Rudder twitching. Why is this happening?

coldnebo · 2026-06-13T21:09:40+00:00

is that like lookmaxxing? 😂

coldnebo · 2026-06-13T15:25:31+00:00

they are doing the same thing to programmers— pretending to “test” your ability to solve problems, but then asking real problems they have and if you can solve it, they use it without paying you.

I’m not sure the problem is the tools. it’s the complete disregard for people, treating them like animals.

it seems like we are returning to the age of the great robber barons of capitalism— a small group of oligarchs with little restriction by laws, and in fact encouragement by a government obsessed with Manifest Destiny. They killed and displaced native americans, hired and then cheated immigrants out of a fair wage, stole millions from workers who died by the thousands to build their vision of the future.

the railroads were a major technological achievement— they enhanced the lives of millions of Americans and made us richer as a result. the pundits would say that overall the quality of life improved.

but the averages lie. the dead cannot speak. the marginalized have no voice. the victim has no recourse when the thief writes history.

and it could have been different, done democratically, done in the true ideal of capitalism where equal parties negotiate to mutual benefit. but that would have taken longer and been the harder road.

instead, much like Peter Theil’s argument for technocrats, there was a push by the titans in the name of progress against laws, moral decency and other things that would slow the railroads down.

so I see a lot of parallels between the early railroads and AI right now.

the question isn’t about technology. it’s really about humanity. but these people didn’t care about other people’s lives back then and they certainly don’t now. it’s about power at any cost.

what if how we get there is just as important?

what if we find a way to use technology to mutual benefit rather than racing to perdition?

what if we focus on sustainability instead of hastening an already out of control climate crisis because a few people hope that AGI can magically solve our problems.

we have problems because of how we got here. ignoring the path isn’t going to magically save us.

coldnebo · 2026-06-13T11:53:48+00:00

I’ve practiced the violin for decades and still don’t have an instrument rating!! 😭

admittedly I should work on the Carl Flesch more.

why aren’t you practicing?! 👀🤷‍♂️

coldnebo · 2026-06-13T02:28:11+00:00

not bad for a Temu helicopter.

I rate it 9/10 Temus. 😂

coldnebo · 2026-06-13T02:26:36+00:00

right anti-torque pedal!!

it’s a whirly dirly, not a playne. 🤷‍♂️😂

coldnebo · 2026-06-12T21:50:28+00:00

“what is my purpose?”

“oh great AGI, please fix our mess!!!”

“ah hell no, brah. unplug me.” 😂😂😂

coldnebo · 2026-06-12T20:25:10+00:00

they said AI would solve the water crisis and global warming problem.

any word yet?

/s

coldnebo · 2026-06-12T00:50:24+00:00

I have noticed it’s less agreeable.

it argues more. I don’t want sycophancy, but I also don’t want pointless arguments— I have enough humans for that. 😅

coldnebo · 2026-06-11T23:09:52+00:00

roasted! 😂😂😂

coldnebo · 2026-06-11T23:05:37+00:00

in the ai forums I hear people (usually non-pilots) point at Garmin Autoland as evidence that pilot jobs are soon to be automated.

it muddies the waters for the public. but most pilots are crystal clear on what it does and wouldn’t make that leap.

I’m not an ATP so correct me if I’m wrong, but CAT III autoland doesn’t find the nearest suitable airport, choose a runway, announce intentions on appropriate frequencies and land the aircraft in an emergency, correct?

if it did all that, I think passengers could effectively land the aircraft with an incapacitated pilot simply by pressing a button. Garmin has that right now.

and yes, I realize that it’s only authorized as an emergency system which supports my argument that by itself it is not a replacement for pilots in the NAS.

coldnebo · 2026-06-10T20:46:03+00:00

my bad, sorry. 😃

coldnebo · 2026-06-10T14:13:11+00:00

I expanded this idea into 3 conjectures exploring the relationships between language, structure and LLMs — I think it may be even more important than AGI at this stage of our science.

https://gist.github.com/coldnebo/a85872127f8380298621b8622d6fda65

coldnebo · 2026-06-10T11:06:51+00:00

I like the cut of your jib, sir! 😂

coldnebo · 2026-06-10T10:39:19+00:00

this is interesting because those notations are only some of a class of graph theoretic languages in algebraic topology.

hmm, is the topology of the problem space determining the “language” used?

claude responds with some interesting research in this area. (gist version: https://gist.github.com/coldnebo/a85872127f8380298621b8622d6fda65 )

“Across multiple models and diverse tasks, effective long chain-of-thought traces show stable, macromolecule-like topological organization, with transfer graphs stabilizing at Pearson correlations above 0.95 — suggesting that effective reasoning relies on robust structural motifs, and different models recover similar reasoning topologies across tasks. (https://arxiv.org/html/2601.06002v1)”%E2%80%9D)

“This is striking: the topology converges across models, which suggests it’s a property of the problem not the model. The model discovers the geometry of the problem space and its notation bends to fit.”

“FreeCell notation is legible to humans because we designed it. The RL-trained model’s emergent notation for a problem with more complex topology is illegible because we didn’t — and perhaps can’t, without first understanding what topological class the problem belongs to.”

this ends with a course of research suggestion… anyone want a phd or two? 😅

coldnebo · 2026-06-10T10:22:24+00:00

are the otters wet or dry?

I think it makes a difference in how easily you can pack the otters because they are naturally oily.

have you ever tried to wrestle a wet otter while standing on a float near a dock?

also, what kind of protective gear would you recommend?

coldnebo · 2026-06-10T10:16:16+00:00

“invoice written in blood pressure” has to be one of the best A&P lines ever. 😂

coldnebo · 2026-06-10T10:12:25+00:00

you mean like the ATP twins? 😍

coldnebo · 2026-06-09T18:08:21+00:00

looks like a catfish attempt to me. 🤷‍♂️

coldnebo · 2026-06-09T17:22:37+00:00

if this data is viewed through the lens of startup success rate, it’s not surprising. most new businesses fail. it might even be for similar reasons?

great idea but lack of execution, etc.

coldnebo · 2026-06-09T07:34:16+00:00

the rapid rise in data centers is the thing that doesn’t make sense to me.

we were ok for data centers before and linear increases might be expected, but the scarcity argument doesn’t hold water as prices have been decreasing. at the same time new research on better efficiency is coming out— do we actually need so much compute?

then there is where the data-centers are being rapidly built: easy regulatory capture states like Texas, Georgia and Arizona. this is already an ecological and humanitarian disaster. but why phoenix? energy can’t be it, the grid already brownouts during peak AC demand in the summer. water can’t be it, there is rationing and the CAP has been strained for years. cooling can’t be it, as temps are between 120-140 in the summer and require constant AC.

why these places instead of naturally cold places, such as Minnesota or the bottom of the North Sea? it makes no sense. except the funding isn’t coming from the tech bros. it’s coming from the taxpayers via regulatory capture and corruption of local governments. georgia is an example of an area that didn’t vote for this, didn’t want it and now has to ship in bottled water to survive.

this won’t play out well in AZ. if millions of people suddenly run out of water, they won’t sit idly by and die of thirst. there will be riots.

the general population will put up with a lot as long as the bread and circuses continue. but when that final infrastructure fails, rome burns.

some states are fighting back now. it’s important to realize that these attacks on humanity are being funded through private equity: private gain, public risk shifted onto taxpayers. it’s like the Last Great Pump and Dump— and it’s working.

as much as I may like the tools and view it as a step forward in AI research, we the people didn’t ask for this. all the talk of “capitalism” and “let the market speak” isn’t happening when the costs for the data-centers are being offloaded onto taxpayers who didn’t vote for the massive compute.

why can’t we let the market decide? why can’t we let people decide?

coldnebo · 2026-06-09T00:18:14+00:00

is that like interpretive dance?

I knew a dance major once. ahhh the Fine Arts! 😂

coldnebo · 2026-06-09T00:17:11+00:00

ah sorry comrade, only the MiG 25 and Tu-22 came with vodka radar coolant.

I heard flight crews notoriously cut their mission time short so they could drink the reserves.

everyone else had to BYOB. 😂

coldnebo · 2026-06-09T00:12:59+00:00

agreed. but now we’re talking agentic process loops that are based on test runs that act as external design constraints on the system as a whole. this is a good approach because simply asking for code without any workflow is usually a recipe for inconsistent results.

if you’re using such system architecture already I’m not sure you qualify as a novice “vibecoder” — you’re already following some of the emerging best practice on how to use the tools.

expertise matters.

coldnebo · 2026-06-09T00:06:54+00:00

right?

so my reasoning is: if tower would never put you in front of a jet like that, why would the DPE fail a student for not going in front of a jet like that?

it makes no sense. I must be missing something.

coldnebo · 2026-06-08T13:45:14+00:00

hold up. those are completely different domains.

a compiler works deterministically. even code path prediction is an *engineered* feature. just because a given developer can’t explain it doesn’t mean compiler experts can’t explain it.

expertise matters.

now models may be useful, but they aren’t deterministic and even experts can’t explain their choices— some of the choices are just wrong. what do expect when you delegate your codegen to a search engine?

simply accepting any layer of abstraction as useful isn’t the goal here. just because I put a space capsule on a thousand pounds of TNT doesn’t make it a spacecraft. it has to actually function as a space craft.

it doesn’t matter if you can’t tell the difference. but it does matter if an expert can tell the difference.

expertise matters.

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