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john2x··on AI fakes duel over impeachment of Vice-President in Phillipines
Once again the Philippines is leading the way with how these things will play out for other countries in the future[1]

[1]: https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-38173842

john2x··on AI is ushering in a “tiny team” era
The revolution is happening at the top.
john2x··on How we’re responding to The NYT’s data demands in order to protect user privacy
Does this mean that if I can get ChatGPT to generate copyrighted text, they'll get in trouble?
john2x··on Claude Code: An Agentic cleanroom analysis
Will these kinds of software end up like a programs written with bespoke Lisp macros? Lots of power but only one person actually knows it by heart.
john2x··on Systems Correctness Practices at Amazon Web Services
There was a talk from Joe Armstrong about using property testing to test Dropbox.
john2x··on Severed Fingers and 'Wrench Attacks' Rattle the Crypto Elite
If cryptobros didn't flaunt their wealth, crypto wouldn't have been where it is now. Flaunting is part of the spec.
john2x··on If nothing is curated, how do we find things
That’s amazing. The post date is cherry on top.
john2x··on If nothing is curated, how do we find things
I’ve been thinking about this in the context of my kids.

I am a bit of a snob (a huge one if I’m being honest) about media I consume. Naturally I guide the content my kids watch quite closely, much closer than my peers. I am their curator.

But I can’t help but feel I am isolating my kids when I do this. The things they watch and listen and play and read at home are vastly different than other kids their age.

john2x··on JavaScript's New Superpower: Explicit Resource Management
New drop just dropped
john2x··on ClojureScript 1.12.42
Ahh right. Yes I am in fact conflating the two.

But can the compiler be used without the library? Or can the library be used without the compiler/would it still be beneficial?

john2x··on Getting AI to write good SQL
Use AI to generate the comments of course
john2x··on ClojureScript 1.12.42
While the level of commitment to backwards compatibility is commendable, I had hoped this would trigger dropping GCL instead of forking it.

My surface level understanding is that GCL is a big reason why 3rd party libraries are a huge pain to use in Clojurescript.

Of course this would have went completely against the project’s goals, so it was never going to happen.

john2x··on OpenAI for Countries
Ah yes, save 100ms for a chat response that takes 10 seconds to generate.
john2x··on People are losing loved ones to AI-fueled spiritual fantasies
Problem solved
john2x··on Evidence of controversial Planet 9 uncovered in sky surveys taken 23 years apart
Yeah but you can't raise trillions of dollars with that. Investors want to be able to tell to their friends at parties that they helped made blackhole tech possible.
john2x··on Driverless semis have started running regular longhaul routes
Would piracy become a problem in this case? Pirates would only have to deal with one lonely driver to get to multipe trucks’ worth of goods.
john2x··on OpenAI Codex CLI: Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal
Technically it’s more expensive, because it cost engineer + $3.57 :)
john2x··on Cursor IDE support hallucinates lockout policy, causes user cancellations
> I don't understand why they don't fix this.

It makes number go up and to the right

john2x··on Tailscale has raised $160M
We’re like trading cards to these people
john2x··on Recent AI model progress feels mostly like bullshit
Such accountability
john2x··on Recent AI model progress feels mostly like bullshit
Truth is a probability game. Just keep trying until you arrive.
john2x··on Show HN: GitMCP is an automatic MCP server for every GitHub repo
Is this the new LMGTFY?
john2x··on Why do we need modules at all? (2011)
This is what Emacs Lisp has, and what indeed does happen with libraries
john2x··on I maintain a 17 year old ThinkPad
I currently have this T25. But it’s mostly a gimmick. Once the coolness wore off it’s just a midrange T470 under the hood.

Still trucking after 7 years though. But I can’t upgrade it to Win 11 lol

john2x··on I genuinely don't understand why some people are still bullish about LLMs
Until they pull the rug and make you read through 10 paragraphs of ads first before getting to your answer.
john2x··on 4o Image Generation
Like rebuilding society from the ashes
john2x··on ‘Bluey’s World’: How a Cute Aussie Puppy Became a Juggernaut
A couple of other great kid/parent shows:

- Hilda on Netflix - more appropriate for 9+ year olds but my 5 year old loves it. Has some genuinely scary moments though especially the later seasons - The Gruffalo, Stick Man, Snail and the Whale, etc - based on the books - Avatar the Last Airbender - for older kids but has one of the best character arcs

john2x··on AI-Generated Voice Evidence Poses Dangers in Court
I wonder if film photography (slide film in particular) will become viable again and that photojournalists will once again become necessary for society.

Rather than cryptography which could be difficult to grok for a non-technical jury, a physical slide of film would be the source of truth.

It can still be faked by photographing a manufactured/generated scene though.

john2x··on Doge Teen with Cybercrime Connections Now Inside Cybersecurity Agency CISA
Oligarchs are technically American taxpayers
john2x··on Apple Invites
Hmm ok so it doesn't actually work :(

Even if it worked with 3rd party apps, at that point why not install something like Signal.

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