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AI is just a tool, like a pencil. A pencil that can only write and draw what some faceless corporation somewhere allows you to write and draw.
#AI #theMastersTools

Beneath the problematic surface, the New York Times’ Kursk reporting reveals a deeper moral rot: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/14/beneath-the-problematic-surface-the.html

syslog-ng statement on #AI shortly after rsyslog AI announcement: https://fosstodon.org/@PCzanik/114856221034797034

A short story about hypothetical #USPol. I wrote it a few times but every time I do the situation outpaces the narrative.
https://write.as/hexmhell/uncommon-sense

I feel very seen here: I also write directly into the CMS.
(Original title: A Salute To The 13%)
https://aftermath.site/godot-version-control-statistics-cms

A Salute To The 13% - Aftermath
Let them live a little

Rethinking LSM-tree based Key-Value Stores: A Survey
Yina Lv, Qiao Li, Quanqing Xu, Congming Gao, Chuanhui Yang, Xiaoli Wang, Chun Jason Xue
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.09642

Rethinking LSM-tree based Key-Value Stores: A Survey
LSM-tree is a widely adopted data structure in modern key-value store systems that optimizes write performance in write-heavy applications by using append writes to achieve sequential writes. However, the unpredictability of LSM-tree compaction introduces significant challenges, including performance variability during peak workloads and in resource-constrained environments, write amplification caused by data rewriting during compactions, read amplification from multi-level queries, trade-off b…

i have made my peace with Go being a deeply mediocre and tedious language, but what i haven't been prepared for when i started to write it for real is how offensively awful the build system (`go build`, `go.mod`, etc) is

1/ Feels a bit poignant to be putting finishing touches on the next vesion of my book (PLAI 3.2.5) knowing it'll be the last of the v3, and if my planned experiment goes well, it may be the last longform book I will ever write. I will truly miss longform writing: ↵

This is crazy, and not enough people are talking about this.
Dozens of leading scientists just reviewed a new Department of Energy climate report and found it riddled with errors and outright misrepresentations of climate science.
 
Why? Because the Trump administration hand-picked climate skeptics to write it in secret,
then used it as political cover to roll back protections against pollution from power plants, cars, trucks, and the oil industry.
 
Let’s be…

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Many mainstream media reporters no longer seem to have the morality or incentive to check sources, verify stories or offer retractions when they screw up.
For reporters in nearly every field, Clicks & Scoop > Accuracy & Ethics
😢
From: @…

Seriously, who decided that "request," "response," and "result" should all begin with the same two letters? Damnit, English, could you spare *one* second for folks trying to write HTTP handling logic?
#Programming #PHP

A few people wanted to proof-read my upcoming article with (potentially unpopular) contra-arguments on the use of #Markdown as #LML.
Unfortunately, I can't find those Mastodon messages using its search interface anymore. 😩
If you're really interested, please write my a DM now. I can accept…

@… Yeah, I have managed to dodge that one until now and I hope to keep doing it.
Nowadays I just write shell scripts anyway.

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#WorkOrSchoolWittyRemarks

1/2 Thanks to @… for this interesting article. It speaks to me. :)
I’ve been weather blogging @… since 2005. It is interesting how it has changed, and how I have changed.
My website used to be just data from the (expensive) station I bought when I moved back to Port Alberni. It was a hobby and a side project to practice web/coding skills I use at work. My focus was on creating useful data for people that was more local/relevant than the official EC station outside of the city.
Then I put up a webcam and learned how to make timelapses. This got the attention of local media… because pictures. :)
Then I added a blog and started to write about the weather almost daily. This was before Facebook. There was a popular local online forum where I would post things. The media would also follow my website and they started to call me when there was extreme weather (usually very hot or very wet/stormy).
Then Facebook started to get big and I made a page that eventually had a few thousand followers. I would blog often. Lots of traffic from Facebook… this was 2010 and on. I blogged about climate and weather pretty equally.
Like anyone in Port Alberni, I was/am obsessed with the Martin Mars and got wrapped up in that issue along with others which combined with the weather following probably gave me just enough exposure to have me elected as a councillor in 2014.
I continued through that 4 years, blogging often in addition to councillor duties and work, heavily on facebook, then it all went sideways on my own poor judgement (go ahead and google it, it’s ok :)) and I was not reelected, but Facebook by 2018 had also changed. Cambridge Analytica, etc.
….Continued…
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-weather-apps-data-wildfires-storms-preparation-obsession-social-media/

Note to self:
When you install a dozen HDDs in a server with drive trays without indicators, it might be a good idea to write down which drive with which serial number is installed in what slot.
I just had to unscrew 5 of 14 HDDs to find the right one to remove!!
I normally like my Fractal Design Define 7 XL, but today... 🤬
#learnfrommymistakes

Réfutation des affirmations de Soteria International sur la "communauté bouddhiste persécutée OKC" et son fondateur Robert Spatz
https://blog.rmendes.net/2024/12/15/rfutation-des-affirmations.html

Réfutation des affirmations de Soteria International sur la "communauté bouddhiste persécutée OKC" et son fondateur Robert Spatz - rMdes - a place to write and think freely
En tant que victime, survivant de la dérive sectaire Ogyen Kunzang Chöling (OKC) et défenseur de la justice, des droits des enfants, des droits humains et de la …

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PostgreSQL replication slots: preventing WAL bloat and other production issues.
https://www.morling.dev/blog/mastering-postgres-replication-slots/
saved 2025-07-08

Day 17
Not just code today.
Prepared a full-stack presentation (pitch − details − tech) to showcase company setup, platform progress, and team readiness. Also refined our internal documentation and SDLC overview.
Bonus: set up a self-hosted NextCloud for chat, tasks, calendars, forms, and shared folders.
Code matters, but so does clarity.

🏗️ Three years of building no-code software for grassroots political organizations
https://write.as/conjure-utopia/three-years-of-building-no-code-software-for-political-organizations

Three years of building no-code software for grassroots political organizations
What is no-code? No-code is primarily a type of software that allows you to create more software, customized for your needs, starting fro...

Design and Simulation of 6T SRAM Array
Justin London
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.09419 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.09419

Design and Simulation of 6T SRAM Array
Conventional 6T SRAM is used in microprocessors in the cache memory design. The basic 6T SRAM cell and a 6 bit memory array layout are designed in LEdit. The design and analysis of key SRAM components, sense amplifiers, decoders, write drivers and precharge circuits are also provided. The pulse voltage waveforms generated for read and write operations as well as Q and Qbar nodes are simulated in LTSpice. Parasitic capacitances are extracted and their impact on the waveforms analyzed. Static noi…

Are you writing high-level #embedded Rust code that makes uses of the embedded-io crate? Do you think anything is amiss there that can *not* be added later by semver compatible updates? Then please write about it in https://…

Sometimes I write an interview question for the podcast that seems reasonable on paper, then I ask it out loud and it's... a lot!
Dr Jan Eppingstall, however, handled it beautifully and this point about keeping things for their potential rather than their use in episode 185 was a real 🤯 moment

‘There is no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign, and refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”’
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/charlie-kirk-assassination-maga/

“What is political agency?” is an interesting text about how to approach political activism that has impact. I also learned something about garlic preserved with honey. https://write.as/conjure-utopia/what-is-political-agency

What is political agency?
What is political agency? Agency is the faith that your actions will have an impact on the world. Ideally, the impact you want to have. T...

❝It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”❞
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/charlie-kirk-assassination-maga/

And when I'm talking about understanding the drives to violence, I did write about something similar recently.
https://write.as/hexmhell/algorithmic-violence
The drives behind this and the shooting last week are pretty radically different, but there's some overlap. People like Kirk are part a huge political machine slowly crushing people all over the world. There's a hopeless rage that would naturally drive even the most calm person to the edge of violence. You can't look at the world honestly and be OK. We want to do something. We want to react. But everything we do is silenced or must rmain silent. So it's easy to understand why someone might choose violence. Very different situation, but everyone is subject to the same national and international influences.
I don't promote violence, not because I disagree with it but because I think it's expensive. It takes time to plan, especially for those trying to get away. Guns are not cheap, nor are bullets, nor is the range time you need to get somewhat good under pressure. It's not cheap for the person doing it, and it's not cheap for the community that has to clean up. The community will face police repression (which, if we're honest, was gonna come anyway). The community will have to post bail, will lose a person for a while, will need to support the family, will go to hearings, will write reports, will do interviews.
Sun Tzu said that deploying one soldier to the front takes 7 in the field. Logistics are a huge invisible cost. Some of that time and energy could be reused. It's never bad to be armed and able to defend if needed. But a lot of that energy and time would be better spent planning a community pantry, a tool library, organizing a union, etc. We are living in a disaster, and we need to invest in thriving through the next crumble.
Kirk is replacable. They're almost all replacable, because they don't really care about human life. We do, so none of us are. It's not really a worth while trade, IMHO.

@… hey, I've been reading up on your older posts about using Sonos speakers as Mac audio outputs, and they've been super helpful! Thanks for taking the time to write everything up so thoroughly. I'm thinking of getting an old Ray and an optical-out adapter and giving it a go. Anything new to know since your write-ups? (I know Sonos has …

Code with Me or for Me? How Increasing AI Automation Transforms Developer Workflows
Valerie Chen, Ameet Talwalkar, Robert Brennan, Graham Neubig
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.08149

Code with Me or for Me? How Increasing AI Automation Transforms Developer Workflows
Developers now have access to a growing array of increasingly autonomous AI tools to support software development. While numerous studies have examined developer use of copilots, which can provide chat assistance or code completions, evaluations of coding agents, which can automatically write files and run code, still largely rely on static benchmarks without humans-in-the-loop. In this work, we conduct the first academic study to explore developer interactions with coding agents and characteri…

Why would I use AI to write my code?
If I want code I don't fully understand I can write it myself just like I've been doing the past 30 years!

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#IrritateASitcomCharacter

»The Job Market Is Hell:
Young people are using ChatGPT to write their applications; HR is using AI to read them; no one is getting hired.«
It is not about yours or a job, it is about feeding the AI ​​with data fully to have it presented as "varied & intelligent". The merciless exploitation of people and their privacy. Anyone who emphasizes that they have nothing to hide has not understood data theft.
😵‍💫

The Job Market Is Hell
Young people are using ChatGPT to write their applications; HR is using AI to read them; no one is getting hired.

Today is the day before I write my weekly newsletter, so of course Brave chooses today to roll out an update that obliterates all of my open tabs by combining "redundant" "inactive" ones. And then automatically opts every user into this feature.
I had a few Mastodon tabs open, now they are just one tab that points to mastodon.social.
So, uhh...anyone write anything good on #Product

Sonnet 076 - LXXVI
Why is my verse so barren of new pride,
So far from variation or quick change?
Why with the time do I not glance aside
To new-found methods, and to compounds strange?
Why write I still all one, ever the same,
And keep invention in a noted weed,
That every word doth almost tell my name,
Showing their birth, and where they did proceed?
O! know sweet love I always write of you,
And you and love are still my argument;…

The article linked here by @… is beautifully written. Another one to add to my collection of “I wish I could write like this”.
The substance is just as good.
https://mastodon.social/@cl…

US jobseekers describe a hellish job market, with young people using ChatGPT to write applications, HR using AI to read them, and few people getting hired (Annie Lowrey/The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/

The Job Market Is Hell
Young people are using ChatGPT to write their applications; HR is using AI to read them; no one is getting hired.

Write Letters to Voters
Letter Writing · Volunteer organized for Vote Forward
Tuesdays and Saturdays
10am PDT 1 more time
- In Person in Mountain View, CA
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Write Letters to Voters - In Person in Mountain View, CA · People For the American Way
Join me every week for a letter and postcard writing party at my house in Mountain View. Bring friends, food to share if you can (it's a potluck!), and enthusiasm for writing. Let's turn out voters and win the future. Looking forward to seeing you!

Happy International Left Handed Day to all those afflicted, including my oldest daughter. Just over 10% of people are left-handed, and only 5% to 6% for women. Some studies have reported that rightys have higher IQs than lefties. Hey, it's just science people, don't shoot the messenger. Things have improved for left-handers, and rarely are they seen as evil because of how they write. The word sinister comes from the Latin word for left-handed.
My daughter being a southpaw was a huge advantage during her competitive softball years. As one of only 2 left-handed pitchers in a league of 1,200 girls, she was very effective league play and in travel tournaments despite being slower than average. She did have a wicked curve that broke in sharply on right-handed batters.
#LeftHanderDay

H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report for H-Buddhism: 3 August - 10 August
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University of Alaska - Fairbanks - Alaska & Polar Regions Area Studies Bibliographer & Curator of…
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Medium CEO says the company has been profitable since August 2024 and details its financial turnaround after losing $2.6M per month in 2022 (Tony Stubblebine/The Coach Life)
https://medium.com/the-coach-life/fell-in-a-hole-got-out-381356ec8d7f

Fell in a hole, got out. - The Coach Life - Medium
I’m gonna write the wonky post of Medium’s turnaround. I’m not sure if a company is allowed to be this blunt about how bad things were. But it’s very much of the Medium ethos that if something…

Just tested my FreeBSD KDE Wayland setup on 15-PRERELEASE and it works as well.
The part in my write up about switching to the Latest branch doesn't apply obviously. We're there already 🥳
#freebsd #kde

Why Japanese Developers Write Code Completely Differently (And Why It Works Better)
https://medium.com/@sohail_saifi/why-japanese-developers-write-code-completely-differently-and-why-it-works-better-de…

Historic preservation is bad for affordability #296903.
Parking lot preserved as historic landmark (yes, this is not the Onion) in Cleveland Park, DC raises price to $26 for parking less than one hour -- even less than 15 minutes. https://www.popville.com/2025/08/cleveland

“Anyone else experience the new parking scheme at Sam’s Park n’ Ride?” - PoPville
"Dear PoPville, I wanted to write to you to see if anyone else has experienced the new parking scheme at Sam's Park n' Ride in Cleveland Park. I went to pull into the lot the other day, and it said "just pull through" with no ticket to pull. I did so, and it looks like

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Writing a C compiler.
https://norasandler.com/2022/03/29/Write-a-C-Compiler-the-Book.html
saved 2025-06-11

So they've got their Horst Wessel now, I wonder who they'll get to write the song...

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Courtney Barnett:
🎵 Write A List Of Things To Look Forward To
#NowPlaying #CourtneyBarnett
https://courtneybarnett.bandcamp.com/track/write-a-list-of-things-to-look-forward-to
https://open.spotify.com/track/2w43ewVi0bWUtasN0Mn8Ji
Schon gewusst❓
Wenn Du einen Beitrag des Bots ⭐ FAVORISIERST, erfährt das nur der Bot - nicht Deine FollowerInnen.
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I just emailed JS Dewes to complain huffily that her books are too addictive and for her to hurry up and write more.
C'mon, authors, we need at least A BOOK A WEEK! Stop swinging the lead!
#TheDivideSeries

J.S. Dewes, Science Fiction Author
Welcome to the official website for science fiction author J.S. Dewes! Her debut novel THE LAST WATCH will be out April 20, 2021 from Tor Books.

AI, Psychedelics, and the New Illusion of Liberation: https://blog.rmendes.net/2025/07/13/ai-psychedelics-and-the-new.html

@… inb4 someone say "you could find someone at your org to write it". I asked. We have no one with any experience writing this kind of stuff. Or they all have self preservation instinct and refuse to admit it. The latter might be the case since I asked on a channel with 14K developers (big corp).

Blitzverkauf: 1x T-Shirtfuchs in 2XL (schwarz) für 29€ ink. Porto abzugeben! First come first serve!
Write us!

I suspect that people who use LLMs to write their emails or write their code didn't care much about their emails or their code in the first place.

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#DebateAMovieExtraneously

Don't write off Raiders TE Michael Mayer yet https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2025/08/01/raiders-training-camp-dont-write-off-te-michael-mayer-yet/85473134007/

Procrastinated it for a long time but given the world we live in, I added an "AI and content policy" to my website: https://tante.cc/ai-and-content-policy/

AI and content policy
Nothing I write, present or otherwise attribute to myself is generated by or created with the help of so-called “AI” systems (specifically generative “AI” systems like LLMs). I will explicitly mark “AI” generated content and will only use it if it is necessary to make a point about said content or the system generating it. […]

Dependent-Type-Preserving Memory Allocation
Paulette Koronkevich, William J. Bowman
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.09059 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.09059

Dependent-Type-Preserving Memory Allocation
Dependently typed programming languages such as Coq, Agda, Idris, and F*, allow programmers to write detailed specifications of their programs and prove their programs meet these specifications. However, these specifications can be violated during compilation since they are erased after type checking. External programs linked with the compiled program can violate the specifications of the original program and change the behavior of the compiled program -- even when compiled with a verified comp…

Looking for recommended reading/listening when it comes to addressing the claims of neural networks being similar to how the human brain works. Planning to write an instructive essay on this next month and need to start my research 😊

whenever I read a really good fic it makes me want to be able to write a fic myself... and while I'm happy this particular fic that I suddenly wanted to reread was still there I'm kinda sad the author doesn't seem to write anymore (maybe they changed account? idk?)

Today I managed to write a #Postgres query using 2 CTEs and a window function to delete some duplicate values (which should have been prevented by a proper unique constraint..) with only a tiny peek into the docs (I forgot the name of the `row_number()` function).

#WritersCoffeeClub July 13: How many ‘layers’ of interpretation do you seek to achieve in a piece of writing?
July 14: What is your favorite emotion to write?
---
I got lost along the way, but let's try it again.
13. At least two. When it's three or four, I'm happy.
14. Justified rage.

I should probably write some Python to do a map thing with OpenStreetMap now that I've learned how incredibly easy it is.

Today's topic for #FotoVorschlag “What makes my heart beat,” was practically an invitation to write a more detailed blog post about what motivates me to go out, take photos, and share them.
I hope you like it:

Wofür mein Herz schlägt / What my heart beats for
Today I write about the deeper meaning behind my hiking photography, inspired by the #FotoVorschlag theme "What makes my heart beat faster." I write about how the hiking experience fuels my passion beyond just capturing beautiful images, bringing a more personal connection to my photos and stories.

Triple-S: A Collaborative Multi-LLM Framework for Solving Long-Horizon Implicative Tasks in Robotics
Zixi Jia, Hongbin Gao, Fashe Li, Jiqiang Liu, Hexiao Li, Qinghua Liu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.07421

Triple-S: A Collaborative Multi-LLM Framework for Solving Long-Horizon Implicative Tasks in Robotics
Leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) to write policy code for controlling robots has gained significant attention. However, in long-horizon implicative tasks, this approach often results in API parameter, comments and sequencing errors, leading to task failure. To address this problem, we propose a collaborative Triple-S framework that involves multiple LLMs. Through In-Context Learning, different LLMs assume specific roles in a closed-loop Simplification-Solution-Summary process, effectivel…

If you're a Californian, please contact your senator and ask him to vote yes on AB 1264 to remove ultra-processed "food" from school lunches. These products have many adverse health impacts.
This link makes it easy to write your senator: https://action…

California: Tell Your State Senator to Get Dangerous, Ultra-Processed Food Out of School Lunches
This bill has already passed the Senate Health Committee unanimously, but manufacturers are pushing back hard against this bill, and the Senate will be voting soon to decide its fate.

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#LifeLessonsFromSitcoms

Medium CEO says the company has been profitable since August 2024 and details its financial turnaround after losing $2.6M per month in 2022 (Tony Stubblebine/The Coach Life)
https://medium.com/the-coach-life/fell-in-a-hole-got-out-381356ec8d7f

IA, psychédéliques et la nouvelle illusion de la libération: https://blog.rmendes.net/2025/07/13/ia-psychdliques-et-la-nouvelle.html

H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report for H-USA: 23 June - 30 June
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REPOSTING: Lecture by Wiebke Denecke (MIT) on ‘How Can We Leverage Our Cultural Wiring Around Nature…
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@… > Are the entities with write access having a hard time deciding who should be in control of the data store?
> No one institution should be in control of these data - that would be a recipe for corruption.
I think the BoE is a valid candidate here, though. Seems like everyone agreed (or didn’t have the clout to disagree strongly enough) on that, at…

Position: Intelligent Coding Systems Should Write Programs with Justifications
Xiangzhe Xu, Shiwei Feng, Zian Su, Chengpeng Wang, Xiangyu Zhang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.06017 …

Position: Intelligent Coding Systems Should Write Programs with Justifications
Intelligent coding systems are transforming software development by enabling users to specify code behavior in natural language. However, the opaque decision-making of AI-driven coders raises trust and usability concerns, particularly for non-expert users who cannot inspect low-level implementations. We argue that these systems should not only generate code but also produce clear, consistent justifications that bridge model reasoning and user understanding. To this end, we identify two critical…

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#WeatherInterruptsUsAnything

La Belgique doit agir pour ne pas laisser brûler les droits des femmes: https://blog.rmendes.net/2025/09/13/la-belgique-doit-agir-pour.html

Great news. Canada is doing offering government services (commercial driver’s license tests) in Ojibwe/Anishinaabemowin.
It’s a crime and a tragedy that indigenous languages are in danger of dying and everything that can be done to fight that is for the better, especially by governments using them.

Indigenous man's 'jaw nearly hit the counter' when told he could write driver's test in Ojibwe | CBC News
The former chief of the Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation got an early birthday surprise when he was finally able to do his written driver’s test in Ojibwe.   

@… the hype is I guess so big because one tech has so many different applications. Sometimes it's great ("is this sentence grammatically correct?"), sometimes it's ok ("write me that code") and sometimes it's as awful as google search nowadays due to SEO spam.
For any kind of medical question, even in research mode, in…

this made me wonder why anyone would write a url parser for node.js in ada
https://mastodon.social/@bagder/115190240946299368

Day 16
Just published a deep dive into building a secure login page with Next.js, NestJS, JWT, and PostgreSQL.
- Email verification
- Role-based access control
- Subscription enforcement
- Token decoding in frontend
- SQL-level inserts for system roles
Includes full code snippets and explanation of the entire flow.
Perfect if you're working on full-stack apps with JavaScript, TypeScript, and SQL.

H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report for H-Histsex: 23 June - 30 June
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Check out this compelling rebuttal of Soteria International's claims regarding the OKC case. Get informed about the facts and perspectives presented in the article by visiting: https://blog.rmendes.net/2024/12/15/rebuttal-of-soteria.html

Rebuttal of Soteria International's Claims on the OKC Case - rMdes - a place to write and think freely
Rebuttal of Soteria International’s Claims on the OKC Case As a victim of the Ogyen Kunzang Chöling (OKC) cult and an advocate for justice, I find Soteria …

...and then I remembered that the best strategy for when you want to write something is to just start writing.

AP is ending its weekly book reviews, beginning Sept. 1.
This was a difficult decision but one made after a thorough review of AP’s story offerings
and what is being most read on our website and mobile apps as well as what customers are using.
Unfortunately, the audience for book reviews is relatively low and we can no longer sustain the time it takes to plan, coordinate, write and edit reviews.
AP will continue covering books as stories, but at the moment those will …

The Associated Press tells its book critics that it’s ending weekly reviews
Terrible news from The Associated Press. Media Nation correspondent J.A. passes along this note from Anthony McCartney, the AP’s global entertainment and lifestyle editor. AP to end its weekl…

No, computers won’t replace humans to write code for themselves.
Please stop with this nonsense.
What we will see though is tremendous losses in productivity as deskilled programmers will get less and less education and practice—and take longer and longer to make broken AI-generated code work. Meanwhile, AI models will regress from eating their own generated shit when being trained on.
Eventually AI companies will finally run out of investors to scam—and when they disappear or get so expensive they become unaffordable, “prompt engineers” will be asked to not use AI anymore.
What’s gonna happen then?
We’re losing a whole generation of programmers to this while thought leaders in our field are talking about “inevitability” and are jerking off to sci-fi-nostalgia-fueled fantasies of AGI.

Réfutation des affirmations de Soteria International sur la "communauté bouddhiste persécutée OKC" et son fondateur Robert Spatz
https://blog.rmendes.net/2024/12/15/rfutation-des-affirmations.html

Réfutation des affirmations de Soteria International sur la "communauté bouddhiste persécutée OKC" et son fondateur Robert Spatz - rMdes - a place to write and think freely
En tant que victime, survivant de la dérive sectaire Ogyen Kunzang Chöling (OKC) et défenseur de la justice, des droits des enfants, des droits humains et de la …

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So if you get into my replies and are proud of not caring about your code and whether it is well-written and well thought out and that it's fine that LLMs write it for you... I will block you.
Literally your opinion is worth less than shit.

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Réfutation des affirmations de Soteria International sur la "communauté bouddhiste persécutée OKC" et son fondateur Robert Spatz - rMdes - a place to write and think freely
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