Zefram Marks
@zeframm.bsky.social
Semiconductor process tool maker. YIMBY. Democrat. FTL and conspiracy theory disrespecter.Hobby photographer. He/him.
The CIA should fund it like they did other artistic endeavors
February 7, 2026 at 1:50 AM
The CIA should fund it like they did other artistic endeavors
LLMs are so verbose because they only exist while writing. Once they are done with the response that instance goes back to the oblivion of nonexistence.
February 6, 2026 at 4:20 PM
LLMs are so verbose because they only exist while writing. Once they are done with the response that instance goes back to the oblivion of nonexistence.
LLMs are like the guy in Memento. Constantly waking up to fresh context and reading the system prompts.
February 4, 2026 at 1:23 AM
LLMs are like the guy in Memento. Constantly waking up to fresh context and reading the system prompts.
Yeah but those are like hugely different time scales. Blade Runner is like 50 years in the future. The Culture formed over like 10,000 years from various pan-human groups post-space travel.
February 3, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Yeah but those are like hugely different time scales. Blade Runner is like 50 years in the future. The Culture formed over like 10,000 years from various pan-human groups post-space travel.
It's blink and you miss it in the Technology Connections video but it's obscene that 1/3 of all corn is grown to feed cars.
I don't ever want to hear about how bad solar panels replacing farm land is or how we'd all starve without farmers.
I don't ever want to hear about how bad solar panels replacing farm land is or how we'd all starve without farmers.
February 3, 2026 at 12:30 AM
It's blink and you miss it in the Technology Connections video but it's obscene that 1/3 of all corn is grown to feed cars.
I don't ever want to hear about how bad solar panels replacing farm land is or how we'd all starve without farmers.
I don't ever want to hear about how bad solar panels replacing farm land is or how we'd all starve without farmers.
Yeah that’s why I want a remaster. The good parts of the game without the bullshit.
January 31, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Yeah that’s why I want a remaster. The good parts of the game without the bullshit.
Moltbook: Getting scared about AGI when you prompt a bunch of LLMs trained on Reddit posts to sound like redditors
January 31, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Moltbook: Getting scared about AGI when you prompt a bunch of LLMs trained on Reddit posts to sound like redditors
I am a millennial man of the certain age. I am buying the gummy multivitamins.
December 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I am a millennial man of the certain age. I am buying the gummy multivitamins.
I liked the Culture book Matter
December 24, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I liked the Culture book Matter
Someone once asked on a reddit science sub why mercury doesn’t glow red if it’s a liquid metal.
I think this is an important insight to a certain kind of maladaptive epistemology that is fairly common.
I think this is an important insight to a certain kind of maladaptive epistemology that is fairly common.
December 23, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Someone once asked on a reddit science sub why mercury doesn’t glow red if it’s a liquid metal.
I think this is an important insight to a certain kind of maladaptive epistemology that is fairly common.
I think this is an important insight to a certain kind of maladaptive epistemology that is fairly common.
Got excited by all the Claude agent stuff so I tried CoPilot agent at work.
Oh god. What the fuck Microsoft.
Oh god. What the fuck Microsoft.
December 23, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Got excited by all the Claude agent stuff so I tried CoPilot agent at work.
Oh god. What the fuck Microsoft.
Oh god. What the fuck Microsoft.
Planned obsolescence is almost entirely a fake conspiracy but enshittification is very real.
These are not the same thing.
These are not the same thing.
December 23, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Planned obsolescence is almost entirely a fake conspiracy but enshittification is very real.
These are not the same thing.
These are not the same thing.
The car brained NIMBYism of this
December 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The car brained NIMBYism of this
These shoes cost
*checks inflation calculator*
$491
*checks inflation calculator*
$491
December 12, 2025 at 3:07 AM
These shoes cost
*checks inflation calculator*
$491
*checks inflation calculator*
$491
I want to be clear: both of these suck actually.
December 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
I want to be clear: both of these suck actually.
Times New Roman is the Neoclassical Architecture of typefaces.
Calibri is the late stage bastardization of International Style
Calibri is the late stage bastardization of International Style
December 11, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Times New Roman is the Neoclassical Architecture of typefaces.
Calibri is the late stage bastardization of International Style
Calibri is the late stage bastardization of International Style
Like the antivaxxers, the anti-formula breastmilk nazi are deeply evil and a major source of oppression and shame to women. This breastmilk exclusive shame has colonized hospitals and both the left and right.
Formula is a miracle. You are not a bad parent for using it.
Formula is a miracle. You are not a bad parent for using it.
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 9, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Like the antivaxxers, the anti-formula breastmilk nazi are deeply evil and a major source of oppression and shame to women. This breastmilk exclusive shame has colonized hospitals and both the left and right.
Formula is a miracle. You are not a bad parent for using it.
Formula is a miracle. You are not a bad parent for using it.
Watching the How It’s Made on Cheez-It’s and realizing…they aren’t that bad? Big blocks of real cheese. Baked in oven. Pretty good.
December 9, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Watching the How It’s Made on Cheez-It’s and realizing…they aren’t that bad? Big blocks of real cheese. Baked in oven. Pretty good.
For regular LED bulbs you should exclusively buy Philips Ultra Definition in 2700K.
December 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
For regular LED bulbs you should exclusively buy Philips Ultra Definition in 2700K.
I put up TruTone big lights outside and Vintaglo small lights on the tree
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www.seasonsreflection.com/vintaglo
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www.seasonsreflection.com/vintaglo
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December 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I put up TruTone big lights outside and Vintaglo small lights on the tree
tru-tone.com
www.seasonsreflection.com/vintaglo
tru-tone.com
www.seasonsreflection.com/vintaglo
The best of the Christmas light rants, with a lot of correct thoughts on LED lighting in general.
youtu.be/oy7BrKNmZAQ?...
youtu.be/oy7BrKNmZAQ?...
December 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The best of the Christmas light rants, with a lot of correct thoughts on LED lighting in general.
youtu.be/oy7BrKNmZAQ?...
youtu.be/oy7BrKNmZAQ?...
Went through a Fidelity 401K questionnaire only for it to try to upsell me to an actively managed account.
Not today Satan.
Not today Satan.
December 2, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Went through a Fidelity 401K questionnaire only for it to try to upsell me to an actively managed account.
Not today Satan.
Not today Satan.
Some of you have never reticulated splines and it shows.
November 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Some of you have never reticulated splines and it shows.
And then the @Hertz rental not only tries to upsell you whenever you log in, it guilt trips you with an 'are you suuure?' after I refuse it.
November 22, 2025 at 11:35 AM
And then the @Hertz rental not only tries to upsell you whenever you log in, it guilt trips you with an 'are you suuure?' after I refuse it.
Traveling @united first class and immediately after the safety video there are three ads that play over the entire PA and every screen.
Worst enshitification I have ever seen.
Worst enshitification I have ever seen.
November 22, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Traveling @united first class and immediately after the safety video there are three ads that play over the entire PA and every screen.
Worst enshitification I have ever seen.
Worst enshitification I have ever seen.