Basil
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300 characters is more than enough to capture all the nuances of the lead up to WW2.
February 7, 2026 at 1:51 PM
300 characters is more than enough to capture all the nuances of the lead up to WW2.
"Sam Altman has opinion on his toe fungus, here's the scoop: bad"
February 5, 2026 at 6:05 PM
"Sam Altman has opinion on his toe fungus, here's the scoop: bad"
It's amazing how reporters will give Trump the softest of softballs to say something "presidential" and he'll call them a bitch.
I starkly remember someone saying in 2020 "people are scared about COVID, do you have any words for them?" And he said "you're a nasty nasty person".
I starkly remember someone saying in 2020 "people are scared about COVID, do you have any words for them?" And he said "you're a nasty nasty person".
February 4, 2026 at 3:11 PM
It's amazing how reporters will give Trump the softest of softballs to say something "presidential" and he'll call them a bitch.
I starkly remember someone saying in 2020 "people are scared about COVID, do you have any words for them?" And he said "you're a nasty nasty person".
I starkly remember someone saying in 2020 "people are scared about COVID, do you have any words for them?" And he said "you're a nasty nasty person".
More businesses seem open to Linux these days considering How Fucking Bad win11 is. I saw murmurs that EU wants to detangle from Microsoft, and if they do that's a Huge push for more productivity software making the jump too.
God I wish I never had to touch win11 again.
God I wish I never had to touch win11 again.
February 2, 2026 at 7:25 PM
More businesses seem open to Linux these days considering How Fucking Bad win11 is. I saw murmurs that EU wants to detangle from Microsoft, and if they do that's a Huge push for more productivity software making the jump too.
God I wish I never had to touch win11 again.
God I wish I never had to touch win11 again.
Some VC shithead outright stated that he thought a modest sustainable business is worse than bankruptcy because it could never blow up to a billion dollar business. And that mindset just manifests in all of these awful ways. It's absolutely poisonous to all that is decent in tech.
February 2, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Some VC shithead outright stated that he thought a modest sustainable business is worse than bankruptcy because it could never blow up to a billion dollar business. And that mindset just manifests in all of these awful ways. It's absolutely poisonous to all that is decent in tech.
Actually, refusing to engage will stop it. This thing is a money pit. If they don't get their money back this shit goes away cause it's expensive to host and run.
January 20, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Actually, refusing to engage will stop it. This thing is a money pit. If they don't get their money back this shit goes away cause it's expensive to host and run.
First song I listened to on this album before I bought it. Also the song that made it take forever to load to my phone cause it Did Not Like the emoji title hahahaha
January 19, 2026 at 5:22 PM
First song I listened to on this album before I bought it. Also the song that made it take forever to load to my phone cause it Did Not Like the emoji title hahahaha
Doggedly detail oriented is a great description of your work.
Honestly a big part of why your work works is because you're the Man Who Remembers. The fact that you can pull out "he's the guy who did the thing" and "what about these five deals" has you a step ahead of everyone else
Honestly a big part of why your work works is because you're the Man Who Remembers. The fact that you can pull out "he's the guy who did the thing" and "what about these five deals" has you a step ahead of everyone else
January 19, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Doggedly detail oriented is a great description of your work.
Honestly a big part of why your work works is because you're the Man Who Remembers. The fact that you can pull out "he's the guy who did the thing" and "what about these five deals" has you a step ahead of everyone else
Honestly a big part of why your work works is because you're the Man Who Remembers. The fact that you can pull out "he's the guy who did the thing" and "what about these five deals" has you a step ahead of everyone else
LLMs are really fancy autocomplete. Even the "thinking" models just try to format their outputs like a proof or paper. It's not thinking. It's still autocomplete. That's not research. It's just a normalized "what everyone else said".
January 15, 2026 at 8:47 PM
LLMs are really fancy autocomplete. Even the "thinking" models just try to format their outputs like a proof or paper. It's not thinking. It's still autocomplete. That's not research. It's just a normalized "what everyone else said".
Machine learning is a great tool for certain applications. It's good for finding patterns in data and possibly finding correlations you might not have otherwise. But it can't solve every problem.
It's not the same as LLMs,which no matter what Sammy Altman might say, are not technical tools.
It's not the same as LLMs,which no matter what Sammy Altman might say, are not technical tools.
January 15, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Machine learning is a great tool for certain applications. It's good for finding patterns in data and possibly finding correlations you might not have otherwise. But it can't solve every problem.
It's not the same as LLMs,which no matter what Sammy Altman might say, are not technical tools.
It's not the same as LLMs,which no matter what Sammy Altman might say, are not technical tools.
Sorry but the idea that machine learning and is equivalent to using LLMs is preposterous on its face. The idea of building one of those tools for your problem vs dropping stuff into a chatbot is disingenuous at best.
I really really need people to stop saying those are the same things.
I really really need people to stop saying those are the same things.
January 15, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Sorry but the idea that machine learning and is equivalent to using LLMs is preposterous on its face. The idea of building one of those tools for your problem vs dropping stuff into a chatbot is disingenuous at best.
I really really need people to stop saying those are the same things.
I really really need people to stop saying those are the same things.
Man I love these, and I loved all of the episodes. You and your guests knocked it out of the park, and in a year where it really didn't feel like anyone had showstoppers you guys did a great job exploring what's going on in a thoughtful and engaging way.
Monumental effort, extraordinary results
Monumental effort, extraordinary results
January 13, 2026 at 6:45 AM
Man I love these, and I loved all of the episodes. You and your guests knocked it out of the park, and in a year where it really didn't feel like anyone had showstoppers you guys did a great job exploring what's going on in a thoughtful and engaging way.
Monumental effort, extraordinary results
Monumental effort, extraordinary results
It makes me so sad because I theoretically love the the idea of a smart glasses!
But they aren't good and it seems like companies making them aren't interested in making the cool bits good. Ugh.
But they aren't good and it seems like companies making them aren't interested in making the cool bits good. Ugh.
January 6, 2026 at 10:22 PM
It makes me so sad because I theoretically love the the idea of a smart glasses!
But they aren't good and it seems like companies making them aren't interested in making the cool bits good. Ugh.
But they aren't good and it seems like companies making them aren't interested in making the cool bits good. Ugh.
Man I love these things. Monumental task you took on but it's by far my favorite CES coverage, thank you (and all of your guests!) for making these!
January 6, 2026 at 6:17 AM
Man I love these things. Monumental task you took on but it's by far my favorite CES coverage, thank you (and all of your guests!) for making these!
Good God that whole idea is so unbelievably stupid and disconnected from reality.
January 3, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Good God that whole idea is so unbelievably stupid and disconnected from reality.
Like "Smiling even though I have a job" and "I'm remembering how to forget what I know" both stab me through the brain every time I hear them.
December 23, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Like "Smiling even though I have a job" and "I'm remembering how to forget what I know" both stab me through the brain every time I hear them.
Since I grabbed Same it's been in my regular rotation. Like fucking every line of Baby Don't Want is a banger and the anthropomorphism in Brands Brands Brands is simultaneously really fun and hits unnervingly close to home.
Anyways love your music, I'm glad you're out here making it!
Anyways love your music, I'm glad you're out here making it!
December 23, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Since I grabbed Same it's been in my regular rotation. Like fucking every line of Baby Don't Want is a banger and the anthropomorphism in Brands Brands Brands is simultaneously really fun and hits unnervingly close to home.
Anyways love your music, I'm glad you're out here making it!
Anyways love your music, I'm glad you're out here making it!
I'm months late to this party but I keep coming back and listening to this whole album all the way through. It really does run the gamut from charming to beautiful to straight bangers
Excellent compositions, killer lyrics, love the musical throughlines, not a single thing I could possibly criticize
Excellent compositions, killer lyrics, love the musical throughlines, not a single thing I could possibly criticize
December 19, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I'm months late to this party but I keep coming back and listening to this whole album all the way through. It really does run the gamut from charming to beautiful to straight bangers
Excellent compositions, killer lyrics, love the musical throughlines, not a single thing I could possibly criticize
Excellent compositions, killer lyrics, love the musical throughlines, not a single thing I could possibly criticize
They are quite literally attempting to get people to accept that math is not math. It's as near to literally "you will believe 2+2=5" as you can get.
December 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
They are quite literally attempting to get people to accept that math is not math. It's as near to literally "you will believe 2+2=5" as you can get.
Bleach? You mean bleach? Here drink some bleach! Get your miracle bleach here! Bleach your clothes bleach your guts, who even care we're all nuts! A little bleach to soothe the pain, a little more and it'll all go away! Chlorine dioxide give me a break THIS GUY WANTS YOU TO DRINK SOME FUCKING BLEACH
December 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Bleach? You mean bleach? Here drink some bleach! Get your miracle bleach here! Bleach your clothes bleach your guts, who even care we're all nuts! A little bleach to soothe the pain, a little more and it'll all go away! Chlorine dioxide give me a break THIS GUY WANTS YOU TO DRINK SOME FUCKING BLEACH
You should email everyone one of these companies with a weird name with "everyone will think you're a pretentious douche if you call them that and then call them smart glasses anyways". Then charge them $10,000 for saving their branding.
December 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
You should email everyone one of these companies with a weird name with "everyone will think you're a pretentious douche if you call them that and then call them smart glasses anyways". Then charge them $10,000 for saving their branding.