Jake
@stuffjakelikes.ca
Former unofficial non-beer-affiliated global leader for attending CFL games fast. Fat vegan cat-dad and human-uncle. I like Nintendo, Star Trek, not being evil, and so on.
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Getting really fed up at work having to constantly argue with an LLM via an annoying human intermediary.
February 11, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Getting really fed up at work having to constantly argue with an LLM via an annoying human intermediary.
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it's literally impossible for an LLM to do a historian's job
it's not even LLMs sucking it's that they need data input to do anything and where's that data supposed to be coming from without historians
never met a computer that can dig through a thousand year old book in a library
it's not even LLMs sucking it's that they need data input to do anything and where's that data supposed to be coming from without historians
never met a computer that can dig through a thousand year old book in a library
February 11, 2026 at 8:35 PM
it's literally impossible for an LLM to do a historian's job
it's not even LLMs sucking it's that they need data input to do anything and where's that data supposed to be coming from without historians
never met a computer that can dig through a thousand year old book in a library
it's not even LLMs sucking it's that they need data input to do anything and where's that data supposed to be coming from without historians
never met a computer that can dig through a thousand year old book in a library
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the problem with AI “journalism” is that, as I discussed in this piece, LLMs eventually come up against the constraint that they know only what is legible to the digital. vast swaths of global happenings aren’t digitally legible and will remain so. only human reporters can describe those events.
Rejecting Reality in the Age of AI
The Internet and AI are encouraging more and more people to deny reality itself. Here's why that's bad.
little-flying-robots.ghost.io
February 11, 2026 at 8:21 PM
the problem with AI “journalism” is that, as I discussed in this piece, LLMs eventually come up against the constraint that they know only what is legible to the digital. vast swaths of global happenings aren’t digitally legible and will remain so. only human reporters can describe those events.
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9 months in, "peeby jeeber" has yet to become the widely accepted term for a pb&j. keep calling your representatives
unreasonably annoyed at the variance in slice thickness in this loaf of bread. look at the state of my peeby jeeber, dawg
February 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
9 months in, "peeby jeeber" has yet to become the widely accepted term for a pb&j. keep calling your representatives
I never liked hockey anyway
February 10, 2026 at 8:37 PM
I never liked hockey anyway
Fool me 999,999 times, shame on you. Fool me a million times, shame on me.
Jamie Raskin Reveals Trump’s Name Shows Up in Unredacted Epstein Files ‘More Than a Million Times’
Jamie Raskin Reveals Trump’s Name Shows Up in Unredacted Epstein Files ‘More Than a Million Times’
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) revealed on Tuesday that President Donald Trump's name appears in the unredacted Epstein files “more than a million times.”
The post Jamie Raskin Reveals Trump’s Name Shows Up in Unredacted Epstein Files ‘More Than a Million Times’ first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
February 10, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Fool me 999,999 times, shame on you. Fool me a million times, shame on me.
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When you get visited by three Puerto Rican ghosts
February 9, 2026 at 11:05 PM
When you get visited by three Puerto Rican ghosts
The rare Intentional Streisand Effect
Matt Kalil is suing his ex-wife because she told the world that his hog is way too big www.startribune.com/former-vikin...
Former Viking Matt Kalil sues ex-wife Haley Kalil over viral interview about their sex life
Matt Kalil, the No. 4 pick in the 2012 NFL Draft, is suing Haley Kalil, a social media influencer and former Miss Minnesota, for invading his privacy. She has filed to have the suit dismissed.
www.startribune.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:43 PM
The rare Intentional Streisand Effect
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U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
February 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
Olympia (1938)
What’s the last broadly popular piece of culture that has modern conservative premises at its heart? I really genuinely have trouble thinking of what it could be.
Bad Bunny “together we are America”
February 9, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Olympia (1938)
chat is this good?
according to a pediatric ER doctor my wife follows on Instagram they have started to see children coming in sick because their parents are asking ChatGPT what the correct dosage is on over the counter medication instead of just looking at the instructions on the bottle
One of the easiest ways to shoot down the idea that "AI" is an expert is to show how it deals with something people know about.
Younger readers may not get this as most appliances come pre-wired, but anyone 35+ can see these are chaotic fire hazards.
From Mastodon, AI asked how to wire a plug:
Younger readers may not get this as most appliances come pre-wired, but anyone 35+ can see these are chaotic fire hazards.
From Mastodon, AI asked how to wire a plug:
February 8, 2026 at 9:37 PM
chat is this good?
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Alright, where are my gifted kids at? You were smart and you never had to study and then you went to college and suddenly had to learn a new skillset overnight, that everybody else had years to learn, or flame out spectacularly?
That’s what talent is like.
That’s what talent is like.
In my experience, talent is a *detriment* to learning.
I didn't have to practice early on so I *didn't know how*. I didn't start to learn how to practice until my 30s! (When much of my life was taken up with parenting, so I didn't have time!)
I didn't start to improve as a musician until my 40s!
I didn't have to practice early on so I *didn't know how*. I didn't start to learn how to practice until my 30s! (When much of my life was taken up with parenting, so I didn't have time!)
I didn't start to improve as a musician until my 40s!
I'm going to say this again in case you haven't heard this one: I was a talented writer and it did *nothing whatsoever* because I hadn't put in the work, and I put in the work for ten years (subtracting the bit where I had to quit for my mental health) to write Witchmark
talent alone could *never*
talent alone could *never*
February 7, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Alright, where are my gifted kids at? You were smart and you never had to study and then you went to college and suddenly had to learn a new skillset overnight, that everybody else had years to learn, or flame out spectacularly?
That’s what talent is like.
That’s what talent is like.
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LOL.... i wanted to hear JD getting booed at the Olympics and when i searched for it on YouTube i got this
February 7, 2026 at 6:59 AM
LOL.... i wanted to hear JD getting booed at the Olympics and when i searched for it on YouTube i got this
I kind of want to get some smart glasses for the specific purpose of capturing footage of my kitties, but I assume I can't order them without quite rightly being put on a watch list.
February 7, 2026 at 5:20 AM
I kind of want to get some smart glasses for the specific purpose of capturing footage of my kitties, but I assume I can't order them without quite rightly being put on a watch list.
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Trump Defends Racist Video As Racist
February 6, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Trump Defends Racist Video As Racist
Me watching a judged sport at the Olympics: Wow, that was incredible!
The TV commentators: Oh no
The TV commentators: Oh no
February 6, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Me watching a judged sport at the Olympics: Wow, that was incredible!
The TV commentators: Oh no
The TV commentators: Oh no
For the first time I fear an AI might actually take my job
AI Chatbot That Only Responds ‘Huh’ Valued At $200 Billion https://theonion.com/ai-chatbot-that-only-responds-huh-valued-at-200-billion/
February 5, 2026 at 10:45 PM
For the first time I fear an AI might actually take my job
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big bill shakes is goated. sorry but i will never entertain the argument that he’s overrated. to write something like this and have it ring with such tremendous clarity four centuries later would be incredible if he pulled it off once but he did it dozens of times
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 5, 2026 at 3:50 PM
big bill shakes is goated. sorry but i will never entertain the argument that he’s overrated. to write something like this and have it ring with such tremendous clarity four centuries later would be incredible if he pulled it off once but he did it dozens of times
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I think it should probably be a bigger story that the president of the United States is a raving lunatic
Trump at the National Prayer Breakfast: "We hit 'em. And we want to hit 'em right, sir, and we want to hit them from the top! East, west, north, south. Sir, they won't know what the hell! And we'll knock them out. We did it politically correct. Five years."
February 5, 2026 at 2:29 PM
I think it should probably be a bigger story that the president of the United States is a raving lunatic
It's like I always say: fuck
February 5, 2026 at 5:54 AM
It's like I always say: fuck
GTA6 shadow drop, free for NSO subscribers
February 5, 2026 at 3:27 AM
GTA6 shadow drop, free for NSO subscribers
Love how Tony stops talking here and lets us take it in.
February 5, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Love how Tony stops talking here and lets us take it in.
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This feels personal. 😠
The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell
Somewhat devastating news today from the CIA: One of CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset. There's not even a hint as to why they …
simonwillison.net
February 5, 2026 at 12:47 AM
This feels personal. 😠
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February 4, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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this one is new to me and is so, so good
February 4, 2026 at 1:07 PM
this one is new to me and is so, so good