Dusty Schmidt

@dustyschmidt.bsky.social

Grimace of Bitrot I do not think, therefore I do not am TEMPERATURE=1.5

The Internet used to be an exciting and mysterious escape from the real world and it was all downhill from there. Now that it IS the real world it's nothing but scams, money extraction, and cynicism. You know, just like the real world.

At this exact time last week, a mathematician, wearing the same clothes, stood in the same place, looking at the same 3d cube, with the exact same thought of finally being able to think in higher dimensions.

Open source LLM ecosystem making huge strides lately. Really impressed by Kimi K3, just wish it were a tad cheaper. GLM 5.2 settled in as my daily driver, swapping to K3 or Qwen for image inputs.

"That will be 6.50. would you like anything else? Would you like sauce? Can I interest you in a free frostee key tag? Would you like to make your order a combo? would you like to round up to help kids at school? Would you like to sign up for our rewards program?"

There's no better person to make declarative all encompassing statements about programmers and LLM use than someone who's never programmed or worked with an LLM. Can't think of anyone more qualified to speak on the subject!

Hey, if its been a stressful day, just remember that Lindsay Graham finally kicked the bucket yesterday. Things aren't all bad. McConnell will hopefully officially croak soon too, he's been unofficially dead for over a decade anyways.

The Supreme Court is nothing more than a veto point for billionaires, corporations and racists—in a system which already has more of those than it needs. We don’t just need to demolish the corrupt Roberts Court—we also need to diminish the power of the courts to override the political branches.