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What really makes a genius? 🤔
THE GENIUS MYTH by Helen Lewis challenges the myth of the lone (usually male and white) mastermind and uncovers the truth behind creativity, innovation, and who gets the credit. Get inspired and start rethinking “genius” today.
THE GENIUS MYTH by Helen Lewis challenges the myth of the lone (usually male and white) mastermind and uncovers the truth behind creativity, innovation, and who gets the credit. Get inspired and start rethinking “genius” today.
December 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
What really makes a genius? 🤔
THE GENIUS MYTH by Helen Lewis challenges the myth of the lone (usually male and white) mastermind and uncovers the truth behind creativity, innovation, and who gets the credit. Get inspired and start rethinking “genius” today.
THE GENIUS MYTH by Helen Lewis challenges the myth of the lone (usually male and white) mastermind and uncovers the truth behind creativity, innovation, and who gets the credit. Get inspired and start rethinking “genius” today.
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A personal recap of 2025. It was a year of a new style of engineering. Left some ideas for what might come next. lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/12/22/a...
A Year Of Vibes
A personal recap of 2025 and a year of a new style of engineering.
lucumr.pocoo.org
December 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
A personal recap of 2025. It was a year of a new style of engineering. Left some ideas for what might come next. lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/12/22/a...
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The 8-hour work day was not ordained from above for all time. It was dreamed up by humans.
It doesn't make sense for every person, every job, or every organization.
We can be as productive and creative in 6 focused hours as in 8 unfocused hours.
It doesn't make sense for every person, every job, or every organization.
We can be as productive and creative in 6 focused hours as in 8 unfocused hours.
December 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The 8-hour work day was not ordained from above for all time. It was dreamed up by humans.
It doesn't make sense for every person, every job, or every organization.
We can be as productive and creative in 6 focused hours as in 8 unfocused hours.
It doesn't make sense for every person, every job, or every organization.
We can be as productive and creative in 6 focused hours as in 8 unfocused hours.
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The true leader in a group is rarely the person who talks the most. It's usually the person who listens best.
Listening is more than hearing what’s said. It’s noticing and surfacing what isn’t said.
Inviting dissenting views and amplifying quiet voices are acts of leadership.
Listening is more than hearing what’s said. It’s noticing and surfacing what isn’t said.
Inviting dissenting views and amplifying quiet voices are acts of leadership.
December 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The true leader in a group is rarely the person who talks the most. It's usually the person who listens best.
Listening is more than hearing what’s said. It’s noticing and surfacing what isn’t said.
Inviting dissenting views and amplifying quiet voices are acts of leadership.
Listening is more than hearing what’s said. It’s noticing and surfacing what isn’t said.
Inviting dissenting views and amplifying quiet voices are acts of leadership.
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Can't believe a product called Nano Banana is what is going to take plucky underdog Google Gemini to finally beat the incumbent ChatGPT.
Fast, precise image gen and editing is such a joy to use and surely mass market adoption is cranking.
More warranted to call a Code Red for that than Gemini 3.
Fast, precise image gen and editing is such a joy to use and surely mass market adoption is cranking.
More warranted to call a Code Red for that than Gemini 3.
December 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Can't believe a product called Nano Banana is what is going to take plucky underdog Google Gemini to finally beat the incumbent ChatGPT.
Fast, precise image gen and editing is such a joy to use and surely mass market adoption is cranking.
More warranted to call a Code Red for that than Gemini 3.
Fast, precise image gen and editing is such a joy to use and surely mass market adoption is cranking.
More warranted to call a Code Red for that than Gemini 3.
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I’M LOSING MY SHIT THIS IS SO FUNNY
December 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I’M LOSING MY SHIT THIS IS SO FUNNY
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I'm learning about prediction markets and I think America has a gambling problem.
December 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I'm learning about prediction markets and I think America has a gambling problem.
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We're rapidly losing our humanity. It pains me to see people that I know starting to echo the current sentiment of the American right, Russia and social media. So much hatred.
December 12, 2025 at 10:55 PM
We're rapidly losing our humanity. It pains me to see people that I know starting to echo the current sentiment of the American right, Russia and social media. So much hatred.
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I recorded a video about a new feature I added to Toad...
Toad will detect "dangerous" shell commands in bash commands.
Toad will detect "dangerous" shell commands in bash commands.
December 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I recorded a video about a new feature I added to Toad...
Toad will detect "dangerous" shell commands in bash commands.
Toad will detect "dangerous" shell commands in bash commands.
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I am tired of South Africans who don't understand the values or traditions of this country moving here and wrecking the place.
December 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I am tired of South Africans who don't understand the values or traditions of this country moving here and wrecking the place.
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Any sort of self-driving tech should be legally mandated to follow the speed limit. Extremely obvious regulation that should carry hefty penalties for willful abuse.
Love to share the road with cars programmed to blast past speed limits
Tesla brings back 'Mad Max' 'Full Self-Driving' mode that ignores speed limits
Tesla has brought back its 'Mad Max' mode for 'Full Self-Driving (Supervised) that ignores speed limits amid several investigations.
electrek.co
December 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Any sort of self-driving tech should be legally mandated to follow the speed limit. Extremely obvious regulation that should carry hefty penalties for willful abuse.
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If you want to kill yourself in 996 culture, be my friend but “I worked 36 hours straight, fell asleep a few times in the car but FSD drove me home” is absolutely insane. It pains me how many people praise this behavior though.
November 29, 2025 at 9:04 AM
If you want to kill yourself in 996 culture, be my friend but “I worked 36 hours straight, fell asleep a few times in the car but FSD drove me home” is absolutely insane. It pains me how many people praise this behavior though.
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Repeat after me:
The best software engineers pick up a new language in a few weeks. They can become pretty good in a month or two.
The best devs also don’t get bogged down with one language.
ESPECIALLY not today when AI makes onboarding to new languages so much easier
The best software engineers pick up a new language in a few weeks. They can become pretty good in a month or two.
The best devs also don’t get bogged down with one language.
ESPECIALLY not today when AI makes onboarding to new languages so much easier
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Repeat after me:
The best software engineers pick up a new language in a few weeks. They can become pretty good in a month or two.
The best devs also don’t get bogged down with one language.
ESPECIALLY not today when AI makes onboarding to new languages so much easier
The best software engineers pick up a new language in a few weeks. They can become pretty good in a month or two.
The best devs also don’t get bogged down with one language.
ESPECIALLY not today when AI makes onboarding to new languages so much easier
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Conspiracy theory: OpenAI's serving costs were too high because GPT 5 Thinking overthought too much on easy queries, and GPT 5.1 was a patch to fix that.
5.1 just feels weird, can't quite place it.
5.1 just feels weird, can't quite place it.
November 19, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Conspiracy theory: OpenAI's serving costs were too high because GPT 5 Thinking overthought too much on easy queries, and GPT 5.1 was a patch to fix that.
5.1 just feels weird, can't quite place it.
5.1 just feels weird, can't quite place it.
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If it works, you should be able to explain it in simple terms.
November 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
If it works, you should be able to explain it in simple terms.
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I can confirm Grok 4.1 has effectively no content filters: even on the web UI which should have its own safety prompts, it's *extremely* permissive and I suspect that the other safety filters in its model card can be defeated.
Also, wtf at those next prompt suggestions.
Also, wtf at those next prompt suggestions.
November 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I can confirm Grok 4.1 has effectively no content filters: even on the web UI which should have its own safety prompts, it's *extremely* permissive and I suspect that the other safety filters in its model card can be defeated.
Also, wtf at those next prompt suggestions.
Also, wtf at those next prompt suggestions.
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The #1 criteria for my browser is that I trust it, and it’s secure. It’s logged into my email, Stripe account, stores my passwords and credit cards.
A browser is useful if it does all these.
These AI browsers are interesting but… with prompt injections, no way I trust them…
A browser is useful if it does all these.
These AI browsers are interesting but… with prompt injections, no way I trust them…
October 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The #1 criteria for my browser is that I trust it, and it’s secure. It’s logged into my email, Stripe account, stores my passwords and credit cards.
A browser is useful if it does all these.
These AI browsers are interesting but… with prompt injections, no way I trust them…
A browser is useful if it does all these.
These AI browsers are interesting but… with prompt injections, no way I trust them…
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My takeaway from all this AI spending is not that it’s a bubble.
It’s that several people and entities have an amount of wealth that truly boggles the mind, and we’re witnessing them actually deploy it.
And that if we had governments with teeth, some of it could improve outcomes for many people.
It’s that several people and entities have an amount of wealth that truly boggles the mind, and we’re witnessing them actually deploy it.
And that if we had governments with teeth, some of it could improve outcomes for many people.
November 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
My takeaway from all this AI spending is not that it’s a bubble.
It’s that several people and entities have an amount of wealth that truly boggles the mind, and we’re witnessing them actually deploy it.
And that if we had governments with teeth, some of it could improve outcomes for many people.
It’s that several people and entities have an amount of wealth that truly boggles the mind, and we’re witnessing them actually deploy it.
And that if we had governments with teeth, some of it could improve outcomes for many people.
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The promise of AI chat assistants: they solve 90% of the problems users have (by looking up the docs and telling them)
My reality: need to spend 10 minutes trying to get to a human, to solve an issue I need customer support to look into
Around minute 8 I sign up to a competitor
My reality: need to spend 10 minutes trying to get to a human, to solve an issue I need customer support to look into
Around minute 8 I sign up to a competitor
November 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The promise of AI chat assistants: they solve 90% of the problems users have (by looking up the docs and telling them)
My reality: need to spend 10 minutes trying to get to a human, to solve an issue I need customer support to look into
Around minute 8 I sign up to a competitor
My reality: need to spend 10 minutes trying to get to a human, to solve an issue I need customer support to look into
Around minute 8 I sign up to a competitor
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There are many takeaways I have from the epstein files and one pf them is that a lot of very rich and powerful people are genuinely dumb, not for getting into the ring, but like, the way they talk and what they care about makes me think “this person is very dumb”
November 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
There are many takeaways I have from the epstein files and one pf them is that a lot of very rich and powerful people are genuinely dumb, not for getting into the ring, but like, the way they talk and what they care about makes me think “this person is very dumb”
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Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
November 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
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Back at work from parental leave part one to do what I was born to do:
Increase value for shareholders.
Increase value for shareholders.
November 13, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Back at work from parental leave part one to do what I was born to do:
Increase value for shareholders.
Increase value for shareholders.
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The power of Fox News isn’t that they push conservative ideas, it’s that they are willing to set any kind of ideological consideration aside at the drop of a hat to boost Republicans regardless of what they do at any given moment.
November 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The power of Fox News isn’t that they push conservative ideas, it’s that they are willing to set any kind of ideological consideration aside at the drop of a hat to boost Republicans regardless of what they do at any given moment.
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I don’t mind the idea of AI doing my dishes because that’s the stuff I want to be disrupted.
But it doesn’t have to look human to do this! Look at our little roombas. They do a good little job, and should they turn evil, and it would be hard for them to punch us in the face.
But it doesn’t have to look human to do this! Look at our little roombas. They do a good little job, and should they turn evil, and it would be hard for them to punch us in the face.
November 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I don’t mind the idea of AI doing my dishes because that’s the stuff I want to be disrupted.
But it doesn’t have to look human to do this! Look at our little roombas. They do a good little job, and should they turn evil, and it would be hard for them to punch us in the face.
But it doesn’t have to look human to do this! Look at our little roombas. They do a good little job, and should they turn evil, and it would be hard for them to punch us in the face.
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Can’t see any reason for sw engineers to choose Windows with this weird direction they are doubling down on
So odd because Microsoft has building dev tools in their DNA… their OS doesn’t look like anything a builder who wants OS control could choose
Mac or Linux it is for devs
So odd because Microsoft has building dev tools in their DNA… their OS doesn’t look like anything a builder who wants OS control could choose
Mac or Linux it is for devs
November 13, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Can’t see any reason for sw engineers to choose Windows with this weird direction they are doubling down on
So odd because Microsoft has building dev tools in their DNA… their OS doesn’t look like anything a builder who wants OS control could choose
Mac or Linux it is for devs
So odd because Microsoft has building dev tools in their DNA… their OS doesn’t look like anything a builder who wants OS control could choose
Mac or Linux it is for devs