The Cyberneticist

@TheCyberneticist
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Reflections on the Moth in the Machine, Empathy & Adventures in Analysis and Decision Making in Uncertain Times. (anthropomorphic personification of an idea)

Born @ 322.31 ppm

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I am uninstalling all Meta services from my phone. They have announced that they are removing the ability to block off-Meta activity tracking. I will only check these through a privacy browser on my PC. People can still contact me via other, more secure, options. #FuckMeta

this distribution would have the following social contract

- human understanding of the system is paramount: you must be able to explain your work and stand by it. no "vibe coding". declarative packaging, not APKBUILDs.

- we support each other as users of the communal operating system we collectively maintain: no free rides, you are expected to help with maintenance in some way. no spectators.

- governance is an engineering discipline: decisions are explicit, documented and made regularly. institutions exist to serve the community and must be appropriately maintained.

- we strive to help our fellow humans learn and grow: no "smart assholes".

When I hear someone say "agent swarm" or "orchestrator", all I can think of is "we finally built the Man-Month, from the famous book, The Mythical Man-Month"
You know in my day, police did the work themselves, carried a drop gun, lied on the stand, planted little baggies of coke, etc. This is just sheer laziness.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:gucovesskg6yxs5mvnm6jz65/post/3mo3ngzs4ek2j

@VeroniqueB99

Gen X: what is therapy? Never heard of that.

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@ifin/116735279416101129

This attack is ongoing, with the attackers shifting from npm to bun for malware installation. If you see information we're missing, please consider contributing!

What could go wrong? SpaceX satellite disintegration is adding large amounts of potentially dangerous particles and chemicals to the upper atmosphere, and amounts are likely to grow.
https://www.wsj.com/science/environment/spacex-satellites-are-creating-an-accidental-geoengineering-experiment-f9b7b7d6

This fucking lie “If we didn’t have all these immigrants coming over in the boats we would never have the problem” infuriates me.

I’m the son of an immigrant who came ‘over in a boat’.

https://www.glasgowbell.co.uk/glasgow-protest-far-right/

Neo-Nazi flags over St Enoch Square: how Tuesday’s protest took Glasgow by surprise

‘If we didn’t have all these immigrants coming over in the boats we would never have the problem’

The Bell
To management, I say "I use AI techniques to ___". It's just my shell scripts from 2001 that still run perfectly everyday. I don't tell them that AI in that sentence actually stands for already implemented.