Gabe Hart
@gabe-h.bsky.social
All views expressed here are my own, humanely raised, free range, and personally articulated with no pesticides, herbicides, BPA, artificial sweeteners, or LLMs.
This also applies to CS and data science researchers. Is it "AI," or are you working on convex optimization, PAC learning, dimensionality reduction, combinatorial optimization, linear/semidefinite programming, etc? If you call it "AI," my default assumption is that you're making slop machines.
December 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This also applies to CS and data science researchers. Is it "AI," or are you working on convex optimization, PAC learning, dimensionality reduction, combinatorial optimization, linear/semidefinite programming, etc? If you call it "AI," my default assumption is that you're making slop machines.
They are also only willing to be "data boys" with regards to election stats. When the data are about climate change or gun violence or healthcare outcomes or racial discrimination, they suddenly seem much less interested.
December 20, 2025 at 10:30 PM
They are also only willing to be "data boys" with regards to election stats. When the data are about climate change or gun violence or healthcare outcomes or racial discrimination, they suddenly seem much less interested.
Oops! I must have been tired last night. If it drains fast, grind finer. If it drains slow, grind coarser. No matter what brew method you use, your coffee grinder will be the 2nd most important part of your setup after the coffee itself, so if you're spending money, invest in a good grinder.
December 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Oops! I must have been tired last night. If it drains fast, grind finer. If it drains slow, grind coarser. No matter what brew method you use, your coffee grinder will be the 2nd most important part of your setup after the coffee itself, so if you're spending money, invest in a good grinder.
Also, find a nice local roaster to get your coffee beans from! Gotta use good coffee to make good coffee. Darker roasts will be more bitter and less acidic. Lighter roasts will be less bitter, and can have nice fruity notes. Oh, and water temp: 80-85C for dark, 85-90 for medium, 95+ for light.
December 15, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Also, find a nice local roaster to get your coffee beans from! Gotta use good coffee to make good coffee. Darker roasts will be more bitter and less acidic. Lighter roasts will be less bitter, and can have nice fruity notes. Oh, and water temp: 80-85C for dark, 85-90 for medium, 95+ for light.
What brew method are you using? For pour over, start with 1:16 coffee to water by weight. If it's sour and drains fast, grind courser. If it's bitter or astringent and drains slow, grind finer. If you're struggling and/or don't have a good grinder, try a French press (1:14 ratio, stir, wait 4 mins)
December 15, 2025 at 3:42 AM
What brew method are you using? For pour over, start with 1:16 coffee to water by weight. If it's sour and drains fast, grind courser. If it's bitter or astringent and drains slow, grind finer. If you're struggling and/or don't have a good grinder, try a French press (1:14 ratio, stir, wait 4 mins)
Exactly! Everyone knows that to do bribery, you have to say "I'm paying you this bribe in exchange for an official act and they say "I agree to this quid pro quo agreement" and you had over the 💰💰💰 full of gold coins (or maybe $100 bills). Otherwise, it's just friendly gift-giving among friends!
December 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Exactly! Everyone knows that to do bribery, you have to say "I'm paying you this bribe in exchange for an official act and they say "I agree to this quid pro quo agreement" and you had over the 💰💰💰 full of gold coins (or maybe $100 bills). Otherwise, it's just friendly gift-giving among friends!
"Is not bribery if the money isn't in big bags with dollar signs on them" - Clarence Thomas probably
December 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
"Is not bribery if the money isn't in big bags with dollar signs on them" - Clarence Thomas probably
Right down to the parallel arguments of "what if I need to stop a bad guy with a gun?" and "I like shooting people"
December 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Right down to the parallel arguments of "what if I need to stop a bad guy with a gun?" and "I like shooting people"
This. This is also an accurate description of American gun policy
December 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This. This is also an accurate description of American gun policy
As the piece discusses, people may have differing opinions about whether the impacts are worth it. But for that discussion, the perspectives of people directly impacted are probably the most important opinions to include!
December 13, 2025 at 8:03 AM
As the piece discusses, people may have differing opinions about whether the impacts are worth it. But for that discussion, the perspectives of people directly impacted are probably the most important opinions to include!
To be clear, we sometimes don't have all the information yet. But it's not a matter of *opinion* whether and in what ways data centers impact regional water supplies. Those are factual questions about phenomena that can be observed and measured.
December 13, 2025 at 7:57 AM
To be clear, we sometimes don't have all the information yet. But it's not a matter of *opinion* whether and in what ways data centers impact regional water supplies. Those are factual questions about phenomena that can be observed and measured.
In the case of AI data center water use, there are interviews with people talking about how nearby data center construction has affected their municipal water supply. These anecdotes aren't the whole picture, but they put attach a human story to the problem, give an idea who might be full of shit.
December 13, 2025 at 7:46 AM
In the case of AI data center water use, there are interviews with people talking about how nearby data center construction has affected their municipal water supply. These anecdotes aren't the whole picture, but they put attach a human story to the problem, give an idea who might be full of shit.
It's the same trap that a lot of climate change reporting falls into. "Dude with money says x, while this here scientist says y." What gets lost is that these are observable facts about the world, and one "side of the debate" is saying things that are actually just verifiably false.
December 13, 2025 at 7:35 AM
It's the same trap that a lot of climate change reporting falls into. "Dude with money says x, while this here scientist says y." What gets lost is that these are observable facts about the world, and one "side of the debate" is saying things that are actually just verifiably false.
As someone who recently finished my undergrad at a 4 year university, I absolutely experienced what you said about time, stress, and expectations. I also think LLMs are shining a light on structural problems with how we assign and use grades. Our systems of evaluation need to reflect our values.
December 11, 2025 at 3:47 AM
As someone who recently finished my undergrad at a 4 year university, I absolutely experienced what you said about time, stress, and expectations. I also think LLMs are shining a light on structural problems with how we assign and use grades. Our systems of evaluation need to reflect our values.
Said this before and I'll say it again- universities *reward* taking shortcuts. The products of assignments get turned into grades, which then become tickets to future opportunities. When students try to circumvent the learning process, that's a reflection of how their work and efforts are valued.
December 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Said this before and I'll say it again- universities *reward* taking shortcuts. The products of assignments get turned into grades, which then become tickets to future opportunities. When students try to circumvent the learning process, that's a reflection of how their work and efforts are valued.
ABA Model Code of Judicial Conduct, rule 1.2: "A judge shall act at all times in a manner that promotes public confidence in the independence, integrity, and impartiality of the judiciary, and shall avoid impropriety and the appearance of impropriety."
December 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
ABA Model Code of Judicial Conduct, rule 1.2: "A judge shall act at all times in a manner that promotes public confidence in the independence, integrity, and impartiality of the judiciary, and shall avoid impropriety and the appearance of impropriety."
By converting the byproducts of the learning process into tickets to future opportunity, we create a conflict of priorities. I think students genuinely want to be learners first and foremost. While we tell students this is what we value, our systems don't reflect that. (5/n, n=5)
December 9, 2025 at 11:23 PM
By converting the byproducts of the learning process into tickets to future opportunity, we create a conflict of priorities. I think students genuinely want to be learners first and foremost. While we tell students this is what we value, our systems don't reflect that. (5/n, n=5)
For a lot of assignments, the educational value to a student is in the process. Yet, we assign and use grades in a way that values the products intrinsically. Cheating (LLM or otherwise) is producing the product without doing the process. It's a behavior that reflects what our system values. (4/n)
December 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
For a lot of assignments, the educational value to a student is in the process. Yet, we assign and use grades in a way that values the products intrinsically. Cheating (LLM or otherwise) is producing the product without doing the process. It's a behavior that reflects what our system values. (4/n)
For example, the educational function of a math problem set could be to give practice solving problems. But incorporating the correctness of submitted answers into a final grade that may have future consequences provides a different objective: to turn in a full set of correct answers. (3/n)
December 9, 2025 at 10:50 PM
For example, the educational function of a math problem set could be to give practice solving problems. But incorporating the correctness of submitted answers into a final grade that may have future consequences provides a different objective: to turn in a full set of correct answers. (3/n)
Assignments and coursework are simultaneously meant to be activities through which learning happens, used to give students or teachers information about a student's understanding, and/or are converted into a grade that becomes a ticket to future opportunities after the conclusion of a course.
(2/n)
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December 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Assignments and coursework are simultaneously meant to be activities through which learning happens, used to give students or teachers information about a student's understanding, and/or are converted into a grade that becomes a ticket to future opportunities after the conclusion of a course.
(2/n)
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Some of the conservative justices don't seem to care about legal scholarship or public respect, but I think for gorsuch in particular, it is a thorn in his side. He desperately wants to be an esteemed intellectual. But he also wants to do be a partisan hack, and he can't have it both ways.
December 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Some of the conservative justices don't seem to care about legal scholarship or public respect, but I think for gorsuch in particular, it is a thorn in his side. He desperately wants to be an esteemed intellectual. But he also wants to do be a partisan hack, and he can't have it both ways.
Every clip I hear of gorsuch sounds like he has some desperate need to feel like the smartest person in the room. Sophistry of an insecure man.
December 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Every clip I hear of gorsuch sounds like he has some desperate need to feel like the smartest person in the room. Sophistry of an insecure man.
What should we call this where he forgets what a judge is and jumps in to act as an advocate for one of the parties? Counselito?
December 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
What should we call this where he forgets what a judge is and jumps in to act as an advocate for one of the parties? Counselito?