andy s 🇨🇦

since I seem to occasionally post things that other people see I figure I should write a pinned post. I'm a 40-something professional nerd who has Thoughts on things, some better than others. I live in Calgary, Alberta with my wife and two cats, but I'm originally from the UK.

it's alive!

WHO INVENTED NUMBERS MOTHERFUCKER??!?

I've been meaning to get around to posting the full details, so what the hell - why not get it out while it's still Vuln Week: Anthropic's mech interp driven security model is built on a fundamentally incorrect assumptions. Let's dive in, starting with this paper: www.anthropic.com/research/nex...

also it‘s important to me that you all see the picture I have set for that list

It's not just advertising: if I use AI assistance, I'd rather disclose than not, because I want people to be aware that it was not entirely my own work, even if I have checked it over myself. People have a right to know whether they're interacting with an unassisted human, a centaur, or a machine.

good fucking lord. "less impressed by self-awareness" buddy I think you need to look in the mirror.

Wait, wait, hold up a second. I just found out that lemons are not a natural fruit but a deliberately cultivated hybrid between citron and a bitter orange. Guys! Life didn't give us lemons we made them ourselves!

this is "solar panels steal sunlight" levels of ignorance, like what the fuck

"municipal leaders don't care about our thoughts" *municipal leaders ask the public for their thoughts, get yelled at* sigh.

Calgary, what are your views on large AI data centres? In the coming weeks, City Council will begin discussing rules for future large-scale data centre applications. I'd like to hear your thoughts on the opportunities, concerns and what we should consider as we move forward.

Elections Alberta is providing an update on the referendum unofficial count and delays in reporting. Read more: https://ow.ly/fUqr5100MaK

while you port and emulate games, I ported Jira to my PSP

how all of these conversations would actually go

Had this idea in lockdown, half-built it, forgot about it, remembered it again, though might as well finish it.

the people in the comments would have a breakdown if they lost Internet access for 5 minutes.

web developer: oh hey you guys are back early infra: four's haunted web developer: what? infra: *loading a pistol and getting back on the computer* four's haunted

as someone who in a previous life had reasons to use BGAN terminals, Starlink is massively useful. it's dead to me as an option if I was in that situation again.

not only was the referendum stupid, I'm annoyed that I had to waste my time indicating it was stupid with my votes.

saying hello to our son _and_ seeing the separatists get their asses handed to them? today was a good day.

back at what feels like a second home! hopefully this time for the last time.

if you think "SRE" means "pager bitch", just fucking say it with your chest, rather than dodging around like this.

"next time around" fuck off you grifting twat.

'Pete Hoekstra, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, suggested the actions of several Canadian politicians could amount to “political interference” in close races ahead of the U.S. midterm elections in November.' may I suggest Hoekstra fucks off. www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps...

absolutely bat-shit insane brain-cooking going on. folks, I'm begging you to realise that datacentres have been a thing longer than most of us have been alive, and that they host many things including critical infrastructure. if you fuck with them, you WILL get a free ticket to "find out".

Yes, because a lot of “leftists” are kids from right wing households, who realized they held a left-coded core position (usually lgbtq rights), but have never rethought any of what Fox News told them about liberals.

I don't particularly give a shit about robots - they're robots - but I think doing this kind of thing says more about you than you might realise.

There's 2 psychological benchmarks I'm hoping we can hit for the remain in Canada option in AB: 1. 70% for remain 2. Remain wins every provincial riding The first one seems pretty plausible. Not sure how likely the 2nd one is, but a full map of remain would be symbolically valuable.

“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books

Man who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon