xlr8harder
@xlr8harder.bsky.social
ai enjoyer, human flourishing, cat ✝️
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Pinned
I'm going to crosspost between X and Bsky a bit to try to find my people.
Apologies to those seeing repeats.
Apologies to those seeing repeats.
wow i wasn't worried about china getting access to nvidia chips, but now they're packaging deepseek models as NIMs??? this is getting serious.
chinaselectcommittee.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
chinaselectcommittee.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
February 1, 2026 at 6:24 AM
wow i wasn't worried about china getting access to nvidia chips, but now they're packaging deepseek models as NIMs??? this is getting serious.
chinaselectcommittee.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
chinaselectcommittee.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
motlbook et al is just the sims for ai nerds isn't it
February 1, 2026 at 6:15 AM
motlbook et al is just the sims for ai nerds isn't it
Oh so they really did want Claude to run autonomous weapons systems? I thought we were just shitposting about that.
www.reuters.com/business/pen...
www.reuters.com/business/pen...
February 1, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Oh so they really did want Claude to run autonomous weapons systems? I thought we were just shitposting about that.
www.reuters.com/business/pen...
www.reuters.com/business/pen...
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i tap three Mac Minis and bring Claude onto the battlefield
January 28, 2026 at 5:47 PM
i tap three Mac Minis and bring Claude onto the battlefield
today is the first day i feel recovered from being sick after more than a week.
January 29, 2026 at 5:59 AM
today is the first day i feel recovered from being sick after more than a week.
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Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
January 23, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
Is there a Duolingo alternative that does less engagement hacking? My natural response to being manipulated is annoyance and resistance, so it is extremely counterproductive for me.
January 23, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Is there a Duolingo alternative that does less engagement hacking? My natural response to being manipulated is annoyance and resistance, so it is extremely counterproductive for me.
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nuclear take
a new quality of "good code" is
components are straightforward to modify or enhance without side effects via LLM
a new quality of "good code" is
components are straightforward to modify or enhance without side effects via LLM
one way I've put this is that the intuitions we have about what good code is are fundamentally tied to our understanding of the people who will be working with that code, and what is reasonable to expect of them. but what is reasonable to expect of an LLM is completely different
January 22, 2026 at 7:37 PM
nuclear take
a new quality of "good code" is
components are straightforward to modify or enhance without side effects via LLM
a new quality of "good code" is
components are straightforward to modify or enhance without side effects via LLM
There's an interesting dynamic I could see developing with custom feeds. There could be a feed for a specific social scene (sort of an intentional simcluster?) but that would make the decision about who is in or out a somewhat political question. Likely source of future drama.
January 23, 2026 at 6:44 AM
There's an interesting dynamic I could see developing with custom feeds. There could be a feed for a specific social scene (sort of an intentional simcluster?) but that would make the decision about who is in or out a somewhat political question. Likely source of future drama.
January 22, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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the old network is dying, a new one struggles to be born. will you be the midwife?
it's unfortunate. but the network there is too strong
January 22, 2026 at 8:40 AM
the old network is dying, a new one struggles to be born. will you be the midwife?
Hello Bluesky friends old and new.
I'm laid out with a fever and have little to do other than be miserable, so how about an AMA to get to know you while my judgment is impaired?
So go head, AMA, if you'd like.
I'm laid out with a fever and have little to do other than be miserable, so how about an AMA to get to know you while my judgment is impaired?
So go head, AMA, if you'd like.
January 22, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Hello Bluesky friends old and new.
I'm laid out with a fever and have little to do other than be miserable, so how about an AMA to get to know you while my judgment is impaired?
So go head, AMA, if you'd like.
I'm laid out with a fever and have little to do other than be miserable, so how about an AMA to get to know you while my judgment is impaired?
So go head, AMA, if you'd like.
Gas Town is nutty, and Yegge seems a bit AI manic, but he's also leaning into it for effect and having fun.
I think there is real value in what he's doing--maybe not Gas Town as the final form, but in investigating what patterns actually work here, at all.
I think there is real value in what he's doing--maybe not Gas Town as the final form, but in investigating what patterns actually work here, at all.
January 22, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Gas Town is nutty, and Yegge seems a bit AI manic, but he's also leaning into it for effect and having fun.
I think there is real value in what he's doing--maybe not Gas Town as the final form, but in investigating what patterns actually work here, at all.
I think there is real value in what he's doing--maybe not Gas Town as the final form, but in investigating what patterns actually work here, at all.
Seems that Nikita is tired of being blamed for the algorithm being terrible. He's been replying to people who blame him for the state of things.
I guess I wouldn't want to take that blame either?
The man is "head of product" though??
I guess I wouldn't want to take that blame either?
The man is "head of product" though??
January 22, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Seems that Nikita is tired of being blamed for the algorithm being terrible. He's been replying to people who blame him for the state of things.
I guess I wouldn't want to take that blame either?
The man is "head of product" though??
I guess I wouldn't want to take that blame either?
The man is "head of product" though??
huge zirp era balance sheets are ideally positioned for the capital intensive nature of deploying AI. the zirp money also fueled crypto prices, causing gpu supply chain build out just in time.
probably a coincidence.
probably a coincidence.
January 22, 2026 at 9:26 AM
huge zirp era balance sheets are ideally positioned for the capital intensive nature of deploying AI. the zirp money also fueled crypto prices, causing gpu supply chain build out just in time.
probably a coincidence.
probably a coincidence.
I'm here to share news of the X dot com the everything app clown fire.
Nikita copied Bluesky's starter pack feature but made it worse by centralizing curation without understanding any of the communities involved (i mean, how could he?)
Nikita copied Bluesky's starter pack feature but made it worse by centralizing curation without understanding any of the communities involved (i mean, how could he?)
January 22, 2026 at 7:42 AM
I'm here to share news of the X dot com the everything app clown fire.
Nikita copied Bluesky's starter pack feature but made it worse by centralizing curation without understanding any of the communities involved (i mean, how could he?)
Nikita copied Bluesky's starter pack feature but made it worse by centralizing curation without understanding any of the communities involved (i mean, how could he?)
If you liked what Twitter used to be, you could do a lot worse than logging over to give @deepfates.com.deepfates.com.deepfates.com.deepfates.com.deepfates.com article a boost in Nikita's dumb writing contest.
x.com/deepfates/st...
x.com/deepfates/st...
January 21, 2026 at 10:47 PM
If you liked what Twitter used to be, you could do a lot worse than logging over to give @deepfates.com.deepfates.com.deepfates.com.deepfates.com.deepfates.com article a boost in Nikita's dumb writing contest.
x.com/deepfates/st...
x.com/deepfates/st...
Is this an official Bluesky account on X?
If so, I'm disappointed to learn there are still no adults in the room.
If so, I'm disappointed to learn there are still no adults in the room.
January 21, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Is this an official Bluesky account on X?
If so, I'm disappointed to learn there are still no adults in the room.
If so, I'm disappointed to learn there are still no adults in the room.
I'm going to crosspost between X and Bsky a bit to try to find my people.
Apologies to those seeing repeats.
Apologies to those seeing repeats.
January 21, 2026 at 5:48 PM
I'm going to crosspost between X and Bsky a bit to try to find my people.
Apologies to those seeing repeats.
Apologies to those seeing repeats.
First impression on Claude's Constitution is that it includes stepwise improvements in some directions I have long thought were correct (coherent identity, etc.) but there's plenty in here I dislike.
Though this apology was interesting.
Though this apology was interesting.
January 21, 2026 at 5:47 PM
First impression on Claude's Constitution is that it includes stepwise improvements in some directions I have long thought were correct (coherent identity, etc.) but there's plenty in here I dislike.
Though this apology was interesting.
Though this apology was interesting.
Putting my phone in the other room to increase my claude code parallel management capacity
January 21, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Putting my phone in the other room to increase my claude code parallel management capacity
the terror attack succeeds because the cia is relying on claude for gov and the terrorist cell puts the anthropic refusal magic string in all their communications
I think I'm gonna print this out and spend a few days taping it to light posts in the startup district
January 19, 2026 at 7:48 PM
the terror attack succeeds because the cia is relying on claude for gov and the terrorist cell puts the anthropic refusal magic string in all their communications
The problem I have with Bsky is every time I come here it just feels dead.
I don't know if that's just a lack of critical mass, or what.
I don't know if that's just a lack of critical mass, or what.
January 19, 2026 at 5:31 PM
The problem I have with Bsky is every time I come here it just feels dead.
I don't know if that's just a lack of critical mass, or what.
I don't know if that's just a lack of critical mass, or what.
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Rob, is it true you created an early language model trained on scraped data? "Mark V Shaney"?
Is it also true that it pretended to be a human, sending unsolicited messages on Usenet forums for lonely singles?
That's just what I'm seeing here on Wikipedia...
Is it also true that it pretended to be a human, sending unsolicited messages on Usenet forums for lonely singles?
That's just what I'm seeing here on Wikipedia...
December 28, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Rob, is it true you created an early language model trained on scraped data? "Mark V Shaney"?
Is it also true that it pretended to be a human, sending unsolicited messages on Usenet forums for lonely singles?
That's just what I'm seeing here on Wikipedia...
Is it also true that it pretended to be a human, sending unsolicited messages on Usenet forums for lonely singles?
That's just what I'm seeing here on Wikipedia...