Bernie Michalik
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It will be interesting to see how well that can hold. If Adobe blends AI features into products for graphic designers, will that hold? Will software that incorporates open source developed with AI be able to claim that label? I suspect once the AI Effect occurs, the debate will be moot. imo.
Soon "No AI" labels will be used to identify content that is worth your time.
February 15, 2026 at 8:42 PM
It will be interesting to see how well that can hold. If Adobe blends AI features into products for graphic designers, will that hold? Will software that incorporates open source developed with AI be able to claim that label? I suspect once the AI Effect occurs, the debate will be moot. imo.
It's interesting to see devs have moved from using Claude to which Claude model should I use? I found this helpful www.dataannotation.tech/developers/w... though there's many sources online to consider. I use an internal version of Sonnet that works quite well. I tried using some other models....
Which Claude Model Is Best for Coding: Opus vs Sonnet vs Haiku
Understand Claude Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku models to task complexity, error cost, and workflow requirements. Read the article to learn more.
www.dataannotation.tech
February 15, 2026 at 5:51 PM
It's interesting to see devs have moved from using Claude to which Claude model should I use? I found this helpful www.dataannotation.tech/developers/w... though there's many sources online to consider. I use an internal version of Sonnet that works quite well. I tried using some other models....
Finishing off the risotto
February 15, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Finishing off the risotto
You're not just imagining it.
It’s been the coldest winter in 15 years for parts of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, with record ice cover on the Great Lakes and rare snow in the tropics.
Meanwhile, the West has seen unusually warm temperatures. https://wapo.st/4tvMHJz
Meanwhile, the West has seen unusually warm temperatures. https://wapo.st/4tvMHJz
February 14, 2026 at 7:57 PM
You're not just imagining it.
IBM is taking a different stance by hiring in the AI era, though not so much for coding techcrunch.com/2026/02/12/i...
IBM will hire your entry-level talent in the age of AI | TechCrunch
IBM plans to triple its entry-level hiring in the U.S. in 2026, but these jobs will have different tasks than in previous years.
techcrunch.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:56 PM
IBM is taking a different stance by hiring in the AI era, though not so much for coding techcrunch.com/2026/02/12/i...
That's a good look.
This is Lexa. She really hopes you’ll be her valentine. Wouldn’t want to waste this look on just anybody. 14/10 (IG: bambiandlexa)
February 14, 2026 at 4:41 PM
That's a good look.
Toronto: beware of falling ice! Just had a huge amount break away from my roof. That should be happening everywhere as the temps climb past 0C.
February 14, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Toronto: beware of falling ice! Just had a huge amount break away from my roof. That should be happening everywhere as the temps climb past 0C.
True: the moids hate it.
if you're an older person who finds words like mogg and maxxing annoying, just starting using them. people over the age of 30 have the superpower to end trends by simply adopting them
February 14, 2026 at 2:11 AM
True: the moids hate it.
And how is your weekend going?
February 14, 2026 at 12:42 AM
And how is your weekend going?
Fallen (quad) god
Breaking News from @theathletic.com: In a devastating result, American Ilia Malinin failed to medal in men's individual figure skating after falling twice in his final skate.
Mikhail Shaidorov won Kazakhstan’s second-ever Winter Olympics gold medal. nyti.ms/4rIkOfM
Mikhail Shaidorov won Kazakhstan’s second-ever Winter Olympics gold medal. nyti.ms/4rIkOfM
February 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Fallen (quad) god
It has an older name en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salami_...
February 13, 2026 at 7:55 PM
It has an older name en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salami_...
"Bottleneck" has an implicit criticism in it.
A "governor" or "controller" is an essential element of all successful systems imho en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberne...
A "governor" or "controller" is an essential element of all successful systems imho en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberne...
February 13, 2026 at 7:52 PM
"Bottleneck" has an implicit criticism in it.
A "governor" or "controller" is an essential element of all successful systems imho en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberne...
A "governor" or "controller" is an essential element of all successful systems imho en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberne...
Oh look he's trying to break into the mainstream and leave the freaks and geeks and incels behind.
Braden Peters, known as Clavicular, has emerged as a beacon for a group of narcissistic, status-obsessed young men. He wants to take his fixation with “looksmaxxing” mainstream.
Looks Aren’t Everything? Clavicular Begs to Differ.
Braden Peters, known as Clavicular, has emerged as a beacon for a group of narcissistic, status-obsessed young men. He wants to take his fixation with “looksmaxxing” mainstream.
nyti.ms
February 13, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Oh look he's trying to break into the mainstream and leave the freaks and geeks and incels behind.
Here's a little problem that occurs when you try to turn too much of a blind eye to things: www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/s...
IOC under fire over Nazi-era Olympic Games t-shirt | CNN
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been slated for selling merchandise commemorating the 1936 Berlin games which Hitler used to showcase his hate-filled ideology.
www.cnn.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Here's a little problem that occurs when you try to turn too much of a blind eye to things: www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/s...
Using agentic AI, I had it write a python program that assessed information in a xlsx column and score it on a scale of 0 to 5 based on criteria I gave it. Another one of these instances of grunt work where I might have spent 30 or more minutes to do ended up being done in 5 minutes.
February 13, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Using agentic AI, I had it write a python program that assessed information in a xlsx column and score it on a scale of 0 to 5 based on criteria I gave it. Another one of these instances of grunt work where I might have spent 30 or more minutes to do ended up being done in 5 minutes.
The guts, and the glory.
This was honestly incredible. I saw the fall - horrendous. Choi didn't seem to be moving for a long time. Medics attended her but she managed to leave the half pipe herself, then lay down briefly as more staff rushed to her.
And THEN she got back up and won gold.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...
And THEN she got back up and won gold.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...
Winter Olympics 2026: Chloe Kim denied third snowboarding halfpipe gold by Choi Ga-on
Seventeen-year-old Choi Ga-on denies American great Chloe Kim snowboarding history as she brushes off an early fall to win Winter Olympic halfpipe gold.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 13, 2026 at 2:34 PM
The guts, and the glory.
Canadian Paintings never misses. Just a perfect John Hall painting for your Valentine/Galantine celebrations.
February 13, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Canadian Paintings never misses. Just a perfect John Hall painting for your Valentine/Galantine celebrations.
Slightly hagiographic and way too long, Guardian, which is something I might expect in the New York Times, not the Manchester Guardian.
It gives you the impression somewhat that people will be sad when Dimon leaves the stage, which I highly doubt.
It gives you the impression somewhat that people will be sad when Dimon leaves the stage, which I highly doubt.
The final stretch of the JP Morgan Chase chief’s career is a bumpy one, as Trump himself demands prosecutors investigate Epstein’s ties to Dimon’s bank
Will the Epstein files tarnish the reputation of Jamie Dimon, America’s banker?
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Slightly hagiographic and way too long, Guardian, which is something I might expect in the New York Times, not the Manchester Guardian.
It gives you the impression somewhat that people will be sad when Dimon leaves the stage, which I highly doubt.
It gives you the impression somewhat that people will be sad when Dimon leaves the stage, which I highly doubt.
Good to see > N.Y.C. Officials Reinstate Pride Flag at Stonewall After Federal Removal www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/n...
N.Y.C. Officials Reinstate Pride Flag at Stonewall After Federal Removal
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Good to see > N.Y.C. Officials Reinstate Pride Flag at Stonewall After Federal Removal www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/n...
The @nytimes.com is devoting a lot of resources to this including the use of AI www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/i... (gift)
How The Times Is Digging Into Millions of Pages of Epstein Files
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:51 AM
The @nytimes.com is devoting a lot of resources to this including the use of AI www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/i... (gift)
Among other things this is an impressive post
🇰🇷 Choi Gaon pulled off a stunning victory on Thursday in the women’s halfpipe final, capturing the gold medal and defeating 🇺🇸 Chloe Kim, the two-time defending champion. Here’s how their performances compared. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
February 13, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Among other things this is an impressive post
This is something that is going to be said often going forward to make an impression though tbh it was also the promise of no code/low code and more.
“.. We foresee this not being the end of the line in terms of AI development, just the beginning,” Söderström said. 👀
@techcrunch.com #$SPOT
techcrunch.com/2026/02/12/s...
@techcrunch.com #$SPOT
techcrunch.com/2026/02/12/s...
February 13, 2026 at 1:22 AM
This is something that is going to be said often going forward to make an impression though tbh it was also the promise of no code/low code and more.
Great description: "Despite the fact Musk has increasingly shown himself to be a conspiratorial white supremacist with a head full of room temperature butterscotch..."
“‘CEO said a thing!’ journalism generally involves a press outlet parroting the claims of a CEO or billionaire utterly mindlessly without any sort of useful historical context as to whether anything being said is factually correct.” [karlbode.com]
The Media Can't Stop Propping Up Elon Musk's Phony Supergenius Engineer Mythology
One of my favorite trends in modern U.S. infotainment media is something I affectionately call "CEO said a thing!" journalism. "CEO said a thing!" journalism generally involves a press outlet parroting the claims of a CEO or billionaire utterly mindlessly without any sort of useful historical conte
karlbode.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Great description: "Despite the fact Musk has increasingly shown himself to be a conspiratorial white supremacist with a head full of room temperature butterscotch..."
Honestly there's lots of weird little YT videos where you sit in a room and there's a fire going and there's a storm outside and I would love to watch them on an AVP.
February 12, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Honestly there's lots of weird little YT videos where you sit in a room and there's a fire going and there's a storm outside and I would love to watch them on an AVP.
RIP to Robert Tinney. I still have a few Byte magazines with his covers somewhere. I was always excited to see them on Atlantic News shelves in Hfx. They made computers seem bigger and better somehow. Byte was lucky to have him.
As the primary cover artist for Byte from 1975 to the late 1980s, Tinney became one of the first illustrators to give the abstract world of personal computing a coherent visual language.
Byte magazine artist Robert Tinney, who illustrated the birth of PCs, dies at 78
He became one of the first to visualize personal computing by painting vivid cover art.
arstechnica.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:27 PM
RIP to Robert Tinney. I still have a few Byte magazines with his covers somewhere. I was always excited to see them on Atlantic News shelves in Hfx. They made computers seem bigger and better somehow. Byte was lucky to have him.