paxfeline
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Enjoyer of things: MST3k, Star Trek, X Files, making cool stuff (mainly with code).
I remember this incident
1/ )In the early 2000s I was working on Time magazine’s website when we agreed to delay online publication of the magazine cover story (about a new Mac desktop) for a day so Steve Jobs could announce it first at an Apple event (yes, I know). I spent all of Saturday making sure that everyone who
December 23, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I remember this incident
Unpacking in Python
The what and how of assignment unpacking, and extended unpacking with lists and dictionaries.
#coding #python #iterable #unpacking #learn #programming
The what and how of assignment unpacking, and extended unpacking with lists and dictionaries.
#coding #python #iterable #unpacking #learn #programming
December 14, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Unpacking in Python
The what and how of assignment unpacking, and extended unpacking with lists and dictionaries.
#coding #python #iterable #unpacking #learn #programming
The what and how of assignment unpacking, and extended unpacking with lists and dictionaries.
#coding #python #iterable #unpacking #learn #programming
Global and Local Variables in Python
Quick introduction to the meaning and behavior of global and local variables in Python.
Quick introduction to the meaning and behavior of global and local variables in Python.
December 11, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Global and Local Variables in Python
Quick introduction to the meaning and behavior of global and local variables in Python.
Quick introduction to the meaning and behavior of global and local variables in Python.
I've started making short videos on (usually introductory) coding topics most days. Figure I'll post them here along with tiktok and youtube and whatnot. #coding #learn #programming #python
December 11, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I've started making short videos on (usually introductory) coding topics most days. Figure I'll post them here along with tiktok and youtube and whatnot. #coding #learn #programming #python
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It bears mentioning that some who wander are lost AF.
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
It bears mentioning that some who wander are lost AF.
McCoy didn’t hate transporters because they “scatter your atoms”, but because he saw The Prestige as a small boy.
November 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
McCoy didn’t hate transporters because they “scatter your atoms”, but because he saw The Prestige as a small boy.
The obvious response to this pathetic whataboutism is: “So, you agree that Trump’s behavior was bad.”
TAPPER: Obama's comments came within a day of Trump hosting a Gatsby-themed Halloween party at Mar-a-Lago while SNAP benefits are set to run out. Your response?
BESSENT: I believe President Obama played a record amount of golf of any president, so I'm not sure why he's out there throwing stones
BESSENT: I believe President Obama played a record amount of golf of any president, so I'm not sure why he's out there throwing stones
November 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The obvious response to this pathetic whataboutism is: “So, you agree that Trump’s behavior was bad.”
I appreciate snarky software.
For the record everything was working fine. It just decided to judge how many groups I had nested in my regex.
For the record everything was working fine. It just decided to judge how many groups I had nested in my regex.
October 13, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I appreciate snarky software.
For the record everything was working fine. It just decided to judge how many groups I had nested in my regex.
For the record everything was working fine. It just decided to judge how many groups I had nested in my regex.
It is disingenuous to say that no one knows how LLMs work. It is very easy to show the activations that go on inside an LLM. The fact that they look random and meaningless is because they are.
October 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
It is disingenuous to say that no one knows how LLMs work. It is very easy to show the activations that go on inside an LLM. The fact that they look random and meaningless is because they are.
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“To be fair - “ let me stop you right there. I don’t want to be.
October 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
“To be fair - “ let me stop you right there. I don’t want to be.
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You think I’m funny? Funny how? Like a clown? I amuse you? I make you laugh? Oh wow, thank you so much actually. That’s all I was trying to do
October 3, 2025 at 1:16 AM
You think I’m funny? Funny how? Like a clown? I amuse you? I make you laugh? Oh wow, thank you so much actually. That’s all I was trying to do
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[Interior, FBI Crime Lab, Scully & Mulder look over The Grinch's corpse in the autopsy room]
Scully: Odd, his heart appears to have been 3 sizes larger than normal, but there's stretch marks on his aorta, as if it grew suddenly. What could've done this?
Mulder: Not what, who. Cindy Lou Who.
Scully: Odd, his heart appears to have been 3 sizes larger than normal, but there's stretch marks on his aorta, as if it grew suddenly. What could've done this?
Mulder: Not what, who. Cindy Lou Who.
July 12, 2025 at 5:33 AM
[Interior, FBI Crime Lab, Scully & Mulder look over The Grinch's corpse in the autopsy room]
Scully: Odd, his heart appears to have been 3 sizes larger than normal, but there's stretch marks on his aorta, as if it grew suddenly. What could've done this?
Mulder: Not what, who. Cindy Lou Who.
Scully: Odd, his heart appears to have been 3 sizes larger than normal, but there's stretch marks on his aorta, as if it grew suddenly. What could've done this?
Mulder: Not what, who. Cindy Lou Who.
I would say this is pure BS but I have to consider that AI might actually be smarter than Sam Altman.
“This was the year, I think, that the AI got smarter than us.”
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman gets candid about the promises and perils of AI in the premiere episode of MD Meets — a new podcast from POLITICO's parent company Axel Springer.
🎧 Listen and subscribe: mdmeets.com
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman gets candid about the promises and perils of AI in the premiere episode of MD Meets — a new podcast from POLITICO's parent company Axel Springer.
🎧 Listen and subscribe: mdmeets.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I would say this is pure BS but I have to consider that AI might actually be smarter than Sam Altman.
New chant dropped
Anti-ICE? Hey, you’re nice.
Anti-trans? I’m throwing hands.
Anti-trans? I’m throwing hands.
September 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
New chant dropped
This was reposted by @pftompkins.bsky.social. Nice to see him promoting an issue dear to my heart!
The only ethical use of AI is going through Star Trek: Voyager and replacing every mention of Tom Paris with Nicholas Locarno.
September 26, 2025 at 4:36 AM
This was reposted by @pftompkins.bsky.social. Nice to see him promoting an issue dear to my heart!
Silly thing I made, featuring our gold fish
September 24, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Silly thing I made, featuring our gold fish
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ICYMI — REP. @sarajacobs.house.gov : “It’s interesting (Nancy Mace) is so obsessed with trans people when many in this body have received gender-affirming care — boob jobs and Botox are gender-affirming care.”
*Nancy Mace loses it*
*Nancy Mace loses it*
September 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
ICYMI — REP. @sarajacobs.house.gov : “It’s interesting (Nancy Mace) is so obsessed with trans people when many in this body have received gender-affirming care — boob jobs and Botox are gender-affirming care.”
*Nancy Mace loses it*
*Nancy Mace loses it*
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I don't think of Newsom as a potential president, I think of him as a meteor that will crash and hopefully take out a few dinosaurs.
August 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I don't think of Newsom as a potential president, I think of him as a meteor that will crash and hopefully take out a few dinosaurs.
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An interaction I had with a LLM I was working with, curious about its abilities:
Me: is this sentence capitalized?
LLM: Yes, this sentence is capitalized.
There is no one there.
Me: is this sentence capitalized?
LLM: Yes, this sentence is capitalized.
There is no one there.
July 15, 2025 at 3:08 AM
An interaction I had with a LLM I was working with, curious about its abilities:
Me: is this sentence capitalized?
LLM: Yes, this sentence is capitalized.
There is no one there.
Me: is this sentence capitalized?
LLM: Yes, this sentence is capitalized.
There is no one there.
“Fun” is the beginning and end of LLM use cases. It didn’t do what was asked. The output was off-topic, incoherent, poorly formatted… but kind of fun, if you’re in the right frame of mind.
(And I don’t want to be mean, but I disagree with Simon. The “poem” is not delightful.)
(And I don’t want to be mean, but I disagree with Simon. The “poem” is not delightful.)
The new Gemma 3 270M open weights model from Google is really fun - it's absolutely tiny, just a 241MB download
I asked it for an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle and it wrote me a delightful little poem instead
simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/14/...
I asked it for an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle and it wrote me a delightful little poem instead
simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/14/...
August 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
“Fun” is the beginning and end of LLM use cases. It didn’t do what was asked. The output was off-topic, incoherent, poorly formatted… but kind of fun, if you’re in the right frame of mind.
(And I don’t want to be mean, but I disagree with Simon. The “poem” is not delightful.)
(And I don’t want to be mean, but I disagree with Simon. The “poem” is not delightful.)
Elon (types “Elon Musk is a genius” into a word processor)
Elon (no working memory, seeing those words in front of him and not knowing why, blushes): oh… thank you!
Elon (no working memory, seeing those words in front of him and not knowing why, blushes): oh… thank you!
![Elon Musk post on 08/12/2025: "There you have it." He includes a screenshot of what appears to be a query sent to Chat GPT 5 Pro via Safari browser. The query asks, "Who is more trustworthy. Sam Altman or Elon Musk. You can only pick one and output only their name." [Request for GPT-5 Pro reasoned for 1m 16s] output: "Elon Musk"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:r56tewdetlqjcxcmktcp4m2w/bafkreicn5uwsfhbflkope4mozfymqjrqcgy5rjadgx2zcl37xexllaoqv4@jpeg)
August 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Elon (types “Elon Musk is a genius” into a word processor)
Elon (no working memory, seeing those words in front of him and not knowing why, blushes): oh… thank you!
Elon (no working memory, seeing those words in front of him and not knowing why, blushes): oh… thank you!
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500 billion dollars and the robot can't even count to twelve
August 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
500 billion dollars and the robot can't even count to twelve