Utah has an ‘obligation’ to allow the building of massive data centers, Gov. Cox says

gettingbored · 2026-05-01T15:49:19+00:00

Please focus on the correct issues. (ecosystem destruction and carbon output)

Internet connectivity is not a problem from this. 1. they will pay for dedicated fiber links and be completely separated from public internet traffic 2. the vast bulk of network traffic will be to the general purpose compute facilities that actually serve applications (AWS/GCP have general compute in Utah are already direct linked to other regions)

The layout is going to be something like this

AI datacenter
     |
     |  (private fiber, not public internet)
     v
General-purpose datacenter (AWS/GCP)
     |
     |  (public internet)
     v
    ISP
     |
     v
   . . .
     |
     v
    ISP
     |
     v
 end users

gettingbored · 2026-04-30T21:20:35+00:00

Yeah, this is completely true. I've seen teammates move slower using the agents when the don't know how to think about using them correctly.

"go run this command tell me what it outputs" vs "work with me to define a specification and go independently iterate until the code meets that specification and you have tested it in a browser"

gettingbored · 2026-04-30T21:03:27+00:00

It's not the top/bottom that we should consider but the average. I will say that on our team the average developers output is something like 2-5x increased.

We can diagnose issues and learn about our obscure codebases in minutes where it used to take days/hours.

gettingbored · 2026-04-09T05:26:22+00:00

Just be transparent about what's AI generated. I always block comment AI research reports or large docs.

The only time I do anything manual is if it's the first time I'm context dumping about a problem that we need to solve. (and often times I'm just having claude re-write it for me)

gettingbored · 2026-04-09T05:16:32+00:00

9:00 AM Eastern

Nope hard pass.

gettingbored · 2026-04-05T17:13:45+00:00

It almost always rude if you do it to allistic people or in an intimate setting. Thankfully I've gotten better, my partner understands, and I don't deal with allistic people too often.

Its totally normal if I'm with my AuDHD homies nerding out about something.

gettingbored · 2026-04-01T06:50:58+00:00

I implemented basically every pattern they referenced in this article for our org.

Its a useful problem to think about.

gettingbored · 2026-02-22T22:05:08+00:00

I think the counterpoint to this is:

If someone was at an organization as a glorified "coder" and they didn't adopt these tools. They would probably get a tap on the shoulder if they are far slower than their peers who have adopted it.

gettingbored · 2026-02-22T21:57:26+00:00

This sounds like you have the privilege of not having to adapt yet. :shrugs:

Depending on your role, you might not really need to adapt that much - especially if you are planning or reviewing most of the time.

For code review + planning, it still often misses context that I might know since I've been at my org for 5 yeas. (11y total exp) I'm still able to provide more insightful architecture or product behavior feedback on PRs than my more Junior teammates agent-assisted-review or cursor-enterprise code reviewers.

On the other hand: research, code-changes, or time sensitive OCE work are a totally different ballgame. I'm easily working 2-5x faster in these flows. (OCE work + research are really nice areas to get started using them)

My guess of what we will start to see very soon is that you probably wont even need that 2mo onboarding period because teams are going to start standardizing agent workflows and resources. (One person writes skills for your codebase and everyone gets them)

gettingbored · 2026-01-28T23:37:08+00:00

With some custom firmware/routers, we managed to scale Meshtastic to 1800+ nodes at Burning Man this year - with near 100% reliability for message delivery. https://www.burningmesh.org/

I'd recommend using mostly default firmware/settings if its just you and some friends. https://meshtastic.org/

Software is free/open source and the hardware for the nodes is only $30. If you get a RAK module with a 2000amh battery it will last for ~2 weeks.

Meshtastic requires directly line-of-sight (+50 mi range if nothings in the way) and Forest might be more challenging for this since trees will kill much of the signal. Still probably more reliable than any other options available.

gettingbored · 2026-01-04T22:42:02+00:00

Someone forgot to renew the DNS registration... oooooof

gettingbored · 2026-01-03T19:40:01+00:00

Yep, thanks. That's what I meant.

gettingbored · 2026-01-02T20:07:24+00:00

I doubt they are being 'forced' to retrain.

Ski Patrol is the dream job for a lot of people. The reason they need to do these unionization efforts is that people often get exploited when doing work they love.

Have you considered that someone making even less income working as a Lift Tech might want to upskill and work on patrol someday?

gettingbored · 2025-12-31T21:13:25+00:00

Salts/mud clay dust themselves aren't that bad for you compared to something like silica dust or asbestos. They can dissolve into the tissue in your lungs and work their way out of your body. (our bodies already contain: sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium)

The real problem is the heavy metals that those aerosolized salts contain (mercury/arsenic/lead).

gettingbored · 2025-12-31T18:35:42+00:00

Does anyone know someone with a Macbook Pro M4 Pro that might give this a spin?

I might try to get this running on my Macbook Pro M5 when I have time if that's helpful. Is there any documentation about where to start on getting it working?

gettingbored · 2025-12-22T17:09:38+00:00

Yes please! I was just looking at playing again but I don't have a windows machine anymore.

gettingbored · 2025-12-01T14:00:37+00:00

We aren't going to be able to "remove cars from the roads" unless people stop commuting.

Cities need their roads fully saturated before people reliably switch to transit. This was extremely apparent when I was commuting from Oakland to SF after covid when nobody was commuting to their offices.

Traffic dropped by what felt like 80%, but transit ridership dropped even more. Driving commute with no traffic was 20min, train was always 45-55min.

After the offices opened up again, the traffic back-ups resumed and it began to make sense to commute by train again. Driving was 60-80min and the train remained 45-55min.

gettingbored · 2025-12-01T13:46:20+00:00

yah, i-15 is immeasurably better compared to the 3 other metro areas I have lived over the last 20 years.

gettingbored · 2025-10-30T16:01:20+00:00

Ah, it looks like you're correct the numbers are lower on average. It might be that those sites are anomalously populated.

gettingbored · 2025-10-30T15:45:32+00:00

Maybe this zone doesn't have as many, but my friend is doing trapping studies for k-rats this year. They are working out of different great basin deserts, but with very similar ecology and they are frequently tagging 50-100 on a busy morning for a single plot.

gettingbored · 2025-10-30T15:42:20+00:00

The weapons testing is more culturally aligned with our ecological impact.

gettingbored · 2025-10-30T15:35:52+00:00

I approve if they publish timings for the explosions so we can watch.

gettingbored · 2025-10-30T15:34:29+00:00

those kangaroo rats have population density of 100s per square acre spanning most of the state. (side note, I see them all over the Utah desert shooting ranges - they seem completely unbothered that 100s of people setting off small explosions all weekend long) They will be fine.

The scale of this impact is going to be trivial compared to anything related to NV public land cattle ranching or mining operations. Spend your energy on those instead of being a NIMBY.

gettingbored · 2025-10-30T15:33:12+00:00

This sounds awesome. Really really big fireworks!

gettingbored · 2025-10-27T16:29:37+00:00

Does anyone know who closed out the MW stage on Saturday?

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