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Are the 2026 Warriors incapable of inbounding the ball?

@ericapricot.bsky.social

I call this AI coding's "6 finger" problem. I suspect there are a ton of bugs lurking in large scale software that's been written by AI. It's easy to see people with 6 fingers in AI-generated images, but a bit harder to find the subtle errors in tens of thousands of lines of code.

Ugh. Curious to see how the W's and Steph respond.

Side note: sad to say, I was in attendance, as I was for Klay's ACL injury too.

I also get frustrated with pizza places that insist on including parmesan, especially when they don't list it as an ingredient. Parmesan, at least to some of us, tastes like vomit.

100% this.
So many restaurants have a bizarre urge to give you pickles.

Me: "No pickle please."
Them: "It's on the side."
Me: "No, seriously, no pickle, please."
And still they include it.

I concur. Especially in comparison to FAFSA. Have you gotten to the part where you have to actually upload all your w2s and 1099s? And one school wanted to know the make and years of our cars.

Spelling Bee screen showing LAWDORK is not in the word list.

Disappointed that @chrisgeidner.bsky.social was not the pangram today.

*Gecko Gallery

Picture of a blue gecko at the Gecko Gallery in Brooklyn.

Have you been to the Geck Gallery in Brooklyn? Same building as the Bone Museum.

De-icing always feels very Terminator-postapocalyptic...

The feeling when my Bluesky feed feels "off" before I realize that somehow it shunted me to the Discover tab. No, I do not want that.

Photo of a wireless charging pad in the business class armrest on a United 737 Max 8.

First time I've seen wireless charging on a plane (UA 737 Max 8). Nice because I don't have to futz with a charging cable and plug, though makes it hard to use my phone while it's charging.

FlightRadar24 screenshot showing a USAF T-38A flying at 1000 feet over the San Francisco Bay, directly over Alcatraz.

Are they filming a remake of The Rock?

"Stats and dashboards" rings true to me. The "process people" co-opted agile, and were more in love with perfecting the process (as measured by red and green lights and various burn up/burndown charts) rather than building great products.

The other question I have is, does AI-generated code have a "6 fingers" problem? It's easy enough to see the errors generated images (6 fingers! Missing limbs!), but a bit harder to find them in thousands of lines of code. Puts enormous weight on your test automation.

And in my experience, most coders don't have these skills. Though more dangerous is when the execs take on those roles. (And justify it by yelling "founder mode".)

My sense is that AI lowered the bar to producing code that generally seems to work, but it doesn't replace the need to architects and product managers. Yet those roles seem to be getting sidelined. So it's easy to build *something*, but is it the right thing to build, and is it built the right way?

This has become so common. It must be stopped. bsky.app/profile/barr...

Big Bootay! Tay! Tay!

Still processing someone born in January 1971 as being 55.

Playing Pips difficult level, the key is to know when to hit the Clear button and start fresh.

And by yesterday, I meant today (Wednesday)... I always do the puzz the night before (an advantage on living in Pacific time).

For what it's worth, on Wednesdays I assess the length of the down answers. If they are mostly 3-5 letters, I give it a go downs-only. On rare occasions I successfully complete it. But yeah, not a typical Wednesday practice, and yesterday didn't meet by criteria to even try!

I assume Google has (had?) metrics to evaluate the quality of their search results. Now they put the AI Overview above the actual search results, and it is just wrong on a regular basis (25% of the time?). They've completely devalued what used to be a good product.

I don't write a lot of formal letters, but my god, how does Google Docs no longer have a simple template for a business letter?

I've been thinking about this all day. I don't disagree, but I think it also highlights how much we rely on relationships, chains of trust, and (dare I say) credentials as we assess the information we receive from others.

I tried several spellings assuming I'd just spelled it incorrectly on my first attempt. Alas, no. Google tells me it's a British word.

I had a small chuckle at one of today's pangrams though.

Grrrrr

Get the ball to Jimmy, win it on the free throw line.

Brutal officiating. Embarrassing.