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gordon.bsky.social
Everything around me was someone’s lifework.
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Seems like there may be a general intuition here: evolution may sometimes be convergent but this does not imply the underlying mechanisms will be the same.

submitted 14 hours ago • 1 comment

and if folks are interested in even radically cheaper atproto relays, check out cerulea (and related "small world" experimentation, like graph-limited appview)

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

We should decentralize science somewhat.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Groupchats operate below the Coasean floor.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

It's too easy to censor scientific data. We should decentralize scientific data somewhat. I'm building a simple tool for censorship-resistant data archiving. It uses the same tech as Bluesky. github.com/gordonbrande...

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

We should decentralize scientific data somewhat.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

typical spreadsheet brain L

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Farming is crazy . You just put some of the beans back in the floor. Infinite bean glitch

submitted 29 days ago • 10 comments

Who amongst us hasn’t operated global infrastructure by pushing a big ol’ flat file to every system that needs it - I’ve done it twice!

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Building something useful then working out how to scale it >> agonising over how to scale something not useful

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

DNS started as a text file on Jon’s computer. To register a new domain you would email Jon.

submitted 2 days ago • 16 comments

There is no [memetic virus]. Pay no attention to [memetic virus]. I repeat: [memetic virus] does not exist. It is important to amplify and quote tweet and fact check [memetic virus] so that the max number of people are aware of [memetic virus] (…that it does not exist). I am a misinformation expert.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

“Now that man has extended his central nervous system by electric technology, the field of battle has shifted to mental image-making-and-breaking.”

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

making an absolute statement about a moving target is usually a bad bet

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

the transport really shouldn’t matter

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submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

> banging my head against a bug > figure I'll ask AI... > explain the bug to AI in great detail > about to press enter... > realize the answer to my own question > *agi has been achieved internally*

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

“The first, most basic thing here is that it erases the distinction between objects and rules, between things and informational messages.” thoughtforms.life/a-most-profo...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

HT to @eudoxia.bsky.social who posted it elsewhere. ponnekanti.net/posts/the-in...

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

The long arm of the network allows center to control periphery, and also bricks periphery when center loses interest.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Humanity’s Last Exam

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

in front of you are two pills. one pill will make you debate decentralisation semantics minutiae and the other pill will let you do literally anything else

submitted 7 days ago • 27 comments

“Now that man has extended his central nervous system by electric technology, the field of battle has shifted to mental image-making-and-breaking.”

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“Each form of transport not only carries, but translates and transforms the sender, the receiver, and the message.”

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment