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Joshua Pfohl

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west central MN middling data analyst (renewable energy construction) too Lutheran to function

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Joshua Pfohl @pfohl.bsky.social · Apr 30

Oh no, we’re gonna have to build the ai god to get through this recession

George Pearkes @peark.es · Apr 30

Data centers had a MATERIAL impact on GDP: IT equipment investment added 1.0%-pt to total real growth in Q1. That is a RECORD number for all periods.

Chart showing the contribution from IT equipment investment to total GDP growth for all quarters Q2 '47 - Q1 '25

Joshua Pfohl @pfohl.bsky.social · 10h

main problem is I keep remaking these old reports after no one else could figure out how to redo the logic and then get more requests like this

Joshua Pfohl @pfohl.bsky.social · 10h

love to get just the spreadsheet output from an old SSRS report that used a different ERP and get asked to remake it

Reposted by Joshua Pfohl

onthewater! @danielkonar.bsky.social · 12h

This is a beautiful paragraph:

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Joshua Pfohl @pfohl.bsky.social · 16h

this doesn’t seem that bad to me, what part is burdensome to you?

diagrams would be necessary for installation anyway and model information should be readily available. maybe I’m missing something but i feel like this is similar to what’s needed for any big residential electrical work.

Joshua Pfohl @pfohl.bsky.social · 1d

dough with filling too? Dumplings, arepas, pierogi, etc

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Joshua Pfohl @pfohl.bsky.social · 1d

this is less than what Panera does with old baked goods :/

Joshua Pfohl @pfohl.bsky.social · 1d

>a “Bible-based AI buddy who's always got your back with wise words, scripture-inspired guidance…”

that’s what the Bible is for

> “… and a listening ear whenever you need it”

that’s what prayer is for

blatant heresy, we need an inquisition

Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 1d

This is so bleak:

www.404media.co/a16z-is-fund...

Last week, I wrote about Doublespeed, essentially a click farm that sells “synthetic influencers” to astroturf whatever product or service you want across social media, despite it being a clear violation of every social media platform's policy on inauthentic behavior. But that was just the tip of the iceberg.

a16z’s Speedrun is also backing:

Creed: An AI company “rooted in Christian Values” which produces Lenny, a “Bible-based AI buddy who's always got your back with wise words, scripture-inspired guidance, and a listening ear whenever you need it.”
Zingroll: The “world’s largest Netflix-quality AI streaming platform,” which is another way of saying it’s a Netflix populated exclusively with AI Slop.
Vega: which is building “AI-powered social orbits.” What does that mean? Not entirely clear, but the company has produced one of the most beautiful Mad Libs paragraphs I’ve ever seen: “We’re building the largest textual data moat on human relationships by gamifying the way people leave notes for each other. For the first time, LLMs can analyze millions of raw, human-written notes at scale and turn them into structured meaning, powering the most annotated social graph ever created.”
Moona Health: an AI-powered Sleep care app the company says is covered by insurance. “Our AI-powered platform automates insurance claims and scheduling and analyzes sleep data – providing personalized session guidelines to therapists,” Moona says.
Jooba: “The world’s first autonomous recruiting firm.”
Margin: “The World’s first AI powered credit card.” Margin says “Customers earn points, with dynamic rewards that adapt to their preferences in real time.”
First Voyage: A wellness app that gives you AI “mythological pets that turn wellness into play.”
Axon Capital: billed as “DeepMind for Finance,” Axon says it has “pioneered brain-inspired, low-latency AI for financial markets.”

Joshua Pfohl @pfohl.bsky.social · 1d

he’s overdoing the tinted hair gel

Joshua Pfohl @pfohl.bsky.social · 1d

I’m “uncle Josh” to all my cousin’s kids even

they’re not calling me “cousin once removed Josh”

Joshua Pfohl @pfohl.bsky.social · 1d

bluesky should have another report option just for fake shirt sales bots

Joshua Pfohl @pfohl.bsky.social · 6d

it was very telling when my mild-mannered Christian Reformed coworker muttered

“I know I shouldn’t say this at work, but I just don’t think they know what they’re doing… sorry for being political”

in reference to the big bill and tariffs

Joshua Pfohl @pfohl.bsky.social · 6d

someone made a data model with 7 fact tables and 7 dimension tables

I don’t understand who thought this was a good idea