Aaron
@risottodrome.bsky.social
Software engineer, Xennial, Dad, Rust Belt → France → SF → Startup → Big Tech → PNW
Twitter was never my thing but I came here to help support making something better. I thought I can keep a finger on the pulse and get community around indie games while we cope with Trump. He turned out worse than I expected and I didn’t really get anything from this. I’m calling it. ✌️bsky
March 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Twitter was never my thing but I came here to help support making something better. I thought I can keep a finger on the pulse and get community around indie games while we cope with Trump. He turned out worse than I expected and I didn’t really get anything from this. I’m calling it. ✌️bsky
Military experts have been warning us to ban autonomous weapons. It’s happening. If you thought the horrors of land mines were bad, you haven’t seen anything yet.
March 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Military experts have been warning us to ban autonomous weapons. It’s happening. If you thought the horrors of land mines were bad, you haven’t seen anything yet.
HR 1968 is not just an extension to keep the government funded. Stopgap appropriations don't specify allocations. That discretion would be surrendered to the Trump administration who won't fail to abuse it. Congress needs to pass a standard appropriations bill, don't pass HR 1968.
House GOP Passes Spending Bill to Avert Government Shutdown
Approval of the bill sent it to the Senate, where Republicans need the cooperation of several Democrats to move it past a filibuster and to passage before a midnight deadline on Friday.
www.nytimes.com
March 12, 2025 at 6:45 AM
HR 1968 is not just an extension to keep the government funded. Stopgap appropriations don't specify allocations. That discretion would be surrendered to the Trump administration who won't fail to abuse it. Congress needs to pass a standard appropriations bill, don't pass HR 1968.
I feel like we don’t talk enough about Italian partisans. We talk about the French resistance but Italian partisans captured and killed Mussolini.
March 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I feel like we don’t talk enough about Italian partisans. We talk about the French resistance but Italian partisans captured and killed Mussolini.
If your family has been in America since the revolution there is a chance they were loyalists. After the war Canada provided them refuge. Their children and grandchildren moved back to America and you don’t even know it.
March 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
If your family has been in America since the revolution there is a chance they were loyalists. After the war Canada provided them refuge. Their children and grandchildren moved back to America and you don’t even know it.
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Just learned from one of his friends that George Lowe, voice of the titular character from Space Ghost: Coast to Coast, has died.
R.I.P., George
R.I.P., George
March 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Just learned from one of his friends that George Lowe, voice of the titular character from Space Ghost: Coast to Coast, has died.
R.I.P., George
R.I.P., George
Whenever I play Bonanza with my parents my dad is super vigilant that he gets the upper hand on every deal, I just make sure I’m always trading. The dude never wins.
March 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Whenever I play Bonanza with my parents my dad is super vigilant that he gets the upper hand on every deal, I just make sure I’m always trading. The dude never wins.
How to fix complex systems:
1) build guardrails to make sure essential services aren’t disrupted
2) audit how the system functions today
3) make small auditable changes
3a) if a part is too complex to edit, build a replacement in vitro then swap
I believe Musk is incompetent, not nefarious.
1) build guardrails to make sure essential services aren’t disrupted
2) audit how the system functions today
3) make small auditable changes
3a) if a part is too complex to edit, build a replacement in vitro then swap
I believe Musk is incompetent, not nefarious.
February 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
How to fix complex systems:
1) build guardrails to make sure essential services aren’t disrupted
2) audit how the system functions today
3) make small auditable changes
3a) if a part is too complex to edit, build a replacement in vitro then swap
I believe Musk is incompetent, not nefarious.
1) build guardrails to make sure essential services aren’t disrupted
2) audit how the system functions today
3) make small auditable changes
3a) if a part is too complex to edit, build a replacement in vitro then swap
I believe Musk is incompetent, not nefarious.
Cassandra Peterson and Paul Reubens
February 7, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Cassandra Peterson and Paul Reubens
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someone on linkedin, of all places, sent me an article about querying the LLM’s knowledge by *thought token forcing*
basically, insert a gentle suggestion, like `I know this` and the R1 completes it with, e.g., details on tienamen square
dsthoughts.baulab.info
basically, insert a gentle suggestion, like `
dsthoughts.baulab.info
Auditing AI Bias: The DeepSeek Case
Cracking open the inner monologue of reasoning models.
dsthoughts.baulab.info
February 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
someone on linkedin, of all places, sent me an article about querying the LLM’s knowledge by *thought token forcing*
basically, insert a gentle suggestion, like `I know this` and the R1 completes it with, e.g., details on tienamen square
dsthoughts.baulab.info
basically, insert a gentle suggestion, like `
dsthoughts.baulab.info
Valid AI criticisms:
- ill-gotten training data
- bubble
- fossil fuels
- hamfisted use-cases
- bad ROI
Invalid:
- it’s not useful.
LLM’s are useful to my job and AlphaFold won noble prize. Pretending it has no value detracts from valid arguments.
- ill-gotten training data
- bubble
- fossil fuels
- hamfisted use-cases
- bad ROI
Invalid:
- it’s not useful.
LLM’s are useful to my job and AlphaFold won noble prize. Pretending it has no value detracts from valid arguments.
February 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Valid AI criticisms:
- ill-gotten training data
- bubble
- fossil fuels
- hamfisted use-cases
- bad ROI
Invalid:
- it’s not useful.
LLM’s are useful to my job and AlphaFold won noble prize. Pretending it has no value detracts from valid arguments.
- ill-gotten training data
- bubble
- fossil fuels
- hamfisted use-cases
- bad ROI
Invalid:
- it’s not useful.
LLM’s are useful to my job and AlphaFold won noble prize. Pretending it has no value detracts from valid arguments.
Boeing imports $10 billion of goods per year from Canada and Mexico. It has no ability to offload the costs. 90% of Washington’s fertilizer comes from Canada.
www.seattletimes.com/business/wa-...
www.seattletimes.com/business/wa-...
WA businesses fear higher costs, tougher exports due to Trump tariffs
Many economists and business leaders say the tariff impacts will be large, especially for a heavily trade-dependent state like Washington.
www.seattletimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Boeing imports $10 billion of goods per year from Canada and Mexico. It has no ability to offload the costs. 90% of Washington’s fertilizer comes from Canada.
www.seattletimes.com/business/wa-...
www.seattletimes.com/business/wa-...
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Why do we have to teach Trump and his supporters civics? This is fucking stupid, they are fucking stupid. Not knowing how to be president should be disqualifying.
January 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Why do we have to teach Trump and his supporters civics? This is fucking stupid, they are fucking stupid. Not knowing how to be president should be disqualifying.
I asked a car saleman a question about a car and they responded "I don't know, let's look it up". Then I watched him type it up into Google and he read to me the AI generated response at the top.
It's one thing to consider someone might do that, horrifying to actually see.
It's one thing to consider someone might do that, horrifying to actually see.
January 23, 2025 at 7:43 AM
I asked a car saleman a question about a car and they responded "I don't know, let's look it up". Then I watched him type it up into Google and he read to me the AI generated response at the top.
It's one thing to consider someone might do that, horrifying to actually see.
It's one thing to consider someone might do that, horrifying to actually see.
Trumps next big con is trying to make you believe he has more power than he has.
January 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Trumps next big con is trying to make you believe he has more power than he has.
Trump can’t stop the green transition, he’s just making sure the future of green tech is Chinese.
January 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Trump can’t stop the green transition, he’s just making sure the future of green tech is Chinese.
Here’s a good use for AI: remix Home Alone so I get different booby traps every Christmas viewing.
January 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Here’s a good use for AI: remix Home Alone so I get different booby traps every Christmas viewing.
I picked up Turok during the steam sale. I had it as a kid and forgot how fun it is.
I didn’t recall how there is that sound that spawns new enemies next to you as an incentive to keep moving. Good game.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turok_(...
I didn’t recall how there is that sound that spawns new enemies next to you as an incentive to keep moving. Good game.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turok_(...
Turok (video game series) - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
January 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I picked up Turok during the steam sale. I had it as a kid and forgot how fun it is.
I didn’t recall how there is that sound that spawns new enemies next to you as an incentive to keep moving. Good game.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turok_(...
I didn’t recall how there is that sound that spawns new enemies next to you as an incentive to keep moving. Good game.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turok_(...
I gotta speak up. I love Canada. They welcomed my grandfather after WW2. I would vacation there as a kid in MI. In my early 20s I traveled to Montreal and partied with people from around the world. Now I live in WA and being able to easily visit makes me happy. I’ll fight anyone over Canada.
January 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I gotta speak up. I love Canada. They welcomed my grandfather after WW2. I would vacation there as a kid in MI. In my early 20s I traveled to Montreal and partied with people from around the world. Now I live in WA and being able to easily visit makes me happy. I’ll fight anyone over Canada.
I wish pc gaming would grow up past teenage fantasies and be content I can play with my kids. I think 1/7 games I got on steam sale are appropriate to play in front of kids.
December 20, 2024 at 3:15 AM
I wish pc gaming would grow up past teenage fantasies and be content I can play with my kids. I think 1/7 games I got on steam sale are appropriate to play in front of kids.
Do yourself a favor and zoom into Andy’s profile picture, it’s precious (I don’t use that word lightly).
My 4 yo debuted her new workout tonight, which is to bounce on the couch while scream-singing along to Feliz Navidad on repeat until someone begs for it to stop
December 18, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Do yourself a favor and zoom into Andy’s profile picture, it’s precious (I don’t use that word lightly).