CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@stefano me, coming from the, “you bought this, it’s yours to own, pull-apart and fix era”; I watched this happen in the jump from dot matrix to inkjet printers; Then the homegrown 3D printers to bamboo printer era.

The print products all follow that late stage capitalist hook. The consumables or connectivity.

One thing I noticed looking at <https://www.orcaslicer.com/> (looks like a great bit of S/W) is the

“… come talk to us on #discord.”

Create your own domain, web & email service cheapskates because using Discord follows the same enshitification pattern 🤪️

cc @geerlingguy

@Viss cue, Vibe-code security work 🤪️

“Cloudflare has revealed it will farewell 1,100 staff, due to its current and future use of AI.

In a blog post that oozes Orwellian “doublespeak,” CEO #MatthewPrince and President/COO #MichelleZatlyn used the headline “Building for the future” to share the email they sent to all #employees

That mail opens: “We are writing to let you know directly that we’ve made the decision to reduce #Cloudflare’s #workforce by more than 1,100 employees globally.”

The post explains, “Cloudflare’s usage of #AI has increased by more than 600% in the last three months alone. Employees across the company from #engineering to #HR to #finance to #marketing run thousands of #AIAgent sessions each day to get their work done.”

#ZeroHourWork / #WhiteCollar < https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/05/08/cloudflare-to-fire-1100-staff-whose-jobs-just-arent-ai-enough/5235536> / source <https://blog.cloudflare.com/building-for-the-future/>

@jzakotnik having written software for Law (Ringtail), this DYI system hides the costs as externalities.

I’d rather legal professionals work with a proven toolset. Listen to the the lengths Jake Heller (co-founder #Casetext, #CoCounsel) go to, to make their systems verifiable.

A vibe-coded, open source system by a newly minted legal / N00b developer is asking for trouble.

<https://youtube.com/watch?v=l0h3nAW13ao>

“In contrast, #Mike is #OpenSource #software meaning it is free to download and customise. It also means that using the software carries #security and #liability #risks, potentially deterring #law firms from using the tool.

Worth $15 billion and $8 billion, respectively, #Harvey and #Legora have come to dominate the legal corner of the AI universe, with all of #Australia’s top eight #LawFirms subscribing to one or both.

Mike was built as a direct challenge to their iron grip, according to its founder #WilliamChen, a former #JuniorLawyer at top-ranked US law firm Latham & Watkins, who used existing #AITools to #VibeCode” his new app.”

Cheap to use. No maintenance, support, documentation or verification that it works. Law is by definition cautious and regressive. Some law firm will try it, fail and be pushed out of an Industry where reputation to win comes before price.

#AI / #LegalSoftware <https://archive.md/mXr0t> / (paywall) <https://www.afr.com/companies/professional-services/meet-mike-the-free-ai-for-lawyers-that-might-blow-up-a-23bn-sector-20260506-p5zudj>

“The Big Tech group #META is building #AgenticTools for its more than 3bn users, according to people familiar with the matter, including an advanced digital assistant that will be powered by its new #MuseSpark #AIModel.
One person familiar with the project said the #assistant was being trialled internally by a group of staff. Another insider said the goal was to develop a #product similar to #OpenClaw, which allows users to create #AIBots known as #agents to autonomously complete #tasks on their behalf.

Meta wanted to allow users to share highly #sensitive #information, such as health and financial #data, with its assistants if they so choose”

#ArtificialIntelligence <https://archive.md/nKnao> / (paywall) <https://www.ft.com/content/5b48360c-53f2-444a-80a8-f7034750fd62>

“Coffee has a long history in Yemen. While the plant was likely discovered in #Ethiopia, by the 1400s it was being cultivated in Yemen, where #monks brewed it to stay awake during prayers, according to the National Coffee Association, a U.S. trade group.

#Yemen monopolized the #coffee trade for around 200 years until #Dutch #merchants smuggled #CoffeeSeeds to #Indonesia and began growing plants there.”

️ <https://apnews.com/article/yemen-coffee-cafes-taste-spices-war-72b5d2fdec7375cf476a6881810d8ce6>

A video interview and demo via Matt < https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield/116489732504388828>

@Guillotine_Jones < https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield/116489732504388828>

@Seirdy oh I missed that

#TechWeenieAlert

“BERLIN (AP) — Robot dogs with hyper-realistic silicone heads modeled after world-renowned figures — including #ElonMusk, #MarkZuckerberg, #JeffBezos, Andy Warhol and Pablo Picasso — can be seen roaming around a #Berlin museum, occasionally “pooing” printed images of their surroundings which they’ve previously captured with integrated #cameras.”

#Art / #MechaTronics / #electronics / #RoboDogs / #Robots / #cameras / #ApNews <https://apnews.com/article/germany-berlin-robot-dogs-beeple-bezos-digital-art-4a2be2a4a4490553ad68c27beedfe83a>

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@futurebird that was the description of Silicon Valley work in the 50s to the late 80s electronics industry.

@jackyan white line guerrilla painting would take this brittle tech.

@americanbuddhist.net an interesting take by the late Amy Eskridge (Huntsville, Alabama Redneck rocketeer ) … supression of certain physics papers, results & breakthroughs.

<https://youtube.com/shorts/weT4TFb_qk8>

@HailsandAles ♬ I said, "Do you speak-a my language?" / he just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich ♬

@n_dimension “U.S. Air Force intelligence officer Sullivan’s death (2024) has come to light amid wider media coverage of eleven scientists and defense-linked figures in the United States who have reportedly died or disappeared, many of them tied to classified aerospace and defense programs.”

<https://www.liberationtimes.com/home/late-air-force-officer-linked-to-alleged-legacy-ufo-program>

source https://x.com/UAPJames/status/2047494635837149346
credit https://youtube.com/watch?v=LYJrMK2YHl8

@n_dimension Huntsville Alabama, (NASA’s Space Nuclear Propulsion (SNP)), July 22, 2025.

<https://nypost.com/2026/04/23/us-news/nasa-nuclear-engineer-joshua-leblanc-found-dead-in-tesla-after-vanishing-from-alabama-home/>

source <https://youtube.com/watch?v=CBXCuN35FYY>

@n_dimension Huntsville, Alabama <https://wfmd.com/2026/04/21/aerospace-defense-engineer-family-die-in-plane-crash/>

source <https://youtube.com/watch?v=6rRwIQkIpsw>

“Plans are underway to build the nation's biggest #DataCentre in #WesternAustralia's remote far north to support large-scale artificial intelligence #AI training, including systems like ChatGPT. Powered by #wind, #solar and #NaturalGas, Project Meridien would deliver about 240 megawatts of IT capacity and cost billions of dollars. The "#AIFactory" would be built in stages on #Karajarri country south of #Broome in the #Kimberley, 2,000 kilometres north of Perth, and is projected to open in 2032.”

Coastal and remote. If we look at the middle east conflict it is also vulnerable to cyclones and offshore threats.

<https://abc.net.au/news/2026-04-20/plans-emerge-gigawatt-scale-ai-data-centre-kimberley/106567332>

“Plans are underway to build the nation's biggest #DataCentre in #WesternAustralia's remote far north to support large-scale artificial intelligence (#AI) training, including systems like ChatGPT. Powered by #wind, #solar and #NaturalGas, Project Meridien would deliver about 240 megawatts of IT capacity and cost billions of dollars. The "#AIFactory" would be built in stages on #Karajarri country south of #Broome in the #Kimberley, 2,000 kilometres north of Perth, and is projected to open in 2032.”

Coastal and remote. If we look at the middle east conflict it is also vulnerable to cyclones and offshore threats.

<https://abc.net.au/news/2026-04-20/plans-emerge-gigawatt-scale-ai-data-centre-kimberley/106567332>