Tootfinder

I can image a developer parallel to the first, too: the human still using all their skills and experience, but with the machine catching mistakes, providing context and validation and vigilance that is •orthogonal to• testing and type checking and code crafting and — the big one! — actually •thinking• about the problem.
That’s a regime I imagine developers would feel a lot better about. And I know there are people out there pursuing it! But they’re not the ones dominating the conversation.
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Om att Europas länder överväger att ge sig in militärt i Hormuzsundet: https://www.dn.se/varlden/erik-de-la-reguera-macron-vill-framsta-som-en-maktspelare-men-hormuzsundet-ar-ett-getingbo/

Macron vill framstå som en maktspelare – men Hormuzsundet är ett getingbo
G7: Macron vill framstå som en maktspelare – men Hormuzsundet är ett getingbo

I updated my page on mosquito-control tips to include Thermacells (I own 2), plus added a section on the Mosquito Magnet and Biogents Mosquitaire (neither of which I've tested but I have some thoughts). #mosquitoes https://colinpurrington.com/fighting-mosquitoes/

Great thread on cast iron skillets.
And lower down they mention cast iron woks.
I would put my votes in for cast iron griddles and dutch ovens as well.
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Der Fisher (@blackholefun.bsky.social)
Every time I see people posting on the internet about cast iron skillets, I am reminded that people genuinely seem to think they're mystical objects that either must be babied or need incantations to work properly. All of these conversations miss why your grandparents had a badass cast iron skillet.

Oh, dear thing, did you see a post by a Palestinian facing genocide on your favourite fucking sci-fi hashtag by mistake? You, poor, delicate flower. Do you think you’ll survive? Should we call 911? @… ht…

In today's Two Minutes Hate, I'd like to talk about automatic translations on Reddit.
As a user of English as a second language I find them annoying for two reasons.
One - they always rank high in search results when I specifically need LOCAL knowledge on the topic, coming from other folks from my country, and anything else is useless to me.
Two - when the Reddit thread contains reference to a nationality, e.g. "As a Finnish", their translation switches that to "Jako Polak" ("as a Pole"). And that makes things confusing as hell if I make a grave mistake of diving into a thread I shouldn't have touched in the first place (usually due to the Reason Number One).
I used to appreciate Reddit a lot in the past, but of course it couldn't last forever.

Ah, the usual suspects are at it again. First, they claimed companies evaluate performance by lines of code; now, it's by AI tokens consumed. Predictably, they never name these mystical companies. Until someone provides actual proof, I'm chalking this up to pure fabrication for engagement. Do better.
#AI

We've christened these the Misery Socks. The yarn is in a hideous colourway that just didn't come over when I bought it online. It also broke several times 😡 I started them when Mum was in her care home and would take them in with me when I visited. Inevitably they frequently had to be put down in a hurry so I ended up with dropped st and mistakes. Then we got cats who wouldn't leave the yarn alone, so I've only just finished them today. Glad to see them go.

RE: https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/116713587055769588
I was actually using LLMs a couple of years ago for text classification. Before that I pushed hard for resources to support automation. I helped build an automation team where none existed. I pushed to use transformer models to solve problems before LLMs existed. I used simple ML to make predictions and classify issues. I've been on the cutting edge for a long time.
I *should* be an early adopter of the modern LLM thing. But tech oligarchs transformed themselves into reverse ouroboros (infinitely shoving their heads up their own asses). The oligarchs never really believed that other people had free will, but I think they had been too scared to let that slip. After the lockdowns, I think they just snapped and here we are.
As much as I trash LLMs, I've had a nuanced critique for a while (wiring about this now). The lack of consent is so huge. The oligarchs have plans for us, and it doesn't involve our consent.
Under different conditions, I do actually think there could be revolutionary elements to this tech (not so much LLMs themselves as LLM MCP, and not for the things they think). But without consent, I think (and hope) the friction will overcome the momentum.
"AI" is already more expensive than humans. It will never be profitable as long as people resist. There are multiplying problems, and I don't see those being fixed without collective effort. I have a lot of thoughts, but "consent" (or the real or implied lack thereof) is central to so many aspects of LLMs.
The oligarchs want to force LLM tech onto all of us without our consent. Ultimately, they want to replace us all with obedient machines. The mistake they made was assuming we would be as obedient as the LLMs with which they have become so obsessed.

Consider those two different versions of the radiologist’s role: one as a valued human augmented by a machine, doing a job they believe in better than they’ve ever done it — and the other as a cog in a corporate process whose job is to perpetually deal with the machine’s mistakes.
Consider the parallels in software development. All vibe coding and “agentic” stuff points to the second: developers as slop wranglers, as accountability sinks, as exhausted and expendable workers on a code assembly line.
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