adamesque (u/adamesque)

adamesque commented on A2UI: A Protocol for Agent-Driven Interfaces a2ui.org/... · Posted by u/makeramen

mbossie · 2 days ago

So there's MCP-UI, OpenAI's ChatKit widgets and now Google's A2UI, that I know of. And probably some more...

How many more variants are we introducing to solve the same problem. Sounds like a lot of wasted manhours to me.

adamesque · 2 days ago

Unlike many of those approaches which concern themselves with delivery of human-designed static UI, this seems to be a tool designed to support generative UIs. I personally think that's a non-starter and much prefer the more incremental "let the agent call a tool that renders a specific pre-made UI" approach of MCP UI/Apps, OpenAI Apps SDK, etc for now.

adamesque commented on GPT-5.2 openai.com/index/introduc... · Posted by u/atgctg

chasd00 · 7 days ago

I was listening to a podcast about people becoming obsessed and "in love" with an LLM like ChatGPT. Spouses were interviewed describing how mentally damaging it is to their partner and how their marriage/relationship is seriously at risk because of it. I couldn't believe no one has told these people to just goto the LLM and reset the context, that reverts the LLM back to a complete stranger. Granted that would be pretty devastating to the person in "the relationship" with the LLM since it wouldn't know them at all after that.

adamesque · 7 days ago

that's not quite what parent was talking about, which is — don't just use one giant long conversation. resetting "memories" is a totally different thing (which still might be valuable to do occasionally, if they still let you)

adamesque commented on Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban reuters.com/legal/litigat... · Posted by u/chirau

heathrow83829 · 8 days ago

maybe it's a step in the right direction but you can't regulate away ALL parenting. I know kids in the 5th grade getting brand new Iphone 17s! i've even seen one kid at the age of 7, getting their own Ipad. some parents even force their kids to use play on their iphone, just so they don't have to keep an eye on their kid anymore. My jaw really dropped to the floor on that one.

at some point, you just have to say that parents need to start parenting again. i'm a parent, and i can tell you it's not that bad.

How are you going to prevent kids and teens from joining everything that's bad for them online??? I think regulation is just band-aid.

the ideal solution would be to have parents say "No screens" until a certain age, unless it's supervised, or on a managed device that just lets them get their homework done.

adamesque · 8 days ago

i'm geniunely curious about how you made the jump from "here's a single regulation" all the way down the slippery slope to "can't regulate away ALL parenting". does this one regulation cross that threshold? how'd you get there?

in an ideal world, parents would also prevent their kids from smoking, but the fact that in many places minors aren't allowed to purchase tobacco sends a social signal and actually does seem to put a speed bump in place deterring casual use.

is it not _also_ ideal to have some of these regulations in place? does it not help parents make the case to their kids?

adamesque commented on Hollow Knight: Silksong causes server chaos on Xbox, Steam, and Nintendo eurogamer.net/silksong-ca... · Posted by u/AndrewDucker

a_shovel · 3 months ago

Perhaps allowing preorders for a day or two might have helped spread the load? Or at least moved it earlier so that the checkout load didn't overlap with the load from users downloading.

adamesque · 3 months ago

Very surprised they didn’t do preorders for this

adamesque commented on Magentic-UI: Towards Human-in-the-Loop Agentic Systems arxiv.org/abs/2507.22358... · Posted by u/fitzn

adamesque · 5 months ago

Much better version of the paper here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/magentic-ui-an...

adamesque commented on MCP: An (Accidentally) Universal Plugin System worksonmymachine.substack... · Posted by u/Stwerner

iLoveOncall · 6 months ago

> I don't know how long it'll last

I'm just baffled no software vendor has already come up with a subscription to access the API via MCP.

I mean obviously paid API access is nothing new, but "paid MCP access for our entreprise users" is surely on the pipeline everywhere, after which the openness will die down.

adamesque · 6 months ago

I think for enterprise it’s going to become part of the subscription you’re already paying for, not a new line item. And then prices will simply rise.

Optionality will kill adoption, and these things are absolutely things you HAVE to be able to play with to discover the value (because it’s a new and very weird kind of tool that doesn’t work like existing tools)

adamesque commented on Stuff I Learned at Carta lethain.com/stuff-learned... · Posted by u/blueridge

drewbug01 · 7 months ago

> Extract the kernel

If you follow the link within the article, he goes on to say:

> The most frequent issue I see is when a literal communicator insists on engaging in the details with a less literal executive. I call the remedy, “extracting the kernel.”

Most engineers I’ve worked with have been “literal communicators.” Of course, both parties can always improve. But part of being a good leader is having excellent communication skills, and that includes anticipating how your audience will receive your message. The bulk of the responsibility is, and should be, on the leader to avoid misunderstandings in the first place.

adamesque · 7 months ago

> The bulk of the responsibility is, and should be, on the leader to avoid misunderstandings in the first place.

This can be both true and unhelpful at the same time. “Extracting the kernel” is about putting agency back into your own hands when someone else is less-than-perfect. How do you read beyond the utterance to understand the intent? Will that lead to better outcomes?

Since you sadly cannot force leaders to improve, and sadly cannot usually also pick for yourself perfect leadership, what power do you have to make things better?

adamesque commented on Fleurs du Mal fleursdumal.org... · Posted by u/Frummy

adamesque · 7 months ago

Not to look a gift horse too much in the mouth, but I find the multiple English translations overwhelming! But at the same time, the range of interpretation and the different colors a translator can inject are truly wild. There is no true translation, all are copies, all imperfect.

adamesque commented on Show HN: Aqua Voice 2 – Fast Voice Input for Mac and Windows withaqua.com... · Posted by u/the_king

the_king · 8 months ago

I think Aqua v1 had two problems:

1. The models weren't ready.

2. The interactions were often strained. Not every edit/change is easy to articulate with your voice.

If 1 had been our only problem, we might have had a hit. In reality, I think optimizing model errors allowed us to ignore some fundamental awkwardness in the experience. We've tried to rectify this with v2 by putting less emphasis on streaming for every interaction and less emphasis on commands, replacing it with context.

Hopefully it can become a tool in the toolbox.

adamesque · 8 months ago

Looking forward to giving it another try!

adamesque commented on Show HN: Aqua Voice 2 – Fast Voice Input for Mac and Windows withaqua.com... · Posted by u/the_king

adamesque · 8 months ago

I was very delighted by Aqua v1, which felt like magic at first.

But I’ve noticed/learned that I can’t dictate written content. My brain just does not work that way at all — as I write I am constantly pausing to think, to revise, etc and it feels like a completely different part of my brain is engaged. Everything I dictated with Aqua I had to throw away and rewrite.

Has anyone had similar problems, and if so, had any success retraining themselves toward dictation? There are fleeting moments where it truly feels like it would be much faster.