PokerShaman59
@pokershaman59.bsky.social
AKA PurposefulPoker, Alan Bostick. Poker player. Bread baker. Guitarist. Writer. Robot Fighter.
Hi, political scientist here. Did you know we have an extensive body of research and theory that says if people believe you will violently betray them, they are less likely to enter into an agreement with you? I swear to God I have a real, non-bullshit job.
Albert Pinto@70sbachchan.bsky.social · 5mo ago124/ Iran Foreign Minister Araghchi : "There is no longer any room for talk with the Americans. They deceived us with promises of no attack,& even after significant progress in negotiations, they decided to attack us regardless" FT on Iran's price: www.ft.com/content/869f... x.com/TMT_arabic/s...
I'm sure cutting off energy supplies to actual humans in favor of powering the burgeoning chatbot sector will be a very popular decision with no downside
s. e. smith@sesmith.lol · 5mo agoSqueezed by data centers' relentless demand for electricity, a Nevada energy company just said it's going to stop supplying energy to Tahoe. The city has a year to figure out how to meet 75% of its energy needs without it.
Suddenly I am really glad my flight from SFO to Dublin is today.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5mo agoBASH: Are ICE agents going to move into American airports starting tomorrow? HOMAN: Yes. I'm currently working on the plan. We'll execute tomorrow. BASH: Are ICE agents even remotely trained to handle security at airports? HOMAN: ICE agents receive high-level training.
"Bitcoin miners are operating at steep losses, with average production costs around $88,000 per coin versus a market price near $69,200, as rising energy prices and war-related disruptions squeeze margins." www.coindesk.com/markets/2026...
Bitcoin miners are losing $19,000 on every BTC produced as difficulty drops 7.8%
The average production cost was sitting at $88,000 per bitcoin in mid-March, according to Checkonchain's difficulty regression model.
coindesk.com
We don't need NCAR, we can run giant weather forecasting models on our phones. By Elon Musk @nytpitchbot.bsky.social
BGR@bgrcom.bsky.social · 5mo agoCompared to the Cray-2, which was the pinnacle of supercomputing in 1985, an iPhone 17 delivers orders of magnitude more processing power.
Policing makes you stupid. www.wave3.com/2026/03/19/p...
Everything everywhere being a prolonged existential crisis or combination dumpster/tire fire is fucking exhausting.
Gonna swipe left on this idea
Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 5mo agoNew from 404 Media: Tinder plans to use AI to scan your camera roll. AI will scan users’ locally-stored photos to help construct profiles by determining what users’ interests and values are. Designed to filters explicit photos but users may still be concerned www.404media.co/tinder-plans...
The next move, we should demand, is a contempt of Congress citation.
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5mo agoThe next move, I hope, is @robertgarcia.bsky.social holding a press conference asking why the attorney general won't give testimony under oath about the sex trafficking ring that likely implicates the president. And then another the next day. And the next. And the next.
Finally, a real use case for JavaScript
These are valuable facilities they’ll be guarding, and I certainly hope they’ve fixed the problem of using a wifi jammer to kill their cameras’ connection to the security feeds, one person flipping it with a pole and another then pulling up and back on the battery handle on the now exposed belly.
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5mo ago“Robot dog guarding the data center” is the cherry on top of your dystopian sundae.
Going to a Mexican place for St Patrick’s day cause they have 8 dollar 16 oz margaritas
Today what I would usually say about "hey people's place of business is not a place for you to cause chaos, people are just trying to work, you hooligans" has been replaced by "lol I mean fuck target tho"
unbeatable cookbook www.ranchogordo.com/products/fag...
Fagioli: The Bean Cuisine of Italy
This revised and expanded edition of Judith Barrett's seminal book on Italian bean cuisine honors every region of Italy with more than 120 inspiring recipes for modern home cooks. Barrett introduces u...
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World’s foremost breeder of face-eating leopards says that face-eating leopards are dangerous and urges them to dial down the face-eating
NBC News@nbcnews.com · 5mo agoChief Justice John Roberts says that personal criticism of judges is dangerous and urged prominent figures to dial down the rhetoric, days after President Trump launched his most recent broadside against the Supreme Court.