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Senior research scientist at a major UARC, (infosec, distributed systems, formal methods, quantum computing). Non-profit employee. Tech industry veteran. Election […] [bridged from https://indieweb.social/@emc2 on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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Potential first major red flag that the AI bubble is going to burst - Microsoft are cancelling opex they'd committed for AI https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-24/microsoft-cancels-leases-for-ai-data-centers-analyst-says

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

I've been involved in the open-source movement in some capacity for almost a quarter century now. In all that time, I've seen a steady stream of assertions about how "open source has failed". We ignored them and we kept building. Here's the thing: in 2003 it was from large, powerful […]

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

Just a reminder that Germany was the center of scientific progress until the Nazis suppressed, drove away, or killed all the non-Nazi scientists.

submitted 15 days ago • 67 comments

Captain America may be super-strong, but even Steve Rogers has to be disciplined, train regularly, and learn how to fight & strategize. Alas, history is riddled with stories of young whippersnappers who think they can skip the boring routines of training & practice and jump right ahead to the […]

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Constellation update: I resumed principal development around Christmas. The first effort was some technical debt resolution, to clean up after the mad dash to get it to MOC. Finished that up this morning. This greatly improves some of the main APIs and puts me in a much better place moving […]

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

That's what I don't get.

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

"Our History Will Be What We Make Of It" - Edward R. Murrow One of the greatest American reporters. #AureFreePress #News #press #headline https://youtube.com/watch?v=G02CV-FdYAQ&si=db6YalOBoqxptaED

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Keep doing the work. Talk and hype and fads and FOMO and the endless churn and outrage and influencers and celebrities and controversy and distractions don't move the needle. They don't change things; work does, effort does, persistence does, workers do. One motivated, persistent person can […]

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

The Kremlin has funded and directed covert efforts by RT and SDA "to subvert societies through global disinformation and influence campaigns." - G7 Rapid Response Mechanism

submitted 42 days ago • 1 comment

From 16 Jan: ’Spooky’ quantum entanglement discovered inside individual protons for 1st time ever - Scientists have peered inside protons and discovered that quarks and gluons, their fundamental build […] [Original post on faithcollapsing.com]

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

When Florida can report and arrest trans people for just going to the bathroom, and they can now also forcibly detransition people in prison by refusing their meds and shaving their heads, and the industry is still ✨⭐️conference at Epcot✨⭐️!

submitted 44 days ago • 4 comments

I am old enough to remember when what is commonly called "virtue signalling" was instead called "setting a good example".

submitted 47 days ago • 3 comments

Fediverse suggestions request: I'm looking for platforms and likely hosting for blogging. I've heard of #ghost and I know WordPress is also supported. I'm looking to do two things: first, write about likely tech politics and open source. This will likely be a conventional old school blog […]

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

It happened We saw it happen We saw it happen live You’re not crazy: It wasn’t a peaceful gathering of tourists It’s that almost half this country prefers evil over good Happy J6 to those who celebrate. 🇺🇸

submitted 53 days ago • 2 comments

Congrats to all the vaccinated who are still alive in 2025! And a pox on the antivaccine advocates who convinced people to refrain from vaccinating, leading to death rates from COVID many times higher than that of the vaccinated.

submitted 56 days ago • 24 comments

Trump wants to invest US government funds in Bitcoin, which allows Trump and his oligarch friends to basically loot the treasury and the American people with this Ponzi scheme. #BitCoin #Trump #Ponzi #CryptoIsBullshit #GetRobbed #USPol #Cryptocurrency

submitted 57 days ago • 2 comments