Patrick Thurmond @ptwebdev

I am a web developer with over 16 years of development experience and 25+ years working in the computer industry. I am a married father of 3. Overland Park, KS Joined January 2010

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Patrick Thurmond @ptwebdev

4 months ago

@wesbos Got a link?

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Patrick Thurmond @ptwebdev

4 months ago

@Al_Grigor I honestly don't understand why it had production access in the first place. AI is far from ready to trust with prod.

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I just published "AI Won’t Kill Us, People with AI Will" on Medium. My very first Medium article! It is a serious but kinda fun take on where AI is going. I hope you all enjoy. medium.com/p/ai-wont-kill…

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Patrick Thurmond @ptwebdev

6 months ago

@matthewchang @SawyerMerritt He famously open sourced Tesla patents for charging and electrical and other things. So that would imply they file patents. Also, in this litigious age it would be corporate suicide to not have a wall of defensive patents.

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Patrick Thurmond @ptwebdev

7 months ago

@akshay_pachaar What about World Models? I heard that the guy that was the head of AI research for Meta thinks they are the path to AGI. And that they can do a lot more with less.

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Patrick Thurmond @ptwebdev

8 months ago

@PovilasKorop Traffic doesn't tell the entire story. Page load time under load tells a better story. So what if you can serve 100,000,000 requests if it takes 3 to 5 seconds per request. What about processing e-commerce sales or leads? How long does that take?

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Patrick Thurmond @ptwebdev

11 months ago

@JoJoFromJerz Yeah, it hasn't been that low in years anywhere in this country.

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Patrick Thurmond @ptwebdev

11 months ago

@premqnair I would be curious as to why you would have had to give up vested shares. Was it part of your Windsurf contract or was Google forcing that?

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Patrick Thurmond @ptwebdev

12 months ago

@CharlieK_news Yep, if they are guilty of it we don't need them in office. Regardless of their political (or other) affiliations.

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Patrick Thurmond @ptwebdev

a year ago

@Dev_Williee As someone with both a bachelor's of arts in computer science and a professional web developer with 18+ years of experience I can safely say that this is only partially right. The fundamentals are essential. But a college should offer at least two classes on practical things.

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Patrick Thurmond @ptwebdev

a year ago

@hilary_kartel @Dev_Williee A fresh graduate should already be playing with some of this tech in their spare time. The fundamentals give you a strong starting place. But programming and computer science is a complex field and you can't possibly expect to learn it all in college. No degree offers that.

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Patrick Thurmond @ptwebdev

a year ago

@ArdentlyGrant @elonmusk He isn't saying these are all taking benefits. Merely that these are the numbers of people not listed as dead in the system. Not that these are the numbers actually taking benefits. Easily could just be a failure to update the data on existing people.

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Patrick Thurmond @ptwebdev

a year ago

@elonmusk @aidenHIKO Nah, that's evidence of poor data management. Not checking a box. How many are taking benefits? Without that cross reference this is absolutely meaningless.

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Patrick Thurmond @ptwebdev

a year ago

@elonmusk That literally could just be decades of unentered deaths. How many are actually taking benefits? Are any over 110 taking benefits? This could easily be an entry error. You are a former programmer, you know better.

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Patrick Thurmond @ptwebdev

a year ago

@elonmusk, I want to see transparency in the government. DOGE has given anecdotes, but now the public needs a list of expenses with details that can be drilled into. I have ideas on how to do this. I'm a senior web dev. Let's talk.

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Patrick Thurmond @ptwebdev

a year ago

@Chiefs @PatrickMahomes - Just a quick thank you for the memories you helped me create with my Dad before he died. Go Chiefs!

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Patrick Thurmond @ptwebdev

a year ago

As we approach another Chiefs Super Bowl we also approach the second anniversary of my Dad's death. The combination brings back some memories I want to share. patrickthurmond.com/blog/2025/02/0…

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Patrick Thurmond @ptwebdev

a year ago

@TH3MAF1A @Wario64 If they did then it would have tanked holiday sales. Often the biggest buying season for things like this. That would not have been a wise time to release the info.

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Patrick Thurmond @ptwebdev

2 years ago

@IanMartinezC @therabbithole That looks like a good callout. I checked the inflation calculator, which I set to 1965 because of where the timeline begins. That would project it $68,505. But then I checked the source page and according to that these are inflation-adjusted numbers. So I think that negates it.

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Patrick Thurmond @ptwebdev

2 years ago

@therabbithole @jmeierX So basically the problem started to take off in the late 70's or early 80's. It would be interesting to note which policy changes came into effect around then.