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simplicio.bsky.social
Lawyer, coder, professionally interested in AI stuff. More importantly, a Dad, Chicagoan, interested in good local gov't and baseball. Slinger of mild takes, in real life and online.
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Today at make law, I followed up on a prior post about the now-infamous ChatGPT hallucinations case, Mata v. Avianca. makelaw.substack.com/p/hallucinat...

submitted 54 days ago • 1 comment

I've been taking a break from social media for awhile, but am happy to return and share that I started a blog in the interim. make law is a blog about law and technology, which means lots of AI talk, but hopefully other stuff as well.

submitted 54 days ago • 1 comment

I get why nerds condescend to computer normies. Once you've used VS Code to highlight text and add open and closed parentheses with one click, standard word processing is barbaric.

submitted 109 days ago • 0 comments

"Neighbors at the open houses were divided on the proposal, with some saying the rezoning could bring needed housing to the area while others said it could impact the character of Edgewater’s less dense areas." The character:

submitted 109 days ago • 7 comments

Friendly reminder that the best substitute for dumb taxes and fees is more housing. Reduces the existing property tax burden + more residents=more general sales tax revenue. www.wbez.org/2024/12/18/h...

submitted 111 days ago • 0 comments

www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/17/o...

submitted 111 days ago • 0 comments

From Maria Hadden's constituent newsletter, voting yes on the budget but eviscerating Brandon Johnson in the process. It's astonishing how he has annihilated his political capital even with his base. The 49th Ward voted overwhelmingly for MBJ; he won his "worst" precinct there by 30 points.

submitted 112 days ago • 1 comment

Not to worry, the director is "from Chicago."

submitted 113 days ago • 1 comment

A public transit agency objecting to a new development because it might cause too many people to ride its trains and buses is peak American governance

submitted 116 days ago • 8 comments

Who calls their kid Jim?

submitted 118 days ago • 0 comments

I have a feeling this will go poorly: "The outside panel provided 79 recommendations. Some are extremely specific — 'all staff and leadership involved in the release processes should participate in the production release call.'"

submitted 118 days ago • 1 comment

It's really a travesty none of the Illinois flag design finalists borrowed from this version of the Illinois state seal. (This is on the Illinois bar license.)

submitted 119 days ago • 1 comment

Meanwhile, the City Council zoning committee is right now trying to figure out how to shelve a proposal for 294 new apartments in Lincoln Park — because the local alderman is against it — without landing the City in legal trouble: t.co/UdWsvwfILm

submitted 120 days ago • 3 comments

"The central circle abstractly represents the view from Abraham Lincoln's hat."

submitted 119 days ago • 1 comment

Napkin math: • 950 potential residents • 2 Trader Joe’s trips per week per person = 98,800 annual grocery trips that likely would have been done by car, replaced with a short walk. This is why building density is climate action

submitted 119 days ago • 3 comments

This piece reminds me of another a recent one from Stratechery along the same lines. stratechery.com/2024/enterpr...

submitted 119 days ago • 1 comment

I wonder if the HUD investigators watched this meeting

submitted 120 days ago • 2 comments

I think his posts are decently interesting, so this is not a dig, but: How did Ethan Mollick develop an entire content and media empire by just futzing around with AI all day?

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In 2024, discussing whether it would be a good idea to rezone from industrial to residential within walking distance of four train stations (Red/Purple/Brown/Metra).

submitted 120 days ago • 2 comments

These [large] organizations will deploy LLMs in ways that seem dull and technical, except to those immediately implicated for better or worse, but that are actually important. Big organizations shape our lives! www.programmablemutter.com/p/the-manage...

submitted 120 days ago • 2 comments

Chicago desperately needs more housing. But when it comes to building apartments, the city is its own worst enemy. My latest for @chicagomag.bsky.social www.chicagomag.com/chicago-maga...

submitted 120 days ago • 6 comments