I partially agree with both you and that person you hate.https://bsky.app/profile/bmath.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/bmath.bsky.social/post/3mjwqx3e3kc2lEmotional attachment isn't science20 Apr 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:fxo7ebfplublt46yzezg7aal/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwqx3e3kc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bmath.bsky.social/post/3m7azfe2fz22tI think this is how AI and tech ought to go. I don't yet know if it will. I hope it does. (am one of the signatories) [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Dec 2025 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:fxo7ebfplublt46yzezg7aal/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7azfe2fz22thttps://bsky.app/profile/bmath.bsky.social/post/3lxlkgghvxy2vA true OG founder mode was Henry VIII and the founding of the english church.30 Aug 2025 02:43 +0000at://did:plc:fxo7ebfplublt46yzezg7aal/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxlkgghvxy2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/bmath.bsky.social/post/3lxdz3hbkcu2iWhy do many who talk of AI futures seem to be thinking religiously? Smuggling infinities into your arguments always leads to visions of the infinite.27 Aug 2025 02:44 +0000at://did:plc:fxo7ebfplublt46yzezg7aal/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxdz3hbkcu2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/bmath.bsky.social/post/3lxdvvjo7re2x"Eunuchs" is too identity-limiting. Please use "non-huevos-having persons"27 Aug 2025 01:47 +0000at://did:plc:fxo7ebfplublt46yzezg7aal/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxdvvjo7re2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/bmath.bsky.social/post/3lxb4d6g7vl2uI also just love the word "abliterated" in LLMs. Playing on "ablations" (turning off or removing parts of a model) and "obliterated", yeah? I would have also accepted "ablotomized"25 Aug 2025 23:04 +0000at://did:plc:fxo7ebfplublt46yzezg7aal/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxb4d6g7vl2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/bmath.bsky.social/post/3lwzx5y2vkg2wTV gave us "a face for radio", podcasts gave us "a voice for substack" Anyway I still just write a lot of text dunno what this says about me.23 Aug 2025 02:43 +0000at://did:plc:fxo7ebfplublt46yzezg7aal/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwzx5y2vkg2whttps://bsky.app/profile/bmath.bsky.social/post/3lwshkidelo2fI wish there were comparative studies for cash-aid vs Hong Kong or Singapore model. Cash gives resources, lets them figure it out. Institution building says "get the rules right, resources follow". Best approach likely depends. A corrupt resource rich country needs LKY. But not everyone...20 Aug 2025 03:15 +0000at://did:plc:fxo7ebfplublt46yzezg7aal/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwshkidelo2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/bmath.bsky.social/post/3lwsfszr2fz2xFriendly (somewhat serious) reminder that nihilism is a waiting area, an intermediate step along your life20 Aug 2025 02:44 +0000at://did:plc:fxo7ebfplublt46yzezg7aal/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwsfszr2fz2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/bmath.bsky.social/post/3lwscn6dnzr24You ever focus so hard on a single chunk of deep mental work that after like 6 straight hours your brain almost feels... like swollen and heavy?20 Aug 2025 01:47 +0000at://did:plc:fxo7ebfplublt46yzezg7aal/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwscn6dnzr24https://bsky.app/profile/bmath.bsky.social/post/3lwpj2q55gg2eThis is a map of all states with an economy smaller than just the SF Bay Area. Consider all the $ generated here. Now consider the flat rate of housing construction. Supply/Demand is so annoyingly powerful.18 Aug 2025 23:04 +0000at://did:plc:fxo7ebfplublt46yzezg7aal/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwpj2q55gg2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/bmath.bsky.social/post/3lwp6yfqpq22iGoodhart's Law is a problem, but it's an easy solve if your culture can balance 2+ metrics that counterbalance. The hard part is that complex organizations spend so much time with infighting and coordination that they often can't manage more than one.18 Aug 2025 20:03 +0000at://did:plc:fxo7ebfplublt46yzezg7aal/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwp6yfqpq22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/bmath.bsky.social/post/3lwp64dkgus2tThere’s a threshold where your company is so complex and political and opaque that there’s more signal from an outside journalist than in internal comms.18 Aug 2025 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:fxo7ebfplublt46yzezg7aal/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwp64dkgus2thttps://bsky.app/profile/bmath.bsky.social/post/3lrbtpt35w22bThis is basically the level of understanding from the "nooooo Abundance gets housing wrong" left objections "not in a while" is just 👩🏼‍🍳 💋10 Jun 2025 21:31 +0000at://did:plc:fxo7ebfplublt46yzezg7aal/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrbtpt35w22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/bmath.bsky.social/post/3lr7um3ris22nI’m on the quadrant that thinks (Gary Markus is mostly right) and (we have 1-2 decades of products to figure out on these LLMs anyway)10 Jun 2025 02:42 +0000at://did:plc:fxo7ebfplublt46yzezg7aal/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr7um3ris22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/bmath.bsky.social/post/3loma544bz22dtechnically this is an accurate description of the process. Ask the question, no matter the answer, deport.07 May 2025 20:24 +0000at://did:plc:fxo7ebfplublt46yzezg7aal/app.bsky.feed.post/3loma544bz22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/bmath.bsky.social/post/3lleyxpj5hc2yAdd this to the “I asked specifically for a bad thing and a general purpose tech gave me what I asked for” hall of dunces [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Mar 2025 19:12 +0000at://did:plc:fxo7ebfplublt46yzezg7aal/app.bsky.feed.post/3lleyxpj5hc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/bmath.bsky.social/post/3lbdl6lznps23You're not a real SF resident until you make friends with people you think will be your confidants for life and then in 10 years all of them have left and then you sit alone at a cafe and whisper to yourself "but the parks are so beautiful"19 Nov 2024 23:20 +0000at://did:plc:fxo7ebfplublt46yzezg7aal/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbdl6lznps23https://bsky.app/profile/bmath.bsky.social/post/3layq4vr5c22bIf the main commonality of a social network is using that social network itself, you do not yet have a social network. I am subtweeting most of the twitter clones.15 Nov 2024 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:fxo7ebfplublt46yzezg7aal/app.bsky.feed.post/3layq4vr5c22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/bmath.bsky.social/post/3lashzezkpk22cc @gordon.bsky.social a variant in the wild “if everyone would just *not*” [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Nov 2024 04:09 +0000at://did:plc:fxo7ebfplublt46yzezg7aal/app.bsky.feed.post/3lashzezkpk22https://bsky.app/profile/bmath.bsky.social/post/3l7jtxxgxbl2tI envy the certainty of the true believer.28 Oct 2024 00:23 +0000at://did:plc:fxo7ebfplublt46yzezg7aal/app.bsky.feed.post/3l7jtxxgxbl2thttps://bsky.app/profile/bmath.bsky.social/post/3jzueej7jxw2xI had to shuttle to the Bay Area suburbs today. I will *try* to not tweet nonstop about how fucking stupid and inhuman the built environment is around me non stop. No promises.06 Jul 2023 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:fxo7ebfplublt46yzezg7aal/app.bsky.feed.post/3jzueej7jxw2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/bmath.bsky.social/post/3jzpgtfuvli2wOne thing that keeps big social networks safe from competitors is that if you join a new one, you can just repost viral classics from the old one. This annoys power users, who have seen it before, but means that reposters have the best content as far as new users know.04 Jul 2023 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:fxo7ebfplublt46yzezg7aal/app.bsky.feed.post/3jzpgtfuvli2whttps://bsky.app/profile/bmath.bsky.social/post/3jznqm3fcwl254 months ago: broken neck. Today: able to play squash for 90 minutes, lift, down a smoothie, then ride for 90 minutes up twin peaks and out to the ocean and back. Hi, body, great to have you back. It’s a great world out there old buddy, let’s keep exploring.03 Jul 2023 23:36 +0000at://did:plc:fxo7ebfplublt46yzezg7aal/app.bsky.feed.post/3jznqm3fcwl25https://bsky.app/profile/bmath.bsky.social/post/3jvckgbqrmr2q👏🏻09 May 2023 15:06 +0000at://did:plc:fxo7ebfplublt46yzezg7aal/app.bsky.feed.post/3jvckgbqrmr2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/bmath.bsky.social/post/3juhiensle32kGetting thrown and fired in the same day could mean you got in a fight and are out of work. Or you are a piece of pottery.28 Apr 2023 20:47 +0000at://did:plc:fxo7ebfplublt46yzezg7aal/app.bsky.feed.post/3juhiensle32khttps://bsky.app/profile/bmath.bsky.social/post/3ju34cbtnw22lIf you have as many allergies as you do beauty products, you probably need to play in the dirt more.23 Apr 2023 22:39 +0000at://did:plc:fxo7ebfplublt46yzezg7aal/app.bsky.feed.post/3ju34cbtnw22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bmath.bsky.social/post/3ju2jwebziz23Sign of the great weirding that the best podcast on media literacy is called “blocked and reported”23 Apr 2023 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:fxo7ebfplublt46yzezg7aal/app.bsky.feed.post/3ju2jwebziz23https://bsky.app/profile/bmath.bsky.social/post/3jtyq2z374c2uA sunny walk and listening to a book titled “Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue” is one hell of a Saturday afternoon.22 Apr 2023 23:55 +0000at://did:plc:fxo7ebfplublt46yzezg7aal/app.bsky.feed.post/3jtyq2z374c2u