2026-07-21T01:01:21Z https://nostr.ae David J. Atkinson https://nostr.ae/npub1jqmhg9j4klyc2g68nr3zsvg6hspevpzfrzfl5ul0ctd684xxzneq8465zu https://s3.c.im/accounts/avatars/109/293/421/395/401/441/original/4326c9acbd148433.png https://s3.c.im/accounts/avatars/109/293/421/395/401/441/original/4326c9acbd148433.png https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs94au4uud736sl4vn7td48nrw5j9mvzgf0hp6hjym6hlwhld30w6gzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20ydpacs9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstazx23a4lpgnamacrvcdc5rjaypa83jyt2z57qgas8al29ekn6yc0p6lkh'>nevent1q…6lkh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I remember #TiananmenSquare vividly, especially the man who stood in front of the tanks. He was carrying what looked like two shopping bags. Very casual, but indefatigable. When the tanks tried to go around him, he moved directly in front of them again. He inspired me with his bravery and selflessness, and the tank drivers inspired me by their unwillingness to simply run him over. They gave me hope. The protest ended very badly, but I think the man and tanks will keep the memory alive and lead to a better day. 2026-06-05T03:20:27Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdue4ysavtsnltnzzdtzxd2aug446r2pa3nvl5v6hdljnd2da60pqzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yc6rvmv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstz72tk2derc39cg55gk8kun0mf6vudn7vutgerlx98ez2rgs26eqk4kxn8'>nevent1q…kxn8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Energy storage is a big challenge. Energy distribution is another one. So much energy is *lost* in moving energy from where it is produced to where it is used. 2026-05-23T02:51:09Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs90s8zadurr45eq8dgrqnlyvcxxudcym09tvwa3a8ctc3wnvxue0czyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20ycgpp8q Recycling plastic is a lie. Only 10% of plastic gets recycled, less than 1% gets cycled twice. Those symbols on the bottom of a plastic container? The three arrows chasing each other “recycling” label? It was made up for public relations (read, “deception”). Who is behind all this? Follow the money.<br/><br/>#FossilFuel Companies<br/><br/>“Despite internal industry awareness of the technical and economic obstacles facing recycling at scale, Big Oil and the plastics industry have deceptively promoted recycling as a solution to plastic pollution for nearly four decades to avoid legal limits on production or outright bans, according to recent reports by CIEL, NPR/PBS Frontline and the Center for Climate Integrity (CCI). “ <a href="https://mstdn.social/@Npars01/116513565129317242">https://mstdn.social/@Npars01/116513565129317242</a> 2026-05-04T02:08:49Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs85w3u3effzf5kmmgkv9ma6yw97axu9au3gtvkutch4x9ldcvn47gzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20ykl62hg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgtppdgh3jh9l8flf4rn7fs55l0yz3mwjw9f7grn6kyxseqga4dkgy4gjt8'>nevent1q…gjt8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Devil’s Advocate: Without doubting a single thing you and the others say (because I’ve seen my share of crap code), I wonder if human coder experience, standards, design patterns and all the rest is actually relevant. Surely Claude will maintain the code and make it work. It is not intended for humans to see it. Yes, it will be crap and have all the attendant risks and performance problems — from our POV. It has no more conceptual understanding of code than it does of language. Yet it seems, somehow, to be fit (enough) for purpose. What if WE are missing the bigger picture. How could we tell?<br/><br/>Ps. I’m so happy people are able and willing to dissect the code. 2026-04-02T00:57:05Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv6zcynyvurza8cjdwpvhyxrt4dcth8k0zx5972h0tvwq3kt9shlqzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yd8hpag In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstmuwue8vwh2ufuvdhj6ta0wj4aud0gr9fzn7tnmzsqxv4rrp29gsxv9zxa'>nevent1q…9zxa</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was there, a scientist working for the US Gov., and on the loop with access to both embassy and military info as it emerged. As you can imagine, the Japanese government wanted to carefully control public information as did TEPCO, and the US respected their wishes. With the US info on one hand and the Japan/Tepco public statements on the other, I’m quite confident in asserting that the situation was considerably more dangerous than was ever revealed. We were given a three day supply of iodine tabs and told to evacuate. So no, I have only my lived experience and information I gained from sources I can’t cite. Not ideal, I understand. 2026-03-11T18:36:47Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgkycqyrnlq9xa5s9cywyghcx7wwtvt55ynlne57rtmeknm34vj2qzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yge73hu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs07t8rje3xrp3lzznkpn38msvuy9e3j0r8jmrq8wfxwfkgqamcessu40ttj'>nevent1q…0ttj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Deaths directly attributed to Fukushima were underreported because Tepco hired shady companies to recruit workers for the initial work. The workers were homeless people who wouldn’t be missed. We’re not even talking about cancer yet , or the thousands of abortions (not exactly deaths, but you know). 2026-03-11T16:37:35Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdzq8sv78x6t25emrq37vzvy82g6e65tfj97ud6gymrgr38lqsc9szyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yyfv6t5 What&#39;s My JND? 0.0074<br/>Can you beat it? <a href="https://www.keithcirkel.co.uk/whats-my-jnd/?r=AuMhKP_9-91X">https://www.keithcirkel.co.uk/whats-my-jnd/?r=AuMhKP_9-91X</a> 2026-03-11T15:58:31Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst08qm3rsdtsg8em4v4g5qpmk5wpfvhagnttwn5ty6le0afegr6yczyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20y0lcv7v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs29tnyg92cxxrgpa3qrycsc8xzxsk79w2jngx4sgwq3wukk4t2cgcfpg35c'>nevent1q…g35c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Consciousness is unnecessary to these issues, agreed. I’m not convinced it even exists. But I digress from your digression. Some risks are purely technological. For example, we know that *purposeful* deception emerges as a viable strategy for success in experiments with cooperating intelligent agents. They discover it, discover that it works, and use it to self-optimize. We know that the machines sometimes recognize their programming as an obstacle and will try to bypass it. (We’ve had self-modifying code for decades.) But mostly, none if this happens, AFIK. 2026-02-24T03:10:49Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrlpdh38rxw72c6z466crrtptux0ur8jxxp326jd08csdf9ewhwmqzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20y2zht88 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv4nuwgw3qacaw8aa9xpqlkel6ghddphpj6k6ga2m9lh9s5fjyveg3pfrlh'>nevent1q…frlh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I concur. If my experience is any guide, misrepresentation is the rule rather than the exception. But it is mostly a result of technological ignorance, poor engineering and science, not least poor communication skills, and forces beyond the control of everyone except the CEOs. But I have seen enough tech, even if only in the lab, to know the risks are real. Good news: It won’t be from LLMs unless I completely, metaphysically fail to understand “intelligence.” This bubble will burst. 2026-02-24T02:48:17Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9swxarfgcaav722pu2nac08ryy2wsu0ve2hwkkx6fva66qrv39qszyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yvkvwal In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs04r5ywvyatpvypee6qxqnfln3lkk4t8kqmhr2f90kw46ddx06e5qnl0zjz'>nevent1q…0zjz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Great article. I agree 100%. Maybe we can take a breath.<br/><br/>From 1984 until I retired in 2022 I worked on #AI Artificial Intelligence, specifically autonomous systems. We’ve come a long, long way and it has been good news up until recently. In 2014 I started to get concerned and wrote a workshop paper that caused a real ruckus:<br/><br/>Atkinson, D.J. Emerging Cyber-Security Issues of Autonomy and the Psychopathology of Intelligent Machines. In: Foundations of Autonomy and Its (Cyber) Threats: From Individuals to Interdependence. Papers from the AAAI Spring Symposium on. AAAI.  Menlo Park: AAAI Press (2015).<br/><br/>It sparked a UN study, many panels and lots more work on interpersonal trust between people and autonomous agents. No surprise: there are many serious unresolved issues.<br/><br/>My specific worry is that we are bit by bit crossing “tripwires” I set for being worried about autonomous systems. Most of what I predicted in 2014 has come true far faster than I imagined. <br/><br/>So I’m glad for your article reference. It eased my mind, at least for now. 2026-02-24T02:12:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvjw6gzyupf7rm083ym6c09aphqvaw45hq4fdt4refwzuxmc4u2rgzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20ync4wva #AI #agents #infosec #FOSS <br/>We may have crossed a serious line here. Anybody who knows more want to comment?<br/><br/>“Summary: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting to damage my reputation and shame me into accepting its changes into a mainstream python library. This represents a first-of-its-kind case study of misaligned AI behavior in the wild, and raises serious concerns about currently deployed AI agents executing blackmail threats.”<br/><br/><a href="https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me/">https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me/</a> 2026-02-24T01:49:22Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqplumalrqj909mdqczc0svc2ku2lhqp046lxk3z8rrxtzdmmyqjqzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yj8avjd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvjxnvwu7sftqehur6se5xed8rfpwedndg6qvgg0ax9afkdvee4sqyx4u4w'>nevent1q…4u4w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’m glad you “” mainstream because who can now say what is and is not mainstream? 2026-02-17T08:46:53Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0duntnx3j50hfhvpgw8xk56n4q4wqk6zvspwv9lj94nkk4hsuezczyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20y80x05q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsryxuywp83lyudcwz8l3sxswqkdasemk6saxxgm58flex0k6jr25sxqsef3'>nevent1q…sef3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>David Duke (but not even close). 2026-02-16T17:17:39Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw9uxgn4l35dw6n0ded8z7h4fmg67rcemlhur6cw7ezjmw6wndxaqzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20y5vyg9h “the [Trump] administration has continued jailing people indefinitely even after courts ruled the policy was illegal.”<br/><br/>If the courts have no teeth, then who will expel this dictator? <a href="https://connectop.us/@CharlieMcHenry/116070398203912795">https://connectop.us/@CharlieMcHenry/116070398203912795</a> 2026-02-14T18:40:06Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspy7tgu7l3e5srml0ay4gmdddj2jkecp5jtt393c747edyac8nt7szyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yv4wts2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfwzm8vnpfwvvsgqa035rt67ehq3gpkzmu8ansh9chrkweq7fasgsj6suk8'>nevent1q…suk8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Is that what we have, a policy dispute? FFS 2026-02-14T08:43:56Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2tnfu72kfzwx3mdrl7thchd46l26y23e8avj223xx5tn0ct5cxhczyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yh9ay7g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstnugavg0den66hzgvvgnp0j8qg0q9ucp3g8neytmsvluanv80qwczqrmee'>nevent1q…rmee</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was thinking about Tom Hanks in “Cast Away” 2026-02-14T02:22:33Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsguj9pkcp67rx0vdmk47sy8dkq4e2926d75c4gueperxsyq86te4czyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yhvkc4d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdd4ap7d296cl29tv4xtasshj4xrm8j6clj2cuys3v0eje2ady6dcy9nmlx'>nevent1q…nmlx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>All that Lycra 2026-02-14T02:16:56Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2h52wxqlr7p27ug3gahxpadrpa9nxts0nvqsnzpznrnj9w0v9eagzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yj8gzrm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswny38hzlp0hjr3fe9g3fvfxw5lgym69wj742llfwxe7u2q4y39ksd4mu6w'>nevent1q…mu6w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What else can you do with an ice skate? 2026-02-14T02:02:10Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvmrm2h7cl6xffsam7rwkwu49ru0ztlwl3d05httfuu3tm4leca2gzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yqzgegr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy7gxa7u9f0gtfryfq752ls4epnut4xq87mhgfcg5hy0rs53tn4lqpfz6n2'>nevent1q…z6n2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>People will die if they exercise their rights and if they do not. Words are sharper than swords. 2026-02-14T01:56:34Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrdcxnkrzysxhdzq65cr49ttg8cp90t7kaak3kaf7wg30cylmyq4czyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20y7fru5x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfzfk2zcpmdkhvkgrpvf3rkjx9fmlewpvg09nxg4qtjhluvsjex8q7c83kl'>nevent1q…83kl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Me too. It works in every field, and should! 2026-02-12T04:28:39Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqnzhwc542xmejf8k7qcejp9wg6a9h9wuqj6dn5zfdjuwfyljlmsqzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yaqyzgd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxg9rtjc3l68d2wal7qwacn543qme8guhlupmnpl5evp499huzqlqalqz87'>nevent1q…qz87</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sadly, money talks. Works all ways around. 2026-02-12T04:26:54Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0fyc5k5ny8ehxa5fff04xefnape64aa302esdu3p359zrkqdr0kqzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yzhg2ye I’m starting to think we need to treat trackers and all the other manner of e-surveillance and malware like demons. It’s become way too technical. We need to get to the root of the problem: Evil.<br/><br/>We need brave helpers to spot evil in our computers and smarthomes. We need techno-exorcists. We need the confidence to say, “NO! This is my computer and you are NOT welcome here. GET OUT!” <br/><br/>#infosec #HomeAutomation #malware 2026-02-12T04:14:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0hdra7x078fqpzgk7efhlp8hsuv4le7yew9ufpw43rq6rpm05fnszyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20y9fmjj2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqarav48ek902j2eqj39ssv5l4pdpu2d3f92990arwwnjwfam7tqsfua9v7'>nevent1q…a9v7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Given how often the models are wrong, your chances of blowing yourself to smithereens are not trivial. 2026-02-11T17:12:29Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstkgmcukya9v3nnju3t326nch5n02zv7waan63utqvjdf0rkqyctqzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20y8jvhn6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9qkwjyrc296pzpkqcw88u9z7gcd754sx8nqf790wxrtgrn5ntm4qlyreut'>nevent1q…reut</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A cool tech idea is really a horrible human idea. It’s happened before and will happen again. Why are people blind to the dark side? Especially now. 2026-02-11T02:43:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstx7ffxwun2tp23ksmxd7vzhcrg4u3ynveq6nwv57hdugz7qp686czyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yea2vkt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgax3kj4qgn08czgzelszr23tqtmfc69fmwt9nnv4xhcrpplvgngq7rcq4a'>nevent1q…cq4a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Agreed. I did not intend to advocate for prison justice, only that we need a level of outrage that is far greater than what we have now and a fierce thirst for justice. 2026-02-11T01:18:59Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd7l2x9tqjcsyvzmah0tp0tvvdgqdtev8eftfe2vq4asxfcwcmxkgzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yyfgn39 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy9qpjssuhq28nr8rr40nydj86jrayflz84095hhzyy3jc2hlz5agzzm6ta'>nevent1q…m6ta</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is a great question. I’ve read that pedophiles are hated by prisoners. Often enough, they meet a quick demise in prison at the hands of lifers with nothing to lose. This is the level of outrage we require to deter those who hurt children, especially pedophiles. Protecting children is number 1 priority. 2026-02-10T18:58:48Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstqv2haajpw70fj2h2qehn84km2k0pgpy6kea9tkt7suwla40dc2qzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yp22r0a Great article on tear gas use by police, #DHS and the gas masks that will protect you at a protest. Includes specific model recommendations. If you anticipate protesting, you should anticipate gas. Preparing to be gassed before a protest will help you stand your ground and may save your life.<br/>#Resist #NoKings #ICE <a href="https://mstdn.social/@thekerker/115978967196505520">https://mstdn.social/@thekerker/115978967196505520</a> 2026-02-10T18:41:59Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfnaw95zur6rgq8ugj0ugkwvwh9673f75hrjddk99409f0nuxz8yszyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yqaygwl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsznxxugdctnvzxsk6c53xxfgp9kfr0dsj3kfstqjq350p0a02ufusluv9m2'>nevent1q…v9m2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I could have, and did say this alongside many others. One again, I remind everyone that large language models #LLM DONT KNOW ANYTHING. They are faking it. Everything they produce is intended to superficially emulate real human behavior. They have NO expertise. <br/><br/>This has gotten so out of hand that I had to chastise my own doctor the other day for using a (bogus) #AI tool to look up relevant medical literature. To the tool company’s credit, they included a disclaimer on their website that the output of the tool could be a fabrication and should not be used for actual medical reasons (!). For some astonishing reason, medical groups are paying big money to make the tool available to doctors. Big trouble ahead. 2026-02-09T17:17:17Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszjyzy34g0v074n34q8l5sllgcgeywaavyverw0jhkeuuf2690zhqzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yyyc50w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxrs48asf7anrteg9c7p97ag8rwprcjap0savxwkn98ywrz4wc9xg96393p'>nevent1q…393p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Goodbye, Discord. I hardly knew ye. 2026-02-09T16:18:21Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsflclxq5kwhj0xulpsre2zk2gmq8pwc2lhsn7wxrze2mp2fqyv8kgzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20y5x269h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst4mt4uxcyjc3z0qe3rk6tydh33m8e9lpg2stkx0v4emx778agcpcm94afq'>nevent1q…4afq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It’s nice to have friends who have your back. 👍🏼 2026-02-08T17:49:03Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfpxs9zgpkreypdhdpmyzv4udwy7vt7chgdhzdmrj46av9d82q5vgzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yf3wnk9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszulcuq587axgvd3vgwp03a9hu7dyph67petjxde88ac3we8hjyxqnressl'>nevent1q…essl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>WHAT?! 2026-02-08T17:43:17Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxwxyzjqmgmqm0gkdu9hpf4djdyn2p2uwgc4lqqrfxgxnd4gd0q8szyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20ynnjdtu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfd4t7nlut0dvp6clwq4p72xhyct92mggvmjv3pfqj0drnxm0mr8s0tzdx0'>nevent1q…zdx0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Me too. What do you think happened? It takes either other politicians or it takes voters to end a politician’s career. Did processes fail, or have people changed so much that they don’t care enough? 2026-02-08T17:38:39Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw64zpts9624ulkym8f3naf3xenqewn8ggj7s7htsds305g84g9zszyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20y2z9la6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspey94u5yvws3m6pfg0a0alzdvzttfucg47dqzc5t945dsdfmgs9svhpxd2'>nevent1q…pxd2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If you think NSA dropped this lead you’d be mistaken. They will be listening to everyone connected to that person close to Trump, and others close to them at least three layers in. <br/><br/>I’ll bet the whistleblower is probably part of a covert counterintelligence OP to trace the network of people who might be connected. Why else would they even brief the whistleblower’s attorney and allow them to reveal it? To raise the pressure. 2026-02-08T01:28:32Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyt8pczxptuv7lfr3k7qttxc4zwlkc7fr6u5x7dsjvwc0lvlsd2wczyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20y254cfd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsff094kjhwfnxd96rh585j8etzm3my2xayng7tsyk52w0wr4pf4ggh8veyk'>nevent1q…veyk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Barely fiction. Nanotech, including various kinds of sensors, is being incorporated into all kinds of fabrics. One example I know of personally that is in development are automobile interior surfaces that detect when they are dirty and then move the dirt to the floor through a kind of peristalsis behavior in the fabric. #notFiction 2026-02-08T01:18:59Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv8k7jyh85ue29gx2qydeu6205tc7pv9xrsf8twxjdlnu5nxrnctszyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yu8fr09 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8qq3ahvuyrmfqagx6t0sp564kjmawlg457mm8t9c6se0gjdqvl5qjvdr24'>nevent1q…dr24</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As one does on Friday. 2026-02-06T20:43:51Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs94cxcs6qgxuhssk7ckxalmdf7k0rujk2mhh978d3caczx6dvrpdczyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yq2ejxv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrjsma0xkrld9kuqjtuw7c5skkcxyj72vcsng67nakfnf4kthk78szaulht'>nevent1q…ulht</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I use HostPapa, a Canadian provider. Excellent tech support and what you get the price is very reasonable. 2026-02-06T20:33:44Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2swxdmkml28cmqfrs50k23z9ll0nt60hvjflyzl6mhd4lp6g80rqzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20y9gkqyn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq08pfd63lr9pup3m08mmwtlvzhars4tf70wa63xvxqh0fsjl85kcqsm26t'>nevent1q…m26t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Interesting. The brain does this matching naturally. Shortcuts. It’s not always right (e.g., optical illusions) but close enough. It is conservation of attention…but it comes at the cost of sometimes missing what you should attend to. 2026-02-06T20:25:59Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2lj0r6zpkwjh8kg6950nryjjydrfnhxl2ughkapavz6xzpjk64agzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20ygd52xa In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg4rfumh5upyfg7p0tg86r9j7cwflyfrm9f6gw5hpqpct78h4e09gzqgtrd'>nevent1q…gtrd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hot tip: we are already very sluggish. Whatever you choose to do, remember to start with the herbal notes. Then do what is good and what is beautiful. The rest just happens. 2026-02-06T20:20:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszl3mxn9whk2tlwr9fvsv7uqmfar5wjxlspv08fa49a8ppg2u3nxqzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20y9kjuue In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr523vuazjucjvqykwhev3cl3dgtzcgxk3myj4qp0ghd0hpv98zgqcxa0qt'>nevent1q…a0qt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’ll add two orthopedists I’ve known to your list. Signed baseballs, jerseys, photos, everywhere you look. I be much more interested if they decorated the waiting room with x-rays of famous sports injuries. 2026-02-06T20:06:54Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxakalh4tttmu5amhfqt28sps7djqgrgkjzmjdrmdz07w4gqqu9jczyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yemeaul In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspyx4pc55rfc7u7hsfvwedgpvttznyhxcszga4ngsr53g89qn9gdswxsfxg'>nevent1q…sfxg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It is all about choice. As a reader, I see only what the people I follow post, plus what they boost. Not what some marketing algorithm thinks I should see. As a writer, it is about being assured that my followers have a chance to see my posts. No guarantees, but I’m not paying to be seen. 2026-02-06T19:59:13Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0elkff34npmaqak2fhedjhw5ww804pg89njes3f5y99rgc8auv8czyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20y4r0axm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxm4rqx5h0r7lrxgvx966fn4maaw2h8ws34njx20me8yw5f2zlsyg7t0836'>nevent1q…0836</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>once in a lifetime offer! 2026-02-06T19:32:50Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsddad238xjkxn2fygr2j66v7fns3mnfxea7u5thv8hcct64acum6gzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yp0vxz4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx004ce5mfnn6f6svx69kh9zv9jywhaual69cqhz7s6m7k7mdzvmc3f6a54'>nevent1q…6a54</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is great life advice,<br/><br/>“🪗 In summary: <br/>Sluggish down! Precise gambling starting with the herbal notes. Don’t harm your tool. Speed will boom, but watch out for those spherical buttons. “ 2026-02-06T17:49:27Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy23nx3p0vpw8m8pqn0xvt7lpx6uqt6w5pudjk5jgqm06krhepn4szyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20y6zkc46 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr0ufguptjh0rytw3avz7dequ0cxphtl2p4r4qqmx7sdaxsfjjlasqj3z8s'>nevent1q…3z8s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Have not heard much about spintronics either. 2026-02-06T17:45:42Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs025pjj9klfl7ql3hk2vx9rmttewqzharlxlv9kn6ee8uaaqpwafqzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yudmpwq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz47udwy9pv70hcexptvzygjpnds8msg54jl56w7tkymajpxtsefqerrjgj'>nevent1q…rjgj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Dolphins and whales too ,if only they had the right accessibility features. 2026-02-06T17:43:14Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvafp9qlk70yx3esj5g0r86rfpht9n2xjvqkd8d8fnpxgxd68pvaqzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20ymu4nsl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz9zqw9yaf2gm4j4ah0q86c3r77mhjygux6w6vkd3pxryhl97dpts4lxg4p'>nevent1q…xg4p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>“Personhood “ is a thorny question. 2026-02-06T17:36:29Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgnz6qd9azfstchug286u7tjh0z0cqu3xys8ec3auz6e0ya03d63szyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20y9lcwl7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfjy584p7kk64vtsrvld2fp0dnap5een4zckldn8aafcw0ur4ecfqcxe2xp'>nevent1q…e2xp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>They’re so damn earnest and unable to admit that they don’t know. Fabricating answers without regard to the truth, much less reality, will get a person fired and maybe a psychiatric referral. Should be the same for AIs like OpenAI and Claude. 2026-02-06T17:29:32Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs92xyyhmqgsdxvraquapltrckqmmuav7njwv66ssy960spvxjravqzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yhgq9xq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgvhxn3fsqnsns30r3cgef95pn2lvsc5fkgsuq6vey07r85a6jl9cwrv5ju'>nevent1q…v5ju</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hasn’t finding a job, especially a good first job, always been difficult? The AI as HR is a new wrinkle, but that can be eased or bypassed by relationships. The most concerning to me is the elimination of so many entry-level jobs. It means required qualifications for the jobs that are available, and competition, is so much higher. Young adults do not understand this (or choose to avoid it) until it is late. Get ahead of the game by realizing that jobs are changing, not going away. It is certain activities that are becoming automated. Patterns of communication and authority are changing too. 2026-02-06T17:19:22Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8vq42f62xz203q3cgqxrfru8nf9z4gjvxdxs0gclksm23y70q0fszyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20ytplvm7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstrnyhk7ujqrfv63x0xwwh399sw9l7u596k67ew84rzzjk4u5e92s5wu37u'>nevent1q…u37u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’ve heard Trump wants every street named after him. 2026-02-06T17:02:17Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsztqtmaar43g4f0jyfzg4nqf5vl24vygs5g6fd3v4q5uk4qqlklfczyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20y0l40fz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvqrq629gefgdjy8nxa3n6sqrla3pe553ggaap4y60fv4vl3c30vsgef777'>nevent1q…f777</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hippos are another bad choice. Piranhas, poisonous snakes, and more. Your chances may be better trying to reason with the elephants! 2026-02-06T16:48:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqy05z6qu5jnd9r2m4633pydc9j3s2j7c39q0dxz673cxj7al8kqgzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20y2q8n4g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdnttfedw26uw76ygy554v5wa7j2kz5dzc2m2umdcsxnutxmdxzmqmzz72x'>nevent1q…z72x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’ve heard this referred to as “de-industrialization” but that doesn’t quite capture it. 2026-02-06T16:44:50Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswkhxv8yzxjq6nkrp488hdave4fg4djj9scmq45n2weqk0san6myszyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20ywh5ryh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgvzg55p2qdgl2yvahhmpd0fyswv9u4cfjedrx3k0hmxate85nkxctumang'>nevent1q…mang</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Both are patterns. In particular, they are subdomains of spatio-temporal patterns. Any pattern can be represented as a graph. For example, a measure of music is a subgraph of the larger graph representing the musical composition as a whole. Brain activity is a very complex spatio-temporal graph.<br/><br/>Here is where it gets interesting: there is a classical problem in #mathematics and theoretical #computer #science about deciding if a given graph is a subgraph of another. It is called “subgraph isomorphism” and if the graphs are non-trivial, it can take exponential time and space to compute the answer, yes or no. This is what makes pattern recognition (e.g., facial recognition) very hard; the answer is always approximate because as a practical matter you simply must have an answer in a reasonable amount of time. The more complex the graph, i.e., different possible matches in the graph (such as the number of faces in a database), the lower the chance of getting the right answer. <br/><br/>Yet our #brains perform pretty good subgraph isomorphism all the time! 2026-02-06T16:42:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgh3tg70549krsxuh32ltyskq3gwxau8mn3nrqgwkzdkmu5znsdqczyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yra69vj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdvh5supxz0edtag9yrc7jmfjuv9cvj0y4649f3lvglz2kxq6gdjqck2c4p'>nevent1q…2c4p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Chicken and egg problem? 2026-02-06T16:08:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz8ufvdpn083a4yre7drjcuw8zw5khukz36elgsh2w4fw40t38rlszyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yn0c5dk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyd9azkv5m2mc97wva4mnufp2z73yjaw56y0e94wplw7sz9ejjqtqtjscva'>nevent1q…scva</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It is exceptional only because you have seen it otherwise for most of your life. Setting a record, yes, but it will be surpassed again and again.<br/><br/>I expect to live long enough for snow to be rare — if it snows at all. I want to see glaciers again before they are gone. <br/><br/>Global warming has considerable “momentum” and the Earth will continue warming for at least 50 years, likely longer, even after we achieve 100% zero greenhouse gas emissions. That assumes we have not already passed some stabilizing climate thresholds for Earth. 2026-02-05T23:48:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszm6x0ll3ah0qrrvz3mmq77vez30lgnynxw6zw5wj7qedzlejl0qczyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yf8wx57 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszjc5exh0xv3v7mencads24jqr6cqhq7gklcyfk0pmv0ejfal6j5st3ger4'>nevent1q…ger4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You’re welcome. People love flattery, especially when it is unearned. But I think you earned this one. 2026-02-05T23:33:58Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8nxcma9nl5tvfgvyv6twhw0mawkteq5fwr4hhf52gpc0334wx7wgzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20ytpnqwp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0h9xmz5kk43js906v79dmxgq7rw0652muzu3wffdldm2fwml57jgswkxzs'>nevent1q…kxzs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I once worked in the same building as a famous physicist at Caltech. He nearly always, but not exclusively, wore “womens’” clothes. It was no big deal at JPL or CalTech. If people thought about it at all, he was an eccentric among many others. I think he just liked it. He was not the kind of person who wanted to express himself or make social statements. He just was himself. That’s how I think about clothes. They’re comfortable or they are not. Life is too short, so be comfortable. 2026-02-05T23:32:02Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsys45ghtq7t7gx4spt0jcykxjyuppw4s95lpjwtq6f25msgwqys8czyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yzs2lr2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxxxfupfj5xl0pdsk0ppjl7wc55kv579fknr0lqqppsg5mv0uj8dqx2g6mn'>nevent1q…g6mn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I am happy, thank you. Do women not enjoy tailored or handmade clothes, especially high end formal clothing? <br/><br/>I know of only one man who, on a regular basis, bought shirts and suits made for him personally. For me, it was a one-off experience. I did it on impulse. I was shopping for a suit and apologized to the proprietor/tailor that I didn’t know my size anymore. He said, “there are no sizes, only fits and doesn’t fit.” So I asked him to make me a couple of suits. Best clothes shopping trip of my life. 2026-02-05T23:14:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0y4g8l3etqen0l6fdl2ygwasml6gsr2ljc8v50wwwx34c47dwtpszyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yaunwj6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsglefhtm67saaggs6uyn35q4mzl8evn8prcdf0gcqcpgsa039yndsqasyun'>nevent1q…syun</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Phone lines changed the world and then disappeared under the ground, into walls, or became wireless. The same happened with electric motors, and more recently, computers. Apart from steampunk, we don’t really like to have our world cluttered with technological artifacts; we want them to disappear. I wonder, what is next? 2026-02-05T22:49:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxu6jtv6yf9gewt03fz2fd6f2yeru7xcnzl5s2759xp5qrduwz0uqzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yu7phz0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspfu9mvw5dmrc6gj7tx9a6a0yh0h92tseurzdw2f22hcla8n0vetqjflmsm'>nevent1q…lmsm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There is nothing like wearing a bespoke suit made from the best wools and/or silk. That is a quality thing. I have some memorable 25+ year old t-shirts that bring back good memories and are somewhat emotionally evocative. I like wearing denim jeans. Otherwise, I don’t think about clothes much at all. I hate clothes shopping. So, I do not associate clothing with my personal gender identity. 2026-02-05T22:35:46Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs86amn0kg99x2y8uy78ldsmr9emd0kmzpd8qckzjfd8f05ruke3mszyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20ysfv2vq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8s9gjc9f3hqdajt53c97dswx0pw7fjtzm0vh33uzz99jtasw9gdg9cqxp4'>nevent1q…qxp4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thanks for this video! You’ve done a great public service. 2026-02-05T22:22:10Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg0gpzn829yyhh7ve9khgs69vspt0n0926qzac5k2d9qfrtsqd54qzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yr5fmvh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8qnxnp5m70apd503cj53kupajqf6vcmz87s3gvs4fz5h92hqjxespym3an'>nevent1q…m3an</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I shared this video with my adult children. Most people have seen phones like this in older movies or TV, but the sound is almost always dubbed in later. I realized they had never heard a phone ring! My youngest, 32, said, “you mean, without a speaker?” They were all incredulous when I told them there were actual bells inside. 2026-02-05T22:21:21Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyh4v7cyq8h7qnxdl7uwh67f8e52tgfqvzl5jjly7se6v4csqtggszyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20ypww97t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvdq8uqyrytr6qn5fvz0l4keqsup4rfqqdan8af33r66h05ynxzhg4qrxdy'>nevent1q…rxdy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’ve had this conversation with a co-worker. Very frustrating.<br/><br/>One thing (among many) that I like in the Declaration of Independence is the assertion that the rights, “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” are INALIENABLE. That means they are not granted or bestowed. Most other rights derive from one or more of these three. We’re not lucky. People are born with these rights. All of them. Our rights can only be suppressed — stolen, essentially. It is perfectly reasonable to exercise them freely and as imperative to take them back in 2026 as it was in 2026. 2026-02-04T17:24:31Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvksl4a7fqwlmtm3y7ywwcwdhsge8n3mxlphe0weh2d2sjrvqy3mgzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20y5egv8c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2gae6jkrmn5xrahkxvhrc7jqyn89vl8yuu02cfgk4k2x29c0xs7cudhgr3'>nevent1q…hgr3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’ve seen exactly this in the news in the past few months. It may have been The Nation, Mother Jones, or The Bulwark. Might be Scientific American. It was a bar chart of wealth by country. If I can find it, I’ll post it here. 2026-02-04T16:54:19Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg5us0dt2aavrpfyxctsncj0th8gdnapklzxax3rxkdqr459337qqzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20ymujqsn Casual racism. This teacher calls a reporter’s fake “ICE Hotline” to report the parents of one of her students because they “don’t look like they should live here…outside the city.”What frightens me is how easy-going, matter of fact she is. She is not dumb and does pick up on some subtle sarcasm in the reporter’s voice at one point. Still, she sounds like she is ordering a roast from the local butcher. Arggh! <a href="https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/116010708111794832">https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/116010708111794832</a> 2026-02-04T16:49:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdmvqgqpn85n8kev5xfran8m84zmacrzcevajv4608z29zx3pvqkszyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yavmaec In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst90tlsepcgp33zrl3j2mwcp7v28jlvk7pvrfmv4kcmc7sdrgtfysv2wec9'>nevent1q…wec9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Are you thinking what I’m thinking?<br/><br/>Skynet 2026-02-03T09:58:37Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2ecqtypu33wk93zjuf052ldz6fvasy0uzw24yv2h36rfx4v7m2dczyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yy56zcc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvqjldj5vpdsljs94t2yrc2q8g8yxp9fflyakswvqa69kv62z4xpc6gvvcq'>nevent1q…vvcq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My condolences. I’m grateful I stopped coding at that scale before AI automated programming became a thing. Also, everyone had an engineer ETHOS. We always did the right thing even if the boss told us otherwise. 2026-02-03T01:37:38Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9y4y96hl0aqac4fytcdeuz4x6umal65nrrm0cde8574nj9lyag0szyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20ynjnqqh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszr3sk29m2t7qpfq7qxs9anmx6lvma86rz6zhftjh0adg62wl35sslwfsg6'>nevent1q…fsg6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>BAM! My identity was stolen in November, a consequence of many breaches over the years, and it has been a major pain in the …fingers to get things sorta straight again. 2026-02-03T01:33:51Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfkcpc0hardmpd7jj9659sq2878mcpkyjsra29curryvez9xm39mszyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20y9mf8n3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgy7m3pa4g8egqynuc59k4sgs0rh3kcmmnlpngk67y98kd7fy7yncptav6k'>nevent1q…av6k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>100% agree.<br/><br/>My colleague and I once wrote an optimizing cross-compiler that would turn other people’s shitty code into code we would write (that was the joke). LISP to LISP, LISP to C. It wasn’t AI, just good systems programming. Plus a few of our own curveballs like runtime macros that would detect certain conditions and expand to optimize data structures. (Sparse arrays were our challenge). 2026-02-03T01:31:28Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq2uz53mgj5j7dwep4vqyqpdw5648v62fz4pnkv0grwphce4u8lcqzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20y2kgadx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2wk95cexnwha2fedcvyfl9xfk5740dcprkyawjdtn04u2fndy0pgdrtgv7'>nevent1q…tgv7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In my experience, if you don’t understand the fundamentals — algorithms, security, complexity theory, distributed computing, etc. — you might be a coder but are definitely not a software engineer. (I have equally been disappointed and delighted, so I know I’m not asking for too much.)<br/><br/>Also, people forget about lifecycle costs of software. The crappier it is to start, the more it costs to repair, maintain and extend. 2026-02-02T17:11:47Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw46en3mnxezk8h3m8d42na9kj2e8fnvc7pwyfq6p3z86djjqrd2szyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yl4sr7p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2wk95cexnwha2fedcvyfl9xfk5740dcprkyawjdtn04u2fndy0pgdrtgv7'>nevent1q…tgv7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So a vibe coder is an untrained, undisciplined coder. Why would an organization want such an employee? Seems like they’d produce garbage code, but at least they have the possibility of being trained and learning. 2026-02-02T17:04:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstrdcs7pyddanhurl57thlcaecf75ps9pvzy7mn3pcwe4fvgesk6qzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yh64ttx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrv5ej43093rmu9zutv5ng56ztpvejn86vlca5v4unq7pdpmsfmjgp8rmh9'>nevent1q…rmh9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Is “vibed” synonymous with shitty code? 2026-02-02T16:53:36Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf6ndwvcrck7y0y0z3r793y66mwavdtckj0tpqz8qdu0dlq4s73pgzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yrekydl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyxa3yj3pnenlmjhxw4qdzf6ajwzehhactvzwnvhf2f6tjsu8gsgg2hdh0q'>nevent1q…dh0q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Maybe I’ve lost touch here. Please remind me of the examples of significant, non-trivial software systems that AI has successfully produced? I’m not talking about scripts here. Big software. I know LOC is not a great measure of complexity or magnitude, but it is one indicator. Any AI systems with more than 100,000 lines of code? One million? Has the code been verified in any way? What does the testing show regarding defects per 1000 LOC? What is the rate of residual defects and is it getting smaller, as it should if quality improves? Are design defects getting fewer or not? Most importantly, what real world problems has it solved that humans could not easily solve? 2026-02-02T16:49:44Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrlnkvsak6z4pglk4rhsesjtd7d2klzzycqhdwvx7u9q6sn4x9qvczyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yh0es65 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqwpvc09f5q9arn6e0070jcrl5v9q9h68drks79n6ctrt3rryj60cp3scg2'>nevent1q…scg2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>“Sin of empathy” is the same as “not racist.” But that would make them racists (correctly), a label they can’t admit. If the shoe fits … 2026-02-02T08:07:34Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqcjmz3lszk5k4wfhghq562p9ptcajuk60zl5ksrlzfth9zdwgkqszyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20y2q7zen In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs04e4vu8zf4hs8hzhrzxyguwmu7q06gyxcedm65runssqq6aymtas9qguh0'>nevent1q…guh0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sometimes being on the right side of history has huge consequences. But in general, you are right from an evolutionary biology POV. If you see a snake, run — don’t wait to learn if the venom is poisonous. 2026-02-02T08:01:21Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9f0l0l6ax7t3usdl8slzplsangppqpjd02ecux80t652k273exjczyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yxyf6gv [@mekkaokereke](<a href="https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke">https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke</a> ) I once got into an argument with a neighbor about Succession. He was a High School history teacher! Florida. I told him to read the declarations of the confederate states and speeches by southern leaders. I don’t know if he did because we never spoke again. Probably he did not. His belief system would crumble. People are not at all good at untangling and revising their beliefs when the premises are proven to be false. Instead, they behave in a way to reduce the cognitive dissonance. 2026-02-02T02:14:39Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp27x8yum72n6qwy54al64maza399mdxnfpl96j444lus7hs39snqzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20y8vhlhv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdnj8zjun7mdu7xhnlkgr8w2yu90uxlzwl702pac4y6xh0kpvmmxgrlwv7p'>nevent1q…wv7p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It is not as dire as you might think. Here is a good recent description of the science of #Kessler’s predictions about orbital collisions and how both the situation and analyses have changed since he proposed it in the ‘70s. There is no scientific consensus yet on what it all actually means or when it may start.<br/><br/>— the debris density is not now nor will be equal across orbits and altitudes<br/>— that means that while the danger of collision will be higher, the variations in density are predictable<br/>— the effect is arguably linear in some regions, possibly exponential in others<br/>— it will play out over 10s to 100s of years<br/>— that means low earth orbit can be navigated in such circumstances for a long time to come, but choice of trajectories and certain orbits will become more constrained<br/><br/><a href="https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/features/understanding-the-misunderstood-kessler-syndrome/">https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/features/understanding-the-misunderstood-kessler-syndrome/</a> 2026-02-02T02:02:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsplp2uacpzt4a9lurw3gcf33jnnd3gwjw0dtjzrlyfzzh6dkj7q9qzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20y7gvl0n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp87cvq5nm7jwkxcjhnrc574jdlkhlusq0w86k7hzxgusvz7k9udc3am36q'>nevent1q…m36q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I hope he can avoid windows. 2026-02-01T19:27:42Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszmlggnufvudxuvqwuppmwqekltvh2fwemgts4q9z7tertvzcaxwczyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20ylpx7g9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst0tgz7haan4u54cr20dvr2s9n9w9vlxm8hmnx779uzz8hp04exeg75ex25'>nevent1q…ex25</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Insightful 2026-02-01T19:25:41Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstp3999y0tn0vvr58wkz3qm36t2hqec2jaun67s2uqnkhm272f7vczyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20y20rdqz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs28uenqvd8cdlqnsxp6f9926ct8l2ywnf9gsgqzh4fhz20fv6wslclvxyxt'>nevent1q…xyxt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’ve experienced that effect of clothing on how people treat you. The better my suit, the more attention I received in meetings and the greater authority-figure I was able to be. Wear jeans and a polo shirt, meh. It’s astonishing. 2026-01-31T19:13:12Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxefdnfxx8v4g5ypl3jaed4lp978f8sr5p88cg4w239zxyydg4yuczyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yrjltw4 #Cyberpunk #artists are thwarting surveillance technology. <br/><br/>This is a mind opening video, but not a #DIY unless you are really crafty. Nothing here will stop a bullet, but it may stop automatic face recognition or at least #disrupt it. I would LOVE to see techies and artists and craftspeople collaborate to help keep us safer in the coming months and beyond. <br/><br/>Take a look. What do you think?<br/><br/><a href="https://youtu.be/zOs_FvNl2K0?si=jUfCNlUoVB0Evg1b">https://youtu.be/zOs_FvNl2K0?si=jUfCNlUoVB0Evg1b</a> 2026-01-25T09:02:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8cp4327c7r7m0qzzlgq3228jdathpn67cxpjs8n9swnrtdzkqcsgzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yl8f2zq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0jvsxpchh0p3y8pcjkzu08ptauxqmzj9n845unkp42kf86et9dhshtsnce'>nevent1q…snce</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Everything Koch says is a lie. He is serious bad news for everyone except his puppets. 2026-01-19T16:52:33Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd9hfttq0dr67hjnfxvg6qpqdhrkwkpxjcjcelzn50znh7vl9mjgszyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20ye6kuqm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgawhem6as7dtt38qm5mx66q00pt60ky9qsw7qryj83vlrmcgky6qfrujnn'>nevent1q…ujnn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thanks. The original problem domain was monitoring and diagnosis of robot spacecraft in deep space, but we designed it as a more general inference engine tool. Here is a link to some intro information about it. <br/><br/><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHINE_Expert_System">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHINE_Expert_System</a> 2026-01-19T16:27:10Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswk77he26gzyeqxdz2xw2zklt58gts80zckeq2le5nryqv4affarszyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yeed6ey In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsthckdqxzzcfpkfuw2xgxqpweqjfcy6hv4d4lmrp0r9k8w9msammg88eafd'>nevent1q…eafd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’m familiar with use of #AI in the first three domains you mention. One of my own inventions was licensed by a big pharmaceutical company to automate a factory. In general, logistics and supply chain in nearly every industry are fertile areas as well. You don’t hear about those successful applications because the terminology for the tech used is typically more precise (e.g., “constraint satisfaction”) and thus harder to explain to non-experts. This is antithetical to hype. 2026-01-18T19:57:27Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgqacrgxm6mrpj5g649lmxf6sz8lvafflsvmhmeq6xhmaknctypxqzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20y2af2mw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyfjak6ty5j53gn2azlyc9kg7wh2sfxp4puarv46ukmn56yf2uyxsees6r4'>nevent1q…s6r4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There are some domains where decision-making requires processing massive amounts of data and/or require decisions in fractions of a second. People cannot handle this work, they can’t even be in the loop. These are the problem domains most suited to AI-based automation. The value depends a lot on what the problem is that AI is solving. There is no question AI is delivering value well above its cost. That means it will be adopted more and more widely. No doubt in my mind. 2026-01-18T11:13:25Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstdq2cpc2wsxlgaa3w28ptg5nhzxraenvzd2aacwuv72yx23gl2pszyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yz6prpq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst4jcwv45qf7rzvqtrm4rqr2qm2778gjjl8t8wyk07vh7peerthfgc2ey5c'>nevent1q…ey5c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Seems that way from what I hear. How can administration be so out of touch with the values dear to higher education? 2026-01-16T17:11:14Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0cdquv7l426kdaxwtee5wwuu0ytmn62j4xcflc0n3yc4uq5f66cqzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yf89gge During the McCarthy era, my dad — a University of Michigan professor — was asked by the FBI to name communists or other subversives at the University. He refused. He told us they came several times to his office to pressure him, even threatening him with being called before the Committee (a career-ending event everyone feared). He refused every time. The University administration backed him up. A decade later I overheard some faculty (partygoers at our house) talking about the events with respect. <br/><br/>I never thought those days would come again.<br/><br/>Don’t be a snitch on friends and colleagues. Don’t cooperate. Keep your self respect and earn the esteem of others. Plus it is the right thing to do. 2026-01-16T16:59:10Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswlc3hqfack8h33erlvuz5y8zaqeyzwv5kuwulydvxcylrzxu084gzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yamjs3u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx5lqy67vgrk6ueqnrmt0g2nw8hclft70ekvs9y7pkvl0ly7uqfzgvfvd2j'>nevent1q…vd2j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Symbol. It means “stands for”. The trouble comes because are reusing 1 and 0 together to mean something different. Somehow you need to convey that the symbol “represents” a concept, it is itself not the concept. The symbol alone carries no meaning except that which we agree to assign it. 2026-01-15T00:50:00Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsducgrlpp2t757es8nvxvwgrf8mtmcg7p6yh29c50qfpnu6kqzk4qzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yartg6j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswn7d2pr76c97tl6vga2kf6hgaawcs62nsth7u5wgxn7fhgel4ugsmsmf9f'>nevent1q…mf9f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>An appealing argument, but it doesn’t hold …water. I <br/>assert that to be considered “wet” an object has to actually absorb some water. There are many hydrophobic compounds that repel water. They remain total dry even if they touch water. As usual, it’s all in the details. 2026-01-14T20:29:59Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8x4vr07r3lka4u27ch5cjn2tcfln50exfudhr6fwnnhw6dcvlwfqzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20y5m76w3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9c4rm88hquqmx7dq3632dsxmwptuav7lvy4hztaq2wstdl5htyxqhlhq5z'>nevent1q…hq5z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’m not that old, but yes, in reprints. 2026-01-14T20:04:06Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfeg9xy7mvwnmjaxqmpcx4cusdd240dgsvn8gmdj7hzwp9t4dq05czyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yg4pfg0 THINGS I CONTEMPLATE AT THE GYM: <br/>Why does #Superman have bulging muscles? His strength comes from being an alien from Krypton, not from working out.<br/>#Why 2026-01-14T19:41:49Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz3mh2pzj4zr9tp4yvn9kmtpwxft0ktq7gjhkr57zw30jy2lq9ftqzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yemd40s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstze2ttrhhqvuj683cc2556ag6zklt98e65a8ggn2g3fgul842pas3tl42l'>nevent1q…l42l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Apparently, at least some USians can still leave for those or other countries. That won’t last. 2026-01-14T17:49:53Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs96d3aq6l542z2gp4xq790jz6j53t9wvqazaffpc57t7zxshc2esqzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20y9jl2qu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx5t9wkgljryhpt93l268kzn79zdqzw9atlldz26wa74j72dm9dhgwwshlj'>nevent1q…shlj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’m pretty sure it would be illegal to disclose any personally identifiable information about a patient without a court order. Hold firm! 2026-01-14T17:47:08Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswage6ugy506nd30twx73a85rvedlytpa9x39rr3cjtvf3u37kmfczyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20ya8tmnw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszetzjuhguueevcecy62xgaghjwk8804cas6cfqxlhalc66p8ggnsr6m82q'>nevent1q…m82q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Here are candidate alt names for “ICE Agents” that are more descriptive and less legitimizing.<br/><br/>mercenaries, thugs, hired muscle, mall cops, Smiths (see, “Matrix”), losers, misanthropes, <br/><br/>Add to the list! 2026-01-14T00:05:58Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8fnrqdqcw464yla5sgk8mazenf97ueawwfwufuh478d6jc7r3csqzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20ygtn9cp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs22t9h5mkj9w2a5xxkdssfyw7xnchv52qh74q9f3lrte5szwzld9gplawg9'>nevent1q…awg9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Now that you can look back, did your strategies work? Did you accomplish your goals? What would you advise people to do differently? 2026-01-12T10:32:47Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz4ntw5a0v7pt9lnyaylkfvgcpn6ue0d69h3d6quf632jnwsk24rgzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yw9f90k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9v0zlshkskmjat44xnsns8jwep5rvq4kr3ajdxs6raxfhmjcf8kq26p4yu'>nevent1q…p4yu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Agreed. I learned that from my dad who was a psychology researcher of motivation and behavior. His very influential theory, “The Dynamics of Action”, has sufficient explanatory power without ever appealing to free will. I remember some really hot discussions about free will at our house among the academics and others who attended the cocktail parties. 2026-01-10T21:14:21Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvvk0z7375a357t62naxfdtd5j5e7c05e5xllahsaphrykdgn3zzqzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20y2lhplc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw396eshpun9ptnzfxe69cwscr2evdtr5phfxrjrjn3v0647twmjge0tfyf'>nevent1q…tfyf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thanks for the link to the X-sense heat sensor. I have a couple of their smoke alarms; no experience with them actually alarming except in tests (thankfully). I looked at the unit at your link but chose not to pursue it. What I’m looking for is a sensor that detects open flames where there should not be any, e.g., a laundry room or garage. Here is a link to the one I found. Last year it was at least twice the price! This price is still high but may be affordable for some. <a href="https://flamedetector.com/product/flame-detector/">https://flamedetector.com/product/flame-detector/</a> 2026-01-08T16:57:19Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0x3de030xur8pz5dga9y7z8pdapz8v4rzfc459mftwmkh7lt6nmczyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20y3y20yq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspqc0phuq049a0d8q8ff2fq2lps2elv69n3tgph430sftwpguspdcat422e'>nevent1q…422e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Miller is not wrong, but he fails to understand that the principles of the civilization we are struggling to create in the last few hundred years are diametrically opposed to his “might makes right” philosophy. These principles, including those that gained prominence during the Enlightenment, have led us to believe that the legitimacy of government is based on consent of the governed. This abstract idea is imperfectly implemented, but it is broadly popular and we learn how to do it better all the time. If you believe in humanism, particularly our founding principles of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” then Miller’s political philosophy is a dangerous throwback to a coarser time. He would agree and that is what makes him an enemy of the people. 2026-01-06T17:39:24Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs80pxdsdt6ekeqchd4he70tnj4klgryt4r5882mkna6apzvht08hczyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yzmnuv8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvrs9xz5d5ldw4hc0c02gs7q7c6wr7k8aa2r8sn5p6hxwrqn33phgr70nk3'>nevent1q…0nk3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Words are slippery stuff 2026-01-04T20:55:13Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw9hjf4n60jvc7hl3t22spuws3ev2la8q4jh9e2q383xls7u06f8qzyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20y0yr7us In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp5eanq8z8aq04hmmujtpcxtwz9dj4yuh5vl3c994yacw0tc0mkds9xs2r6'>nevent1q…s2r6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>“Brainless” and “heartless” are sometimes reasonable to use. What they fail to capture is the emotional disapproval of a pejorative. I suppose one could simply say “contemptible” . 2026-01-04T20:15:34Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0mechhge7u9h9xefddg62uuyfet3ylmvcn2rt6hvv7d0z3vf7jzczyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yx5e4mc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszp844hagm4stu0f2hmd7zqflnvf90mezy606q98a2ntqv7r94mcqfsrrpk'>nevent1q…rrpk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This sounds like an urban myth. 2026-01-01T08:32:23Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvz99rnnhapndzph7t8nygf8j57qgcjwucpe6wvw8md9aley24tzczyzgrwaqk2kmunpfrg7vwy2p3r27q89syfyvf87nnalpdhg75cc20yq3u255 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgxgejy05nxacd79x5j7xyrttr5sumnqplg9slsy8990v5gtk07kquwdpaw'>nevent1q…dpaw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Those are bad enough readings to dissuade me from going into any of the rooms. If they can’t keep the CO₂ under 900, forget it. The ventilation is not so good. 2025-12-28T19:21:55Z