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New comment by twodave in "Muse Glimmer: 30B-parameter model optimized for always-on local agent workflows"

twodave — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:36:14 +0000

Naively-speaking, sure. I think GP was referring to the act of information-processing, specifically, though.

New comment by twodave in "What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers"

twodave — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 13:53:59 +0000

Yeah, it probably is sad to be so unimaginative or pessimistic about your skill set that you see AI as an impediment and not a boon.

New comment by twodave in "Are AI labs pelicanmaxxing?"

twodave — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:26:29 +0000

To be fair, when I see that pattern after a relevant question, it isn't much of an AI tell. Consider this exchange: A:"Are you hungry?" B:"I'm not hungry, I'm thirsty."

When LLMs use the pattern, they are often setting up a straw man and then knocking it over.

New comment by twodave in "I used Claude Code to get a second opinion on my MRI"

twodave — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 20:04:45 +0000

AI use is such a polarizing topic anymore. What ever happened to just waiting and seeing how it all plays out? Since probably none of us is going to be able to predict it anyway.

New comment by twodave in "Sixty percent of US consumers say 'AI' in brand messaging is a turnoff"

twodave — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 13:24:28 +0000

Well of course they do. AI has strong association with words and phrases such as "hallucinate", "bad medical advice", "slop", etc. I can understand why a business would want to use it, but it's very seldom a win for the consumer.

New comment by twodave in "Salesforce to Acquire Fin (formerly Intercom) for $3.6B"

twodave — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:21:53 +0000

For years I always felt if I got a human on the other end I could understand that a company valued me as a customer enough to provide fantastic support. I could still understand the trade-off if I called and got someone barely-understandable, as long as they can still solve my issue. AI support agents tend to just make up reasons they can’t help you or you’re holding it wrong, or they are only able to do things the UI already allows, so they are actually of negative value to me.

New comment by twodave in "A Call to Action: Stop the FCC's KYC Regime"

twodave — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:58:10 +0000

Telcos make money off of scammer activity.

New comment by twodave in "Anti-social: It's fads, not friends, which now dominate social media feeds"

twodave — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 20:29:37 +0000

There's a perspective by which you aren't wrong, and yet everything about how we interact with the Internet has changed in the last decade or so. Because (to quote School of Rock) the world is run by the man.

New comment by twodave in "Anti-social: It's fads, not friends, which now dominate social media feeds"

twodave — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:59:48 +0000

Yes, the game is over, the corps have won. Where the Internet used to be a forum for creativity, it's now a weapon of influence. Where we used to have an anonymous (or at least pseudonymous) playground, we are now monitored more than anywhere else. Where we used to be able to genuinely connect, everything is now artificial and manufactured. And where we once had control, we are now the product.

New comment by twodave in "Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot"

twodave — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:19:16 +0000

For sure. I've taken to using a similar method over the last couple of years as I've increased miles and needed to take steps (ha) to take better care of my feet over longer distances. I wouldn't recommend this setup for more active sports with lots of change of direction, but for steady plodding it provides a very consistent and dependable stride for a lot of miles.

New comment by twodave in "Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot"

twodave — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:05:31 +0000

I tried writing a similar comment. Yours is much clearer. This 100%. As a runner I used to have to re-tie multiple times per run. I corrected my mistake with this same fix probably a decade ago and haven’t had a loose shoelace since.

New comment by twodave in "Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot"

twodave — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:03:19 +0000

Runner here. I found some time ago that starting out the classic shoelace tie right-hand dominant and finishing it left-hand dominant results in a very stable knot. Lacing them high enough to keep the ends short helps too. It has been thousands of miles since my last loose shoelace.

New comment by twodave in "Creatine raises brain energy levels and slows cognitive decline: study"

twodave — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:38:59 +0000

Is there a point to this? Yeah, it's difficult to get it to dissolve completely. For me, it is easier (and faster) to just dump it directly in the mouth and chug water after. So, not sure what you're disputing but it's probably a waste of your time :)

New comment by twodave in "Florida sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over AI risks"

twodave — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 21:52:12 +0000

I was going off of a summary of an outdated report. If I can find a better one I'll post it.

As an aside, it is very clear in reports like this one[0] how tech job growth nationwide has stagnated. Incredible.

[0]: https://www.comptia.org/en-us/resources/research/state-of-th...

New comment by twodave in "Florida sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over AI risks"

twodave — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 20:58:12 +0000

This isn’t really true. FL population has exploded so much with high earners that they’re talking about getting rid of property taxes, and Miami is like #2 behind Houston in terms of tech jobs growth.

New comment by twodave in "Using Git's rerere feature to escape recurring conflict hell"

twodave — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 20:47:04 +0000

I wouldn’t say it serves no purpose. It is useful when rewrites are tolerable and loss of history is not. It’s the default when using tools like jj, because the expected workflow wraps git in a way that force pushes are frequent and expected, but blowing away someone else’s work by mistake is not.

New comment by twodave in "The four programming questions from my 1994 Microsoft internship interview (2023)"

twodave — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 14:09:43 +0000

It's not necessarily a class of people. It's proficiency vs. mastery. Is some set of people more able to master a subject than another? Sure. Each person has different limits to their potential, of course, but for most things achieving mastery is more a matter of putting the work in over time.

New comment by twodave in "NPM packages from RedHat have been compromised"

twodave — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 13:55:17 +0000

For smaller shops (by small I mean <1,000 employees) this isn't even tenable. We (engineering team of about 10 people) mitigate what we can via tooling and cooldown periods/minimum release age. This will work as long as these malicious packages remain reasonably detectable. I think that's the proper balance, because we can adjust the # of days we are willing to risk against the SOTA of detection tooling.

New comment by twodave in "Creatine raises brain energy levels and slows cognitive decline: study"

twodave — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 13:04:09 +0000

I still drink the water, I just can’t stand the texture with creatine added. So I swallow the creatine with as little water as possible and drink nice fresh water afterwards :)

New comment by twodave in "What if remote working, not AI, is to blame for weak junior hiring?"

twodave — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 02:25:16 +0000

I have said the same for a while. And I also think there is an increasing trend of clueless CEOs trying to replace expensive developers with AI token spend. We are still waiting on the long tail of consequences from those decisions, but I suspect it is going to look like a lot of perfectly financially viable companies turning into dumpster fires. Followed by opportunities as their clients churn.