Charlie Francoise
@loderunner.bsky.social
passes Occam’s Razor with flying colors
FWIW, here’s my hunch: the price of bitcoin has been backstopped by a lot of tech + finance billionaires. They keep the whole system afloat by buying when it falls below a set threshold.
Many of them have now diverted their wealth to betting on AI capex. So there’s less backstop for the freefall.
Many of them have now diverted their wealth to betting on AI capex. So there’s less backstop for the freefall.
February 6, 2026 at 8:00 AM
passes Occam’s Razor with flying colors
Self-portrait — Henri de ToolUse-Lautrec
February 5, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Self-portrait — Henri de ToolUse-Lautrec
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AI-generated code shifts the real burden of development onto *validation*, yes.
But humans can't validate your code by reading it any more than tests can validate it by turning green.
"Is it gonna work? Is it gonna work?? IS IT???" Bub, you don't get to know til you put it in production.
But humans can't validate your code by reading it any more than tests can validate it by turning green.
"Is it gonna work? Is it gonna work?? IS IT???" Bub, you don't get to know til you put it in production.
January 24, 2026 at 3:15 AM
AI-generated code shifts the real burden of development onto *validation*, yes.
But humans can't validate your code by reading it any more than tests can validate it by turning green.
"Is it gonna work? Is it gonna work?? IS IT???" Bub, you don't get to know til you put it in production.
But humans can't validate your code by reading it any more than tests can validate it by turning green.
"Is it gonna work? Is it gonna work?? IS IT???" Bub, you don't get to know til you put it in production.
Claude is built by the best-paid engineers in the world, equipped with the most advanced coding agents.
Claude also has the uptime of a 2008 self-hosted WordPress.
Claude also has the uptime of a 2008 self-hosted WordPress.
February 4, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Claude is built by the best-paid engineers in the world, equipped with the most advanced coding agents.
Claude also has the uptime of a 2008 self-hosted WordPress.
Claude also has the uptime of a 2008 self-hosted WordPress.
I have in no way been aligned with the past 20 years of French politics.
But I have to admit I’m kind of enjoying how our country has been leveraging our natural talent at being snarky assholes on the international stage. 🤭
But I have to admit I’m kind of enjoying how our country has been leveraging our natural talent at being snarky assholes on the international stage. 🤭
February 4, 2026 at 7:07 AM
I have in no way been aligned with the past 20 years of French politics.
But I have to admit I’m kind of enjoying how our country has been leveraging our natural talent at being snarky assholes on the international stage. 🤭
But I have to admit I’m kind of enjoying how our country has been leveraging our natural talent at being snarky assholes on the international stage. 🤭
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There was no mastermind or grand scheme, but there was a successful effort by wealthy men, including Epstein, to destroy a status quo that they feared was trending towards greater accountability.
February 3, 2026 at 10:54 AM
There was no mastermind or grand scheme, but there was a successful effort by wealthy men, including Epstein, to destroy a status quo that they feared was trending towards greater accountability.
The culture of impunity is so strong that these men do crimes and then *email each other at length about it*
Making it make sense: Epstein wasn't a global mastermind. He did not orchestrate a vast conspiracy that led us to today.
He was a very rich man with connections to other very rich men. The shared culture of these men is that they have a right to dominate and abuse others without consequence.
He was a very rich man with connections to other very rich men. The shared culture of these men is that they have a right to dominate and abuse others without consequence.
February 3, 2026 at 11:55 AM
The culture of impunity is so strong that these men do crimes and then *email each other at length about it*
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Shocker: Moltbook is insecure and left users’ API keys exposed, allowing anyone to take over any account
www.404media.co/exposed-molt...
www.404media.co/exposed-molt...
Exposed Moltbook Database Let Anyone Take Control of Any AI Agent on the Site
'It exploded before anyone thought to check whether the database was properly secured.'
www.404media.co
February 1, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Shocker: Moltbook is insecure and left users’ API keys exposed, allowing anyone to take over any account
www.404media.co/exposed-molt...
www.404media.co/exposed-molt...
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The greatest trick God played on humanity is making us believe being a parent was somehow related to sex.
February 1, 2026 at 2:44 PM
The greatest trick God played on humanity is making us believe being a parent was somehow related to sex.
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New emails show Musk has been lying about his relationship with Epstein.
Musk to Epstein: ‘What Day/Night Will Be the Wildest Party on Your Island?’
New emails show Musk has been lying about his relationship with Epstein.
www.404media.co
January 30, 2026 at 9:30 PM
New emails show Musk has been lying about his relationship with Epstein.
If anything, this is additional evidence that Musk has never once taken care of any one of his children.
Capable of everything from factory work to... wait, what?!
January 30, 2026 at 10:46 AM
If anything, this is additional evidence that Musk has never once taken care of any one of his children.
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don’t let chatgpt in the shire
January 30, 2026 at 2:30 AM
don’t let chatgpt in the shire
"They program the AI" boggles my mind
January 29, 2026 at 7:13 AM
"They program the AI" boggles my mind
People excited with humanoid robots obviously do not share a home with a dog or a toddler.
Fauna, a new startup, is betting that humanoid robots will find success as hospitality workers, research assistants, and entertainers.
This Humanoid Is Ready to Bring You a Toothbrush
Fauna, a new startup, is betting that humanoid robots will find success as hospitality workers, research assistants, and entertainers.
wrd.cm
January 27, 2026 at 1:17 PM
People excited with humanoid robots obviously do not share a home with a dog or a toddler.
Cancel or... Cancel?
January 27, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Cancel or... Cancel?
I'm starting to grasp why "senior developers get more out of AI than junior developers".
It all relates to the concepts of "centaur" & "reverse centaur" from the theory of automation.
It all relates to the concepts of "centaur" & "reverse centaur" from the theory of automation.
January 26, 2026 at 2:12 PM
I'm starting to grasp why "senior developers get more out of AI than junior developers".
It all relates to the concepts of "centaur" & "reverse centaur" from the theory of automation.
It all relates to the concepts of "centaur" & "reverse centaur" from the theory of automation.
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Greg Brockman, OpenAI's COO, donated $25m to a MAGA Superpac, spare me finance.yahoo.com/news/openai-...
January 25, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Greg Brockman, OpenAI's COO, donated $25m to a MAGA Superpac, spare me finance.yahoo.com/news/openai-...
I just launched apiki, a TUI to manage environment variables in your current shell.
It's currently completely experimental, open to any feedback. Try it out, let me know what you think!
It's currently completely experimental, open to any feedback. Try it out, let me know what you think!
apiki
Terminal-based environment variable manager
loderunner.github.io
January 24, 2026 at 10:48 AM
I just launched apiki, a TUI to manage environment variables in your current shell.
It's currently completely experimental, open to any feedback. Try it out, let me know what you think!
It's currently completely experimental, open to any feedback. Try it out, let me know what you think!
You know what I love about Paris? This a literal 3 mins away from the goddamn Sacré-Coeur 😂
January 20, 2026 at 12:38 PM
You know what I love about Paris? This a literal 3 mins away from the goddamn Sacré-Coeur 😂
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“One notable MIT study found that 95 percent of companies that integrated AI saw zero meaningful growth in revenue. For coding tasks, one of AI’s most widely hyped applications, another study showed that programmers who used AI coding tools actually became slower at their jobs.”
AI Completely Failing to Boost Productivity, Says Top Analyst
AI may or may not excel at a lot of things, but from an economic standpoint, it's definitely not making us more productive.
futurism.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:52 AM
“One notable MIT study found that 95 percent of companies that integrated AI saw zero meaningful growth in revenue. For coding tasks, one of AI’s most widely hyped applications, another study showed that programmers who used AI coding tools actually became slower at their jobs.”
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January 19, 2026 at 12:16 AM
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This is 100% correct and the EU should do it immediately.
The USA will break if a bunch of entitled Americans suddenly can’t book get-aways in Paris.
The USA will break if a bunch of entitled Americans suddenly can’t book get-aways in Paris.
90 day suspension of US tourist visas and this is all over
January 19, 2026 at 5:50 AM
This is 100% correct and the EU should do it immediately.
The USA will break if a bunch of entitled Americans suddenly can’t book get-aways in Paris.
The USA will break if a bunch of entitled Americans suddenly can’t book get-aways in Paris.
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January 14th, 2026: Microsoft has finally realized I am still in the escalation chain for npm's AWS account and removed me.
January 14, 2026 at 11:13 PM
January 14th, 2026: Microsoft has finally realized I am still in the escalation chain for npm's AWS account and removed me.
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If there’s a better obituary for an evil cartoonist than an A.I. generated version of his character that fucks up the defining detail of its design, I can’t think of it. No notes. 👨🏻🍳 💋
January 13, 2026 at 6:47 PM
If there’s a better obituary for an evil cartoonist than an A.I. generated version of his character that fucks up the defining detail of its design, I can’t think of it. No notes. 👨🏻🍳 💋