brennan
@brennan.computer
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brennan
@brennan.computer
· Jul 31
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the dream of making entire assets smaller than a single image is real; we've made entire multi-level, dozens-of-models games in under 7 MB
entirely free and client side
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deploying solar panels over farms increases crop yields by up to 18% by preventing them from getting scorched, meaning huge solar power plants can be built with no harm to natural landscapes
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/19/f...
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/19/f...
France agrivoltaics trials show early crop and livestock gains
Data from agrivoltaic canopy trials in France, developed by energy producer TSE and the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE), indicate measurable temper...
www.pv-magazine.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:21 AM
deploying solar panels over farms increases crop yields by up to 18% by preventing them from getting scorched, meaning huge solar power plants can be built with no harm to natural landscapes
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/19/f...
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/19/f...
I'm pretty sure operating heavy machinery while drinking alcohol is half of our official citizenship test
February 10, 2026 at 3:53 AM
I'm pretty sure operating heavy machinery while drinking alcohol is half of our official citizenship test
computer dot com was just a website that taught you how to use computers, raised $9 million (in 1999 money, ~$16m today) and sold absolutely nothing
February 10, 2026 at 3:32 AM
computer dot com was just a website that taught you how to use computers, raised $9 million (in 1999 money, ~$16m today) and sold absolutely nothing
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Speaking of Superbowl ads, this Wikipedia article is quite a fun and informative read.
It even breaks down which of the many dot-coms that blew $$$ on Superbowl ads in 2000 are still around, and which ones went belly-up soon after.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-com...
It even breaks down which of the many dot-coms that blew $$$ on Superbowl ads in 2000 are still around, and which ones went belly-up soon after.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-com...
Dot-com commercials during Super Bowl XXXIV - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 9, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Speaking of Superbowl ads, this Wikipedia article is quite a fun and informative read.
It even breaks down which of the many dot-coms that blew $$$ on Superbowl ads in 2000 are still around, and which ones went belly-up soon after.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-com...
It even breaks down which of the many dot-coms that blew $$$ on Superbowl ads in 2000 are still around, and which ones went belly-up soon after.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-com...
I've been re-listening too!
it holds up. just friendly dudes in a nicer time
it holds up. just friendly dudes in a nicer time
February 10, 2026 at 3:10 AM
I've been re-listening too!
it holds up. just friendly dudes in a nicer time
it holds up. just friendly dudes in a nicer time
I told my parents to buy bitcoin at $200
February 10, 2026 at 3:03 AM
I told my parents to buy bitcoin at $200
in my head this is what fallout new vegas looks like and I realize that's unlikely to be true but I'm too afraid to check and risk collapsing my nostalgia bubble
February 10, 2026 at 2:49 AM
in my head this is what fallout new vegas looks like and I realize that's unlikely to be true but I'm too afraid to check and risk collapsing my nostalgia bubble
anna's archive but make it babel
February 10, 2026 at 1:29 AM
anna's archive but make it babel
the community is hilarious - literally my boss and I were watching all these anime waifu tutorials to learn how do to the comfy techniques and specific nodes that we could adapt to our stolid corporate tech image prototype
but they were the cutting edge! they were THE place to learn this stuff
but they were the cutting edge! they were THE place to learn this stuff
February 10, 2026 at 1:06 AM
the community is hilarious - literally my boss and I were watching all these anime waifu tutorials to learn how do to the comfy techniques and specific nodes that we could adapt to our stolid corporate tech image prototype
but they were the cutting edge! they were THE place to learn this stuff
but they were the cutting edge! they were THE place to learn this stuff
heh, yeah - I used comfy to prototype an image pipeline that now runs on a server at scale and has done millions of hits for the general public
we spent 2 months and thousands of tries to dial it in, there's a figma somewhere with grids and grids of test images searching through dozens of variables
we spent 2 months and thousands of tries to dial it in, there's a figma somewhere with grids and grids of test images searching through dozens of variables
February 10, 2026 at 1:00 AM
heh, yeah - I used comfy to prototype an image pipeline that now runs on a server at scale and has done millions of hits for the general public
we spent 2 months and thousands of tries to dial it in, there's a figma somewhere with grids and grids of test images searching through dozens of variables
we spent 2 months and thousands of tries to dial it in, there's a figma somewhere with grids and grids of test images searching through dozens of variables
sorry, it wasn't to dunk on you, I just needed to get two QTs into one
February 10, 2026 at 12:57 AM
sorry, it wasn't to dunk on you, I just needed to get two QTs into one
my S&P* index is doing great**
(*salt & pepper)
(**applied after five minutes rest on cutting board)
(*salt & pepper)
(**applied after five minutes rest on cutting board)
February 10, 2026 at 12:32 AM
my S&P* index is doing great**
(*salt & pepper)
(**applied after five minutes rest on cutting board)
(*salt & pepper)
(**applied after five minutes rest on cutting board)
if nothing else I just sorta enjoy it as a hobby, do a chapter or two before bed -- editing is much lower brain power than de novo writing
and it's weirdly fun to write a novel you don't super care about, I think some of my earlier books felt too forced because they "had" to be "good" (and weren't)
and it's weirdly fun to write a novel you don't super care about, I think some of my earlier books felt too forced because they "had" to be "good" (and weren't)
February 9, 2026 at 11:17 PM
if nothing else I just sorta enjoy it as a hobby, do a chapter or two before bed -- editing is much lower brain power than de novo writing
and it's weirdly fun to write a novel you don't super care about, I think some of my earlier books felt too forced because they "had" to be "good" (and weren't)
and it's weirdly fun to write a novel you don't super care about, I think some of my earlier books felt too forced because they "had" to be "good" (and weren't)
so I've been writing a novel in my spare time where I vibe coded a little editor app that has the LLM generated prose on the left, and then I take that and re-write it on the right
and then at the end of every chapter I feed it my version and am trying to teach it the diffs
it's... sorta working?
and then at the end of every chapter I feed it my version and am trying to teach it the diffs
it's... sorta working?
So far “telling a satisfying and well-written medium-length story” has proved far harder for LLMs than mathematical proofs, music generation, research reports, code, and many other forms of work.
The technical reasons are pretty clear, but they are supposed to be language models
The technical reasons are pretty clear, but they are supposed to be language models
February 9, 2026 at 11:12 PM
so I've been writing a novel in my spare time where I vibe coded a little editor app that has the LLM generated prose on the left, and then I take that and re-write it on the right
and then at the end of every chapter I feed it my version and am trying to teach it the diffs
it's... sorta working?
and then at the end of every chapter I feed it my version and am trying to teach it the diffs
it's... sorta working?
at work we made a little chat room where everyone is a cultist and it maps your webcam directly onto your head so you can walk around and talk to people
February 9, 2026 at 9:02 PM
at work we made a little chat room where everyone is a cultist and it maps your webcam directly onto your head so you can walk around and talk to people
February 9, 2026 at 6:17 PM
for sure, that is one of the sides of this
what I'm trying to synthesize is that there are more than just that position, and often the confusion seems to be people from different camps talking past each other while using the same words
what I'm trying to synthesize is that there are more than just that position, and often the confusion seems to be people from different camps talking past each other while using the same words
February 9, 2026 at 6:12 PM
for sure, that is one of the sides of this
what I'm trying to synthesize is that there are more than just that position, and often the confusion seems to be people from different camps talking past each other while using the same words
what I'm trying to synthesize is that there are more than just that position, and often the confusion seems to be people from different camps talking past each other while using the same words
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coding agents allow the emergence of outsider art for software development
February 9, 2026 at 5:06 PM
coding agents allow the emergence of outsider art for software development
oh man, unrelated: I'm not on tiktok but sometimes friends send me tiktok links and all of the see-also related videos after the one they send are crazy AI bait, but not visibly slop
and none of the comments seem to even know? they're reacting to it at the surface level; I don't think it's kayfabe
and none of the comments seem to even know? they're reacting to it at the surface level; I don't think it's kayfabe
February 9, 2026 at 5:34 PM
oh man, unrelated: I'm not on tiktok but sometimes friends send me tiktok links and all of the see-also related videos after the one they send are crazy AI bait, but not visibly slop
and none of the comments seem to even know? they're reacting to it at the surface level; I don't think it's kayfabe
and none of the comments seem to even know? they're reacting to it at the surface level; I don't think it's kayfabe
I had that thought too: maybe there's a world where superhuman AI stock-picking becomes successful enough that you take out 4% margin and get back 50% per year or 1000% per year or whatever just in crazy performance outside of indexes
(this would only work temporarily, at small scales)
(this would only work temporarily, at small scales)
February 9, 2026 at 5:31 PM
I had that thought too: maybe there's a world where superhuman AI stock-picking becomes successful enough that you take out 4% margin and get back 50% per year or 1000% per year or whatever just in crazy performance outside of indexes
(this would only work temporarily, at small scales)
(this would only work temporarily, at small scales)
yeah totally!
and I think you could go further where appreciation of certain mediums requires a certain load-bearing knowledge of those specific tools or process that creates those outputs
famously people don't like or 'get' abstract modernism and partly that's an education / context setting thing
and I think you could go further where appreciation of certain mediums requires a certain load-bearing knowledge of those specific tools or process that creates those outputs
famously people don't like or 'get' abstract modernism and partly that's an education / context setting thing
February 9, 2026 at 5:28 PM
yeah totally!
and I think you could go further where appreciation of certain mediums requires a certain load-bearing knowledge of those specific tools or process that creates those outputs
famously people don't like or 'get' abstract modernism and partly that's an education / context setting thing
and I think you could go further where appreciation of certain mediums requires a certain load-bearing knowledge of those specific tools or process that creates those outputs
famously people don't like or 'get' abstract modernism and partly that's an education / context setting thing
this would be my reply too, because I look into it every so often when the rates change
right now I can get a $100k loan at 4% on my existing assets
and you're going to make 3% in anything safe-ish maybe 6% in anything medium, or who-knows -20 to +20% in S&P
feels like margin barely works out?
right now I can get a $100k loan at 4% on my existing assets
and you're going to make 3% in anything safe-ish maybe 6% in anything medium, or who-knows -20 to +20% in S&P
feels like margin barely works out?
February 9, 2026 at 5:13 PM
this would be my reply too, because I look into it every so often when the rates change
right now I can get a $100k loan at 4% on my existing assets
and you're going to make 3% in anything safe-ish maybe 6% in anything medium, or who-knows -20 to +20% in S&P
feels like margin barely works out?
right now I can get a $100k loan at 4% on my existing assets
and you're going to make 3% in anything safe-ish maybe 6% in anything medium, or who-knows -20 to +20% in S&P
feels like margin barely works out?