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When I think about how much I love language and the rise of AI. I honestly think that in a different timeline, I could’ve been early into computational linguistics and become deeply embittered as my efforts to teach machines the rules of grammar wound up at a dead end.
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Jun 10
Transplant casual Knicks fans are like zionists in that they think they’re maligned victims when in reality they’re occupying space that’s been occupied by long-suffering indigenous peoples and fans for generations
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Jun 6
The impact of AI on the economy will be no greater than that of the Internet
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Jun 4
I’ve never seen an engineer in top N LOC committed who wasn’t shipping. I have seen it for tokens tho
lines of code is a better metric than people think it is. token use is a better metric than people think it is
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Jun 4
You can’t measure productivity from lines of code but you can measure lines of code from productivity
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Jun 4
Too late. I’ve already depicted you as the innumerate old-timer in the scouting scene in Moneyball and myself as the handsome, contrarian Brad Pitt
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Jun 3
The new Drake album being good and the NBA being good again has caused me to emotionally regress to sophomore year of high school
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Jun 2
RESET THE COUNTER: it’s been 2 years since the last time I had to care about what a mantissa is
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May 31
x.com/i_zzzzzz/status/206095… that new york nightlife gonna be his undoing. He's about to stay out too late at the Baffler new issue release party
May 31
I worry that Wembanyama will get caught up in the distractions of New York City, like the Rose Reading Room at the public library or the upcoming conference on participatory futures at The New School
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May 31
You know what, sounds sick. W2 rentier populism is coming and it’s gonna be great
Mayor Brandon Johnson wants to force landlords who don’t renew their tenants’ leases to have to pay thousands of dollars to the tenants. An election year ordinance aimed at progressives and renters. The latest from @JakeSheridan_
chicagotribune.com/2026/05/2…
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May 29
Internet Friends are by far one of the best consequences of the 21st century
Really enjoy the itinerant yuppie thing on here where people in their mid 20s teleport across the country and hang out with Internet strangers. blessed time to be alive
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May 27
People aren’t emotionally prepared for if it’s not a bubble
we're all going to the Nobu that's also a data center later if you want to tag along
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