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lol it's cheaper to fly from boston to santiago, chile than to des moines
November 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
lol it's cheaper to fly from boston to santiago, chile than to des moines
wtf ciabatta was invented in 1982
November 21, 2025 at 1:48 AM
wtf ciabatta was invented in 1982
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It was a three-man team that took the Grok hardpoint that day, and two of us were just there to guard the poet.Whistler was a sonnet slinger fresh from the Guatemalan meter wars, still waking up with the taste of a bloody metonym on his tongue.
November 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
It was a three-man team that took the Grok hardpoint that day, and two of us were just there to guard the poet.Whistler was a sonnet slinger fresh from the Guatemalan meter wars, still waking up with the taste of a bloody metonym on his tongue.
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“lazy use of unwrap blew up a process and took out the internet” bzzt. wrong. judicious use of unwrap blew up a process instead of allowing an Extremely Named CVE to happen and spraying your bank account credentials all over the public internet
People want a technical solution to what is ultimately a judgement problem.
People know that unwrap can cause a panic. That's the choice that's being made when you unwrap. Changing the name won't change that.
People know that unwrap can cause a panic. That's the choice that's being made when you unwrap. Changing the name won't change that.
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
“lazy use of unwrap blew up a process and took out the internet” bzzt. wrong. judicious use of unwrap blew up a process instead of allowing an Extremely Named CVE to happen and spraying your bank account credentials all over the public internet
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#rustlang hot take: We should rename .unwrap() to .or_panic(). (And .expect() to .or_panic_with().) "Unwrap" is a terrible name for the panicking function, especially since we also have things like .unwrap_or() and .unwrap_or_default() which never panic.
November 19, 2025 at 7:32 AM
#rustlang hot take: We should rename .unwrap() to .or_panic(). (And .expect() to .or_panic_with().) "Unwrap" is a terrible name for the panicking function, especially since we also have things like .unwrap_or() and .unwrap_or_default() which never panic.
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“No way to prevent this” says only language where this regularly happens
November 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
“No way to prevent this” says only language where this regularly happens
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a “Space Force”, if you will
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
a “Space Force”, if you will
don't know how to reconcile that i like working in coffee shops but also "study hall" is a horrible vibe
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
don't know how to reconcile that i like working in coffee shops but also "study hall" is a horrible vibe
i hate doing cursed web development. what do you mean i can't use webassembly to dynamically decompress a zip file in a service worker for requests intercepted an iframe
November 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
i hate doing cursed web development. what do you mean i can't use webassembly to dynamically decompress a zip file in a service worker for requests intercepted an iframe
- Vannevar Kush
As We May Toke
November 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
- Vannevar Kush
ya our garbage collection is actually web scale
October 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
ya our garbage collection is actually web scale
and really an emperor is not a king either, so
CHOTINER: So you're attending a No Kings protest today.
ME: That's right.
CHOTINER: But according to Steam, you've played over 450 hours of Crusader Kings 3.
ME: Okay, well- Now hold on. That's sort of unfair.
CHOTINER: Oh?
ME: Sometimes I play as a duke or a count.
CHOTINER: I see.
ME: That's right.
CHOTINER: But according to Steam, you've played over 450 hours of Crusader Kings 3.
ME: Okay, well- Now hold on. That's sort of unfair.
CHOTINER: Oh?
ME: Sometimes I play as a duke or a count.
CHOTINER: I see.
October 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
and really an emperor is not a king either, so
generational report from boston no kings:
- boomers: unhinged facebook resistlib signs
- gen x: generic no kings signs
- millennials: andor or hamilton meme signs
- gen z: inflatable costumes and signs with inscrutable references
- boomers: unhinged facebook resistlib signs
- gen x: generic no kings signs
- millennials: andor or hamilton meme signs
- gen z: inflatable costumes and signs with inscrutable references
October 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
generational report from boston no kings:
- boomers: unhinged facebook resistlib signs
- gen x: generic no kings signs
- millennials: andor or hamilton meme signs
- gen z: inflatable costumes and signs with inscrutable references
- boomers: unhinged facebook resistlib signs
- gen x: generic no kings signs
- millennials: andor or hamilton meme signs
- gen z: inflatable costumes and signs with inscrutable references
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I am recruiting PhD students to start in 2026! If you are interested in robustness, training dynamics, interpretability for scientific understanding, or the science of LLM analysis you should apply. BU is building a huge LLM analysis/interp group and you’ll be joining at the ground floor.
Life update: I'm starting as faculty at Boston University
@bucds.bsky.social in 2026! BU has SCHEMES for LM interpretability & analysis, I couldn't be more pumped to join a burgeoning supergroup w/ @najoung.bsky.social @amuuueller.bsky.social. Looking for my first students, so apply and reach out!
@bucds.bsky.social in 2026! BU has SCHEMES for LM interpretability & analysis, I couldn't be more pumped to join a burgeoning supergroup w/ @najoung.bsky.social @amuuueller.bsky.social. Looking for my first students, so apply and reach out!
October 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I am recruiting PhD students to start in 2026! If you are interested in robustness, training dynamics, interpretability for scientific understanding, or the science of LLM analysis you should apply. BU is building a huge LLM analysis/interp group and you’ll be joining at the ground floor.
ah, erm, yes... i am actually quite parallel. it's a little embarrassing
October 15, 2025 at 9:52 PM
ah, erm, yes... i am actually quite parallel. it's a little embarrassing
an old man sits in the next row, watching fox news on the inflight tv. a pallid student speaks through airpods to a blonde anchor. the passenger, bored, pulls up TikTok. a young woman dances in an american flag bikini. swipe, it's sora footage of mr rogers talking to elvis presley. he lingers. swipe
October 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
an old man sits in the next row, watching fox news on the inflight tv. a pallid student speaks through airpods to a blonde anchor. the passenger, bored, pulls up TikTok. a young woman dances in an american flag bikini. swipe, it's sora footage of mr rogers talking to elvis presley. he lingers. swipe
i regret to inform you that the next 700 programming languages are going to be "types with baggage"
October 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
i regret to inform you that the next 700 programming languages are going to be "types with baggage"
"X% of code written by AI" seems like a silly metric without asking:
- how much of your code is written by other people
- how much of your code is written by the compiler
- how much of your code is written by other people
- how much of your code is written by the compiler
September 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"X% of code written by AI" seems like a silly metric without asking:
- how much of your code is written by other people
- how much of your code is written by the compiler
- how much of your code is written by other people
- how much of your code is written by the compiler
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there's a kind of brain damage that turns you into an LLM. cool cool cool
September 23, 2025 at 1:12 PM
there's a kind of brain damage that turns you into an LLM. cool cool cool
epub to kindle converter producing some solid poetry
September 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
epub to kindle converter producing some solid poetry
lesson learned: pick your handle carefully
The systems group decided to welcome @tonofcrates.bsky.social to @browncsdept.bsky.social by filling his office with a … ton of crates. Way to get him, Carolyn and Justus!
August 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
lesson learned: pick your handle carefully
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No Country for Corporate Memphis
August 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
No Country for Corporate Memphis
you: wow symbolic execution is the wave of the future
me:
me:
August 15, 2025 at 11:11 PM
you: wow symbolic execution is the wave of the future
me:
me: