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Surbhisoon's Endless Wait

I'm at the point where the biggest bottleneck to my productivity is how long it takes for the cursor to get to the part of a long command line that I need to edit when I hold down the arrow key...

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ALT: Surbhisoon's Endless Wait

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Wait, how did @theonion interview @tornatrix.bsky.social without me knowing about it? 😜

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Yep, I struggle with this, too.

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Thats Not How It Works Disagree

Gahh.... I'm so far behind on *everything*!!! Again!!! So I'm going to whine about it on social media because that definitely helps!

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ALT: Thats Not How It Works Disagree

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Congrats Vanna! Well deserved!

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Can you elaborate? Again I feel like I’m missing something in this conversation…

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I am not sure I understand. “Motionless” in what context? I feel I’m missing something.

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Brian Matilla @bxmatilla.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Indeed. “Forecasting where weather systems are headed rather than simply assessing where they are” is literally the job of the NWS, and they are exceedingly good at it.

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Hurricane Polo's rapid intensification is seriously impressive... A special 19Z update was issued by the NHC stating that reconnaissance aircraft found that Polo's central pressure is sitting at 892 mb, the 2nd strongest EPAC hurricane by pressure only behind Hurricane Patricia (2015; 872 mb).

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Sigh… “its existence”, not “it’s”. DYAC.

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This is a widespread problem, and not just in the tech sector. People with success and expertise in one area assuming that makes them experts in another, if they are even aware of it’s existence to begin with. We need to encourage a more well-rounded education in higher ed, along with humility.

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Some other great games over the years that hold defining places in my psyche for various reasons: Space Harrier, Sonic 1, Starflight (Genesis version), Super Mario 3, Star Control II, Shining Force 2, Zelda 3, Myst, Riven, Sim Earth, Half-Life, Diablo 2, Oblivion, WoW, Kerbal Space Program…

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Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap - Wikipedia

Wonder Boy III: The Dragon’s Trap for the orig Sega Master System was the first I recall that captured my imagination in ways that very few other games have been able to match. My aunt gifted it to me when I was -9, and I still remember the first time I played it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_...

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Dan Dawson @meteodan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I can all but guarantee you the NWS would rather not have to do this, but they are a federal agency and have little choice in the matter. Boycotting them will accomplish nothing. The career forecasters in the NWS are the best in the world and deserve our support until we can move past this nonsense.

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Jaime Herriott @wxjaime.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Exciting news! Our manuscript, "ZDR Column Behavior in Real and Simulated X-band Radar Observations of Potentially Tornadic Storms" based on my Master's research with @tornatrix.bsky.social is now published in the Electronic Journal of Severe Storms Meteorology. ejssm.com/ojs/index.ph...

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View of Vol. 21 No. 3 (2026)

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Dan Dawson @meteodan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

At first I thought that “Rapid Response 47” must just be one of a horde of MAGA troll accounts. Then I learned it was an official WH account. Then I realized that my first assessment was no less accurate…

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Dan Dawson @meteodan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

In any case, I totally agree that AI agents do not have a will of their own or personalities. What they do, they do because they have been trained on human communications. But they don't need to have these qualities to be dangerous in proportion to their capability, if not handled carefully.

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Dan Dawson @meteodan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I speak here from experience using several generations of AI agents for coding. Of course it makes mistakes and has flaws. Of course you should check it. It is still the case that the accuracy and capability of these models has improved by leaps and bounds, certainly faster than I imagined.

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The N-S millenium problem is not something that can be solved by a mere regurgitating souped-up Google bot. This doesn’t mean that Skynet is imminent and we are all going to die, but it does mean that things are accelerating in ways both exciting and concerning. This cannot be dismissed so easily.

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This is just not true. If you’ve actually been using them for anything other than as a search engine replacement, you would see just how dramatically they have improved in their capabilities for complex tasks, especially coding. Just in the last few months, let alone years…

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It has helped me make progress on some projects that—until now—I only ever could dream I would be able to make the time for even starting. Used appropriately, I firmly believe they can be a huge boon to the day-to-day work of science. But, with great power comes great responsibility.

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