Mark Wotton
@mwotton.bsky.social
freelance goblin technologist
It’s a slippery slope. Once you admit that people generally don’t do things that are both unprofitable and hard work/expensive/not fun for very long, you might end up thinking that maybe markets are useful for some things.
November 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
It’s a slippery slope. Once you admit that people generally don’t do things that are both unprofitable and hard work/expensive/not fun for very long, you might end up thinking that maybe markets are useful for some things.
not really. gonna be a hit.
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
not really. gonna be a hit.
Feels a bit infinite-game-ish?
July 5, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Feels a bit infinite-game-ish?
Especially tricky if they did distill from ChatGPT as seems to be the consensus
June 21, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Especially tricky if they did distill from ChatGPT as seems to be the consensus
I think it was mostly system prompt tuning? I did look into a while ago, my information might be out of date, but I think it’d be hard to feed an LLM a fully sanitized version of the world
June 21, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I think it was mostly system prompt tuning? I did look into a while ago, my information might be out of date, but I think it’d be hard to feed an LLM a fully sanitized version of the world
Seems like it. You get a commissar spin about the Uyghurs but it won’t discuss Tienanmen Square at all
June 21, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Seems like it. You get a commissar spin about the Uyghurs but it won’t discuss Tienanmen Square at all
you seem to be able to get away with it if it's really targeted, like DeepSeek's Tienanmen Square refusals, but you can't shift the whole worldview and expect coherency.
June 21, 2025 at 10:26 AM
you seem to be able to get away with it if it's really targeted, like DeepSeek's Tienanmen Square refusals, but you can't shift the whole worldview and expect coherency.
It’s going to be very funny to see grok’s coding scores tank after he lobotomises it.
June 21, 2025 at 9:48 AM
It’s going to be very funny to see grok’s coding scores tank after he lobotomises it.
Scoped vs unscoped keeps paying off in unexpected places like nursery-based structured concurrency
June 11, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Scoped vs unscoped keeps paying off in unexpected places like nursery-based structured concurrency
I meant the movie but both, I guess
April 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I meant the movie but both, I guess
It is a fantasy, after all.
March 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
It is a fantasy, after all.
Necromancy but make it Python. “I’m not dead yet!”
February 8, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Necromancy but make it Python. “I’m not dead yet!”
I think there’s some necessary hypocrisy to any kind of attempt at self improvement
February 8, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I think there’s some necessary hypocrisy to any kind of attempt at self improvement
Fair. I had to laugh a bit at this www.cato.org/blog/seven-c... - how often does the Cato Institute have to tell a sitting Republican president he doesn’t understand basic economics?
Seven Charts Showing How Canada/Mexico Tariffs Would Harm the US Auto Industry (and American Car Buyers)
Particular industries and individuals would disproportionately suffer from Trump’s proposed 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico. In this blog post, we focus on the US automotive industry and provi...
www.cato.org
February 2, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Fair. I had to laugh a bit at this www.cato.org/blog/seven-c... - how often does the Cato Institute have to tell a sitting Republican president he doesn’t understand basic economics?
Hard to blame Canada for responding to clear provocation though
February 2, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Hard to blame Canada for responding to clear provocation though