Alex Smith
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Alex Smith
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Design https://t.co/CP8i3zgihn Designer. Sometimes a professor. Often a student. He/Him.
NYC شامل ہوئے Eylül 2008
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Government controlled math? I’ll pass. #FreedomToCompute
Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸@pmarca
Of course every part of this is absurd. (1) AI isn't nukes, it's math. (2) Big companies, small companies, independent developers, and open source communities should be free to pursue AI. (3) AI companies should not be nationalized, de jure or de facto (government-protected cartel). (4) Restricting AI means restricting math, software, and chips, which taken seriously would impose tyranny far beyond anything even imagined by the Communists and Fascists of the 20th Century. (5) AI authoritarians should learn from history and rethink their positions.
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@travis_robert I know this looks grim—and as as recent convert to the bus, I think a lot of NYCers are missing out. BUT the numbers on citibike use look great, particularly in the reduced fair / NYCHA category:
nyc.streetsblog.org/2023/05/15/cit…
So maybe that accounts for some lost bus riders?
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@aspiringpeasant Mostly though we don't really have to talk about, because we did a lot a while ago (when the kids hit and we found out how hard this actually is)
BUT it does come up at times of particularly constrained bandwidth or increased domestic workload eg. the holidays
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@aspiringpeasant "Domestic labor equity" as a topic for discussion probably falls into the "goals" for us.
Particularly as parents to two girls w/r/t what we're modeling for them and what they should expect out of their relationships in a decade or so.
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@aspiringpeasant Similar to how my wife and I take this on, but a lot of men (maybe most (even otherwise progressive guys)) are going to have a hard time stepping up to something close to equality unless labor is very explicitly broken down for them.
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As the space economy fully arrives it will need the kind of risk transfer tools long available in more mature sectors.
Derivatives customized to the unique risks of doing business on orbit are a part of that future.
financederivative.com/revolutionizin…
#spaceeconomy
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Yes it’s on me for assuming “better” meant “objectively superior version of thing” and not marketing speak for “horrific substitution for the thing you can’t or won’t eat because of macros/eating disorder/honestly come by restriction”
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I got some sort of franken-bagel called “Better Bagel” which I assumed was just a good frozen bagel but turns out to be styrofoam held together with whey protein isolate
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Dream Chaser is finally about to leave its nest.
@StephenClark1 got a good look at the vehicle this week:
arstechnica.com/space/2023/11/…
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@IDoTheThinking Strongly suggest you check out governor's island - the ferry terminal is just north of the staten island ferry. Leaves every 30 min.
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This paper is amazing and terrifying.
"Symptom or Culprit? Social Media, Air Pollution, and Violence" by @xinmingd
drive.google.com/file/d/10j1TL6…
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Shit like this is why making fun of England never stops being funny.
Rishi Sunak@RishiSunak
We are a nation of drivers. Most of us use a car every day and, for many, life would be difficult without their car. But too often, drivers feel under attack. That changes today with a long-term plan to improve drivers' experience on the road. Here’s how 👇🧵
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In some of New York City’s most flood-prone neighborhoods, increasing permeable infrastructure from the current level of 2% of land to just 5% of land could prevent flooding.
We can make our neighborhoods more resilient by replacing car space with green space.
Lauren Glassberg@LaurenGlassberg
This isn’t good. #parkslope flooding. Bumper cars.
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Excellent summary and debunking of the reactionary freakout over 15 minute cities.
Jongleur de dieu@dogeatcrow
Alright, I’ve avoided it for too long, but with it back in my feed, I feel compelled to talk about it: the 15-minute city. There is no debate; it is decidedly NOT authoritarian, and should be a core proposal from any self-professed localist. 1/
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