"LLMs are massively influential and potentially informative technologies, while also primarily being tools for a pretty ho-hum story about the proletarianization of intellectual labor in capitalism."

www.jhiblog.org/2025/06/11/l...

Papal facts. The conclave was conceived in the 1268 election.

After 2 years of failing to elect a Pope, the Cardinals were locked in, rationed to bread/water, and the roof of the building was removed. It took them an additional year to come to a decision.

Truly spectacular stubbornness!

I truly do not understand longevity fetishists who never want to die. I'll benefit from the effort, but eternal life is cursed.

Tried to google the word count of On the Road.

There has never been a better time to open a crappy amusement park where the rides kill people

Is Waldo rocking a barista or art director beanie?

Deepseek showing some biases...

The major motif of Conclave is nose breathing.

Nature is to Carcinization as
Tech companies are to Todo lists

"party city is going out of business" sounds like something my dad would say when he'd come home in the middle of a party I'd thrown and tell everyone to leave

bird sounds

Brooks’ seminal 1986 paper remains ever vigilant in its accuracy.

> Great designers. The central question of how to improve the software art centers, as it always, on people.
> — FP Brooks - worrydream.com/refs/Brooks_...

#AdventOfCode Day 6 was a nice breather after Day 5.

github.com/eborden/adve...

Implementing day 5 part 2 without brute force was a fun teaser. #AdventOfCode

30ms run vs hours for the brute force.

github.com/eborden/adve...

#adventofcode day 3 in Denoland. More parser combinators.

github.com/eborden/adve...