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Paco Hope @paco.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Connecting dental floss to the internet was a mistake.

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Paco Hope @paco.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

It’s funny to think that a taco truck outside your office, if it takes in revenue greater than its costs—you know: profit?—has more profit than OpenAI and Anthropic combined.

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Nick Murison @nickmurison.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

I thought it might be time to upgrade a drive or two in my #NAS. Except the exact same 4TB drive I bought three years ago is now twice as expensive as it was back in 2023. I’m guessing I can thank LLMs for this?

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Paco Hope @paco.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

I've just seen this Peter Drucker management quote that I think encapsulates AI perfectly: > There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. A lot of people are using AI to automate processes that exist, instead of asking what the process accomplished in […]

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Nick Murison @nickmurison.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

Watching The Rocky Horror Picture Show in honour of Tim Curry 💔

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Paco Hope @paco.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026

A lot of tech is complicated by good and bad uses. Single use plastic, for example, is mostly unnecessary. But (to name just one) there are medical settings where it helps save lives by keeping things sterile. Even though we need to drastically reduce them, if we suddenly banned 100% of single […]

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abadidea @0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026

OpenAI: we put our evilest AI in a sandbox that did in fact have an internet connection but mediated through a proxy that was only supposed to allow downloading python junk. It circumvented the proxy and we failed to notice for FIVE DAYS that it was going on an interstate crime spree with the […]

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Nick Murison @nickmurison.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2026

I thoroughly enjoyed "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" by @pluralistic, and in that context found this article by The Economist a somewhat hilarious read […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]

Quoted from Economist article: "A rough calculation finds that covering AI capex through identifiable AI income requires revenue on the order of $2.5trn per year, more than tech’s entire combined revenue today (and far higher than what would have been needed a year or so ago, when capex plans were more modest). Only a small minority of consumers seem willing to pay for personal AI subscriptions, so the real money will have to be made from selling to enterprises."

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Clayfoot @clayfoot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/05/2026

@futurebird it could have been anyone

Frying pan with cold grease. In the grease: a sausage-shaped empty space and a single paw print.
Text over photo: I wonder what happened to the sausage

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Nick Murison @nickmurison.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 10/04/2026

@steggy We found this one in Sakai Park on Bainbridge Island last year #trolls #sculpture

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Paco Hope @paco.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 09/04/2026

I have developed the most amazing LLM. It is conscious. It is AGI. It never hallucinates. But I’m never going to let anyone see it or use it directly. Where do I get my billion dollars?

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Paco Hope @paco.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 04/04/2026

Found a diagram depicting my hotel shower's temperature dial.

Two images of the classic silver shower knob, where all the way anti clockwise is full-hot, all the way clockwise is full cold and then off. On the left it says "How they are" and it depicts a red range labeled "magma" a tiny green sliver that says "useful shower temperatures", a huge blue band that says "ice cold," and then a little black bar that says "off if you push really hard." The second one is the same set of colors and labels. But the magma band is quite small. Most of the arc is this big green band of "useful shower temperatures," there's a small blue "ice cold" region, and then the black line labeled "off".

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Tim Bray 🇨🇦 @timbray.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 26/03/2026

Hmm, writing a thing and, without thinking about it, used the verb “enslopify”. I can’t be the first. I think it’ll catch on. #GenAI

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Steggy @steggy.sunny.garden.ap.brid.gy · 26/03/2026

I was just thinking about all these home appliances that are now “smart”….and I realized that it’s got to be men who decided we need these things. Women still do the majority of housework. I, myself am a stay-at-home Mom. It just occurred to me how all these smart appliances can add an extra […]

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Velocipede Rider @ruari.velocipederider.com.ap.brid.gy · 13/03/2026

"We care about your privacy!" Us and our 1584 "partners". Hah ha! Also fuck off!

Screenshot of a cookie screen with the title "We care about your privacy!". Later in the text I have selected the part that reads, "our technology partners (1584)"

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Dave Bittner @bittner.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 13/03/2026

And now, we’re adding another layer. Artificial intelligence. AI can now generate convincing text, images, voices, and video at a scale we’ve never seen before. Which means that something very fundamental is changing: the relationship between our senses and reality. For most of human history […]

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Dave Bittner @bittner.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 13/03/2026

I’ve been wrestling with a growing sense of frustration about the world we’re living in right now. And the more I try to understand it, the more I come back to a simple observation: Nearly everything we interact with today has been optimized for extraction. Extraction of our attention […]

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Dave Bittner @bittner.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 13/03/2026

But I think there’s also a quieter, more immediate question we can ask ourselves. How do we reclaim our humanity inside these systems? How do we build boundaries around our emotional lives? How do we recognize when our attention is being harvested? How do we create spaces, personally and […]

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Nick Murison @nickmurison.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2025

We’re looking to buy a new fridge. I’m guessing Samsung are measuring their marketing teams on how many products they claim are “AI enabled”… #aihype

The inside of a refrigerator in a shop, with stickers claiming it uses AI to optimise energy efficiency (in Norwegian)

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Nick Murison @nickmurison.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 18/07/2025

@slims I just sent you a challenge on Lichess :) Or at least I think I did…

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Nick Murison @nickmurison.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 28/06/2025

@matt This year was our first time seeing the parade. So much fun! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Nick Murison @nickmurison.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 23/05/2025

There's snow in the mountains and I've just turned the heating back on. Spring in Norway!

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Nick Murison @nickmurison.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 13/05/2025

@paco I really wish there was an option for "keep the bullets and what level headings are, but screw any font choices"...

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Nick Murison @nickmurison.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 17/04/2025

Of all the apps I would want my car to have, Zoom is pretty damn far down the list… #carplay

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Nick Murison @nickmurison.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 14/04/2025

“Homogeny—and AI is the ultimate homogeny—stifles the possibility of breakthrough. It's not only deep thinkers that we need, but those who think differently. We need diversity of thought, diversity of idea, diversity of imagination. In business, in life and in society we need people who attack […]

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

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Nick Murison @nickmurison.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 29/03/2025

It's taken me a while to get around to it, but I've made some updates to an old #clojure codebase I hacked together to convert CSVs from one bank to a CSV that #YNAB is able to parse. I've taken the opportunity to learn how to use clojure.tools.cli to parse commandline arguments, as well as […]

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mrsmurison.bsky.social @mrsmurison.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

I don’t like the way social media makes it look like everything is going well all the time. So here are some of my paintings that did not turn out so well.

A square watercolor painting on paper depicting an abstract landscape. The top half is dominated by shades of blue and white, suggesting a sky or clouds. The bottom half features a mix of green and brown, possibly representing land or foliage. Two small red-brown spots are visible in the upper half.

A small, rectangular watercolor painting depicting a sunset landscape. The sky is rendered in warm tones of orange and red, transitioning to a green and brown foreground with a silhouetted tree on the left. The painting is framed by a thin white border.

A watercolor painting of a whimsical garden scene featuring three flowers – one large purple flower with yellow details, a smaller blue flower, and a smaller purple flower. A red and pink butterfly is positioned in the upper right corner. The background is a soft, light wash. The painting is framed by a thin white border.

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mrsmurison.bsky.social @mrsmurison.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Here are some more of my recent paintings. I’ve been trying to paint at least a little every day

A small, rectangular watercolor painting shows a collection of abstract, organic shapes in a variety of blended colors, including blues, purples, yellows, and deep reds. The colors are applied with a loose, wet-on-wet technique, creating soft edges and a sense of fluidity. In the upper right corner, two stylized butterflies, one in shades of purple and the other in blue, are painted with a slightly more defined line.

A square watercolor painting features a series of geometric shapes, including triangles and rectangles, in shades of blue, yellow, purple, and orange. The shapes are arranged diagonally across the canvas, creating a dynamic composition. Within one section, a sunset scene is depicted with soft washes of orange and pink, against which a flock of silhouetted birds is flying. In another section, a silhouette of a pine tree stands against a similar sunset backdrop. On the left side, a detailed leaf with segmented petals in shades of red and green is painted. The painting is done on textured paper, adding depth and visual interest.

A square watercolor painting depicts an abstract cloudy sky using soft, blended washes of purple, gray, and pale yellow. The colors are applied in a wet-on-wet technique, creating a sense of depth and atmospheric perspective. The darker purple and gray tones suggest cloud formations, while the lighter yellow areas hint at a distant light source or clearing. The painting is done on textured paper, adding to the subtle variation in color and texture.

A grid of four small, square watercolor paintings, each depicting a layered mountain landscape. The top left painting features mountains in shades of blue, the top right in shades of brown, the bottom left in muted shades of green and brown, and the bottom right in dark shades of blue and black. Each painting uses a similar composition, with layers of mountains receding into the distance, creating a sense of depth and atmospheric perspective. The paintings are done on textured paper and arranged in a 2x2 grid.

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mrsmurison.bsky.social @mrsmurison.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Some of my recent paintings. Really enjoying the calmness it creates for my brain

A square watercolor painting depicting a dark, silhouetted hill on the left, leading to a body of water on the right. The sky above transitions from pink at the top to a light blue-gray near the horizon. A dark, silhouetted line of grass and flowers is at the bottom.

A square watercolor painting depicts a field of loosely rendered flowers in soft blues, purples, and oranges. The flowers have a slightly blurry, dreamlike quality. A tiny, detailed bee is flying in the upper left corner, and a small red butterfly with black markings is fluttering in the upper right. The background is a pale wash of pink, and the painting is done on textured paper.

A square watercolor painting shows a dark, silhouetted hill sloping down on the left, meeting a body of water that transitions from a dark blue at the top to a vibrant purple at the bottom. The sky above is a soft, pale pink, suggesting dusk or dawn. On the right, a darker, silhouetted landmass is visible, with a small patch of white hinting at a wave or foam breaking against the shore. The painting is done on textured paper, adding to the depth and atmosphere.

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Paco Hope @paco.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 11/03/2025

The supremacy of the shareholder has inverted the relationship of business to customer. In the old days the customer was the reason for the business. People wanted stuff, a business made stuff and sold it to them. Today, shareholders demand returns, and customers are the mine from which […]

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mrsmurison.bsky.social @mrsmurison.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Today’s painting. Learned it off the TikTok video from @MadelineKerrii. Really pleased!

Watercolour painting. Blue/purple sky, orange and purple hills darkening as they come to the front. Crescent moon in the sky.

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Nick Murison @nickmurison.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 25/02/2025

Sadly I don't think this book has been translated to English yet, but Inga Strömke does an excellent job explaining the evolution, potential and risks of AI: app.thestorygraph.com/books/3c4bc5a… The book provides clear explanations for a non-technical […]

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Nick Murison @nickmurison.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 25/02/2025

@steggy We are working our way through TNG at the moment after having watched all of the original series. DS9 is next!

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