Rich Gibson
@richgibson.bsky.social
http://laserloveandbeer.com, Python, maps, cocktail robots, author, maker
AI assist still failing at 21:45 PDT Saturday, says BJ's won.
November 2, 2025 at 4:46 AM
AI assist still failing at 21:45 PDT Saturday, says BJ's won.
Google thinks that the Blue Jays won the World Series 4 games to 1, at game 5, after saying it was 2-2 after game 4.
Betting against software improving tends to be a losing game, but relying on it for search requires a bit of skepticism.
Betting against software improving tends to be a losing game, but relying on it for search requires a bit of skepticism.
October 31, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Google thinks that the Blue Jays won the World Series 4 games to 1, at game 5, after saying it was 2-2 after game 4.
Betting against software improving tends to be a losing game, but relying on it for search requires a bit of skepticism.
Betting against software improving tends to be a losing game, but relying on it for search requires a bit of skepticism.
It is funny how 4chan participants feel so edgy when it was literally named for the old regime where we had four network channels.
October 17, 2025 at 4:53 AM
It is funny how 4chan participants feel so edgy when it was literally named for the old regime where we had four network channels.
It is talk like a pirate day.
Do you know the Pirate's favorite statistical modeling language?
Sure, a lot of them like R, but pirates have been around a long time, so mostly they use SPSS, it is what they are used to using.
Do you know the Pirate's favorite statistical modeling language?
Sure, a lot of them like R, but pirates have been around a long time, so mostly they use SPSS, it is what they are used to using.
September 20, 2025 at 4:51 AM
It is talk like a pirate day.
Do you know the Pirate's favorite statistical modeling language?
Sure, a lot of them like R, but pirates have been around a long time, so mostly they use SPSS, it is what they are used to using.
Do you know the Pirate's favorite statistical modeling language?
Sure, a lot of them like R, but pirates have been around a long time, so mostly they use SPSS, it is what they are used to using.
I like this quote "We design for the board of inquiry before we set the mast. "
There are a couple of other good lines for reflection, like 'start with the leak, not with the sail.'
The story uses a metaphor for AI of an automated canvas on a ship.
thedigitalshipwright.com/against-the-...
There are a couple of other good lines for reflection, like 'start with the leak, not with the sail.'
The story uses a metaphor for AI of an automated canvas on a ship.
thedigitalshipwright.com/against-the-...
Against the Self-Sailing Ship
A fleet architect’s guide to not wrecking your company on the shores of AI hype.
thedigitalshipwright.com
September 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I like this quote "We design for the board of inquiry before we set the mast. "
There are a couple of other good lines for reflection, like 'start with the leak, not with the sail.'
The story uses a metaphor for AI of an automated canvas on a ship.
thedigitalshipwright.com/against-the-...
There are a couple of other good lines for reflection, like 'start with the leak, not with the sail.'
The story uses a metaphor for AI of an automated canvas on a ship.
thedigitalshipwright.com/against-the-...
Trump supported by Rolex
September 7, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Trump supported by Rolex
Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz is really good. It captures the current moment layered with our recent history.
August 10, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz is really good. It captures the current moment layered with our recent history.
@deathcarpets.sisc.one I made these because shame is such a big issue.
June 20, 2025 at 7:35 AM
@deathcarpets.sisc.one I made these because shame is such a big issue.
What kind of staring contest does the current supreme court always lose?
Stare decisis.
Stare decisis.
June 17, 2025 at 12:57 AM
What kind of staring contest does the current supreme court always lose?
Stare decisis.
Stare decisis.
I will allow this king.
June 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I will allow this king.
If you title a story "Building a Local AI Agent with Human-Like Memory" then I am going to reflect that you should probably aspire to do better than human 'rewrite on use,' patchy assed partial remembrance.
I would like computer like memory please. With error detection _and_ correction.
I would like computer like memory please. With error detection _and_ correction.
May 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
If you title a story "Building a Local AI Agent with Human-Like Memory" then I am going to reflect that you should probably aspire to do better than human 'rewrite on use,' patchy assed partial remembrance.
I would like computer like memory please. With error detection _and_ correction.
I would like computer like memory please. With error detection _and_ correction.
"Nor was it disdain for Python, which still performs its duties with the reliable, if somewhat plodding, consistency of an aging but trustworthy tractor."
His description of Python echoes my self image. Aging by trustworthy
medium.com/@krisguttenb...
His description of Python echoes my self image. Aging by trustworthy
medium.com/@krisguttenb...
De Profundis: Month 1 of 12 in My Year of Deliberate Pain with Rust
In which a seasoned developer embraces the path of the empty mind and discovers that physical and mental transformation share curious parallels On the most appropriate date possible — April 1st — I…
medium.com
May 1, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"Nor was it disdain for Python, which still performs its duties with the reliable, if somewhat plodding, consistency of an aging but trustworthy tractor."
His description of Python echoes my self image. Aging by trustworthy
medium.com/@krisguttenb...
His description of Python echoes my self image. Aging by trustworthy
medium.com/@krisguttenb...
I questioned chatgpt and it appears that it went out and got new information.
April 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I questioned chatgpt and it appears that it went out and got new information.
If you use Matplotlib, this is a great story (with code) of creating animated scatter plots of the Nepal earthquake and aftershocks.
medium.com/@sandeep.dha...
medium.com/@sandeep.dha...
Animated scatter plot with size legend using matplotlib
I have been looking at generating animated plots using Matplotlib. The official documentation provides an excellent example for basic…
medium.com
April 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
If you use Matplotlib, this is a great story (with code) of creating animated scatter plots of the Nepal earthquake and aftershocks.
medium.com/@sandeep.dha...
medium.com/@sandeep.dha...
I like this framing.
"Here is a standard test — look at people next to your cubicle or on the adjacent squares of a Zoom call and ask yourself if these people can even order at the drive-through window. And these people will be telling AI what to build?"
from: medium.com/recurrent-pa...
"Here is a standard test — look at people next to your cubicle or on the adjacent squares of a Zoom call and ask yourself if these people can even order at the drive-through window. And these people will be telling AI what to build?"
from: medium.com/recurrent-pa...
AI vibes
The new dream: one person, one AI, and a one billion-dollar company. All you need is to send your vibes to AI and the rest is done for you.
medium.com
April 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I like this framing.
"Here is a standard test — look at people next to your cubicle or on the adjacent squares of a Zoom call and ask yourself if these people can even order at the drive-through window. And these people will be telling AI what to build?"
from: medium.com/recurrent-pa...
"Here is a standard test — look at people next to your cubicle or on the adjacent squares of a Zoom call and ask yourself if these people can even order at the drive-through window. And these people will be telling AI what to build?"
from: medium.com/recurrent-pa...
Rereading Charlie Stross's The Delirium Brief, and the shutdown of the Laundry has massive resonances with the current attack on our government.
A lot of Chesterton's fences are being ripped out.
A lot of Chesterton's fences are being ripped out.
April 22, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Rereading Charlie Stross's The Delirium Brief, and the shutdown of the Laundry has massive resonances with the current attack on our government.
A lot of Chesterton's fences are being ripped out.
A lot of Chesterton's fences are being ripped out.
Reposted by Rich Gibson
Master and Commander/TNG Intro
this was rendering all day while I was out lol
this was rendering all day while I was out lol
April 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Master and Commander/TNG Intro
this was rendering all day while I was out lol
this was rendering all day while I was out lol
I bought a new CO2 laser power supply and tube. It came with a current meter with a knob.
I connected everything up, the laser wouldn't fire.
After an embarrassing amount of work I accidentally discovered that the knob controlled the laser!
A reminder to always explore UI affordances.
I connected everything up, the laser wouldn't fire.
After an embarrassing amount of work I accidentally discovered that the knob controlled the laser!
A reminder to always explore UI affordances.
April 18, 2025 at 5:41 AM
I bought a new CO2 laser power supply and tube. It came with a current meter with a knob.
I connected everything up, the laser wouldn't fire.
After an embarrassing amount of work I accidentally discovered that the knob controlled the laser!
A reminder to always explore UI affordances.
I connected everything up, the laser wouldn't fire.
After an embarrassing amount of work I accidentally discovered that the knob controlled the laser!
A reminder to always explore UI affordances.
Legally unaliving immigrants with legally acquired social security numbers by putting them into the Social Security Death index is among the most dystopian of his actions.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...
Pressuring Migrants to ‘Self-Deport,’ White House Moves to Cancel Social Security Numbers
By placing migrants in Social Security’s “death master file,” the Trump administration is seeking to cut off their access to credit cards, bank accounts and other financial services.
www.nytimes.com
April 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Legally unaliving immigrants with legally acquired social security numbers by putting them into the Social Security Death index is among the most dystopian of his actions.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...
Some advice articles read a lot like 'The importance of drinking water when it is hot.' So ChatGPT helped me to bring my advice to life.
medium.com/@richgibson/...
medium.com/@richgibson/...
The Importance of Doing Your Mom
An essential practice for modern developers and thought leaders
medium.com
April 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Some advice articles read a lot like 'The importance of drinking water when it is hot.' So ChatGPT helped me to bring my advice to life.
medium.com/@richgibson/...
medium.com/@richgibson/...
Reading/scanning lots of data articles, and Power BI is almost as amusing as CBT.
April 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Reading/scanning lots of data articles, and Power BI is almost as amusing as CBT.
Motivation: 'You didn't come this far to only come this far.'
Counterpoint: Sunk cost fallacy.
Counterpoint: Sunk cost fallacy.
April 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Motivation: 'You didn't come this far to only come this far.'
Counterpoint: Sunk cost fallacy.
Counterpoint: Sunk cost fallacy.
Pam Bondi about lawsuits '...trying to control where he believes our tax dollars should be allocated.' on Fox News.
Congress has the power of the purse. Not the president.
www.joemygod.com/2025/04/bond...
Congress has the power of the purse. Not the president.
www.joemygod.com/2025/04/bond...
Bondi: Anti-Trump Lawsuits Are "Constitutional Crisis" - Joe.My.God.
“Just since January 20th, we’ve had over 170 lawsuits filed against us. That should be the constitutional crisis right there, 50 injunctions. They’re popping up every single day, trying to control his...
www.joemygod.com
April 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Pam Bondi about lawsuits '...trying to control where he believes our tax dollars should be allocated.' on Fox News.
Congress has the power of the purse. Not the president.
www.joemygod.com/2025/04/bond...
Congress has the power of the purse. Not the president.
www.joemygod.com/2025/04/bond...