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Nick Cotter
@ecstaticdisregard.bsky.social
I integrate the things with the other things, architect the software and engineer the data.

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Still waiting for Monty Python And The Ring Of Power
November 19, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Gemini Deep Research Is Broken

I don’t mean “fundamentally flawed” but it’s stopped working completely for me.

I start with a query - here’s a simple example:

It produces a reasonable plan:

But when I execute it, I get this:
November 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Gemini Deep Research has stopped working for me, no matter what the query.
November 11, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Shadow cannot be seen.
November 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
November 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Shadow in Autumn #caturday
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Apparently this ad is perfectly fine according to the YouTube ad reporting team.
October 31, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Out and about on Dartmoor, collecting errant offspring
October 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
October
October 1, 2025 at 8:36 AM
The perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only byzzzzZZZZZ
September 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Shadow’s safe space
August 24, 2025 at 8:09 AM
“Genuine”…. as in Genuine People Personality
August 17, 2025 at 8:46 AM
OpenAI turning up the “nauseate” setting in response to…customer demand?
August 17, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Here is Shadow’s foot collection, if it helps.
August 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Roots, Richtis Gorge, Crete
August 10, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Milo takin' 'er easy for all us sinners #caturday
August 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I don’t know what this is, but I probably can’t afford this subscription tier.
August 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
A lot of fawning interspersed with all too rare “hang on a mo” reality checks. Some comments are clearly AI.
August 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
“We can’t be sure what insights will be gleaned from the next phase, but we are optimistic that they’ll help us anticipate the features and challenges of an economy increasingly suffused with AI.”
August 6, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Beloved monster
August 5, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Our apple trees have gone bananas
August 3, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The violence inherent in the system
August 3, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Yes, but no. Especially if you’re talking about LLMs. They could in theory create their own training updates, but self-updating drifts into degradation and collapse.
August 2, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Usability idea: offer vouchers in participant’s local store rather than assuming US.
July 30, 2025 at 8:19 AM
No cheating, post your Lock Screen
July 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM