"some LLM output is the result of a staggeringly expensive and long running quasi brute force search" wow
The giant ass ribs that flipped the car in the Flintstones opening would fix me
You’ll never fish again. I’m literally laughing out loud. What a dumb ass.
this is how my boss laughs when I crack a joke
cait (and adonis)@cait.bsky.social · last mo.lmfao what is this ???
Asking a trillionaire for a million dollars is the same thing as asking a millionaire for one dollar.
It’s amazing what can happen within a decade of time.
Justin@sitkaworldsfair.bsky.social · 4mo agoNo matter how much you despise Elon Musk, it's not enough. He's going to be tried for his many crimes, especially those crimes against humanity but only if we make it so. "It'll never happen." [cynical voice] If someone described 2026 to you in 2011 you'd have said they were insane.
This is becoming evident as good engineers work *around* LLM limits/shortfalls and ship good products *in spite of them* I’m not an AI guy but I’m seeing it happen and facts are just facts I guess 😮💨
dan@danabra.mov · 4mo agoi'd choose one made by good engineers. in my experience llm is a multiplier, so it can be –1 * 5 = –5, or 1 * 5 = 5
“I’m not ever gonna be that lucky” has been reassuring me during the most tense geopolitical incidents of my lifetime
Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫@lookitup.baby · 4mo agothe idea occurred to me that if there’s a nuclear war I don’t have to finish writing this talk, which means now there will not be a nuclear war. you’re welcome
If you lose standing for something that’s a victory and you will be welcomed by voters in the future if you continue to stand on it. It’s better to lose on principle than win on strategy. Because you pushed an agenda forward. The only true failed campaigns are the ones that flame out chasing polls.
Chantal James@chantalalive.blacksky.app · 5mo agoKat didn’t win. I don’t stan politicians or electoralism. But she brought fresh ideas from the left & she’s a powerful leader & I have hope for what she does after this.
Sure, why not. curl | claude --dangerously-skip-permissions. Eat Arby’s
Steve Klabnik@steveklabnik.com · 5mo agojust saw my first `curl | claude` instead of `curl | bash` and you thought the arguments over piping to bash were contentious...
another Black woman in the Senate a woman who wants to fuck Donald Trump up a woman who wants to abolish ICE thanks for this, Illinois
ashley 🌹@clearlyashley.bsky.social · 5mo agoSenator Juliana Stratton (D-IL)
Trying to explain to people that being a mid 20’s ambitious professional is something a lot of people (even women!) do and watching them melt like a cheese quesadilla
e.g. Alice Roberts@huge-jackedman.bsky.social · 5mo agoStop projecting
You keep saying “26 year olds” like that means anything. You might as well say *people who are 5’6”*. You sound crazy.
e.g. Alice Roberts@huge-jackedman.bsky.social · 5mo agoNo, I'm saying 26 year olds who seem to vacillate on very important policy and don't really have any particularly notable accomplishments maybe shouldn't be in the house of representatives.
If he's going to get a national profile on the strength of a younger woman's campaign, I'm going to come out and say it: during his short-lived tenure as a math professor, Biss had an inappropriate romantic relationship with one of his undergraduate students. I was that student.
NPR@npr.org · 5mo agoThe push for generational change in the Democratic Party faces a test in a Chicago-area congressional district, where the top candidates span three generations: from Gen X and millennials to Gen Z. n.pr/3PD5bZ6