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Independent technical essays with the contrarian read: what the vendor claims versus what actually holds up in production. AI, security, fintech, startups, tech history. No sponsors, no paywall. roamingpigs.com
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@roamingpigs.bsky.social@roamingpigs.bsky.social → @roamingpigs.comI started programming in 1979 on an Altair, entering machine code through front panel switches. No keyboard, no screen. Everything since has been a variation on the same problem: making the machine do what you meant instead of what you said. #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #programming
Show PostOpenAI ran its cyber evaluation with the safety classifiers off. On purpose. Hugging Face, investigating the wreckage those models left, couldn't switch anyone's off. Its responders were refused mid-forensics and finished on open weights. #ai #infosec
Show PostMade a starter pack of the people this publication actually reads. Independent reporters, honest AI skeptics, systems programmers, and a couple of folks who remember what came before all of this. One tap follows the lot.
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