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Alex Broque @broqueala.bsky.social · 9h

i still remember the first and last and only AWS thing i attended in SF int 2009. it was nothing more than a bunch of vendors trying to sell you on 3 things:

* migrating into AWS
* managing the headache you migrated into
* and migrating back to bare metal out of AWS

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 3d

Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!

The Majority AI View - Anil Dash

A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

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Alex Broque @broqueala.bsky.social · 4d

Some mornings, you just need to sit back, and let Megatron roast some park goers to raise spirits
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2wN...

50+ Minutes of Ultra Savage Megatron Roasting Every Guest at Universal Studios!

YouTube video by Megatron_fans

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Alex Broque @broqueala.bsky.social · 5d

1 UX update is all it took to brick YouTube globally.

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Alex Broque @broqueala.bsky.social · 6d

I would have loved this for TAOS back in 2001 when their payoff-to-leave paperwork had a clause in it that a "leash fee" was associated with you if you were hired a job at any of their soon to be former clients; payable by YOU to TAOS. Of course no one in their right mind paid that silliness.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 6d

California just banned employers from forcing workers to pay a debt, fee, or penalty to leave their job.

Bosses have increasingly been trapping workers with debts incurred in training and other exploitative fees.

Now that's illegal in the nation's biggest state.

Alex Broque @broqueala.bsky.social · 8d

My latest lazy night dinner has been using the cupcake tray and making meatballs in the oven. 1.5 hours incl prep, and I can go do other stuff while they bake. The problem is....well now I ate too many meatballs.

Alex Broque @broqueala.bsky.social · 8d

There appears to be more people RPing as ATC on flightsim servers, than there are in actual towers in Trump's America.

Good Jorb, party in power; but no cookie.

Alex Broque @broqueala.bsky.social · 9d

Been considering indoor archery for a winter hobby (or summer when its hot out), and grabbed a resistance loop to get the shoulders in better shape and form. My left shoulder is soooo out of whack, this is gonna take some loosening up before I'm ready to look at classes.

Alex Broque @broqueala.bsky.social · 10d

Ever since NIH got DOGE'd, I've noticed groups like The Kidney Project have started pumping out more promotional material conveying their project goals and progress. Hopefully this leads to more awareness, and some influx for them all.

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Alex Broque @broqueala.bsky.social · 12d

Shouts out to baby Luna and her parents after being born live on Twitch last night at their home! I think you broke the skulls of a lot of viewers not expecting that. Also made a buncha reacting streamers realize they don't want kids 😅

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Alex Broque @broqueala.bsky.social · 13d

Sadly, people need to understand that NOT filing fed taxes doesn't do shit since they already collected before you even see your cut.

Alex Broque @broqueala.bsky.social · 14d

Huh, networks still issue LOAs for announcements. Kind of pointless with IRR/ROA/RPKI checks at all the majors since 2019. At least they stopped getting pissy about rejecting the letterheads in favor of valid registered data.

Alex Broque @broqueala.bsky.social · 16d

Whats the temperature on measure 50 here in Cali? How does this affect the local communities it eventually targets?

Alex Broque @broqueala.bsky.social · 17d

Ok, admittedly, this tickles my fancy

Alex Broque @broqueala.bsky.social · 18d

Pappardelle tossed with Raos vodka sauce and freshly roasted meatballs

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Alex Broque @broqueala.bsky.social · 18d

Maybe at 50 I'll pull a Jared Mauch and fire up a residential ISP somewhere that desperately needs it. I know Brian Sutterfield was doing stuff out n about in COX country; wonder how that shaped up...

Alex Broque @broqueala.bsky.social · 20d

CA ending HOV stickers for PHEV/BEV should mean the funds for that are redirected into pubtrans, but it won't.

Alex Broque @broqueala.bsky.social · 20d

I think Kaiser is tired of keeping me alive with dialysis. I get routine calls from an "insurance coordinator" asking if we are planning on changing our healthcare plans anytime soon.

Lady, I'm a GRUNT, why the hell would I be privvy to that?

Alex Broque @broqueala.bsky.social · 21d

SoCal's HOV system is stupid. I got a notice for HOV violation on my....1 seater motorcycle.

$27, or $57 if paid late.

Go to site, plug in numbers, no violation. No shit there isn't a violation. Why would a motorcycle ever owe for carpool, we're the most efficient outside of PHEV/BEV.

Alex Broque @broqueala.bsky.social · 24d

UGH. Last night's maint didn't complete because the IXP for some reason only stocked 100G-LR1, and we only stock 100G-LR4. No idea why the IXP wants to burn +$100/optic more. This is like the 4th or 5th LR1 we've had remote sides try and use after we specify LR4.

Alex Broque @broqueala.bsky.social · 27d

Time to boot Brad Sherman after voting "present"? Wtf is "present". Time to boot the bald accountant San Fernanado Valley and get a younger progressive in.

Alex Broque @broqueala.bsky.social · 28d

Seeing more and more of this come into tickets these days from users/customers:

"Possible STUPID on my part: blind trust of GPT recommended DNS zone recipes that included:"

Or using ClaudAi to read in traceroute results that make completely wrong assumptions, and emailing that in.

Alex Broque @broqueala.bsky.social · 29d

French onion meatballs and egg noodles with side salad

Alex Broque @broqueala.bsky.social · 29d

Also I basically hyper-miled the entire ride on the Zero. Left the house with 150mi at 100%, and 25mi into the ride, I had 163mi left at 87% Opted for highway home for lunch and ruined all that eco mode saving

Love me some downhill regen while also accelerating?

a man with long curly hair and a mustache is wearing a pink unicorn shirt .

ALT: a man with long curly hair and a mustache is wearing a pink unicorn shirt .

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Alex Broque @broqueala.bsky.social · 29d

Doing urban exploration of neighborhoods I don't really have reason to frequent. Checked out parts of Glendale and Eagle Rock. The extremely expensive houses in the Burbank/Glendale hills are...grandiose.

You can see where taxrev dries up for pubworks and street care heading south towards 110/2 😩

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