Michael Eldredge
@michaeleldredge.bsky.social
Math enthusiast and teacher.
Working for Tulsa Community College.
Views my own, often sarcastic.
Working for Tulsa Community College.
Views my own, often sarcastic.
Wow.
You know, using SparkNotes (or CliffNotes) used to be the gold-standard of laziness and cheating.
Now instructors are asking kids to use that because it isn't as bad as the chatbots.
You know, using SparkNotes (or CliffNotes) used to be the gold-standard of laziness and cheating.
Now instructors are asking kids to use that because it isn't as bad as the chatbots.
December 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Wow.
You know, using SparkNotes (or CliffNotes) used to be the gold-standard of laziness and cheating.
Now instructors are asking kids to use that because it isn't as bad as the chatbots.
You know, using SparkNotes (or CliffNotes) used to be the gold-standard of laziness and cheating.
Now instructors are asking kids to use that because it isn't as bad as the chatbots.
Still, it's probably not worth the cost of keeping the tech around.
December 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Still, it's probably not worth the cost of keeping the tech around.
The one use-case that I have seen that MIGHT hold up is from the scam-baiting folks.
They will use synthetic text and images to flesh out a trap website or app they then trick scammers to interact with.
It seems to only be good at making the lives of the consumers worse.
They will use synthetic text and images to flesh out a trap website or app they then trick scammers to interact with.
It seems to only be good at making the lives of the consumers worse.
December 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The one use-case that I have seen that MIGHT hold up is from the scam-baiting folks.
They will use synthetic text and images to flesh out a trap website or app they then trick scammers to interact with.
It seems to only be good at making the lives of the consumers worse.
They will use synthetic text and images to flesh out a trap website or app they then trick scammers to interact with.
It seems to only be good at making the lives of the consumers worse.
Fair, but that distinction only makes the choice to reject the junk that much more clearly.
If we separate the actually useful ML stuff from LLMs then we lose most (if not all) of the socially beneficial use cases that the pushers of this LLM tech use to justify their position.
If we separate the actually useful ML stuff from LLMs then we lose most (if not all) of the socially beneficial use cases that the pushers of this LLM tech use to justify their position.
December 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Fair, but that distinction only makes the choice to reject the junk that much more clearly.
If we separate the actually useful ML stuff from LLMs then we lose most (if not all) of the socially beneficial use cases that the pushers of this LLM tech use to justify their position.
If we separate the actually useful ML stuff from LLMs then we lose most (if not all) of the socially beneficial use cases that the pushers of this LLM tech use to justify their position.
I think I have already figured out how to use it in my work. I.e. I don't. I ignore the AI tools thrust in my face and instead use tools that work.
Are you going to tell me that I am doing it wrong?
Are you going to tell me that I am doing it wrong?
December 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I think I have already figured out how to use it in my work. I.e. I don't. I ignore the AI tools thrust in my face and instead use tools that work.
Are you going to tell me that I am doing it wrong?
Are you going to tell me that I am doing it wrong?
Yep. That reply is inappropriate.
Block him.
But don't use it to implicitly defend the hellsite. We both know that you will see far worse stuff there.
Block him.
But don't use it to implicitly defend the hellsite. We both know that you will see far worse stuff there.
December 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Yep. That reply is inappropriate.
Block him.
But don't use it to implicitly defend the hellsite. We both know that you will see far worse stuff there.
Block him.
But don't use it to implicitly defend the hellsite. We both know that you will see far worse stuff there.
Hey! Don't be mean.
The Municipal Wast Disposal Facility is staffed by good hardworking people that make your life better. They don't deserve this treatment.
The Municipal Wast Disposal Facility is staffed by good hardworking people that make your life better. They don't deserve this treatment.
December 20, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Hey! Don't be mean.
The Municipal Wast Disposal Facility is staffed by good hardworking people that make your life better. They don't deserve this treatment.
The Municipal Wast Disposal Facility is staffed by good hardworking people that make your life better. They don't deserve this treatment.
Most leftists I have listened to do care about these things. Those leftists voted for Harris.
However, some leftists just like to complain without trying to figure out what the best course of action is. These people complain about how the Democrats are "just as bad" and stay home.
However, some leftists just like to complain without trying to figure out what the best course of action is. These people complain about how the Democrats are "just as bad" and stay home.
December 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Most leftists I have listened to do care about these things. Those leftists voted for Harris.
However, some leftists just like to complain without trying to figure out what the best course of action is. These people complain about how the Democrats are "just as bad" and stay home.
However, some leftists just like to complain without trying to figure out what the best course of action is. These people complain about how the Democrats are "just as bad" and stay home.
Yep. That is the Democratic party. No effort ever put in to move our nation leftward on economic issues.
None whatsoever.
Dude, if you want them to court your vote you can't demonstrate that you will ignore their attempts to court it in the next breath.
None whatsoever.
Dude, if you want them to court your vote you can't demonstrate that you will ignore their attempts to court it in the next breath.
December 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Yep. That is the Democratic party. No effort ever put in to move our nation leftward on economic issues.
None whatsoever.
Dude, if you want them to court your vote you can't demonstrate that you will ignore their attempts to court it in the next breath.
None whatsoever.
Dude, if you want them to court your vote you can't demonstrate that you will ignore their attempts to court it in the next breath.
Well, let's see which one has the better return on investment.
I am a former Republican voter and still have fairly conservative economic preferences, and I voted for Harris.
The childish leftists you are talking about are still throwing a fit and refusing to support the Democrats.
I am a former Republican voter and still have fairly conservative economic preferences, and I voted for Harris.
The childish leftists you are talking about are still throwing a fit and refusing to support the Democrats.
December 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Well, let's see which one has the better return on investment.
I am a former Republican voter and still have fairly conservative economic preferences, and I voted for Harris.
The childish leftists you are talking about are still throwing a fit and refusing to support the Democrats.
I am a former Republican voter and still have fairly conservative economic preferences, and I voted for Harris.
The childish leftists you are talking about are still throwing a fit and refusing to support the Democrats.
It looks like you are talking about winning over people that refuse to be adults about how they vote.
If people that are old enough to vote act like children then there isn't much we can do beyond telling them to grow up.
If people that are old enough to vote act like children then there isn't much we can do beyond telling them to grow up.
December 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
It looks like you are talking about winning over people that refuse to be adults about how they vote.
If people that are old enough to vote act like children then there isn't much we can do beyond telling them to grow up.
If people that are old enough to vote act like children then there isn't much we can do beyond telling them to grow up.
I don't think so.
By DJT standards this was too coherent to be unscripted, so something was written down before he started talking.
They may have swapped out a Venezuela invasion speech for this one, but in that case it was a plan B they had ready to go.
By DJT standards this was too coherent to be unscripted, so something was written down before he started talking.
They may have swapped out a Venezuela invasion speech for this one, but in that case it was a plan B they had ready to go.
December 18, 2025 at 5:42 AM
I don't think so.
By DJT standards this was too coherent to be unscripted, so something was written down before he started talking.
They may have swapped out a Venezuela invasion speech for this one, but in that case it was a plan B they had ready to go.
By DJT standards this was too coherent to be unscripted, so something was written down before he started talking.
They may have swapped out a Venezuela invasion speech for this one, but in that case it was a plan B they had ready to go.
Or at least during the primaries.
December 18, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Or at least during the primaries.
Nice list. Let me add some items.
- teachers need to rework how they assess students to sidestep cheating
- employees need to justify to their bosses that the AI tool doesn't work
- we are forced to scroll past useless "AI summaries"
- teachers need to rework how they assess students to sidestep cheating
- employees need to justify to their bosses that the AI tool doesn't work
- we are forced to scroll past useless "AI summaries"
December 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Nice list. Let me add some items.
- teachers need to rework how they assess students to sidestep cheating
- employees need to justify to their bosses that the AI tool doesn't work
- we are forced to scroll past useless "AI summaries"
- teachers need to rework how they assess students to sidestep cheating
- employees need to justify to their bosses that the AI tool doesn't work
- we are forced to scroll past useless "AI summaries"
Step 1: Take away the power from everyone in the party that you can (especially, but not strictly limited to the bad actors).
Step 2: Make sure the republicans understand that this is the reason they lost.
I will worry about Step 3 when the time comes.
Step 2: Make sure the republicans understand that this is the reason they lost.
I will worry about Step 3 when the time comes.
December 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Step 1: Take away the power from everyone in the party that you can (especially, but not strictly limited to the bad actors).
Step 2: Make sure the republicans understand that this is the reason they lost.
I will worry about Step 3 when the time comes.
Step 2: Make sure the republicans understand that this is the reason they lost.
I will worry about Step 3 when the time comes.
I Was Not A Nazi Polka
YouTube video by The Mitchell Trio - Topic
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I have read the disc world books.
Can it be...The Luggage!
Can it be...The Luggage!
December 12, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I have read the disc world books.
Can it be...The Luggage!
Can it be...The Luggage!
And if we use a land-based liquid cooling system with the hardware in an airtight nitrogen gas environment we can probably get the same benefits.
Here is a link discussing why they scrapped the project.
www.itpro.com/infrastructu...
Here is a link discussing why they scrapped the project.
www.itpro.com/infrastructu...
Microsoft scrapped its 'Project Natick' underwater data center trial — here's why it was never going to work
Project Natick was largely a success, but didn’t make sense from an operational or practical perspective
www.itpro.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:14 AM
And if we use a land-based liquid cooling system with the hardware in an airtight nitrogen gas environment we can probably get the same benefits.
Here is a link discussing why they scrapped the project.
www.itpro.com/infrastructu...
Here is a link discussing why they scrapped the project.
www.itpro.com/infrastructu...
I am pretty sure that "success" here means "We can pull it off well enough to tell the media that it wasn't a failure. However, it was such a pain that we are not going to do it again."
December 6, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I am pretty sure that "success" here means "We can pull it off well enough to tell the media that it wasn't a failure. However, it was such a pain that we are not going to do it again."
I have a difficult time accepting that the pardon power is not the problem when it has been abused by so many presidents.
Consider the lame-duck pardons we have seen from the non-Trump presidents for example.
Another acquittal mechanism might be needed, but I don't think this is it.
Consider the lame-duck pardons we have seen from the non-Trump presidents for example.
Another acquittal mechanism might be needed, but I don't think this is it.
December 5, 2025 at 6:11 AM
I have a difficult time accepting that the pardon power is not the problem when it has been abused by so many presidents.
Consider the lame-duck pardons we have seen from the non-Trump presidents for example.
Another acquittal mechanism might be needed, but I don't think this is it.
Consider the lame-duck pardons we have seen from the non-Trump presidents for example.
Another acquittal mechanism might be needed, but I don't think this is it.
That is a difference. But consider how they are the same.
In both cases it was fiction. It was fictional (albeit dietetically real) violence that justified Clarke's murder spree. And it was fictional (straight up lies) violence that justified the recent boat strikes.
In both cases it was fiction. It was fictional (albeit dietetically real) violence that justified Clarke's murder spree. And it was fictional (straight up lies) violence that justified the recent boat strikes.
December 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
That is a difference. But consider how they are the same.
In both cases it was fiction. It was fictional (albeit dietetically real) violence that justified Clarke's murder spree. And it was fictional (straight up lies) violence that justified the recent boat strikes.
In both cases it was fiction. It was fictional (albeit dietetically real) violence that justified Clarke's murder spree. And it was fictional (straight up lies) violence that justified the recent boat strikes.