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If you like that ⬇️ may I introduce you to Genevieve Bell’s 2006 paper “No more SMS from Jesus” www.dhi.ac.uk/san/waysofbe...
I have seen this.
It was SO good! My favourite bit was your little “there are stories” to Joe’s “perverts?”
I honestly like the pics of the Luce interior, but I also like “random switchgear” interiors from 60s British cars.
Project managers: “I have added people to this project that is late, as recommended in Fred Brooks’ classic ‘adding people to a late project makes it later’”
Just kidding no project manager ever has read Royce.
Project managers: “I am following the waterfall software development model from Winston Royce’s 1970 paper ‘Do not follow a waterfall model for developing software’”
Spectacular thread.
The maddening thing about this all is that Winston Royce wrote about this in 1970.
Vibe coding broke people's brains because they had a bad understanding of the software design process.
The pop culture model goes something like this: start out with a sketch and then render that same idea in progressively finer detail.
So when tools could "skip" to high detail, people went WOW.
What coders lose by relying on AI. From our event with the University of Washington Office of Public Lectures.
(with @emilymbender.bsky.social)
It is excellently orange.
The only way this could be better is if it had the pop-up headlight front.
This is why I _don’t_ have one.
I keep trying to write clever blog entries with Deep Realizations about government tech, while failing to document the simple, fundamental truths that guide my work. So here's one of those fundamental truths: government simply has to hire people who understand how technology works.
“Hire people who understand software” might not be a Deep Realisation but I think it is an Executive Realisation.
Perfect time to reestablish K-HOLE
I would like to read this story!
I have been in that slack thread.
Gardening? That would mean going outside.
I am glad I don’t need brushes or woodworking tools.
Oh, kitchen tools? Oh, indigo things?
Oh no I can see the magic smoke escaping from my credit card already.
Why learn to code when you can use an LLM and pay a subscription fee for the rest of your life.
Got pitched yesterday on a “research platform” that has a lot of AI in it, to the level of “it can do synthesis”.
Me: I don’t trust that. LLMs only do form, not meaning
Salesperson: for normal LLMs I agree that’s true, but ours is specially trained for qualitative research
Me: yeah, ok
Put your hand up if you received the ELIZA vaccine at a young age and are now immune to chatbot spiraling
“The Trump administration “is telling American manufacturers, ‘You guys go build gasoline cars again,’” he said. “The Chinese government is telling its manufacturers, ‘You go build the advanced vehicles that are going take over the world.’”
Mazda - just coming in to the peak of their bubble-era power. FC RX-7 and HC Cosmo/Luce. Capella/626/MX-6 turbo with 4WS. Familia/323 (GT-X!) *and* MX-5!. I'd argue a more complete and interesting lineup than 80s BMW.
Context:
It’s always a good day to be reminded to always be punching nazis.
They haven’t tried hard enough until they get to Fiat Multiplacifica
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
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