TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 7hWaiting eagerly for them to liquidate and flood eBay with datacenter GPUs for my homelab. My locally hosted GLM-5.3-Flash needs a speed bump! 030
Reposted by TTK CiarJenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 10/10/202641. Achieving a low-carbon transition, for most countries, will not look like winning a war or marching while waving flags. It is the ability to say "no thank you, we do not want what you are selling" to the petrostates, and walking (or cycling, or taking a bus, or driving an EV) away. 315625
Reposted by TTK CiarJenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 10/10/202615. Data center / Big Tech firms are by far the largest corporate buyers of clean power under power purchase agreements worldwide. They are also signing expensive deals for clean firm power, like nuclear and PV-and-storage, seeking to meet hourly matching targets. about.bnef.com/insights/cle...about.bnef.comCorporate Clean Energy Buying Fell in 2025 After Nearly a Decade of Growth | BloombergNEFGlobal clean power purchase agreement (PPA) volumes fell for the first time last year in nearly a decade, as power prices and policy risks redefined market activity. 1688
Reposted by TTK CiarIan Kremer @wolverinebear.bsky.social · 11/10/2026It is a bad day to be running a Republican political campaign: Ukraine's drone strikes on Russian data centers are sending millions of suspected Russian social media bot accounts offline. #democracy #elections #RussianBotFarms #Ukraine #SlavaUkraini #NAFO #Fellas #Bluespcmag.comUkraine Reportedly Hits Russian Data Centers, Causing Internet OutagesUkraine struck Yandex data centers in Sasovo, Ryazan region, and the Kaluga region. 941825564
Reposted by TTK CiarPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Since Saber International went full genAI maga chud, their new Hellraiser game does not deserve sales or engagement. Buy Cenobite Maker instead, it's on steam sale again. Zero genAI 47827
TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 07/10/2026#FoodHack Punch holes in bottom of (clean!) cat food tin, cover with a quarter-sheet of paper-towel, and ta-da! Serviceable coffee pour-over funnel. 000
TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Future presidents are taking note of how much they can get away with. I worry that future presidents will pull a lot more Trump-like shenanigans, and do it more competently than he has. 131
TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026That makes sense. It's kind of like how smoking doesn't make anyone's lives better, but enough people want cigarettes to make those products "quite profitable." 100
Reposted by TTK CiarPlague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 01/10/2026According to a recent study (published in Lancet Oncology) researchers now estimate that infections are responsible for about 12% of cancer diagnoses worldwide, which is a reason, (indeed, yet another reason) why doing what you can to avoid infections is prudent. 24917
Reposted by TTK CiarBabe&Oak @babeandoak.bsky.social · 01/10/2026•THIS WEEKEND• I’ll be exhibiting for the 2nd year at Gods & Monsters - ALTR Gallery in Minneapolis! Start spooky season off with some new art & grab some prints! ✨🦇 @oacmn.bsky.social acesse.one/z6qkadq 24613
Reposted by TTK CiarAntifascismo Interplanetário 🇧🇷🇵🇸🇰🇵🇻🇪🇬🇱🇮🇷🇨🇺🇷🇺🇨🇳 @danielocl.com.br · 15/01/2025 112
Reposted by TTK CiarGregSergienko @gregsergienko.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I fear I've lost this battle, but as a curmudgeon, I'm still going to distinguish between refutes and rebuts, reserving the former for something that conclusively disproves a claim. 143
Reposted by TTK CiarKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 01/10/2026I went to Geneva a few weeks ago and spoke on a panel about the nature of time for a Geneva Watch Days event. While I was there, on a lark, I entered a competition to most precisely calibrate a Swiss watch. And today I found out that I won! 😃 www.instagram.com/reel/Dd6hUTB... 39710740596
Reposted by TTK CiarHeidi J. De Vries @matokieslaughter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Long COVID in prison thesicktimes.org/2026/09/29/i...thesicktimes.orgI interviewed five people with Long COVID in prison. They are invisible in the system. - The Sick TimesWhile there are no data sources on Long COVID in prison, experts suspect rates of the disease may be higher there than in the general population. They face high reinfection risks and poor access to me... 031
Reposted by TTK CiarThe Elder Dan @crisperthanthou.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"There is some point at which we have spent SO much money on AI that it finally results in productivity gains that make it all worth it" is the new Laffer Curve. 032
Reposted by TTK Ciar𝕳𝖔𝖗𝖗𝖔𝖗𝖈𝖚𝖑𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖙 🇨🇦🦇🥀🕸 @horrorculturist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026✨ 𝓮𝓶𝓫𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓲𝓶𝓼𝔂 ✨. 🌙🌿 3350117
TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I've driven by some of these canals, and didn't know the story behind them. It seems like a good idea. The advantages of preventing algae and weed growth hadn't occurred to me. www.kqed.org/science/2002...kqed.orgHere’s What California Is Learning From Solar Panels Built Over Irrigation Canals | KQEDCalifornia solar panels tower over canals in Turlock, proving to save water, produce clean energy and improve local water quality. 000
TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026For breakfast I had slices of cheddar cheese (spiced with black pepper and hungarian paprika) and summer sausage. Skipped lunch. For dinner I'm thinking slices of gruyere cheese with almonds and pecans. 110
Reposted by TTK CiarGlennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Just read in the paper that a gang of thieves have stolen 50 crates of Red Bull from a warehouse. I don’t know how those people sleep at night. 310823
TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Can relate. In the 1980s I could ride my bike all the way up Prospect Road into the foothills. Tried driving up Prospect twenty years ago, in a fit of nostalgia, and found it was all houses to the end, with no way through to the horse trails behind them. 020
Reposted by TTK CiarEl Jefe Gone Dark Security @eljefe.social · 26/09/2026BREAKING : THERE IS EGG NOG FOR SALE REPEAT EGG NOG FOR SALE! EGG NOG SEASON HAS BEGUN!! 481
TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 25/09/2026In related news, WasteWaterScan updated today, and about 3% of the population of Santa Rosa is currently infected (or was, five days ago). 021
Reposted by TTK CiarMatt Crespi @mattcrespi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Proof of concept (top text probably won't be necessary once everyone gets the hang of the format). 042
Reposted by TTK CiarAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong. 21088183853
Reposted by TTK CiarColin @colin-fraser.net · 24/09/2026I made this analogy the other day but it’s like when the velociraptor turns the doorknob. That’s a surprise, sure, but the velociraptor is supposed to be behind an electric fence. OpenAI didn’t even put up the electric fence. Literally more negligent than Jurassic Park. 37612
Reposted by TTK CiarMara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Recently I saw a very comprehensive list of “famous people you didn’t know were bisexual” and I was not on it or in the comments I figured that it’s probably just because I’m not really that famous, but maybe it’s also because no one would ever think I’m not bi 39153358
Reposted by TTK CiarSen, but Spooky @dresdencodak.com · 24/09/2026My top 9 manga to get to know me 9koma.com 71565
Reposted by TTK CiarPlague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Despite the fact that Pennsylvania has reported four deaths from measles, the CDC has decided to only include one in its tally, which is further proof that those in power have learned that it is difficult to end an outbreak, but is is quite easy to change what counts. 010829
TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Worth highlighting: The first study is specifically about *mild* infections, and demonstrates a 70% incidence rate of new mental dysfunctions after one mild infection. At this late date, we should assume approximately everyone in the USA has suffered permanent brain damage from covid19. 000
TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Yup, this. My two go-to studies about it: www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...nature.comMicrostructural brain abnormalities, fatigue, and cognitive dysfunction after mild COVID-19 - Scientific ReportsScientific Reports - Microstructural brain abnormalities, fatigue, and cognitive dysfunction after mild COVID-19 121
Reposted by TTK CiarTamara Keel [Scary Remix] @tamslick.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The Truest Meme 224555
Reposted by TTK CiarTyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 21/09/2026"This is the first time in my adult life where there's been an issue that's come up that I feel like is going to directly impact me," says a gray-haired cishet white man in a cowboy hat. How does the Onion do it, this isn't even their platform. 27111
Reposted by TTK CiarOpen Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science bot @oecs-bot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Human causal reasoning relies on internal mental models that allow us to simulate counterfactual worlds and compare them against what actually… Causal Reasoning by David Lagnado doi.org/10.21428/e2759450.0de13fd2 #CognitiveScience 073
TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026People are good at falling prey to the wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA_e..., not "detecting minds". 000
TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026On one hand, Optus seems to be doing a shit job. On the other hand, Australians have a much harder problem to solve than Californians do. A lot more land area, low population densities, less infrastructure to leverage. I don't know what the right solution is, but don't envy their situation. 011
TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026It's funny. I'm a software engineer actively developing open source LLM technology, and going by my familiarity with the underlying algorithms and data structures, "stochastic parrot" seems like a perfect summary of what's going on. 020
Reposted by TTK CiarNanoraptor @nanoraptor.danamania.com · 20/09/2026WD-40 transdermal patches. (personal use only) 291036291
TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The panentheistic position is profoundly boring: "Physical reality is an aspect of a greater spiritual reality, so everything is made of soulstuff, so of course AI is as well. It's not special." 140
TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026WTF? This has been a solved problem since 2024. Impose a GBNF grammar which coerces inferred outputs to 7bit-clean ASCII and random language-switching goes away. github.com/ggml-org/lla...github.comllama.cpp/grammars/README.md at master · ggml-org/llama.cppLLM inference in C/C++. Contribute to ggml-org/llama.cpp development by creating an account on GitHub. 000
Reposted by TTK CiarDenis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026COVID-19: The Elephant in the Room Everyone Keeps Ignoring @pacoonpause.bsky.social Source: x.com/PacoOnPause/... 12977339
Reposted by TTK CiarJeff Eaton @eaton.fyi · 19/09/2026This is a terrible time for systems thinkers, in part because nobody wants to listen to systems thinkers about stuff they’ve been saying for years, so now systems thinkers have to watch deeply incurious people reinvent systems thinking from first principles 39315
Reposted by TTK CiarKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 19/09/2026I gave a talk yesterday at a clean tech in incubator, and this was literally my thesis. 23825190
TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Yes and no. LLM tech encodes heuristics found in its training data, and applies heuristics appropriate to a context during inference. That implies if it helps us cure cancer, it did so with heuristics doctors already have, but they might be spread across different doctors who aren't collaborating. 110
TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026California's a really big place, with a lot of different things going on. Not sure that pigeonholing us is the most useful option. 000
TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Yes! Weird and *very annoying!* I've taken to telling people I work in E911 infrastructure (which is true) and letting them assume I'm a civil engineer (which is not). 000