2026-08-27T10:09:31Z https://nostr.ae Alex Feinman https://nostr.ae/npub1gtm85a6pgvafvzhevfranuv723natef8eyypvcwrz353ctpaqs2qxtprrm https://stockroom.wandering.shop/accounts/avatars/110/112/583/921/932/300/original/29468b15227ef4f5.jpeg https://stockroom.wandering.shop/accounts/avatars/110/112/583/921/932/300/original/29468b15227ef4f5.jpeg https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgz5tt5gk0m93w8m90pruvjvq3p437svfx7p2myysrgwsad565m4gzypp0v7nhg9pn49s2l93y0k03ne2x0409ylyss9npcv2xj8pv85zpgl9dntr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0qaym58yc4v030czs09hj3kt8ajhpcn4ytteu9eewg6u2lf5ttcc5pm7q0'>nevent1q…m7q0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>RUMININT: News that spreads after you&#39;ve had a chance to predigest it a bit. 2026-08-13T13:43:39Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgncgrg4a23pj32qkd9kmq9th4z8hfxzyzv26sj6kmvaf72mjxpzczypp0v7nhg9pn49s2l93y0k03ne2x0409ylyss9npcv2xj8pv85zpgl6aj6f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp68mrdrghhy07n93dtmu5qayn528lq22w7dgjd4sfnteq2hya27q972vgn'>nevent1q…2vgn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;Our new reflective Whole Earth Sphere will maximize satellite coverage for the entire globe! Sunlight? Only when we say so, buddy.&#34; 2026-07-27T16:03:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvcrdnlm6y6g20e806e66ttteckleldakxqhwls3y4fq6nnjpx5hgzypp0v7nhg9pn49s2l93y0k03ne2x0409ylyss9npcv2xj8pv85zpgrea7ps Pause in your doomscrolling for a moment to reflect that a nation has been able to emerge from a decade-plus of misrule through concerted public effort.<br/><br/><a href="https://apnews.com/article/hungary-president-amendment-term-sulyok-magyar-b720492c8e007468e6a97519f8809394">https://apnews.com/article/hungary-president-amendment-term-sulyok-magyar-b720492c8e007468e6a97519f8809394</a> 2026-07-19T11:15:26Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspurzl0cjvyx944ts2cgcghggvt6yhxfn3hre90qecy0zzcsfddkgzypp0v7nhg9pn49s2l93y0k03ne2x0409ylyss9npcv2xj8pv85zpgeml5dz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfl5wm3r8p460976tu7rtwzcnj6g8kdsn63d2fcy8qxcsteh98mts7enakq'>nevent1q…nakq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;I have invented a new AI!&#34;<br/>&#34;Is it grep again, but slower and wrong?&#34;<br/>&#34;No! ...yes.&#34; 2026-07-17T20:46:21Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszaexkvez42l69rgt3s6fey2e2fqrml4084yx3uxq0ywn2cd5mnfczypp0v7nhg9pn49s2l93y0k03ne2x0409ylyss9npcv2xj8pv85zpgaknsc4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0nhvn3sqay9atxhc4zesxla0rc3ld8zuxjpplv5e7f0nj95zqrtqfdkp8t'>nevent1q…kp8t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ditto! It&#39;s been angry yellow glare all day here in Boston... 2026-07-15T01:44:28Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst7cv49y6nupjacur7uknytelrw3zhyguay6dd2qen20euluhzemczypp0v7nhg9pn49s2l93y0k03ne2x0409ylyss9npcv2xj8pv85zpgv72gqa We need a new word for an under-appreciated corner of the AI discourse.<br/><br/>It&#39;s like &#34;quiet quitting&#34; (aka &#34;acting your wage&#34;) except it&#39;s offloading your meaningless work on a chat bot because no one, including you, cares about the results, you just need to look busy so your manager looks good for their manager, because you are all flies trapped in the web of unregulated capitalism.<br/><br/>Data center driven chat bots are great for this. It&#39;s their killer app. 2026-03-20T12:28:48Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs84m8t3uzqj5xnkz66vh2dkkpqknjl3dtuj8932v2v6qd67hxjljqzypp0v7nhg9pn49s2l93y0k03ne2x0409ylyss9npcv2xj8pv85zpgv702tc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrt8j9m7h28epmedcd4krwsl9cpa4qaux88wh046l2ul4cjn9q4qg9qdjue'>nevent1q…djue</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;How is this not resulting in an immediate referral to The Hague?&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members%27_Protection_Act">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members%27_Protection_Act</a><br/><br/>&#39;The American Service-Members&#39; Protection Act, known as the Hague Invasion Act...gives the president power to use &#34;all means necessary and appropriate to bring about the release of any U.S. or allied personnel being detained or imprisoned by, on behalf of, or at the request of the International Criminal Court&#34;&#39; 2026-03-06T02:13:26Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyqzru8fe4t7985aagk98cjezztvnpw6adqykwwngrn60lc367ekgzypp0v7nhg9pn49s2l93y0k03ne2x0409ylyss9npcv2xj8pv85zpguj3dnt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqh45k2f5xxwsh8lekxgrazvp7z7jgw79utjzmh7psqthjhdq7seqep90lz'>nevent1q…90lz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Feels adjacent to Kolmogorov complexity. The simplest system that can contain all of math is all of math. 2026-02-08T20:08:35Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8yylg9sp9m0u9v880fpjk3m7ev8a0dfcqm2mdjqgxcmvrd35jacgzypp0v7nhg9pn49s2l93y0k03ne2x0409ylyss9npcv2xj8pv85zpg40423n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdtl3px4mp9uxfwjpxfpptj252z95heqex3w0xpqnjlgxnnfv2a7gzcg9z8'>nevent1q…g9z8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>When I hit grad school I started interacting with women who had worked with him. So none of this is surprising to me, and boy do I wish he wasn&#39;t lionized the way he appears to be. 2026-02-04T16:26:38Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxw2kkzst5679azra2hlenrsxtw3vxvxljc4mvewxc0hfmgg86fhszypp0v7nhg9pn49s2l93y0k03ne2x0409ylyss9npcv2xj8pv85zpgnaefqm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszmu6nje4rvc5wzn6qw8wrvrl25dx4qe92dusskawnskx83w00rksjf6k3r'>nevent1q…6k3r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Did you actually talk to developers?<br/><br/>Because the ones I know are uneasy because the &#34;code&#34; produced by these tools is as suspect as the other &#34;content&#34;. At best it&#39;s replacing some rote code construction, but mostly it&#39;s expanding my workflow to be a bomb defuser. 2026-01-30T19:16:54Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvxsz8j9jz4qdq9hh8t0dak4jpt7uf93z43dg226lg6vjtgm08ypszypp0v7nhg9pn49s2l93y0k03ne2x0409ylyss9npcv2xj8pv85zpg5mxh80 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstq50jzsv67p97mtq38v7wylx99yypr32zraw7mjz6u877x9g8ctshcy380'>nevent1q…y380</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have a similar, different problem any time someone mentions MCP. 2026-01-27T18:50:31Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp9kphu3nmk8cqe78q3mu8a347ucyw7x8en650mkkurtzapej34eszypp0v7nhg9pn49s2l93y0k03ne2x0409ylyss9npcv2xj8pv85zpget555u You learn blender so you can make models for your new game.<br/><br/>I learn blender so I can draw spaceships for my novel.<br/><br/>We are not the same, but let us have fun together... 2026-01-24T15:23:47Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsged5dkftpdsprayjv746kf9nx983jdhtsd6gxxu0970vnsxjx7dqzypp0v7nhg9pn49s2l93y0k03ne2x0409ylyss9npcv2xj8pv85zpgx7vmpd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfg3c4hstlwx4glvjw8mne60lfjfpenwgxnh9t90pq6t3qnkdtw9qg2f4y9'>nevent1q…f4y9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What does &#34;pro bono&#34; mean here, especially in the context of hiring? 2026-01-16T13:24:11Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd70ljn9ngg0lq6yj9ulw07w0jntny7mrseu4qerla3at7vqhkw8czypp0v7nhg9pn49s2l93y0k03ne2x0409ylyss9npcv2xj8pv85zpgz8gg9a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyldgf3k5v2tk9xywnme0mvyadfkuyckds6uczfhffkxptfwqp45gj3jk6c'>nevent1q…jk6c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hi, doctor in computer science here with more than a few decades of machine learning experience.<br/><br/>Tuban, you&#39;re full of shit. One does not need to know how to lubricate a fuel-injected piston to know that cars are ruining the environment. 2025-12-22T14:37:49Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs05g9k7fpu3asad7xyhuwuc8wp5qtpxtjk9r7ns09udn5drvgfulgzypp0v7nhg9pn49s2l93y0k03ne2x0409ylyss9npcv2xj8pv85zpg5l5y5w If you don&#39;t collect personal info, you don&#39;t have to safeguard it, disclaim it, nor deal with leaks.<br/><br/>But whatever, it&#39;s not like I&#39;ve been loudly proclaiming this as toxic waste for the last (eep!) 20 years. 2025-12-02T02:35:38Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspyuf5tw3mgepj8laqlhutk954lj62twxrgayumt7t70rh04qqehgzypp0v7nhg9pn49s2l93y0k03ne2x0409ylyss9npcv2xj8pv85zpgr7dc55 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8hmvxq265uwlpu2wsfdy66fghryxmd08avh3s3tctm2mzdqlvwyg37d9fl'>nevent1q…d9fl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah I was annoyed by that too. Think they&#39;ll listen to us? 2025-12-01T15:49:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyxg8te7phyju85ypwnsxnlmczvkunyc85ljxtzp6s7dd8mg702jqzypp0v7nhg9pn49s2l93y0k03ne2x0409ylyss9npcv2xj8pv85zpgzfflfp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq82rxcy8nvuaz9rzg5zgnflun28twe7x9qmwvz6nd2dmucmugvqqtpk5y0'>nevent1q…k5y0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We used to have strong usury laws. Credit card companies got them weakened, under Reagan IIRC.<br/><br/>Every time I see a rate over 10% it is a reminder of how corrupted our capitalism has become. 2025-11-26T13:20:05Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs99ycyvx76v9mea0q4pd8hxgt60ewst0s373ggm4t5v5xk3h09dagzypp0v7nhg9pn49s2l93y0k03ne2x0409ylyss9npcv2xj8pv85zpg7mjzmc Being &#34;surprised&#34; at ruling-class hypocrisy is, at this point, ridiculous.<br/><br/>It&#39;s so ridiculous that I&#39;m considering calling it a derailing tactic, meant to quell action by enraging people who would otherwise take useful actions.<br/><br/>Work together! Of course they are lying. We all know they are lying and have double standards. Moving on... 2025-09-11T15:36:48Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdg8886gyc6wseusdvk5xurknt86jf6f6ljk6snf2xhd4x72c6ypgzypp0v7nhg9pn49s2l93y0k03ne2x0409ylyss9npcv2xj8pv85zpg8me7z9 A future where &#34;Fork you!&#34; is a mortal insult, meaning to non-consensually clone someone locally for untoward purposes.<br/><br/>#amWriting 2025-09-09T13:06:33Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszvunjek79f7t7te0l89wdvvwwtvw4m3fxky98zjc0xlfkrv69czszypp0v7nhg9pn49s2l93y0k03ne2x0409ylyss9npcv2xj8pv85zpgkkns3x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxha59wwdjazcxrss7wmlducv2hsm8mw7f8h4m8c54hvcmel36vwsjj4045'>nevent1q…4045</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As with the current situation, crime was overhyped in the name of policing. Very frustrating.<br/><br/>To your main point: I do remember how jarring it was to have tac-garbed people with automatic rifles standing guard (over what?!) in, e.g. Penn Station after 9/11.<br/><br/>At the time, my dad said, &#34;They&#39;re trying to get us used to it.&#34; (The term &#34;Overton Window&#34; hadn&#39;t entered public discourse yet.)<br/><br/>He was right, of course. 2025-08-26T12:16:25Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqp7yz79yyn6pvfms0j54z9622kd9q5twx0k8e5puttwv6gyayzgczypp0v7nhg9pn49s2l93y0k03ne2x0409ylyss9npcv2xj8pv85zpg48ut8c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszp7me3unhxelkhgpssgnj9qqeh5yg808269kdz3w0vcermlp3qrg06d5mr'>nevent1q…d5mr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Did you live in NYC during the &#34;Guardian Angels&#34; period? I would see them occasionally, back when, and that was before/around high profile events like Bernie Getz and the LIRR shooting.<br/><br/>It was a fascinating social experiment, with (IMHO) no &#34;right&#34; side, and I&#39;d love to hear your take.<br/><br/><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardian_Angels">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardian_Angels</a> 2025-08-26T12:07:22Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswgz9ydj4e3tc74cgpg5f2e6f7gtn9fhlguaqg5esv8xft029kkqqzypp0v7nhg9pn49s2l93y0k03ne2x0409ylyss9npcv2xj8pv85zpgm6xqqc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszft8ynnyvj2jzs6w036sfh0ehp20kteyvv39jtpkt3axd9yj5xpqurepc0'>nevent1q…epc0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>something something &#34;pure functions are to realistic programming as libertarianism is to a functional society&#34; 2025-08-19T22:05:49Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9tf7yjw7j88g65n8ph7xsy450u8ts0jre7d9x7hdjqkne3tqx0zczypp0v7nhg9pn49s2l93y0k03ne2x0409ylyss9npcv2xj8pv85zpglkucsv The existence of &#34;hard-boiled detective&#34; implies the existence of &#34;detective over easy&#34;, &#34;scrambled detective&#34;, and many others. In this TED talk I will...<br/><br/>#amWriting 2025-08-08T12:51:09Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyyyce5hk2d4t4nj32aevjf3dtq5aus5g5q9aqwaf2auem8ze5gqczypp0v7nhg9pn49s2l93y0k03ne2x0409ylyss9npcv2xj8pv85zpgdhsm9t When you see &#34;increased efficiency&#34;, translate that to &#34;increased fragility and parasitic load&#34;.<br/><br/>When you read about &#34;redundancy&#34;, what they really mean is &#34;resiliency&#34;.<br/><br/>The real world is bursty, uneven, inconsistent, error-prone, heterogeneous. It is not amenable to assembly lines. Efficiency predicated on eliminating those forms of waste cannot survive common system shocks.<br/><br/>And we&#39;re in a period of enormous system shock.<br/><br/>#society #governance #softwareDev 2025-07-19T10:58:49Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst3qqx0fxlqcgxmh3zzh4tz6hwtskx58424ls8hrm23taajaa3qxczypp0v7nhg9pn49s2l93y0k03ne2x0409ylyss9npcv2xj8pv85zpg7zsrzu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8hh6hycj00x9ylek2xrjz9npw0t7x668vtvk4u5wddj057mm5tts8lqw8f'>nevent1q…qw8f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>wow, this is some Tokyo Rose/Seoul City Sue psyop bullshit. 2025-06-25T13:42:49Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp9hd9h09phz7ru0vc7vn30040qpxt2cjfulefnd3s9lny47qhydszypp0v7nhg9pn49s2l93y0k03ne2x0409ylyss9npcv2xj8pv85zpg24k890 #ScribesAndMakers 3 Mar:Are you more productive during long stretches of free time, or when you have to squeeze creativity into your busy life?<br/><br/>Who gets long stretches of free time in our capitalist hellscape?<br/><br/>I fight tooth and nail for the energy and time to write in the margins of the day and the lacunae of my week. 2025-03-03T13:04:02Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxknlqwjyf8yd8jvechgt4q7c6guey82phl5mahjuchgnepnm38eczypp0v7nhg9pn49s2l93y0k03ne2x0409ylyss9npcv2xj8pv85zpgd6fzxe In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsptdqkxqg2rvcckcfy6an0h6jsysehvtj6r3kvz82kewc64l6e9aqz980z9'>nevent1q…80z9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ah!! All becomes clear. My apologies; we are surrounded by fakery these days. 2024-12-22T12:51:26Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf65qpc8cl7elcvrcz58cpmt3shjh7hp4mpxhnkx8emgs0sncrydszypp0v7nhg9pn49s2l93y0k03ne2x0409ylyss9npcv2xj8pv85zpgkg7w92 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswrdnls5f5d6yvuhnmn8845lx80k7q92z2wjhgqzt34tu244dfcdc2mayy4'>nevent1q…ayy4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Except those aren&#39;t the two ways. I am so confused. Are you an LLM-powered bot that can&#39;t do math?<br/><br/>(1729 is one more than 1728, which with 729 and 1000 are four easy to remember cubes...) 2024-12-22T11:55:22Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz2qehagvytsk656ccfqeua830475eca0t9sf2vfy5q4pg57ff8ygzypp0v7nhg9pn49s2l93y0k03ne2x0409ylyss9npcv2xj8pv85zpgpjhq20 Bike dividers that don&#39;t physically block cars and trucks are just municipal &#34;thoughts and prayers&#34;. 2024-09-20T15:16:59Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrpldf9043vku05vmxxxk7slf5xql8q73kemagqaruucluzf78h0qzypp0v7nhg9pn49s2l93y0k03ne2x0409ylyss9npcv2xj8pv85zpgp3hnqj &#34;Union workers voted to strike, inconveniencing customers&#34; no, you useless mouthpiece publications.<br/><br/>&#34;Company leadership stubbornly refuses to pay appropriate wages or address deep quality issues, favoring short-term profits and golden parachutes.&#34;<br/><br/>#fixTheHeadlines 2024-09-13T11:45:36Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy6uzj6e23xq4m496h9ed2n47lyy3rfvfqsmu2g5veqx5rt8xyngszypp0v7nhg9pn49s2l93y0k03ne2x0409ylyss9npcv2xj8pv85zpgetmk2h I don&#39;t remember which one of you coined &#34;AI;DR&#34;[1] but I stole it immediately to good effect.<br/><br/>If you couldn&#39;t be bothered to write it, why should I bother reading it?<br/><br/>[1] AI-generated nonsense; didn&#39;t read, by analogy with tl;dr: too long; didn&#39;t read. 2024-09-06T17:31:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspyrlzyawajf4fucj40eem8qg4slanezdj5cm9v0ddk6376asytsgzypp0v7nhg9pn49s2l93y0k03ne2x0409ylyss9npcv2xj8pv85zpg7dvjkz #writersCoffeeClub 31 Aug: What would you pick if you were forced to write in a genre outside of your specialty?<br/><br/>Each book seems to come out in a different genre anyway. Duplicate&#39;s hard SF; We Were Gods is more of a thriller with SFesque elements; Mr. Maybe and Dr. Don&#39;t is pure YA fantasy. Roughskin Magic has SF setting, yes, but it&#39;s a romance. The Dream Makers...dunno. Psychological romance?<br/><br/>So next I guess I have to go dinosaurs. Or cowboys. Cowboy dinosaurs. 2024-08-31T13:45:21Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2at3e9zhfumq5mgpnqjr0s8xlkgtk6vd4syrnppx6j9ktvg898yszypp0v7nhg9pn49s2l93y0k03ne2x0409ylyss9npcv2xj8pv85zpgzc33zq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf2x4x4zzsg4qhmuy7rfvt64h7wrrvcvwldz8ct99wexrgq4xexss2mfglf'>nevent1q…fglf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/112/977/284/886/686/481/original/54bd804129b86e38.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-08-17T12:09:23Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx8um39lm947a564amuqfgz0ae8m2lnmknamq7aulcyj8cpnfw3yczypp0v7nhg9pn49s2l93y0k03ne2x0409ylyss9npcv2xj8pv85zpggn6uth These #AI prompts reportedly found in iOS betas are wild examples of wishful and/or magical thinking on the part of engineers forced to include bullshit engines in their products.<br/><br/>&#34;Do not hallucinate&#34; lol.<br/><br/>People keep mistaking LLMs for a slightly dumb but well-meaning stage actor who just needs to be clearly and explicitly told what to do. Yeah, no.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2024/08/06/apples-hidden-ai-prompts-discovered-in-macos-beta/">https://www.macrumors.com/2024/08/06/apples-hidden-ai-prompts-discovered-in-macos-beta/</a> 2024-08-10T10:56:52Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9w5lx9xenq86xl8qvvmgcnm728fcfhnyd34ac37jtntpeprenssszypp0v7nhg9pn49s2l93y0k03ne2x0409ylyss9npcv2xj8pv85zpghgh0lu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvw685q4untckag64rf82yklxlg3r2ctvjpqne66xzde6lpcnu64cxpecn8'>nevent1q…ecn8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>scissors! And a thousand other things.<br/><br/>Related essay here: <a href="https://afeinman.medium.com/how-being-a-lefty-taught-me-what-i-dont-know-about-racism-70ab6fae0c34">https://afeinman.medium.com/how-being-a-lefty-taught-me-what-i-dont-know-about-racism-70ab6fae0c34</a> 2024-08-02T11:55:59Z