The imposition of AI code reviews Dan Lyke / comment 0
Anna Maniscalco 🦀 🏳️⚧️ @pac85@treehouse.systems has some thoughts on the trend of AI code reviews:
What good is it to have a dubious and marginal improvement in the final code quality if the price to pay is making the process so much more exhausting and un-human for everyone? What impact will that exhaustion have on the code long term? It may very well be a net negative.
Can't trust GPS even inside the US Dan Lyke / comment 0
Back in June, the AOPA reported on an NTSB preliminary report about a Beechcraft King Air that crashed on a flight between Roswell New Mexcio and Ruidoso during military GPS jamming.
This morning it looks like the tech press has caught up (or maybe the NTSB full report is out now):
Wired: A Civilian Plane Crashed in New Mexico. Was the Military’s Tech to Blame?
AI resistance Dan Lyke / comment 0
When they're forced to use the technology, they engage in 'malicious compliance', where they use AI exactly as it has been requested by management, and will submit the results directly and unedited, including every inaccuracy and inconsistency. When management points out these issues--which can be serious when it comes to things like incident reports– "we point out that we did exactly what was asked of us, and they get real quiet".
Sanity is usually the first barrier to Dan Lyke / comment 0
"Sanity is usually the first barrier to a good idea..." --- The Last Dance audio drama
Ivermectin still doesn't treat Covid Dan Lyke / comment 0
Ivermectin-COVID-19 Study Retracted; Authors Blame File Mixup
The paper, "Effects of a Single Dose of Ivermectin on Viral and Clinical Outcomes in Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infected Subjects: A Pilot Clinical Trial in Lebanon," appeared in the journal Viruses in May.</blockuqote>
As Tara notes:
Ivermectin doesn't work and can be very bad for you neurologically. Please do not take it unless you are a farm animal with parasites. All this interest in it as a covid treatment is based on a botched, retracted paper.
"torment nexus," my dude Dan Lyke / comment 0
Every now and then someone takes a run at me along the lines of "I don't understand why you, a scifi writer, don't appreciate 'AI'," and I'm all, motherfucker, it's *because* I'm a science fiction writer I have the positions I have, how many times do we have to fucking yell "torment nexus," my dude
Quote skeeted by Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social
"I don't understand why you, a fantasy writer, don't appreciate the value of making bargains with the fae."
And Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social
"Just because something looks HURHURHUR suggestive in nature, you absolutely 100% do not have to have sex with it. Put your pants back on, dammit. This is how the fairies stole your dick."
Emergent Skee Ball Dan Lyke / comment 0
Me: The new agent harness is great. You feed your tokens into the machine. Then you run simulations which, if successful, produces tickets. If they fail you have to buy more tokens and keep running the sims. Once you have enough tickets you can redeem them
Boss: are you at dave & busters, yes or no
actors and crew, what ya gonna do? Dan Lyke / comment 0
So very very relatable...
Via.
Don't need another project Dan Lyke / comment 0
Don't need another project, but considering IsSteveYeggeDoingABit(dot)com vs (dot)ai, or whether it should be on Substack or Medium...
Oh dear deities The people who thought Dan Lyke / comment 0
Oh dear deities. The people who thought they could make political hay with a data center ban apparently used an LLM to ask about existing data centers in Petaluma, and are now demanding answers for bullshit the LLM made up.
And some of these people have actually been respected in the community!