Vicky Harp
@vickyharp.com
Product person, recently ex-Microsoft. Dev experiences, Al, data. Helper of experts. She/Her. Black Lives Matter.
This meeting could have been a riot.
This meeting could have been a riot.
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Vicky Harp
@vickyharp.com
· Jul 9
I have made a piece of visual art to commemorate my time at Microsoft. It is the first page of my separation agreement.
Email dumps like these make it really clear why rich guys are losing their minds in awe of LLMs.
Something that’s so striking in these emails is how…unimpressive Epstein is. He comes off as a pompous, sub-literate lech. Yes everyone is so mortifyingly solicitous of him! All fawning and flattery! Why?????
November 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Email dumps like these make it really clear why rich guys are losing their minds in awe of LLMs.
Watched the pilot of Pluribus and it was.... fine? It kind of felt like a good 30 minute anthology piece, but it was 50 minutes long and the pilot of a whole series.
November 13, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Watched the pilot of Pluribus and it was.... fine? It kind of felt like a good 30 minute anthology piece, but it was 50 minutes long and the pilot of a whole series.
Any Rock Band 2 fans out there? I have had Jagged Gorgeous Winter stuck in my head for like 6 days now.
November 8, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Any Rock Band 2 fans out there? I have had Jagged Gorgeous Winter stuck in my head for like 6 days now.
It's a special subset of geekery when you are in a group chat with the rest of your community orchestra and people are taking sides on Ravel's Bolero
November 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
It's a special subset of geekery when you are in a group chat with the rest of your community orchestra and people are taking sides on Ravel's Bolero
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There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There are no words for how evil this is
These companies are engaging in disgusting corruption and graft
Morning. ☕
ICYMI: A list of all the CEOs, real estate moguls, defense contractors, telecom companies, Big Tech companies, crypto guys and otherwise just really rich people financing the construction of Trump's ballroom as he demolishes the White House.
ICYMI: A list of all the CEOs, real estate moguls, defense contractors, telecom companies, Big Tech companies, crypto guys and otherwise just really rich people financing the construction of Trump's ballroom as he demolishes the White House.
October 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
These companies are engaging in disgusting corruption and graft
Walgreens called with an automated message to follow up from a text exactly as I was reading this
October 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Walgreens called with an automated message to follow up from a text exactly as I was reading this
OH in orchestra rehearsal: "Why would Tchaikovsky DO that?!"
October 24, 2025 at 1:05 AM
OH in orchestra rehearsal: "Why would Tchaikovsky DO that?!"
I don't play hard to get, I AM hard to get.
October 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I don't play hard to get, I AM hard to get.
I wish companies would just build commodities markets like they used to instead of relying on consumer oriented bubbles all the time.
October 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I wish companies would just build commodities markets like they used to instead of relying on consumer oriented bubbles all the time.
Years ago I was testing to see if some security software could detect data exfiltration over USB. I defeated it by using a firmware writer to commit a text file to an external multi touch device as a custom gesture. It was a text file that just said "blah blah blah" for 256 characters or so.
September 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Years ago I was testing to see if some security software could detect data exfiltration over USB. I defeated it by using a firmware writer to commit a text file to an external multi touch device as a custom gesture. It was a text file that just said "blah blah blah" for 256 characters or so.
I ordered something from a manufacturer that is a 2.5 hour drive from here, in Canada. It would be here already except that with the de minimus exception gone, I get to wait an unknown extra time and pay extra tax for a clarinet mouthpiece no one in the US manufactures in the first place. So stupid.
September 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I ordered something from a manufacturer that is a 2.5 hour drive from here, in Canada. It would be here already except that with the de minimus exception gone, I get to wait an unknown extra time and pay extra tax for a clarinet mouthpiece no one in the US manufactures in the first place. So stupid.
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![[PANEL 1 - Threddy and Freddy chatting in a conference room]
Freddy: I'm requiring all employees to return to the office.
Threddy: Do you have space for everyone?
Freddy: No. But the data clearly shows that employees will be happier.
Threddy: Can we see the data?
Freddy: Also no.
Threddy: I feel really good about this.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:watmxkxfjbwyxfuutganopfk/bafkreigzaadvwcl6ywsnq3auflscvn4oc6lzi6y3z5fh3vrixfyg6g2cj4@jpeg)
In a meeting looking at all the data supporting RTO. It's just out of frame.
September 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
In a meeting looking at all the data supporting RTO. It's just out of frame.
Hearing that Microsoft is announcing RTO.
To mis-quote Last of the Mohicans: "[Microsoft], you are a [company] with a few admirable qualities, but taken as a whole, I was wrong to have thought so highly of you."
To mis-quote Last of the Mohicans: "[Microsoft], you are a [company] with a few admirable qualities, but taken as a whole, I was wrong to have thought so highly of you."
September 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Hearing that Microsoft is announcing RTO.
To mis-quote Last of the Mohicans: "[Microsoft], you are a [company] with a few admirable qualities, but taken as a whole, I was wrong to have thought so highly of you."
To mis-quote Last of the Mohicans: "[Microsoft], you are a [company] with a few admirable qualities, but taken as a whole, I was wrong to have thought so highly of you."
The current moment in AI is basically as if companies started cutting headcount when spellcheck was introduced because of the time saved in writing emails.
September 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The current moment in AI is basically as if companies started cutting headcount when spellcheck was introduced because of the time saved in writing emails.
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I loved this piece from @grimalkina.bsky.social about who is and isn't allowed to be technical.
"I am sorry to be the one to tell you this, but if my belonging in tech is fundamentally unacceptable yours is uncertain."
www.fightforthehuman.com/why-i-cannot...
"I am sorry to be the one to tell you this, but if my belonging in tech is fundamentally unacceptable yours is uncertain."
www.fightforthehuman.com/why-i-cannot...
Why I Cannot Be Technical
With some regularity, kind-hearted Technical people tell me that I Can Be Technical, Too. This usually happens when I’m asking us to define what we’re calling technical in a software environment. I un...
www.fightforthehuman.com
September 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I loved this piece from @grimalkina.bsky.social about who is and isn't allowed to be technical.
"I am sorry to be the one to tell you this, but if my belonging in tech is fundamentally unacceptable yours is uncertain."
www.fightforthehuman.com/why-i-cannot...
"I am sorry to be the one to tell you this, but if my belonging in tech is fundamentally unacceptable yours is uncertain."
www.fightforthehuman.com/why-i-cannot...
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Just listening to the TOCTOU Twins. It’s weird, I thought I knew what songs were on this album but it keeps surprising me!
August 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Just listening to the TOCTOU Twins. It’s weird, I thought I knew what songs were on this album but it keeps surprising me!
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LLMs are good NLP like CNNs are good computer vision, which is to say, very cool for what they are, but marketing this stuff as actual "artificial intelligence" in the sense of there's a living thinking thing in there is irresponsibly deceptive and should honestly be considered fraud
August 24, 2025 at 5:58 AM
LLMs are good NLP like CNNs are good computer vision, which is to say, very cool for what they are, but marketing this stuff as actual "artificial intelligence" in the sense of there's a living thinking thing in there is irresponsibly deceptive and should honestly be considered fraud
I just had an online healthcare appointment. When I opened the app it was not using the right camera, so I clicked to change it, and instead of giving me a settings dialog to choose the camera it *brought up a chat box so I could try to describe the setting I needed to change* FFS
August 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I just had an online healthcare appointment. When I opened the app it was not using the right camera, so I clicked to change it, and instead of giving me a settings dialog to choose the camera it *brought up a chat box so I could try to describe the setting I needed to change* FFS
When I was on calls all day working from home my dog stayed in his bed at my side all day. Now that I am not, when I do go into my office he is *psyched*. I whistle for him to join me and he scrambles down the stairs as though I were offering a plate of bacon.
August 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
When I was on calls all day working from home my dog stayed in his bed at my side all day. Now that I am not, when I do go into my office he is *psyched*. I whistle for him to join me and he scrambles down the stairs as though I were offering a plate of bacon.
Scott once again demonstrates his ability to identify and succinctly message the core value proposition of an offering.
I’m starting to realize that my airline lounge membership is just an unlimited cheese cube subscription
August 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Scott once again demonstrates his ability to identify and succinctly message the core value proposition of an offering.
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"What if told you in order to become God Emperor of Dune, you have to be a giant worm with a human face on it."
Me: I'm in. Where do I sign
"But in order to become this worm, you have to lay quietly somewhere for 3,500 years"
I said I'm in. I already said I'm in
Me: I'm in. Where do I sign
"But in order to become this worm, you have to lay quietly somewhere for 3,500 years"
I said I'm in. I already said I'm in
August 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
"What if told you in order to become God Emperor of Dune, you have to be a giant worm with a human face on it."
Me: I'm in. Where do I sign
"But in order to become this worm, you have to lay quietly somewhere for 3,500 years"
I said I'm in. I already said I'm in
Me: I'm in. Where do I sign
"But in order to become this worm, you have to lay quietly somewhere for 3,500 years"
I said I'm in. I already said I'm in
Quoting Douglas Adams in a group chat and crossing my fingers I have correctly judged the average age of the participants
August 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Quoting Douglas Adams in a group chat and crossing my fingers I have correctly judged the average age of the participants