Aaron Kimball
@gremblor.bsky.social
I like circuitry (synth DIY), software, bio stuff, and sailing. aka Firefly )'(. Roar!
I have a whole tote bin filled with gaskets of various sizes and eventually one of them will have to be the right size to replace whatever pipe fitting starts leaking next.
November 30, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I have a whole tote bin filled with gaskets of various sizes and eventually one of them will have to be the right size to replace whatever pipe fitting starts leaking next.
See also: "the rule of goats."
November 29, 2025 at 11:05 PM
See also: "the rule of goats."
Where this gets really dumb is when billionaire racers get involved. They then file actual lawsuits about this shit. And in all but the most blatantly sham cases, the court has said... You have a rulebook, go work it out on the water.
November 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Where this gets really dumb is when billionaire racers get involved. They then file actual lawsuits about this shit. And in all but the most blatantly sham cases, the court has said... You have a rulebook, go work it out on the water.
Sometimes there are even little worksheets to fill out that look like the accident claim form your auto insurance gives you, where you draw out everyone's relative positions.
Amazingly, after something like that, everyone then goes to the bar and drinks together. Important society lesson there.
Amazingly, after something like that, everyone then goes to the bar and drinks together. Important society lesson there.
November 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Sometimes there are even little worksheets to fill out that look like the accident claim form your auto insurance gives you, where you draw out everyone's relative positions.
Amazingly, after something like that, everyone then goes to the bar and drinks together. Important society lesson there.
Amazingly, after something like that, everyone then goes to the bar and drinks together. Important society lesson there.
Incredibly, sailboat racing can literally involve a trial. You call foul on an opponent and then the aggressor either turns in a circle 2x as a penalty, or not. In which case the victim files a protest when the race ends. There is a little court and you can call witnesses from your or other boats!
November 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Incredibly, sailboat racing can literally involve a trial. You call foul on an opponent and then the aggressor either turns in a circle 2x as a penalty, or not. In which case the victim files a protest when the race ends. There is a little court and you can call witnesses from your or other boats!
A simple change fixes this. If it's truly about "outrageous" calls, and refs are generally competent and qualified and therefore accurate, the cost of a review must be higher than a timeout. You get 3/season, and no refund if play is overturned on review. It has to be decisive in an important game.
November 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
A simple change fixes this. If it's truly about "outrageous" calls, and refs are generally competent and qualified and therefore accurate, the cost of a review must be higher than a timeout. You get 3/season, and no refund if play is overturned on review. It has to be decisive in an important game.
There are so many kinds of joints! And the nominal sizes bear minimal relationship to the actual diameter of things! How can anyone be expected to buy the right parts? It's a scam, I tell you.
November 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
There are so many kinds of joints! And the nominal sizes bear minimal relationship to the actual diameter of things! How can anyone be expected to buy the right parts? It's a scam, I tell you.
Every democratic candidate - including those running for minor city office, several states away - is the same. I just block more and more numbers in my phone and hope someday that'll start slowing the tide.
November 29, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Every democratic candidate - including those running for minor city office, several states away - is the same. I just block more and more numbers in my phone and hope someday that'll start slowing the tide.
Do you all each have a VM on your windows laptop that can host DOS 6.2? (I honestly didn't know if that's possible.)
Or is there one special terminal in the corner of the office that still has a 386 inside, quietly chugging away for 30 years?
Or is there one special terminal in the corner of the office that still has a 386 inside, quietly chugging away for 30 years?
November 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Do you all each have a VM on your windows laptop that can host DOS 6.2? (I honestly didn't know if that's possible.)
Or is there one special terminal in the corner of the office that still has a 386 inside, quietly chugging away for 30 years?
Or is there one special terminal in the corner of the office that still has a 386 inside, quietly chugging away for 30 years?
(*didn't)
In any case, a much richer and standardized set of Tool Calls to a codegen LLM than just text edit (like actual cut/paste -- or openapi/swagger...) would let you ask it to compose call chains that generate the code we want with better confidence. Those requests could then be reviewed...
In any case, a much richer and standardized set of Tool Calls to a codegen LLM than just text edit (like actual cut/paste -- or openapi/swagger...) would let you ask it to compose call chains that generate the code we want with better confidence. Those requests could then be reviewed...
November 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
(*didn't)
In any case, a much richer and standardized set of Tool Calls to a codegen LLM than just text edit (like actual cut/paste -- or openapi/swagger...) would let you ask it to compose call chains that generate the code we want with better confidence. Those requests could then be reviewed...
In any case, a much richer and standardized set of Tool Calls to a codegen LLM than just text edit (like actual cut/paste -- or openapi/swagger...) would let you ask it to compose call chains that generate the code we want with better confidence. Those requests could then be reviewed...
I did even ask it to work that way!
LLMs can only "generate", not "modify", so I'm always nervous when it extracts/moves a method in a refactor. Did it faithfully copy each line of the original? Pain in the ass to verify in the PR, whereas I'd assume a human just used cut+paste.
LLMs can only "generate", not "modify", so I'm always nervous when it extracts/moves a method in a refactor. Did it faithfully copy each line of the original? Pain in the ass to verify in the PR, whereas I'd assume a human just used cut+paste.
November 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I did even ask it to work that way!
LLMs can only "generate", not "modify", so I'm always nervous when it extracts/moves a method in a refactor. Did it faithfully copy each line of the original? Pain in the ass to verify in the PR, whereas I'd assume a human just used cut+paste.
LLMs can only "generate", not "modify", so I'm always nervous when it extracts/moves a method in a refactor. Did it faithfully copy each line of the original? Pain in the ass to verify in the PR, whereas I'd assume a human just used cut+paste.
I was pleasantly surprised with a recent ver of Cursor w/Sonnet when it wrote a small python script to run with find(1) to process all the src files to accomplish a reactor rather than directly modifying the files.
November 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I was pleasantly surprised with a recent ver of Cursor w/Sonnet when it wrote a small python script to run with find(1) to process all the src files to accomplish a reactor rather than directly modifying the files.
Thanks. I appreciate your work!
November 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Thanks. I appreciate your work!
Given that it's not even behind a NSFW filter and just starts autoplaying... It seems kind of irresponsible.
Also we don't need a frame-by-frame, just try a headline. Maybe: "There's a video going around of purported settlers shooting two people." (or whatever)
Also we don't need a frame-by-frame, just try a headline. Maybe: "There's a video going around of purported settlers shooting two people." (or whatever)
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Given that it's not even behind a NSFW filter and just starts autoplaying... It seems kind of irresponsible.
Also we don't need a frame-by-frame, just try a headline. Maybe: "There's a video going around of purported settlers shooting two people." (or whatever)
Also we don't need a frame-by-frame, just try a headline. Maybe: "There's a video going around of purported settlers shooting two people." (or whatever)
Might I suggest it would be more effective to delete this post and make a new one describing your concern rather than put a video on our feeds with an admonishment not to watch it?
You're literally amplifying the video.
You're literally amplifying the video.
November 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Might I suggest it would be more effective to delete this post and make a new one describing your concern rather than put a video on our feeds with an admonishment not to watch it?
You're literally amplifying the video.
You're literally amplifying the video.
Reading "Italian battalion" with its rhyming over and over really makes it pop.
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Reading "Italian battalion" with its rhyming over and over really makes it pop.
(for example, the poor hiring record of coding boot camps speaks to the fact that you can't just train for 3 months and actually be qualified. But that didn't stop them from exploiting lots of folks for fees...)
November 25, 2025 at 1:33 AM
(for example, the poor hiring record of coding boot camps speaks to the fact that you can't just train for 3 months and actually be qualified. But that didn't stop them from exploiting lots of folks for fees...)
So I think lots of normal people in the tech industry feel hesitant to even have the mindset that they could draw a line around some people using the term "engineering" and say "you're not doing that, actually."
Maybe we should gatekeep more! But that's a bigger discussion.
Maybe we should gatekeep more! But that's a bigger discussion.
November 25, 2025 at 1:31 AM
So I think lots of normal people in the tech industry feel hesitant to even have the mindset that they could draw a line around some people using the term "engineering" and say "you're not doing that, actually."
Maybe we should gatekeep more! But that's a bigger discussion.
Maybe we should gatekeep more! But that's a bigger discussion.
That's fair. My hypothesis is that compared to civil eng, or law or medicine, software has been very Corinthian in its approach to admission. Can you hack? Come help our startup! CS Degree not req'd.
Less the case now vs 20 yrs ago. But still, we generally don't gatekeep the term "SW engineer."
Less the case now vs 20 yrs ago. But still, we generally don't gatekeep the term "SW engineer."
November 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
That's fair. My hypothesis is that compared to civil eng, or law or medicine, software has been very Corinthian in its approach to admission. Can you hack? Come help our startup! CS Degree not req'd.
Less the case now vs 20 yrs ago. But still, we generally don't gatekeep the term "SW engineer."
Less the case now vs 20 yrs ago. But still, we generally don't gatekeep the term "SW engineer."
I see. Your point is less "this industry corrupted these doge kids and why do we not reflect on our blame here, more?" (bc I don't think "the tech industry" did corrupt them - at most "working for a Musk company" did that)
And more "why don't we defend our professional identity as engineers?"
And more "why don't we defend our professional identity as engineers?"
November 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I see. Your point is less "this industry corrupted these doge kids and why do we not reflect on our blame here, more?" (bc I don't think "the tech industry" did corrupt them - at most "working for a Musk company" did that)
And more "why don't we defend our professional identity as engineers?"
And more "why don't we defend our professional identity as engineers?"
If they had been in the industry for many years... Maybe there's something to reflect on how the industry shaped their mindset?
But the most experienced of them was from "working" in The Com!
But the most experienced of them was from "working" in The Com!
November 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
If they had been in the industry for many years... Maybe there's something to reflect on how the industry shaped their mindset?
But the most experienced of them was from "working" in The Com!
But the most experienced of them was from "working" in The Com!
The people Elon Musk brought in to do his bidding were all super young; literally prior interns of his. They then did a smash and grab heist.
Everyone I know (folks who work in tech) are horrified. And don't consider that "engineering". I think tech folks simply don't claim them as our own.
Everyone I know (folks who work in tech) are horrified. And don't consider that "engineering". I think tech folks simply don't claim them as our own.
November 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The people Elon Musk brought in to do his bidding were all super young; literally prior interns of his. They then did a smash and grab heist.
Everyone I know (folks who work in tech) are horrified. And don't consider that "engineering". I think tech folks simply don't claim them as our own.
Everyone I know (folks who work in tech) are horrified. And don't consider that "engineering". I think tech folks simply don't claim them as our own.
Do car engines mostly need 12mm?
At least for boat engines, you can take the whole thing apart with just a 10mm wrench. Therefore I own a million 10mm sockets because I keep losing the damn things.
11mm would have more slop but would still work in a pinch. Having just a 9mm would be infuriating.
At least for boat engines, you can take the whole thing apart with just a 10mm wrench. Therefore I own a million 10mm sockets because I keep losing the damn things.
11mm would have more slop but would still work in a pinch. Having just a 9mm would be infuriating.
November 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Do car engines mostly need 12mm?
At least for boat engines, you can take the whole thing apart with just a 10mm wrench. Therefore I own a million 10mm sockets because I keep losing the damn things.
11mm would have more slop but would still work in a pinch. Having just a 9mm would be infuriating.
At least for boat engines, you can take the whole thing apart with just a 10mm wrench. Therefore I own a million 10mm sockets because I keep losing the damn things.
11mm would have more slop but would still work in a pinch. Having just a 9mm would be infuriating.