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nusl··on Don't just paste the AI at me
https://not-an-llm.bearblog.dev/meat-based-llm-proxies/
nusl··on Grafana Labs internal source code accessed
Quite funny how they phrase this.

"We recently discovered.." then later "..The attacker attempted to blackmail us"

So, I'd wager they had no idea of the breach until the attacker tried to blackmail them.

nusl··on Ploopy Bean: a trackpoint for every computer
The demo product on the 'site looks really shoddy. Untidied-up 3D printing for $65?
nusl··on Mullvad exit IPs are surprisingly identifying
VPNs aren't anonymous, no, despite people pretending they are. Nonetheless, the findings in this report do highlight some things that make user identification easier than you'd expect it to be.

I'd not throw the report out just due to what you argue here. These findings are valid nonetheless.

nusl··on Bitwarden scrubs 'Always free' and 'Inclusion' values from its site
The price doesn't seem bad, though this case smells of some sort of greater internal shift that's, at least for me, indicative the Bitwarden is being turned into a profit-machine-at-any-cost rather than providing a good service for money.

This new CEO is a massive red flag. Literally nothing about anything relevant to the product or industry, though he's apparently good at private equity and selling orgs.

Probably worth jumping ship now before it mutates into another shitty corporate org, except this one is keeping your passwords.

nusl··on Humanity is self-deprecating
Seniors aren't layoff-proof, yeah, or anyone really.

I think the point I made in the article is more aimed at AI advancing into being able to do the jobs that people currently say they won't/can't do.

When ChatGPT appeared, not long ago, people said that it wouldn't be able to code well because it lacks the reasoning ability. Well, here we are.

nusl··on VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage
Changed back or not, this demonstrates that they're either willing to make sweeping changes like this that hurt a massive number of users, or that they're incompetent to the point of not realising the impact of the first change. They'd have had to just blindly make the change, since the original PR was approved and merged within the same minute by the original author (no additional eyes, at least that we can see), or ignore user complaints and make it anyway. Both cases demonstrate terrible stewardship of VSCode.
nusl··on I did no work for a year and no one noticed
This seems like a very stupid thing to put on the open Internet attached to your name
nusl··on America's Geothermal Breakthrough
So it basically says nothing useful other than try to generate hype and make them look good.
nusl··on Turtle WoW classic server announces shutdown after Blizzard wins injunction
Blizzard has become a greedy and insidious org. I genuinely dislike the way they do business and implement systems to keep players playing their games as chores rather than for fun. They charge huge money for trivial things, and their support is entirely useless.
nusl··on Are the costs of AI agents also rising exponentially? (2025)
You write awfully similar to the way LLMs do. I can't tell if it's just your writing style or not
nusl··on Roblox devs now need a subscription to share their games freely
Hacker News is turning into every other platform over time it seems. More and more folks just see a headline and comment rather than understand that headlines are designed to mislead you for clicks.

These requirements make sense. They're additional verification steps in place for people trying to publish games for very young users.

nusl··on A compelling title that is cryptic enough to get you to take action on it
This seems like a useful reference when asking AI to create content for you, despite the irony
nusl··on Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? My quest to unmask Bitcoin's creator
This article is kinda bogwater. Repeating the same points, writing as if it were LinkedIn, pretending to be technically competent while obviously not. Over and over and over, reiterating the same points but ultimately getting nowhere.

Changing requirements ad-hoc throughout the article, picking and choosing ideal matches rather than objective ones, etc. basically trying to make the data fit the problem by force.

Author, over time, gets more desperate to be "the one that found Satoshi" and loses the plot entirely.

I mean, what the hell is this bullshit?

""" Adam Back: I did a lot of talking though for somebody, I mean … I mean, I’m not saying I’m good with words but I sure did a lot of yakking on these lists actually.

To my ears, it sounded like he was saying that for someone who preferred code over words, he sure had written a lot of words. Implicit in that was an acknowledgment that he had been the one who wrote the quote. In other words, for a few seconds, Mr. Back had let the mask fall and turned into Satoshi. """

nusl··on AI may be making us think and write more alike
Seems to be becoming more common, even for folks that are otherwise quite pleasant to deal with. Perhaps social and workplace pressures causes people to opt for it, much like LinkedIn is a cesspool of bullshit
nusl··on AI may be making us think and write more alike
https://not-an-llm.bearblog.dev/meat-based-llm-proxies/
nusl··on Book review: There Is No Antimemetics Division
I'm not a Single-Wombat Entity if that's what you're accusing me of. I do, in-fact, have multiple wombats making up my person.
nusl··on Book review: There Is No Antimemetics Division
Log entry: Tried building a wall out of hard drives, but Gate walked around them and kept coming. Walls of information ineffective. I've forgotten my name, so I suspect this may be my final entry.
nusl··on Got kicked out of uni and had the cops called for a social media website I made
> "the DEAN threatened to kick me out"

So when did the clickbait title apply? The author is honestly, from this article, quite a horrible person.

nusl··on Book review: There Is No Antimemetics Division
It's worth a read, at least the first half, just because it's really fun.
nusl··on Book review: There is no antimemetics division
If they did, we wouldn't know. Those that do/did know would be dead.
nusl··on Book review: There Is No Antimemetics Division
I suppose this joke only works when you've read it. I should take my meds, else I'll forget.
nusl··on Microsoft hasn't had a coherent GUI strategy since Petzold
This article smells so strongly of AI that I'd be surprised if the author did much of any writing.
nusl··on Nanocode: The best Claude Code that $200 can buy in pure JAX on TPUs
Why would you modify the original list and return it with the second example? Honestly the first is better
nusl··on LinkedIn is searching your browser extensions
Why don't we train LLMs on the entire internet every day? Then we don't even need to read anything. Reading is something people did in 2025
nusl··on I am definitely missing the pre-AI writing era
Perhaps. What happens when we reach the point where slop is indistinguishable from typical human language?
nusl··on I am definitely missing the pre-AI writing era
The slop decade will be a slop "rest of humanity." There's no going back from this.
nusl··on Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile story
Fair. I suppose what's changed is the breadth/scope
nusl··on Astral to Join OpenAI
I am actually quite saddened by this. It's very unlikely that' I'll keep using uv, now. I don't trust this kind of shit.
nusl··on Kagi Translate now supports LinkedIn Speak as an output language
Tried really hard not to smile/laugh while sitting on camera in standup while reading this.
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