion. Of course the purpose may not be what I think it is…
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I support Two Mommy Tommy and want him to find his forever 🏠 👭
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My retirement plans include teaching at Uni, but I won’t teach in the US. The center of gravity for a decent education doesn’t seem to be there to me. I think the decline will not stop but it might slow down. Trust in the academy has been lost and the cost makes it harder to justify US schooling.
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
An elder god would not be so subtle. Seems to be more of a squamous thinglet or an elder tree-based triffid?
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I stretch chick peas into half a dozen “old person” friendly meals… chick peas, tomatoes, spices and tomato paste makes an amazing chana masala!
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I have never wanted to read a George Will opinion and I am pretty sure this doesn’t change that preference…
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This course is a huge mistake. I think there are better, more efficient solutions that preserve the exquisite knowledge base that is embodied in good quality software engineers. The problem is those folks are uncommon and not professionalized in the same way as traditional engineers… and no unions…
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Offering. The question to me is how many “no fail” products (financial transaction networks, aircraft, hard infrastructure) fail along the way and lead to key mismatches in software capabilities and real world performance? All of which is likely going to be solved in litigation… to be clear, I think
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
And will have drastic effects with model drift and cost increases. If the bubble bursts, current infrastructure will be sold cheap to a consolidated set of companies that will keep costs artificially low while lack of new data for the model and increasing model degradation compromises the basic
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In some ways, this is a needed correction for out of control software engineering salaries (although you could argue that all other salaries are lagged). But the economics of actual cost LLMs does not match cutrently - it is artificially low. But it also is eliminating the institutional knowledge
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This line of thought *may* sway me to the p-zombie hypothesis…
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I use Sony MDR-7506s and have replaced the ear covers multiple times. Wired, over the ear, non-noise cancelling because NC gives me headaches. Incredible sound quality. Not USB-C, but my phone is old… 😕
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Although that might be too realistic. As Devo says, “Spud Men in gas lines who forget that guns don't argue…”
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Or we can be realistic, send them in with guns that make everything worse and pile on trouble that makes the solution harder. Or shifts the focus to the character that really will solve the problem?
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
100x creepier than a furbie…
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M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
While I have never had something as thoughtless as this happen to me, I have frequently been left by wheelchair attendants, had wheelchairs not show up despite being on my reservation, and had wheelchairs taken from me while in the restroom. Disabled assistance in many airports is hit or miss…
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