Watching me and a very experienced teammate use coding #LLM tools very differently. He gives it a bunch of very precise structured information, precisely defined skills, etc. I start with a statement of intent/goal, and iterate a lot (more). His process: precise tool guidance My process: socratic

Words have meaning. It's what lawyers build their entire world view around. And it's also what LLM's build their world view around. It's *not* what most software engineers build their world view around (*code* & *data* have meaning) Interesting watching SE's struggle with being word-focused.

I think anthropic is taking "move fast and break things" a little too seriously... status.claude.com

The orange sun this morning is beautiful and ominous... #wawx #DuvallWashington

Washington State is on fire (east of the Cascades) and now we are getting the reminder here west of the Cascades. You can see the air turning yellow and brown minute by minute out here in the Snoqualmie valley. Time to inhale and hold your breath Seattle. #wawx #airquality #smokemap

A shrine to my nerdy younger self. In my parents storage for probably 37 years... Now it will be the background for my video meetings! #c64 #vic20 #c1541 #c1520 #commodore #300BaudModem #TapeDrive

It is utterly pathetic that the Seattle-area press are so-focused on the amount of time it took to disperse information to the press, rather than focusing on the underlying crime and why it happened and how it could be prevented again. Lots of thinly veiled agendas in the local press here.

@smartereveryday.bsky.social quoting @doctorow.pluralistic.net is not a convergence I expected. Destin's "made in america" experiment results in an honest plea for ethical capitalism, and doesn't rest on the basis of nationalistic jingoism. That's great. youtu.be/vS6HEes8daw?...

The PROBLEM with Capitalism - Smarter Every Day 316

YouTube video by SmarterEveryDay

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AI tooting it's own horn and then providing a disclaimer. I love it.

I wonder if people who insist on calling me to have conversations understand that 95% of the calls I get are spam and if its important you will leave a voicemail or email me or something. Phone is a broken communications mechanism except between people I already know. Useless.

Anyone who wants to complain about the Seattle Freeze needs to be introduced to the Seattle Sizzle that we are currently experiencing...

OK, I know its a little early, and I might be jumping the gun a bit here, but I am just gonna say what we're all thinking. Jimothy for President in 2028 AMIRITE?! Seems like a shoe-in. #Jimothy

Sure, the mercator projection makes the scale of the smoke look larger in the ARTIC OCEAN!!!! fire.airnow.gov#2/60.8/-72.95

Dang they really got a category for everything

Instead of welcoming foreign PhD students, we're now explicitly telling them to study elsewhere. Xenophobia is literally more important than economic development to these people. The chief of DHS is a plumber. Of course he doesn't think PhD's are important? www.highereddive.com/news/trump-a...

Trump administration caps student visa stays at 4 years under final rule

Critics have castigated the measure, arguing it ignores average degree completion times and creates unnecessary burdens for international students.

highereddive.com

It has been criminally underreported but Kelsey Pfendler has just rowed solo across the Pacific Ocean from the US coast to Hawaii in record time. A 2,400-mile unsupported journey in 43 days, 17 hours, and 55 minutes. Notably beating the Men’s record by 9 whole days.

this "freedom fuel" gas chain being promoted by the White House has got to be one of the cheesiest, transparently gritty things the White House has done in at least a week. What happens when they start losing money selling gas below market prices? Or is someone funding this as propaganda?

Parody is powerful.

Nick Lutsko@nicklutsko.bsky.social · last mo.

Important information on West Coast Elf Rallies

I guess we're adopting the InfoWars elf as our satire expression of resistance now? infowarself.com

Thank you so much for all of your happy birthday wishes. Honestly, I don’t really feel 100. I feel pretty good. I feel like I’m only 98!

Why do we all yell "Gooooooooooooooooolllllll" en español when the USMNT scores? Not just me, right?

As someone who uses AI tools all day long for software development, my perspective is that if AI tools were cheaper, then they would get used a LOT more. The economics and externalities are an interesting to think about. AI is _supply_ constrained and that's kind of shocking, honestly.

Project Hail Mary is actually a Barbie sequel where Ken ends up in the real world and gets a PhD and gets sent to space.

It's 9:48 and the sun hasn't set yet. Been in the #pnw for 3 years and I'm still not used to this...

My life has been very fumbdumbled since my dad got sick and then passed away. Lots of changes, big decisions, etc. Light at end of tunnel though... I just invented it (I think?), and I'm pretty proud of it. Fumbdumbled - so overwhelmed that one can't deal with things like a normal person could.

It's almost as if they ridiculed the fascist adjacent nationalist jingoism in The Boys and then decided it was actually a good idea after all ... www.newsweek.com/ring-girls-o...

Ring girls’ outfits at Trump’s UFC Fight revealed—includes flag code breach

UFC’s White House ring girl outfits spark backlash, with critics saying the star-spangled designs may conflict with U.S. Flag Code guidelines on apparel use.

newsweek.com

These new Alaska Airlines seats I think are meant for people under 5'6" -- they do a perfect job of bending my neck over and bending my back in exactly the wrong locations. And they are soooo stiff and unpadded. I'm not in a race car here, I'm arms-folded, hunched over with a numb ass.

I couldn't care less about this basketball game, but I do want to see the reaction to Trump at MSG...

"Super Atomic" (the brand new #Aggrolites new album) will not disappoint! This album is like a "tasting flight" of Aggrolites.. a lot of original skinhead #reggae & #ska, melodic instrumentals featuring Roger Rivas, soulful songs featuring Jesse, and then a great boasting song for good measure!

While this might be a reasonable thing to call for, boy does it sound self-serving (the same reasons big companies call for regulations *after* they've dominated a market). abc7news.com/post/san-fra... #AI #Anthropic

Anthropic warns that AI could soon escape human control, calls for global freeze on development

SF-based Anthropic says the most powerful AI models are showing they could escape human control. The company is calling for a global freeze on development to give society time to catch up and make sur...

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