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Michael Topic

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Michael Topic @tropicalontour.bsky.social · 5h

One of the first things I can remember learning, as a very small child, is how utterly interesting some things are.

Lately, mostly what I’ve learned is how utterly evil a lot of people are, yet they still expect to be respected.

Being very small was better.

Michael Topic @tropicalontour.bsky.social · 13h

Goodnight

Michael Topic @tropicalontour.bsky.social · 1d

Summary of this morning’s BlueSky timeline: the evil dudes are still doing their random evil.

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Michael Topic @tropicalontour.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like I used to be clever, 20 something years ago.

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Michael Topic @tropicalontour.bsky.social · 1d

I also found a free workaround for the paid-for Riverside software bug that interrupted my work, this afternoon.

Michael Topic @tropicalontour.bsky.social · 1d

Amusing half hour, this evening, with the chaps from Amazon’s Kiro AI team in the US, via Zoom.

I feel I was able to demonstrate the egregious flaws in their software.

Let’s see what they come up with.

Michael Topic @tropicalontour.bsky.social · 1d

Dug out my old preliminary patent application documents from 2003-2004. So much stuff I had forgotten. It feels like I’m reading with fresh eyes.

Michael Topic @tropicalontour.bsky.social · 2d

Good enough 😊

Michael Topic @tropicalontour.bsky.social · 2d

I had about three days worth of work to do planned for today. I did a third of it.

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Michael Topic @tropicalontour.bsky.social · 2d

Disappointing.

Michael Topic @tropicalontour.bsky.social · 3d

Me too. It’s so close, so no excuse.

Michael Topic @tropicalontour.bsky.social · 3d

I hope you have many happy years in your new home.

Michael Topic @tropicalontour.bsky.social · 3d

As a child, you get alarmed by picking up on what they’re alarmed about. If they’re hypervigilant, due to trauma, you learn hypervigilance too. I know I did.