Alex Galarce
@alexgalarce.bsky.social
IMO there are few industry uses for image/video generation. The real productivity gains are found in code assistants
Sora 2 apparently cost something like $5 billion to run every year and so far made OpenAI around $1.4 million.
February 10, 2026 at 11:18 PM
IMO there are few industry uses for image/video generation. The real productivity gains are found in code assistants
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CHOTINER: And the pizza place, what’s it called?
ME: Dominos.
CHOTINER: Right. And you can order from your laptop?
ME: Yeah. Well, I can also use my phone. Sometimes that’s quicker.
CHOTINER: And all the food in your fridge and pantry. When do you eat that?
ME: Now hang on a second,
ME: Dominos.
CHOTINER: Right. And you can order from your laptop?
ME: Yeah. Well, I can also use my phone. Sometimes that’s quicker.
CHOTINER: And all the food in your fridge and pantry. When do you eat that?
ME: Now hang on a second,
September 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
CHOTINER: And the pizza place, what’s it called?
ME: Dominos.
CHOTINER: Right. And you can order from your laptop?
ME: Yeah. Well, I can also use my phone. Sometimes that’s quicker.
CHOTINER: And all the food in your fridge and pantry. When do you eat that?
ME: Now hang on a second,
ME: Dominos.
CHOTINER: Right. And you can order from your laptop?
ME: Yeah. Well, I can also use my phone. Sometimes that’s quicker.
CHOTINER: And all the food in your fridge and pantry. When do you eat that?
ME: Now hang on a second,
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DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression.
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
February 2, 2026 at 3:58 AM
DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression.
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
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mannn michael watts and catherine o’hara on the same day? bad!! don’t like it!!
Michael "5000" Watts, the producer who founded Swishahouse and helped propel Houston’s "chopped and screwed" sound to international heights, has died at 52
Michael ‘5000’ Watts, Swishahouse founder and Houston hip-hop pioneer, dies at 52
Houston hip-hop icon Michael "5000" Watts, the founder of Swishahouse Records and a pioneer of the "chopped and screwed" sound, has passed away following a recent hospitalization.
www.fox26houston.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:02 AM
mannn michael watts and catherine o’hara on the same day? bad!! don’t like it!!
when I realized JFK never wore North Face Denali (or any polyester fleece for that matter)
January 13, 2026 at 2:58 AM
when I realized JFK never wore North Face Denali (or any polyester fleece for that matter)
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This gives me painful thoughts to the history and story of pellagra. Referenced many times in the Grapes of Wrath, it was a vitamin deficiency that wreaked havoc on malnourished people, while the rich sneered
Why isn't it an issue anymore? Vitamin fortified foods.
library.uab.edu/locations/re...
Why isn't it an issue anymore? Vitamin fortified foods.
library.uab.edu/locations/re...
History of Pellagra | Libraries
Libraries at UAB, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
library.uab.edu
January 11, 2026 at 1:20 PM
This gives me painful thoughts to the history and story of pellagra. Referenced many times in the Grapes of Wrath, it was a vitamin deficiency that wreaked havoc on malnourished people, while the rich sneered
Why isn't it an issue anymore? Vitamin fortified foods.
library.uab.edu/locations/re...
Why isn't it an issue anymore? Vitamin fortified foods.
library.uab.edu/locations/re...
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marx is very explicitly pro-automation and anti-luddite. that is like. marx 101. i cannot fathom that we have marxists that identify as pro-luddite.
October 24, 2025 at 1:37 AM
marx is very explicitly pro-automation and anti-luddite. that is like. marx 101. i cannot fathom that we have marxists that identify as pro-luddite.
While I cry about the Bulls’ inability to make baskets, I’ll share my favorite The Onion series, about the ever-sensible Tim Duncan
theonion.com/citing-battl...
theonion.com/tim-duncan-s...
theonion.com/tim-duncan-a...
theonion.com/citing-battl...
theonion.com/tim-duncan-s...
theonion.com/tim-duncan-a...
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 AM
While I cry about the Bulls’ inability to make baskets, I’ll share my favorite The Onion series, about the ever-sensible Tim Duncan
theonion.com/citing-battl...
theonion.com/tim-duncan-s...
theonion.com/tim-duncan-a...
theonion.com/citing-battl...
theonion.com/tim-duncan-s...
theonion.com/tim-duncan-a...
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memory is poison. you can get these things high-centered in a crazy part of the latent space and it won't come out.
1) this is fucked
2) openai absolutely should have caught his
the thing I don't understand from a practical perspective is 3) how were people rehydrating the thing across multiple sessions in order to get juiced the way they wanted to? were they throwing out sessions where it didn't take the bait?
2) openai absolutely should have caught his
the thing I don't understand from a practical perspective is 3) how were people rehydrating the thing across multiple sessions in order to get juiced the way they wanted to? were they throwing out sessions where it didn't take the bait?
Uh… check out what ChatGPT allegedly told a man before he killed his mother and then himself.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 31, 2025 at 10:03 PM
memory is poison. you can get these things high-centered in a crazy part of the latent space and it won't come out.
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Speeding discourse is one of the quickest ways to see that many, many folks on the left also have a bit of a libertarian in them
There is no coherent argument against aggressive and heavily enforced vehicular safety regulations that doesn’t boil down to “nuh-uh, you can’t tell me what to do”
There is no coherent argument against aggressive and heavily enforced vehicular safety regulations that doesn’t boil down to “nuh-uh, you can’t tell me what to do”
January 1, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Speeding discourse is one of the quickest ways to see that many, many folks on the left also have a bit of a libertarian in them
There is no coherent argument against aggressive and heavily enforced vehicular safety regulations that doesn’t boil down to “nuh-uh, you can’t tell me what to do”
There is no coherent argument against aggressive and heavily enforced vehicular safety regulations that doesn’t boil down to “nuh-uh, you can’t tell me what to do”
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There are literal grown-ups who believe that NATO expansion is a prelude to 'Operation Bum-Rush Russia', where all the NATO countries will charge into nuclear-armed Russia one day for no particular reason and that's why invading Ukraine is anti-imperialist Praxis.
this is the simple answer to people who keep saying NATO expansion matters. Sure, it matters because it presented an obstacle to Russian imperial ambitions. Putin didn't invade because he hated NATO expansion, he hated NATO expansion because he wanted to invade
December 28, 2025 at 9:54 AM
There are literal grown-ups who believe that NATO expansion is a prelude to 'Operation Bum-Rush Russia', where all the NATO countries will charge into nuclear-armed Russia one day for no particular reason and that's why invading Ukraine is anti-imperialist Praxis.
She’s really good
December 19, 2025 at 3:16 AM
She’s really good
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So smaller populations don’t count when a fascist junta invades their territory? Interesting take
November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
So smaller populations don’t count when a fascist junta invades their territory? Interesting take
My beloved alma mater, shattered…
Op-ed: Three years after #Florida Gov. Ron DeSastrous gave it a right-wing makeover, the "new" New College under political hack Richard Corcoran is an expensive failure. www.heraldtribune.com/story/opinio...
November 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
My beloved alma mater, shattered…
I do NOT think the US should invade Venezuela, neither for resources nor for ideology
Bessent: "If something happens down in Venezuela, we could really see oil prices go down even more."
November 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I do NOT think the US should invade Venezuela, neither for resources nor for ideology
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Many modern technologists and computer scientists are very cogent systems thinker because any sufficiently advanced technology *is people*, all technical systems are socio-technical. The capital T Tech dipshits talking about “alpha” are mainly cosplaying finance people, regardless of their training
This is absolutely the case. Tech Guys of previous generations, to the extent that that category can be read back into the 19th and 20th centuries, were shockingly well-read by modern standards
it’s also notable how the techbros of today really don’t read *books* anymore - this was really not the case for the Tech Guys of earlier generations, far as I’ve been able to tell
November 12, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Many modern technologists and computer scientists are very cogent systems thinker because any sufficiently advanced technology *is people*, all technical systems are socio-technical. The capital T Tech dipshits talking about “alpha” are mainly cosplaying finance people, regardless of their training
(Supertramp voice OR Gym Class Heroes Ft. Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy voice): Take a look at my README
November 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
(Supertramp voice OR Gym Class Heroes Ft. Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy voice): Take a look at my README
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arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category – arXiv blog
blog.arxiv.org
November 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
Caves of Qud! Caves of Qud!
Prediction: In 20-30 years time we will see either:
1.) mausoleums that the pharaohs of old would find gaudily excessive
2.) a new heresy claiming an AI copy of you is the same thing as eternal life
or most likely
3.) both
1.) mausoleums that the pharaohs of old would find gaudily excessive
2.) a new heresy claiming an AI copy of you is the same thing as eternal life
or most likely
3.) both
Tech millionaire turned longevity pioneer Bryan Johnson devotes more than 6 hours a day to trialling different methods to turn back the clock. Can the rest of us learn anything from his radical approach?
October 2, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Caves of Qud! Caves of Qud!
There are no bad cities. Only different cities. I like ‘em all
What’s the worst city you’ve visited?
I’ll never go back to Myrtle Beach SC if somebody paid me
I’ll never go back to Myrtle Beach SC if somebody paid me
October 1, 2025 at 4:02 AM
There are no bad cities. Only different cities. I like ‘em all
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New Mexico, long at the bottom of state rankings for child well-being and educational outcomes, is on the verge of launching a first-in-the-nation free child care and preschool program.
The move would save families an average of $13,000 a year.
The move would save families an average of $13,000 a year.
This state will be the first to offer free child care, regardless of income
New Mexico ranks last among all states on child well-being, but its Democratic governor has committed to be the first to offer free universal child care.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
New Mexico, long at the bottom of state rankings for child well-being and educational outcomes, is on the verge of launching a first-in-the-nation free child care and preschool program.
The move would save families an average of $13,000 a year.
The move would save families an average of $13,000 a year.
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it’s 1942, which college football game should we go to on the subway?
September 3, 2025 at 8:23 PM
it’s 1942, which college football game should we go to on the subway?
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mobility is actually the loser strat think how pro you have to be to get everything you need without moving at all just bedrot era chad life
Complex multi-cellularity evolved three times on earth (plants, animals, fungi) and only animals did it in a way that allowed them to be mobile. But there's no set reason why this is the case.
We could totally have ended up with a second complex, multi-cellular mobile kingdom.
We could totally have ended up with a second complex, multi-cellular mobile kingdom.
July 14, 2025 at 4:07 AM
mobility is actually the loser strat think how pro you have to be to get everything you need without moving at all just bedrot era chad life