Ed
@ed3d.net
Main Character Syndrome, but fun. Boston-based. My wood shop and my dogs are my personality. If you're still reading this, I'm your dad now. Sorry, I don't make the rules.
I don't speak for my employer.
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I don't speak for my employer.
signal: edr.91
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well, h*ck. half a million meals. that's pretty good. not enough--but certainly something, huh?
thanks to everybody who tossed some money in the pot, shared out the link, everything.
since it's a lot but it's not enough, the link's staying right here: teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/teams/7634
thanks to everybody who tossed some money in the pot, shared out the link, everything.
since it's a lot but it's not enough, the link's staying right here: teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/teams/7634
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Maybe I’ll tell y’all about Thanksgiving in Uzbekistan, where I was in the peace corps 2000-2001.
I lived in a town; nearest American lived in a qishloq - a true village. A few of us somehow figured out to meet there. (How? No internet, no phones. No recollection of how we planned anything.) 1/
I lived in a town; nearest American lived in a qishloq - a true village. A few of us somehow figured out to meet there. (How? No internet, no phones. No recollection of how we planned anything.) 1/
November 27, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Maybe I’ll tell y’all about Thanksgiving in Uzbekistan, where I was in the peace corps 2000-2001.
I lived in a town; nearest American lived in a qishloq - a true village. A few of us somehow figured out to meet there. (How? No internet, no phones. No recollection of how we planned anything.) 1/
I lived in a town; nearest American lived in a qishloq - a true village. A few of us somehow figured out to meet there. (How? No internet, no phones. No recollection of how we planned anything.) 1/
the guy down the street swapped his two TRUMP flags for two CHARLIE flags and honestly I wonder if he even remembers they're flying up there
November 27, 2025 at 4:41 AM
the guy down the street swapped his two TRUMP flags for two CHARLIE flags and honestly I wonder if he even remembers they're flying up there
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Here's a photo I took of the Market Basket intersection by the flowers/Little Debbie end cap/produce.
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Here's a photo I took of the Market Basket intersection by the flowers/Little Debbie end cap/produce.
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The era of being able to sleepwalk your way into a $100k job by knowing even basic coding is over for good.
LLMs learned to code by scraping our GitHubs without our permission.
But the wheels of progress continue to turn, and I'd rather adapt than fight the inevitable.
LLMs learned to code by scraping our GitHubs without our permission.
But the wheels of progress continue to turn, and I'd rather adapt than fight the inevitable.
November 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
The era of being able to sleepwalk your way into a $100k job by knowing even basic coding is over for good.
LLMs learned to code by scraping our GitHubs without our permission.
But the wheels of progress continue to turn, and I'd rather adapt than fight the inevitable.
LLMs learned to code by scraping our GitHubs without our permission.
But the wheels of progress continue to turn, and I'd rather adapt than fight the inevitable.
EXTREMELY in-set
claude has been clauding on some pdf stuff tonight and i've noticed that it's starting to get kinda funky with the file names as we iterate
first we had '2025-processed'
then '2025-corrected'
then '2025-corrected-fix'
then '2025-final'
we're up to '2025-final-v2'
first we had '2025-processed'
then '2025-corrected'
then '2025-corrected-fix'
then '2025-final'
we're up to '2025-final-v2'
November 27, 2025 at 2:59 AM
EXTREMELY in-set
because they were cowards, and also kept kosher so most of the good options were unavailable to them
"Meatholeries" is not in the bible
November 27, 2025 at 2:39 AM
because they were cowards, and also kept kosher so most of the good options were unavailable to them
poast poast poast poast
November 27, 2025 at 2:36 AM
poast poast poast poast
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I was there when the ancient texts were screen shot quote tweeted.
November 27, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I was there when the ancient texts were screen shot quote tweeted.
wowowowowowowowowowowowowowowow
Have you heard Hellmachine speak? He's like Beaker from the Muppets. You'll be fine.
November 27, 2025 at 2:04 AM
wowowowowowowowowowowowowowowow
known alternately as Cool Runningsville and That Set Of Dumpsters And The One Bridge The Petapixel Reviewers Keep Taking Pictures Of
November 27, 2025 at 1:59 AM
known alternately as Cool Runningsville and That Set Of Dumpsters And The One Bridge The Petapixel Reviewers Keep Taking Pictures Of
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hey, Jerry's notable. Normal Men, Bluesky's Only Podcast, made a Jerry Chen joke in the opener this week
New holiday Normal Men! Gobbling mail with male goblin @golikehellmachine.com. @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social sticks to his guns on stuffing, @ed3d.net has the historical pie perspective, @peark.es gets your goose, and everyone solves drunk-uncle racism.
www.podbean.com/eas/pb-u3xxn...
www.podbean.com/eas/pb-u3xxn...
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
hey, Jerry's notable. Normal Men, Bluesky's Only Podcast, made a Jerry Chen joke in the opener this week
and he's not sharing. we must shun
Tonight is mushroom gravy and pumpkin pies (whipped cream made tomorrow) and chopping all veggies ahead of braised collards tomorrow
November 27, 2025 at 1:46 AM
and he's not sharing. we must shun
this is just good advice, period. seeing people burn their brains out on this stuff was a good vaccine early on
this is pretty solid spiritual advice tbh
“Be prudent, be wise, be careful that your use of AI does not limit your true human growth. Use it in such a way that if it disappeared tomorrow, you would still know how to think, how to create, how to act on your own, how to form authentic friendships.”
“Be prudent, be wise, be careful that your use of AI does not limit your true human growth. Use it in such a way that if it disappeared tomorrow, you would still know how to think, how to create, how to act on your own, how to form authentic friendships.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
November 27, 2025 at 1:20 AM
this is just good advice, period. seeing people burn their brains out on this stuff was a good vaccine early on
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Oh shit Ed's sleeper program got activated
November 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Oh shit Ed's sleeper program got activated
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none of this is meant as an argument that LLMs are not dangerous or destabilizing or whatever. I actually think the stochastic parrot line of critique undermines the claim that they are dangerous. they're much more dangerous if they are reliable!
July 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
none of this is meant as an argument that LLMs are not dangerous or destabilizing or whatever. I actually think the stochastic parrot line of critique undermines the claim that they are dangerous. they're much more dangerous if they are reliable!
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If your argument involves referring to Americans as “USians” it doesn’t matter how cogent the rest of your point may be tbh
November 24, 2025 at 11:13 AM
If your argument involves referring to Americans as “USians” it doesn’t matter how cogent the rest of your point may be tbh
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ok it is time for me to hibernate for the season
i am thankful for all of u keeping me company here on the blue sky during this year
be well
i am thankful for all of u keeping me company here on the blue sky during this year
be well
November 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
ok it is time for me to hibernate for the season
i am thankful for all of u keeping me company here on the blue sky during this year
be well
i am thankful for all of u keeping me company here on the blue sky during this year
be well
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i’m so happy for him
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
i’m so happy for him
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bro just one more refactor and i'll put this sync tool out, please bro believe me. it didn't have back pressure bro, a sync tool needs back pressure. but i promise this refactor fixes that. and it's the last one bro. i'll publish the package after this refactor bro i promise
November 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
bro just one more refactor and i'll put this sync tool out, please bro believe me. it didn't have back pressure bro, a sync tool needs back pressure. but i promise this refactor fixes that. and it's the last one bro. i'll publish the package after this refactor bro i promise
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The problem with urine is you run out of it
November 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The problem with urine is you run out of it
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everyone knows the number one quality of rigorous, responsible journalism is waiting months and months to reveal urgently newsworthy information until it can cause the most harm in your personal vendettas
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
everyone knows the number one quality of rigorous, responsible journalism is waiting months and months to reveal urgently newsworthy information until it can cause the most harm in your personal vendettas
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Big week for fans of longwinded and generally pointless diplomatic posturing
“One must imagine the Federation Diplomatic Corps happy.” – Verna Parnell
CHAPTER 22: FANTASISTS AND REALISTS - Is available now.
CHAPTER 22: FANTASISTS AND REALISTS - Is available now.
Chapter Twenty Two
"90% of conversations with a Federation Ambassador will leave you wondering if T'Kuvma had the right idea." - Lorna McClaren
"'The Premier says war with the Federation will end in immediate, total vi...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Big week for fans of longwinded and generally pointless diplomatic posturing
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I don't quote this to dunk, that's not my intent, but one of the most critical things to internalize is that chatbots are for toolmakers. They're toolkits for building the environment *you* need. You have to demonstrate understanding of your own needs, and some taste.
okay, but that's a you problem.
and, tbh: jira-mcp is right there, and I developed a claude skill for interacting with jira via jira-cli (to save context space) in 45 minutes. these aren't tools; they're toolkits. to use them effectively, having them help you build tools is necessary.
and, tbh: jira-mcp is right there, and I developed a claude skill for interacting with jira via jira-cli (to save context space) in 45 minutes. these aren't tools; they're toolkits. to use them effectively, having them help you build tools is necessary.
November 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I don't quote this to dunk, that's not my intent, but one of the most critical things to internalize is that chatbots are for toolmakers. They're toolkits for building the environment *you* need. You have to demonstrate understanding of your own needs, and some taste.