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J Kolb 6d ago

Early cuddly #caturday content

J Kolb Mar 12

mhoye Mar 9

Here's a true fact: nobody hates meetings.

What people hate are badly run, inefficient and unnecessary meetings. They hate working under untrained, undisciplined managers.

Meetings should be short, sharp and essential, but you can go a whole career in tech without ever experiencing that.

https://mastodon.social/@jbrains/116198854560137307

@newsguyusa Edit: the journalist updated his post to make it more accurate. He still bundles up the number of quake+tsunami victims (23,000) and the number of nuclear meltdown victims (roughly zero) and ignores Iwate and Miyagi for some reason, but better than nothing, I guess.

J Kolb Mar 10

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Jon Renaut Mar 6

Unless your child has some mobility issues, I dont think parents should be allowed to drive cars within 3 blocks of a school at drop off or pickup

J Kolb Mar 9

Astrobach

Mar 9

The media is such a wiener for Elon Musk.

The dude will say baseless nonsense like "in ten years every one will have telekinesis" and it'll be a headline with no skepticism.

Besides being an actual Nazi, he also has been wrong about everything for a decade. We aren't on mars, the hyperloop is a single-lane tunnel in one city, AI is still broken, and DOGE somehow added cost while reducing services.

He's an idiot. Stop quoting him like anything he says is meaningful.

J Kolb Mar 9

Nathan Schneider Mar 9

I love how @404mediaco understands exactly what we're all going through right now: "How to Talk to Someone Experiencing 'AI Psychosis'" https://www.404media.co/ai-psychosis-help-gemini-chatgpt-claude-chatbot-delusions/

How to Talk to Someone Experiencing 'AI Psychosis'

Mental health experts say identifying when someone is in need of help is the first step — and approaching them with careful compassion is the hardest, most essential part that follows.

404 Media

J Kolb Mar 7

Some #caturday content, plus some early #gardening progress

J Kolb Feb 22

Doug Wilson Feb 22

Just completed my taxes for 2025 and it feels great to be done (it’s always complicated as I have my own business).

However: knowing that my thousands will go to ICE and the military instead of National Parks and education, while the richest and most corrupt pay nothing, makes my blood boil.

J Kolb Feb 22

Kyo wishes you a very stretchy #caturday

J Kolb Feb 21

céline didone Feb 21

Signal has decided I don’t really mean it when I disable notifications, so helps me out with the classic tech consent trick of “yes” and “ask again later”.

I expect better from signal.