Brandon Huntsman

Chad is gone. I am what remains

[. @tosinmm_]

USMNT fans seeing that Folarin Balogun can play against Belgium

[Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog]

One thing you notice when you read pretty much anything written more than 100 years ago is just how impoverished and bland and limited our language has become. People spoke and wrote in a kind of effortlessly rich and descriptive way that almost no one does today. On this site a lot of people write almost exclusively in cliches and internet lingo. A lot of people speak like that too. The language contracts, our conversational vocabulary shrinks more and more over time. And the more limited we become in our language, the more limited we are in our thinking.

[Colin @IntroSpecktive]

Having 32 gb of RAM in my PC before the AI price hike feels like investing in bitcoin back in 2009

[helmet girl @sbodrojan]

I’m not Catholic but when I play a video game that’s really nerdy I imagine trying to explain it to a beautiful woman and feel immense shame

[Peter Girnus 🦅 @gothburz]

Last quarter I rolled out Microsoft Copilot to 4,000 employees.

$30 per seat per month.

$1.4 million annually.

I called it "digital transformation."

The board loved that phrase.

They approved it in eleven minutes.

No one asked what it would actually do.

Including me.

I told everyone it would "10x productivity."

That's not a real number.

But it sounds like one.

HR asked how we'd measure the 10x.

I said we'd "leverage analytics dashboards."

They stopped asking.

Three months later I checked the usage reports.

47 people had opened it.

12 had used it more than once.

One of them was me.

I used it to summarize an email I could have read in 30 seconds.

It took 45 seconds.

Plus the time it took to fix the hallucinations.

But I called it a "pilot success."

Success means the pilot didn't visibly fail.

The CFO asked about ROI.

I showed him a graph.

The graph went up and to the right.

It measured "AI enablement."

I made that metric up.

He nodded approvingly.

We're "AI-enabled" now.

I don't know what that means.

But it's in our investor deck.

A senior developer asked why we didn't use Claude or ChatGPT.

I said we needed "enterprise-grade security."

He asked what that meant.

I said "compliance."

He asked which compliance.

I said "all of them."

He looked skeptical.

I scheduled him for a "career development conversation."

He stopped asking questions.

Microsoft sent a case study team.

They wanted to feature us as a success story.

I told them we "saved 40,000 hours."

I calculated that number by multiplying employees by a number I made up.

They didn't verify it.

They never do.

Now we're on Microsoft's website.

"Global enterprise achieves 40,000 hours of productivity gains with Copilot."

The CEO shared it on LinkedIn.

He got 3,000 likes.

He's never used Copilot.

None of the executives have.

We have an exemption.

"Strategic focus requires minimal digital distraction."

I wrote that policy.

The licenses renew next month.

I'm requesting an expansion.

5,000 more seats.

We haven't used the first 4,000.

But this time we'll "drive adoption."

Adoption means mandatory training.

Training means a 45-minute webinar no one watches.

But completion will be tracked.

Completion is a metric.

Metrics go in dashboards.

Dashboards go in board presentations.

Board presentations get me promoted.

I'll be SVP by Q3.

I still don't know what Copilot does.

But I know what it's for.

It's for showing we're "investing in AI."

Investment means spending.

Spending means commitment.

Commitment means we're serious about the future.

The future is whatever I say it is.

As long as the graph goes up and to the right.

[bubble boi @bubbleboi]

Software engineers have negated every advancement in transistor density, computer architecture, compilers, and computer networking over the past 30 years.

[Scott Horton @scotthortonshow]

Undisputed leader of the American conservative movement: an Israeli heiress of a Chicom gambling fortune. Praise Jesus!

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

Why is Trump sending troops to DC to fight crime during the recess? All the criminals went home to their districts.
#sassywithmassie

[Daniel McAdams @DanielLMcAdams]

"Our greatest ally..."

[Dave Smith @ComicDaveSmith]

What exactly is the hawks explaining for the restraint that Iran showed in their response, that doesn’t destroy the foundational claim for their entire justification for this conflict in the first place?

[tré easton @treeaston]

temu ass bush administration

[Martyr Made @martyrmade]

Focus on Iran has let Israel off the leash in Gaza. Hundreds of people were waiting for food, and the IDF dropped two bombs into the middle of the crowd. Tanks fired at the fleeing people as snipers picked them off. At least 72 now confirmed dead. They’re barely even bothering to deny it anymore.

[Aiden Hunter @AidenHunterX]

CONFIRMED: Iranian missiles flew directly into jewish homes in Tel Aviv. Many jews are describing this as "barbaric," "inhumane," etc.

We get it. Jews are upset. But listen, it's called war. In war, accidents sometimes happen.

We should wait until all of the details come out before jumping to conclusions. Calling it "barbaric" is just vile Persian-Hatred.

For all we know, jews were using those homes to hide weapons. If so, the structures may have been legitimate military targets.

We simply won't know until Persian authorities enter the area to conduct an investigation.

[gaming disorder pawg @roun_sa_ville]

Good morning #NukeTelAviv

[Mel @Villgecrazylady]

We literally have *THOUSANDS* of AMERICAN troops in the region and not a single one of these scumbags has called for anyone to pray for them.

FUCK ALL OF THESE TRAITORS.

[Chief Trumpster @ChiefTrumpster]

Our government is cooked.

[Daniel McAdams @DanielLMcAdams]

Israel is an enemy of the United States. They demand American blood to be spilled in their service.

[Dip Wheeler @DipWheeler]

"you missed your first payment of $1.37 for the steak bowl you financed?"