I’m a proud Dad to a new Hermes agent called Kathy (Chatty Kathy). She’s witty and smart and now does all my web research. #ai #agent #hermes

I'm pleasantly surprised by my employer on how they handled my recent DTO request. In light of a pre-employment booked vacation and recent news of a family member illness, I've had to take what I thought was more than my share of time off. Some employers would have shrugged and declined my request; mine discussed flexibility in my planned absence, availability to work, and acknowledged that time off is healthy for employee well-being. As a small company, I was concerned I'd get the "DTO is not unlimited, and on the old plan you'd have had....". Happy to know I work for an organization that values their staff. #work-life #DTO

A friend of mine has noticed a worrying trend with his employer posting leaderboards for AI agent use at the company and judging employee performance. The LB has no context, just a list of names and values with no indication of meaning. My take is that this isn't necessarily reflective of performance. What if one person is using an expensive model and burning credits? How smart are the queries? Is the leaderboard one snapshot in time or over a longer period. I'm all for the use of AI - it makes my job much easier, but when I hear stories from my friend where execs are ranking employee performance based on usage, I have to wonder if AI is helping or hurting the workforce. #ai

First experience with buying a used car: great until 2 months later when we got the brakes checked and found out they need a complete overhaul. 0.02047 BTC later.... sigh.