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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 7h

In the spirit of copping to bad predictions: I was definitely in the "H100s are gonna depreciate like your car" camp, and boy was I wrong about that one.

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 10h

Wait, we can replace Starlink? Isn't Canada far too northern to be an efficient/attractive launch site? Or are we just looking at doing the tech development of the satellites?

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Ed @ed3d.net · 09/10/2026

New video up, because I kinda had to vent my spleen a little bit. People gotta stop going to the token casino all the time, it's just not good

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A critical part of the AI knower's toolkit

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

And they clearly know it! They've been busy buying up island compounds with armed security! Multiple of these guys have doomsday bunkers! For a bunch of guys who claim they're ushering in a new utopia they sure ain't acting like it.

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Fred, His Enemy Getting a Vote @thefred.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is correct. Do not let people practice having slaves.

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srrrse @without.boats · 08/10/2026

This thread by Terence Tao applies to all knowledge work being confronted by LLMs. The culture of knowledge production is being thrashed by the Silicon Valley cult of speed. mathstodon.xyz/@tao/1173952...

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Terence Tao (@tao@mathstodon.xyz)

In traditional mathematics (or "Math 1.0"), a breakthrough proof of a long-standing open conjecture generates a large amount of subsequent activity and excitement in the field. The authors of the pro...

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I've been talking a lot with local contractors and architects lately and it's kinda shocking how people are tossing around budgets of ~$1M like that's a totally normal thing.

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Right, there are ~no properties in-market with ADUs already. And even putting in a fairly modest one is like "lol $500K USD"

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Not just a zoning/land use thing (though it is) - I live in an ADU-friendly jurisdiction and tried very hard to do this. Construction costs have escalated to such an extreme extent that even in a friendly regime it's nigh-impossible.

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The coy "I am joking. Am I joking?" thing is a rhetorical trick that makes SV types feel like they're very clever boys while positing something controversial.

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Having known a *lot* of SV brain-poisoned types in my time, it's both: - It's a shibboleth thing: "I am LLM-pilled" - It's also deliberately vague as to if it's a joke: "look how the luddites are reacting to a simple joke"

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

To be also more LLM-contrarian: this is also why open source isn't going away, despite some proponents claiming "why use [OSS package] when your agent can roll one for you?" Getting something to ship-quality is non-trivial and still has value.

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Widespread self-rolling is just not going to be a thing. To the extent SaaSpocalypse will happen it's going to be a more competitive landscape and a greater focus on the operational aspects of SaaS vs. the exclusive-IP bits.

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This (and liability/responsibility) is the reason why SaaSpocalypse is not happening and not likely to happen.

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yep. I think the big change is how fast it is to convert the dollars. Hiring takes a long time and quality is uneven. “Hiring” a LLM takes exactly as much time as you can whip out the company card, and the expected quality is predictable.

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Like yeah, scaling overhead, losses from larger organizational drag, etc etc. But ultimately “pay more $ for payroll, get more software” is pretty reliable.

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

In all knowledge endeavors this has always been the case I think? There is not a 1:1 perfect translation of dollars to software for example but the ratio is pretty high, and was before LLMs!

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☠️𝔖𝔭𝔬𝔬𝔨𝔶 𝔎𝔯𝔦𝔰🦇 @freydalpishti.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Paul Verhoeven the most vindicated guy to ever exist.

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

So long as there are strong penalties for using the generators in a non-emergency basis (i.e., actual grid power outage) this is... not worse than the emissions from the traffic on Rte 1.

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The main thing to guard against is overuse of those generators, which would be an actual problem. The Elon-plex is running fossil fuel generators full-time as they've exceeded grid capacity.

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 24/09/2026

ME: So I can't put anything else on the scale? ANUBIS: No. Just your heart ME: No money, no good deeds? ANUBIS: No ME: What about steam points? I've got a ton of steam points ANUBIS: The point is to be lighter than the feather ME: I was just hoping to finally do something with the steam points

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Basically a zaibatsu or chaebol with one shareholder…

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

So excited about this. And hoping this is a sign of even more things to come with this administration.

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The last few days have been, uh, *busy* on here, so maybe everyone needs to take a step back. Because *I can't believe this is devolving into a thing.*

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Alrighty, I feel like I'm obligated to play the "I'm a dualie" card here. I grew up in Canada and have lived in the US for nearly 20 years. The "mass legitimacy" definition of the word *is also* used in Canada. This is all so stupid. The Canadians know exactly what is meant here. Come on people.

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is the stuff asinine internet arguments are made of. Everyone wants to play both sides of the definition of a word.

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Sure but that's also a rhetorical dodge right? Someone uses the word "mandate" to imply the informal meaning that suggests popular legitimacy. But when challenged that the popular legitimacy is extremely thin one runs back to the formal definition.

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Aren't we splitting hairs here? There is clearly a colloquial use of "mandate" that's meant here.

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Both because of their inability to hold power durably, but also because their internal domestic coalitions are fractured on the issues that matter to Canada.

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Ehhh I think Ed's right here. The mandate is very weak and has been both times, but that's also besides the point: regardless of strength of mandate, the reality is that the opposition is too weak to count on.

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The only interpretation I have is they are laboring under the notion that "Trump is spectacularly unpopular and therefore all Trump-era policy will be fully reversed", and boy I just don't know where they get that from.

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

If anything both electeds and coalition members (see: UAW) have increasingly embraced protectionism! There is a minor constituency that is still pro-free-trade but it's pretty obvious they no longer have enough juice within the coalition!

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I don't know where their mental disconnect is. "Dems are increasingly pugilistic and promising Nuremberg 2.0" - that's good! But that has nothing to do with "Dems will aggressively reverse course on tariffs and protectionism."

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I have no idea how you went from "Canada has no reason to trust the US re: free trade even under the Democrats" to "kys", and quite frankly the fact that you even somehow made that leap is deeply concerning.

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I dunno, some of the folks I talk to are very much in the "once he's out we'll fix it" camp.

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

There's just effectively no major constituency for restoring things to the way they were, so why should Canadians act like it?

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It's ridiculous the number of ostensible liberals who think that once Trump is gone things will just kinda revert to the status quo ante. No man, that era is gone - there's little support in your own party for restoring things and your elites are writing op-eds like this one.

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Spooky Key 🎃 🗝🦊✅ @keytryer.net · 16/09/2026

That's right, it goes in the JSON hole

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Man, it is a full court press - it doesn't seem like this is some hare-brained thing to grab headlines. This might actually happen?!

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Also a high seating position with high roof line which facilitates ingress and egress. Sliding doors that are more reliable when motorized and can be operated in tight environments… Cabs should be minivan-shaped. But because everything about Elon is gender…

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Woah that exists?! Haha hot damn. Sweet!

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Lack of Windows support is a bit of a bummer but survivable. It is definitely more seamless.

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I’ve been an enterprise subscriber of @1password.bsky.social for years and am starting the process to migrate to alternatives that do not openly support Nazis. I encourage others to do the same.

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The incredibly anemic shape of the Canadian tech industry bugs the heck out of me. In principle Canada is in *ideal* shape to do this (shared time zones and language with the current tech hegemon) but with advantages (saner immigration policy... until now)

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The real question is if the locations should become Sheetz or Wawa.

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

An actor so legendary he even manages to completely sell Red Alert. RIP. I hope he’s in the one place not corrupted by capitalism…

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

I interrupt your doomscrolling to bring you good news from .... New Jersey! 🌞 You can now make eggplant parmesan using Sicilian eggplants grown underneath solar panels. 🍆 People said finicky "specialty crops" weren't compatible with partial shade from solar arrays.🌱 Ya kiddin me? Bada bing! 🍕

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Second year of specialty crops research in full swing at RAREC – Rutgers Agrivoltaics Program

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I agree that the *platonic ideal* theater experience beats the TV at home... but also that the median theater experience is very far from it.

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potatolicious @potatolicious.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

These measures *won't* be reversed not because Dems are running scared of the electorate and swing districts, but because their own policy apparatus is no longer uniformly aligned around free trade.

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