@sarahofswords
A frequently-deleted record of random takes on the daily outrages we suffer. Ex-Google, ex-FB, ex-whatever has formed my tech opinions. SRE. Also, miniature painting, Warhammer, foreign languages, and books.
"it would be unconscionable to hold these promising young men accountable for the actions of a few bad nouns
perhaps some kind of age verification on the internet will prevent American racism"
move fast and break things?
no, more like an ork waaaaaaauuughh
what atrocity do they have planned for after market close
this era is 10x more annoying than the early cloud or early linux days because everyone with a middle school diploma can be an armchair expert in anything. this isn't new, it's just accelerated. trick is, as always, to ignore the bullshitters and keep learning & building new stuff
"great word, very old fashioned word, 'fatwa'"
the Captain America mythos started because Niacin (B3) supplements made those men big and strong instead of weak and dying from pellagra due to Depression-era corn mush
San Fransokyo from Big Hero 6
(smacking side of 747): hoo-eee you can fit a lot of bribes in this baby
I am old, so using LLMs and linters and autocomplete and compiler-time checks for code generation and verification doesn't seem awful, it's like sending Bishop to crawl through the access pipe to pilot the dropship
like hell yeah man, Bishop should go!
screen shot of a simple game
OK, dallying with Claude and Rust and I believe I have a fair mockup of a multiplayer version of Asteroids here
adios, von Cheesewhiz
Automate Jira interactions
since we're in the Mirror Universe now, it'd be appropriate if Lewandowski showed up in skimpy clothes and said, "I've always been a Secretary's lover. I like being a Secretary's lover."
how many Eldar are involved
can't imagine that there's a single service tray item in any of the illegal administration planes that doesn't have a camera, bug, or tracker in it.
"Ow! one of these airplane peanuts hurt my tooth."
(looking) "No, that's a surface-mounted GPS chip."
inset photo of the billionaire's toy yacht is 👩🍳💋
"We need simpler houses that aren't bound by the current building codes, zoning, and occupancy laws."
"uh, that's just shanties with more steps."
can't wait for us to combine LLM vibe coding, influencer video algorithms, and social media so that we get
"I'd love to code up more privacy protections but that wasn't trending well, so we're back to anime waifu dress physics for this tax application. Subscribe, join patreon, and star my github."
Ultimate level heel turn
Apropos of nothing here are some of my snapshots of Najaf. December 2003
"Not sure if this is related to LLMs and programming, but," (shrugging) "everyone has to get their licks in."
Ex Machina's world is one where no sci-fi films have ever been made. Otherwise: "Oh, you're torturing things to see whether they're sentient? You sexually exploit them? No thanks. I'll walk the 90 miles out of here. Get a tuna sandwich on the way or something. These robots are gonna kill you, man."
so Oscar Isaac really did have his portrayal of Sergei on the nose in Ex Machina
I was forced to watch TV news when I had breakfast in a diner recently and I strongly resonated with the sentiment that being an intelligent person in America today is like being awake during a surgery.
Silicon Valley reinventing all kinds of addiction and saying "the computer made me do it"
"hey, they need $50B in supplemental appropriations."
"Could you just ... not?"
Vibe coded netrek-style game in Rust.
A full game? Nope. Able to have the ships move, multiple ships connect (on my machine), fire phasers and torpedoes, cloak, deal damage and explode? Yes.
Pretty amazing with almost all the code generated.
I view it as:
- punching Iran still less popular with voters than rounding up the neighbors who build houses, clean hotels, take care of the elderly, serve you food etc.
- calling out the military force of the USA bought Trump a 3-4% bump in his baseline approval for a few days and nothing more
perhaps a first thought, which would be an improvement
