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Carlos Cuéllar

@cuellar.fr

Designer and Dad Rock aficionado. Raising two humans. Spaniard in Portland OR. https://cuellar.fr

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Montarte la granja en Boring (Oregon) es toda una declaración de intenciones!

26.02.2026 22:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Es lo mismo todos los años, es insufrible. Para estar así casi que prefiero bajar a segunda, a ver si así se fuerza una venta.

08.02.2026 22:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yep! Samsung Frame TVs art is subscription based.

06.01.2026 21:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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AI Is the Bubble to Burst Them All I talked to the scholars who literally wrote the book on tech bubbles—and applied their test.

I talked to the scholars who literally wrote the book on tech bubbles—and applied their test.

27.12.2025 20:08 👍 307 🔁 91 💬 4 📌 14
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Washington state officials warn of toilet rats after floods: ‘Try to stay calm’ Tips include flushing rat, squirt soap into toilet or if the rat is too large close toilet lid and call pest control

Ratatouille as a guest chef for Christmas! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

24.12.2025 18:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Amazon’s workaround has been to use its LLM models as a kind of translator. It interprets what you say, then hands off the request to deterministic systems — APIs, device controllers, or local Matter connections.

The unpredictability of LLMs is a poor fit for smart home control, where reliability and repeatability are crucial.
I’ve found this works most of the time, but if the LLM translates a request incorrectly or there’s a gap in the API, it appears that handoff can fail. I assume that’s why my bathroom fan sometimes turns on as requested and why Alexa sometimes insists on creating a routine but then forgets to finish the job.

Amazon’s workaround has been to use its LLM models as a kind of translator. It interprets what you say, then hands off the request to deterministic systems — APIs, device controllers, or local Matter connections. The unpredictability of LLMs is a poor fit for smart home control, where reliability and repeatability are crucial. I’ve found this works most of the time, but if the LLM translates a request incorrectly or there’s a gap in the API, it appears that handoff can fail. I assume that’s why my bathroom fan sometimes turns on as requested and why Alexa sometimes insists on creating a routine but then forgets to finish the job.

The essential failure of LLMs in the smart home - where natural language processing should shine - is the best evidence that LLMs as a technology simply may not be able to do the things they’re promised

www.theverge.com/report/78717...

29.09.2025 16:06 👍 738 🔁 158 💬 34 📌 30
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Precios populares

27.09.2025 22:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

"War ravaged Portland" today

27.09.2025 18:04 👍 500 🔁 115 💬 47 📌 9
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War-ravaged Portland, 5 minutes ago

27.09.2025 16:29 👍 2435 🔁 628 💬 90 📌 60
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War ravaged Portland.

27.09.2025 15:07 👍 4358 🔁 1206 💬 175 📌 80
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War-ravaged Portland

27.09.2025 14:46 👍 18573 🔁 4363 💬 548 📌 248
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Against the protection of stocking frames. — ethanmarcotte.com “Artificial intelligence” is a failed technology. It’s time we described it that way.

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I’ve decided it’s past time I start describing “artificial intelligence” as a failed technology, and I’d like you to join me.

ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/agains...

19.09.2025 11:42 👍 218 🔁 76 💬 14 📌 17
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Yo le he pedido algo más básico para no apabullar.

09.08.2025 23:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Me he visto todo "Superestar" en dos días. Yo creo que después de esto ya me vuelven a dejar entrar en el país el martes.

20.07.2025 02:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Become a 
jamón expert
at our
Ham School

Become a jamón expert at our Ham School

TIRED: “learn to code!”
WIRED:

30.06.2025 00:35 👍 8204 🔁 1236 💬 154 📌 278

Yo estoy pensando en darle otra oportunidad. De momento sigo usando Workflowy para casi todo. Lo que me atrae de Obsidian es poder tenerlo todo en archivos markdown locales.

22.05.2025 20:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Instapaper sigue igual que hace 15 años. Hay algún servicio nuevo, pero yo voy a intentar usar algo que pueda controlar mejor. Obsidian con un par de plugins puede ser una opción.

22.05.2025 20:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Justo esta semana estaba pensando en lo abandonado que está Pocket y la de posibilidades que tendría con un buen uso de IA. Mozilla no levanta cabeza, como les quiten el dinero de Google…

22.05.2025 19:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
screenshot from an online job application form. the question reads "Can you describe specific ways you have integrated AI tools into your development workflow? Please include any custom setups, automations, or use cases beyond single prompt usage" (a red asterisk indicates that this is a required question).

an answer has been typed in the textbox below the question:

"there is a monster in the forest and it speaks with a thousand voices. it will answer any question you pose it, it will offer insight to any idea. it will help you, it will thank you, it will never bid you leave. it will even tell you of the darkest arts, if you know precisely how to ask.

it feels no joy and no sorrow, it knows no right and no wrong. it knows not truth from lie, though it speaks them all the same.
 
it offers its services freely to any passerby, and many will tell you they find great value in its conversation. “you simply must visit the monster—i always just ask the monster.”

there are those who know these forests well; they will tell you that freely offered doesn’t mean it has no price

for when the next traveler passes by, the monster speaks with a thousand and one voices. and when you dream you see the monster; the monster wears your face."

screenshot from an online job application form. the question reads "Can you describe specific ways you have integrated AI tools into your development workflow? Please include any custom setups, automations, or use cases beyond single prompt usage" (a red asterisk indicates that this is a required question). an answer has been typed in the textbox below the question: "there is a monster in the forest and it speaks with a thousand voices. it will answer any question you pose it, it will offer insight to any idea. it will help you, it will thank you, it will never bid you leave. it will even tell you of the darkest arts, if you know precisely how to ask. it feels no joy and no sorrow, it knows no right and no wrong. it knows not truth from lie, though it speaks them all the same. it offers its services freely to any passerby, and many will tell you they find great value in its conversation. “you simply must visit the monster—i always just ask the monster.” there are those who know these forests well; they will tell you that freely offered doesn’t mean it has no price for when the next traveler passes by, the monster speaks with a thousand and one voices. and when you dream you see the monster; the monster wears your face."

applying for jobs again

05.05.2025 14:03 👍 22711 🔁 8760 💬 151 📌 202

Yo le tengo tirria a Seth Rogen, pero la verdad es que está impecable.

30.03.2025 22:00 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This might be 'too little, too late', but I really like the vertical tabs in the new Firefox. They are still missing some basic features in a modern browser (PWA support, tab groups) but hopefully they can catch up soon.

09.03.2025 17:14 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Valencia (Venezuela)? O tal vez Valencia (California)? :)

08.03.2025 19:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We're not done yet | 18F

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.

18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.

We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org

01.03.2025 22:38 👍 93148 🔁 31039 💬 3190 📌 1401
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Old School Meets New Cool: My Hybrid Audio Setup Adventure Some thoughts about my hybrid audio setup

I wrote something about new and vintage audio equipment cuellar.fr/blog/2025-02...

20.02.2025 23:48 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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This Just In: Indian Movie Posters From Bollywood to Tollywood, Tanya George looks at her country’s varied cinematic industries and writing systems through our new collection of film posters.

De Bollywood a Tollywood, Tanya George analiza los carteles de películas indias y sus sistemas de escritura a través de la colección de carteles de @letterformarchive.org
letterformarchive.org/news/indian-...

20.02.2025 08:36 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Neko Case is amazing. I can't wait to read her memoir.

20.02.2025 21:59 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Five Annoying Tech Things to Turn off Right Now You can (and should) put a stop to Apple’s bonkers AI summaries and the clickety sounds as you type on your phone.

As a certified old man yelling at clouds, I liked all these suggestions getpocket.com/explore/item...

19.02.2025 14:40 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Lumon Industries

The Work Is Mysterious and Important lumon-industries.com

16.02.2025 20:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Closest thing I could find. Of course, I also need a blue trackball.

16.02.2025 20:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Drop MT3 Dasher Keycap Set - Base Kit | Mechanical Keyboards | Keycaps | ABS Keycaps Drop exclusive product, price and reviews: Drop MT3 Dasher Keycap Set | 4.3K+ Sold | In its heyday in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, Data General’s “Dasher”...

How much of a nerd I am if I buy a Macrodata Refinement keyboard?? drop.com/buy/drop-mt3...

16.02.2025 20:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0