Dave
@dave.9000ish.uk
Just a tiny leaf on the edge of a previously densely connected subgraph
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I have some go-to lyrics for you if you ever need to use lyrics in a reply for some reason:
November 12, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I have some go-to lyrics for you if you ever need to use lyrics in a reply for some reason:
"it's a johnny cash lyric" is just a new version of adding "in minecraft" to discussions of crime like it's a magic get out of jail free card
November 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"it's a johnny cash lyric" is just a new version of adding "in minecraft" to discussions of crime like it's a magic get out of jail free card
Much like the problem with condom sizing, when you want to pick the LLM intelligence best suited for you ...
Wonder if there's a point where the model is "too smart" and people don't like interacting with it and would prefer a dumber model. But you can't say "give me the model as dumb as me"
Wonder if there's a point where the model is "too smart" and people don't like interacting with it and would prefer a dumber model. But you can't say "give me the model as dumb as me"
November 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Much like the problem with condom sizing, when you want to pick the LLM intelligence best suited for you ...
Wonder if there's a point where the model is "too smart" and people don't like interacting with it and would prefer a dumber model. But you can't say "give me the model as dumb as me"
Wonder if there's a point where the model is "too smart" and people don't like interacting with it and would prefer a dumber model. But you can't say "give me the model as dumb as me"
Amusing that you can track my travel by changes in VO2 max (altitude and/or heat)
November 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Amusing that you can track my travel by changes in VO2 max (altitude and/or heat)
Assuming the calcs are correct, 500ppm in the dishwater. Once it's a residue on a plate? If you add food it'll dissolve in the food moisture quickly and you're left with parts per billion (apparently not trillion per my guess)
Detection level range of 10-50ppm based off other surfactants
Detection level range of 10-50ppm based off other surfactants
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Assuming the calcs are correct, 500ppm in the dishwater. Once it's a residue on a plate? If you add food it'll dissolve in the food moisture quickly and you're left with parts per billion (apparently not trillion per my guess)
Detection level range of 10-50ppm based off other surfactants
Detection level range of 10-50ppm based off other surfactants
I often think about this passage from On the Origin of Species, where Darwin cites a black bear “…catching, like a whale, insects in the water” and under selection could become “as monstrous as a whale”
I think about it from the POV of an animal not having a fully formed adaptation yet but ...
I think about it from the POV of an animal not having a fully formed adaptation yet but ...
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I often think about this passage from On the Origin of Species, where Darwin cites a black bear “…catching, like a whale, insects in the water” and under selection could become “as monstrous as a whale”
I think about it from the POV of an animal not having a fully formed adaptation yet but ...
I think about it from the POV of an animal not having a fully formed adaptation yet but ...
Man desperately looks for gas leak, depressed when none found
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Man desperately looks for gas leak, depressed when none found
Guy who's feeling pretty good about his body
God: You shall live and die in this prison
God: You shall live and die in this prison
November 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Guy who's feeling pretty good about his body
God: You shall live and die in this prison
God: You shall live and die in this prison
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I'll repost this at peak hour to show you the kind of quality content you miss out on at 06:00 GMT
November 11, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I'll repost this at peak hour to show you the kind of quality content you miss out on at 06:00 GMT
I have wanted this so badly for practicing presenting
There's nothing that recreates the feeling of being called on to present your section. Nothing
Practicing speaking up in meetings? Trivial
Practicing your presentation in a mirror? Nothing simpler
There's nothing that recreates the feeling of being called on to present your section. Nothing
Practicing speaking up in meetings? Trivial
Practicing your presentation in a mirror? Nothing simpler
This is a stupid idea, but I wish there were a good app that used VR with LLMs for language learning via conversation. I think part of visiting other countries helps with learning is your brain automatically shifts into "oh God I have to speak now" and it's hard to recreate that at home.
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I have wanted this so badly for practicing presenting
There's nothing that recreates the feeling of being called on to present your section. Nothing
Practicing speaking up in meetings? Trivial
Practicing your presentation in a mirror? Nothing simpler
There's nothing that recreates the feeling of being called on to present your section. Nothing
Practicing speaking up in meetings? Trivial
Practicing your presentation in a mirror? Nothing simpler
Introducing buy now pay later burritos with a 15 year term
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Introducing buy now pay later burritos with a 15 year term
I will write smatterings of 300 characters and one day collect them all together and reorder them and you will be amazed when you see that it was always going to be so, with each post exactly in its correct place even this one
What was inane will be made ane
What was inane will be made ane
November 11, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I will write smatterings of 300 characters and one day collect them all together and reorder them and you will be amazed when you see that it was always going to be so, with each post exactly in its correct place even this one
What was inane will be made ane
What was inane will be made ane
Preteen - teen - adult
Pretentious - tentious - ?
Pretentious - tentious - ?
November 11, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Preteen - teen - adult
Pretentious - tentious - ?
Pretentious - tentious - ?
In case you were wondering
November 11, 2025 at 6:30 AM
In case you were wondering
My guess is if you did a blind taste test between rinsed vs unrinsed dishes the vast majority of people wouldn't be able to tell the difference
November 11, 2025 at 5:56 AM
My guess is if you did a blind taste test between rinsed vs unrinsed dishes the vast majority of people wouldn't be able to tell the difference
Android is still my preference but got to admit the seamless switching of airpods between Macbook, iPhone and iPad is pretty neat
Transfer teams call to iPad to walk around the house? Great stuff
Transfer teams call to iPad to walk around the house? Great stuff
November 11, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Android is still my preference but got to admit the seamless switching of airpods between Macbook, iPhone and iPad is pretty neat
Transfer teams call to iPad to walk around the house? Great stuff
Transfer teams call to iPad to walk around the house? Great stuff
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"They say the recipe for piss is just ammonia and bleach. I tried to make it at home. There's more to it than that."
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
"They say the recipe for piss is just ammonia and bleach. I tried to make it at home. There's more to it than that."
Pluribus: why are they wiping a virus on to agar plates?
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Pluribus: why are they wiping a virus on to agar plates?
Symptoms of a Stroke
The easiest way to remember the symptoms of a stroke is the word FAST. This stands for: face, arms, speech and time to call 999
The easiest way to remember the symptoms of a stroke is the word FAST. This stands for: face, arms, speech and time to call 999
November 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Symptoms of a Stroke
The easiest way to remember the symptoms of a stroke is the word FAST. This stands for: face, arms, speech and time to call 999
The easiest way to remember the symptoms of a stroke is the word FAST. This stands for: face, arms, speech and time to call 999
Love travelators at airports
Like wearing thousand league boots
Like wearing thousand league boots
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Love travelators at airports
Like wearing thousand league boots
Like wearing thousand league boots
"the other was white, and though the script was clear, its lesson could not be deciphered"
Many such books (to me)
Many such books (to me)
November 9, 2025 at 4:44 AM
"the other was white, and though the script was clear, its lesson could not be deciphered"
Many such books (to me)
Many such books (to me)
On two occasions I have been asked, – "Pray, Mr. Altman, if you put into the model right figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question
November 9, 2025 at 4:37 AM
On two occasions I have been asked, – "Pray, Mr. Altman, if you put into the model right figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question
Growing old is watching your memes lose potency
I made a “how do you do, fellow kids?” joke to someone in their mid 20s who, it turns out, was too young to have heard of that meme.
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
November 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Growing old is watching your memes lose potency
10,000 hours
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10,000 steps
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10,000 missteps
November 8, 2025 at 8:36 AM
10,000 hours
10,000 steps
10,000 mistakes
10,000 missteps
10,000 steps
10,000 mistakes
10,000 missteps