@masyukun

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Database consultant, 16th century frottole singer, Goodreads addict. @[email protected]
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masyukunFeb 18

Orbital data centers are more expensive in every way. Lifting mass into orbit is cheaper than it's ever been, but it's still not cheap.

The only reason I can think this idea is compelling to billionaires is because they believe the masses will converge to destroy terrestrial data centers once AI has taken all the jobs. Ergo: put them in orbit

Eric Schmidt Says 'We're Running Out Of Electricity,' Urges Space Data Centers — Elon Musk Quips: 'If Only There Were A Company' https://www.benzinga.com/markets/tech/26/02/50635721/eric-schmidt-says-were-running-out-of-electricity-urges-space-data-centers-spacex-ceo-elon-musk-quips-if-only-there-were-a-company

Eric Schmidt Says 'We're Running Out Of Electricity,' Urges Space Data Centers — SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Qui

Elon Musk reacted to Eric Schmidt's warning that AI growth could create a 92-gigawatt power shortfall, hinting that SpaceX and his newly merged xAI venture could help address the energy bottleneck through space-based data centers.

Benzinga
masyukunJan 22
Arianna MascioliniJan 22

remarkable recent reads (#rrr?):

- The post-American internet by @pluralistic (en): https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/#the-new-coalition
- I think I’m done thinking about genAI for now by @glyph (en): https://blog.glyph.im/2025/06/i-think-im-done-thinking-about-genai-for-now.html
- Note su letteratura e intelligenza artificiale (e sui corpi, a partire da recenti polemiche) by Wu Ming 1 (it, with links to translations to es and fr): https://www.wumingfoundation.com/giap/2025/12/letteratura-e-intelligenza-artificiale/

Pluralistic: The Post-American Internet (01 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

masyukunJan 22
nullagentJan 22

Hey Washington, there's a profoundly bad law making its way through the state level.

This law, will require ALL 3d printers to send copies of the files you print directly to the government to be check against a database of "banned shapes".

Literally turning your 3d printer into spyware. And if you don't voluntarily turn your printer into a spy, you will be a class C Felon.

This law affects ALL CNC machines, not just 3dps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS-9ISzMhBM

#3dprinting #pnw #copyright #machining #WA

Washington wants your 3D printer to spy on you - here's the bill

YouTube
masyukunSep 11, 2025
@datasette Is Mastodon good enough yet to ask a project whether they're still up? Getting DNS errors on datasette.cloud and 503 errors on datasette.io
masyukunAug 25, 2025

Has anyone used #Lyft recently? Their app is the only way to talk to them, they've gotten rid of humans, and their app is buggy as hell.

I can't even chat with their AI support agent, because the chat bar keeps disappearing. How long until companies eliminate customer service entirely?

Like, should we all just go to small claims court for every complaint from now on, until companies decide that an effective customer service department is worth it?

masyukunJul 3, 2025

#Facebook has a serious notification spam problem.

I'm flooded with notifications that a friend was tagged in a post. A post from someone I don't know saying, "thanks for wishing me happy birthday!" because Facebook has auto-tagged it with >=100 people (including my friend).

There's no way to disabled this, no way to provide feedback to the development team, and it's been going on for at least 6 months.

Do Facebook engineers even use Facebook any more?

masyukunJul 3, 2025
Jerry 🦙💝🦙Jul 3, 2025
Fireworks shouldn’t be the only thing exploding this independence Day! Don’t forget to push your code to prod on your way out the door for the long weekend.
masyukunJul 1, 2025

"Thank you for choosing United"

No one *chooses* United, they're the horrendous default when you're traveling to the rural USA or you wait to book until the last minute.

Also, their rewards are $0.007/mi. Cash them in for literally anything but miles, if you can.

masyukunJun 4, 2025
Just bought #ConstructionSimulator for 50% off, after eyeing it for a while. It's Pride month, so can I please still be gay?
masyukunJun 4, 2025

Researchers from the James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences in Arizona demonstrated a way to manipulate electrons in graphene using attosecond laser pulses. By leveraging quantum tunneling, they recorded electrons bypassing a physical barrier almost instantaneously.

The technique could lead to new transistor processing speeds in the petahertz range – over 1,000 times faster than modern computer chips.

https://news.arizona.edu/news/u-researchers-developing-worlds-first-petahertz-speed-phototransistor-ambient-conditions