low-res lurker, computer scientist, researcher, tinkerer, big hair energyhttps://bsky.app/profile/mansam.ushttps://bsky.app/profile/mansam.us/post/3ljkxwpob4s2uONE MORE TIME FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK. THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN MAKING THE GOVT EFFICIENT. THEY ARE INTERESTED IN MAKING IT EVEN SHITTIER. SO YOU DON'T LIKE IT. AND GET MAD. AND THEN THEY PRIVATIZE IT. SO THEIR BUDDIES GET MORE MONEY. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Mar 2025 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:am22tyv4rizsofnmoq3agpg7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljkxwpob4s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mansam.us/post/3ljj7uthf4c2jIf you missed my post last week about New York 2044, check out the full digital version of this awesome imagined future: https://moreart.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/NY2044_ISSUE3_PRINT_FINAL3.pdf04 Mar 2025 00:36 +0000at://did:plc:am22tyv4rizsofnmoq3agpg7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljj7uthf4c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mansam.us/post/3ljark4xgtc2dAlso, I went to this last night and it was awesome. https://moreart.org/projects/new-york-2044/28 Feb 2025 15:58 +0000at://did:plc:am22tyv4rizsofnmoq3agpg7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljark4xgtc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mansam.us/post/3ljarjgukpk2dFor all my programmer friends and followers, you will likely enjoy this unhinged video of a guy running Doom purely with the TypeScript type system https://youtu.be/0mCsluv5FXA?si=_tPDs0t27vCv3VoW28 Feb 2025 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:am22tyv4rizsofnmoq3agpg7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljarjgukpk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mansam.us/post/3leewukfv7k2nSo fkn cool https://hellgatenyc.com/all-night-viewing-of-the-clock/28 Dec 2024 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:am22tyv4rizsofnmoq3agpg7/app.bsky.feed.post/3leewukfv7k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mansam.us/post/3ldramtmdnk2wBK/NYC remains undefeated. Pulled a shift at the bike shop, walked two blocks to a UPS store, shipped an eBay sale, walked out the store into a subway station. Transportation. Alternatives.20 Dec 2024 20:39 +0000at://did:plc:am22tyv4rizsofnmoq3agpg7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldramtmdnk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mansam.us/post/3ldegjx546k25The plot thickens https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/22/openai-accidentally-deleted-potential-evidence-in-ny-times-copyright-lawsuit/15 Dec 2024 18:20 +0000at://did:plc:am22tyv4rizsofnmoq3agpg7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldegjx546k25https://bsky.app/profile/mansam.us/post/3ldc2vqz36c2vSuchir Balaji... what a wild time we live in. Writes a very clear, concise argument for why Gen AI is not fair use of its training data and ends up dead. suchir.net http://suchir.net/14 Dec 2024 19:47 +0000at://did:plc:am22tyv4rizsofnmoq3agpg7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldc2vqz36c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mansam.us/post/3lbs3r7n7nc2aFinally some good news [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Nov 2024 17:54 +0000at://did:plc:am22tyv4rizsofnmoq3agpg7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbs3r7n7nc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mansam.us/post/3lbntpqynyc2vIs Philadelphia the urban planning model for American cities that Jane Jacobs imagined?? Human scale? Super short blocks, mixed use everywhere, easy to navigate grids??24 Nov 2024 01:20 +0000at://did:plc:am22tyv4rizsofnmoq3agpg7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbntpqynyc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mansam.us/post/3lbkropgav22lI bought myself AirPods before starting at RC and now I hate that I am an AirPod person. Boy they are great tho22 Nov 2024 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:am22tyv4rizsofnmoq3agpg7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbkropgav22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mansam.us/post/3lb3tiltz3k2xDo you know how to sauna because it is glorious and most Americans do not16 Nov 2024 21:28 +0000at://did:plc:am22tyv4rizsofnmoq3agpg7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb3tiltz3k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mansam.us/post/3lazqm7v4ms2dI'm aligned in "Overenthusiastic LLM usage" remaining in "Hold" on the tech radar but I really highly encourage everyone to mess around with LM Studio if you have the compute. Like why would I pay for OpenAI?16 Nov 2024 01:31 +0000at://did:plc:am22tyv4rizsofnmoq3agpg7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lazqm7v4ms2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mansam.us/post/3kp6tqljtfs2aOkay... back on the BQE again after some travel and coming in to LGA. This time I AM the character in NFSU2, except I'm a yellow cab03 Apr 2024 00:37 +0000at://did:plc:am22tyv4rizsofnmoq3agpg7/app.bsky.feed.post/3kp6tqljtfs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mansam.us/post/3korb467upt22If one more application asks me if I want to enable "experimental AI features" I'm throwing every device I own out a window28 Mar 2024 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:am22tyv4rizsofnmoq3agpg7/app.bsky.feed.post/3korb467upt22https://bsky.app/profile/mansam.us/post/3kom3eqdum225Landed at LGA last night around 11:30pm and the BQE on the way home was literally like being in NFSU2. Combination of cars going both 20 under the speed limit and 50 over.26 Mar 2024 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:am22tyv4rizsofnmoq3agpg7/app.bsky.feed.post/3kom3eqdum225https://bsky.app/profile/mansam.us/post/3ko7hzvxrc42eNah, we should just get fucked [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Mar 2024 13:15 +0000at://did:plc:am22tyv4rizsofnmoq3agpg7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ko7hzvxrc42ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mansam.us/post/3ko5cgoeoys2qOne thing I did not have on my bingo card is DRM for ebooks. I'm no stranger to libgen but the fact that publishers can create false scarcity by limiting the copies libraries can have is crazy to me. Storage is cheap!! Copy the bits!!20 Mar 2024 16:29 +0000at://did:plc:am22tyv4rizsofnmoq3agpg7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ko5cgoeoys2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mansam.us/post/3knz3cxwutm2eWould very much recommend, never have dipped into Doctorow's stuff but am generally aligned with a lot of his thoughts on enshittification19 Mar 2024 00:11 +0000at://did:plc:am22tyv4rizsofnmoq3agpg7/app.bsky.feed.post/3knz3cxwutm2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mansam.us/post/3knz3azwukt2zOuting myself as a hacker nerd... reading Walkaway by Cory Doctorow has prompted me to give bsky more attention19 Mar 2024 00:10 +0000at://did:plc:am22tyv4rizsofnmoq3agpg7/app.bsky.feed.post/3knz3azwukt2z