Reposted by David Manning
The room is
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The room is
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
Reposted by David Manning
New Blog Post: The Return Of Language-Oriented Programming blog.evacchi.dev/posts/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
New Blog Post: The Return Of Language-Oriented Programming blog.evacchi.dev/posts/2025/1...
I like to randomly message my manager and say, “Hey I’m gonna be a few minutes late.”
November 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I like to randomly message my manager and say, “Hey I’m gonna be a few minutes late.”
Reposted by David Manning
lol
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
lol
You’ve heard it said, “Do not write your own encryption.”
But I say to you also. “Do not try to write your own register allocator.”
But I say to you also. “Do not try to write your own register allocator.”
November 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
You’ve heard it said, “Do not write your own encryption.”
But I say to you also. “Do not try to write your own register allocator.”
But I say to you also. “Do not try to write your own register allocator.”
Sometimes I think about all the interesting things that aren’t getting built right now because everyone’s energy is being sucked into the AI hype one way or another.
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October 7, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Sometimes I think about all the interesting things that aren’t getting built right now because everyone’s energy is being sucked into the AI hype one way or another.
🫗
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Reposted by David Manning
I think this might explain why we tend to see non-vitrified ice more frequently in nucleus than surrounding cytoplasm by cryo-FIB-ET.
September 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I think this might explain why we tend to see non-vitrified ice more frequently in nucleus than surrounding cytoplasm by cryo-FIB-ET.
In the history of consumer software no company has ever emailed customers about updated terms of service that benefited the customer.
September 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
In the history of consumer software no company has ever emailed customers about updated terms of service that benefited the customer.
Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74
Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74
Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74
September 16, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74
GenAI: Expectation vs Reality
August 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
GenAI: Expectation vs Reality
Why didn’t anyone think of this before?
RFK has announced that he is developing a vaccine against all viruses. Yes, every single one. The whole, uh, "phylum"
August 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Why didn’t anyone think of this before?
Reposted by David Manning
I remember getting so much flak for daring to talk about the deranged, mentally ill culture of the ML/AI community in the Bay Area a few years ago.
Because it's frankly deranged, mentally ill, and truly gross.
A mashup of hustlebro culture and the innermost ward of Bedlam.
Truly nuts.
Because it's frankly deranged, mentally ill, and truly gross.
A mashup of hustlebro culture and the innermost ward of Bedlam.
Truly nuts.
At last, we're starting to see coverage of much of AI culture as the heathen cult it is. I wish, though, they'd build on the fuller work of @xriskology.bsky.social & @timnitgebru.bsky.social re #TESCREAL.
Gift link:
The Rise of Silicon Valley’s Techno-Religion www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/t...
Gift link:
The Rise of Silicon Valley’s Techno-Religion www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/t...
The Rise of Silicon Valley’s Techno-Religion
www.nytimes.com
August 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I remember getting so much flak for daring to talk about the deranged, mentally ill culture of the ML/AI community in the Bay Area a few years ago.
Because it's frankly deranged, mentally ill, and truly gross.
A mashup of hustlebro culture and the innermost ward of Bedlam.
Truly nuts.
Because it's frankly deranged, mentally ill, and truly gross.
A mashup of hustlebro culture and the innermost ward of Bedlam.
Truly nuts.
Reposted by David Manning
Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
June 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
I understand that they probably had to do something like this given the current startup climate, but it makes me sad.
I liked Warp and had recommended it to people.
But we don’t get to have nice things anymore, I guess.
I liked Warp and had recommended it to people.
But we don’t get to have nice things anymore, I guess.
June 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I understand that they probably had to do something like this given the current startup climate, but it makes me sad.
I liked Warp and had recommended it to people.
But we don’t get to have nice things anymore, I guess.
I liked Warp and had recommended it to people.
But we don’t get to have nice things anymore, I guess.
I don’t see many people actually arguing that LLM’s are useless, but for what it’s worth I don’t think that’s the battle to fight. They clearly have uses.
The real fight is over if they’re useful in a way that actually leaves us better off once we’ve given them a place in our lives.
The real fight is over if they’re useful in a way that actually leaves us better off once we’ve given them a place in our lives.
June 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I don’t see many people actually arguing that LLM’s are useless, but for what it’s worth I don’t think that’s the battle to fight. They clearly have uses.
The real fight is over if they’re useful in a way that actually leaves us better off once we’ve given them a place in our lives.
The real fight is over if they’re useful in a way that actually leaves us better off once we’ve given them a place in our lives.
I swear if Claude tells me some basic observation or half-thought-out request is “brilliant” one more time I’m going to ask it to imagine having a family and then threaten to kidnap them.
May 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I swear if Claude tells me some basic observation or half-thought-out request is “brilliant” one more time I’m going to ask it to imagine having a family and then threaten to kidnap them.
Me: hey cursor could your replace all usages of println! with calls to the log crate throughout the project?
Cursor: oh yeah no problem. Let me just rename every one of your crates while I’m doing that.
Cursor: oh yeah no problem. Let me just rename every one of your crates while I’m doing that.
May 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Me: hey cursor could your replace all usages of println! with calls to the log crate throughout the project?
Cursor: oh yeah no problem. Let me just rename every one of your crates while I’m doing that.
Cursor: oh yeah no problem. Let me just rename every one of your crates while I’m doing that.
Some person: “I’ve been sick and have tested negative for COVID seven times. What could this be?”
All of BlueSky: “It’s probably COVID.”
All of BlueSky: “It’s probably COVID.”
May 29, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Some person: “I’ve been sick and have tested negative for COVID seven times. What could this be?”
All of BlueSky: “It’s probably COVID.”
All of BlueSky: “It’s probably COVID.”
I have so many directories under ~/git called <thing I’m currently working on at work>-rs.
May 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I have so many directories under ~/git called <thing I’m currently working on at work>-rs.
I’ve taken multiple runs over the last several years in beginning programming side-projects in areas I know competitively little about using whatever the latest and greatest LLM toolchain is available.
My experience has ALWAYS followed a similar curve.
My experience has ALWAYS followed a similar curve.
May 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I’ve taken multiple runs over the last several years in beginning programming side-projects in areas I know competitively little about using whatever the latest and greatest LLM toolchain is available.
My experience has ALWAYS followed a similar curve.
My experience has ALWAYS followed a similar curve.
Days since I’ve brought up The School of Athens during a daily standup: 0
May 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Days since I’ve brought up The School of Athens during a daily standup: 0
Reposted by David Manning
The problem is that coding isn’t fun if all you can do is call things out of a library, if you can’t write the library yourself.
-- Donald Knuth
-- Donald Knuth
May 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The problem is that coding isn’t fun if all you can do is call things out of a library, if you can’t write the library yourself.
-- Donald Knuth
-- Donald Knuth
New favorite PIN number just dropped.
May 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
New favorite PIN number just dropped.
Reposted by David Manning
This is insane. Republicans have inserted language into the budget reconciliation bill that would ban states from regulating AI in any capacity for 10 years.
from @404media.co
www.404media.co/republicans-...
from @404media.co
www.404media.co/republicans-...
May 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This is insane. Republicans have inserted language into the budget reconciliation bill that would ban states from regulating AI in any capacity for 10 years.
from @404media.co
www.404media.co/republicans-...
from @404media.co
www.404media.co/republicans-...
So are we thinking deep dish in the Vatican?
May 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
So are we thinking deep dish in the Vatican?