Xeiom
@xeiom.bsky.social
I'm a multifunctional organism.
Sometimes a multidisfunctional organism.
U.K. Based.
Sometimes a multidisfunctional organism.
U.K. Based.
It is foolhardy to assume genAI is just a phase or is useless. It is tech that people want to use, it will stay around.
When it comes to the ecological impact, I'd argue its more productive to advocate for better regulations on the data centres than to advocate people stop using new technology.
When it comes to the ecological impact, I'd argue its more productive to advocate for better regulations on the data centres than to advocate people stop using new technology.
November 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
It is foolhardy to assume genAI is just a phase or is useless. It is tech that people want to use, it will stay around.
When it comes to the ecological impact, I'd argue its more productive to advocate for better regulations on the data centres than to advocate people stop using new technology.
When it comes to the ecological impact, I'd argue its more productive to advocate for better regulations on the data centres than to advocate people stop using new technology.
if it were truly the case that the technology can only lose money then you'd probably expect it to be a problem that would take care of itself.
The reality is that one or two companies will come out victorious while the others tank
The reality is that one or two companies will come out victorious while the others tank
November 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
if it were truly the case that the technology can only lose money then you'd probably expect it to be a problem that would take care of itself.
The reality is that one or two companies will come out victorious while the others tank
The reality is that one or two companies will come out victorious while the others tank
I'm not sure you'd easily convince people who are using these tools regularly that they don't work.
Likewise the people who are using these tools are not losing the money, it's the large corps betting on it that are losing the money.
Likewise the people who are using these tools are not losing the money, it's the large corps betting on it that are losing the money.
November 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I'm not sure you'd easily convince people who are using these tools regularly that they don't work.
Likewise the people who are using these tools are not losing the money, it's the large corps betting on it that are losing the money.
Likewise the people who are using these tools are not losing the money, it's the large corps betting on it that are losing the money.
Every time I see 'AI' in the headline, it reminds me of this old meme.
November 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Every time I see 'AI' in the headline, it reminds me of this old meme.
Really for most companies it is just fine to use the 99.9% reliability service and not build in redundancy for your app - You just have a bad day when it hits that 0.1% of the time every few months.
November 19, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Really for most companies it is just fine to use the 99.9% reliability service and not build in redundancy for your app - You just have a bad day when it hits that 0.1% of the time every few months.
The reason you use services like AWS is because they focus heavily on redundancy options and reliability. When they went down it wasn't a capacity issue it was a configuration issue that cut services off.
Alternative hosting won't get you around misconfigurations like that really
Alternative hosting won't get you around misconfigurations like that really
November 19, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The reason you use services like AWS is because they focus heavily on redundancy options and reliability. When they went down it wasn't a capacity issue it was a configuration issue that cut services off.
Alternative hosting won't get you around misconfigurations like that really
Alternative hosting won't get you around misconfigurations like that really
My understanding is it has to go through the Senate next yes? He only says for House republicans to vote for it.
Could it be that he's now confirmed he can stall or vote it down in the Senate and thus the house no longer matters?
I don't fully know how the American system works but that's my guess
Could it be that he's now confirmed he can stall or vote it down in the Senate and thus the house no longer matters?
I don't fully know how the American system works but that's my guess
November 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
My understanding is it has to go through the Senate next yes? He only says for House republicans to vote for it.
Could it be that he's now confirmed he can stall or vote it down in the Senate and thus the house no longer matters?
I don't fully know how the American system works but that's my guess
Could it be that he's now confirmed he can stall or vote it down in the Senate and thus the house no longer matters?
I don't fully know how the American system works but that's my guess
He certainly seems to also care a lot about ducks
November 13, 2025 at 1:21 AM
He certainly seems to also care a lot about ducks
That headline again
"We uncritically consume media without media literacy and we are now very mad about it"
"We uncritically consume media without media literacy and we are now very mad about it"
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
That headline again
"We uncritically consume media without media literacy and we are now very mad about it"
"We uncritically consume media without media literacy and we are now very mad about it"
Do you think the guy in the machine was at least having fun tearing it down. Like it isn't often you get to destroy something with so much heritage as your job, would be sad if it's just someone clocking in for their 9-5 and not taking it in.
October 24, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Do you think the guy in the machine was at least having fun tearing it down. Like it isn't often you get to destroy something with so much heritage as your job, would be sad if it's just someone clocking in for their 9-5 and not taking it in.
Doesn't look like anyone gets arrested for what happens at Twitchcon so you'd probably be fine.
October 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Doesn't look like anyone gets arrested for what happens at Twitchcon so you'd probably be fine.
I don't use the automated stuff myself but I know someone who has the same concerns
It is likely that at its most effective AI will hinder personal growth
Not sure if you can fix it inside work, companies tend to care about productivity not staff wellbeing. Bit of an ongoing fight in a way
It is likely that at its most effective AI will hinder personal growth
Not sure if you can fix it inside work, companies tend to care about productivity not staff wellbeing. Bit of an ongoing fight in a way
October 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I don't use the automated stuff myself but I know someone who has the same concerns
It is likely that at its most effective AI will hinder personal growth
Not sure if you can fix it inside work, companies tend to care about productivity not staff wellbeing. Bit of an ongoing fight in a way
It is likely that at its most effective AI will hinder personal growth
Not sure if you can fix it inside work, companies tend to care about productivity not staff wellbeing. Bit of an ongoing fight in a way
It can pretty good, knock an hour of looking things up to 5 minutes
My work requires other tasks so yeah those others things don't get that benefit but when I do come to these tasks it is hard to not want to speed them up
It is fair to say the techbros are overpromising gains but it is useful
My work requires other tasks so yeah those others things don't get that benefit but when I do come to these tasks it is hard to not want to speed them up
It is fair to say the techbros are overpromising gains but it is useful
October 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
It can pretty good, knock an hour of looking things up to 5 minutes
My work requires other tasks so yeah those others things don't get that benefit but when I do come to these tasks it is hard to not want to speed them up
It is fair to say the techbros are overpromising gains but it is useful
My work requires other tasks so yeah those others things don't get that benefit but when I do come to these tasks it is hard to not want to speed them up
It is fair to say the techbros are overpromising gains but it is useful
If you try to get someone to ask the AI to do this itself, they will run into big problems.
Using it by combining my knowledge however instead turns it into a productivity gain for me.
I can have it replace some words or be a minor editor, I could do the work without it - it is just faster with it
Using it by combining my knowledge however instead turns it into a productivity gain for me.
I can have it replace some words or be a minor editor, I could do the work without it - it is just faster with it
October 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
If you try to get someone to ask the AI to do this itself, they will run into big problems.
Using it by combining my knowledge however instead turns it into a productivity gain for me.
I can have it replace some words or be a minor editor, I could do the work without it - it is just faster with it
Using it by combining my knowledge however instead turns it into a productivity gain for me.
I can have it replace some words or be a minor editor, I could do the work without it - it is just faster with it
The key to getting value in this scenario is basically I already know what I need.
If for some reason it returns a bad result I'll easily identify and discard that.
I'm still ultimately the endpoint of what gets put into the codebase and still maintain the architecture of the system.
If for some reason it returns a bad result I'll easily identify and discard that.
I'm still ultimately the endpoint of what gets put into the codebase and still maintain the architecture of the system.
October 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The key to getting value in this scenario is basically I already know what I need.
If for some reason it returns a bad result I'll easily identify and discard that.
I'm still ultimately the endpoint of what gets put into the codebase and still maintain the architecture of the system.
If for some reason it returns a bad result I'll easily identify and discard that.
I'm still ultimately the endpoint of what gets put into the codebase and still maintain the architecture of the system.
If you're interested in a good use case for AI.
I tend to use it to read through the documentation of programming frameworks to get the syntax for a framework I'm not familiar with.
Trying to find this info via traditional search is often difficult because of how people structure the web pages.
I tend to use it to read through the documentation of programming frameworks to get the syntax for a framework I'm not familiar with.
Trying to find this info via traditional search is often difficult because of how people structure the web pages.
October 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
If you're interested in a good use case for AI.
I tend to use it to read through the documentation of programming frameworks to get the syntax for a framework I'm not familiar with.
Trying to find this info via traditional search is often difficult because of how people structure the web pages.
I tend to use it to read through the documentation of programming frameworks to get the syntax for a framework I'm not familiar with.
Trying to find this info via traditional search is often difficult because of how people structure the web pages.
People that haven't gone a single day in over a decade without having an update for some app on some device they own:
Yeah, have you seen it has problems, it must be entirely useless.
Yeah, have you seen it has problems, it must be entirely useless.
October 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
People that haven't gone a single day in over a decade without having an update for some app on some device they own:
Yeah, have you seen it has problems, it must be entirely useless.
Yeah, have you seen it has problems, it must be entirely useless.
Don't forget that sometimes people are critical of something because they have a level of attachment to it.
If you like something you can say "yeah I like that" with much thought but if you *really* love something then you can write a phd thesis on why you think it could be better.
If you like something you can say "yeah I like that" with much thought but if you *really* love something then you can write a phd thesis on why you think it could be better.
October 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Don't forget that sometimes people are critical of something because they have a level of attachment to it.
If you like something you can say "yeah I like that" with much thought but if you *really* love something then you can write a phd thesis on why you think it could be better.
If you like something you can say "yeah I like that" with much thought but if you *really* love something then you can write a phd thesis on why you think it could be better.
Eh don't worry too much, sure you might fall into fascism but if there is one thing you can be confident won't happen its America getting an efficient modern interstate rail network.
October 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Eh don't worry too much, sure you might fall into fascism but if there is one thing you can be confident won't happen its America getting an efficient modern interstate rail network.