Josh Watson
@joshwatson.com
He/Him. Participating in society even though I think we should change society. Abolish the Police, Black Lives Matter, Trans Rights are Human Rights, Borders are Violence. Free Palestine!
Who was searching this at 7:20am Eastern?
July 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Who was searching this at 7:20am Eastern?
A guy at work was arguing that the latest LLM models can write code they weren’t trained on and gave writing code in brainfuck as an example. I said “did you actually run these in an interpreter to confirm they aren’t bullshitting you”
A few minutes later he goes, “none of them worked, interesting”
A few minutes later he goes, “none of them worked, interesting”
July 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
A guy at work was arguing that the latest LLM models can write code they weren’t trained on and gave writing code in brainfuck as an example. I said “did you actually run these in an interpreter to confirm they aren’t bullshitting you”
A few minutes later he goes, “none of them worked, interesting”
A few minutes later he goes, “none of them worked, interesting”
ChatGPT, finding no bugs in code ChatGPT wrote
July 5, 2025 at 2:20 AM
ChatGPT, finding no bugs in code ChatGPT wrote
So not at all comparable to real-world scenarios
June 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
So not at all comparable to real-world scenarios
It only seems to be in iMessage though. The keyboard in Bluesky still looks the same…
June 30, 2025 at 1:03 AM
It only seems to be in iMessage though. The keyboard in Bluesky still looks the same…
Am I going insane or did iOS 26 change the keyboard font in iMessage but not the actual text font? Like, that O in the text box and the O on the keyboard don’t match, right?
June 30, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Am I going insane or did iOS 26 change the keyboard font in iMessage but not the actual text font? Like, that O in the text box and the O on the keyboard don’t match, right?
Displaying countdowns are hard
June 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Displaying countdowns are hard
This, but actually meaning it:
June 29, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This, but actually meaning it:
Using an LLM to rewrite its training data and retraining it on that data is like the clone cloning itself in Multiplicity
June 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Using an LLM to rewrite its training data and retraining it on that data is like the clone cloning itself in Multiplicity
I am taking advantage of installing the iOS 26 beta by going through my contacts and group chats to change the background to my face so that by the time they update, the notification that the background changed is buried in the history
June 21, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I am taking advantage of installing the iOS 26 beta by going through my contacts and group chats to change the background to my face so that by the time they update, the notification that the background changed is buried in the history
I made this today, just in case, so I can print it out for the next civilization to find eventually when we’re all dead. Thanks, white evangelists!
June 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I made this today, just in case, so I can print it out for the next civilization to find eventually when we’re all dead. Thanks, white evangelists!
I tried to search on bing for “looping in ROP” to give an example to a coworker. This was the Copilot result above (equally useless) search results:
May 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I tried to search on bing for “looping in ROP” to give an example to a coworker. This was the Copilot result above (equally useless) search results:
The dad and mom keep flying in and feeding them! Then the babies hop around and flap their wings, trying to figure out how to fly. Except the one under the bush, he seems a little scared!
May 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The dad and mom keep flying in and feeding them! Then the babies hop around and flap their wings, trying to figure out how to fly. Except the one under the bush, he seems a little scared!
Baby birds on my patio!
(Photos taken with zoom on my phone, through my office sliding door)
(Photos taken with zoom on my phone, through my office sliding door)
May 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Baby birds on my patio!
(Photos taken with zoom on my phone, through my office sliding door)
(Photos taken with zoom on my phone, through my office sliding door)
These two really cool birds I’ve never seen before just landed on my hummingbird feeder, but I’d taken the camera out to charge so I can’t identify them! Anybody know what they are?
May 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
These two really cool birds I’ve never seen before just landed on my hummingbird feeder, but I’d taken the camera out to charge so I can’t identify them! Anybody know what they are?
Narcissus, upon gazing in the pool
May 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Narcissus, upon gazing in the pool
Me, seeing the same people who say it’s child abuse to teach white kids about slavery because they’ll feel guilty for what their ancestors did also say that killing thousands of kids in Gaza because of what Hamas did is good actually:
May 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Me, seeing the same people who say it’s child abuse to teach white kids about slavery because they’ll feel guilty for what their ancestors did also say that killing thousands of kids in Gaza because of what Hamas did is good actually:
