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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Sam Kimbrel
@skimbrel.bsky.social
enby & queer & #ActuallyAutistic & #ADHD af | amateur DJ | computerer @figma | program @northbaypython.org | “is usually underestimated. try again. no again. still no.” —@chrisjrn | they/them | BLM

formerly @skimbrel on birbsite
also at tech.lgbt/skimbrel
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yeah, i think it’s quite clear that “i can prompt an LLM to generate code for $ENVIRONMENT” is extremely not the same as “i can program in $ENVIRONMENT”
November 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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February 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
ughhhh i have a car, it's only 8 PM here, and… i checked every sky report within 30 miles and everything is overcast

SOMEDAY i will see one
November 12, 2025 at 4:04 AM
WHY IS IT CLOUDY IN LOS ANGELES RIGHT NOW
November 12, 2025 at 3:12 AM
*stares anxiously at thursday LAX–EWR booking*
November 12, 2025 at 1:40 AM
absolutely furious at this

it's vaccine denialism but for teaching kids to read
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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uhhh this actually reminds me a lot of how LLMs function at a basic level too - predicting tokens based on proximity & context, etc 😬 ...so we're teaching kids to read like AI & saying AI level is good enough
November 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM