Being frustrated with a lack of science fiction that's positive about the future, I get. Proposing using LLMs to write same... I think that's a symptom of why the human writers can't see a positive future.
Being frustrated with a lack of science Dan Lyke / comment 0
Being frustrated with a lack of science fiction that's positive about the future, I get. Proposing using LLMs to write same... I think that's a symptom of why the human writers can't see a positive future.
Newsom's climate arson Dan Lyke / comment 0
Shocked by Newsom’s Cuts to Transit? Don’t Be.. As Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social observed:
While Newsom talks a good talk on addressing climate change, he’s been committing climate arson by defunding transit, biking, and walking programs for years.
Iran threatens OpenAI Dan Lyke / comment 0
Via shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social
the war just got funny
Silly question Dan Lyke / comment 2
Silly question: Anyone out there exploring the intersection between ear buds, in-ear monitors, and hearing aids? Charlene is getting frustrated with her hearing aids (fit and fragility), and ear buds are getting more socially accepted, and I have to think someone's ahead of the curve here.
DrewDevault's weird little list Dan Lyke / comment 0
Drew DeVault's list of weird little guys of FOSS. Good for keeping on top of who's milkshake-ducked.
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SnapChat to police data pipeline Dan Lyke / comment 0
Holy shit, do not use SnapChat... (I mean, you knew that, but): Student Teacher Sent a Private Snapchat Complaining About Her Workday. An Hour Later, Police Pulled Up to Her School.
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FSD was active in 104mph residential street crash Dan Lyke / comment 0
Tesla confirms Autopilot/FSD was active in strange fatal crash
Clute police said their preliminary belief was that Alvarez had suffered a medical episode. No outlet mentioned Autopilot, “Full Self- Driving,” or any Tesla driver-assist system. And crucially, no police statement or news report cited a speed — the only public hint that speed was a factor was a single description of a “speeding Tesla” on social media. The 104 mph figure exists only in Tesla’s telematics.
Lots of stuff redacted. The theory seems to be that the driver suffered a medical emergency and stepped on the accelerator.
It sure would be nice if we could get enough data to tell whether these things are actually safer than a human driver or not...
Music theory for programmers Dan Lyke / comment 0
Luke Haas: Music theory for programmers, in JavaScript.
AGENTS.md: there to increase your costs Dan Lyke / comment 3
Evaluating AGENTS.md: Are Repository-Level Context Files Helpful for Coding Agents?
Surprisingly, we find that providing context files does not generally improve task success rates, while increasing inference cost by over 20% on average. This observation holds across different LLMs, coding agents, and for both LLM-generated and developercommitted context files. Specifically, we find that while instructions in the context files are well followed by coding agents, repository overviews, although popular and recommended by model providers, are not helpful. We conclude that while context files are useful for specifying non-standard coding practices, any attempts to improve performance should be rigorously evaluated before deployment.
Last night Charlene and I went to Evie Dan Lyke / comment 0
Last night Charlene and I went to Evie Ladin calling Traditional square dances, with a mix of circles and longways, at Tara Firma. Lots I'm thinking about, but "this is how they used to do Tinder" is probably not a vibe I can bring to a Modern Western Square Dance club night.