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Cake day: July 2nd, 2023

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  • “1kW within 1hr” isn’t power. That’s energy.

    “nice steady energy”? You mean nice steady power, right?

    “The second is like hell hole, tons of energy but still only a little bit of power.” No. They are both precisely the same energy.

    “So if you toasted a toast, that was a lot of power delivered quickly.” No. That is a lot of energy delivered quickly.

    I typically wouldn’t be pedantic about this, except that this is precisely the point the video is making. These two unit types are often confused.
















  • My iteration cycles programming are much faster. It can simply generate code faster than me, and it isn’t even close. Then I just have to evaluate and verify before starting the next OODA loop. I’ve been in this business for a long time and these language models have improved my speed. They also distill things that seem complex sometimes because I can’t break a mindset.

    I consider myself a bit of a Luddite but there is no denying how they help me, all the negatives they bring along be damned. I’d love for most technology to wink out of existence, but I won’t deny its utility.