i’ve taught students who are new to programming who try to justify their use of LLM code tools with self deprecation — “i’m bad at this”, “there’s no way i could ever figure it out on my own.” i wish i knew how to get through that the actual value your college tuition pays for is access to live human beings whose job it is to give you the kind of help you’re seeking from the LLM. that those human relationships are what give life meaning & there are so precious few opportunities to create them

I don’t remember what this reminder was supposed to say but yeah, Siri. Yeah.

I’ve almost hit the 2 year anniversary of my broken leg/ankle. I went back to my orthopedic surgeon and discovered that in the last 2 years, he’s taken up skating as a hobby and almost broken HIS ankle. 😂

I consider mastodon a sort of natural preserve i got sent to because i spent too much time online in 2003 and my delicate organs cannot survive on the regular internet today

I think if your paper gets rejected, the PC should have to provide you and your research team with a bedazzled therapy horse for a day

I am super-pleased to be serving on the PC of the excellent and much-needed "Undone Science in CS" 2026: "to provide an opportunity to pause and reflect on the epistemological and ethical aspects of computer science". For much more information, please see:
https://www.undonecs.org/2026/