Ted Kupper

This is buried in a thread, so most people are going to miss it, but it's an excellent illustration of who Nithya Raman is. She took on massive political risk to support an unpopular project by a developer who hated her, because she believed it was the right thing to do.

@alexia The tech’s just not that into us

Humanity's relationship to technology is more like a situationship.

Big congrats to my old friend @perryjon, @mossmouth, and the rest of the gang for finishing and releasing UFO 50 today, a monumental near decade long project to make a fictional video game system and a library of games for it. Highly recommend!!

never mind flying cars this is the future i want: youtube.com/watch?v=1fm8TK…

LAWA has achieved an important milestone with the first Automated People Mover train car now in its initial testing phase. This signifies ongoing progress as we work to deliver this innovative project that'll transform the airport experience. #LAXTransformation

why is gift ever a verb? give exists, people

@eigenrobot Conflict is what’s needed for good storytelling, and while conflict and unhappiness often coincide, they’re not synonymous. Candide/Amelie/Forrest Gump are three examples of a story where the unflappable happiness of the main character drives a memorable plot. 2 are French hmmm

idk who needs to hear this but misery isnt intrinsically deep and happiness isnt intrinsically shallow

@HugoForCD13 @nithyavraman @EunissesH @BobBlumenfield @LADOTofficial They did this temporarily during Covid and it made my corner 1000x more ped friendly. Also it’s just software, ladot could do it tomorrow at approximately zero cost

@HugoForCD13 @nithyavraman @EunissesH @BobBlumenfield @LADOTofficial Nothing wrong with these ideas, but I think something cheaper and easier to implement that would be even more beneficial would be to make it so when a pedestrian hits the beg box, the signal change cycle starts immediately instead after the current car green is over

2024 is going to be a big year for mobility in LA. A lot of exciting stuff is happening, and I want to uplift one motion from my colleagues @nithyavraman, @EunissesH and @BobBlumenfield that could finally allow us to start building a city around people instead of cars. (thread)

New year, new episode: open.spotify.com/episode/3aT5ph… Thanks @perryjon for a fantastic discussion, one that I’m super proud to bring the new year in with. Thanks to all listeners as well. Just thanks!

Stories have 6 primary arcs: • “Rags to riches” (rise) • “Tragedy” (fall) • “Man in a hole” (fall-rise) • “Icarus” (rise-fall) • “Cinderella” (rise-fall-rise) • “Oedipus” (fall-rise-fall) Programmatic analysis validates Kurt Vonnegut's legendary rejected masters thesis.

Quick lesson in the dangers of data contamination. Years ago, I came up with an acronym for remembering the periods of the Paleozoic era — “Catastrophic Overthrow Started Different Colder Period”. I was curious if ChatGPT could guess what it stood for. 1/4

hasn't anyone read neuromancer

*this* is how it gets loose. thezvi.substack.com/p/openai-facts…

riding metro's new surreal line

Our most recent episode is finally out! After this one, new episodes will be less frequent, so check this account and/or leave us in your feed for updates! reviewthefuture.com/?p=1106

"why are you afraid" ask people who constantly try to scare you

this headline is like asking "why are you punching yourself" latimes.com/california/sto…

ngl i'm mostly mad bc until now turning energy into pure nonsense has been my job

If you're looking for something a little different in a movie, #corneroffice is very entertaining. Based on the book 'The Room'. Jon Hamm is great. Recommend.