Dave Pradko
@pradko.bsky.social
CIO of The Pradko Group I Government Contracting I Project Management I Agile I The Kindness is the Point
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Write in present tense, whenever possible. Reasons:
* Brevity.
* Consistency.
* Clarity. I was taught this back when I wrote tech manuals. "When you click on GO, a dialog box will appear." WHEN will it appear? Immediately? Or sometime before the sun goes nova?" #AmEditing
* Brevity.
* Consistency.
* Clarity. I was taught this back when I wrote tech manuals. "When you click on GO, a dialog box will appear." WHEN will it appear? Immediately? Or sometime before the sun goes nova?" #AmEditing
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Write in present tense, whenever possible. Reasons:
* Brevity.
* Consistency.
* Clarity. I was taught this back when I wrote tech manuals. "When you click on GO, a dialog box will appear." WHEN will it appear? Immediately? Or sometime before the sun goes nova?" #AmEditing
* Brevity.
* Consistency.
* Clarity. I was taught this back when I wrote tech manuals. "When you click on GO, a dialog box will appear." WHEN will it appear? Immediately? Or sometime before the sun goes nova?" #AmEditing
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Fun Fact:
The display of a swastika is illegal.
- IN GERMANY !
The display of a swastika is illegal.
- IN GERMANY !
November 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Fun Fact:
The display of a swastika is illegal.
- IN GERMANY !
The display of a swastika is illegal.
- IN GERMANY !
I was not prepared for what I'd find cleaning out some stuff
(I really do miss the slide-out Qwerty keyboard
(I really do miss the slide-out Qwerty keyboard
November 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I was not prepared for what I'd find cleaning out some stuff
(I really do miss the slide-out Qwerty keyboard
(I really do miss the slide-out Qwerty keyboard
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Live your life so you don’t notice cloud flare outages.
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Live your life so you don’t notice cloud flare outages.
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@sickoscommittee.org not only does this need to come back, the Super Bowl needs to adopt this
From the 1950s to 1970s, the Prime Minister opened the Grey Cup with a ceremonial kickoff.
The worst kickoff was one yard by John Diefenbaker in 1959. The best was 32 yards by Pierre Trudeau in 1969. 72-year-old Governor General Roland Michener equaled that distance in 1971.
The worst kickoff was one yard by John Diefenbaker in 1959. The best was 32 yards by Pierre Trudeau in 1969. 72-year-old Governor General Roland Michener equaled that distance in 1971.
November 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
@sickoscommittee.org not only does this need to come back, the Super Bowl needs to adopt this
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
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Are you located in the DC-Baltimore-Philadelphia-New York corridor?
Have you always wanted to have your very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammerhead shark?
Now available for free!
Perfect for museums, community centers, or your living room!
Save this lovely creature from imminent destruction!
Have you always wanted to have your very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammerhead shark?
Now available for free!
Perfect for museums, community centers, or your living room!
Save this lovely creature from imminent destruction!
November 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Are you located in the DC-Baltimore-Philadelphia-New York corridor?
Have you always wanted to have your very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammerhead shark?
Now available for free!
Perfect for museums, community centers, or your living room!
Save this lovely creature from imminent destruction!
Have you always wanted to have your very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammerhead shark?
Now available for free!
Perfect for museums, community centers, or your living room!
Save this lovely creature from imminent destruction!
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At some point, it just becomes too much! You can't talk about Trump *accurately* without sounding irrational--almost insane! Merely stating the basic, provable, publicly-acknowledged facts of the last ten years of his life makes you sound like you really do have Trump Derangement Syndrome!
November 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
At some point, it just becomes too much! You can't talk about Trump *accurately* without sounding irrational--almost insane! Merely stating the basic, provable, publicly-acknowledged facts of the last ten years of his life makes you sound like you really do have Trump Derangement Syndrome!
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every company in 2025
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
every company in 2025
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Viciously accurate.
SCHUMER: Well, I—for one—am touched by this act of generosity. Perhaps one day, all of humanity will know the saying “Be welcoming of Greeks bearing gifts.”
Senator Schumer Votes to Let the Big Wooden Horse into Troy
“In the wake of votes by a handful of key Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, to pass a GOP-led continuing resolution funding f...
buff.ly
November 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Viciously accurate.
I've been saying for a while that federal IT systems and infrastructure are close to. Wile E Coyote event
This is either one of those, or the numbers themselves are so bad the Trump Admin can't "fix" them
This is either one of those, or the numbers themselves are so bad the Trump Admin can't "fix" them
WHITE HOUSE: FEDERAL STATISTICAL SYSTEM MAY HAVE PERMANENTLY BEEN DAMAGED WHITE HOUSE: OCTOBER JOBS REPORTS LIKELY NEVER RELEASED
November 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I've been saying for a while that federal IT systems and infrastructure are close to. Wile E Coyote event
This is either one of those, or the numbers themselves are so bad the Trump Admin can't "fix" them
This is either one of those, or the numbers themselves are so bad the Trump Admin can't "fix" them
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Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
I saw Predator: Badlands last night
I'm delighted to see that the Predator franchise continues to use feminist themes and critique toxic masculinity
A great litmus test for how people view Alpha Males (Dek and Thia discuss the role of alpha males in wolf packs in the movie)
I'm delighted to see that the Predator franchise continues to use feminist themes and critique toxic masculinity
A great litmus test for how people view Alpha Males (Dek and Thia discuss the role of alpha males in wolf packs in the movie)
November 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I saw Predator: Badlands last night
I'm delighted to see that the Predator franchise continues to use feminist themes and critique toxic masculinity
A great litmus test for how people view Alpha Males (Dek and Thia discuss the role of alpha males in wolf packs in the movie)
I'm delighted to see that the Predator franchise continues to use feminist themes and critique toxic masculinity
A great litmus test for how people view Alpha Males (Dek and Thia discuss the role of alpha males in wolf packs in the movie)
Nothing like data confirming my own futile attempt at finding a job over the last 8 months:
Project Manager openings are down 32%
Hard not to feel totally fucked after building a 17 year career
Project Manager openings are down 32%
Hard not to feel totally fucked after building a 17 year career
November 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Nothing like data confirming my own futile attempt at finding a job over the last 8 months:
Project Manager openings are down 32%
Hard not to feel totally fucked after building a 17 year career
Project Manager openings are down 32%
Hard not to feel totally fucked after building a 17 year career
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welcome to bluesky. if the word "mapquest" means anything to you and/or you used it as a verb, you're in the right place
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
welcome to bluesky. if the word "mapquest" means anything to you and/or you used it as a verb, you're in the right place
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Contrast this with the video I just posted of Americans standing in food lines this weekend, in the rain and cold.
Don't have to wonder where the SNAP funds are.
Don't have to wonder where the SNAP funds are.
November 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Contrast this with the video I just posted of Americans standing in food lines this weekend, in the rain and cold.
Don't have to wonder where the SNAP funds are.
Don't have to wonder where the SNAP funds are.
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The key factor that everyone seems to always forget is that Trump was the host of what was once the highest rated show on network TV - a purportedly non-fiction show that portrayed him as a hyper-savvy and hyper-successful businessman.
Trump has gotten huge numbers of infrequent voters to the polls, twice. He's deeply unpopular but has mobilized a large, unprecedented coalition of Americans motivated by some combination of ignorance, avarice, and cruelty. It is hard to describe what he has as something other than charisma
His charisma is fundamentally incompatible with me (and likely many of the people on Bluesky) but it’s kind of insane to say it doesn’t exist
November 7, 2025 at 3:16 AM
The key factor that everyone seems to always forget is that Trump was the host of what was once the highest rated show on network TV - a purportedly non-fiction show that portrayed him as a hyper-savvy and hyper-successful businessman.
Summary:
- non-peer reviewed paper
- relies on non-representative sample
- data mining for correlation instead of looking for causation
- AI facial recognition always had a race problem
Conclusion: AI is still a solution looking for a problem to solve
- non-peer reviewed paper
- relies on non-representative sample
- data mining for correlation instead of looking for causation
- AI facial recognition always had a race problem
Conclusion: AI is still a solution looking for a problem to solve
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
November 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Summary:
- non-peer reviewed paper
- relies on non-representative sample
- data mining for correlation instead of looking for causation
- AI facial recognition always had a race problem
Conclusion: AI is still a solution looking for a problem to solve
- non-peer reviewed paper
- relies on non-representative sample
- data mining for correlation instead of looking for causation
- AI facial recognition always had a race problem
Conclusion: AI is still a solution looking for a problem to solve
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Something crazy about the US and international copyright enforcement regime is that they consistently criminalize digital archiving when it is done for pro-social reasons, but consistently protect the reuse of archived materials by other parties when it is for commercial reasons
The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner.
FBI Tries to Unmask Owner of Infamous Archive.is Site
The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner.
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Something crazy about the US and international copyright enforcement regime is that they consistently criminalize digital archiving when it is done for pro-social reasons, but consistently protect the reuse of archived materials by other parties when it is for commercial reasons
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wrote this 364 days ago
November 5, 2025 at 4:20 AM
wrote this 364 days ago
Best celebrity match for me is probably Ben McKenzie since we could rag on crypto together
I like that I have figured out that the non-athlete celebrity that would have the highest level of Venn overlap for excitement if we got to meet them is....Jennifer Garner.
November 5, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Best celebrity match for me is probably Ben McKenzie since we could rag on crypto together
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Unmesh Joshi finds LLMs to be a useful tool, but explains why their help becomes illusory if they shortcut the essential learning loop of our professional practice.
martinfowler.com/articles/llm...
martinfowler.com/articles/llm...
The Learning Loop and LLMs
How continuous learning shapes effective software development with LLMs
martinfowler.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Unmesh Joshi finds LLMs to be a useful tool, but explains why their help becomes illusory if they shortcut the essential learning loop of our professional practice.
martinfowler.com/articles/llm...
martinfowler.com/articles/llm...
Effective maxim for many aspects of life
When the top isn’t functioning, everyone else has to cover for it. And that never works because it is impossible to cover for.
November 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Effective maxim for many aspects of life