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voganmother42··on F-15E jet shot down over Iran
The US is busy shooting “drug boats” with no evidence, that is who they are now
voganmother42··on F-15E jet shot down over Iran
Oh yeah, its going great, so much achieved for only 30B and untold human lives, the winning!
voganmother42··on Decisions that eroded trust in Azure – by a former Azure Core engineer
200 requests a day, lol
voganmother42··on Trump fires Pam Bondi as attorney general
How else is she going to get the dow back above 50k? Being a soulless lying ghoul is tiring though, so that checks out!
voganmother42··on LinkedIn is searching your browser extensions
Reminds me of https://xkcd.com/1200/
voganmother42··on Why the US Navy won't blast the Iranians and 'open' Strait of Hormuz
If there is a midterm election
voganmother42··on OpenAI closes funding round at an $852B valuation
Ahh I see, you possess the superior bubble, how silly of me!
voganmother42··on EmDash – A spiritual successor to WordPress that solves plugin security
I think the cynicism is related to cloudflares recent previous releases that were considered to be slop that significantly overpromised on its capabilities/completeness. Trust can take a long time to rebuild.
voganmother42··on Why the US Navy won't blast the Iranians and 'open' Strait of Hormuz
“A Kourier has to establish space on the pavement. Predictable law-abiding behavior lulls drivers. They mentally assign you to a little box in the lane, assume you will stay there, can't handle it when you leave that little box.” - Snow Crash

Is it strategic deterrence, or just being so unreliably and inconsistent that insider information becomes more valuable?

Is it strategic to demonstrate a lack of planning or that you are a poor ally incapable of garnering support (either domestically or abroad)?

voganmother42··on OpenAI closes funding round at an $852B valuation
Perhaps, but it was pretty widely reported on, if you care to look.
voganmother42··on OpenAI closes funding round at an $852B valuation
Did you miss the cancel/unsubscribe gpt boycott? It was only about a month ago. Many people I know cancelled/unsubscribed. To be fair though, most people I have talked with needed almost no encouragement to move to anthropic or google (better products, easy to switch etc). Consumer sentiment can change quickly.
voganmother42··on Why the US Navy won't blast the Iranians and 'open' Strait of Hormuz
Right, like when they didn't refill the oil reserves, brilliant 4d chess.
voganmother42··on Why the US Navy won't blast the Iranians and 'open' Strait of Hormuz
Cheap and covert, Operation Spiderweb changed the game
voganmother42··on OpenAI closes funding round at an $852B valuation
After the DoD moves? It is not just the technologically illiterate, it is part of the US culture war. OpenAI is the MAGA brand, like tesla.
voganmother42··on Copilot edited an ad into my PR
Opt out is horse shit
voganmother42··on AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is more worrying
Constant lies, incompetence and corruption. Why would anyone trust anything they have to say or any investigation they might conduct?
voganmother42··on Hormuz Minesweeper – Are you tired of winning?
Yeah war in the middle east is great policy, very popular and definitely what he campaigned on.

The corruption and incompetence are both unprecedented, but you keep doing your dance!

voganmother42··on Our commitment to Windows quality
I heard in windows 12 they transform the task bar into a task triangle! They are being careful not to over promise, but the innovation is coming!
voganmother42··on Trump administration to be paid $10B for brokering TikTok deal
The same treasury trump is suing for that same 10B?
voganmother42··on RAM kits are now sold with one fake RAM stick alongside a real one
The fabled write only memory
voganmother42··on I was interviewed by an AI bot for a job
In the shell game podcast in season 2, the company (of ai agents) hire a human intern, its weird.
voganmother42··on US missile hit military base near Iran school, video analysis shows
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/08/nx-s1-5739395/iran-school-air...
voganmother42··on War prediction markets are a national-security threat
Striking schools and killing school children has not reduced the inevitable response.
voganmother42··on I resigned from OpenAI
Respect for standing up
voganmother42··on OpenAI – How to delete your account
Cancelling my account may be a small action but it is not pointless. Expressing my views and voting with my wallet is my right. Even your seemingly pointless question is a good reminder of the impact we can have - thanks!
voganmother42··on Timeline: Anthropic, OpenAI, and U.S. Government
When will we get to add subverting the elections to the timeline? How does this autocratic speed run compare to others?
voganmother42··on The United States and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran
the drones just have to fly slower for the kids and schools…”Easy, you just don't lead 'em so much”
voganmother42··on OpenAI agrees with Dept. of War to deploy models in their classified network
OpenAI in action: https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2026/2/28/israel-strikes-...
voganmother42··on OpenAI agrees with Dept. of War to deploy models in their classified network
If you support openai, you support this admin, simple as
voganmother42··on OpenAI agrees with Dept. of War to deploy models in their classified network
Won’t anyone think of the poor billionaires?
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