JD Long
@jdlong.cerebralmastication.com
CTO at a specialty insurance company. Perpetual cocktail party host, open source fan, econometrician, agricultural economist, and OReilly Author.
I had to look it up for sport. “die hacke” might include mattock forms and, it seems “die Pulaski-Axt” is not uncommon. Adze is “die Queraxt” which is phonetically near “queer ax” in a way that makes sense.
December 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I had to look it up for sport. “die hacke” might include mattock forms and, it seems “die Pulaski-Axt” is not uncommon. Adze is “die Queraxt” which is phonetically near “queer ax” in a way that makes sense.
Every domain is full of jargon and highly specific words. When my wife talks to her lawyer friends their language is riddled with things I don’t fully understand
December 1, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Every domain is full of jargon and highly specific words. When my wife talks to her lawyer friends their language is riddled with things I don’t fully understand
“Valley” even. Come on autocorrect help me out.
December 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
“Valley” even. Come on autocorrect help me out.
In my truck anything that vaguely smells of construction or labor just fits right in. Milwaukee pack out full of explosives? Yeah that scans.
December 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
In my truck anything that vaguely smells of construction or labor just fits right in. Milwaukee pack out full of explosives? Yeah that scans.
I hadn’t read Altman’s “gentle singularity” until this morning. That dude is very Silicon Vally coded in a way that’s utterly unpalatable to even nerds outside of the SV bubble.
December 1, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I hadn’t read Altman’s “gentle singularity” until this morning. That dude is very Silicon Vally coded in a way that’s utterly unpalatable to even nerds outside of the SV bubble.
In the benign forms this is easy to grok: debate of ideas, voting, academic review. Rather pedestrian even. But expand that to situations involving violence and it’s weird and uncomfortable quickly. Good mental fodder for my first cup of coffee :)
December 1, 2025 at 11:12 AM
In the benign forms this is easy to grok: debate of ideas, voting, academic review. Rather pedestrian even. But expand that to situations involving violence and it’s weird and uncomfortable quickly. Good mental fodder for my first cup of coffee :)
I really enjoyed that blog post. The thread running through about “conflict is a load-bearing part of society” is widely under appreciated. I suspect if we lower our moral lens and just look at the arc of humanity we’d discover a role played by conflict that is uncomfortable, at best.
December 1, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I really enjoyed that blog post. The thread running through about “conflict is a load-bearing part of society” is widely under appreciated. I suspect if we lower our moral lens and just look at the arc of humanity we’d discover a role played by conflict that is uncomfortable, at best.
That’s an unexpected side effect
December 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM
That’s an unexpected side effect
It turns out @harper.lol came up with and documented what I do 6 months before I figured it out.
harper.blog/2025/02/16/m...
harper.blog/2025/02/16/m...
My LLM codegen workflow atm
A detailed walkthrough of my current workflow for using LLms to build software, from brainstorming through planning and execution.
harper.blog
November 30, 2025 at 11:49 PM
It turns out @harper.lol came up with and documented what I do 6 months before I figured it out.
harper.blog/2025/02/16/m...
harper.blog/2025/02/16/m...
So he and I were discussing mattock vs Pulaski. Halligan is just thrown in for fun. I did order a fire break hoe after using one this weekend.
November 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
So he and I were discussing mattock vs Pulaski. Halligan is just thrown in for fun. I did order a fire break hoe after using one this weekend.
So there’s 25 acre (10 hectares) wooded lot next to us. I finally met the owner and he’s like, “so this may sound weird, but I’ve been thinking about putting bike and walking trails through the woods”
Let me get my mattock!
Let me get my mattock!
November 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
So there’s 25 acre (10 hectares) wooded lot next to us. I finally met the owner and he’s like, “so this may sound weird, but I’ve been thinking about putting bike and walking trails through the woods”
Let me get my mattock!
Let me get my mattock!
The most fun of the litter is the Halligan tool which is a firefighter special. Need to fuck a door up? Halligan. Need to knock down a wall? Halligan. Need to shut down a gas meter quickly? Halligan. Need to intimidate your enemies? Halligan. Combine it with a flat head ax and you've got "the irons"
November 30, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The most fun of the litter is the Halligan tool which is a firefighter special. Need to fuck a door up? Halligan. Need to knock down a wall? Halligan. Need to shut down a gas meter quickly? Halligan. Need to intimidate your enemies? Halligan. Combine it with a flat head ax and you've got "the irons"
Ink flood on the page,
my tiny shape drowned in black—
form lost to its form.
my tiny shape drowned in black—
form lost to its form.
November 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Ink flood on the page,
my tiny shape drowned in black—
form lost to its form.
my tiny shape drowned in black—
form lost to its form.
My household is powered by Aleve. After cleaning trails yesterday I came in and immediately hit the bottle. Aleve bottle, that is.
November 30, 2025 at 12:29 PM
My household is powered by Aleve. After cleaning trails yesterday I came in and immediately hit the bottle. Aleve bottle, that is.
I have moved so many times I threw mine out 10 years ago. But in my head I can still feel that satisfying feeling when they seat in place.
November 30, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I have moved so many times I threw mine out 10 years ago. But in my head I can still feel that satisfying feeling when they seat in place.
Tonight I hot-wired my slightly larger generator using a car battery for voltage and throttle body cleaner for starting fluid. Keeping it real in the Chicahominy Swamp.
November 30, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Tonight I hot-wired my slightly larger generator using a car battery for voltage and throttle body cleaner for starting fluid. Keeping it real in the Chicahominy Swamp.
Do it like they do it on the Discovery Channel.
November 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Do it like they do it on the Discovery Channel.
Stop it with the blasphemy, Malcolm. You know baby Jesus wants us to make all them pies.
November 30, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Stop it with the blasphemy, Malcolm. You know baby Jesus wants us to make all them pies.