Steve, solarpunk accelerationist
@baer.systems
bit rotator by trade. pro-intelligence, anti-fascism. head of engineering @ day job. opinions my own.
Pinned
Shit’s fucked, but at least I’m contributing to shareholder value.
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Bigotry for the L
A Stunning Rebuke Of Anti-Trans Politics: Republicans Spent $200 Million Attacking Trans People And Lost Everything
How anti-trans ads brought Republican to their ruin in 2026.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 4, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Bigotry for the L
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WAIT HOLY SHIT WE CAN KILL THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
PA: 19
Wi: 10
AZ: 11
MI: 15
That’s 55 electoral votes. 48 needed to ratify the NPVIC!
www.nationalpopularvote.com/state-status
PA: 19
Wi: 10
AZ: 11
MI: 15
That’s 55 electoral votes. 48 needed to ratify the NPVIC!
www.nationalpopularvote.com/state-status
November 4, 2026 at 6:23 AM
WAIT HOLY SHIT WE CAN KILL THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
PA: 19
Wi: 10
AZ: 11
MI: 15
That’s 55 electoral votes. 48 needed to ratify the NPVIC!
www.nationalpopularvote.com/state-status
PA: 19
Wi: 10
AZ: 11
MI: 15
That’s 55 electoral votes. 48 needed to ratify the NPVIC!
www.nationalpopularvote.com/state-status
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RETRIBUTION NOT RECONCILIATION
November 4, 2026 at 3:51 AM
RETRIBUTION NOT RECONCILIATION
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Yeah, fuck it - I’m libbing out - youtu.be/wQd4JdFP0d0?...
Andor: Nemik's Manifesto
YouTube video by SWFT
youtu.be
November 4, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Yeah, fuck it - I’m libbing out - youtu.be/wQd4JdFP0d0?...
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People getting angry at lib patriotism again, because, as we know, the only way to fix a country is to intensely despise it
November 3, 2026 at 10:04 PM
People getting angry at lib patriotism again, because, as we know, the only way to fix a country is to intensely despise it
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the antidote to Anakin-posting is obvious:
November 3, 2026 at 2:33 PM
the antidote to Anakin-posting is obvious:
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When you think about the Labs' weird approach to software releases (sudden changes, bad communication), it is worth remembering that a core belief is that these products are a temporary thing they have to do to raise money for a couple years until "true" AGI makes all products obsolete.
November 2, 2026 at 3:57 PM
When you think about the Labs' weird approach to software releases (sudden changes, bad communication), it is worth remembering that a core belief is that these products are a temporary thing they have to do to raise money for a couple years until "true" AGI makes all products obsolete.
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Local LLMs are like democracy and hosted LLMs are like central planning
Here’s an opinion that’s going to make everybody mad: local LLMs are like cars and hosted LLMs are like trains
Altman is right that local inference is inefficient. The thing is there are reasons other than efficiency for local inference. Seeing a lot of nonsensical blabbering from both sides of the fence on this one.
November 1, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Local LLMs are like democracy and hosted LLMs are like central planning
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I don't really want OpenAI and Anthropic to own all the compute. I think that's a bad equilibrium.
I also think it's comically stupid for large groups of people to run giant servers at home -- power, transmission.
Gains to scale are real.
I also think it's comically stupid for large groups of people to run giant servers at home -- power, transmission.
Gains to scale are real.
October 31, 2026 at 8:05 PM
I don't really want OpenAI and Anthropic to own all the compute. I think that's a bad equilibrium.
I also think it's comically stupid for large groups of people to run giant servers at home -- power, transmission.
Gains to scale are real.
I also think it's comically stupid for large groups of people to run giant servers at home -- power, transmission.
Gains to scale are real.
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Unironically an iPhone Mono would fuck
October 31, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Unironically an iPhone Mono would fuck
An engineer in my network that I (too) briefly had the pleasure of working with put this cozy bonsai together. I feel like my corner of the Atmosphere might appreciate/enjoy it?
www.pocketbonsai.com
www.pocketbonsai.com
Bonsai
Grow a bonsai for a lifetime. Prune, wire and care for it, and see what it is worth.
www.pocketbonsai.com
October 30, 2026 at 6:56 PM
An engineer in my network that I (too) briefly had the pleasure of working with put this cozy bonsai together. I feel like my corner of the Atmosphere might appreciate/enjoy it?
www.pocketbonsai.com
www.pocketbonsai.com
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I'm reminded of parallels to events in the evangelical religious community.
October 25, 2026 at 8:53 PM
I'm reminded of parallels to events in the evangelical religious community.
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There's a good book about this in general: Complexity by M Mitchell Waldrop
All code is part of a random Cambrian explosion of complexity, and the outcomes we've experienced so far are just one way of doing things. Don't over index on what's come before or you'll be stuck with local maximums
All code is part of a random Cambrian explosion of complexity, and the outcomes we've experienced so far are just one way of doing things. Don't over index on what's come before or you'll be stuck with local maximums
It just bounced around like a Brownian state machine seeking a lower energy state. Every call checked random predicates on self before (usually) handing off to another method. Obvious "bugs" were load bearing parts of the control flow, since it expected to first process the data incorrectly.
October 25, 2026 at 2:47 PM
There's a good book about this in general: Complexity by M Mitchell Waldrop
All code is part of a random Cambrian explosion of complexity, and the outcomes we've experienced so far are just one way of doing things. Don't over index on what's come before or you'll be stuck with local maximums
All code is part of a random Cambrian explosion of complexity, and the outcomes we've experienced so far are just one way of doing things. Don't over index on what's come before or you'll be stuck with local maximums
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TLDR on the kimi k3.1 pro benchmarks (just released) is that it looks like they figured out their RL, where the initial release was a very impressive base model with lighter post-training. China is very much keeping pace with capability gains.
October 23, 2026 at 5:24 PM
TLDR on the kimi k3.1 pro benchmarks (just released) is that it looks like they figured out their RL, where the initial release was a very impressive base model with lighter post-training. China is very much keeping pace with capability gains.
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tailscale privilege escalation c84d461603a2b48023606149b6808e3dfc0733abc6cc38d4b52e0618c3851a2d
October 23, 2026 at 2:49 PM
tailscale privilege escalation c84d461603a2b48023606149b6808e3dfc0733abc6cc38d4b52e0618c3851a2d
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It's not that there's no moats anymore, it's that suddenly there's bridges *everywhere.*
2026 be like "there's no moat" when there really are moats everywhere for those with the eyes to see
October 21, 2026 at 12:37 PM
It's not that there's no moats anymore, it's that suddenly there's bridges *everywhere.*
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BREAKING: The PHP programming language was found to be written in C. Sources recommend never using the internet again. More to follow at 12
October 21, 2026 at 9:12 AM
BREAKING: The PHP programming language was found to be written in C. Sources recommend never using the internet again. More to follow at 12
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If you make HTTPS requests or have other TLS clients and care about MITM attacks, you need to update today.
If you run Go:
go get [email protected]
If you run Homebrew:
brew update
brew install ca-certificates
If you run Linux, maybe stay off the internet for now.
If you run Go:
go get [email protected]
If you run Homebrew:
brew update
brew install ca-certificates
If you run Linux, maybe stay off the internet for now.
🚨 Six WebPKI Intermediate CAs are compromised.
This is bigger than Heartbleed, but a client-side issue.
Anything that verifies certificates against public roots, like most TLS clients, is/was affected.
Details, live test, patched versions and workarounds at emudhra.we-have-a-problem.com
Act now.
This is bigger than Heartbleed, but a client-side issue.
Anything that verifies certificates against public roots, like most TLS clients, is/was affected.
Details, live test, patched versions and workarounds at emudhra.we-have-a-problem.com
Act now.
eMudhra Intermediate CA Compromise
eMudhra Intermediate CA Compromise
emudhra.we-have-a-problem.com
October 20, 2026 at 3:14 PM
If you make HTTPS requests or have other TLS clients and care about MITM attacks, you need to update today.
If you run Go:
go get [email protected]
If you run Homebrew:
brew update
brew install ca-certificates
If you run Linux, maybe stay off the internet for now.
If you run Go:
go get [email protected]
If you run Homebrew:
brew update
brew install ca-certificates
If you run Linux, maybe stay off the internet for now.
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I at this point am like 90% convinced that reusable/shareable skills packages are a bad thing for LLM users. The 10% is that it can show you what's possible; the 90% is that people want to be incurious and just slap something in
the only person who can effectively guide your tasks is you
the only person who can effectively guide your tasks is you
October 20, 2026 at 2:42 PM
I at this point am like 90% convinced that reusable/shareable skills packages are a bad thing for LLM users. The 10% is that it can show you what's possible; the 90% is that people want to be incurious and just slap something in
the only person who can effectively guide your tasks is you
the only person who can effectively guide your tasks is you
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factorio mod that ender's games players into building startups
startup as engine-building game
startup as resource management game
startup as resource management game
October 18, 2026 at 8:03 PM
factorio mod that ender's games players into building startups