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Matthew Prast
@mprast.bsky.social
Writing the Nerve Blog - long-form essays on tech, culture, and the craft of programming. Check it out at https://the-nerve-blog.ghost.io/!
ig the argument is that if you do it enough times it'll eventually converge, but honestly that seems like just rolling the dice until you get something that runs. it seems like building software by gambling
November 14, 2025 at 11:42 PM
oo haven't heard switch angel yet; will check them out!
October 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
if you haven't seen DJ_Dave she makes really awesome music with it www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCcp...
coding dance music in #strudel !!!!!
YouTube video by DJ_Dave
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October 25, 2025 at 7:10 AM
I can certainly see how that would align with certain people involved in the commercialization of AI, but I don't think we can win those people over by being nicer to them. /fin
March 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
What the right is *definitely* interested in is consolidating money and power by making promises they can't keep and then keeping people just distracted enough that they don't catch wise. /3
March 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
2) I don't think it's accurate to suggest that the right is somehow more receptive to the ML/AI community, given their demonstrated hostility to America's research institutions and their capacity to do basic science. /2
March 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
+1 on Caste, my (older, white) parents really enjoyed it
March 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM