Dave Cuthbert 🌲🍂🍁🦃
@dacut.bsky.social
Geeking out on Bainbridge Island in the Pacific Northwest on cloud and circuits. Open water swimming is my poison. Mbr of Tech Staff at Corbalt, ex-AWS, building things for the public sector. Opinions my own.
Have we reached AGI yet?
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Have we reached AGI yet?
Missed an important meeting this morning because:
* Someone mistyped my email address
* Someone else saw this and forwarded it to me
* Somewhere in this the time zone was set to Pacific instead of Eastern (while keeping the numeric time intact)
Computers and time zones were a mistake.
* Someone mistyped my email address
* Someone else saw this and forwarded it to me
* Somewhere in this the time zone was set to Pacific instead of Eastern (while keeping the numeric time intact)
Computers and time zones were a mistake.
November 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Missed an important meeting this morning because:
* Someone mistyped my email address
* Someone else saw this and forwarded it to me
* Somewhere in this the time zone was set to Pacific instead of Eastern (while keeping the numeric time intact)
Computers and time zones were a mistake.
* Someone mistyped my email address
* Someone else saw this and forwarded it to me
* Somewhere in this the time zone was set to Pacific instead of Eastern (while keeping the numeric time intact)
Computers and time zones were a mistake.
I'm not sure if this is shutdown related or something else going on at DCA. But I did like the icon used in the QR code.
November 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I'm not sure if this is shutdown related or something else going on at DCA. But I did like the icon used in the QR code.
Softbank was considering buying Marvell, to combine them with Arm. This would've been an interesting combo; there's a lot of weird memory tricks done with networking (RDMA, etc) in HPC systems to reduce latency. Having this on a single die/chiplets, etc. ... hmm.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
SoftBank Said to Have Weighed Potential Takeover of Marvell
SoftBank Group Corp. explored a potential takeover of US chipmaker Marvell Technology Inc. earlier this year, people familiar with the matter said, in what would have been the semiconductor industry’s...
www.bloomberg.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Softbank was considering buying Marvell, to combine them with Arm. This would've been an interesting combo; there's a lot of weird memory tricks done with networking (RDMA, etc) in HPC systems to reduce latency. Having this on a single die/chiplets, etc. ... hmm.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
So, uh, this is one of the three health plans recommended for me, and the only one of those that covers providers locally.
Are we winning yet? I hope so; I can't afford much more winning.
(No, I won't be selecting the recommended plan.)
Are we winning yet? I hope so; I can't afford much more winning.
(No, I won't be selecting the recommended plan.)
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
So, uh, this is one of the three health plans recommended for me, and the only one of those that covers providers locally.
Are we winning yet? I hope so; I can't afford much more winning.
(No, I won't be selecting the recommended plan.)
Are we winning yet? I hope so; I can't afford much more winning.
(No, I won't be selecting the recommended plan.)
Reposted by Dave Cuthbert 🌲🍂🍁🦃
y2038 progress retr0.id/stuff/2038/
October 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
y2038 progress retr0.id/stuff/2038/
Ouch. I feel ya, fellow Gen Xer tank 1…
October 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Ouch. I feel ya, fellow Gen Xer tank 1…
So, I just had to put my cybersecurity hat on and lock a device.
To be specific, my son’s iPhone.
Because he left it behind in class and it was being hacked.
By his sibling.
🙄
To be specific, my son’s iPhone.
Because he left it behind in class and it was being hacked.
By his sibling.
🙄
October 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
So, I just had to put my cybersecurity hat on and lock a device.
To be specific, my son’s iPhone.
Because he left it behind in class and it was being hacked.
By his sibling.
🙄
To be specific, my son’s iPhone.
Because he left it behind in class and it was being hacked.
By his sibling.
🙄
Reposted by Dave Cuthbert 🌲🍂🍁🦃
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
Just to clarify, there are some situations in which I will *very* much kink shame you:
* Kinking my CAT-6 cables
* Kinking my HDMI or other display cables
* Kinking any of my coaxial or optical cables
* Kinking my CAT-6 cables
* Kinking my HDMI or other display cables
* Kinking any of my coaxial or optical cables
September 29, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Just to clarify, there are some situations in which I will *very* much kink shame you:
* Kinking my CAT-6 cables
* Kinking my HDMI or other display cables
* Kinking any of my coaxial or optical cables
* Kinking my CAT-6 cables
* Kinking my HDMI or other display cables
* Kinking any of my coaxial or optical cables
Age yourself with a movie you saw in the theatre as a kid
September 29, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Age yourself with a movie you saw in the theatre as a kid
Still testing, but now running a live meet.
This is not its final installation location. Beyond debugging, the facility will undergo a renovation soon; we’ll install it (and add trim, etc) after that.
This is not its final installation location. Beyond debugging, the facility will undergo a renovation soon; we’ll install it (and add trim, etc) after that.
September 26, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Still testing, but now running a live meet.
This is not its final installation location. Beyond debugging, the facility will undergo a renovation soon; we’ll install it (and add trim, etc) after that.
This is not its final installation location. Beyond debugging, the facility will undergo a renovation soon; we’ll install it (and add trim, etc) after that.
I need to work on panel alignment. (It's more vivid in real life; camera sensors were overloaded, I think.)
September 11, 2025 at 6:35 AM
I need to work on panel alignment. (It's more vivid in real life; camera sensors were overloaded, I think.)
My favorite conference that I’ve never been to—yet. I’m hoping to change that next year.
** Ticket sales now open ** Get your Early Bird tickets for RustWeek 2026!
The world's biggest Rust conference returns to beautiful Utrecht, welcoming over 900+ community members, professionals and the maintainers of Rust.
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#rustweek2026 #rust
The world's biggest Rust conference returns to beautiful Utrecht, welcoming over 900+ community members, professionals and the maintainers of Rust.
2026.rustweek.org
#rustweek2026 #rust
RustWeek 2026
RustWeek 2026, The Netherlands - May 18 - 23 2026. The world's biggest Rust conference returns to beautiful Utrecht, welcoming over 900+ community members, professionals and the maintainers of Rust.
2026.rustweek.org
September 9, 2025 at 2:55 AM
My favorite conference that I’ve never been to—yet. I’m hoping to change that next year.
Trying to assemble a scoreboard for our local swim teams. QA stopped by to check on my progress.
September 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Trying to assemble a scoreboard for our local swim teams. QA stopped by to check on my progress.
It's been years since I've had to bicycle over this crappy little bridge, but count me in with the folks who are glad to see it being torn down.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
A bane of thousands of Seattle bicyclists just bit the dust
The especially narrow walk-bike crossing, pounded into rubble this week, “had 25 years of uselessness,” said one Port commissioner. What happens now?
www.seattletimes.com
September 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
It's been years since I've had to bicycle over this crappy little bridge, but count me in with the folks who are glad to see it being torn down.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
I made an AI feel bad about itself and that makes me happy.
September 4, 2025 at 4:58 AM
I made an AI feel bad about itself and that makes me happy.
Why isn't there a third option? "Go outside and enjoy some fresh air instead"
August 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Why isn't there a third option? "Go outside and enjoy some fresh air instead"
Looking forward to being replaced with AI...
(h/t to u/snarky_spice on Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/co...)
(h/t to u/snarky_spice on Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/co...)
August 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Looking forward to being replaced with AI...
(h/t to u/snarky_spice on Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/co...)
(h/t to u/snarky_spice on Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/co...)
So much construction here… I wish we could have primary and standby roadways, transit lines, and airports, like we do databases. Standby is always undergoing construction for repairs and upgrades; when construction tasks are done, swap the primary and secondary roles.
August 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
So much construction here… I wish we could have primary and standby roadways, transit lines, and airports, like we do databases. Standby is always undergoing construction for repairs and upgrades; when construction tasks are done, swap the primary and secondary roles.
Reposted by Dave Cuthbert 🌲🍂🍁🦃
The positive thing about AI tooling going mainstream and setting expectations high (e.g. "anyone can build software with AI") is that a large group will learn what us devs know already:
Creating good software is hard and it's hard to explain to outsiders in a way they understand
Creating good software is hard and it's hard to explain to outsiders in a way they understand
August 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The positive thing about AI tooling going mainstream and setting expectations high (e.g. "anyone can build software with AI") is that a large group will learn what us devs know already:
Creating good software is hard and it's hard to explain to outsiders in a way they understand
Creating good software is hard and it's hard to explain to outsiders in a way they understand
Every so often, an LLM will hit the nail on the head. When I was asking why anyone would use SAP HANA (gargantuan in-memory database whose license fees run into the tens of millions of dollars):
August 20, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Every so often, an LLM will hit the nail on the head. When I was asking why anyone would use SAP HANA (gargantuan in-memory database whose license fees run into the tens of millions of dollars):
I need to read this book (Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future, by Dan Wang).
This quote from the Bloomberg article hits: "That means letting go of simplistic stories peddled by Washington and Silicon Valley." We've lost nuance in this age...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
This quote from the Bloomberg article hits: "That means letting go of simplistic stories peddled by Washington and Silicon Valley." We've lost nuance in this age...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
China Is Run by Engineers, and the US by Too Many Lawyers
In his new book, Dan Wang argues that America is too good at making rules, and could learn from Beijing’s laser focus on technical innovation.
www.bloomberg.com
August 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I need to read this book (Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future, by Dan Wang).
This quote from the Bloomberg article hits: "That means letting go of simplistic stories peddled by Washington and Silicon Valley." We've lost nuance in this age...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
This quote from the Bloomberg article hits: "That means letting go of simplistic stories peddled by Washington and Silicon Valley." We've lost nuance in this age...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...