Viewing profile — m0llusk

Maybe more like do not interrupt the hype train while it is derailing?

Actually, house mice appear to have a common ancestor which lived somewhere around India roughly 400,000 years ago.

Also very strongly mean reverting.

Sometimes it is possible to pinpoint problems if not fix them. In my limited experience the Godot source is quite accessible and straightforward despite the complications of multip…

It is also the timing of building booms. Problems being exposed have triggered regulations and enforcement in Venezuela but that is relatively recent and much inventory was built d…

Absolutely not the case. Even relatively simple real world uses involved collections of shell scripts to carefully mount or initialize services in just the right order and would of…

Seems like maybe now we have sufficient tools to actually get on top of string theory. And ultimately it is all about coming up with explanations and formulas and tools that people…

It is more complicated than that. Markets have the structure and regulations we give them. Health care gets set up and delivered with very different concepts and guidance in variou…

LLMs improve development speed such that enshittification can be in progress well before the IPO.

This is hyperbolic. Users that started with the older interface often prefer that. Humans do not like change. This is a trap that many software developers offering prereleases also…

Really sad that the latest tech debacle gets the Silicon Valley label while so much interesting and constructive work plods along in relative dark.

Ironic that this piece is mostly discontent.

Seems like property ownership histories could be one of the few good applications of blockchain technology.

I'm an uncertain contributor so this shouldn't apply to me.

Similar to the trajectory of nuclear power which lost public approval for reasons that are not entirely rational.

Right now we don't have AI. We have LLMs. LLMs compose responses and have now ability to say they don't know any answer or are unsure. This combines with the chipper manner of thei…

Friend, I know where there is stored an entire casque of Orval!

Wasn't LLM tech supposed to fix this?

LLMs are strongly mean reverting in their decision making, so heavy users are likely to be readily identified by their unadventurous conformism much as generated media is identifie…

They should hire some juniors to patch together analysis with local LLMs and do that on an as needed basis to avoid the creepiness. Networks of cameras remain a highly powerful way…

Products exist and can be measured and counted.

Wrong. Energy, velocity, and flow characteristics are central to this analysis. The term Social Physics differentiates this context from Physics.

Seems like this will increase the importance of expelling low achievers. That in turn could sabotage the social and cultural role of higher education.

The Ancient Architects video on YouTube has a quite good summary of the history of this site.