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broke: tech debt is more like an unhedged short call
bespoke: tech debt is more like a pik loan
bespoke: tech debt is more like a pik loan
the "tech debt" metaphor primes people for bad intuitions
debts have a strict lending schedule, and refinancing if you're in a pinch
debtors don't wake up Tuesday at 3am and set part of your business afire unless you pay them off
the only part that really fits is the carrying cost
debts have a strict lending schedule, and refinancing if you're in a pinch
debtors don't wake up Tuesday at 3am and set part of your business afire unless you pay them off
the only part that really fits is the carrying cost
November 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
broke: tech debt is more like an unhedged short call
bespoke: tech debt is more like a pik loan
bespoke: tech debt is more like a pik loan
finally got around to reading Pynchon's "Bleeding Edge"
I'm most impressed by how he integrates a setting I actually experienced (Manhattan 2001) into his universe of hazy paranoia, it feels exaggerated but still true, unlike his stuff set in California which is already an alternate universe to me
I'm most impressed by how he integrates a setting I actually experienced (Manhattan 2001) into his universe of hazy paranoia, it feels exaggerated but still true, unlike his stuff set in California which is already an alternate universe to me
November 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
finally got around to reading Pynchon's "Bleeding Edge"
I'm most impressed by how he integrates a setting I actually experienced (Manhattan 2001) into his universe of hazy paranoia, it feels exaggerated but still true, unlike his stuff set in California which is already an alternate universe to me
I'm most impressed by how he integrates a setting I actually experienced (Manhattan 2001) into his universe of hazy paranoia, it feels exaggerated but still true, unlike his stuff set in California which is already an alternate universe to me
the main thing that jumps out at me when reading old blog comments/forum threads is how everything isn't written for consumption by an invisible audience. everything is hyperlocal
sumerian joke tablet indecipherable cultural lost world but it's 2009
October 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
the main thing that jumps out at me when reading old blog comments/forum threads is how everything isn't written for consumption by an invisible audience. everything is hyperlocal
always read this as hate option-adjusted spread
always read this as the hate operating system
real HATEOAS has never been tried
October 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
always read this as hate option-adjusted spread
wife: "every horror video game is either guy crawling around the sewers looking for keys, or woman simulator"
October 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
wife: "every horror video game is either guy crawling around the sewers looking for keys, or woman simulator"
still thinking about this line from "closure" (2013)
October 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
still thinking about this line from "closure" (2013)
posting this on bluesky in 2025 just to feel something
October 6, 2025 at 10:54 AM
posting this on bluesky in 2025 just to feel something
it really fucks me up that bostrom coined "infohazard" in 2011. i have vivid false memories of it being around at least 5 years earlier
October 5, 2025 at 12:35 AM
it really fucks me up that bostrom coined "infohazard" in 2011. i have vivid false memories of it being around at least 5 years earlier
if you thought "being mean to LLMs is good because they're not sentient" was troubling, just wait for "being mean to LLMs is good because they are sentient"
October 4, 2025 at 9:39 PM
if you thought "being mean to LLMs is good because they're not sentient" was troubling, just wait for "being mean to LLMs is good because they are sentient"
nick land copy-pasting the heat paragraph from delillo's "white noise" directly into "meltdown" is pretty bizarre
September 22, 2025 at 12:42 AM
nick land copy-pasting the heat paragraph from delillo's "white noise" directly into "meltdown" is pretty bizarre
"if you don't like LLMs, no one is forcing you to use them" is a poor rejoinder in late 2025 because many managers of knowledge workers do require LLM usage
...and those managers are on average correct, some employees are stuck in the local minima of antiquated workflows and need the push
...and those managers are on average correct, some employees are stuck in the local minima of antiquated workflows and need the push
September 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
"if you don't like LLMs, no one is forcing you to use them" is a poor rejoinder in late 2025 because many managers of knowledge workers do require LLM usage
...and those managers are on average correct, some employees are stuck in the local minima of antiquated workflows and need the push
...and those managers are on average correct, some employees are stuck in the local minima of antiquated workflows and need the push
has anyone tried to port their twitter blocklist over to bluesky? I feel like Claude could do a decent job
September 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
has anyone tried to port their twitter blocklist over to bluesky? I feel like Claude could do a decent job
had a dream that I was back in the university library and discovered a textbook called "Probability Theory: The Logic of Money"
September 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
had a dream that I was back in the university library and discovered a textbook called "Probability Theory: The Logic of Money"
good piece although I ended up disagreeing with the framing
ESR took ownership of an existing corpus and repurposed it for his political project; this is pretty different from Yudkowsky claiming big chunks of epistemology as his intellectual territory which basically every ambitious philosophy does
ESR took ownership of an existing corpus and repurposed it for his political project; this is pretty different from Yudkowsky claiming big chunks of epistemology as his intellectual territory which basically every ambitious philosophy does
I don't cross the streams very frequently here, but this is probably of interest to some of you. It's dense, and spicier than I usually get.
The Genealogy of Authority Capture
How Three Generations Learned to Own Reality
neutralzone.substack.com
September 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
good piece although I ended up disagreeing with the framing
ESR took ownership of an existing corpus and repurposed it for his political project; this is pretty different from Yudkowsky claiming big chunks of epistemology as his intellectual territory which basically every ambitious philosophy does
ESR took ownership of an existing corpus and repurposed it for his political project; this is pretty different from Yudkowsky claiming big chunks of epistemology as his intellectual territory which basically every ambitious philosophy does
related phenomenon is people ascribing near-magical properties to advertising, with the assumption that it can reliably create demand out of thin air
September 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
related phenomenon is people ascribing near-magical properties to advertising, with the assumption that it can reliably create demand out of thin air
every once and a while I will snap out of the hedonic adaptation and appreciate this kind of view
August 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
every once and a while I will snap out of the hedonic adaptation and appreciate this kind of view
a bunch of people are trying to make ACT-R and Soar work with LLMs, my intuition is that this will not work and the successful agent frameworks will be designed around the specific capabilities of LLMs
August 22, 2025 at 11:31 AM
a bunch of people are trying to make ACT-R and Soar work with LLMs, my intuition is that this will not work and the successful agent frameworks will be designed around the specific capabilities of LLMs
I really enjoyed this movie
August 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I really enjoyed this movie
I don't understand the argument "AI will be a great excuse for companies to automate/eliminate a bunch of bullshit jobs"
Whether you believe bullshit jobs are welfare or patronage or the result of info asymmetries, surely more slack makes it easier to create more of them
Whether you believe bullshit jobs are welfare or patronage or the result of info asymmetries, surely more slack makes it easier to create more of them
August 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I don't understand the argument "AI will be a great excuse for companies to automate/eliminate a bunch of bullshit jobs"
Whether you believe bullshit jobs are welfare or patronage or the result of info asymmetries, surely more slack makes it easier to create more of them
Whether you believe bullshit jobs are welfare or patronage or the result of info asymmetries, surely more slack makes it easier to create more of them
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I know they're a robot. how do I know? they write poetry of course.
-life in 2025
-life in 2025
Ok, they're definitely a bot because they wrote me a nice little sonnet. x.com/el_walter411...
x.com
August 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I know they're a robot. how do I know? they write poetry of course.
-life in 2025
-life in 2025
has anyone rhymed "brainrotted" with "oneshotted"
Gotta hand it to gen alpha, "brainrotted" is a perfect coinage for "too online."
August 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
has anyone rhymed "brainrotted" with "oneshotted"
claude 4 and gpt-5 making pretty good progress on this
my personal benchmark for automation of knowledge work is structuring of mortgage-backed securities
August 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
claude 4 and gpt-5 making pretty good progress on this
the pico-8 prototype of slipways is still great
krajzeg.itch.io/slipways
krajzeg.itch.io/slipways
Slipways Classic by Jakub Wasilewski
Build a vast interstellar empire in 30 minutes flat.
krajzeg.itch.io
August 9, 2025 at 2:08 AM
the pico-8 prototype of slipways is still great
krajzeg.itch.io/slipways
krajzeg.itch.io/slipways
older relatives telling me about "the bald guy" they saw on 60 Minutes who said AI will either cure all disease or end the world and asking me "which one is it going to be"
August 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
older relatives telling me about "the bald guy" they saw on 60 Minutes who said AI will either cure all disease or end the world and asking me "which one is it going to be"