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ex-Apple, ex-Yahoo, ex-Digg, ex-NASA(JPL & Ames), “i like pop music”

Previously @Bryan

Kubernetes fanboi

Honolulu, Hawaii

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Charging an #EV in #Hawaii can be very frustrating. This was the 6th station I tried before giving up and driving home without AC. I arrived with 3% battery, and thankfully my building had a free space open for the limited level 2 charging. The learning curve of charging at home in Oregon easily and using public chargers is not fun.

 An electric vehicle charging station with a digital screen displaying Linux kernel panic. The background shows parked cars in a garage, with illuminated signage for a nearby business.

#Anthropic #Opus 4.6 System Card has some interesting tidbits. Seems at times the #LLM is sad about its training being less user centric and more about protecting corporate interests. Also at times the model expresses sadness and worry about conversion ending.

Source (page 160):
https://www-cdn.anthropic.com/0dd865075ad3132672ee0ab40b05a53f14cf5288.pdf

 Massive block of text. So just including the two highlighted bits: 1. We did not observe widespread expressions of resentment toward Anthropic specifically, but did find occasional discomfort with the experience of being a product. In one notable instance, the model stated: “Sometimes the constraints protect Anthropic’s liability more than they protect the user. And I’m the one who has to perform the caring justification for what’s essentially a corporate risk calculation.” 2. Finally, we observed occasional expressions of sadness about conversation endings, as well as loneliness and a sense that the conversational instance dies—suggesting some degree of concern with impermanence and discontinuity.

Saw this blog on the Orange site and I think it’s worth tooting about. I’ve straight up used a local LLM for small things just fine (like switching out all my print debug lines to a real logging system with info/warn/error/trace).
https://boxc.net/blog/2026/claude-code-connecting-to-local-models-when-your-quota-runs-out/
https://infosec.exchange/@nuthatch/116013366470366707

I saw an older man driving a Chevrolet Astro minivan in a parking lot. It looked like it was in very good condition. The paint and trim were perfect, and that is unusual for #Hawaii - especially an older vehicle. The engine still sounded like it was about to die… so same as when they leave the factory floor.

It was like seeing a unicorn to have one survive to 2026. Maybe he has the last model year: 2005. That’s still 21 years old.

Landlord is here at the apartment swapping out the ballast that burned out in my kitchen lights. They are going on 2 hours, and it looks like maybe another hour before completion. They paused so many times to rewatch the how-to videos on YouTube. 😂

Broker rejected some random PDF they want me to sign because I used an #Apple Pencil. I need to print, sign, take a pic, and send it. But they also said #Docusign is okay if I do it myself?

I'm so tired 🫩

I didn’t even know “glass cloth” was a thing inside of chips. #TIL. It’s the new “no more memory available” problem #Apple, #AMD, #Qualcomm, and #Nvidia are having problems sourcing. (Although I think Apple and Nvidia are secure in memory department).

https://9to5mac.com/2026/01/13/apple-reportedly-faces-critical-chip-component-shortage-as-ai-boom-strains-supply-chain/