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Worse, don’t be a “meat shield” either! https://www.danstroot.com/posts/2026-04-16-ai-meat-shields

Am I the only one who expects ALL writing to be generated or at least edited by an LLM going forward? It's like pointing out the fabric in my clothes was not hand woven by a human.…

I was 100% in your camp until my neighbor bought an electric blower. The loud, high pitched whine is somehow louder and more ear piercing than a gas blower.

With massive respect to Jeff Sutherland and all the thought leaders who met at a ski lodge in Snowbird, Utah, in 2001 and created the Agile Manifesto - it might be time to revisit …

Thanks!

I once wanted to build an alternative to Craig’s list. There were SO MANY things I had ideas to improve. Then I realized I had literally no idea how Craig’s list makes money. None.…

Additional concern is the push to get it added to indices immediately. Forcing it into our retirement funds, 401ks and IRAs.

In a wider disaster, such as a fire, earthquake, tornado or hurricane both companies and families want to contact employees or loved ones to make sure that they are OK. Unfortunate…

> “The biggest UX issue Apple has for that persona isn't the wallet, it's the lack of physical home button” So true! Also my 84 year old mother can never figure the difference betw…

> “mac users are not serious people.” I can’t tell if this is a serious comment or humor.

> “not even pretending to care about people they affect.” “Not even pretending to care about the people they elect.” There, I fixed it for you.

> I'm not even sure building software is an engineering discipline at this point. Maybe it never was. If I engineer a bridge I know the load the bridge is designed to carry. Then I…

John Wick wears Chuck Norris pajamas. RIP to a legend.

I own two Tesla’s. When conditions are adverse, i.e. fog, heavy rain, the system simply shuts off and reverts back to manual driving. Elon has said several times that humans can dr…

"trust" is a fuzzy concept - people use iMessage and have no concept of how it's architected or how it works. But they trust it. Why? because trust is something that is transferabl…

I find that argument lacking. Each of those people is also a potential weak link or even an adversary from a security standpoint. Would I rather have 10,000 weak links or one softw…

Anyone who owns a tesla vehicle with "full self driving" is probably chuckling to themselves about Tesla ever making useful general purpose robots any time soon. Disclaimer, I own …

South Dakota has a population of less than 1 million people and the complexity of a CTO job of a state like South Dakota would be quite low. It is < 0.3% of the US Population and l…

And Elon canceled the S and X models but not the Cybertruck? C’mon…

I suppose I'm an optimist. I believe it is possible to create a secure online voting system. My life savings might be held at Fidelity, Merrill, or elsewhere, my banking is online,…

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I will probably be downvoted for posting something that “doesn’t add value” but I have to say that is a beautiful post about a difficult topic. I could never put into words my feel…

Consumer level security always has to contend with the lowest common denominator. As my 80 year-old mother‘s technical support team I can testify that she will download and install…

Well… if you control their DNS you have their MX record…