Jeff Kirk @geezer_nerd

Geek. Husband. Author. Composer. Gourmand. Smarty-pants. jeffkirk.online Rio Rancho, NM Joined January 2018

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Jeff Kirk @geezer_nerd

4 weeks ago

I've recently started using Amazon Q (backed by Anthropic's Claude AI) for Rails and other development tasks at work. What a revelation. It's like I just hired my own crew of (very good) developers to help me build things. AI is a massive force multiplier for coding.

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Jeff Kirk @geezer_nerd

a month ago

Here’s a long post where I hold forth on what I consider the shortcomings of the current Tesla map views. I want much more use of color to show landforms, open spaces, parks, and other features of possible interest. Almost every other in-car map does this better. Some even show…

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James L. Neibaur @JimLNeibaur

a month ago

And suddenly the world is less smart, less insighful, and less funny. RIP Tom Lehrer

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DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm

2 months ago

First trailer for Phil Lord & Chris Miller’s ‘PROJECT HAIL MARY’, starring Ryan Gosling The film follows a teacher who is sent 12 light-years away from Earth to save humanity after the Sun began to erode. In theaters on March 20, 2026.

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Jeff Kirk @geezer_nerd

4 months ago

My wife and I recently drove my 2024 Tesla Model 3 from New Mexico to California (via Las Vegas) for a work trip. We used Full Self Driving (Supervised) for most of it. It worked very well, with a few notable exceptions. It nearly steered me into an HOV lane when someone was…

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Jeff Kirk @geezer_nerd

5 months ago

I’m totally fed up with X on the Mac. There is no native app. I have to run the iPad app, and it is JUST BAD on the macOS. It still has the “I’m going to screw up your spelling while you type” bug. Waiting for Grok’s replies would try a saint. And I ain’t no saint. Fix it, X!

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Jeff Kirk @geezer_nerd

6 months ago

I hope one day before I die that the weird “correct spelling as you type” bug will be fixed in the iPad app for X running on the Mac. I really don’t love having to turn this broken “feature” off every time I post or (god forbid) use Grok. This madness must end!

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Jeff Kirk @geezer_nerd

7 months ago

Dear X: Why does the Mac (really the iPad) app have so many problems with auto-correct while typing? The first sentence of any post or Grok query takes me five or six times as long to type as words either get deleted or truncated for no reason. It’s maddening. Fix this.

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Andy Bates @andybates

8 months ago

@GailSimone The taste of delicious Hostess Fruit Pies™.

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Jeff Kirk @geezer_nerd

9 months ago

Things I Never Thought I'd Say After Waking Up From A LONG Frustrating Dream, Episode 376234: "Goddammit Jeff, you do NOT need to get a baguette to run a shell script."

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Jeff Kirk @geezer_nerd

9 months ago

I’m kind of appalled at the evidence that many people never looked into the sky before the dumb UFO flap in New Jersey. What’s that, an orb? No, we call that an airplane. As indicated by the green and red lights on the wings and the strobe underneath. SMH

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MacRumors.com @MacRumors

9 months ago

Apple TV+ Sci-Fi Series 'Silo' Renewed for Third and Fourth Seasons macrumors.com/2024/12/16/app…

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Jeff Kirk @geezer_nerd

9 months ago

I’m happy that Grok AI is free, but I am not happy with the city of the formatted output when you ask it geeky questions, at least on the Mac client (a warmed-over iPad app). ChatGPT might hallucinate but it gets the formatting right.

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Jeff Kirk @geezer_nerd

10 months ago

Anyone planning to buy a Tesla soon? Here’s my referral link. You can get $2000 off until the end of the year. ts.la/jeff382010

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Jeff Kirk @geezer_nerd

11 months ago

If you’re a Mac user and have Sonoma installed, check out the new “Macintosh” screen saver. It is very cool. Especially for us veteran Mac users (38 years, me).

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Jeff Kirk @geezer_nerd

11 months ago

It's depressing to see supposedly informed tech pundits like Sam Abuelsamid make self-evidently false claims about SpaceX on a big forum like TWiT. He said that SpaceX wants to produce methane at Boca Chica by fracking. No! They plan to extract CO2 from the air and create methane…

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Jeff Kirk @geezer_nerd

11 months ago

UNBELIEVABLE! SpaceX caught the booster! That video was absolutely the most amazing thing I have ever seen. UNREAL, BUT REAL!

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David Burge @iowahawkblog

11 months ago

DARK AGES Guy: hey Dave how long will it take you to do this Me: 2 weeks Guy: okay POST ENLIGHTENMENT Guy: slack me how many kangaroo jogs to comb your balloon sagas over the next carburetor, plus or minus 2 pringles Me: wtf