David
@thermite.au
I create tech solutions that nearly always mostly work
Which was relevant when we needed to use dead trees to hold the text. But now the style guide persists on pdf or or digital formats and makes it unreadable on devices.
August 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Which was relevant when we needed to use dead trees to hold the text. But now the style guide persists on pdf or or digital formats and makes it unreadable on devices.
No, some people are just fucking idiots. I swear, if breathing needed intelligence, half the planet would drop dead.
August 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
No, some people are just fucking idiots. I swear, if breathing needed intelligence, half the planet would drop dead.
🤷 I see clients using it to generate enormous quantities of output. Some is very binary like code. That's easy to verify. It will write 10,000 lines of code in an hour which is tested as it goes. I've seen it generate marketing copy at scale and that works very well. It's very effective at BA work.
July 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
🤷 I see clients using it to generate enormous quantities of output. Some is very binary like code. That's easy to verify. It will write 10,000 lines of code in an hour which is tested as it goes. I've seen it generate marketing copy at scale and that works very well. It's very effective at BA work.
Chatgpt via browser is s good for analysing a discrete piece of code or an error. But yes, for coding you want Cursor IDE or Claude Code. Or both.
Right tool for the job etc etc
Right tool for the job etc etc
July 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Chatgpt via browser is s good for analysing a discrete piece of code or an error. But yes, for coding you want Cursor IDE or Claude Code. Or both.
Right tool for the job etc etc
Right tool for the job etc etc
I suspect it depends how you define analysis. I've seen several clients using it for content moderation of media and its been extremely effective. It can identify overly compressed images etc.
I don't think I'd trust it to validate the artistic merits of content or if content matched a brief.
I don't think I'd trust it to validate the artistic merits of content or if content matched a brief.
July 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I suspect it depends how you define analysis. I've seen several clients using it for content moderation of media and its been extremely effective. It can identify overly compressed images etc.
I don't think I'd trust it to validate the artistic merits of content or if content matched a brief.
I don't think I'd trust it to validate the artistic merits of content or if content matched a brief.
Really? As a software developer, you've not found a single good use for AI? Not had it create unit test? Document code or DB schema? Scope features? Code completion as you type? Not seen it write functions or classes?
July 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Really? As a software developer, you've not found a single good use for AI? Not had it create unit test? Document code or DB schema? Scope features? Code completion as you type? Not seen it write functions or classes?
QC might be a stretch, but an LLM can review video content. In the simplest model, 1 or 2 frames per second are taken as images, the llm identifies image content and documents it as text, then the chain of text is used to create context of the video. There are other more advanced methods
July 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
QC might be a stretch, but an LLM can review video content. In the simplest model, 1 or 2 frames per second are taken as images, the llm identifies image content and documents it as text, then the chain of text is used to create context of the video. There are other more advanced methods
Oh, please, that is so demonstrably false, it's reduculous.
July 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Oh, please, that is so demonstrably false, it's reduculous.
When will science papers give up this cursed two column print layout designed for dead trees? Does my head in.
July 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
When will science papers give up this cursed two column print layout designed for dead trees? Does my head in.
Consciousness is even more vulnerable, as we are starting to understand that it is very poorly defined concept and we are not nearly as conscious as we would like to think.
For the majority, intelligence/consciousness in machines is irrelevant. So long as it appears to be AI, then it is AI.
For the majority, intelligence/consciousness in machines is irrelevant. So long as it appears to be AI, then it is AI.
July 22, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Consciousness is even more vulnerable, as we are starting to understand that it is very poorly defined concept and we are not nearly as conscious as we would like to think.
For the majority, intelligence/consciousness in machines is irrelevant. So long as it appears to be AI, then it is AI.
For the majority, intelligence/consciousness in machines is irrelevant. So long as it appears to be AI, then it is AI.
I wasn't saying it was. I was pointing out that most ppl can't and won't understand the difference.
As for "real" AI, thats a complex debate going on across the entire industry. Much of it causes people to get upset as it points towards intelligence being far less special than most ppl think it is
As for "real" AI, thats a complex debate going on across the entire industry. Much of it causes people to get upset as it points towards intelligence being far less special than most ppl think it is
July 22, 2025 at 8:48 AM
I wasn't saying it was. I was pointing out that most ppl can't and won't understand the difference.
As for "real" AI, thats a complex debate going on across the entire industry. Much of it causes people to get upset as it points towards intelligence being far less special than most ppl think it is
As for "real" AI, thats a complex debate going on across the entire industry. Much of it causes people to get upset as it points towards intelligence being far less special than most ppl think it is
The vast majority of people have no idea what AI is. The concept of an LLM is as close as they will get and is close enough.
July 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The vast majority of people have no idea what AI is. The concept of an LLM is as close as they will get and is close enough.
Translation "I've never really used AI, but i run a troll account, so this will get me some views"
July 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Translation "I've never really used AI, but i run a troll account, so this will get me some views"
Yeah, if Nauru's imports increased that much, the freight went through the port, but I doubt it even left the ship. I hope they are taking 2% for helping China sidestep tarrifs.
July 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Yeah, if Nauru's imports increased that much, the freight went through the port, but I doubt it even left the ship. I hope they are taking 2% for helping China sidestep tarrifs.
Ultimately, the republicans, the oligarch's or the system itself are not the problem. It's half the "we the people" who actively or passively want the fascism they are getting, and given the chance, they will put it back in again.
July 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Ultimately, the republicans, the oligarch's or the system itself are not the problem. It's half the "we the people" who actively or passively want the fascism they are getting, and given the chance, they will put it back in again.
Because as has been shown, at least half the country doesn't want a left leaning government. So they will vote for fascists (again) who then rip apart what you just rebuilt.
This can be seen at play in many other countries right now. The US has just been lucky their system stayed stable for so long
This can be seen at play in many other countries right now. The US has just been lucky their system stayed stable for so long
July 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Because as has been shown, at least half the country doesn't want a left leaning government. So they will vote for fascists (again) who then rip apart what you just rebuilt.
This can be seen at play in many other countries right now. The US has just been lucky their system stayed stable for so long
This can be seen at play in many other countries right now. The US has just been lucky their system stayed stable for so long
But then, you need them to give up the power to do what they just did & make it a crime. You see the contradiction? You want to establish a system of government, but the only way it can be done is to not use that system of government.
And then hope that at the next election, it isn't all reversed.
And then hope that at the next election, it isn't all reversed.
July 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
But then, you need them to give up the power to do what they just did & make it a crime. You see the contradiction? You want to establish a system of government, but the only way it can be done is to not use that system of government.
And then hope that at the next election, it isn't all reversed.
And then hope that at the next election, it isn't all reversed.
I was talking about what will happen, not what could happen.
Yes, in theory, things could be addressed, but not by the current system. To counter Trumps actions, you would need opponents who are also willing to ignore the law. You would need a left leaning autocrat willing to push through reform
Yes, in theory, things could be addressed, but not by the current system. To counter Trumps actions, you would need opponents who are also willing to ignore the law. You would need a left leaning autocrat willing to push through reform
July 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I was talking about what will happen, not what could happen.
Yes, in theory, things could be addressed, but not by the current system. To counter Trumps actions, you would need opponents who are also willing to ignore the law. You would need a left leaning autocrat willing to push through reform
Yes, in theory, things could be addressed, but not by the current system. To counter Trumps actions, you would need opponents who are also willing to ignore the law. You would need a left leaning autocrat willing to push through reform
It will have the same impact as the uproar over other ToS has had. Zip, Nadia, zilch.
In another week, people will go back to clicking "I agree" without pause.
In another week, people will go back to clicking "I agree" without pause.
July 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
It will have the same impact as the uproar over other ToS has had. Zip, Nadia, zilch.
In another week, people will go back to clicking "I agree" without pause.
In another week, people will go back to clicking "I agree" without pause.
If you can't cut costs and still want those pre trump institutions back, then you'll have to print money. If you want to reverse the erosion of separation of powers, you need to deal with the supreme court problem. You have to be willing to give up the powers trump has taken.
Ain't going to happen.
Ain't going to happen.
July 15, 2025 at 11:16 AM
If you can't cut costs and still want those pre trump institutions back, then you'll have to print money. If you want to reverse the erosion of separation of powers, you need to deal with the supreme court problem. You have to be willing to give up the powers trump has taken.
Ain't going to happen.
Ain't going to happen.
There's simply nowhere left to cut costs without losing votes. The country runs at a loss. Any lever you pull, causes some other aspect of the system to fall over. They all talk about a surplus, but they know it can't be done.
July 15, 2025 at 11:16 AM
There's simply nowhere left to cut costs without losing votes. The country runs at a loss. Any lever you pull, causes some other aspect of the system to fall over. They all talk about a surplus, but they know it can't be done.
To reverse the BBB, they would need a comprehensive budget that restores the pre trump system, while reducing debt. They didn't have that budget before trump, they sure as hell won't have it after. You would need to radically reprioratise national spending, including defence.
July 15, 2025 at 11:16 AM
To reverse the BBB, they would need a comprehensive budget that restores the pre trump system, while reducing debt. They didn't have that budget before trump, they sure as hell won't have it after. You would need to radically reprioratise national spending, including defence.
How do you release or process hundreds (if not thousands by then) of people from ICE detention? If just one of them then does a crime, the right will hang you with it. Never mind the economic impact of firing the staff and all the downstream contractors already feeding off that new budget.
July 15, 2025 at 11:16 AM
How do you release or process hundreds (if not thousands by then) of people from ICE detention? If just one of them then does a crime, the right will hang you with it. Never mind the economic impact of firing the staff and all the downstream contractors already feeding off that new budget.