Charles
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This is why I more treat it like an enthusiastic junior who probably never learned what SQL injection was in college, but they can still pump code out.
Of course some of this can be avoided by prompting but when I give a task to someone senior, I don't need to clarify that they shouldn't create giant security issues during their implementation
January 24, 2026 at 4:48 AM
This is why I more treat it like an enthusiastic junior who probably never learned what SQL injection was in college, but they can still pump code out.
2) Everyone will be hearing from me
January 24, 2026 at 4:17 AM
2) Everyone will be hearing from me
This would be great, but if AI becomes the entry point to the internet then people will start to SEO for AI in order to get traffic and it will be interesting to see what that looks like
AI based search will kill the recipes that start with a 3,000-word memoir and thank all that is holy that they are. Everyone hated that, everyone hates sponsored search results. Everyone hated the SEOification of the internet. AI can fix this.
One of the most misleading, absolutely bone headed things in AI is AI google summary. That thing runs on a shitty model and theres like a hundred ways to do the same thing better, in a way thats actually impressive to the end user. Totally unforced error.
January 24, 2026 at 3:29 AM
This would be great, but if AI becomes the entry point to the internet then people will start to SEO for AI in order to get traffic and it will be interesting to see what that looks like
They will perfect this kind of application on remote workers under the guise of “catching North Korean workers” and information security
January 19, 2026 at 6:26 PM
They will perfect this kind of application on remote workers under the guise of “catching North Korean workers” and information security
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AI's increase in desire for software will be a boon for engineers who love to solve problems and work with product and be terrible for engineers who just love coding as thats going to quickly fall away into the background.
hot take: AI will not multiply software engineering jobs
it *will* multiply the desire for software, and even for engineers, but AI also requires engineers to operate at a higher level, with a bigger toolbox, with tools like “empathy” instead of debuggers
there’s just not many who can do it
it *will* multiply the desire for software, and even for engineers, but AI also requires engineers to operate at a higher level, with a bigger toolbox, with tools like “empathy” instead of debuggers
there’s just not many who can do it
January 18, 2026 at 2:10 AM
AI's increase in desire for software will be a boon for engineers who love to solve problems and work with product and be terrible for engineers who just love coding as thats going to quickly fall away into the background.
Reposted by Charles
Erdos problems, a set of famous difficult math challenges, are a clear example of AI models breaching a threshold. The idea that an AI could solve one, let alone many, would have been insane a year ago (o1 was brand new). Now we have multiple Erdos problems solved by GPT-5.2 in the last couple weeks
January 18, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Erdos problems, a set of famous difficult math challenges, are a clear example of AI models breaching a threshold. The idea that an AI could solve one, let alone many, would have been insane a year ago (o1 was brand new). Now we have multiple Erdos problems solved by GPT-5.2 in the last couple weeks
AI's increase in desire for software will be a boon for engineers who love to solve problems and work with product and be terrible for engineers who just love coding as thats going to quickly fall away into the background.
hot take: AI will not multiply software engineering jobs
it *will* multiply the desire for software, and even for engineers, but AI also requires engineers to operate at a higher level, with a bigger toolbox, with tools like “empathy” instead of debuggers
there’s just not many who can do it
it *will* multiply the desire for software, and even for engineers, but AI also requires engineers to operate at a higher level, with a bigger toolbox, with tools like “empathy” instead of debuggers
there’s just not many who can do it
January 18, 2026 at 2:10 AM
AI's increase in desire for software will be a boon for engineers who love to solve problems and work with product and be terrible for engineers who just love coding as thats going to quickly fall away into the background.
This is absolutely correct, the market of 2020 where anyone could get hired into Infosec is dead and you need to actually compete with a degree + experience and certs if you are trying to break in today.
January 16, 2026 at 8:54 PM
This is absolutely correct, the market of 2020 where anyone could get hired into Infosec is dead and you need to actually compete with a degree + experience and certs if you are trying to break in today.
A MacBook SSHd into a Linux server remains the best way to work hands down
windows 11 is becoming such a garbled mess of nonsense i’m researching european and north korean initiatives to transfer entire IT stacks off of windows. how’s your 2026 IT roadmap looking?
January 16, 2026 at 8:00 PM
A MacBook SSHd into a Linux server remains the best way to work hands down
The market reacting to the overwhelming demand of AI isn’t enshitification its just basic supply and demand
I’ve watched a 4tb M.2 drive I was waiting to buy go from $260 to $420 to $570 in under 3 months
Price increase is because AI data centers eating up all the hardware
Why does everything keep getting worse like it’s some compulsive need for humans, to enshitify everything?
Price increase is because AI data centers eating up all the hardware
Why does everything keep getting worse like it’s some compulsive need for humans, to enshitify everything?
January 16, 2026 at 7:58 PM
The market reacting to the overwhelming demand of AI isn’t enshitification its just basic supply and demand
The average person is incredibly dumb when it comes to both computers and cars so AI that helps remove friction from them will always be an improvement to their life even if someone else could have done this with an OCR script no real person will.
Every example of ai being useful begins with "okay imagine you're in a situation, and you are very dumb"
January 16, 2026 at 7:27 PM
The average person is incredibly dumb when it comes to both computers and cars so AI that helps remove friction from them will always be an improvement to their life even if someone else could have done this with an OCR script no real person will.
It’s almost been long enough to get back into the news with a script that prints all combinations of SSNs
"Threat actor claims to have millions of logon:password items in latest leak!!!"
Me:
Me:
January 16, 2026 at 7:20 PM
It’s almost been long enough to get back into the news with a script that prints all combinations of SSNs
Excited for it to revert to the true internet productivity protocol SMTP
imo "secure agent-agent communication" is not an A2A use case. Nor MCP. Nor scripts, tools, files, etc.
it's gotta be Slack, Teams, Bluesky, .. it needs to be a place where *WE* already are communicating
it's gotta be Slack, Teams, Bluesky, .. it needs to be a place where *WE* already are communicating
January 16, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Excited for it to revert to the true internet productivity protocol SMTP
Because other than take off or landing it might as well be wallpaper you’ve seen it before
I do not understand people who fly on airplanes but do not want to look out the window the whole time. You! Are! In! The! Sky!
January 16, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Because other than take off or landing it might as well be wallpaper you’ve seen it before
Most people have no courage when push comes to shove, and the more you have to lose the harder it is to have courage.
This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Most people have no courage when push comes to shove, and the more you have to lose the harder it is to have courage.
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
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Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
If the Bears win it's because we have an American Pope
January 11, 2026 at 4:28 AM
If the Bears win it's because we have an American Pope
At what point do the twitter bots start asking better questions than the average real person?
December 31, 2025 at 7:28 PM
At what point do the twitter bots start asking better questions than the average real person?
Did they write long articles about the dangers of knowing where people lived when yellow pages was first printed or when google search came out or are journalists just anti-ai?
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Elon Musk's Grok AI Is Doxxing Home Addresses of Everyday People
Elon Musk's Grox chatbot will happily cough up real, current residential addresses of everyday Americans, with little to no prompting.
futurism.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Did they write long articles about the dangers of knowing where people lived when yellow pages was first printed or when google search came out or are journalists just anti-ai?
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Maybe one more datacenter announcement can turn this around
Stocks are getting killed here
November 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Maybe one more datacenter announcement can turn this around
Cloudflare taking down so many sites is bullish actually
Nothing on the internet is working again.... great job Cloudflare!
November 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Cloudflare taking down so many sites is bullish actually
Looks like google is going into the #AI IDE market antigravity.google
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November 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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You left out the best part of paying crypto: the fees
For the first time ever, I had to make a payment in crypto.
I can now confidently say that crypto payments combine the speed of a dial up modem and the ease of updating the drivers on a 1998 HP Laserjet printer.
I can now confidently say that crypto payments combine the speed of a dial up modem and the ease of updating the drivers on a 1998 HP Laserjet printer.
November 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
You left out the best part of paying crypto: the fees