Robert - DevOpsBob

New version of my Rock Climbing Tracker app: - Improved search and filtering: very useful e.g. if you have logged many sends and want to record a repeat ascent.

Was fährt in so einen Manager? Ist das eigentlich ok, daß ein Manager einer deutschen Firma Wahlkampf für Trump macht? Was sagen die Aktionäre dazu?

In memory the great Lou Reed, American musician, guitarist, singer and main songwriter of the proto punk / rock band The Velvet Underground, passed away today in 2013 at the age of 71. 📸 Hervé Le Gall #punkrock #protopunk #loureed #thevelvetunderground #punkrockhistory #otd

@mihajlovicfreiburg.com : Gibt es eigentlich eine Zusammenfassung der politischen Ideen der serbischen Studentenbewegung? Würde mich ehrlich interessieren. Mir haben Bekannte erzählt, daß es auch in dieser Bewegung starke nationalistische Elemente gibt. Stimmt das?

Walter Koenig, actor best known as Chekov on Star Trek, dies aged 90

Lula: "We had to overcome foreign interference through digital platforms, which we will have to regulate. A crime in the digital world must be treated the same as a crime in the real world. We cannot have monstrous companies earning millions... not paying taxes... wanting to steer elections."

The first two (Brasil, Serbia) battles are won. Two out of four. Next midterms and Israel. There is hope!

Lula wins fourth term as Brazil president after historic upset over far-right Flávio Bolsonaro

Forever in awe of young people who stood up for democracy, relentlessly protesting and mobilising for years against a corrupt, authoritarian regime. #Serbia

Er werde im Land bleiben und in Opposition gehen, sagte der frühere Präsident. Umfragen sagten ein Kopf-an-Kopf-Rennen voraus. https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000345924/machtwechsel-inserbien-vucic-raeumt-niederlage-ein

The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, has conceded defeat in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government.

This is really incredible! Strike one today! www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Seit der Katastrophe von Novi Sad 2024 haben diese Studentinnen und Studenten gegen den Autoritarismus in Serbien demonstriert - und jetzt in einem System gewonnen, das auf die Regierungspartei zugeschnitten war. Respekt.

What a disaster for a company once known for top notch hardware.

America's NATO allies come to the grim realization that if Trump/Musk can do this to Ukraine they can do it to the UK, Germany or France, too. Which means StarLink is not a reliable service provider; indeed it's a national security risk. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

This is astonishing levels of doublespeak. "We handed attackers a freely-available exploit tool, which means we gave defenders time to prepare". Those two things directly contradict each other!

“Fucking dodos” 🤣. If it wouldn’t be so sad….

Free newsletter: In July, Apollo Economist Torsten Slok said that "AI better work out, or we have a problem." Facing ever-growing high-interest debt, negative-EBITDA AI labs and $200bn+ in warehoused GPUs, that's exactly what the AI industry has. www.wheresyoured.at/ai-had-bette...

Worst part is when people turn themselves into ventriloquists' dummies for clanker speak.

The wait is over… Anti-Fascist Economics is out now! 🌹🌾 Writing a book is a very lonely journey, and yet no one can do it alone. I’m so, so grateful to my family and friends who have had my back throughout this process and for all the guidance from my editors across three countries and my agency.

Hey, how will you create revenue (assuming there would be demand) if you can't deploy your chips? And if you don't have revenue, how would you pay back your debt that you took to finance the chips?

He really is a depraved human being.

Revolting!

Justus Lipsius, influential Flemish philosopher & humanist, author of De Constantia, born #OTD 1547; depicted in Rubens’ Four Philosophers (1611), with artist, brother & third pupil under bust of Seneca. Upper right, in Zoffany’s Tribune of Uffizi 1772-8. Gallerie degli Uffizi | Royal Collection ALT

Newest version released, lot’s if fixes!

Very impressive. El-Sayed finds the right tone and the right argument and all of it built into a coherent story from beginning to end. To do this on the fly unprepared is hugely impressive. This men would be a monster in a discussion (and he is right ofc).

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

Subscribe to soraya.press for more analysis and framing that doesn't piss on your leg and tell you it's raining. Exactly zero percent Ellison-owned!

Zu den on-and-off Sondierungen in Berlin: Grüne und SPD verhandeln geleitet von einem Druck, der durch digitale Medienstrukturen entsteht. Das wäre eine Politik, die Shitstorm-getrieben ist. Während eine neue Querfront in LSA den Faschismus vorbereitet. www.mdr.de/altpapier/da...

Die Tech-Konzerne waren immer schon Feinde der Demokratie. Technologie ist nie neutral - auch wenn die Silicon Valley-Milliardäre das behaupten. Es geht nicht meh rum Geld, es geht um Ideologie. Der nächste Schritt ist die Kombination von Social Media mit GenAI.

Zachariah only lasted for 1/2 a Scaramucci.

The Last Supper, 1486, large fresco by Domenico Ghirlandaio (1448-1494), Florentine Renaissance artist, master of Michelangelo. Trompe-l'œil architecture defines open cloister arches, with pomegranate trees & birds; above recessed ‘high table’ & benched seating. ALT Refectory San Marco Firenze 1/2

Nice: youtu.be/5vQDUi2azk8?...

I feel safe being protected by these two monsters.

47 years ago Members of British ska groups The Selecter, Madness and The Specials on Brighton Beach at the first date of the 2 Tone Tour in October 1979. Photo by Chalkie Davies #punkrock #ska #thespecials #madness #theselecter #history #skahistory

"It's already here, what do you mean you think you can refuse?" is just another variation of the agency-stealing inevitability narrative. The future is not yet written, and we can shape it, starting with rejecting inevitability and claiming our agency. /fin

This looks fucked up (AND IT IS!). But those kinds of Effective Altruist people are dominating the AI policy and lobbying space.

Q: You said Russia and Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire, but both sides said they have not agreed to that TRUMP: Well they agreed, you know why? Because I said 'you agree.' That's why.

It is so so so so so so unbelievably evil to manufacture an abuse-enabling product, and then intentionally chain that product to the function of a disability aid as a marketing / regulatory delay tactic. It blows my mind how evil that is. Meta is the worst

Mark your calender: Saturday, 14th Nov 2026 Global Day of Coderetreat in Vienna -> insights.squer.io/gdcr-2026

What a wonderful piece!