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turzaak

@turzaak.bsky.social
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Mechanical Engineer who knows too much EE (and now CS) for their own good. I build robots.* *robots may or may not be apocalyptic in nature

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 23h
this is the first one of these "the alarm must be raised" pieces that actually makes sense, largely because he says something obvious: no one at the company has any clue about how safety engineering works
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turzaak @turzaak.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Every day we stray further from god
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turzaak @turzaak.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
As someone who has worked every day with large machines that can very definitely kill me in exciting ways, I'm also aware of how many ways there are to prevent that. Including the BIG RED BUTTONS on every machine that kill them immediately.
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turzaak @turzaak.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I always thought you had to win a war to get a triumph monument.
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turzaak @turzaak.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I really do recommend using the "left the top off an ant farm" analogy. I was explaining this to my mom & reminded her of that time I had an ant farm. Said the same thing is happening with AI as the ants. She gave me the same Unimpressed face she gave me at 7 when I left the top off said ant farm.
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turzaak @turzaak.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I just had the disturbing realization that, since I had to explain the concept of "furries" to my parents out of nowhere a few months ago, there's a nonzero chance I'm going to have to explain the "AI Sex Cult" thing.
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Based upon their documented behavior over the past few years, the tech industry is less afraid of the potential ramifications of Artificial Superintelligence than they are of Lina Khan.
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turzaak @turzaak.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I remember how the day after the 2016 election, I walked into my grad advisor's office and said I couldn't finish the PhD because both of us knew we couldn't guarantee funding. They already destroyed STEM PhD track for domestic grads and with everything else, this is a nail in the coffin for int'l
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turzaak @turzaak.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Every time I see a post about how AI is going to take Every Job, I have to roll my eyes. People. I've worked in high-precision robotics and semiconductor. The robots run into walls. The STATIONARY robots. The precision vision can't handle glass windows. The machines aren't taking shit.
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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I am the very model of a modern day typographer A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan #typography #fonts #graphicdesign
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turzaak @turzaak.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Threatening us with a good time now, I see.
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turzaak @turzaak.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Look, the Green Line maps aren't THAT complicated.
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Sam Wilson @samwilson.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Can’t wait to introduce bird-based storage into my backup system
A twitter post explaining how you can “save PNGs to birds” by converting a drawing of a bird into a spectrogram then playing it to a starling who sung it back, reproducing the PNG.
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John Walton @thatjohn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
this second session being impossible to schedule is the most D&D thing you could possibly imagine
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turzaak @turzaak.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Ominous Latin Chanting just got a hell of a lot more ironic
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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
he got him. he finally fucking got him
real-life coyote and roadrunner encounter captured in southern california
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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
the goose chasing a man meme where the goose says “what else did he say” and then “WHAT ELSE DID HE SAY” as the man runs away
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Mike X. Nichols @mikexnichols.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
lmao
The trolley car problem with Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner. The trolley car defies the laws of physics and slams into Wile E. Coyote.
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turzaak @turzaak.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This just in, the geniuses in the manosphere have decided the zero failure modes hack to dating is *checks notes* con-funk? Straight girls, I'm so sorry.
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turzaak @turzaak.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
*Sun Tzu has entered the chat*
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I have to be so honest: every time someone says Butlerian jihad, I imagine Judith Butler tearing the RAM out of a computer with her bare hands
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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 21/08/2026
OH! She’s a Snapewife but for Trump!
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turzaak @turzaak.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I see we have all forgotten the news stories about how China's AI chips require a fraction of the processing power and hit comparable metrics. From over a year ago. They've only gotten better. Considering the the global trade situation... Well necessity is the mother of invention.
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Pile Of Garbage @pileofgarbage.net · 17/08/2026
How to win at most all things:
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Hermione, Texas Granger @misterfungi.bsky.social · 11/12/2023
the Wikipedia entry for axolotls reads like a Cake song
Their heads are wide, and their eyes are lidless. Their limbs are underdeveloped and possess long, thin digits.
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turzaak @turzaak.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I've just overheard in this bar someone declare 1985 was Gen-X. Oh you sweet child, no. We were the original batch of "fucking millennials". Get in line.
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turzaak @turzaak.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
This part of the thread reads very much like someone who does not understand the concept of the trust thermocline. It's that simple. Corps can have a lot of trust but as soon as you hit that inflection point, it's downhill fast and very hard to recover.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
HUNTER SCHAFER AND MICHELLE YEOH???????????? every sapphic age gap shipper on the internet just sat up straight
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Shinra Middle Manager @shinramidmanager.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
SHINRA NEWS: January 31st, 1997 Edition

Bisexuality

Not Gay. Not Straight. A New Sexual Identity Emerges.

Also includes the articles:

PRES. SHINRA'S FIRST NAME - What Was It

EGG AND CHIPS - A New Frontier In Bar Food
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turzaak @turzaak.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Many will agree.
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turzaak @turzaak.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I want to staple this thread to the forehead of everyone trying to tell me that there are "really good FOSS CAD software" now. Yes, even FreeCAD. Especially FreeCAD.
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turzaak @turzaak.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
It was only 9 years ago that I was writing the entire first draft of a 170-page thesis in 4 days. I remember my advisor being impressed I pulled that off. (He'd only expected the intro and chapter 1).
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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
*pinches bridge of nose, eyes closed, takes a deep breath* so do we have ANY idea how many living US Senators there are right now?
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Guillotine Hunger Force @handle.invalid · 12/07/2026
i stand corrected
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turzaak @turzaak.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Everything happens so much. Put some back.
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Keith @mosheroperandi.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Trump: It's not working! Why don't they love the fair? How do I make the crowds cheer? Oracle of DC: If you test your strength against the heat with a very long speech, the nation will celebrate harder than they ever have. They will party in the streets. No one will ever forget the night.
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turzaak @turzaak.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I just read someone describing a "schism" as "forking Linux" and now my soul hurts.
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turzaak @turzaak.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
How has SCOTUS not calvinballed itself into irrelevance yet?
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turzaak @turzaak.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I have legit made better LARP props with duct tape and cardboard.
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
my kind of Jubilee, the Japanese national team vs. 100 kids
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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Me: Okay, there's been a thunderstorm, the heatwave should be over now. (New health bar appears) (The sun is now named 'Sol, Starflame of Regret') (Objectively the greatest piece of classical music ever recorded starts playing).
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turzaak @turzaak.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
God is an iron
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
I saw this on Facebook (there was no creator credit) so now you have to as well. It hurtsses us.
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turzaak @turzaak.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
It's super-fun when you're IN semiconductor mfg and you can't even get the equipment to build the equipment that would fix the equipment shortage.
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turzaak @turzaak.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
As someone in manufacturing who has also worked professionally in 3D printing: this is 100% correct and EXACTLY the use-case additive manufacturing technology in a distributive system like 3D printers are designed for: individual small-scale rapid deployment at lower cost than traditional methods
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Julie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Troublemaker is my middle name.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
reposting both for underlying insight and for solid use of "zugzwang"
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Mike (beep boop era) @latimeriidae.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
HAPPY BOSTON MOONINITE PANIC DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
A lite brite with a green and purple mooninite flipping you off with the words 1/31/07 NEVER FORGET
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turzaak @turzaak.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
"Are you scared of a fucking whistle dawg" is now living rent-free in my brain
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