James Carlson
@workingcode.com
Parent, instrument-rated pilot, software engineer, author.
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James Carlson
@workingcode.com
· Dec 11
Hi.
I’m a father of two, software engineer (BSEE, MSCS), private pilot (ASEL, IR, AGI, IGI), and author. I’m also coordinator of the IMC Club Nashua chapter and a former IETF regular.
I’m here because Twitter has become less inviting than the flaming dumpster floating by on route 51.
I’m a father of two, software engineer (BSEE, MSCS), private pilot (ASEL, IR, AGI, IGI), and author. I’m also coordinator of the IMC Club Nashua chapter and a former IETF regular.
I’m here because Twitter has become less inviting than the flaming dumpster floating by on route 51.
Original author detached my reply. His post was absurd and he deserved the replies he got.
I can’t speak for “this platform,” but as an author ripped off by the Anthropic creeps, and as a software engineer, I cannot wait for the day when this idiotic mania is over.
Not sure if that answers your question, but certainly not “acceptance.”
Not sure if that answers your question, but certainly not “acceptance.”
November 27, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Original author detached my reply. His post was absurd and he deserved the replies he got.
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Informational thread about me, I guess:
I was actually *very* fearful of flying a few years back. The thing that sparked my interest in learning more? The Mayday episode about AA191. Funnily enough, it started out on my flight back home to Texas from Chicago a few years back 1/9
#avgeek
I was actually *very* fearful of flying a few years back. The thing that sparked my interest in learning more? The Mayday episode about AA191. Funnily enough, it started out on my flight back home to Texas from Chicago a few years back 1/9
#avgeek
November 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Informational thread about me, I guess:
I was actually *very* fearful of flying a few years back. The thing that sparked my interest in learning more? The Mayday episode about AA191. Funnily enough, it started out on my flight back home to Texas from Chicago a few years back 1/9
#avgeek
I was actually *very* fearful of flying a few years back. The thing that sparked my interest in learning more? The Mayday episode about AA191. Funnily enough, it started out on my flight back home to Texas from Chicago a few years back 1/9
#avgeek
The moment of hope and optimism before opening them to see if they’re good.
November 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The moment of hope and optimism before opening them to see if they’re good.
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Hey you! Yes, you, the one reading this post! You can defend democracy and rights for everyone by supporting EFF's work today: supporters.eff.org/donate/tbc
Defend Privacy and Free Speech
Don’t let tyrants co-opt tech. Join EFF and help fight back.
supporters.eff.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Hey you! Yes, you, the one reading this post! You can defend democracy and rights for everyone by supporting EFF's work today: supporters.eff.org/donate/tbc
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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This is a pretty cool map! (I live along one of the highest-elevation borders in the east, between Virginia & West Virginia.)
November 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This is a pretty cool map! (I live along one of the highest-elevation borders in the east, between Virginia & West Virginia.)
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We destroy BMWs for fun and will NEVER get bored of it.
#WorldBollardAssociation😏
#WorldBollardAssociation😏
November 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
We destroy BMWs for fun and will NEVER get bored of it.
#WorldBollardAssociation😏
#WorldBollardAssociation😏
Hey, Amazon, we just had a fresh rain, so if you want to send over more trucks to tear up our lawn and then leave without even apologizing, now’s the time! You’ve sent two in the last month. I know you have more.
November 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Hey, Amazon, we just had a fresh rain, so if you want to send over more trucks to tear up our lawn and then leave without even apologizing, now’s the time! You’ve sent two in the last month. I know you have more.
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I felt like I was losing my mind watching this person's remarks and had to write about how disgusting they are.
Sarah Hurwitz Profanes the Holocaust
Holocaust education has worked too well for the Obama speechwriter, since when she rationalizes Israel's genocide, "I sound obscene." Maybe sit with that, Sarah
www.forever-wars.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I felt like I was losing my mind watching this person's remarks and had to write about how disgusting they are.
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Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
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A sad day for those of us who were close to the Beech line for many years. Solid machines all.
avbrief.com/textron-ends...
avbrief.com/textron-ends...
Textron Ends Bonanza, Baron Production - AvBrief.com
Bonanza turns 80 in December
avbrief.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
A sad day for those of us who were close to the Beech line for many years. Solid machines all.
avbrief.com/textron-ends...
avbrief.com/textron-ends...
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IATA urges International Telecommunication Union & regulators to strengthen safeguards for ✈️ safety systems as 5G & 6G 📡grow. It is vital that future telecom policies prioritize aviation safety. Especially as next-gen resilient equipment won’t reach airlines until the 2030s.
https://bit.ly/4pk27xA
https://bit.ly/4pk27xA
November 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
IATA urges International Telecommunication Union & regulators to strengthen safeguards for ✈️ safety systems as 5G & 6G 📡grow. It is vital that future telecom policies prioritize aviation safety. Especially as next-gen resilient equipment won’t reach airlines until the 2030s.
https://bit.ly/4pk27xA
https://bit.ly/4pk27xA
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This is worth watching both for getting to see Bill Maher’s joke bomb again but maybe more so to see Sam Seder rant for 8 minutes about Bill Maher saying he gave up going on the road doing stand up because he considered himself too funny to be doing it
Bill Maher's Zohran Joke Bombs BIG TIME
YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This is worth watching both for getting to see Bill Maher’s joke bomb again but maybe more so to see Sam Seder rant for 8 minutes about Bill Maher saying he gave up going on the road doing stand up because he considered himself too funny to be doing it
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I had never seen this and I love it so much, I love how it’s beautifully dorky and sweet it is, I love that they put royalty free piano music under it, I love the high five, local newspeople are the most adorable members of society
A primetime proposal
YouTube video by Local 3 News
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I had never seen this and I love it so much, I love how it’s beautifully dorky and sweet it is, I love that they put royalty free piano music under it, I love the high five, local newspeople are the most adorable members of society
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Honored to join the MA High School Dems Summit this weekend. Thank you for leading the way. The fight ahead won’t be easy, but together, we will win.
November 18, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Honored to join the MA High School Dems Summit this weekend. Thank you for leading the way. The fight ahead won’t be easy, but together, we will win.
I just accidentally dropped a small plastic lid on the floor and it landed interior side up. I feel like I should have good luck all day. Not quite like Dick York in the “A Penny For Your Thoughts” Twilight Zone episode, but close.
November 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I just accidentally dropped a small plastic lid on the floor and it landed interior side up. I feel like I should have good luck all day. Not quite like Dick York in the “A Penny For Your Thoughts” Twilight Zone episode, but close.
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Been reading this lately. Definitely a good read for CFIs and PPL applicants.
Pilot Workshops does really good in general so was not shocked they are still doing well with this ACS breakdown.
#CFILife #FlightInstructor
Pilot Workshops does really good in general so was not shocked they are still doing well with this ACS breakdown.
#CFILife #FlightInstructor
November 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Been reading this lately. Definitely a good read for CFIs and PPL applicants.
Pilot Workshops does really good in general so was not shocked they are still doing well with this ACS breakdown.
#CFILife #FlightInstructor
Pilot Workshops does really good in general so was not shocked they are still doing well with this ACS breakdown.
#CFILife #FlightInstructor
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Kim Davis who tried to get the #SupremeCourt to overturn same sex marriage now owes a gay couple $360k — Fabulous 🏳️🌈
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Kim Davis who tried to get the #SupremeCourt to overturn same sex marriage now owes a gay couple $360k — Fabulous 🏳️🌈
Fully searchable archive of BYTE magazine, 1975-1998. Just zoom in or enter a regex. byte.tsundoku.io
Byte - a visual archive
byte.tsundoku.io
November 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Fully searchable archive of BYTE magazine, 1975-1998. Just zoom in or enter a regex. byte.tsundoku.io
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
Putting together some furniture and I’ll beed a break while I laugh at the size of the hand holding the Allen wrench.
November 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Putting together some furniture and I’ll beed a break while I laugh at the size of the hand holding the Allen wrench.
So I’ll just open my podcasts and see what’s up today…
November 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
So I’ll just open my podcasts and see what’s up today…
Nice weather today so I spent time scrubbing my wings.
November 9, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Nice weather today so I spent time scrubbing my wings.