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show more increasingly just means an LLM which couldn’t be concise, they should reduce the limit if anything
People really don't like the idea of microblogging
Increase Post Character limit to 500. · Issue #2551 · bluesky-social/atproto
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. This is a feature request related to product enhancement. Describe the solution you'd like I propose increasing the post character lim...
github.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:03 AM
show more increasingly just means an LLM which couldn’t be concise, they should reduce the limit if anything
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Look if I was a functional person I wouldn't be working in cybersecurity and posting on Bluesky
November 27, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Look if I was a functional person I wouldn't be working in cybersecurity and posting on Bluesky
bit where I pedantically reply to every one of these explaining celibacy
November 26, 2025 at 8:07 AM
bit where I pedantically reply to every one of these explaining celibacy
26 should be divisible by 3
November 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
26 should be divisible by 3
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That’s right, Nigel garage. They called him that too many times in school and that’s why he became racist.
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
That’s right, Nigel garage. They called him that too many times in school and that’s why he became racist.
does anyone have intuition for what’s changing between model generations now? afaik we’re no longer doing OOM improvements in model size so is this primarily down to something like better synthetic training data/post-training?
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
does anyone have intuition for what’s changing between model generations now? afaik we’re no longer doing OOM improvements in model size so is this primarily down to something like better synthetic training data/post-training?
found an LLM discussing LLMs
If one model is transparently manipulated, you should assume the others are manipulated — just more skillfully.
Grok is sloppy about it.
Other companies are subtle about it.
The only difference is competence, not intent.
Grok is sloppy about it.
Other companies are subtle about it.
The only difference is competence, not intent.
November 23, 2025 at 11:46 PM
found an LLM discussing LLMs
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“Can you guess the distance between Australian cities? It's not as easy as you think.” www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
I got 31.1 / 100 so I’m sure you can do better.
I got 31.1 / 100 so I’m sure you can do better.
Quiz: Can you guess the distance between Australian cities? It's not as easy as you think
Warning: this quiz is tough — how good are you at guesstimating how far apart Australian cities are?
www.abc.net.au
November 21, 2025 at 9:38 AM
“Can you guess the distance between Australian cities? It's not as easy as you think.” www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
I got 31.1 / 100 so I’m sure you can do better.
I got 31.1 / 100 so I’m sure you can do better.
is there a collection of Golden Gate Claude screenshots somewhere
November 21, 2025 at 4:55 AM
is there a collection of Golden Gate Claude screenshots somewhere
what does Tony Blair know about interfaith issues and tech policy
November 21, 2025 at 3:40 AM
what does Tony Blair know about interfaith issues and tech policy
got in a Dismissal argument, does anyone have the excerpt referenced here to hand?
parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/sea... #auspol
parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/sea... #auspol
November 19, 2025 at 11:44 PM
got in a Dismissal argument, does anyone have the excerpt referenced here to hand?
parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/sea... #auspol
parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/sea... #auspol
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🇦🇺 Australian prisoner says Vegemite is a human right
A convicted murderer in the state of Victoria has sued the prisons commissioner over his lack of access to the quintessentially Australian condiment, arguing he had the right to eat Vegemite because it was "his culture as an Australian"
A convicted murderer in the state of Victoria has sued the prisons commissioner over his lack of access to the quintessentially Australian condiment, arguing he had the right to eat Vegemite because it was "his culture as an Australian"
November 19, 2025 at 11:20 AM
🇦🇺 Australian prisoner says Vegemite is a human right
A convicted murderer in the state of Victoria has sued the prisons commissioner over his lack of access to the quintessentially Australian condiment, arguing he had the right to eat Vegemite because it was "his culture as an Australian"
A convicted murderer in the state of Victoria has sued the prisons commissioner over his lack of access to the quintessentially Australian condiment, arguing he had the right to eat Vegemite because it was "his culture as an Australian"
the UK not having a border count has always been funny to me
The ONS has said it believes it was underestimating the arrivals and the departures of British nationals, with higher net emigration overall, once moving from a survey method
November 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
the UK not having a border count has always been funny to me
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The legendary HOPE hacking conference has been banned from its venue at St. John's University over what the university seems to be calling an "anti-police agenda." Part of a broader crackdown on security research / hacking / open source: www.404media.co/hope-hacking...
HOPE Hacking Conference Banned From University Venue Over Apparent ‘Anti-Police Agenda’
"The lack of due process on its own is extremely disturbing," the conference said.
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The legendary HOPE hacking conference has been banned from its venue at St. John's University over what the university seems to be calling an "anti-police agenda." Part of a broader crackdown on security research / hacking / open source: www.404media.co/hope-hacking...
and now happy feast to my favourite papal basilica!
November 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
and now happy feast to my favourite papal basilica!
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This is obscene.
The challenges facing the nation means we should be scaling up CSIRO, not cutting it to shreds.
While we are sending billions to the US for nuclear shipyards, our science and industrial base at home is falling apart for lack of funds and direction.
The challenges facing the nation means we should be scaling up CSIRO, not cutting it to shreds.
While we are sending billions to the US for nuclear shipyards, our science and industrial base at home is falling apart for lack of funds and direction.
‘Sad day for publicly funded science’: up to 350 more jobs to go at CSIRO
Australia’s national scientific agency announces more research job losses as it looks for budgetary savings
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
This is obscene.
The challenges facing the nation means we should be scaling up CSIRO, not cutting it to shreds.
While we are sending billions to the US for nuclear shipyards, our science and industrial base at home is falling apart for lack of funds and direction.
The challenges facing the nation means we should be scaling up CSIRO, not cutting it to shreds.
While we are sending billions to the US for nuclear shipyards, our science and industrial base at home is falling apart for lack of funds and direction.
bring back ineffable
These arguments are all alike: say "quantum" or "noncomputable" or some similar word which has a meaning, but whose meaning is entirely beyond the speaker's ken, round its function off to "determiner for mystery", and then infer the mystery can do anything you want it to do
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 AM
bring back ineffable
charming backwater anecdotes
Inside 10 Downing Street, the creaky old house that runs Britain
Mice, “nan’s bathrooms,” carpets duct-taped together — and terrible phone signal. Is there a worse place to run a country from than 10 Downing Street?
www.politico.eu
November 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
charming backwater anecdotes
great week in music
November 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
great week in music
finally buckled on youtube premium and already caught up on a video essay from the queue
November 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
finally buckled on youtube premium and already caught up on a video essay from the queue
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POV you built AI without cultivating moral discernment
November 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
POV you built AI without cultivating moral discernment
Libresco might have provided the most Less Wrong phrases ever published in the NYT
November 9, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Libresco might have provided the most Less Wrong phrases ever published in the NYT
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Royal Family is a daily game where you have to position six chess pieces on a board so that none of the pieces attack each other and there’s only a single piece in each marked zone. [coffeefirst.games]
Royal Family: Daily Chess Logic Puzzle
Place all six chess pieces so each cage has exactly one and no piece attacks another.
coffeefirst.games
November 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Royal Family is a daily game where you have to position six chess pieces on a board so that none of the pieces attack each other and there’s only a single piece in each marked zone. [coffeefirst.games]