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this is him here
I write books about programming --> https://shop.jcoglan.com/
I write books about programming --> https://shop.jcoglan.com/
how do you get into doing a sport where there are 17 places in the entire world where you can practice it en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
List of bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton tracks - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 12, 2026 at 10:08 PM
how do you get into doing a sport where there are 17 places in the entire world where you can practice it en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
how come you can never leverage ayn rand fans into building more railways, a mystery for the ages
February 12, 2026 at 7:45 PM
how come you can never leverage ayn rand fans into building more railways, a mystery for the ages
this reminds me there's a type of enemy in void stranger that I mentally labelled "ramiel" bsky.app/profile/doom...
February 12, 2026 at 6:10 PM
this reminds me there's a type of enemy in void stranger that I mentally labelled "ramiel" bsky.app/profile/doom...
the heisenberg uncertainty principle, or, the HUP,
February 12, 2026 at 6:06 PM
the heisenberg uncertainty principle, or, the HUP,
further example: just seen someone pushing the idea that an LLM could play the role of a judge in arbitration cases. there's no reason to believe an LLM could do this, it's just not in the category of things they're good at, these ideas only occur to people because the UI is "person simulator"
the entire question they're pondering here is a category error that arises from the interface to this technology being framed as a simulation of a person in any sense whatsoever
To me the chatbots pose zero interesting questions about the ‘nature of selfhood’ but dozens about the nature of manipulation. Here the Claude team pretends they are programming the robot for ethical responses but they land on one that is false and disingenuous.
February 12, 2026 at 5:02 PM
further example: just seen someone pushing the idea that an LLM could play the role of a judge in arbitration cases. there's no reason to believe an LLM could do this, it's just not in the category of things they're good at, these ideas only occur to people because the UI is "person simulator"
it's me
video game horse expert
Video game horse expert on Umamusume: ‘I have supremely mixed feelings’
aftermath.site/umamusume-hors...
aftermath.site/umamusume-hors...
February 12, 2026 at 4:33 PM
it's me
"I made an AI clip of brad pitt and tom cruise fighting" that already exists! do you not want to see another new actor, director, cinematographer, composer, musician, writer, ever again. what is wrong with you
February 12, 2026 at 2:11 PM
"I made an AI clip of brad pitt and tom cruise fighting" that already exists! do you not want to see another new actor, director, cinematographer, composer, musician, writer, ever again. what is wrong with you
guy who owns sports team huge asshole, more news as we get it
February 12, 2026 at 1:58 PM
guy who owns sports team huge asshole, more news as we get it
people really love these "indirectly disclose personal information" prompts huh
February 12, 2026 at 10:45 AM
people really love these "indirectly disclose personal information" prompts huh
the entire question they're pondering here is a category error that arises from the interface to this technology being framed as a simulation of a person in any sense whatsoever
To me the chatbots pose zero interesting questions about the ‘nature of selfhood’ but dozens about the nature of manipulation. Here the Claude team pretends they are programming the robot for ethical responses but they land on one that is false and disingenuous.
February 11, 2026 at 8:36 PM
the entire question they're pondering here is a category error that arises from the interface to this technology being framed as a simulation of a person in any sense whatsoever
historically, tech was an infinite money printer because you can write a program once and then sell it or its utility unlimited times. you can keep building atop existing things and not have to duplicate effort on remaking things that already exist
February 11, 2026 at 2:43 PM
historically, tech was an infinite money printer because you can write a program once and then sell it or its utility unlimited times. you can keep building atop existing things and not have to duplicate effort on remaking things that already exist
we have basically automated the infinite monkeys eventually typing out shakespeare and we think they have a hive mind
February 11, 2026 at 2:35 PM
we have basically automated the infinite monkeys eventually typing out shakespeare and we think they have a hive mind
petition to get these people to stop eating douglas hofstadter books
Experiments conducted with the A.I. system Claude are producing fascinating results—and raising questions about the nature of selfhood. Gideon Lewis-Kraus reports from inside the company that designed it, Anthropic. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/rOfXjg
February 11, 2026 at 2:31 PM
petition to get these people to stop eating douglas hofstadter books
though this is obviously played for comic effect, it highlights a glaring issue with the "we built a C compiler with agents" hype post: already having a copy of the exact thing you're trying to build is a show-stopping problem for any real-world project
exple.tive.org/blarg/2026/0...
exple.tive.org/blarg/2026/0...
On The Crank Spectrum | blarg
exple.tive.org
February 11, 2026 at 2:27 PM
though this is obviously played for comic effect, it highlights a glaring issue with the "we built a C compiler with agents" hype post: already having a copy of the exact thing you're trying to build is a show-stopping problem for any real-world project
exple.tive.org/blarg/2026/0...
exple.tive.org/blarg/2026/0...
it is impossible to exaggerate the extent to which none of this will ever happen. it should also completely destroy his reputation for knowing about space, science, so on
This would have been a good point for someone to have asked, is that really how things work? Or is vacuum in fact an excellent insulator? www.ft.com/content/a5cf...
February 11, 2026 at 2:15 PM
it is impossible to exaggerate the extent to which none of this will ever happen. it should also completely destroy his reputation for knowing about space, science, so on
my MP just referred to "luke the nuke" an apparently was referring to a darts player and not akehurst
February 11, 2026 at 12:25 PM
my MP just referred to "luke the nuke" an apparently was referring to a darts player and not akehurst
"Labour is disliked in large part because it has governed to the left of the prospectus on which it was elected" again: how does janan keep getting this past an editor
Britain should pray that Starmer survives ft.trib.al/5esmO4p
Britain should pray that Starmer survives
The country did not and would not vote for the Labour left
ft.trib.al
February 11, 2026 at 12:18 PM
"Labour is disliked in large part because it has governed to the left of the prospectus on which it was elected" again: how does janan keep getting this past an editor
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ignore the smears, I can hear the falconer just fine
February 10, 2026 at 6:16 PM
ignore the smears, I can hear the falconer just fine
the entire genre of short-form video where someone monologues into their phone camera needs to die. not a single one of these has ever been good
February 11, 2026 at 10:34 AM
the entire genre of short-form video where someone monologues into their phone camera needs to die. not a single one of these has ever been good
hearing the party that's pursuing a vicious anti-migrant policy direction and dog-walking us into fascism is thinking of putting a military guy in charge? sounds great
February 11, 2026 at 10:32 AM
hearing the party that's pursuing a vicious anti-migrant policy direction and dog-walking us into fascism is thinking of putting a military guy in charge? sounds great
guess who just got yelled at
Discord says ‘vast majority’ of users won’t see its new age verification setup
Discord says ‘vast majority’ of users won’t see its new age verification setup
Age prediction could be sufficient for many users.
buff.ly
February 10, 2026 at 8:51 PM
guess who just got yelled at
god damn it discord is copying bugs from slack (creating sidebar items you cannot navigate to using the keyboard)
February 10, 2026 at 8:14 PM
god damn it discord is copying bugs from slack (creating sidebar items you cannot navigate to using the keyboard)
equitably automated luxury luddism
February 10, 2026 at 8:09 PM
equitably automated luxury luddism
I think taking "people are mad they can't understand bad bunny lyrics" at face value is silly. they're racists who are mad there is such a thing as a latino american citizen
February 10, 2026 at 6:47 PM
I think taking "people are mad they can't understand bad bunny lyrics" at face value is silly. they're racists who are mad there is such a thing as a latino american citizen
ignore the smears, I can hear the falconer just fine
February 10, 2026 at 6:16 PM
ignore the smears, I can hear the falconer just fine