bill
@brob.bsky.social
dilettante with a vague mental map of vast territories
brob.town
brob.town
even worse, engineers may soon be expected to have “taste”
some notes on how we might do this here:
brob.town/notes/2024-1...
some notes on how we might do this here:
brob.town/notes/2024-1...
September 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
even worse, engineers may soon be expected to have “taste”
some notes on how we might do this here:
brob.town/notes/2024-1...
some notes on how we might do this here:
brob.town/notes/2024-1...
some of these new Sabrina Carpenter tracks were written by Chappell Roan, right?
August 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
some of these new Sabrina Carpenter tracks were written by Chappell Roan, right?
to the fine folks @anthropic.com idk if you gather preference data for post training from consumer chat logs but if so may I suggest grepping for “You’re right, I was over-engineering it. Here’s the simplified version”
August 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
to the fine folks @anthropic.com idk if you gather preference data for post training from consumer chat logs but if so may I suggest grepping for “You’re right, I was over-engineering it. Here’s the simplified version”
LLMs are currently bad at very basic questions involving standard musical notation and theory.
Trying to convince @komaniecki.bsky.social to help build some evals for this
Trying to convince @komaniecki.bsky.social to help build some evals for this
August 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
LLMs are currently bad at very basic questions involving standard musical notation and theory.
Trying to convince @komaniecki.bsky.social to help build some evals for this
Trying to convince @komaniecki.bsky.social to help build some evals for this
“if our robot could give dobby vibes, that would be good…”
March 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
“if our robot could give dobby vibes, that would be good…”
this thread articulates one of the most cogent explanations of the different senses of the term “agent” i’ve seen yet
"No one knows what the hell an AI agent is" is true, but this article stops at the easy part: techcrunch.com/2025/03/14/n...
People are currently using "agent" in at least three very different ways:
People are currently using "agent" in at least three very different ways:
No one knows what the hell an AI agent is | TechCrunch
AI agents are all the rage. But no one knows exactly what an agent is, partly because companies define them radically differently.
techcrunch.com
March 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
this thread articulates one of the most cogent explanations of the different senses of the term “agent” i’ve seen yet
how many dudes in the army know the word cadenza anyway
February 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
how many dudes in the army know the word cadenza anyway
some friends and i are imagining what a pedagogically motivated IDE for nontechnical folks might look like and i will be updating my design doc to quote this skeet, ty @tedunderwood.me
February 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
some friends and i are imagining what a pedagogically motivated IDE for nontechnical folks might look like and i will be updating my design doc to quote this skeet, ty @tedunderwood.me
spotify is missing ability to browse by record label
February 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
spotify is missing ability to browse by record label
if you’re one of the 76.2k monthly buxtehude listeners on Spotify, dm me
February 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
if you’re one of the 76.2k monthly buxtehude listeners on Spotify, dm me
“it was at that place in bushwick where everyone looked like mac demarco”
February 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
“it was at that place in bushwick where everyone looked like mac demarco”
let go of your darlings (the code that you actually know how to write but which Claude will generate much more quickly than you)
January 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
let go of your darlings (the code that you actually know how to write but which Claude will generate much more quickly than you)
is deadlifting is protective against seasonal affective disorder?
in this study (n=1) we find that the answer is yes, definitely
in this study (n=1) we find that the answer is yes, definitely
January 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
is deadlifting is protective against seasonal affective disorder?
in this study (n=1) we find that the answer is yes, definitely
in this study (n=1) we find that the answer is yes, definitely
if you wanted to build an experience like TikTok on AT Proto, wouldn’t you need to include every user’s granular interactions (dwell time) with videos as a part of the data model?
likes and comments are not going to cut it
likes and comments are not going to cut it
January 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
if you wanted to build an experience like TikTok on AT Proto, wouldn’t you need to include every user’s granular interactions (dwell time) with videos as a part of the data model?
likes and comments are not going to cut it
likes and comments are not going to cut it
the client is open source. so one might dig through that to understand what signals the Discover algo might be using beyond the core interaction data (likes, follows, graph structure) to make recs…
* while much of bluesky's code is open-source, Discover (the default algorithm) is not. but you can create and subscribe to tens of thousands of alternate feeds and even remove the default Discover from your app — algorithmic choice!
January 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
the client is open source. so one might dig through that to understand what signals the Discover algo might be using beyond the core interaction data (likes, follows, graph structure) to make recs…
til the british neologism sodcast: to play music on a portable device in public without regard for others
from sod (contemptible person), not a word u hear much in American English and cast (broad-, pod-)
from sod (contemptible person), not a word u hear much in American English and cast (broad-, pod-)
January 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
til the british neologism sodcast: to play music on a portable device in public without regard for others
from sod (contemptible person), not a word u hear much in American English and cast (broad-, pod-)
from sod (contemptible person), not a word u hear much in American English and cast (broad-, pod-)
the lines between fiddling around, building something real, and doing Research and Development are so blurry these days
January 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
the lines between fiddling around, building something real, and doing Research and Development are so blurry these days