Max Wainwright
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I make experimental electronic and acoustic music involving free improvisation, adapting to complex systems and making & using terrible instruments. I've […]
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Cursed lift buttons. I kept hitting the wrong floor for years when visiting.
November 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Cursed lift buttons. I kept hitting the wrong floor for years when visiting.
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"utility" is becoming a signal word for me that a technology is a grift.
When people are talking about stuff they use to solve problems, they talk about the problems. Word processors allow you to write documents. Messaging apps let you talk to friends in real time. IDEs let you develop software.
When people are talking about stuff they use to solve problems, they talk about the problems. Word processors allow you to write documents. Messaging apps let you talk to friends in real time. IDEs let you develop software.
November 16, 2025 at 10:58 PM
"utility" is becoming a signal word for me that a technology is a grift.
When people are talking about stuff they use to solve problems, they talk about the problems. Word processors allow you to write documents. Messaging apps let you talk to friends in real time. IDEs let you develop software.
When people are talking about stuff they use to solve problems, they talk about the problems. Word processors allow you to write documents. Messaging apps let you talk to friends in real time. IDEs let you develop software.
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TIL: Box jellyfish larvae have eyes but no brain to connect them to so instead the eyes also swim a bit. Source: Animal Eyes, Land & Nilsson, second edition, chapter 1
November 22, 2025 at 10:31 AM
TIL: Box jellyfish larvae have eyes but no brain to connect them to so instead the eyes also swim a bit. Source: Animal Eyes, Land & Nilsson, second edition, chapter 1
I think Google translate has started involving LLMs. The other will it translated “Kapsel: SOIC-8” to “Capacitor: SOIC-8”. “Kapsel” in this context means package, as in the IC Package SOIC-8. Translating it to capacitor is just the kind of nonsensical shit an LLM would pull. #llm #googletranslate
November 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I think Google translate has started involving LLMs. The other will it translated “Kapsel: SOIC-8” to “Capacitor: SOIC-8”. “Kapsel” in this context means package, as in the IC Package SOIC-8. Translating it to capacitor is just the kind of nonsensical shit an LLM would pull. #llm #googletranslate
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"you need to level up your prompting skills, it's a skill like any other"
This wasn't a programming task, it's not something I was super familiar with. The human was working with an application that they are only vaguely familiar with and rarely use. Arguably less familiar with that tool than I […]
This wasn't a programming task, it's not something I was super familiar with. The human was working with an application that they are only vaguely familiar with and rarely use. Arguably less familiar with that tool than I […]
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mastodon.social
October 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
"you need to level up your prompting skills, it's a skill like any other"
This wasn't a programming task, it's not something I was super familiar with. The human was working with an application that they are only vaguely familiar with and rarely use. Arguably less familiar with that tool than I […]
This wasn't a programming task, it's not something I was super familiar with. The human was working with an application that they are only vaguely familiar with and rarely use. Arguably less familiar with that tool than I […]
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fifth experiment in a row where I pitted an LLM against a human doing a nominally tedious information-processing task and the human won handily yet again (the human wasn't even me, this time). I'm starting to think maybe these things just aren't very good tools
October 25, 2025 at 7:32 AM
fifth experiment in a row where I pitted an LLM against a human doing a nominally tedious information-processing task and the human won handily yet again (the human wasn't even me, this time). I'm starting to think maybe these things just aren't very good tools
Otto havin a lie down last night #dogsofmastodon #smoothcollie
October 20, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Otto havin a lie down last night #dogsofmastodon #smoothcollie
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"Technologies like LLMs have utility, but the absurd way they've been over-hyped, the fact they're being forced on everyone, and the insistence on ignoring the many valid critiques about them make it very difficult to focus on legitimate uses where they might add value."
@anildash on
The […]
@anildash on
The […]
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fediscience.org
October 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
"Technologies like LLMs have utility, but the absurd way they've been over-hyped, the fact they're being forced on everyone, and the insistence on ignoring the many valid critiques about them make it very difficult to focus on legitimate uses where they might add value."
@anildash on
The […]
@anildash on
The […]
Do USA-ians think funny signs will change things?
October 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Do USA-ians think funny signs will change things?
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1994 SCHMOEN CHRAUERTS - $11613
October 3, 2025 at 5:20 AM
1994 SCHMOEN CHRAUERTS - $11613
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Long but very good:
"An essay on wank"
It names and identifies one of my least favorite genre of posts – finally I have a proper term for it!
I'm sure I've been guilty of it too in the past, so it's useful for self-regulation, too.
https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/essay_on_redacted
"An essay on wank"
It names and identifies one of my least favorite genre of posts – finally I have a proper term for it!
I'm sure I've been guilty of it too in the past, so it's useful for self-regulation, too.
https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/essay_on_redacted
September 30, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Long but very good:
"An essay on wank"
It names and identifies one of my least favorite genre of posts – finally I have a proper term for it!
I'm sure I've been guilty of it too in the past, so it's useful for self-regulation, too.
https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/essay_on_redacted
"An essay on wank"
It names and identifies one of my least favorite genre of posts – finally I have a proper term for it!
I'm sure I've been guilty of it too in the past, so it's useful for self-regulation, too.
https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/essay_on_redacted
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@maxwainwright Oh, looks like he blocked me. Figures.
September 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
@maxwainwright Oh, looks like he blocked me. Figures.
Just learned that my boy NJM2113 is now NRND :-(
September 19, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Just learned that my boy NJM2113 is now NRND :-(
My eyebrows and eyelashes have started getting tangled. I guess it’s me becoming An Old Man, but also maybe I should frown less
September 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM
My eyebrows and eyelashes have started getting tangled. I guess it’s me becoming An Old Man, but also maybe I should frown less
I moved back to Malmö today. Feels like home.
August 31, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I moved back to Malmö today. Feels like home.
I released a live track under the name Reforger, a new project of mine.
“Recording from a performance at Kulturhuset Femman, Uppsala on 22 of august 2025. I used a small but complex no-input setup. Everything into everything feedback.” […]
[Original post on toot.community]
“Recording from a performance at Kulturhuset Femman, Uppsala on 22 of august 2025. I used a small but complex no-input setup. Everything into everything feedback.” […]
[Original post on toot.community]
August 28, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I released a live track under the name Reforger, a new project of mine.
“Recording from a performance at Kulturhuset Femman, Uppsala on 22 of august 2025. I used a small but complex no-input setup. Everything into everything feedback.” […]
[Original post on toot.community]
“Recording from a performance at Kulturhuset Femman, Uppsala on 22 of august 2025. I used a small but complex no-input setup. Everything into everything feedback.” […]
[Original post on toot.community]
I released a live track under the name Reforger, a new project of mine.
“Recording from a performance at Kulturhuset Femman, Uppsala on 22 of august 2025. I used a small but complex no-input setup. Everything into everything feedback.”
#noisemusic […]
[Original post on toot.community]
“Recording from a performance at Kulturhuset Femman, Uppsala on 22 of august 2025. I used a small but complex no-input setup. Everything into everything feedback.”
#noisemusic […]
[Original post on toot.community]
August 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I released a live track under the name Reforger, a new project of mine.
“Recording from a performance at Kulturhuset Femman, Uppsala on 22 of august 2025. I used a small but complex no-input setup. Everything into everything feedback.”
#noisemusic […]
[Original post on toot.community]
“Recording from a performance at Kulturhuset Femman, Uppsala on 22 of august 2025. I used a small but complex no-input setup. Everything into everything feedback.”
#noisemusic […]
[Original post on toot.community]
I released a live track under the name Reforger, a new project of mine.
“Recording from a performance at Kulturhuset Femman, Uppsala on 22 of august 2025. I used a small but complex no-input setup. Everything into everything feedback.”
#noisemusic […]
[Original post on toot.community]
“Recording from a performance at Kulturhuset Femman, Uppsala on 22 of august 2025. I used a small but complex no-input setup. Everything into everything feedback.”
#noisemusic […]
[Original post on toot.community]
August 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I released a live track under the name Reforger, a new project of mine.
“Recording from a performance at Kulturhuset Femman, Uppsala on 22 of august 2025. I used a small but complex no-input setup. Everything into everything feedback.”
#noisemusic […]
[Original post on toot.community]
“Recording from a performance at Kulturhuset Femman, Uppsala on 22 of august 2025. I used a small but complex no-input setup. Everything into everything feedback.”
#noisemusic […]
[Original post on toot.community]
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I have never worried about the singularity because I had a single conversation in 2007 with a guy who worked in a chip fab, and learned just the tiniest bit about the physical, mechanical process that goes into actually manufacturing a microprocessor, and how much of it requires direct […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
August 23, 2025 at 4:45 AM
I have never worried about the singularity because I had a single conversation in 2007 with a guy who worked in a chip fab, and learned just the tiniest bit about the physical, mechanical process that goes into actually manufacturing a microprocessor, and how much of it requires direct […]
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a lot of misallocation of resources could be stopped if more people understood the difference between a "performing a rigorous thought experiment" and "fantasizing about some cool cyberpunk shit"
August 23, 2025 at 5:00 AM
a lot of misallocation of resources could be stopped if more people understood the difference between a "performing a rigorous thought experiment" and "fantasizing about some cool cyberpunk shit"