Notes

I find it worrying how often Github Copilot offers to complete my Rust database access code using .execute(), which is a method on the very popular sqlx crate, which I am not using. It feels like I’m constantly being judged by a dumb popular kid for making a less popular choice (in my current case, cornucopia).

Our LLM friends could really regress us to the mean more subtly than media consolidation already does.

My biggest fear with AI is that we’ve reached a plateau. If we’re stuck with “smart enough to bullshit” but spend a decade struggling to actually automate meaningful solutions, I fear for human culture.

This feels like a glimpse of the future: coding by writing examples that are treated like unit tests: https://austinhenley.com/blog/mirrorlang.html

Germany, of all nations, should be keenly aware of the dangers of forgetting state attrocities. So it’s especially upsetting to see Berlin supporting Japan’s effort to censor history and remove memory of the ianfu. https://www.theleftberlin.com/berlin-mayor-insists-on-removing-statue-for-victims-of-sexual-slavery/

I’m old enough to remember when voting for local offices required researching the candidates because you couldn’t count on whether the Democrat or the Republican was the batshit crazy one.

I’m very tempted to approach the creators of inTouch and ask how much it would cost to influence “parents” to vote or subscribe to crypto schemes.