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  • They get math wrong regularly because they don’t actually calculate they just guess

    This has been fixed for a while, most will now hand the calculation off to a tool call, to quote Lumo:

    Tool use is the real answer for exact arithmetic. Serious LLM products now route maths to actual compute: a calculator tool, or more commonly executing generated Python/sympy code in a sandbox. The model plans, emits code, gets the deterministic result back, and weaves it into the answer. This pattern is now standard in agentic frameworks (the MarkTechPost-style tutorials covering tool use with validation and self-review loops reflect how mainstream it’s become). If you ask a well-built system for sqrt(2) to 20 digits, the honest pipeline is LLM → Python → IEEE 754 double precision → answer. The LLM handles the language, the CPU handles the maths.




  • Flies and other insects circling bulbs is actually a pretty terrible result of their extensive history of evolution without artificial light. They feel like they’re flying straight as far as vision is concerned, while the rest of their body is describing circles.

    This seems to be incredibly recent research:

    4 December 2025

    Instead, Fabian argues that new camera technology, finally up to the task of capturing fast-flying insects at night, points to a somewhat novel explanation: what’s known as the dorsal light response, in which insects orient themselves so their upper sides face the brightest area around them.

    https://aeon.co/videos/do-we-finally-understand-why-winged-insects-seem-drawn-to-light

    Even the researcher says himself they still can’t say 100% for sure

    It’s probably a pretty shitty experience that does often result in death (especially if they’re circling a bug zapper), and most humans just laugh at it.

    I’ve never seen anyone laugh at insects flocking around a light let alone “most humans”, who are you friends with ?