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Apple TV is good for about a month. Then you’ve seen everything and you can cancel for 8 months. I will say that the shows are very high quality and worth the month of paying, though.
Here’s a thoughtful piece from @mononcqc, well worth reading. It says things I hadn’t heard yet articulated so well.
One thing I appreciate immensely: the way Fred’s analytical approach centers humans instead of tech, and takes the subjective experiences of human developers •seriously•.
Fred’s summary in the quoted post gives the core idea, but the larger piece has many sharp thoughts and rewards close reading. I’ll quote a few in the thread below.
Why do some people have a shit time with LLMs for programming while others love it?
What the latter group does is create tons of scaffolding to properly restrict LLMs, and acquire new skills to cope with all the unpredictable stuff they might do.
“[T]he mandate for [LLM] adoption can often come from above your CEO. Your execs can be as baffled as anyone else having to figure out where to jam AI into their product.”
“It does not matter whether LLMs can or cannot deliver on what they promise: people calling the shots assume they can, so it’s gonna happen no matter what.”
“I can also find no obvious correlation between where someone lands on that spectrum [of finding LLMs useful for coding] and things like experience levels; people fall here and there regardless of where they work, how much trust I have in their ability, how good they are at communicating, how much of a hard worker they are, or how willing to learn they might be.”
Hard to find a single summarizing quote from the post, but it keeps coming back to two closely related ideas:
(1) the tendency of humans to blame themselves for poor tool performance (“oh I should have prompted in •that• way instead, my bad”), and
(2) what we educators call the “hidden curriculum:” people are unaware of learning they have done / habitual effort they are expending, and thus they see their own learning / ongoing effort as zero-cost, obvious, nonexistent, innate personal virtue, etc.
The existence of (2) sets people up for (1); recognizing (2) helps cure (1).
“What AI sells is vastly different from what it delivers, particularly what it delivers out of the box.”
The post gives some great context on the study of “the difference between work-as-imagined (WAI) and work-as-done (WAD),” and says:
“If what we have to do to be productive with LLMs is to add a lot of scaffolding and invest effort to gain important but poorly defined skills, we should be able to assume that what we’re sold and what we get are rather different things. That gap implies that better designed artifacts could have better affordances, and be more appropriate to the task at hand.”
I keep posting about how the AI hype bubble makes it almost impossible to have a reasonable conversation about LLMs, and it’s only when the bubble bursts that we can start thinking realistically about what if anything LLMs are actually good for in writing code.
That seems to be what Fred is getting at here: the massive gap between the hype and the reality means that the affordances of these tools fit neither the task at hand nor the tool’s own capabilities.
The current LLM “focus on anthropomorphic interfaces—just have a chat!—makes them charming, misguides us into attributing more agency and intelligence than they have, which makes it even more challenging for people to control or use them predictably. Sycophancy is one of the many challenges here, for example.”
“Coding assistants, particularly agents, are narrower in their interface, but they build on a similar interaction model. They aim to look like developers, independent entities that can do the actual work.”
“I fall in the baffled camp that thinks better designs are possible.” … “I don’t expect my calls to be heard. Selling sci-fi is way too effective. And as long as the AI is perceived as the engine of a new industrial revolution, decision-makers will imagine it can do so, and task people to make it so.”
My current theory of agentic programming: people are amazing at adapting the tools they're given and totally underestimate the extent to which they do it, and the amount of skill we build doing that is an incidental consequence of how badly the tools…
Fred’s point is that a bad interaction model creates hidden work, then humans do that work and “the machine claims the praise.” These other two pieces make the point that this phenomenon of giving the machine credit for unrecognized human work is age-old, taps into some deep trapdoors in human cognition.
You’ll have noticed how previously normal people start acting like addicts to their favourite generative AI and shout at you like you’re trying to take their cocaine away. Matthias Döpm…
The American Alpine Club is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Our vision is a united community of competent climbers and healthy climbing landscapes.
What did you expect? Will people who pay taxes sit and watch as jobs are taken away? Are you making your app free? No, you doubled down and increased app prices. I will not pay when you fire tech support and software engineers and replace them with AI.
The state of California is the largest sub-national economy in the world. If California was an independent nation, it would rank as the fourth largest economy in the world in nominal terms, behind Germany and ahead of Japan. (source: wikipedia)
Makes me think.. would be funny if they'd secede.. Trump would be big mad 🤭
yeah except, especially is solidly blue states, the dems might as well be republicans. they're all bought and paid for. newsom is a f''ing actor and hes running his mouth trying to act outraged and tough. hes just outraged waymos are burning. hes lucky trump took over the guard bc now newsom himself doesnt have to call them in which he definitely would have. not to mention lapd answers to the mayor and it looks to me, surprise surprise, the lapd are the most violent ones in this whole situation.
Keep your eye on Trump's attempts to use the National Guard to put down the protests in Los Angeles. Yesterday he praised the National Guard for doing this - but the 2,000 troops he ordered to the area hadn't even arrived yet!
Instead, it was Los Angeles Police Department and ICE agents involved in the fighting in the neighborhoods of Compton and Paramount.
I have long thought Trump would invoke the Insurrection Act to federalize the National Guard as protests against him grow - thus reducing the power of state governors to stop his actions. Instead, the directive signed by Mr. Trump on Saturday cites another law:
This allows the president to control National Guard forces if “there is a rebellion or danger of a rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States", and use them "in such numbers as he considers necessary to repel the invasion, suppress the rebellion, or execute those laws.”
From what happened in Hong Kong and elsewhere, I'm not at all optimistic about violent street protests being able to stop an authoritarian regime. Instead, the regime thrives on violence, since that's a sphere where it has the upper hand. The regime will also try to tip nonviolent protests into becoming violent by using excessive force and/or propaganda that claims the protests are more dangerous than they actually are.
Here are 198 methods of nonviolent action compiled by Gene Sharp in his book The Politics of Nonviolent Action:
legal and non-violent resistance doesn't do shit against fascists because they only understand power and know that it flows out of the barrel of a gun, not any fancy words or parliament.
both violent and nonviolent protests are necessary together. In all successful regime changes both have existed side-by-side, even if they've usually criticized each other a lot. MLK wouldn't have succeeded without the threat of Malcom X (instead, the Klan unopposed would have been able to crush the nonviolent arm). Of course, Malcom X wouldn't have been able to stage a revolution either.
That's not an example of regime change, but India is, and Ghandi needed the violent resistance just as much as they needed him. Modern Syria is probably another good example, though I'm less familiar with the details, I do know that peaceful protests precipitated the actual rebellion phase, and they were likely important in demonstrating the weakness of the regime that emboldened the rebels who eventually succeeded. Also it wasn't marches on the streets, but other forms of nonviolent resistance doubtless contributed to the crumbling of Assad's security forces, who weren't directly defeated militarily.
Thankfully, as in the civil rights movement, significant change short of full regime change can happen without a full-on rebellion, but violence in the streets is absolutely necessary. And if there isn't sufficient street violence now, we're headed towards either more successful violence by the state (which is already systematically killing immigrants) or at least a full-on rebellion. We should be cheering the much-less-lethal street violence against fascists we've got now in hopes things don't get worse, while also organizing massive peaceful resistance.
1/EU governments should firmly condemn Israel's illegal maritime kidnapping of the Madleen crew and demand their citizens are freed immediately.
This morning, the Israeli military boarded and seized the Madleen—a civilian vessel delivering a symbolic amount of aid to Gaza—and kidnapped its crew.
Many of those on board are citizens of EU member states. Those governments—along with all others—should unequivocally condemn Israel's illegal actions and demand the immediate release of their citizens
The tech giant admitted it had made a mistake after a user was locked out of his devices for a week over an alleged racist remark heard by a delivery driver.
I don't usually post a lot about Windows, but a number of my customers have been having problems with LibreOffice just not doing anything when trying to start it.
Changing the "Compatibility Mode" of an application in Windows 11 - LibreOffice fix
Some people have had trouble opening LibreOffice on Windows 11. Changing the "Compatibility Mode" of the application seems to fix the issue (or at least be a functional workaround).
Some people have had trouble opening LibreOffice on Windows 11. Changing the "Compatibility Mode" of the application seems to fix the issue (or at least be a functional workaround).
Remember kids, there's more to the #fediverse than #Mastodon! One of these days even the Fedi.Tips account might even acknowledge that. You can restrict the visibility of your posts in pretty much every Fediverse platform out there, **not just Mastodon**.
If it’s spring, it’s wildflower season. Wildflower season is one of the best times to experiences California’s great outdoors. Here are some favorites.
We are actively reporting on multiple attacks against journalists covering protests in LA — including assaults, equipment damage, and other press freedom violations.
Sent a support ticket to a #service that I #subscribe to expressing my disappointment that I couldn't seem to do very basic things with their product/ service.
First off, if you have a product or a service and you only provide a "video" to teach your customers how to use your product, well... fuck you.
Videos don't work for everyone. Some of your customers might be deaf, or visually impaired.
Second, if you need a fucking #TRAININGVIDEO to teach your customers how to use your product or service you have flat out FAILED in every conceivable way.
Your product or service should be intuitive enough that your customers don't need a training video to learn how to use your product.
ICE should take whatever sparklers are made out of and cover the sides of their cars with it. Then, when they get surrounded by rioters, they light it up. Totally non-lethal but it would burn the fuck out of everyone around the car.
Everything that the jews say is a lie 😏 the polar opposite of everything they've EVER said is the truth. Why they're sometimes called "children of the lie", their entire existence is driven by deception and malarkey
The Huajiang Canyon Bridge in China, slated to be the world's highest suspension bridge, is set to open in 2025. It employs advanced construction methods, including a satellite-navigated cable system. The bridge aims to significantly shorten travel times, stimulate local economies, and represent China's engineering achievements.
China’s Huajiang Canyon Bridge is a world-record-breaking marvel—taller than the Burj Khalifa, heavier than two Eiffel Towers, and promising to transform a r...
Some good news "...Israeli companies since 2023 are finding it increasingly difficult everywhere around the world to attract new customers, leading to advertising-cost increases in the billions" "Despite Meta’s unprecedented support for Israel during the war in Gaza, including its complicity in mass censorship of pro-Palestinian content and criticism of Israel...global consumer sentiment is turning sharply against Israeli brands"
For the year 2025, the Israeli government announced it would be earmarking an additional $150 million toward global public relations, an unprecedented increase in spending that comes alongside a striking collapse in perception for Israel around the w…
Some good news "...Israeli companies since 2023 are finding it increasingly difficult everywhere around the world to attract new customers, leading to advertising-cost increases in the billions" "Despite Meta’s unprecedented support for Israel during the war in Gaza, including its complicity in mass censorship of pro-Palestinian content and criticism of Israel...global consumer sentiment is turning sharply against Israeli brands"
For the year 2025, the Israeli government announced it would be earmarking an additional $150 million toward global public relations, an unprecedented increase in spending that comes alongside a striking collapse in perception for Israel around the w…
"The more Israel’s supporters hate you, the more likely it is that you are a decent person. Say what needs saying and wear their outrage as a badge of honor"
"The British government privately threatened to defund and withdraw from the International Criminal Court if it issued arrest warrants for Israeli leaders, Middle East Eye can reveal. David Cameron, then foreign secretary in Rishi Sunak’s Conservative government, made the threat last April in a heated phone call with Karim Khan, the British chief prosecutor of the court."
California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) lashed out at President Trump and taunted Border Czar Tom Homan amid violent Anti-ICE riots in downtown Los Angeles.
California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) lashed out at President Trump and taunted Border Czar Tom Homan amid violent Anti-ICE riots in downtown Los Angeles.
I think it is likely that he could be arrested for instigating these riots. I am seeing information coming out about NGOs sponsoring these riots and I bet there is a connection to Newsome in there somewhere! Time will tell.
Just because they were prevented from delivering the aid and were kidnapped, doesn't mean they didn't do huge good.
A huge number of people noticed, and saw the injustice in Palestine, and some even looked past the official propaganda to learn about the real history.
Even the mockery from the "right wing media" eg Sky Australia, caused people to look deeper.
They were never going to be able to deliver much aid anyway. It was always about much needed publicity. And it isn’t surprising that people like Thunberg get involved. Morals and social justice are central to both climate change and Gaza.
Greta Thunberg’s Gaza Mystery Tour stopped before it really got started when her ship was intercepted by the IDF. Los Angeles has a riot problem. People protesting ICE turned violent almost immediatel
infowars, like most things, used to be cool when it was an underground part of the counter-culture but unfortunately alex's big ego has gotten out of control and made the broadcast un-listenable for me. that's a shame cause he has done a lot of good work in the past, in spite of his flaws
🇪🇸🇮🇱 l’Espagne a convoqué lundi le chargé d'affaires de l'ambassade d'Israël à Madrid, Dan Poraz, pour protester contre la capture, tôt ce matin, dans les eaux internationales, de la Flottille de la Liberté , qui tentait de briser le blocus de Gaza. #Madleen
Le Kremlin doit impérativement gagner la guerre contre le régime banderiste de Kiev, car derrière Zelensky se cachent des puissantes forces obscures qui œuvrent à la destruction des nations européennes et qui veulent démanteler la Russie de Pierre le Grand et de Catherine II.
Rima Hassan députée française va être détenue en prison après l'acte de piraterie de ses agresseurs cette nuit. Les distributeurs de sandwich israéliens qui ont piraté le bateau hier nuit sont dangereux. Le gouvernement et le Président ne prennent pas la mesure du danger. Ont-ils peur de Netanyahu. C'est insupportable.
L'entité sioniste usurpatrice n'est pas terrifiée par ceux qui sont à bord du navire, mais par le principe lui-même, le principe selon lequel le siège doit être brisé, et ainsi son pouvoir imaginaire doit être brisé, et le peuple doit être libéré de la peur qui n'existe que dans son imagination. Il sait très bien que sans le soutien des diables, il n'aurait pas pu résister aux lions même une semaine.
Talks between the US and China kicked off in London, with the US signalling willingness to remove restrictions on exports in exchange for assurances that China is easing limits on rare earth shipment.
Trade talks between the US and China kicked off in London, with the US signaling a willingness to remove restrictions on some tech exports in exchange for assurances that China is easing limits on rare earth shipments.
Top medical experts are raising alarms over prion-like clots found in children born to mothers who received mRNA COVID shots during pregnancy. t.me/GeneralMCNews/13782
BREAKING: Top medical experts are raising alarms over prion-like clots found in children born to mothers who received mRNA COVID shots during pregnancy.
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Greenpeace calls upon the international community to urgently uphold international law and ensure the immediate release of the #FreedomFlotilla humanitarian vessel the Madleen along with its crew.
Greenpeace calls upon the international community to urgently uphold international law and ensure the immediate release of the Freedom Flotilla humanitarian vessel the Madleen along with its crew. The ship…
U.S. — Professional gymnast Simone Biles called on social media today for female athletes to stop trying to beat male athletes and instead just give up like she did.
As Los Angeles, CA has surrendered to the protests, both California Governor Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass are upset that President Donald Trump will ...
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