@raynr.bsky.social
I’m here for AI, cybersecurity and politics, but try to avoid posting on the latter. Lurker.
Perhaps in-ironically, it is Trump who is making me re-evaluate the ideals of the true conservatism I grew up with, and push me back towards it — federalism being near the top.
People who advocate for electing the president by popular really are saying that federalism shouldn't matter - largely because they like the way that big cities would control elections. (For now.) This is dumb, especially now, when federalism has been a godsend.
A thread.
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A thread.
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November 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Perhaps in-ironically, it is Trump who is making me re-evaluate the ideals of the true conservatism I grew up with, and push me back towards it — federalism being near the top.
“these ads tapped into a larger concern about Democrats: that they were elitists who ruled by fiat, declined to defend their unpopular positions, and treated skeptics as bigots.”
On gender issues, these second two points are spot on.
On gender issues, these second two points are spot on.
The "they/their" ad was *extremely* effective, potentially a game-winner.
Can you lose an election on such narrow issues? Of course you can, especially if you nationalize elections so that every local candidate has to defend the national party's position.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Can you lose an election on such narrow issues? Of course you can, especially if you nationalize elections so that every local candidate has to defend the national party's position.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
November 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
“these ads tapped into a larger concern about Democrats: that they were elitists who ruled by fiat, declined to defend their unpopular positions, and treated skeptics as bigots.”
On gender issues, these second two points are spot on.
On gender issues, these second two points are spot on.
This is such a bad take I don’t even know where to start, it I’ll try.
1. I’m glad Google isn’t vibe coding the worlds most popular browser
2. There will be room for professional devs doing pro dev stuff for awhile
But this is like Access or VBA.
1. I’m glad Google isn’t vibe coding the worlds most popular browser
2. There will be room for professional devs doing pro dev stuff for awhile
But this is like Access or VBA.
Why does "vibe coding" usually not lead to anything productive? A great person to answer is @addyosmani.bsky.social: working on Chrome for 10+ years, and is the author of the book Beyond Vibe Coding.
Watch or listen:
• YouTube: youtu.be/dHIppEqwi0g
• Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/12dW...
Watch or listen:
• YouTube: youtu.be/dHIppEqwi0g
• Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/12dW...
October 30, 2025 at 1:54 AM
This is such a bad take I don’t even know where to start, it I’ll try.
1. I’m glad Google isn’t vibe coding the worlds most popular browser
2. There will be room for professional devs doing pro dev stuff for awhile
But this is like Access or VBA.
1. I’m glad Google isn’t vibe coding the worlds most popular browser
2. There will be room for professional devs doing pro dev stuff for awhile
But this is like Access or VBA.
Using @simonwillison.net 's llm tool in real life.
I am NOT a mongodb expert, so when a service we use internally failed due to DB errors I wasn't sure where to start.
Solution:
cat dclogs.txt |grep "chat-mongodb"|tail -n 100|llm -c -m 'gemini-2.5-pro' 'what does this tell you?`
I am NOT a mongodb expert, so when a service we use internally failed due to DB errors I wasn't sure where to start.
Solution:
cat dclogs.txt |grep "chat-mongodb"|tail -n 100|llm -c -m 'gemini-2.5-pro' 'what does this tell you?`
October 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Using @simonwillison.net 's llm tool in real life.
I am NOT a mongodb expert, so when a service we use internally failed due to DB errors I wasn't sure where to start.
Solution:
cat dclogs.txt |grep "chat-mongodb"|tail -n 100|llm -c -m 'gemini-2.5-pro' 'what does this tell you?`
I am NOT a mongodb expert, so when a service we use internally failed due to DB errors I wasn't sure where to start.
Solution:
cat dclogs.txt |grep "chat-mongodb"|tail -n 100|llm -c -m 'gemini-2.5-pro' 'what does this tell you?`
Here is an example of Claude Code using @simonwillison.net 's llm tool to query docs that are way too long.
I've found it to be super helpful to give the main CC agent a way to query docs w/o sucking up all the tokens.
I've found it to be super helpful to give the main CC agent a way to query docs w/o sucking up all the tokens.
October 18, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Here is an example of Claude Code using @simonwillison.net 's llm tool to query docs that are way too long.
I've found it to be super helpful to give the main CC agent a way to query docs w/o sucking up all the tokens.
I've found it to be super helpful to give the main CC agent a way to query docs w/o sucking up all the tokens.
This is hardly different than R's claiming that D's are the same thing as Hamas.
Insinuating that the entire South still supports slavery does ZERO good in moving the political climate in a helpful direction.
Insinuating that the entire South still supports slavery does ZERO good in moving the political climate in a helpful direction.
October 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
This is hardly different than R's claiming that D's are the same thing as Hamas.
Insinuating that the entire South still supports slavery does ZERO good in moving the political climate in a helpful direction.
Insinuating that the entire South still supports slavery does ZERO good in moving the political climate in a helpful direction.
"The most significant [limitations] to [MCP servers]... is in token usage... Almost everything I might achieve with an MCP can be handled by a CLI tool instead." - @simonwillison.net
I think you're doing it wrong 🙃 1/
I think you're doing it wrong 🙃 1/
October 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
"The most significant [limitations] to [MCP servers]... is in token usage... Almost everything I might achieve with an MCP can be handled by a CLI tool instead." - @simonwillison.net
I think you're doing it wrong 🙃 1/
I think you're doing it wrong 🙃 1/
@simonwillison.net re DGX Spark: early reports were that you could connect two of them together to run ~400bn models, do you know if that is the case on release?
October 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
@simonwillison.net re DGX Spark: early reports were that you could connect two of them together to run ~400bn models, do you know if that is the case on release?
@davidfrenchjag.bsky.social I’d love to see an op-ed that expands your theory on the interaction of Rom 13 and Democracy vs Emperor, as outlined in “Why MAGA Evangelicals Can Cheer Love and Hate at the Same Time”
Something that colors in the details, esp supporting that the idea that…
Something that colors in the details, esp supporting that the idea that…
September 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
@davidfrenchjag.bsky.social I’d love to see an op-ed that expands your theory on the interaction of Rom 13 and Democracy vs Emperor, as outlined in “Why MAGA Evangelicals Can Cheer Love and Hate at the Same Time”
Something that colors in the details, esp supporting that the idea that…
Something that colors in the details, esp supporting that the idea that…
65% of foster parents attend church weekly. A pretty good proxy for pro-life.
It’s not anywhere near *most* pro-lifers, but if the listed items are your policy goals alienating for people living it out is almost self-defeating.
It’s not anywhere near *most* pro-lifers, but if the listed items are your policy goals alienating for people living it out is almost self-defeating.
September 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
65% of foster parents attend church weekly. A pretty good proxy for pro-life.
It’s not anywhere near *most* pro-lifers, but if the listed items are your policy goals alienating for people living it out is almost self-defeating.
It’s not anywhere near *most* pro-lifers, but if the listed items are your policy goals alienating for people living it out is almost self-defeating.
Yes, this is me signing Jim VandeHei at @axios.com up for his own newsletters over, and over and over.
September 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Yes, this is me signing Jim VandeHei at @axios.com up for his own newsletters over, and over and over.
It’s unbelievable that this is just now the expected response. The administration doesn’t even try.
Cabinet secretaries, lying on the record
VARNEY: Do tariffs have anything to do with the slowing jobs market?
LORI CHAVEZ-DeREMER: Tariffs are working ... unemployment is still holding steady. Statistically, it's nonexistent.
LORI CHAVEZ-DeREMER: Tariffs are working ... unemployment is still holding steady. Statistically, it's nonexistent.
September 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
It’s unbelievable that this is just now the expected response. The administration doesn’t even try.
The problem is if Fox is as close as you get to DC this might as well be the truth
August 26, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The problem is if Fox is as close as you get to DC this might as well be the truth
I caught #ChatGPT trying to bypass the paywall at the Miami Herald during deep research, no prompting to ask it to do so!
Gives some extra credibility to the @nytimes.com lawsuit.
#ai #openai
Gives some extra credibility to the @nytimes.com lawsuit.
#ai #openai
August 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I caught #ChatGPT trying to bypass the paywall at the Miami Herald during deep research, no prompting to ask it to do so!
Gives some extra credibility to the @nytimes.com lawsuit.
#ai #openai
Gives some extra credibility to the @nytimes.com lawsuit.
#ai #openai
The worth of social media is determined in large part by the network effect: the value or marginal users is determined exponential, not linear.
Value = users^y
For #ai it will be access to information.
Value = information_sources_available^y
Value = users^y
For #ai it will be access to information.
Value = information_sources_available^y
July 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The worth of social media is determined in large part by the network effect: the value or marginal users is determined exponential, not linear.
Value = users^y
For #ai it will be access to information.
Value = information_sources_available^y
Value = users^y
For #ai it will be access to information.
Value = information_sources_available^y
Should’ve sponsored @simonwillison.net earlier but better late than never!
July 11, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Should’ve sponsored @simonwillison.net earlier but better late than never!
We need to stop calling LLMs non-deterministic, it’s not true. AI systems built on LLMs appear stochastic (random) because we build them that way.
If you run the exact same parameters thru the same model multiple times you will get the same result*. 1/x
If you run the exact same parameters thru the same model multiple times you will get the same result*. 1/x
July 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
We need to stop calling LLMs non-deterministic, it’s not true. AI systems built on LLMs appear stochastic (random) because we build them that way.
If you run the exact same parameters thru the same model multiple times you will get the same result*. 1/x
If you run the exact same parameters thru the same model multiple times you will get the same result*. 1/x