2026-05-12 18:55:03.183427+02 by Dan Lyke 2 comments
Back in the early naughts I had an elderly friend who hung out at the same coffee shop as me. Journalist with many cool experiences.
He became convinced that he'd finally figured out a mechanism for betting on horses.
This is also a post about conversations with people on how they use LLMs.
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#Comment Re: made: 2026-05-15 14:22:51.722479+02 by: battjt
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#Comment Re: made: 2026-05-15 20:16:27.640245+02 by: Dan Lyke
I lost track of him after I moved to Petaluma, the coffee shop was no longer my regular hangout.
I learned that his girlfriend had booted him out, and he'd died, and I don't know if those things are related to the "I've got a system for betting on the horses", but as we learn more about betting against the house/"If AI is great for programming, why sell it as a tool rather than just selling the products", and the real productivity aspects of LLM generated code, I'm seeing more parallels.
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