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Seamus Blackley

@seamusblackley
16 posts
2024-06-22
Tell me why people hate Silicon Valley without saying the word Silicon Valley.
2024-06-22 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Research: the number of freelance jobs on platforms like Upwork, in areas where generative AI excels, have dropped by as much as 21% since ChatGPT's debut

There's now data to back up what freelancers have been saying for months  —  Jennifer Kelly, a freelance copywriter in the picturesque …

2024-05-22
“Old computer pioneers never die, they just lose their physical bits.” C Gordon Bell, May 2024 😔 [image]
2024-05-22 View on X
New York Times

Gordon Bell, who helped design several influential minicomputers at Digital Equipment Corporation, including the 12-bit PDP-8, died on May 17 at age 89

It cost $18,000 when it was introduced in 1965, but it bridged the world between room-size mainframes and the modern desktop.

2023-06-08
The fascinating thing here is that the devs I know who create these systems WOULD NOT WANT THEM USED ON THEMSELVES. So it's bullshit all the way down.
2023-06-08 View on X
Washington Post

Some software providers and startups are promoting AI-based workplace monitoring tools to combat burnout, reduce stress, and improve productivity and engagement

Danielle Abril / Washington Post : Tweets: @datasociety , @seamusblackley , @seamusblackley , @danielledigest , and @dangainor Tweets: @datasociety : “We're used to a model where ...

Wow, FUCK YOU NO. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
2023-06-08 View on X
Washington Post

Some software providers and startups are promoting AI-based workplace monitoring tools to combat burnout, reduce stress, and improve productivity and engagement

Danielle Abril / Washington Post : Tweets: @datasociety , @seamusblackley , @seamusblackley , @danielledigest , and @dangainor Tweets: @datasociety : “We're used to a model where ...

2023-02-20
Stupid is a virus that spreads to vulnerable hosts. https://www.bbc.com/...
2023-02-20 View on X
Facebook

Meta announces Meta Verified, offering a blue badge, impersonation protection, and customer support for $12 per month on the web or $15 per month on iOS

Good morning and new product announcement: this week we're starting to roll out Meta Verified — a subscription service that lets …

2022-12-30
It's real. Change your passwords people. https://twitter.com/...
2022-12-30 View on X
BBC

After a hacker demanded $200K to delete data on 400M+ Twitter accounts, Ireland's DPC plans to investigate the “security issue”; Twitter hasn't issued a comment

A watchdog is to investigate Twitter after a hacker claimed to have private details linked to more than 400 million accounts.

Is this real? https://breached.vc/...
2022-12-30 View on X
BBC

After a hacker demanded $200K to delete data on 400M+ Twitter accounts, Ireland's DPC plans to investigate the “security issue”; Twitter hasn't issued a comment

A watchdog is to investigate Twitter after a hacker claimed to have private details linked to more than 400 million accounts.

2022-04-05
Well, the United Kingdom was amazing while it lasted. https://twitter.com/...
2022-04-05 View on X
City A.M.

UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak asks the Royal Mint to issue an NFT by the summer, as the Treasury plans a “forward-looking approach” towards crypto assets

Lily Russell-Jones / City A.M. : Source: @hmtreasury .

2022-01-29
This will end well. https://twitter.com/...
2022-01-29 View on X
Financial Times

Digital asset trading group Genesis starts accepting “blue-chip” NFTs as collateral for loans and derivatives deals

Eva Szalay / Financial Times : Tweets: @gladstein and @seamusblackley Tweets: Alex Gladstein / @gladstein : Can't imagine anything going wrong here https://twitter.com/... Seamus ...

2021-11-16
I'm crying like a silly old man. 💚 https://twitter.com/...
2021-11-16 View on X
British GQ

As Xbox turns 20, Phil Spencer and other executives discuss future plans, including Game Pass and xCloud, exclusive games, Xbox history, and more

it won't end here Pure Xbox : Phil Spencer: Xbox Game Pass Isn't ‘Burning Cash’, It's Very Sustainable Nalin Rawat / fossbytes.com : Xbox's 20th Anniversary: Halo Launch, TV Show, ...

Just for today, just for nostalgia, here is the prototype of the Xbox prototypes. It's welded from sheet aluminum. We couldn't get it to look right, so we went with milling the whole thing from one block of metal. Which was so metal. #Xbox20 (some of Feynman's drums also) https://twitter.com/...
2021-11-16 View on X
British GQ

As Xbox turns 20, Phil Spencer and other executives discuss future plans, including Game Pass and xCloud, exclusive games, Xbox history, and more

it won't end here Pure Xbox : Phil Spencer: Xbox Game Pass Isn't ‘Burning Cash’, It's Very Sustainable Nalin Rawat / fossbytes.com : Xbox's 20th Anniversary: Halo Launch, TV Show, ...

Happy Birthday, kiddo. I put everything I had into you, and it very nearly killed me. But you have given all of that back and so much more. Thank you, little* dude, for making so many people so happy, and for giving me so much. #Xbox20 🥺❤️ https://twitter.com/...
2021-11-16 View on X
British GQ

As Xbox turns 20, Phil Spencer and other executives discuss future plans, including Game Pass and xCloud, exclusive games, Xbox history, and more

it won't end here Pure Xbox : Phil Spencer: Xbox Game Pass Isn't ‘Burning Cash’, It's Very Sustainable Nalin Rawat / fossbytes.com : Xbox's 20th Anniversary: Halo Launch, TV Show, ...

2021-10-08
“Unfollow Everything started taking off...Reviews included comments like “I am officially not addicted to Facebook thanks to you!” I received emails from people telling me that using the tool had changed their lives.” https://slate.com/...
2021-10-08 View on X
Slate

Developer says Facebook banned him for life and threatened to sue after he made Unfollow Everything, a browser extension to help people use Facebook less

Louis Barclay / Slate :

2021-03-03
Everyone in the free world should seriously have a think about this. https://twitter.com/...
2021-03-03 View on X
OneZero

A look at “Sharp Eyes”, a computerized video surveillance program that aims to surveil 100% of Chinese public spaces and relies largely on reports from citizens

The program turns neighbors into agents of the surveillance state  —  One of China's largest … Tweets: @medium , @ozm , @ozm , @aedison , @sarahnemerson , and @seamusblackley Tweet...

2020-01-30
What about HoloLens? https://twitter.com/...
2020-01-30 View on X
Microsoft

Microsoft Q2: revenue of $36.9B, up 14% YoY, net income of $11.6B, up 38% YoY; Commercial Cloud revenue up 39% YoY to $12.5B; Office 365 Consumer subs hit 37.2M

Microsoft Commercial Strength Powers Second Quarter Results REDMOND, Wash. — January 29, 2020 — Microsoft Corp. today announced …

2019-09-06
https://www.technologyreview.com/ ... I know Nicholas a bit, and this is a hella bizarre thing for the man behind “one laptop per child” to say. Needs to be looked into.
2019-09-06 View on X
MIT Technology Review

MIT Media Lab founder and former director Nicholas Negroponte defends Joi Ito's decision to accept Epstein's money post Epstein's 2008 conviction

At an internal meeting, Nicholas Negroponte shocked some people with his comments on funding from the alleged sex trafficker.