Aught

Software developer, AI researcher, tinkerer, writer.

Currently working on TypeSensei and writing about the history of AI on

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There is a specific archetype of person in the tech community: the one who only does something because someone else told them it was impossible.

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@_C32H48O9 @Shattubatu Yes

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@thechosenberg Has he maybe tried having sex with her?

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@Michaeldudufudu Saved yet again by British engineering

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@woodchipdaddy I bet it'll feel great when AGI drops just as I start to understand Rust

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I'm still trying to figure out why I don't feel any more productive with Claude Code. Wtf is going on??

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@trobuling @Aella_Girl Under natural conditions of scarcity or forced political unity, they inevitably come into conflict. Someone that cares about long term civilizational survival and growth finds it rational to make sacrifices today, the rational YOLO hedonist completely disagrees

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@benduchek @moriah_bridges Back in the old days they'd have this book where they "doxxed" everyone's number and made it publicly available.

Somehow, society did not spontaneously collapse from this

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@shiraeis You: Tries to engage in humorous banter
Claude for no reason:

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@EveKeneinan Titius:

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@algoflows This is an old joke but it's usually post soviet mathematicians. Still funny though

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> It's July 1944
> The allies have just successfully landed in Normandy and attempts to dislodge them have failed
> The Soviets are crushing you in the East
> You're desperately trying to resolve the situation
> A random mf starts making jokes

Yeah I'd crash out too tbh

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@_Zojka There is another but they tried to kill him for it

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@StefanFSchubert Sounds like this just incentives melting them down and selling the silver itself

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@brentbarbata @Polymarket Lmao

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@flowersslop Crazy thing is that if you went back in time and showed someone this in 2024 they would believe you. That's how insane GPT 5 hype was back then

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@CtrlAltDwayne Bust out the Gary Marcus apology form...

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@bubbleboi Yes but have you considered...

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@aditiitwt Writing goonslop

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@prestonjbyrne Every other generation devolves into moral panic and they always believe that they are justified because "this time it's different"

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@TheGeorgePu It's cargo cult AI sycophancy. Bragging about how much in tokens you spend is like bragging about how many lines of code you can write, all that matters is useable output