Musings, Sometimes
@musings-sometimes.bsky.social
Sometimes I muse.
A man's man in the streets, an options trader in the sheets.
Foul-mouthed. Christian.
A man's man in the streets, an options trader in the sheets.
Foul-mouthed. Christian.
Pinned
Reminder that I will still follow you and engage in friendly informative banter with you here even if we disagree profoundly on things (foreign policy, religion, or anything in between).
I'm here because there are interesting people like you (yes you) and I want a good time.
I'm here because there are interesting people like you (yes you) and I want a good time.
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This might just be a cranky old man opinion, but I think student extracurriculars have gotten out of control. Being a student is a full-time job and you can't be cramming 20+ hours a week of resume padding activities into your schedule.
Harvard Says It’s Handing Out Too Many A’s. Students Are Fighting Back.
A report from the Ivy League school found rampant grade inflation. But students complain the administration is moving the goal posts.
www.wsj.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This might just be a cranky old man opinion, but I think student extracurriculars have gotten out of control. Being a student is a full-time job and you can't be cramming 20+ hours a week of resume padding activities into your schedule.
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$600,000 a year tech jobs where you have to spend $50k a month to cope with the pain of being alive
December 5, 2025 at 1:04 AM
$600,000 a year tech jobs where you have to spend $50k a month to cope with the pain of being alive
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Rolling Stone: clearly documents a 30+ year long con job. A rural county's own leadership lined their pockets by helping ag interests destroy the water supply.
Everyone who read the article apparently??: Amazon data centers did this in 2011
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Everyone who read the article apparently??: Amazon data centers did this in 2011
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
'The Precedent Is Flint': How Oregon's Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon data centers constructed in eastern Oregon's farmland have worsened a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
www.rollingstone.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Rolling Stone: clearly documents a 30+ year long con job. A rural county's own leadership lined their pockets by helping ag interests destroy the water supply.
Everyone who read the article apparently??: Amazon data centers did this in 2011
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Everyone who read the article apparently??: Amazon data centers did this in 2011
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Apparently this administration is more offended by Europoors not paying for American weapons than they are happy about that supply being freed up to be pointed at Americans on American soil.
America: "Europe should contribute more to its own defence."
Also America: "No, not like that!"
Also America: "No, not like that!"
Top US official berates Europe over cutting American industry out of defense buildup
Washington is unhappy that some European arms programs limit U.S. participation.
www.politico.eu
December 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Apparently this administration is more offended by Europoors not paying for American weapons than they are happy about that supply being freed up to be pointed at Americans on American soil.
Chef (Isaac Hayes) - Chocolate Salty balls - Official Music Video
YouTube video by Cartman Broflovski
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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I think we need *MORE*
C I V I L
discourse.
But that means admitting (we) don’t know everything.
And the goal SHOULD BE to get to a common place; agreement.
C I V I L
discourse.
But that means admitting (we) don’t know everything.
And the goal SHOULD BE to get to a common place; agreement.
December 2, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I think we need *MORE*
C I V I L
discourse.
But that means admitting (we) don’t know everything.
And the goal SHOULD BE to get to a common place; agreement.
C I V I L
discourse.
But that means admitting (we) don’t know everything.
And the goal SHOULD BE to get to a common place; agreement.
Even if there's a lot of AI related dooming from randos here, at least there's a mix.
LinkedIn is far more toxic. Imagine an endless stream of sales bros telling you you're gonna die/become irrelevant because you've yet to master the easiest technology out there.
LinkedIn is far more toxic. Imagine an endless stream of sales bros telling you you're gonna die/become irrelevant because you've yet to master the easiest technology out there.
December 3, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Even if there's a lot of AI related dooming from randos here, at least there's a mix.
LinkedIn is far more toxic. Imagine an endless stream of sales bros telling you you're gonna die/become irrelevant because you've yet to master the easiest technology out there.
LinkedIn is far more toxic. Imagine an endless stream of sales bros telling you you're gonna die/become irrelevant because you've yet to master the easiest technology out there.
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“They’re some of the best business models the market has ever seen. Now you’ve seen this explosion in capital intensity to the point where it’s now the most capital intensive sector in the market. That’s just a radical change.“ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Big Tech’s ‘Spend Little, Earn Lots’ Formula Is Threatened By AI
For two decades, the playbook for Big Tech was fairly simple and extremely successful: Create disruptive innovations, deliver blinding growth rates and keep a lid on spending.
www.bloomberg.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
“They’re some of the best business models the market has ever seen. Now you’ve seen this explosion in capital intensity to the point where it’s now the most capital intensive sector in the market. That’s just a radical change.“ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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I can't wait for Old Navy to send me "It's Fucking Tuesday!" emails tomorrow.
December 2, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I can't wait for Old Navy to send me "It's Fucking Tuesday!" emails tomorrow.
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If you were looking for the perfect tool to exploit confirmation bias, you'd be hard pressed to do better.
December 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
If you were looking for the perfect tool to exploit confirmation bias, you'd be hard pressed to do better.
Sparsity is truly a great thing and I for one am happy that OSS model providers are leaning in to it. L1 normalization isn't necessary less computationally intensive, but this means that inference costs would be considerably lower.
DeepSeek 3.2
2 new models:
* 3.2: a open weights GPT-5-High competitor that’s fully agentic
* 3.2-Speciale: a maxxed-out version of 3.2 that achieves IMO Gold. Currently API-only with no tools
so that’s 2 DeepSeek models that achieve IMO Gold
huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/...
2 new models:
* 3.2: a open weights GPT-5-High competitor that’s fully agentic
* 3.2-Speciale: a maxxed-out version of 3.2 that achieves IMO Gold. Currently API-only with no tools
so that’s 2 DeepSeek models that achieve IMO Gold
huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/...
December 1, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Sparsity is truly a great thing and I for one am happy that OSS model providers are leaning in to it. L1 normalization isn't necessary less computationally intensive, but this means that inference costs would be considerably lower.
The AI generated Ben Garrison style comics are hilarious.
Usually I find mass generated AI slop art kind of depressing, but this shit is hilarious.
Keep it up, Bluesky
Usually I find mass generated AI slop art kind of depressing, but this shit is hilarious.
Keep it up, Bluesky
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The AI generated Ben Garrison style comics are hilarious.
Usually I find mass generated AI slop art kind of depressing, but this shit is hilarious.
Keep it up, Bluesky
Usually I find mass generated AI slop art kind of depressing, but this shit is hilarious.
Keep it up, Bluesky
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not selling your RSUs isn't the same as saving $1.5 million. it's a good proxy.
November 30, 2025 at 10:08 PM
not selling your RSUs isn't the same as saving $1.5 million. it's a good proxy.
Saturday #MusicSky.
M83 'Kim & Jessie' Official video
YouTube video by M83
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Saturday #MusicSky.
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I get a lot of pushback on whether the debasement trade is real or not. I think most of those points miss the forest for the trees. You just have to look at what's going on with precious metals to know something highly unusual - and worrying - is going on...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/pushback-o...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/pushback-o...
November 29, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I get a lot of pushback on whether the debasement trade is real or not. I think most of those points miss the forest for the trees. You just have to look at what's going on with precious metals to know something highly unusual - and worrying - is going on...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/pushback-o...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/pushback-o...
The one area I will comfortably say I'm more sure there is a bubble: corporate AI training hucksters.
This shit is dead simple to use, people.
This shit is dead simple to use, people.
November 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The one area I will comfortably say I'm more sure there is a bubble: corporate AI training hucksters.
This shit is dead simple to use, people.
This shit is dead simple to use, people.
Dammit Carl, don't make me sob like a baby on TG.
We should only be so lucky to have lifelong friends like this.
We should only be so lucky to have lifelong friends like this.
“.. Near the end of life, Munger leaned on humor for strength. ‘Oh, to be 86 again,’ he said.
“.. days before his death, .. he asked family members to leave the room so he could call Buffett one last time.
They shared a last farewell.”
@gzuckerman.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
“.. days before his death, .. he asked family members to leave the room so he could call Buffett one last time.
They shared a last farewell.”
@gzuckerman.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
November 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Dammit Carl, don't make me sob like a baby on TG.
We should only be so lucky to have lifelong friends like this.
We should only be so lucky to have lifelong friends like this.
This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for Huggingface. OSS is how you break tech monopolies.
November 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for Huggingface. OSS is how you break tech monopolies.
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Still thinking about this article. It’s always been a sore spot in YIMBY circles that so many progressive foundations pour money into NIMBYism, and I’m glad it’s finally being aired in public. Keep talking about it. www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/philant...
Philanthropy Needs to Pick a Side on the Housing Construction Debate
Despite California’s severe housing shortage, foundations are still funding on the wrong side of the housing fight there, guest author Ned Resnikoff writes.
www.insidephilanthropy.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Still thinking about this article. It’s always been a sore spot in YIMBY circles that so many progressive foundations pour money into NIMBYism, and I’m glad it’s finally being aired in public. Keep talking about it. www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/philant...
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You can underperform something a lot and still be highly correlated. That is not strictly speaking what being “correlated” measures.
November 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
You can underperform something a lot and still be highly correlated. That is not strictly speaking what being “correlated” measures.
For what it's worth, I expect this to change over time. You have segments in which productivity has increased pretty drastically, but enablement across broad swathes of the economy is currently lacking.
November 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
For what it's worth, I expect this to change over time. You have segments in which productivity has increased pretty drastically, but enablement across broad swathes of the economy is currently lacking.
If you're following along with the AI financing trail, I'm not sounding a 5 alarm fire, but there are reasons why I think some players (GOOG, AMZN) are much better positioned than others (META, ORCL, OpenAI)
Opinion from Alphaville: OpenAI is a money pit with a website on top. That much we know already, but since OpenAI is a private company, there’s a lot of guesswork required when estimating the depth of the pit. on.ft.com/44xy39L
November 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
If you're following along with the AI financing trail, I'm not sounding a 5 alarm fire, but there are reasons why I think some players (GOOG, AMZN) are much better positioned than others (META, ORCL, OpenAI)
One thing I've discovered about being a 40+ millennial male is that somewhere along the way my other 40+ millennial male friends got really shitty about maintaining friendships.
I see the consequences to them (and myself) everyday.
I see the consequences to them (and myself) everyday.
November 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
One thing I've discovered about being a 40+ millennial male is that somewhere along the way my other 40+ millennial male friends got really shitty about maintaining friendships.
I see the consequences to them (and myself) everyday.
I see the consequences to them (and myself) everyday.
A lot of nuance to unpack here.
It's lonely for those of us who understand the tech and its valuable uses, but still reckon with the the ugly power consolidation and the "I don't know what lies ahead" when it comes to misinformation and the debasement of education.
It's lonely for those of us who understand the tech and its valuable uses, but still reckon with the the ugly power consolidation and the "I don't know what lies ahead" when it comes to misinformation and the debasement of education.
I know I've commented this before, but I always find it interesting just how anti-AI Bluesky is.
November 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
A lot of nuance to unpack here.
It's lonely for those of us who understand the tech and its valuable uses, but still reckon with the the ugly power consolidation and the "I don't know what lies ahead" when it comes to misinformation and the debasement of education.
It's lonely for those of us who understand the tech and its valuable uses, but still reckon with the the ugly power consolidation and the "I don't know what lies ahead" when it comes to misinformation and the debasement of education.
One of the biggest responsibilities of using LLMs in the loop for coding is to NOT DO THIS.
Sadly I see this more than I'd like, but it doesn't surprise me one bit.
Sadly I see this more than I'd like, but it doesn't surprise me one bit.
One of the many joys of using AI for programming is the creation of huge PRs on complex topics that the authors barely understand, but still suggest "because they work". Here's a great example from #OCaml github.com/ocaml/ocaml/...
Kudos to OCaml's maintainers for handling this so gracefully.
Kudos to OCaml's maintainers for handling this so gracefully.
DWARF support for macOS and Linux by joelreymont · Pull Request #14369 · ocaml/ocaml
DWARF v5 Debugging Support for OCaml Native Compiler
This PR adds DWARF v5 debug information to the OCaml native compiler, allowing proper source-level debugging in GDB and LLDB.
What's Impleme...
github.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
One of the biggest responsibilities of using LLMs in the loop for coding is to NOT DO THIS.
Sadly I see this more than I'd like, but it doesn't surprise me one bit.
Sadly I see this more than I'd like, but it doesn't surprise me one bit.