Catelli
@catelli.bsky.social
Consumer of beer, smoker of cigars. Camping and cycling
IT guy, from Cambridge, Ontario
Handle is an old nickname, it means "looked like a wet spaghetti noodle when running down the basketball court"
IT guy, from Cambridge, Ontario
Handle is an old nickname, it means "looked like a wet spaghetti noodle when running down the basketball court"
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Catelli
@catelli.bsky.social
· Jun 24
AI, The Digital El Dorado
I have come to the conclusion that the search for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is a modern quest for a mythical solution with no…
catelli2oh.medium.com
On how the search for AI is the pursuit of a myth. There is no 'there' there but the search itself will cause so much damage.
catelli2oh.medium.com/ai-the-digit...
"I'm a loser baby..."
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
"I'm a loser baby..."
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"Wrong Turn at Albuquerque"
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
"Wrong Turn at Albuquerque"
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It’s illegal to make fried rice on this one specific day in China
If you share a recipe for or photo of fried rice in China on November 25th, you may get a visit from the authorities. To understand why, you have to go back 75 years.
If you share a recipe for or photo of fried rice in China on November 25th, you may get a visit from the authorities. To understand why, you have to go back 75 years.
It’s illegal to make fried rice on this one specific day in China
If you share a recipe for or photo of fried rice in China on November 25th, you may get a visit from the authorities. To understand why, you have to go back 75 years.
mathewingram.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It’s illegal to make fried rice on this one specific day in China
If you share a recipe for or photo of fried rice in China on November 25th, you may get a visit from the authorities. To understand why, you have to go back 75 years.
If you share a recipe for or photo of fried rice in China on November 25th, you may get a visit from the authorities. To understand why, you have to go back 75 years.
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Explaining Black Friday to kids:
"So the Americans. They don't have Boxing Day. In fact they don't take Christmas week off like we do. Their big holiday is Thanksgiving, which they hold a month late, at a weird time for a harvest festival. The next day is their Boxing Day, which we have to honour."
"So the Americans. They don't have Boxing Day. In fact they don't take Christmas week off like we do. Their big holiday is Thanksgiving, which they hold a month late, at a weird time for a harvest festival. The next day is their Boxing Day, which we have to honour."
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Explaining Black Friday to kids:
"So the Americans. They don't have Boxing Day. In fact they don't take Christmas week off like we do. Their big holiday is Thanksgiving, which they hold a month late, at a weird time for a harvest festival. The next day is their Boxing Day, which we have to honour."
"So the Americans. They don't have Boxing Day. In fact they don't take Christmas week off like we do. Their big holiday is Thanksgiving, which they hold a month late, at a weird time for a harvest festival. The next day is their Boxing Day, which we have to honour."
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This is fantastic news! Excellent decision.
N.S. announces it will sell off all remaining U.S. alcohol, won’t order any more #NovaScotia #FeedNovaScotia
The province says about $4 million in net profits will go to Feed Nova Scotia and other community food organizations.
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
The province says about $4 million in net profits will go to Feed Nova Scotia and other community food organizations.
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
N.S. announces it will sell all remaining U.S. alcohol, won’t order any more
Nova Scotia has announced it will sell its remaining $14 million-worth of alcohol from the United States.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This is fantastic news! Excellent decision.
"Signs, signs. Everywhere there's signs. Fucking up the scenery, breaking my mind."
November 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"Signs, signs. Everywhere there's signs. Fucking up the scenery, breaking my mind."
OMG. These things obscure cross-walks, driveways, intersections in addition to, well, PEOPLE!
These signs are going to kill people, by being a factor in collisions.
We can only hope that high wind events blow these damn things over.... and that they don't land on anyone.
These signs are going to kill people, by being a factor in collisions.
We can only hope that high wind events blow these damn things over.... and that they don't land on anyone.
everyone: we just want streets to be safe to walk near, especially around schools
ontario: best we can do is street signs so big they fully obscure schoolchildren
ontario: best we can do is street signs so big they fully obscure schoolchildren
November 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
OMG. These things obscure cross-walks, driveways, intersections in addition to, well, PEOPLE!
These signs are going to kill people, by being a factor in collisions.
We can only hope that high wind events blow these damn things over.... and that they don't land on anyone.
These signs are going to kill people, by being a factor in collisions.
We can only hope that high wind events blow these damn things over.... and that they don't land on anyone.
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everyone: we just want streets to be safe to walk near, especially around schools
ontario: best we can do is street signs so big they fully obscure schoolchildren
ontario: best we can do is street signs so big they fully obscure schoolchildren
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
everyone: we just want streets to be safe to walk near, especially around schools
ontario: best we can do is street signs so big they fully obscure schoolchildren
ontario: best we can do is street signs so big they fully obscure schoolchildren
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In other news, congratulations to former mayor Jim Watson on his receipt of the Order of Ottawa today. 😐
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
November 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
In other news, congratulations to former mayor Jim Watson on his receipt of the Order of Ottawa today. 😐
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
"Eight years ago, the average Canadian could buy four pounds of beef for every hour worked. Today, they can only purchase around 3.2 pounds an hour."
Eight years ago I found that beef was already getting too expensive to purchase as a regular product.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
Eight years ago I found that beef was already getting too expensive to purchase as a regular product.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
Why sky-high beef prices are a lesson in supply and demand
After years of drought, North America’s legacy industry – and consumer steak holders – face a climate hostile to cattle ranching
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"Eight years ago, the average Canadian could buy four pounds of beef for every hour worked. Today, they can only purchase around 3.2 pounds an hour."
Eight years ago I found that beef was already getting too expensive to purchase as a regular product.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
Eight years ago I found that beef was already getting too expensive to purchase as a regular product.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
To tie in another "this doesn't solve the problem" argument, age verification to protect minors is like metal detectors in schools as gun control.
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
To tie in another "this doesn't solve the problem" argument, age verification to protect minors is like metal detectors in schools as gun control.
Sorry. I'm a bad person. But I'm laughing at this.
"OnSolve CodeRED platform suffered a cyberattack that disrupted emergency notification systems used by state and local governments, police departments, and fire agencies across the United States."
www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...
"OnSolve CodeRED platform suffered a cyberattack that disrupted emergency notification systems used by state and local governments, police departments, and fire agencies across the United States."
www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...
OnSolve CodeRED cyberattack disrupts emergency alert systems nationwide
Risk management company Crisis24 has confirmed its OnSolve CodeRED platform suffered a cyberattack that disrupted emergency notification systems used by state and local governments, police departments...
www.bleepingcomputer.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Sorry. I'm a bad person. But I'm laughing at this.
"OnSolve CodeRED platform suffered a cyberattack that disrupted emergency notification systems used by state and local governments, police departments, and fire agencies across the United States."
www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...
"OnSolve CodeRED platform suffered a cyberattack that disrupted emergency notification systems used by state and local governments, police departments, and fire agencies across the United States."
www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...
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“I can see why all these people without heads wouldn’t be good for a community." www.science.org/content/arti...
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
www.science.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
“I can see why all these people without heads wouldn’t be good for a community." www.science.org/content/arti...
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This is so disingenuous.
No one is angry about AI being used for intense processing of data for scientific and medical uses, we’re angry that the hypemen claim it can *think* or make art or replace human workers. Conflating all of this is the problem.
No one is angry about AI being used for intense processing of data for scientific and medical uses, we’re angry that the hypemen claim it can *think* or make art or replace human workers. Conflating all of this is the problem.
People on BlueSky: AI is useless! A stochastic parrot!
Mathematicians/biologists/physicists: It is already helping us do frontier technical research and in some cases solve open problems arxiv.org/pdf/2511.16072
(There are of course, as always, many caveats, but the paper is genuinely remarkable)
Mathematicians/biologists/physicists: It is already helping us do frontier technical research and in some cases solve open problems arxiv.org/pdf/2511.16072
(There are of course, as always, many caveats, but the paper is genuinely remarkable)
arxiv.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This is so disingenuous.
No one is angry about AI being used for intense processing of data for scientific and medical uses, we’re angry that the hypemen claim it can *think* or make art or replace human workers. Conflating all of this is the problem.
No one is angry about AI being used for intense processing of data for scientific and medical uses, we’re angry that the hypemen claim it can *think* or make art or replace human workers. Conflating all of this is the problem.
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But please, folks: do go on about how insulting it is when people save characters on a microblogging site by typing “USians”. That must be so terrible for you.
November 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
But please, folks: do go on about how insulting it is when people save characters on a microblogging site by typing “USians”. That must be so terrible for you.
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“Why would you be so upset at being threatened with conquest? What?”
US Ambassador to Canada: But let me tell you, I go around the country and people will say, “Pete, you just don’t understand why we’re so mad about the 51st state.” And it’s kind of like, “Yeah, you’re right. I don’t.
November 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
“Why would you be so upset at being threatened with conquest? What?”
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Hockey isn’t our national culture. Cars are.
Get outside kids, enjoy the fresh air with your friends!
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
November 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Hockey isn’t our national culture. Cars are.
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In case anyone forgot.. former insurance salesclerk and current Con MP Andrew Scheer "volunteered" to do this icky advertisement for CPC.
Oozy and creepy.
Oozy and creepy.
Oh my god. This is a real Tory ad. Indescribably uncomfortable.
November 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
In case anyone forgot.. former insurance salesclerk and current Con MP Andrew Scheer "volunteered" to do this icky advertisement for CPC.
Oozy and creepy.
Oozy and creepy.
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"Blending humanities and STEM"
When I was your age, we called that "Liberal Arts."
When I was your age, we called that "Liberal Arts."
Judging colleges by how they teach vocational skills misses the point, argues an engineering professor.
The skills employers need most include initiative, critical thinking, navigating ambiguity, and more – and those come from blending humanities and STEM. buff.ly/FWQuzll
The skills employers need most include initiative, critical thinking, navigating ambiguity, and more – and those come from blending humanities and STEM. buff.ly/FWQuzll
Colleges teach the most valuable career skills when they don’t stick narrowly to preprofessional education
Parents and policymakers want job security for graduates, but in the AI and automation era, careers may depend as much on curiosity and initiative as on credentials.
theconversation.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"Blending humanities and STEM"
When I was your age, we called that "Liberal Arts."
When I was your age, we called that "Liberal Arts."
I agree with Supriya that this is the wrong solution, but for a different reason.
The only way to do age verification at any degree of reliability is at the Internet Service Provider. For every device, when you connect to the Internet.
The only way to do age verification at any degree of reliability is at the Internet Service Provider. For every device, when you connect to the Internet.
Here’s my latest for @nationalobserver.com on how Meta’s lobbying blitz for age verification at the App Store level isn’t the way to keep kids safe online (and def isn’t the way to keep your privacy intact)
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
Ottawa must counter Meta's bad policy idea with a better one
As the Carney government prepares to re-introduce aspects of the Trudeau government’s Online Harms Act, it should do so with a clear-eyed approach on the attempts by Meta and other social media compan...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I agree with Supriya that this is the wrong solution, but for a different reason.
The only way to do age verification at any degree of reliability is at the Internet Service Provider. For every device, when you connect to the Internet.
The only way to do age verification at any degree of reliability is at the Internet Service Provider. For every device, when you connect to the Internet.
Huh. Funny how this keeps happening all over the place...
"‘once in 300 years’ storm "
ca.news.yahoo.com/dozens-dead-...
"‘once in 300 years’ storm "
ca.news.yahoo.com/dozens-dead-...
Dozens dead as ‘once in 300 years’ storm batters Thailand with heavy rains and flooding
Major commercial city near Malaysian border records 335mm rainfall in single day
ca.news.yahoo.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Huh. Funny how this keeps happening all over the place...
"‘once in 300 years’ storm "
ca.news.yahoo.com/dozens-dead-...
"‘once in 300 years’ storm "
ca.news.yahoo.com/dozens-dead-...
This is a classic case of "you're solving the wrong problem."
"IG says no bias found after AI tool said a Baltimore County student had a gun"
archive.is/ONXeV
"IG says no bias found after AI tool said a Baltimore County student had a gun"
archive.is/ONXeV
archive.is
November 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
This is a classic case of "you're solving the wrong problem."
"IG says no bias found after AI tool said a Baltimore County student had a gun"
archive.is/ONXeV
"IG says no bias found after AI tool said a Baltimore County student had a gun"
archive.is/ONXeV
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Brandishing a bag of chips, if you will
“The IG’s [inspector general] report found that it wasn’t the bag of chips that was the perceived threat, but rather the student’s hand movement.” 🙄
State investigators: AI tool wasn't biased when it flagged student’s chips as gun
Maryland’s Office of the Inspector General for Education recommended more training for school staff and police in use of its AI-powered Omnilert weapon detection technology.
www.thebanner.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Brandishing a bag of chips, if you will
