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you will need to provide evidence for that assertion

I think this take is too cynical. Small groups of people can do better, faster work than large groups, and it's more fun.

2026 seemed impossibly far away when I first read this c. 1980. How time flies

Watching the two-handed robot has me thinking that a third hand, perhaps with a different set of capabilities (like a tentacle grip) might make many tasks easier. I realise that mo…

Almost certainly. Once they’d spent some time together, an Opus-level LLM could be genuinely supportive friend. Is it kind of weird? Yes, this is all new.

I also calculate six months from August as 8+6=14mod12. I wonder if anyone does it differently, this seems like the most plausible technique.

Yes, but some narratives are more closely tied to the racist and regressive views of their current funder

dude, you could ask me, a grown adult, what I did last week and get a similar lack of recall

This is true but it is not the whole story. Both establishment parties have presided over and encouraged the financialization of real estate. The ludicrous CEO-to-worker pay multip…

Yes, I think so. When you read a book you spend a long time with the ideas it contains. You think about the book when you go about your day: primed by what you're reading, you see …

Nah, they’re shitty, wasteful, and grandiose. They _are_ the system.

don't think she has posted here, but Vicki Boykis blogged about this today: https://vickiboykis.com/2026/06/15/running-local-models-is-g...

this would be a lot more comforting if the US government wasn’t currently run by some the worst people on the planet

I am very optimistic about people using LLMs to explore their medical issues. Human bodies are complex and doctors are time- and intelligence- limited. An LLM can be a really usefu…

Problem with events like this is that they affect tens of thousands of people all at once. The first 1% of people will buy all of the available air conditioners. This happened in A…

and so continue the decline to a dumber, poorer, nastier nation

"I want another drink now. Hangover is tomorrow-me's problem"

they're reasonably popular in Australia. They have done a good job of marketing their station wagons/estates to the road-biking community

If you are keen for a machine and you like it diluted, I recommend the Moccamaster. It’s a good-looking classic machine that you could definitely sell. For a similar coffee with mo…

I guess this is what happens when you get a government composed of ignorant assholes. These times are challenging for those of us who believe in democracy.

yeah, but twitter is 90% assholes these days

I built a sauna. It was fun and worthwhile and now I have a sauna! Also I am turning into Middle-Aged Synth Guy.

not just western countries

You don't live outside the environment. Educate yourself.

It will be a lot harder to convince voters when he's gone... if the US still has elections