Natalie
@natkr.com
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Car manufacturers putting physical knobs back into cars instead of horrendous touch screens is a (rare?) example of the value of consumers pushing loudly back on "it's inevitable! it's here to stay!" gum flapping about unwanted new features from vendors
December 28, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Car manufacturers putting physical knobs back into cars instead of horrendous touch screens is a (rare?) example of the value of consumers pushing loudly back on "it's inevitable! it's here to stay!" gum flapping about unwanted new features from vendors
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It's so fucking great that people are welding abuse and spam generating software directly into mainstream browsers. Finally we can get around to completely destroying all the poor bastards who foolishly maintain web sites for small, open membership communities.
December 21, 2025 at 12:17 AM
It's so fucking great that people are welding abuse and spam generating software directly into mainstream browsers. Finally we can get around to completely destroying all the poor bastards who foolishly maintain web sites for small, open membership communities.
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If something is tedious or clunky, your reaction shouldn't be "let's have the machine write it," it should be "how can I redesign this to be less tedious or clunky."
November 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
If something is tedious or clunky, your reaction shouldn't be "let's have the machine write it," it should be "how can I redesign this to be less tedious or clunky."
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All those years at prompt school learning how to make prompts, and knowing that the true joy in the art is the process and the craft involved in coming up with the prompt, and now this!
(It's as if this person is *almost* getting it... the light will come on soon. Surely. Please.)
(It's as if this person is *almost* getting it... the light will come on soon. Surely. Please.)
November 26, 2025 at 11:52 PM
All those years at prompt school learning how to make prompts, and knowing that the true joy in the art is the process and the craft involved in coming up with the prompt, and now this!
(It's as if this person is *almost* getting it... the light will come on soon. Surely. Please.)
(It's as if this person is *almost* getting it... the light will come on soon. Surely. Please.)
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We've invested heavily in a clown shoe factory and are honestly baffled why people don't see the value add (and commensurate price increase) of unremoveable clown shoes added to every order.
We prioritize safe clown shoes, and will help you learn to walk in them, why don't you want them???
We prioritize safe clown shoes, and will help you learn to walk in them, why don't you want them???
Is this platform still against wearing giant clown shoes or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 27, 2025 at 4:30 AM
We've invested heavily in a clown shoe factory and are honestly baffled why people don't see the value add (and commensurate price increase) of unremoveable clown shoes added to every order.
We prioritize safe clown shoes, and will help you learn to walk in them, why don't you want them???
We prioritize safe clown shoes, and will help you learn to walk in them, why don't you want them???
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Is this platform still against wearing giant clown shoes or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Is this platform still against wearing giant clown shoes or has it moved more towards acceptance?
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“Schemaless” and “self-describing” are the dynamic typing of data formats: you put more crap into the runtime representation, making it perform worse and in exchange you get worse reliability because errors are identified less reliably. Lose/lose
November 23, 2025 at 11:05 AM
“Schemaless” and “self-describing” are the dynamic typing of data formats: you put more crap into the runtime representation, making it perform worse and in exchange you get worse reliability because errors are identified less reliably. Lose/lose
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There is no such thing as a schema free encoding format
November 23, 2025 at 10:33 AM
There is no such thing as a schema free encoding format
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I’m not going to name you publicly, but if you were the speaker who put in the abstract that was so obviously written by ChatGPT it made me groan “Oh, come on” so loud people asked what I was looking at and then they groaned too, you should be almost as embarrassed as the people who accepted it
November 14, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I’m not going to name you publicly, but if you were the speaker who put in the abstract that was so obviously written by ChatGPT it made me groan “Oh, come on” so loud people asked what I was looking at and then they groaned too, you should be almost as embarrassed as the people who accepted it
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actually our AI programs are like people so its racist to say you don't like them. anyway would you like to buy one
October 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
actually our AI programs are like people so its racist to say you don't like them. anyway would you like to buy one
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The "don't be mean to the plagiarism machine" discourse has extremely big "violent video games are why there are serial killers!!!one!!1" energy and could we just not?
October 5, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The "don't be mean to the plagiarism machine" discourse has extremely big "violent video games are why there are serial killers!!!one!!1" energy and could we just not?
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as one of those millennials, I've now likely permanently damaged my ability to deal with stress after having to go to rehab due to burnout, barely noticing my own mental health issues, and being full of regrets not being there during my grandparents last few days alive, bc I was "busy with work"
“We millennials know that there’s no such thing as work-life balance. My career is my life, my life is my career. I would never be at peace if I wasn’t working so hard.” trib.al/suc3yU6
Astronaut says Gen Z often quits when things get uncomfortable—here’s the Jeff Bezos Blue Origin training that taught her to push through | Fortune
From space rockets to 13-hour workdays, this millennial astronaut reveals the mind trick that can make discomfort your secret weapon to success.
trib.al
October 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
as one of those millennials, I've now likely permanently damaged my ability to deal with stress after having to go to rehab due to burnout, barely noticing my own mental health issues, and being full of regrets not being there during my grandparents last few days alive, bc I was "busy with work"
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The idea that we have to "encourage responsible AI usage" is a core part of the inevitability narrative driving the institutional adoption that makes people think it's worth trying out.
it contributes to the very problem it supposedly tries to solve. we can't let it go unchallenged.
it contributes to the very problem it supposedly tries to solve. we can't let it go unchallenged.
September 8, 2025 at 3:48 AM
The idea that we have to "encourage responsible AI usage" is a core part of the inevitability narrative driving the institutional adoption that makes people think it's worth trying out.
it contributes to the very problem it supposedly tries to solve. we can't let it go unchallenged.
it contributes to the very problem it supposedly tries to solve. we can't let it go unchallenged.
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The whole “he’s so nice in real life” shit is not the mark of a good person. If they spread hateful violent rhetoric until you meet them, that’s the mark of a coward.
It’s a really, really old trick as well. You have to be real gullible to fall for it.
It’s a really, really old trick as well. You have to be real gullible to fall for it.
Guys it's ok. He only called for violence against gays and trans people and declared the Civil Rights Act a mistake for the money and power.
September 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The whole “he’s so nice in real life” shit is not the mark of a good person. If they spread hateful violent rhetoric until you meet them, that’s the mark of a coward.
It’s a really, really old trick as well. You have to be real gullible to fall for it.
It’s a really, really old trick as well. You have to be real gullible to fall for it.
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Feeling bad for all the people who, long after all the customer-facing traces have been erased, will spend the next several years dodging the AI components lodged in their systems.
"Whatever you do, don't click the AI button," will be the "you gotta jiggle the handle" of enterprise software
"Whatever you do, don't click the AI button," will be the "you gotta jiggle the handle" of enterprise software
September 5, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Feeling bad for all the people who, long after all the customer-facing traces have been erased, will spend the next several years dodging the AI components lodged in their systems.
"Whatever you do, don't click the AI button," will be the "you gotta jiggle the handle" of enterprise software
"Whatever you do, don't click the AI button," will be the "you gotta jiggle the handle" of enterprise software
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maybe just don't?
why are people pretending we couldn't make games before AI came along
why are people pretending we couldn't make games before AI came along
August 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
maybe just don't?
why are people pretending we couldn't make games before AI came along
why are people pretending we couldn't make games before AI came along
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Notable that AI tools could not even generate accurate meeting summaries beyond “a couple hundred words.” That’s useless for minutes.
And for lit review they *completely* shit the bed.
But these aren’t people’s favorite tasks & AI is way quicker, so many will keep using them, truth be damned.
And for lit review they *completely* shit the bed.
But these aren’t people’s favorite tasks & AI is way quicker, so many will keep using them, truth be damned.
I Tested How Well AI Tools Work for Journalism
Some tools were sufficient for summarizing meetings. For research, the results were a disaster.
www.cjr.org
August 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Notable that AI tools could not even generate accurate meeting summaries beyond “a couple hundred words.” That’s useless for minutes.
And for lit review they *completely* shit the bed.
But these aren’t people’s favorite tasks & AI is way quicker, so many will keep using them, truth be damned.
And for lit review they *completely* shit the bed.
But these aren’t people’s favorite tasks & AI is way quicker, so many will keep using them, truth be damned.
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Hey google docs how about you stay in your fuckin lane okay buddy? I hate when it tries to give style suggestions. I don't even have AI stuff enabled and it still feels like this stuff leaks in.
August 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Hey google docs how about you stay in your fuckin lane okay buddy? I hate when it tries to give style suggestions. I don't even have AI stuff enabled and it still feels like this stuff leaks in.
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Why would anyone do this? It's so bad from all angles. If you don't have the energy or interest to reply to a comment, just don't. It's fine. It's literally so weird that they're pushing an elevation of the already really bad automatic responses. If I learned a youtuber used these, I'd shame them
August 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Why would anyone do this? It's so bad from all angles. If you don't have the energy or interest to reply to a comment, just don't. It's fine. It's literally so weird that they're pushing an elevation of the already really bad automatic responses. If I learned a youtuber used these, I'd shame them
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if someone told you "please judge my art" and it was a clip art from a cd, you'd feel a little deceived
if someone told me "please judge my code" and they'd copy and pasted something from stack overflow, you'd assume they want you to fix it for them
well, medium posts for clout? totally different
if someone told me "please judge my code" and they'd copy and pasted something from stack overflow, you'd assume they want you to fix it for them
well, medium posts for clout? totally different
August 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
if someone told you "please judge my art" and it was a clip art from a cd, you'd feel a little deceived
if someone told me "please judge my code" and they'd copy and pasted something from stack overflow, you'd assume they want you to fix it for them
well, medium posts for clout? totally different
if someone told me "please judge my code" and they'd copy and pasted something from stack overflow, you'd assume they want you to fix it for them
well, medium posts for clout? totally different
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yes, good people will inevitably use bad things for good reasons, but it's hard to talk about this without accidentally coming off a bit "not all ai users!" or classic whataboutism
when other people see things as a picket line, well, they will read it as "here's my permission note to scab"
when other people see things as a picket line, well, they will read it as "here's my permission note to scab"
August 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
yes, good people will inevitably use bad things for good reasons, but it's hard to talk about this without accidentally coming off a bit "not all ai users!" or classic whataboutism
when other people see things as a picket line, well, they will read it as "here's my permission note to scab"
when other people see things as a picket line, well, they will read it as "here's my permission note to scab"
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Reminder: code review is not "to catch mistakes", it is a tool for understanding to limit bus/lottery factor first and foremost. When code is written (if you're lucky) by one human, having the second human abdicate their judgment to the machine is actively harmful to your team's code understanding.
also, the one i'm hearing which is most insidious is the “AI code/peer review” use-case: that's how you deskill people
but we'll be told that humans are still in the loop! and if they ever were skilled they are actively becoming deskilled by the “AI review”
should be obvious, but zero talk re: it
but we'll be told that humans are still in the loop! and if they ever were skilled they are actively becoming deskilled by the “AI review”
should be obvious, but zero talk re: it
July 28, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Reminder: code review is not "to catch mistakes", it is a tool for understanding to limit bus/lottery factor first and foremost. When code is written (if you're lucky) by one human, having the second human abdicate their judgment to the machine is actively harmful to your team's code understanding.
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This is certainly the tism talking but I find so much joy in curiosity and the process of learning that the idea of wanting to outsource thinking to a machine is unfathomable to me
That’s the fun part! Why wouldn’t you want to do that?
That’s the fun part! Why wouldn’t you want to do that?
July 21, 2025 at 1:22 AM
This is certainly the tism talking but I find so much joy in curiosity and the process of learning that the idea of wanting to outsource thinking to a machine is unfathomable to me
That’s the fun part! Why wouldn’t you want to do that?
That’s the fun part! Why wouldn’t you want to do that?
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What boggles me is how he keeps pulling the slot machine arm even after it (a) lies to him and (b) nearly blows up his company.
What kind of brain rot does it take to just keep trying at that point?
What kind of brain rot does it take to just keep trying at that point?
July 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
What boggles me is how he keeps pulling the slot machine arm even after it (a) lies to him and (b) nearly blows up his company.
What kind of brain rot does it take to just keep trying at that point?
What kind of brain rot does it take to just keep trying at that point?