…Coders who were, in fact, working slower w/ "AI"? *Reported Thinking They Were Working Faster*. …I mean just holy shit. If these results hold (& I mean multiple cohorts, controls, peer-review, &c), then *all* the self-reported gains in workflow productivity/efficiency are *At Least* questionable…

…Let me say that again: Expert coders using "generative AI" demonstrated a nearly 20% *increase* in their time, vs when writing code on their own; oh, and those increases are *worse* on the tasks with which they have more familiarity. But that's not even the crucial part; this is the crucial part:…

finally some normal fucking people on reddit

Fermi was quite a character, and looms over 20th century physics. If you're interested, I can recommend David N. Schwartz's excellent biography, "The Last Man Who Knew Everything." (16/n)

... exactly as it should be done.

This is Radley. He's being accused of stealing a bag of bagels. That's ridiculous. He was just keeping this one warm for you. 13/10 please show some appreciation (TT: carrie.pietz)

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Subtly downgrade a band: Tin Zeppelin

If you think Tylenol is bad for children’s health what until you see what guns do.

My daughter is a trans woman. Here is a comprehensive list of people and institutions she's harming by identifying as a different gender than she did as a child:

Doctors I trust more than RFK Jr.

The hard part happens ~after you write the sentence. When you read it back and realize you've just committed to an idea, and damn it but you've got to actually believe it. 2/7

Noise cancelling headphones are great for flying but you could make a mint by with a seat-kicking child cancelling technology.

Really, Google Gemini can do everything? Then let's see it fuck off

Q: What country isn't in North America or South America? A: The Neitherlands.

Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Come see the Database Tools team at Oracle Cloud/DB World

Quick rundown for non-US academics of whether you're likely to be eligible for the Anthropic payout: 1. you have works published in or before 2022 2. which are registered for US copyright (most likely if you had a US publisher, not otherwise): check here publicrecords.copyright.gov 1/2

Dear #Oracle friends, Anthropic stole my book. A quick search shows books by friends and colleagues were also stolen. If you're an author, yours was probably pirated, too.

Slightly diminish a book Moderate Expectations

Slightly diminish a book The Hunchback of Notre Dame University

This wiring diagram turns the lights on the nearest fire and paramedic units.

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars. OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

Watched about 30 seconds of a SpaceX launch explosion before realizing it was a video of a Ukrainian drone strike on Russian oil infrastructure.

One easy way to tell seals apart from sealions is that the latter have a different number of electrons

Unintended consequences in 3... 2... 1...

Robot meets bollard. Nothing beats the #WorldBollardAssociation

Two very different types of #jellyfish. First, an extremely limey neon green specimen - unsure, but likely #Cunina sp., and then a wacky #Zancleopsis grandis, recognizable by its “two long, two short” layout of its tentacles. #medusae #nematocysts #blackwater #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug

Ark of the Covenant, newly reduced for quick sale.

The Premier League Goal of the Year contest may be over on week 1. Gonna be hard to top Richarlison's contribution for Tottenham.

Slightly diminish a band: Black Rebel Bicycle Club

Slightly diminish a band: The Whom.

Tell me you lack a moral compass without saying that you lack a moral compass.

AI takes input, grinds it into vectors, and outputs sausage. Some input is good, real meat and seasoning that adds flavor. But it also contains scraps that "fill out" the resulting product. Which is how you get things like this. Laughable, but a revealing look at how AI works. 🧵

Engineering is the intersection of Curiosity and Capability When your curiosity outstrips your capability, you expand your capability and grow When your capability expands, it allows you to see farther and grows your curiosity Don't allow your tools take away both your Curiosity and Capability

rich people after moving to Austin:

Mister Rogers never misses

Man, 80s computer books made even non-relational databases look fun. (Source.)

New Marvel backstory dropped

In hard times past, you could sell your soul and pocket enough to survive, but the way this administration gives theirs away, the Devil's stopped buying.

You can be anything you want if you work hard enough. Want proof? Neil Young is a rock-n-roll star.

serial killers are just failed tech billionaires who didnt make enough dough for their murders to be deemed disruptions prove me wrong

My neighbor waited until 4AM to start trimming his trees with a chainsaw. Respect.

Good Morning Blue Sky: Meet the Roseate Spoonbill, one of nature's most delicate illusions. At first glance, many mistake her for a flamingo. But not! Her spoon-shaped bill isn't just elegant-it's engineered. As she sweeps it side to side in the shallows, it snaps shut the moment it touches prey.

If you shop with Backcountry.com, be aware that they've started automatically adding "Seel Worry-Free Delivery" to orders. You'll need to remove it from your cart before payment. (Better yet, stop shopping at Backcountry, recently bought by CSC Generation.)

Wife: can you call the sitter and ask if she’s available this weekend? Me *calls sitter*: I want you to have my babies Wife: give me the phone

A box is just a three-dimensional envelope.

Lance Stroller out in Q1? Shocking, I say. Unbelievable.

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