darkmarx

If you're trying to shortcut the dev process by running an llm agent for reviewing PRs, you deserve every cost overrun you get. Letting an llm review anything written by an llm is one of the dumbest things I can imagine. If one of my devs suggested that to me, they'd have their access removed. I have zero sympathy for cost overrun, the litany of production incidents, or the amount of unmaintainable code that will inevitability come from such a decision.

The original house was a set built at a school. They covered everyhing is red and green to make it feel more like Christmas. The rugs, drapes, wallpaper, and everything wasn't put in for style as much as for matching the theme for the movie.

😢 😭 😭

Can Jeff Hays be cast as everybody's voice. I don't care if it's animated or live action, they need to dub his voice on everyone.

I like my job. There are new problems to solve everyday, which keeps it interesting. There's a sense of accomplishment when things are completed. I like helping my folks advance. I take a lot of pride in my work. Without that, I'd still want to work. I get bored otherwise. I don't sit still well and the idea of laying around to relax sounds miserable to me. My wife is that type of person. Taking a Sunday to put on music and read a book is a perfect day for her. For me, it's torture. I'd rather remodel a bedroom or pull weeds in the garden.

This is happening to me, or something very similar!

Tired beyond belief. Sleep doesn't matter, or at least doesn't seem to help. Everyday, it takes hours to feel awake, and only lasts for a couple hours at best.

Slow to find words when speaking, though I know what I want to say. It coupd take seconds to think of a simple word. I've started speaking in very broken, sometimes reversed, sentences. Someone said it was like listening to a slow version of Yoda, but worse.

The world feels off, as if experiencing everything through a memory rather than actually being there. The best way I've been able to describe it is, it's as if being far back in my head. Everything is at a distance, like my eyes are binoculars turned around, or like looking through tunnels.

I used to have a great memory, now I'm lucky if I remember a conversation from a week ago. Not just what was said, but I might be only vaugly aware that the conversation even happened.

Movement isn't sluggish exactly, though slower than I used to be. Doing anything, even routine tasks takes a ridiculous amount of concentration.

I've also developed weird ticks. I'll sometimes speak outloud as I'm thinking of a sentence, or lyric, or whatever, but its just one or two words. I then repeat the word over and over without realizing it. Once I notice, it takes me a second to stop. I've also started geaturing with my hands without meaning to, when not even talking or anything. Like I'll randomly point or gesture like I'm speaking.

None of it was sudden, it's been a slow build up to the point that I don't know when any of it started. The symptoms are finally enough to overcome my anxiety of talking about it, and I've scheduled an appointment with my doctor. Whatever is happening, I figure it will be better to know than not.

I'm not saying we have exactly the same thing, it just sounds like we have some similar symptoms. Whatever it is, know that you aren't alone. Take care of yourself random internet stranger, and please call a doctor.

The market is about to implode. They want the government bailout to be easier while lining their pockets in the meantime.

Tell that to the student who gets expelled because they're writing was falsely identified as AI and then takes their own life.

Tell that to the person falsely identified with facial recognition and is arrested and loses their job.

Using AI to detect AI is as bad as using AI for any important decision.

This isn't hypothetical. It happens. People will lose their livelihood or die because of it. 7 in 100 is not accurate enough when any penalty is applied to detection.

"Pay us and watch ads" has been around a long time. That's what cable tv was. We've gone full circle.

One day, something new will come along and kill streaming in the same way streaming did cable. Once things get this fragmented, something else always comes along to replace it, and the cycle will repeat.

It will be cheap, easy to use, and everyone will switch. Once enough people move over, the big corporations will get involved and the enshitification will begin. It will be adveetised to death, segmented, and people will look for an alternative.

Addendum...

Kevin Smith built a character he inhabited to deal with everything that crossed over from his professional life into his personal life. That cross-over got to the point where he didn't feel like the real him existed anymore.

We all wear masks in one way or another. Never being able to take off the mask is terrifying.

People become entertainers for a myriad of reasons. Some do it for attention, of course. Others so they can pretend to be someone else. It's a form of escapism to get away frm the anxiety of life. When fame comes along, they can no longer hide behind the chatacter, and the attention bleeds into their personal life, ratcheting up the anxiety. Similarly, many comedians tell jokes to hide pain. The pain is still there, just hidden. For actors like this, the anxiety is still there and the constant attention makes it worse.

The lack of empathy in celebrity culture is the real problem. The fact that entertainers are real people with real lives gets lost in the noise. When Emma Stone is off screen, and not promoting something, she should be able to go out to eat without being followed, questioned, or harasssed. She can't, because as a society, we've choosen to treat her as something different than a person. She's treat as a celebrity, somehow making it ok for her to be hounded everywhere. It's no wonder many of them have anxiety.

Imagine not getting to live your life because of your job. Imagine people following you around to the store, a concert, or cornering you in a bathroom because of what you do for a living. It's a failing of society that lets this occur, a general lack of empathy towards celebrity, not a failing on that person's career choice.

Fire damage on the forks to sear your mutton while eating it. Frost on the spoons to keep your ice cream frozen. Admittedly, cold soup is a major drawback. But a fire butterknife would be great.