@Russssty

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20+ years of digital duct taping, requirement wrangling, and product backlog janitoring.
I've seen more server crashes than you've seen memes.
Waiting to be finally replaced by AI.

"The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.”
― B. F. Skinner

Profile pictureAn animated GIF of zeros and ones flowing through a circuit board to the CPU. Pre-FPU era, obviously. Replacement highly recommended.
HeaderA bunch of MIT students on the roof of a campus building, acting as normal. I'm not sure whether any pianos were harmed during the making of this photo.
PronounsHe/Oh, him again?
"They have been carried away by monkeys"

*️⃣ Asterisk sound 'tt-monkeysintro.wav'
📦 From package 'asterisk-core-sounds'
🇺🇸 Spoken in US English

f(x,y) = ((-((-x) & (y % x))) % (((y / 21) % (x ^ 12)) * (~(23 | y)))) % 7

Extent: 256x256 (scaled x2)

"Onebit" colouring scheme.

Neue #opendata Anwendung: Vienna Routenplaner - Dein moderner Begleiter durch Wien – Schnell, Intelligent & Ästhetisch. https://www.data.gv.at/applications/c6fb61f1-6639-4e8c-b400-b8521f7a039d?locale=de

Another day, another company is reducing IT and software dev jobs to replace them with AI despite many report indicating that Gen AI doesn't work as promised. Get ready for more outages for Jira and co ;) ‘Devastating blow’: Atlassian lays off 1,600 workers ahead of AI push https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/12/atlassian-layoffs-software-technology-ai-push-mike-cannon-brookes-asx

I didn't think Jira could get any more messed up, but I underestimated their commitment to the bit. AI is a bold choice for a platform that struggles with basic navigation. Lmao

#ai #llm

‘Devastating blow’: Atlassian lays off 1,600 workers ahead of AI push

Layoffs to affect 10% of workforce amid Australian company’s restructuring plan to push into artificial intelligence and enterprise sales

The Guardian

Adding a third celestial body to a gravitational system makes things wildly chaotic and unpredictable. Hence the 'Three Body Problem'. Some beautiful examples of periodic 3-body systems:

(via instagram user data__is__beautiful)

Scientists warn that the Earth could run out of Conspiracy Theories by 2027 if they keep coming true at the current rate.
Neue #opendata Anwendung: Haiku aus dem Parlament inkl. Leaderboard - von Elias Gander https://www.data.gv.at/applications/3326b0e1-b037-417a-8a84-568bd0b5eb01?locale=de
Why Haven’t Quantum Computers Factored 21 Yet?

If you are to believe the glossy marketing campaigns about ‘quantum computing’, then we are on the cusp of a computing revolution, yet back in the real world things look a lot less dire…

Hackaday
Als Hobby: Spione ausspionieren. Wo ein Wald von Antennen auf dem Dach steht, einige mehrere Meter hoch, da dient eine Botschaft als inoffizielle Satellitenabhörstation https://oe1.orf.at/programm/20260205/822422/Als-Hobby-Spione-ausspionieren
Als Hobby: Spione ausspionieren | DO | 05 02 2026 | 15:30

Ein Club kundschaftet Satellitenabhörstationen in Österreich aus

oe1.orf.at