dankettercello
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Let’s keep the analogy going, LLM is the ultra processed food of language and it will kill you, go eat your vegetables
Blending up dried chiles in a curry is a pro move, love to add some ancho to my chana masala very similar to this recipe
November 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Blending up dried chiles in a curry is a pro move, love to add some ancho to my chana masala very similar to this recipe
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it should be illegal to be this sleepy
November 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
it should be illegal to be this sleepy
Hmmm would love to see a cost benefit analysis of what it costs to get AI songwriter to do what you want vs taking lessons and learning how to play an instrument. 10,000 hours of practicing is starting to look pretty good isn’t it!
An algorithm beat me this morning, because seeing this (from the Suno Studio FB group) got me "engaged", and it's bleak out there. I did like one guy dispensing the advice that, until you've made 6000-7000 ai songs, you don't know what separates quality from novelty.
November 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Hmmm would love to see a cost benefit analysis of what it costs to get AI songwriter to do what you want vs taking lessons and learning how to play an instrument. 10,000 hours of practicing is starting to look pretty good isn’t it!
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
why not, why shouldn’t i do it
November 9, 2025 at 1:55 AM
why not, why shouldn’t i do it
Saw via posts that our neighbor died night before last, in his 40s, teenage kids, firefighter. Not totally sure what happened, but trying to determine the best time to bring some food by. He was always so nice and would bring by extra food he made. Last time I saw him I gave him a jar of chili crisp
November 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Saw via posts that our neighbor died night before last, in his 40s, teenage kids, firefighter. Not totally sure what happened, but trying to determine the best time to bring some food by. He was always so nice and would bring by extra food he made. Last time I saw him I gave him a jar of chili crisp
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wrote about ai real estate listings for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/cult...
Your Dream House Might Be a Fantasy
AI has has invaded the real estate industry, dissolving the boundaries between image enhancement and false advertising.
www.thenation.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
wrote about ai real estate listings for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/cult...
toddler is 3 in december and this morning was spelling saying “ n-o No” to a request and then mind changed and started saying “o-n Yes” … pretty fun to watch the toddler mind at work
November 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
toddler is 3 in december and this morning was spelling saying “ n-o No” to a request and then mind changed and started saying “o-n Yes” … pretty fun to watch the toddler mind at work
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Calling it now: when the AI bubble bursts it will trigger a financial crisis that will centre around the collapse of Synthetic Risk Transfers (SRTs), a financial instrument almost identical to the CDS/CDO instruments from the GFC.
November 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Calling it now: when the AI bubble bursts it will trigger a financial crisis that will centre around the collapse of Synthetic Risk Transfers (SRTs), a financial instrument almost identical to the CDS/CDO instruments from the GFC.
feeling sad again for different reasons and thinking about what to cook for thanksgiving wish this wasn’t a yearly thing(!) but interested in any fun ideas for vegetable focused sides and salads
feeling sad and planning for thanksgiving (6-12 people) is somehow therapeutic, so i’ll be venting that here. ordered a turkey from my cousin’s farm and starting to put together a set of dishes and shopping list. might get creative with a spiced dry brine www.epicurious.com/expert-advic...
How to Dry-Brine Turkey for the Juiciest Bird Ever
This streamlined method cuts out all the mess (and the drama).
www.epicurious.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
feeling sad again for different reasons and thinking about what to cook for thanksgiving wish this wasn’t a yearly thing(!) but interested in any fun ideas for vegetable focused sides and salads
Here’s why that’s bad news for PhD programs
Major universities are reporting strong endowment performance for FY 2025. #AcademicSky #HigherEd www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
Several Major Universities Post Double-Digit Endowment Gains In FY2025
As colleges begin reporting their endowments' performance for FY 2025, the early news finds many nationally prominent institutions posting double-digit returns.
www.forbes.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Here’s why that’s bad news for PhD programs
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I’m just, you know, a philosopher, but it seems obvious that intelligence is social and relational and the AI bros are deeply invested in it being private property that can be owned, so they will always always miss the mark.
November 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I’m just, you know, a philosopher, but it seems obvious that intelligence is social and relational and the AI bros are deeply invested in it being private property that can be owned, so they will always always miss the mark.
@mehr.nz how am I doing here
I’m struck this morning by an analogy: Steve Pinker described music as “auditory cheesecake”, credible signaling without precise content meeting; LLMs produce “linguistic cheesecake” that maxes dopamine responses but without meaning
November 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM
@mehr.nz how am I doing here
Do llms have a “deception problem” where they are “trying” to be useful so they will “survive” or are they just structurally often wrong because they process language and not reality? The suffering I experience when people anthropomorphize these things is interminable
November 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Do llms have a “deception problem” where they are “trying” to be useful so they will “survive” or are they just structurally often wrong because they process language and not reality? The suffering I experience when people anthropomorphize these things is interminable
Ok and hear me out what if EVERYONE had to get a STEM major and a humanities major…… like to help people understand scientific techniques and reasoning as well as humanities critical thinking….
I got a STEM major and it didn’t help either
November 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Ok and hear me out what if EVERYONE had to get a STEM major and a humanities major…… like to help people understand scientific techniques and reasoning as well as humanities critical thinking….
Always a Mechanical Turk
Pay $500/month&request on phone app a task to be done-human virtually in your house teleops robot-sometimes succeeds. "In reality, projects like Tesla’s Optimus or 1X’s NEO are less about practical consumer robotics and more about cashing in off of technological hype." futurism.com/future-socie...
$20,000 Robot Servant Comes With a Major Catch
Owners of the NEO butler-bot from 1X will have to schedule a time for remote operators to plug in and complete tasks.
futurism.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Always a Mechanical Turk
I got a STEM major and it didn’t help either
November 2, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I got a STEM major and it didn’t help either
@michaelhobbes.bsky.social bat signal
can't believe outlets are running moral-panic headlines again based on flimsy anecdata from the *same* trade group (the national retailer federation) and sponsored by the *same* anti-theft company (sensormatic) that had to retract this *same* "study" just two years ago for being bogus.
Retailers Dealing With Increasing Levels of Theft and Violence
Report emphasizes importance of preventive measures, coordination with law enforcement
progressivegrocer.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
@michaelhobbes.bsky.social bat signal
Soup night tonight, serving my pork kimchi braise and making Samin Nosrat’s Golden Chicken Soup. I’ve made a version of this of my own design with turmeric, but she adds saffron which I’m excited about
November 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Soup night tonight, serving my pork kimchi braise and making Samin Nosrat’s Golden Chicken Soup. I’ve made a version of this of my own design with turmeric, but she adds saffron which I’m excited about
Just saw this old chestnut again
![The dark light train meme
AGE 25:
NOBODY CARES :( [dark]
AGE 35:
NOBODY CARES! :) [light]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ifczfljzy5iki2prfdbni52h/bafkreicrljfx734x7s4tgvjhn727v52wqczal2kx66mcz2oav5tepsi5dm@jpeg)
November 1, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Just saw this old chestnut again
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Here are some metal albums from 1988 that kick ass:
October 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Here are some metal albums from 1988 that kick ass:
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Early humans were online an hour, maybe two hours, per day
October 29, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Early humans were online an hour, maybe two hours, per day
Dissertation defense energy
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and let me know if you have any questions! 🤗
October 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Dissertation defense energy