An entire generation slowly learning to RTFM in order to finally, once-and-for-all, prove that stupid LLM wrong

I am Jack’s raging imposter syndrome…

Just bought a second Mac Mini M4 for my other bench (sigh, black friday deals). Honestly, it’s an amazing computer and can handle anything I have thrown at it. Now we’ll see how it does streaming video from many angles. No sweat, I bet.

Trying out Gemini 3 for a website project I’m working on and while I appreciate being able to follow the steps its taking, the “thinking” aspect where it talks through and confirms/denies logical elements feels uncanny for some reason.

Sea turtle

Blue footed boobie

For a while when consulting, I trained myself to write a troubleshooting log into my daily journal, using it as a conversational partner about all the things going wrong. Basically “rubber ducking”, but in writing. I’d like to get back to that place.

Crimson-crested Woodpecker

Anhinga

American Pygmy Kingfisher