Kevin Webb
@triangulator.org
Tinkering with semiconductors and copper for ebikes, cargo bikes, and things slightly larger.
Also curious about the pre/post-cloud internet (forecast: 🌤️).
Also curious about the pre/post-cloud internet (forecast: 🌤️).
It’s going the be fascinating to see how this industry picks up the pieces from the bubble and gets back to research. There’s a lot of work still to be done that doesn’t require trillions of dollars in hardware.
November 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
It’s going the be fascinating to see how this industry picks up the pieces from the bubble and gets back to research. There’s a lot of work still to be done that doesn’t require trillions of dollars in hardware.
Tbc, this looks like a mistake on @canonicalltd.bsky.social’s part,
including the code as the default along with a bunch of marketing, and not the fault of the uutils team.
including the code as the default along with a bunch of marketing, and not the fault of the uutils team.
wait am I understanding correctly that the Rust replacement was used prematurely despite all the hard data and visualisations saying it's not ready??
I feel like that would be really frustrating for the uutils devs...
I feel like that would be really frustrating for the uutils devs...
November 6, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Tbc, this looks like a mistake on @canonicalltd.bsky.social’s part,
including the code as the default along with a bunch of marketing, and not the fault of the uutils team.
including the code as the default along with a bunch of marketing, and not the fault of the uutils team.
Yikes, this isn’t the way to handle something of this importance.
Ubuntu 25.10 should have shipped with a “Would you like to beta test the new coreutils?” option that warns users this being WIP, rather than claiming it’s ready to use as a drop in replacement.
Ubuntu 25.10 should have shipped with a “Would you like to beta test the new coreutils?” option that warns users this being WIP, rather than claiming it’s ready to use as a drop in replacement.
Importantly - uutils makes no claims that it's ready to be used at this scale (yet)
The test coverage page in the documentation linked to from the README makes it clear that there are gaps in the test compatibility.
The test coverage page in the documentation linked to from the README makes it clear that there are gaps in the test compatibility.
November 6, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Yikes, this isn’t the way to handle something of this importance.
Ubuntu 25.10 should have shipped with a “Would you like to beta test the new coreutils?” option that warns users this being WIP, rather than claiming it’s ready to use as a drop in replacement.
Ubuntu 25.10 should have shipped with a “Would you like to beta test the new coreutils?” option that warns users this being WIP, rather than claiming it’s ready to use as a drop in replacement.
Bummer to see I’m not the only one getting burned by this:
November 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Bummer to see I’m not the only one getting burned by this:
☝️The missing badge on the “tailgate” looked like the oval from a Kia logo.
October 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
☝️The missing badge on the “tailgate” looked like the oval from a Kia logo.
Tbh, unibody structures are probably over engineered anyway…
October 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Tbh, unibody structures are probably over engineered anyway…
I’m concerned about the structural bondo but other than that, seems fine!
October 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I’m concerned about the structural bondo but other than that, seems fine!
Also if you’re on a machine with an intel chipset, github.com/EricLBuehler... with the mkl features enabled is incredibly fast and low overhead.
github.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Also if you’re on a machine with an intel chipset, github.com/EricLBuehler... with the mkl features enabled is incredibly fast and low overhead.
@ahl.bsky.social @bcantrill.bsky.social please do an episode on this. Also can y’all get them running on prem? Seems like the way to snag the skybox seats!
September 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
@ahl.bsky.social @bcantrill.bsky.social please do an episode on this. Also can y’all get them running on prem? Seems like the way to snag the skybox seats!
Tbh, he’s driven by the same dad issues plaguing the current administration. Seems both tragic and inevitable this is where his vision would end up taking us: www.nplusonemag.com/issue-28/ess...
Ghost in the Cloud | Meghan O'Gieblyn
A new, more pernicious thought had come to dominate my mind: transhumanist ideas were not merely similar to theological concepts but could in fact be the events described in the Bible. It was only a s...
www.nplusonemag.com
September 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Tbh, he’s driven by the same dad issues plaguing the current administration. Seems both tragic and inevitable this is where his vision would end up taking us: www.nplusonemag.com/issue-28/ess...
Ray Kurzweil’s legacy: a transhumanist presidential monarchy
September 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Ray Kurzweil’s legacy: a transhumanist presidential monarchy
I hadn’t seen that @weisenthal.bsky.social piece, wow!
On a related note I’m currently reading Language Machines, which explores similar themes and makes the claim we’re in the wilderness due to long running debates in linguistics. It’s fantastic so far (both technically and as an intro to theory).
On a related note I’m currently reading Language Machines, which explores similar themes and makes the claim we’re in the wilderness due to long running debates in linguistics. It’s fantastic so far (both technically and as an intro to theory).
Language Machines
How generative AI systems capture a core function of language Looking at the emergence of generative AI, Language Machines presents a new theory of meaning i...
www.upress.umn.edu
August 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I hadn’t seen that @weisenthal.bsky.social piece, wow!
On a related note I’m currently reading Language Machines, which explores similar themes and makes the claim we’re in the wilderness due to long running debates in linguistics. It’s fantastic so far (both technically and as an intro to theory).
On a related note I’m currently reading Language Machines, which explores similar themes and makes the claim we’re in the wilderness due to long running debates in linguistics. It’s fantastic so far (both technically and as an intro to theory).
(I was trying to figure out the compressive strength of Type S mortar as it cures and Claude started trowing up questions about the structural integrity of the building just to take me down a peg...)
July 21, 2025 at 12:25 AM
(I was trying to figure out the compressive strength of Type S mortar as it cures and Claude started trowing up questions about the structural integrity of the building just to take me down a peg...)
idk, I think this is mostly a design choice on the part of the bot purveyors. Sycophancy sells.
Putting simple instructions into the context turns Claude (and ChatGPT to a lesser degree) into a combative critic that strawmans wild failure scenarios just to poke holes in my questions...
Putting simple instructions into the context turns Claude (and ChatGPT to a lesser degree) into a combative critic that strawmans wild failure scenarios just to poke holes in my questions...
July 21, 2025 at 12:25 AM
idk, I think this is mostly a design choice on the part of the bot purveyors. Sycophancy sells.
Putting simple instructions into the context turns Claude (and ChatGPT to a lesser degree) into a combative critic that strawmans wild failure scenarios just to poke holes in my questions...
Putting simple instructions into the context turns Claude (and ChatGPT to a lesser degree) into a combative critic that strawmans wild failure scenarios just to poke holes in my questions...
Why aren’t these everywhere?! Was in a German supermarket last year and found *giant* bags of them for almost nothing. I seriously considered checking another suitcase just to bring them back…
July 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Why aren’t these everywhere?! Was in a German supermarket last year and found *giant* bags of them for almost nothing. I seriously considered checking another suitcase just to bring them back…
Airlines have been trying to use computers to decommodify and differentially price seats since the time of their invention. But “agentic purchasing” and embedding payment into the chat is going to make past conflicts like “screen bias” look quaint…
jolt.law.harvard.edu/assets/artic...
jolt.law.harvard.edu/assets/artic...
July 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Airlines have been trying to use computers to decommodify and differentially price seats since the time of their invention. But “agentic purchasing” and embedding payment into the chat is going to make past conflicts like “screen bias” look quaint…
jolt.law.harvard.edu/assets/artic...
jolt.law.harvard.edu/assets/artic...