Tyler Waters
@tswaters.bsky.social
Now listen buddy, I'm an engineer, that means I solve problems. Not problems like, "what is beauty" because that would fall within the confines of your pervues of philosophy.... No, I solve -practical- problems.
Yikes. In my industry things get a little fucked sometimes, you turn it off & on again and hope the bad state clears itself out. Can't exactly do that at 30,000 ft
I wonder if this happens a lot and it's just in a place where bits get written over a lot, where this other system relies on bad cache
I wonder if this happens a lot and it's just in a place where bits get written over a lot, where this other system relies on bad cache
November 29, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Yikes. In my industry things get a little fucked sometimes, you turn it off & on again and hope the bad state clears itself out. Can't exactly do that at 30,000 ft
I wonder if this happens a lot and it's just in a place where bits get written over a lot, where this other system relies on bad cache
I wonder if this happens a lot and it's just in a place where bits get written over a lot, where this other system relies on bad cache
The only way to really solve for it is to do the calculations multiple times, or across multiple machines, and take a quarum.
As far as I know space travel needs to deal with this problem a lot more. It's less likely, but still possible, to crop up in the atmosphere.
As far as I know space travel needs to deal with this problem a lot more. It's less likely, but still possible, to crop up in the atmosphere.
November 29, 2025 at 3:35 AM
The only way to really solve for it is to do the calculations multiple times, or across multiple machines, and take a quarum.
As far as I know space travel needs to deal with this problem a lot more. It's less likely, but still possible, to crop up in the atmosphere.
As far as I know space travel needs to deal with this problem a lot more. It's less likely, but still possible, to crop up in the atmosphere.
Holy shit, that's really unlucky. To see it in the wild like that on critical software is terrifying.
Solar radiation is a known phenomenon. We put so much faith into these 1s and 0s and they sometimes just flip from some random proton flying through the universe is mind blowing.
Solar radiation is a known phenomenon. We put so much faith into these 1s and 0s and they sometimes just flip from some random proton flying through the universe is mind blowing.
November 29, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Holy shit, that's really unlucky. To see it in the wild like that on critical software is terrifying.
Solar radiation is a known phenomenon. We put so much faith into these 1s and 0s and they sometimes just flip from some random proton flying through the universe is mind blowing.
Solar radiation is a known phenomenon. We put so much faith into these 1s and 0s and they sometimes just flip from some random proton flying through the universe is mind blowing.
Three boxes divided into ~15 year chunks of tech. They might come in handy sometime!
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Three boxes divided into ~15 year chunks of tech. They might come in handy sometime!
Anyway, just some thoughts rummaging around in my head, take it with a grain of salt.
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Anyway, just some thoughts rummaging around in my head, take it with a grain of salt.
End of the day, need to do something here, because if people can't get work, and can't get social benefits & are sad & desperate & backed into a corner. You either have them give up, (drug abuse), or they get angry (radicalization). The last thing we need is more extremes.
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
End of the day, need to do something here, because if people can't get work, and can't get social benefits & are sad & desperate & backed into a corner. You either have them give up, (drug abuse), or they get angry (radicalization). The last thing we need is more extremes.
I think the biggest problem is not the bubble, it's what to do with displaced workers.
Like, GenZ is having a hell of a time getting ANY jobs. In my view, we need to focus on getting people who want to work, work... And make sure everyone is fed, housed & happy regardless of employment status.
Like, GenZ is having a hell of a time getting ANY jobs. In my view, we need to focus on getting people who want to work, work... And make sure everyone is fed, housed & happy regardless of employment status.
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I think the biggest problem is not the bubble, it's what to do with displaced workers.
Like, GenZ is having a hell of a time getting ANY jobs. In my view, we need to focus on getting people who want to work, work... And make sure everyone is fed, housed & happy regardless of employment status.
Like, GenZ is having a hell of a time getting ANY jobs. In my view, we need to focus on getting people who want to work, work... And make sure everyone is fed, housed & happy regardless of employment status.
And of course, knowing what the regular Joe layman knows about "AI" , and hears they need to use local water & electricity to power a local data center.... Well if it's just string generation, that actually DOES sound like a waste.... But it's so much more than that.
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
And of course, knowing what the regular Joe layman knows about "AI" , and hears they need to use local water & electricity to power a local data center.... Well if it's just string generation, that actually DOES sound like a waste.... But it's so much more than that.
But instead we get generated media, joy. Like I don't already have enough media to last me until the end of my life and then some... How about we distill and summarize, synthesize & understand. And the entire marketing for this thing is entirely tied to bullshit Markoff chains?! It's infuriating.
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
But instead we get generated media, joy. Like I don't already have enough media to last me until the end of my life and then some... How about we distill and summarize, synthesize & understand. And the entire marketing for this thing is entirely tied to bullshit Markoff chains?! It's infuriating.
If a program is given access to all the data and asked to optimize it, there's no telling the efficiencies it could find. You can have a program trained entirely on empirical data & it can actually generate a realistic model & suggest changes. (Of course, only as good as the data!)
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
If a program is given access to all the data and asked to optimize it, there's no telling the efficiencies it could find. You can have a program trained entirely on empirical data & it can actually generate a realistic model & suggest changes. (Of course, only as good as the data!)
You want work? Great, put your qualifications into this box here, press that magic button and.... BAM! here is every single job you are qualified for, have fun don't work too hard. Oh hey, it looks like $global-economy is overweighted on $industry1... $industry2 is in much greater need of workers.
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
You want work? Great, put your qualifications into this box here, press that magic button and.... BAM! here is every single job you are qualified for, have fun don't work too hard. Oh hey, it looks like $global-economy is overweighted on $industry1... $industry2 is in much greater need of workers.
It's like that meme, "please just shut the fuck up" ... there's a lot of very cool applications of neural nets & machine learning that could actually be a benefit to society. Like, you give it enough data, enough time to figure it out, it could have the global supply chains identified & optimized.
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
It's like that meme, "please just shut the fuck up" ... there's a lot of very cool applications of neural nets & machine learning that could actually be a benefit to society. Like, you give it enough data, enough time to figure it out, it could have the global supply chains identified & optimized.
We've had data centers for decades now, and all of a sudden we want to build out more, and because there's a possibility those cpu cycles get used for "evil" LLM bullshit, now we can't have any more computer buildouts?! That's bullshit.
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
We've had data centers for decades now, and all of a sudden we want to build out more, and because there's a possibility those cpu cycles get used for "evil" LLM bullshit, now we can't have any more computer buildouts?! That's bullshit.
If these companies just "shut the fuck up" with ai-powered this, AI-powered that. FFS, the branding is fucked. Congrats now you're associated with burning down the rainforest to make a funny video. There's so much more to it than that.
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
If these companies just "shut the fuck up" with ai-powered this, AI-powered that. FFS, the branding is fucked. Congrats now you're associated with burning down the rainforest to make a funny video. There's so much more to it than that.
It also doesn't help that these companies are so immensely focused on consumer use & acceptance. I think the idea is they view any human as a potential customer, no matter if they use the tool for science & analysis or a bored person asking for a funny poem, they don't care... It's about being known
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
It also doesn't help that these companies are so immensely focused on consumer use & acceptance. I think the idea is they view any human as a potential customer, no matter if they use the tool for science & analysis or a bored person asking for a funny poem, they don't care... It's about being known
So now the media, any time they say "AI" depending on who you are and your experiences & knowledge, that can mean completely different things. I think a lot of people just see "advanced Markoff strings" and think that is all "AI" is, just string generation, or image/video generation.
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
So now the media, any time they say "AI" depending on who you are and your experiences & knowledge, that can mean completely different things. I think a lot of people just see "advanced Markoff strings" and think that is all "AI" is, just string generation, or image/video generation.
With the right data sources and tooling, metrics & monitoring, all that stuff can be done... It's like, interpreting a human command, switching down a branched logic tree hooking into the tool chest of capability.... Call it "AI" all you want, it's just clever programming.
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
With the right data sources and tooling, metrics & monitoring, all that stuff can be done... It's like, interpreting a human command, switching down a branched logic tree hooking into the tool chest of capability.... Call it "AI" all you want, it's just clever programming.
Like, wouldn't it be cool if you could do the Star Trek thing and say, "computer, run a level 3 diagnostic on the output buffer array" or "show me the top volume stocks today with EPS > 1" ... It's like, those things exist right now, but it requires you to interface with an API.
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Like, wouldn't it be cool if you could do the Star Trek thing and say, "computer, run a level 3 diagnostic on the output buffer array" or "show me the top volume stocks today with EPS > 1" ... It's like, those things exist right now, but it requires you to interface with an API.
But that aside, there does seem to be this massive circle jerk around OpenAI. It seems every tech company has been racing against one-another to build a consumer tool that eases the human<->computer barrier
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
But that aside, there does seem to be this massive circle jerk around OpenAI. It seems every tech company has been racing against one-another to build a consumer tool that eases the human<->computer barrier
I can appreciate people wanting to work, (by nature of current system), NEEDING to work.
If a company is able to do things more efficiently with less employees , that is good, actually. Problem is people starve when unemployed. That's not the company's fault, it's the (lack of) social safety net.
If a company is able to do things more efficiently with less employees , that is good, actually. Problem is people starve when unemployed. That's not the company's fault, it's the (lack of) social safety net.
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I can appreciate people wanting to work, (by nature of current system), NEEDING to work.
If a company is able to do things more efficiently with less employees , that is good, actually. Problem is people starve when unemployed. That's not the company's fault, it's the (lack of) social safety net.
If a company is able to do things more efficiently with less employees , that is good, actually. Problem is people starve when unemployed. That's not the company's fault, it's the (lack of) social safety net.
But lemme tell ya, if $company1 is laying off employees because each individual is that much more efficient and we can actually run this thing on a skeleton crew... I dunno, anti-work me says "don't threaten me with a good time"
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
But lemme tell ya, if $company1 is laying off employees because each individual is that much more efficient and we can actually run this thing on a skeleton crew... I dunno, anti-work me says "don't threaten me with a good time"
But really, "AI" is so much more than that. And really, this entire "bubble" situation is more about building out compute power than anything else. Maybe there's some assumptions about increasing efficiency and bottom line improvement for companies
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
But really, "AI" is so much more than that. And really, this entire "bubble" situation is more about building out compute power than anything else. Maybe there's some assumptions about increasing efficiency and bottom line improvement for companies
Can you really call it a stack trace if it isn't 90% internal nonsense?
November 21, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Can you really call it a stack trace if it isn't 90% internal nonsense?