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• Post #4174657

  I hope there is a god, and that there is a heaven, and that Lindsey Graham is there, finally having the loving gay relationship he waited all of his life for.

• Post #4064640

  I know this will be controversial to AI antagonists, but the LLMs we have access to today are the natural culmination of human knowledge sharing, going back to the first scrolls, books, libraries. The better we get at sharing knowledge, the farther we advance as a species.

• Post #3812206

  Please, whatever shit deal the US and Iran are about to announce, call it the "TRUMP DEAL" because it's going to be bad and it's going to fail and I want his name on it.

• Post #3812205

  After Zohran Mamdani was elected as Mayor of New York City, you could understand if he wanted to take a break. Recharge. But apparently the way he recharges is by continuing to campaign. Non-stop. It's Mamdani time in New York City. Let's go!

• Post #3812204

  So the best case scenario is that mideast politics will return to where they stood 6 months ago, America leaves shame-faced, and Israel leaves somehow victorious after defying Trump and America. Cool, cool.

• Post #3812203

  Amazing, after a year, Hyatt still has $1000+ of my money that I spent on a hotel room I never stayed at, that @bookingcom ASSURED me was canceled with no fee. These companies trading blame while meanwhile I'm still out $1000 for trusting either of them.

• Post #3812202

  People who are really serious about hardware should make their own RAM.

• Post #3812201

  Toy Story 5 is good. Kudos Pixar peeps.

• Post #3812200

  I'm in Raleigh, NC for the North American Rubik's Cube championship. If you have ever been curious about this "sport" they are livestreaming and commenting on key solvers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIv2qQIeKb0

• Post #3812199

  Downtown Raleigh, NC is ALIVE with Rubik's speedcubing. I love talking to locals who had no idea we were coming to town. They always want to know EVERYTHING. And usually they say "it's JUST a pattern, right?" To which I answer "weeeellllllll"

• Post #3812198

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• Post #3812197

  Here's a hot tip if you ever travel to other countries, particularly to the same ones repeatedly: register an Apple ID for each country, with an easy to remember format, like joe.uk@example.com. https://bitsplitting.org/2026/07/10/multinational-apple-accounts/

• Post #3681670

  Apple's new Developer Search LLM (https://developer.apple.com/search) refuses to answer general knowledge questions unless you phrase them in the form of a programming question. 😂

• Post #2535494

  AI offers incredible powers to people today who ALREADY know how to do their jobs. The real risk, IMO, is that a whole generation will never learn how to actually do the jobs.

• Post #2507472

  Of all musical instruments, the most important is the ear.

• Post #2150956

  One time when my dad was still alive (over ten years ago, but probably close to twenty years ago), I stridently played/sung this Phil Ochs song at Christmas with my family. I'm a little embarrassed and a little proud. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK5QSOodqhg

• Post #2102653

  I say this with deep respect for the people who view AI technology as dangerous and upheaving. It is. But some technological changes can't be undone. We'll never be pre-steam engine again, or pre-electricity. AI is here and we have to cope with it, whether we like it or not.

• Post #2088110

  Everybody has been talking for years about how declarative programming is the future, but nobody anticipated it would mean declaring, "Claude, make me an app."

• Post #1905936

  If mifepristone caused erections we would not be in this situation. Politicians only fight against women's health, never against men's.

• Post #1868796

  The audaciousness of wanting to write your own web browser, and where it might actually lead you in life: https://bitsplitting.org/2026/02/11/comfort-zone/

• Post #1868794

  Almost 20 years ago (!) I opined: "C is the New Assembly", suggesting that we had moved beyond the need to optimize things by writing assembly code. If I wrote the same article today, it might be "Hand-written Code is the New Assembly" https://redsweater.com/blog/278/c-is-the-new-assembly

• Post #1824597

  Like any fussy (nearly) lifetime Mac user, I have some quibbles with "Liquid Glass", but I think Apple has pulled off a remarkably successful unification. As a user, I'll get used to it (already on my way), and as an investor, I think I'll make bank on it.

• Post #1794454

  Assistant TO the regional CEO.

• Post #1792401

  The better sign of intelligence is not the ability to answer hard questions, but the willingness to answer simple questions.

• Post #1172454

  If Anthropic has really developed an LLM that can suss out security weaknesses better than any other AI, the US government would be foolish to continue shunning them. Oh, right, it is foolish.

• Post #1172453

  Perhaps the most remarkable thing about "America" (the USA) is that people as diametrically opposed as the staunchest conservative, easily labeled a fascist, and the staunchest liberal, easily labeled an anarchist, find common ground declaring the United States as the country they are most loyal to.

• Post #1172452

  My 14yo started with violin in 3rd grade, switch to saxophone in 4th grade, but took piano lessons on the side. Those only lasted a couple years, but thanks to his commitment to the sax he joined the middle school jazz ensemble. Now he's playing Dave Brubeck riffs on piano while I write this. 😭

• Post #1172450

  I "just" got back from the ACPT: America's crossword tournament. It takes a while to sink in, because it's a surreal experience living, eating, drinking, and most importantly SOLVING in the midst of so many amazing crossword enthusiasts. Even the celebrities there are accessible. So cool, so nerdy.

• Post #1172449

  My kids have been incredibly successful so far. I'm sure they could have done "better" by somebody's standard, but I never wanted to stress them out. They enjoy doing well, and many times that means getting an A, but sometimes it means getting a B. They are perfect.

• Post #1172448

  For years I've been grappling with the problem of maintaining a local archive of all the digital documents that used to naturally archive themselves by showing up on paper. I got Claude to help me orchestrate the whole thing, and it's glorious. Feed this prompt to your LLM of choice: https://gist.github.com/danielpunkass/c4da2c13ee1fb6b0ed6bfce54d8fdcf3