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So it seems like it wouldn't need to store every possible combination. It would just need to store the combinations between 0-9 and then store the algorithm for multi-digit numbers similar to how humans do it "add the ones, add the tens, add the hundreds, etc. Same for multiplication

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Insert XKCD "real programmers use...."

Writing code with just a shell using cat is like a whole vibe

They didn't let you on when the machine was broken? That absurd all the busses let you board when the readers are down (which is most of the time tbh)

Reminds me of when the HVAC guys came out earlier this year and asked when the last time we had it serviced and I was like "had it what...?"

There are definitely times I question if I'm doing this adult thing right. Like when the dryer vent cleaning guy is visibly disappointed and shaking his head at the state of our dryer

Reminds me of the current Atlanta Mayor!

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Wesley Cook ⚡🚲 @wesley.theatl.social · 26/09/2026

In her defense she did say she supports statewide transit funding www.11alive.com/article/news...

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Forgot the part where I slurp loudly on every sip

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Wesley Cook ⚡🚲 @wesley.theatl.social · 26/09/2026

There are levels to coffee bsky.app/profile/wesl...

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Wesley Cook ⚡🚲 @wesley.theatl.social · 25/09/2026

In a job interview: "sorry, excuse me just a moment" Pull out a gooseneck kettle from my backpack, plug it in, get out my scale and start weighing beans. "Oh how rude of me, would you like some too? No?" Start cranking my hand grinder *krshhkrshkrsh* Begin pour over "So anyway where were we?"

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Wesley Cook ⚡🚲 @wesley.theatl.social · 25/09/2026

This is seriously the best thing that's happened to me all week.

Yeah honestly it was a weird and slightly uncomfortable ride winding through random narrow streets in Kirkwood to pick up that many people lol

I also have to imagine that the cost per passenger is relatively high (another one of the talking points) since capacity is so limited. The most people I've seen on a single ride is 4 passengers, but typically I'm the only one.

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Compared to a bus though the capacity is limited. During peak commuting times in Kirkwood I sometimes get a message saying it's already at capacity and it won't let me schedule a trip. If 5-10 extra people ride the bus one morning that just gets absorbed easily.

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Yup, it can be great with connecting people to regular fixed route bus or train service or allowing for local trips to get groceries, etc. I've even seen people picking up their kids from Toomer on MARTA Reach

And given the length of the beltline it's unreasonable to expect people to walk from e.g. the Southside to Ponce City market for work. Biking is also not feasible for many. Transit is more essential to truly connect the beltline together than just having pavement for people to walk/bike on.

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The beltline is already crowded with people and any useful transit will need to be able to scale up to meet the demand. Light rail can move many times more people at once compared to shuttles or stupid autonomous "pods" or whatever

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OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

So we actually have this, and it's called MARTA Reach. I ride MARTA Reach semi-often and it's a good service, but I've also used it enough to know it doesn't scale well. With regular fixed route service if 25 people all decide to ride at the same time that's fine. With shuttle service it buckles

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Just days after a Tesla drove down the Pacific Beach boardwalk, on the other side of PB a woman drives at me on the Rose Creek Bikeway. @joelacavad1.bsky.social our bike and walking trails need to be protected by steel bollards.

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Wesley Cook ⚡🚲 @wesley.theatl.social · 21/09/2026

Even senior engineers need to be engaged in their work to keep their skills up to date. Part of being a software engineer is learning new things constantly.

The model is whatever model chatgpt uses for free when you're not logged in

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Sorry I thought that would share the whole thread I don't use these much in my personal time when I'm not at work. This is the prompt: "Two ferrymen and three boats are on the left bank of a river. Each boat holds exactly one man. How can they get both men and all three boats to the right bank?"

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And yet the underlying tech is the same. Posing back the same question it responded with a year ago still seems to yield a similarly nonsensical response (the problem as stated is impossible): chatgpt.com/s/t_6aaff9d5... Because it's not actually grounded in any real understanding of 3d-space

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But even if they've "improved", the technology is still the same. They don't have an actual understanding of the underlying principles And that doesn't mean that they aren't useful, but it probably doesn't make sense to compare what they do to the human concept of understanding or reasoning

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Yeah and that was also from a year ago so the models have probably improved since then. I pulled that from a thread with a lot of examples of these kinds of responses though. You also have to factor in a bit of randomness. You can ask the same question multiple times and get different responses

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Coherence over time on ChessBench

Here's an entire website dedicated to measuring how LLMs perform at chess. "Coherence" is supposed to measure how often they play legal chess moves. Note that no model produces legal moves 100% of the time. Albeit I'll concede some of them are getting pretty close chessbench.ai/timeline/coh...

chessbench.ai

Every ChessBench model's Coherence plotted against its release date.

This is chatgpt answering a question about the two-ferrymen logic puzzle: chatgpt.com/share/68813f... Look at how the example solution doesn't actually make sense unless the ferrymen have access to teleportation:

“Two ferrymen and three boats are on the left bank of a river. Each boat holds exactly one man. How can they get both men and all three boats to the right bank?”

The solution has many iterations of boats going back and forth but would require one of the ferryman to have teleportation to return to the left bank of the river. The problem is also stated incorrectly since it says the boats can only carry one ferryman

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It's been a long documented thing with the models often make illegal chess moves and aren't able to play effectively. Given it wouldn't surprise me if they've built that into the harness by now or trained on chess specifically to improve that

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Wesley Cook ⚡🚲 @wesley.theatl.social · 19/09/2026

You could just as easily pull out dozens of examples of LLMs demonstrating they do not understand. Ask Claude to play a game of chess for instance. You can also take common logic problems with novel twists and they will often apply logic incorrectly to solve it. Things that a human would never do

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Thanks, I appreciate the info. Using it to read library books is something I was going to use it for, but probably isn't my main use case. Good to keep in mind!

Wesley Cook ⚡🚲 @wesley.theatl.social · 19/09/2026

How do you like the kobo? I've thought about getting one at various points

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Wesley Cook ⚡🚲 @wesley.theatl.social · 19/09/2026

Bro have you checked on Man Utd lately? Speaking of on the slide... 😞

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Anand @calmerfuture.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The global cost of automobility Automobility is one of the most powerful forces shaping modern societies, economies, and environments While motorists often underestimate the true private costs of car ownership, the social costs are diffuse and largely hidden, distributed across entire populations.

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Olraca @olraca.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Props to this hero.

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Wesley Cook ⚡🚲 @wesley.theatl.social · 09/09/2026

Its a learning curve but you can mostly maintain the seasoning with just regular cooking. I rarely do the whole smoke the kitchen thing I recommend using more oil than you're used to when cooking on "nonstick" pans but by using it you'll get a good seasoning on it