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Boston // Athens
Coder, writer, weightlifter, metal dive bar enthusiast
Boston // Athens
Coder, writer, weightlifter, metal dive bar enthusiast
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Cosmovore
YouTube video by Ulthar - Topic
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I should start posting songs from whichever band I'm wearing a shirt of, so here's Ulthar's Cosmovore, Lovecraftian blackened death metal from VA. Chaotic but with good riffs that aren't just mindless technicality that death metal can kind of fall into.
It’s all hallucinations bro I swear bro models have actually gotten worse bro
January 18, 2026 at 4:41 AM
It’s all hallucinations bro I swear bro models have actually gotten worse bro
I think there are subcultures within the field that have so over-indexed on perceived technical prowess and their own introversion that this was outright rejected and left to “lesser” product people. It’s an easy trap to fall into but a trap nonetheless
January 18, 2026 at 4:02 AM
I think there are subcultures within the field that have so over-indexed on perceived technical prowess and their own introversion that this was outright rejected and left to “lesser” product people. It’s an easy trap to fall into but a trap nonetheless
That was a copilot problem. I was doing AI-assisted code completion with Sourcegraph's Cody in early or mid 2023 and it felt like a sea change back then.
January 18, 2026 at 3:36 AM
That was a copilot problem. I was doing AI-assisted code completion with Sourcegraph's Cody in early or mid 2023 and it felt like a sea change back then.
Even though I'm from MA, when I moved to Boston proper from FL, my wife and I would wander for hours to get our bearings. I swear the custom house tower shifted its position several times, because my internal compass vehemently disagreed with everywhere it would show up
January 18, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Even though I'm from MA, when I moved to Boston proper from FL, my wife and I would wander for hours to get our bearings. I swear the custom house tower shifted its position several times, because my internal compass vehemently disagreed with everywhere it would show up
You finished (and, I presume, began) reading it on a single commute, right?
January 18, 2026 at 3:01 AM
You finished (and, I presume, began) reading it on a single commute, right?
Reposted by The Fresh Prince of Donair
If you’re in New England and need whistles, hit up @scoiattolo.mountainherder.xyz and @ed3d.net
January 18, 2026 at 2:42 AM
If you’re in New England and need whistles, hit up @scoiattolo.mountainherder.xyz and @ed3d.net
For me, at least. If I don't have the spec planned out beforehand, I'll forget where I was planning on going. I can change it as needed, of course, but it's gotta get out of my head in order to be useful.
January 18, 2026 at 2:24 AM
For me, at least. If I don't have the spec planned out beforehand, I'll forget where I was planning on going. I can change it as needed, of course, but it's gotta get out of my head in order to be useful.
Saying that professors are bad at actually detecting AI use infantilizes who, exactly?
I couldn't care less about what you humanity majors do or don't do with AI, I care about self-important professors finding yet another way to discriminate against students.
I couldn't care less about what you humanity majors do or don't do with AI, I care about self-important professors finding yet another way to discriminate against students.
January 18, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Saying that professors are bad at actually detecting AI use infantilizes who, exactly?
I couldn't care less about what you humanity majors do or don't do with AI, I care about self-important professors finding yet another way to discriminate against students.
I couldn't care less about what you humanity majors do or don't do with AI, I care about self-important professors finding yet another way to discriminate against students.
Fun fact: thanks to my ADHD and nontraditional background, this has *always* been how I approached my work. It made transitioning to code assistants so much easier.
And even if they never existed, not developing this skill put a heavy ceiling on your trajectory.
And even if they never existed, not developing this skill put a heavy ceiling on your trajectory.
it’s spooky stuff
You don’t get better results by writing code
you get better results by thinking hard about the problem and trying to define it carefully in natural language
This is completely at odds with decades of computing, and folks find it utterly repellent at points
but: new game
You don’t get better results by writing code
you get better results by thinking hard about the problem and trying to define it carefully in natural language
This is completely at odds with decades of computing, and folks find it utterly repellent at points
but: new game
January 18, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Fun fact: thanks to my ADHD and nontraditional background, this has *always* been how I approached my work. It made transitioning to code assistants so much easier.
And even if they never existed, not developing this skill put a heavy ceiling on your trajectory.
And even if they never existed, not developing this skill put a heavy ceiling on your trajectory.
I'll take that as a 'no'
January 18, 2026 at 2:09 AM
I'll take that as a 'no'
Sick brag! Have any ideas rooted in reality?
January 18, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Sick brag! Have any ideas rooted in reality?
Yeah, have advisory committees not be discriminatory with heuristics they don't even understand. Very simple.
January 18, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Yeah, have advisory committees not be discriminatory with heuristics they don't even understand. Very simple.
The whole point of my response is that people shouldn’t discriminate against ND people because they think they can detect LLM use, not that people are using LLMs and should be allowed to. Are you even reading the responses here or what?
January 18, 2026 at 1:25 AM
The whole point of my response is that people shouldn’t discriminate against ND people because they think they can detect LLM use, not that people are using LLMs and should be allowed to. Are you even reading the responses here or what?
Are you saying you should question why ND people would want a graduate degree?
January 18, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Are you saying you should question why ND people would want a graduate degree?
I still prefer Claude, but Gemini isn't the worst. A bit on the slow side from my experiments, though.
January 18, 2026 at 12:46 AM
I still prefer Claude, but Gemini isn't the worst. A bit on the slow side from my experiments, though.
Neurodivergent occasional professional writer here. My writing has all the "tells" dummies use when they think they can spot LLM usage. That's because it's good writing and that's what they're trained on.
You can take my em dashes from my cold, dead hands
Are em dashes really a telltale sign of AI writing?
www.nightwater.email
January 18, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Neurodivergent occasional professional writer here. My writing has all the "tells" dummies use when they think they can spot LLM usage. That's because it's good writing and that's what they're trained on.
Or, you know, don't allow humans to hallucinate reasons to discriminate against neurodivergent or ESL applicants.
January 18, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Or, you know, don't allow humans to hallucinate reasons to discriminate against neurodivergent or ESL applicants.
Had a great dinner at one of the best Chinese restaurants in the GBA with the boys...2 weeks ago? And our groupchat is still entirely in poorly translated Chinese for some reason.
Dudes rock.
Dudes rock.
January 18, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Had a great dinner at one of the best Chinese restaurants in the GBA with the boys...2 weeks ago? And our groupchat is still entirely in poorly translated Chinese for some reason.
Dudes rock.
Dudes rock.
As someone who has fielded resumes and hired people since long before LLMs existed, I got "to whom it may concern" all the time, with names on job postings and everything. It's presented to people, especially young and ESL jobseekers, as the standard!
January 18, 2026 at 12:26 AM
As someone who has fielded resumes and hired people since long before LLMs existed, I got "to whom it may concern" all the time, with names on job postings and everything. It's presented to people, especially young and ESL jobseekers, as the standard!
I really enjoyed the person who claimed to try them "early in the AI hype" (so...2023?) didn't like how it worked, and decided there's been no improvement since.
January 18, 2026 at 12:22 AM
I really enjoyed the person who claimed to try them "early in the AI hype" (so...2023?) didn't like how it worked, and decided there's been no improvement since.
I really hope your faculty are smarter than thinking that extremely standard (and recommended for decades) formal letter styles means someone is using an LLM. Good god.
January 18, 2026 at 12:17 AM
I really hope your faculty are smarter than thinking that extremely standard (and recommended for decades) formal letter styles means someone is using an LLM. Good god.
Counterpoint: Athens
(although I guess tbf when modern Athens was rebuilt at the behest of westerners it was virtually uninhabited grazing land)
(although I guess tbf when modern Athens was rebuilt at the behest of westerners it was virtually uninhabited grazing land)
January 17, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Counterpoint: Athens
(although I guess tbf when modern Athens was rebuilt at the behest of westerners it was virtually uninhabited grazing land)
(although I guess tbf when modern Athens was rebuilt at the behest of westerners it was virtually uninhabited grazing land)
RETVRN
Most ancient cities have better layouts than Boston. Those chopped uncs who founded Boston were just relentlessly grizzed on opium and 50% abv crabapple cider
January 17, 2026 at 10:25 PM
RETVRN
No need to apologize on your end. There is a need for me to, though - so my apologies for misunderstanding your post about ICE being run off here and for my quote post, which I've taken down.
January 17, 2026 at 10:16 PM
No need to apologize on your end. There is a need for me to, though - so my apologies for misunderstanding your post about ICE being run off here and for my quote post, which I've taken down.