We all know Pete Hegseth’s answer…

Don’t let your expectations make you blind to the beauty all around.

Jake LaCaze — just another clown on the internet

If at first you don’t succeed, redefine the mission:

"Microsoft’s Mustafa Suleyman just tried to redefine superintelligence down from AI that is smarter than the smartest humans to something a lot more mundane: AI “models capable of deliver... https://jakelacaze.com/2026/04/04/if-at-first-you-dont/

A rainy Saturday is the perfect time to go through your email inbox and finally unsubscribe from all those newsletters you’ve been deleting for the last six months.

mood

2026 so far: My review

We often talk about the first mover advantage, but we rarely talk about the first mover disadvantage, where the one to start the trend is the first to fall.

This video shows why OpenAI and Anthropic are truly in tough spots, compared to Google, Apple, Microsoft, etc

m.youtube.com/watch

When the prophets of AI say stuff like this, all I hear/read is “I hate humans”.

A CEO, Captured.  I keep thinking about a line Lawrence Sanders wrote: a character asks whether money makes the world go round. The reply: “I do not believe it is money itself. After all, t…

"[Silicon Valley] used to believe it could change the world. Now it just hopes the world won’t change its stock price."

om.co/2026/01/2…

What I’ve heard plenty of: talk about how Anthropic’s “Legal” plugin has disrupted tech, among other industries

What I’ve yet to hear: that the plugin is actually good

Why don't he write?: https://jakelacaze.com/2026/02/06/why-dont-he-write/

Windows 11 is the most pointless “upgrade” ever.

I’ve yet to find any change that justifies the hassle.

And it just feels half baked…like management set an unattainable deadline but then told the developers to push it out anyway. “We’ll fix in post.”

But, surely, that couldn’t be the case…right?

There’s no point in writing science fiction about AI anymore.

The reality of the situation is unfolding, and it’s far scarier than anything anyone can imagine, if for no other reason than it’s real.

My son sent me a sweet YouTube video, with a totally awesome song in the background.

A new artist he likes, influenced by some of my favorite artists of all time…

Sometimes life is so beautiful in the simplest ways.

i don’t know if sky news is a great source

but i do know (for what it’s worth) i agree with these thoughts on why america would invade venezuela

www.youtube.com/watch

decided to get my 2026 bingo card post out before something else on it hits:

www.jakelacaze.com/whats-on-…

first creative act of 2026:

printing off the first ‘draft’ of my novel

haven’t touched it in 8 weeks

this baby ain’t gonna revise itself

a wonderful message for 2026 and beyond:

‘Embrace the absurdity, and stop making sense for long enough to actually sense what’s happening here.’

rushkoff.substack.com/p/cracks-…

is anyone familiar with grokipedia?

is it as bad as it sounds?

wondering how i should feel that i picked up a backlink from the site

now i can’t talk trash about where ai gets its information from

in the middle of negotiating an oil and gas lease for a personal connection, i asked myself:

would billy bob thorton be proud of me?

in which i ponder:

did you still win if you failed to reach your goal but instead reached a personal milestone?

www.jakelacaze.com/do-milest…

gonna reinstall bazzite on my rog ally

windows SUCKS in general, but especially for handheld systems

me when using windows: WHAT THE EFF, WINDOWS!

me when using mac: WHAT THE EFF, MAC!

me when using linux: WHAT THE EFF, LINUX!

what i should be saying: WHAT THE EFF, COMPUTER!

all i want for christmas is for that one mariah carey to drive straight off a cliff

we need a multi-pronged approach to fixing the male loneliness epidemic

one tactic i suggest–entertaining yourself via the random texters trying to scam everyone

ignoring them ain’t working, so you might as well have some fun

Homesickness, and the cure Life is meant to be shared, not hoarded to yourself.

An unexpected revelation at 34,000 feet:

"My individual legacy is mostly done. My legacy now goes through my family."

Homesickness and the cure on jakelacaze.com

recently started metal gear solid v: phantom pain

this might end up the best movie i’ve ever played

so many of us act as if the world stacked against us

as if it takes that much to hold us down

most of us can’t even conquer ourselves

when they say art can heal, this is what they mean

i rarely have all the answers

but i can always come up with a damn good question or two