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damontal··on 'Neanderthals Among Us' review
In the novel I believe they have some weird telepathic abilities due to size of their heads or ridges on them or something.
damontal··on A brief history of the Bloomberg terminal
I googled the ovens used by my local pizza joint and they were 25K each and there were two of them.
damontal··on U.S. appeals court upholds designation of Anthropic as supply chain risk
So it’s only war if it’s declared war? I guess this is peace then.
damontal··on U.S. appeals court upholds designation of Anthropic as supply chain risk
So it’s involved in wars.
damontal··on My weird new hobby: Wandering around Tokyo on Google Maps
Immediate tell: Same street. Same place. 2009.
damontal··on People hooked on vapes try a new way to quit: cigarettes
We used to smoke clove cigarettes. They would crackle with oil when you inhaled.
damontal··on Singapore’s National Library Board offers micropayments to build reading habits
Right so now we need a workflow to do something as simple as looking back a few pages. I know it’s necessary but it’s definitely a regression.
damontal··on Singapore’s National Library Board offers micropayments to build reading habits
What’s annoying is when you want to look back at something earlier in the book. Then you have to use the clunky search and hope you don’t lose your current place.
damontal··on Show HN: The load-bearing vocabulary of Claude
No “long pole” either.
damontal··on Anthropic candidates face blunt money question
How does that diminish the observation about Amodei?
damontal··on 2027 memory capacity is reportedly sold out
My feeds are full of ads by gaming pc makers now renting out gaming pcs for a monthly fee. NZXT calls it a lease with a 2 year refresh.
damontal··on Who's afraid of Chinese models?
You are splitting hairs. End result is the same.
damontal··on The Writers Who Wrote the Most in History
Except he referred to him as G.J. Chesterton.
damontal··on Scientists reverse brain aging, with a nasal spray
It’s a tell now. I see it I assume AI and disregard.
damontal··on I used Claude Code to get a second opinion on my MRI
Throw a chess board on there. See how it does. It always gets pieces and positions completely wrong because it’s terrible at analyzing images.
damontal··on U.S. government will decide who gets to use GPT-5.6
They will be serfs reliant on US and Chinese models to provide protection for their technological infrastructure from AI exploits.
damontal··on Creatine raises brain energy levels and slows cognitive decline: study
Read enough posts on LinkedIn and you’ll be a trained expert in spotting that slop.
damontal··on The people writing AI alignment policy are not whose work is being replaced
Of course I think. I have 20 years of coding experience and knowledge of the codebase and business. That’s why I’m keenly aware of how strange the process is.

What I’d like to know is how you’d train a monkey to read and judge output from an llm on a pull request.

damontal··on The people writing AI alignment policy are not whose work is being replaced
I feel like it’s changing my brain. A colleague uses AI to make some code change and submits a PR. I use AI to evaluate the PR. It’s like AIs talking to each other with humans serving as conduits or connectors. Sometimes I’ll look up from the screen and realize how strange it is.
damontal··on Kindle to end store downloads and registering for 1st-5th gen kindles in May
I have an old kindle keyboard I keep around for nostalgia that still works. I’m guessing this will be affected. Hoping I can still add books via usb
damontal··on Switch to Claude without starting over
I broke my ankle and have multiple chats related to medicine, physical therapy, pain management, lawyer questions, how to handle messaging to boss and HR
damontal··on The entire New Yorker archive is now digitized
The Atlantic has this. Related articles going back to the 1800s.
damontal··on Japan sets record of nearly 100k people aged over 100
They have vending machines with hot pizza! I’d be in big trouble there.
damontal··on Serverless Horrors
Which cloud service does this?
damontal··on A criminal enterprise run by monkeys
Right! You’re talking shit! PLAY A RECORD!
damontal··on Reading Neuromancer for the first time in 2025
The sequels got really strange and focused on voodoo god personas sort of running things. I probably read Neuromancer once a year just to revisit the place and always try to give the sequels another go but they just don’t grab me like the original did.
damontal··on Supreme Court's ruling practically wipes out free speech for sex writing online
The early web died when everything went behind the walled gardens.
damontal··on Americans React to UnitedHealthcare CEO's Murder: 'My Empathy Is Out of Network'
What difference would it make to anyone if you care when they die? They’re dead.
damontal··on Netflix buffering issues: Boxing fans complain about Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson
Apple TV MLB games look incredible compared to live cable tv.
damontal··on Cats are (almost) liquid
This sounds like something Karl Pilkington would come up with.
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