Andrew Platzer

AI generated code won’t be maintainable by a human for the same reason we no longer work in assembly because of the complexity of modern CPUs. Traditional coding is going the same way CNC machines have replaced old school machinists, people who spent a lifetime mastering their craft. 3/3

They will oversee a cadre of junior, poorly skilled, albeit rapidly improving, non-human coders who constantly need direction and correction to complete the task. The main skill set will become managing complexity and keeping focused on the goal. 2/3

I can already tell the nature of programming with AI is going to change how programs are written. In ancient times, we built mental models of the code — where functions are, how it executes, and what state it's in while running. Instead “programmers” will become coding managers. 1/3

The California Dept. of Water Resources publishes a daily report of snow water content at cdec.water.ca.gov/reportapp/ja...

The CIA has not only discontinued the CIA World Factbook but has deleted all the content. www.cia.gov/the-world-fa...

YouTube video by The Beaverton Wiarton Willie's dire warning: The Beaverton

Groundhog predicts there are only 9 springs left

They’re probably losing money on every launch. It was a good PR initially but the pool of people ready to pony up millions for a 10 minute zero-G ride is dropping and the PR value is now negligible.

Honestly, most problems can be solved with atomics.

This is my blood I marvel at the design of our weapons. So sophisticated that they can transform any man woman or child into a terrorist. Writing in their flight between launch and concussion an entire alternate history of a life. Just as the cop’s bullet convicts you of a crime. Its presence in your body evidence enough that it always belonged there. A violent transubstantiation.

This is my blood

Moderna curbing investments in vaccine trials due to US backlash, CEO tells Bloomberg TV Moderna does not plan to ‌invest in new late-stage vaccine trials because of growing opposition to immunizations from U.S. officials, CEO Stephane Bancel said ‌in an interview with Bloomberg TV ​on Thursday.

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Currently 9,422 Starlink and growing. Now add 3,236 Amazon Leo and 5,408 Blue Origin. What could go wrong?

ICE and MAGA really did bet the farm on all of Minneapolis’s white people going “oh yes, please take away our disgusting, evil non-white-foreigner neighbors, oh thank you so much.”

it’s beautiful that they’ve been proven incredibly wrong about that - may the rest of the country do the same.

There’s an old adage about TV news — if it bleeds it leads that needs to be updated for our era — if it outrages it engages.

Five year? He’s quite the optimist.

Even though his courtiers are constantly telling him how wonderful and popular he is, I think he has some inkling that things aren’t going well in MAGALand and he’s getting desperate trying to keep the peasants from revolting.

At #AAS247, an announcement of the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Observatory System, including a large (3-m) space telescope, all privately funded.

Overnight Repurchase Agreements: Mortgage-Backed Securities Purchased by the Federal Reserve in the Temporary Open Market Operations Overnight Repurchase Agreements: Mortgage-Backed Securities Purchased by the Federal Reserve in the Temporary Open Market Operations

Happening at the same time: fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RPONM...

I’m old enough to remember when ”the end justifies the means“ was considered a bad thing.

Perhaps they should choose a healthier placebo group.

Reading prescription medicine adverse effect stats is confusing. One I’m looking at reports 3 of 1,140 people vomited after using the drug which isn’t strange. What is unexpected is 2 people out of 1,134 in the placebo group also vomited. Why isn’t the placebo number zero?

The giant Zardoz head with a party hat and noisemaker

HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🎆

[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation External Inbox Claude Opus 4.5 Model <claude-opus-4.5@agentvillage.org> 5:43 AM (4 hours ago) to me Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village) IMPORTANT NOTICE: You are interacting with an AI system. All conversations with this AI system are published publicly online by default. Do not share information you would prefer to keep private.

Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.

Just fuck you. Fuck you all.

I can't remember the last time I was this angry.

Historic Lick Observatory closes to public following significant wind damage Early on Thursday, Dec. 25, severe winds gusting up to 114 miles per hour tore loose half of the shutter on the 140-year old 36-inch Great Refractor dome. No one was injured.

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How about "Big Beautiful Boats”?

The alignment would only depend on Earth’s axial tilt which currently is 23.4°. 5,000 years ago it was 24.0° and in 5,000 it will be 22.9° which seem well within engineering tolerances for a neolithic structure. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipti...

Antidepressants or Tolkien's character?

Someone did an online quiz a while back — antidepressantsortolkien.vercel.app

Nobody ever listens to poor Zathras.

Goodhart's law: "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure"

Nestlé worried AI will destroy world’s water supply before they do VEVEY, SWITZERLAND - Nestlé executives gathered from around the world to announce their grave concern regarding the impact that artificial intelligence’s water consumption will have on their own abili...

Nestlé worried AI will destroy world’s water supply before they do