https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872

"Across groups, NERs, n-gram patterns, and topic ontology showed within-group homogeneity. EEG revealed significant differences in brain connectivity: Brain-only participants exhibited the strongest, most distributed networks; Search Engine users showed moderate engagement; and LLM users displayed the weakest connectivity."

In other words, working with LLMs reduces the level of engagement in our brains and offloads much of our cognitive activity.

When working with models that require a high level of abstraction and optimization, offloading these tasks to LLMs that essentially scrape and combine code from various sources can lead to disaster. For something like a basic CRUD app such factors are not nearly as important.

I can see the future convergence of two clear trends in software: No-code tools and AI tools. The development of AI agents which handle not only the generation of code but the full development cycle of creating, testing, and deploying projects with a limited level of programming knowledge required.

As an additional note:

Both of these software trends aim to automate and replace many responsibilities of the programmer in a commercial sense. I believe that future programmers will need to become familiar with these emerging technologies in order to remain competitive in the job market.

Namely, math skills. Linear regression, multivariable calculus, the sort of math applied by scientists and researchers. If you do not understand the mathematics at the core of neural networks, now is the time to learn.

I've been working on a Deep Convolutional Generative Adverserial Network (DCGAN) which utilizes astronomical data and have been on an astronomy kick.

Cutting funding to pure science research is a profound mistake, pure science research puts our nation at the forefront of technological discovery and is of national strategic importance.

For example, at Lexington and Concord, the outset of the war, the Loyalists suffered 73 combat deaths while the Revolutionaries suffered 49.

At Saratoga, the turning point of the war, the British suffered 440 combat deaths while the Revolutionaries suffered only 90.

At Yorktown, again, ~200 combat deaths for the Loyalists against 88 combat deaths for the Revolutionaries.

This demonstrates something unique to this conflict. Typically, in unconventional wars of this nature, insurgent forces suffer proportionally higher losses than occupying forces. This was not the case in the American Revolutionary War.

I believe that a number of factors contributed to this. For one, mass mobilization due to overwhelming popular support. Lexington and Concord began with only 77 Revolutionaries and escalated to nearly 4,000. It was the escalation of conflict that attracted insurgents from far and wide who were eager for action and an opportunity to join the revolutionary effort. Literally anyone with a rifle, even fowling pieces for bird hunting, could join in and fight the clearly, visually marked occupying forces.

Secondly, a familiarity with the surrounding terrain which provided ample foliage and an advantageous landscape. Namely, forested hills and mountains. As for the swampy terrain mentioned in the article, Brigadier General Francis Marion AKA "the swamp fox" as written here was able to use it to his advantage to conduct guerrilla style operations in the Southern theater.

Thirdly, the pre-war efforts of Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben were instrumental in his service to Washington of transforming what was once a ragged band and physically unprepared mass of men into an organized and confident fighting force. These men were strenously trained to a high standard, they were not like Mao's men who were simply handed a rifle (sometimes even a sword) and thrown into battle. They were trained to fight like professionals and carry themselves with confidence in combat.

The American Revolutiory War provides insight into a unique sort of war where it is demonstrated that a popular force raised from everyday people has the potential to not only defeat the most powerful professional military force in the world but to do so with demonstrable martial superiority.

This requires a respect for the sacredness of human life and a recognition of the horribleness of war and conflict. To minimize losses and to minimize the time in which the conflict is resolved.

https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-c...

A quote from Sun Tzu is etched in stone at the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site just outside the Pine Ridge Native American Reservation:

"Someday, an ultimate class of warriors will evolve, too strong to be contested. They will win battles without having to fight, so that at last, the day may be won without shedding a single drop of blood."

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26677204/

100mg being equivalent to one cup of coffee or two cups of tea. I personally prefer tea as it is milder and the lower caffeine content means I can drink it all day.

It's definitely outdated at this point by HTML5 and WebGL, but I will always fondly remember all those little flash games and experimenting with ActionScript, learning programming fundamentals.

I would highly recommend tinkering with the HTML5 Canvas element and WebGL if you were a fan of Flash. The web browser has evolved into an OS of sorts as personal computers have evolved along with the introduction of mobile devices.

Web browsers now handle email clients, word processors, photo editors, even video and code editors. Check out this neat fluid simulator experiment in WebGL, you can build even more advanced applications of this nature with this technology.

https://paveldogreat.github.io/WebGL-Fluid-Simulation/

The programmer is an architect of logic and computers translate human modes of thought into instructions. These tools can imitate humans and produce code given certain tasks, typically by scraping existing code, but they can't replace that abstract level of human thought to design and build in the same way.

When these models are given greater functionality to not only output code but to build out entire projects given specifications, then the role of the human programmer must evolve.

As for everything else, as pointed out, these programs are insufficient. As with programmers and other white collar professions it seems ideal to integrate these tools into the workplace rather than try and replace the human completely.

Businesspeople probably dream of huge profits by replacing their workforce with AI models, and the marketers and proprieters of AI are likely to overpromise what their products can do as is the SV tradition. To promise the moon in order to extract maximum funding.

The design of a language, including its syntax, has a great bearing on its speed and efficiency.

Compare C with Assembly, for example, and you will see that higher level languages take complex actions and simplify them into a more terse syntax.

You will also observe that languages such as Python are not nearly as suitable for lower level tasks like writing operating systems where C is much more suitable due to speed.

Languages like Python and Ruby include a higher level of built-in logic to make writing in them more natural and easy at the cost of efficiency.

The essential nutrients that your body needs are carbohydrates, protein, lipids, vitamins, minerals, fiber, and water. The first three are macronutrients, providing most of your body's energy in the form of calories.

Traditional diets incorporate all of these nutrients naturally, as human beings formed traditional diets by sourcing needed nutrients from the surrounding environment. Before industrialization, humanity subsisted on these diets, and if you look far back enough you will find these foodways in your ancestral culture.

Industrialization provides us the luxury of choice in our diets, but it also leaves many displaced and confused as to choosing a diet. You will find that traditional dishes naturally incorporate all of our necessary nutrients. A good rule of thumb when building healthy meals is this:

Carb + protein + vitamins/minerals

Such as:

Rice + beans + tomato + onions

Potatoes + steak + green beans + milk

And so on.

The carbohydrates and proteins will provide the bulk of your calories and the feeling of "fullness" while the sources of vitamins and minerals will complete your diet.

A good metaphor is to think of the human body like a car that needs gasoline and oil primarily as well as some additional fluids to run optimally. A balanced diet will help you feel better physically and psychologically.

Whether you choose to source protein from plants or animals is entirely up to your discretion in this industrialized age, while it was previously a result of an agricultural or pastoral means of subsistence.