Jeremy

has anyone ever managed to use an entire tube of superglue? is it possible, in our universe, to use it, put the cap back on, and have it be reusable for the foreseeable future without it completely drying in the applicator? #superglue #glue #plannedobsolescence #storyofstuff

I hope Americans are prepared for a very violent future. If we do not do something about this President and his threats/actions then we will not have peace. Globally we will be ostracized even after he is long gone. I don’t think people realize how bad this is.

Quantization can make an LLM 4x smaller and 2x faster, with barely any quality loss. But what *is* it? @samwho.dev crafted a beautiful interactive essay explaining it from first principles, aimed at coders, not mathematicians. ngrok.com/blog/quantiz...

NEW: They Didn’t Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth. Two Florida women had to attend virtual court hearings while in labor to argue for their right to choose their own medical care. By @amyyurkanin.bsky.social

So the outcry which got him to delete the post came... Now? Now is when enough people got it? This is how far it had to go? And why this particular instance? A video where black people are the apes is the only thing in the past 10 years which triggered the "Ok, now this really _is_ racism" alarm?

Never seen the heat tint in my pan so beautifully arranged in concentric circles #heattint #concentriccircles #rainbows

Taking a page from @amirtalai.bsky.social 's book: I looove it when a scientist gets interviewed on a podcast and completely cannot contain how nerdy they are, even outside of their domain of expertise.

Good news: the fires are 100% contained! Perimeters have been established! Bad news: this means less attention to the fact that fires are *still burning* and incarcerated firefighters are still getting paid pennies to fight them. So if you haven't yet, make a donation and I'll thank you on video!

NEW: The same political leaders who enacted abortion bans oversee the state committees that review maternal deaths. These committees haven’t tracked the laws’ impacts, and most haven’t finished examining cases from the year the bans went into effect. propub.li/4fF71QR

I've completed "Hoof It" - Day 10 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/10 Started with lists, required some change, i thought I'd be slick with a linked list, but... caching to the rescue: github.com/jhou/advent_...

Good morning to everyone who believes audiobooks count as reading 📚 ☕️

I just completed "Guard Gallivant" - Day 6 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/6 Takes way longer to run than expected, even after significant optimizations. github.com/jhou/advent_...

I've completed "Print Queue" - Day 5 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/5 My Solution (at least part of it): While (it's not right): fix it github.com/jhou/advent_...

Completed "Ceres Search" - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/4 So begins the saga of doing grid arithmetic, and meticulously getting all the +/-1 up/down, zero to the right, etc. in place with no errors 😅. Off by 1? Welcome to the club. github.com/jhou/advent_...

Rage Against The Machine Denial Against The Machine Bargaining Against The Machine Depression Against The Machine Acceptance Against The Machine - The Kübler De La Rocha Model

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