BPlanZ
@bplanz.bsky.social
IoT, ICS, Cyber Security. Love fixing almost anything. Old toys, cars. Learning to weld. Love taking pictures. Dream job would be part of a team restoring a 1900's steam locomotive. Abandoned Muskville. Here and on Mastodon [email protected]
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
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The only appropriate response to this sort of dodge is "okay piggy."
I know some will say that's stooping to Turnip's level. I disagree. It will either:
1. Force the recipient to expose their hypocrisy
2. Normalize the behavior, removing the impact when he says it
I know some will say that's stooping to Turnip's level. I disagree. It will either:
1. Force the recipient to expose their hypocrisy
2. Normalize the behavior, removing the impact when he says it
GOP Rep. Salazar won't criticize Trump calling a woman reporter "piggy" -- "President Trump is a very different type of politician. But I always say I look at his policies and not his personality. Nobody is perfect."
November 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The only appropriate response to this sort of dodge is "okay piggy."
I know some will say that's stooping to Turnip's level. I disagree. It will either:
1. Force the recipient to expose their hypocrisy
2. Normalize the behavior, removing the impact when he says it
I know some will say that's stooping to Turnip's level. I disagree. It will either:
1. Force the recipient to expose their hypocrisy
2. Normalize the behavior, removing the impact when he says it
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He tried to end it, now he wants to rename it.
“Call it Trumpcare,” he says - the same plan, new label.
That’s how power works when memory fades: destroy, rebrand, repeat.
“Call it Trumpcare,” he says - the same plan, new label.
That’s how power works when memory fades: destroy, rebrand, repeat.
November 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM
He tried to end it, now he wants to rename it.
“Call it Trumpcare,” he says - the same plan, new label.
That’s how power works when memory fades: destroy, rebrand, repeat.
“Call it Trumpcare,” he says - the same plan, new label.
That’s how power works when memory fades: destroy, rebrand, repeat.
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Rick Scott told me his plan would be to take all of the remaining ACA subsidies and redistribute them to HSA accounts and people can then buy whatever insurance a state certifies. Basically a repeal/replace.
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
November 11, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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How can one be accused of assaulting a federal officer (ICE) if the person hasn’t been shown actual federal credentials during the encounter?
This essentially means ANYONE can kidnap you, and you assume that fighting back when some random stranger forces you into a car could get you arrested.
#ICE
This essentially means ANYONE can kidnap you, and you assume that fighting back when some random stranger forces you into a car could get you arrested.
#ICE
June 13, 2025 at 11:50 PM
How can one be accused of assaulting a federal officer (ICE) if the person hasn’t been shown actual federal credentials during the encounter?
This essentially means ANYONE can kidnap you, and you assume that fighting back when some random stranger forces you into a car could get you arrested.
#ICE
This essentially means ANYONE can kidnap you, and you assume that fighting back when some random stranger forces you into a car could get you arrested.
#ICE
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I first heard rumours about this in September.
We're currently without one of our most powerful tools for communicating with spacecraft in deep space, and it's not clear when we'll get it back.
We're currently without one of our most powerful tools for communicating with spacecraft in deep space, and it's not clear when we'll get it back.
Key antenna in NASA’s Deep Space Network damaged
One of the largest antennas in NASA’s Deep Space Network was damaged in September and may be out of service for an extended period, further straining the system.
One of the largest antennas in NASA’s Deep Space Network was damaged in September and may be out of service for an extended period, further straining the system.
Key antenna in NASA’s Deep Space Network damaged
One of the largest antennas in NASA’s Deep Space Network was damaged in September and may be out of service for an extended period, further straining the system.
spacenews.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I first heard rumours about this in September.
We're currently without one of our most powerful tools for communicating with spacecraft in deep space, and it's not clear when we'll get it back.
We're currently without one of our most powerful tools for communicating with spacecraft in deep space, and it's not clear when we'll get it back.
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Trump solved his problem of having to present actual proof that the people they have been murdering on boats are narco terrorists by letting the two witness survivors of the last attack go home.
As one does with narco terrorists.
As one does with narco terrorists.
October 19, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Trump solved his problem of having to present actual proof that the people they have been murdering on boats are narco terrorists by letting the two witness survivors of the last attack go home.
As one does with narco terrorists.
As one does with narco terrorists.
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lol this single skeet has 1K quote skeets dunking on Microsoft now
I don’t think Microsoft execs realise how out of touch they are with their customers. They’re very lost, and don’t realise it.
I don’t think Microsoft execs realise how out of touch they are with their customers. They’re very lost, and don’t realise it.
October 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
lol this single skeet has 1K quote skeets dunking on Microsoft now
I don’t think Microsoft execs realise how out of touch they are with their customers. They’re very lost, and don’t realise it.
I don’t think Microsoft execs realise how out of touch they are with their customers. They’re very lost, and don’t realise it.
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Not only did Trump lose, he lost to a (very deserving) Spanish-speaking WOMAN. Gifted article about his shameless campaign:
www.wsj.com/world/trump-...
www.wsj.com/world/trump-...
The 11th-Hour Campaign to Land Trump a Nobel Peace Prize
A bid was mounted to persuade the Nobel committee to make Trump the fifth American president to receive the honor.
www.wsj.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Not only did Trump lose, he lost to a (very deserving) Spanish-speaking WOMAN. Gifted article about his shameless campaign:
www.wsj.com/world/trump-...
www.wsj.com/world/trump-...
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Russia blocks mobile internet for foreign SIM cards, citing drone threats therecord.media/russia-block...
Russia blocks mobile internet for foreign SIM cards, citing drone threats
The new rule imposes a mandatory 24-hour mobile internet blackout for anyone entering Russia with a foreign SIM card.
therecord.media
October 8, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Russia blocks mobile internet for foreign SIM cards, citing drone threats therecord.media/russia-block...
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Read this thread. Then spread it.far and wide so others see it and benefit from it too.
September 20, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Read this thread. Then spread it.far and wide so others see it and benefit from it too.
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I don’t know when it’s going to pop for a lot of normies that they are living under an authoritarian regime, but the cancellation of popular TV shows that make fun of the administration might do it www.vulture.com/article/abc-...
ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Live! From the Air ‘Indefinitely’
The decision follows conservative backlash to a comment the late-night host made about Charlie Kirk.
www.vulture.com
September 17, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I don’t know when it’s going to pop for a lot of normies that they are living under an authoritarian regime, but the cancellation of popular TV shows that make fun of the administration might do it www.vulture.com/article/abc-...
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Everyone should be held to the same standards.
September 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Everyone should be held to the same standards.
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Very timely, but here's my latest article for The Planetary Society on how we're closing in on Earth-like planets in our galaxy.
www.planetary.org/articles/oth...
www.planetary.org/articles/oth...
Other Earths
Astronomers are closing in on planets that might be like our own.
www.planetary.org
September 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Very timely, but here's my latest article for The Planetary Society on how we're closing in on Earth-like planets in our galaxy.
www.planetary.org/articles/oth...
www.planetary.org/articles/oth...
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Give them no peace, no rest, no quarter.
Okay, this lede from the NY Times coverage of Trump's dinner out is pretty great.
September 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Give them no peace, no rest, no quarter.
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The most powerful men in American business unite around a single problem: the president’s dick isn’t going to suck itself.
"...As the most powerful executives in America continue to kowtow to a president who is systematically dismantling the foundations of democracy, it may be time for another axiom: The only principle is power." www.wired.com/story/tech-c...
All the President’s Tech CEOs
At a White House dinner Thursday night, America’s tech executives put on an uncanny display of fealty to Donald Trump.
www.wired.com
September 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The most powerful men in American business unite around a single problem: the president’s dick isn’t going to suck itself.
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Somebody is throwing things out of a window of the White House
wtaf
wtaf
September 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Somebody is throwing things out of a window of the White House
wtaf
wtaf
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This is objectively cool.
Sand batteries are literally just silos of sand that retain heat exceptionally well -- so well that they can be tied to heat exchange systems to serve as proxy *electrical* batteries. Finland's new model can store enough power (100 MWh) to heat an entire town for a week.
newatlas.com/energy/large...
newatlas.com/energy/large...
The world's largest sand battery just went live in Finland
Finland has inaugurated an industrial-scale sand battery this week in the southern town of Pornainen, where it'll take over heating duties from an old woodchip power plant for the municipality. It's s...
newatlas.com
August 30, 2025 at 7:28 AM
This is objectively cool.
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Why is Trump honoring J6 rioter Ashli Babbitt and not Capital Police Officer Brian Sicknick — both lost their lives:
Babbitt attacking The Capitol.
Sicknick protecting The Capitol.
Can anyone explain?
Babbitt attacking The Capitol.
Sicknick protecting The Capitol.
Can anyone explain?
August 30, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Why is Trump honoring J6 rioter Ashli Babbitt and not Capital Police Officer Brian Sicknick — both lost their lives:
Babbitt attacking The Capitol.
Sicknick protecting The Capitol.
Can anyone explain?
Babbitt attacking The Capitol.
Sicknick protecting The Capitol.
Can anyone explain?
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Trump always turns on everyone. His egotism and paranoia will out. The only person able to stay his friend over an extended period was Epstein—and Epstein was filling a need.
But Trump is not unique. Fascism always consumes the fascists.
But Trump is not unique. Fascism always consumes the fascists.
August 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Trump always turns on everyone. His egotism and paranoia will out. The only person able to stay his friend over an extended period was Epstein—and Epstein was filling a need.
But Trump is not unique. Fascism always consumes the fascists.
But Trump is not unique. Fascism always consumes the fascists.
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New, from me:
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
The authoritarian checklist
It is time to admit that America is no longer a functioning democracy
donmoynihan.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
New, from me:
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
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one of the smart things that Newsom is doing here is implicitly calling out the insanity of how much Trump has been normalized by media by forcing them to think about what it looks like when somebody else does it
August 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
one of the smart things that Newsom is doing here is implicitly calling out the insanity of how much Trump has been normalized by media by forcing them to think about what it looks like when somebody else does it
Star Trail experiment. I could only capture 13 minutes of relatively cloudless sky this time. In the Seattle WA area. #photography #startrail #stars
August 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Star Trail experiment. I could only capture 13 minutes of relatively cloudless sky this time. In the Seattle WA area. #photography #startrail #stars