Makes taking and looking at photos nice.

First step is to characterize the delta in the timestamps. That will give you an idea of what time-between-follows (TBF) should be to ensure reliable detection.

You could probably make a client for this. Build comms on top of twitter protocol.

Haven't used twitter in over 10 years, but this kinda makes me want to again.

Side note: reminds me of why gmail scans drafts. Criminals used a signal account and create drafts to communicate back and forth. This prevented detection because intel agencies scan email traffic, not drafts.

EDIT: why stop with twitter. what makes this powerful is that it leverages a feature every platform has. Youtube, Twitch, you name it. Let's go my dude.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse-position_modulation

It's nice having a device not connected to the internet.

In the past I used jellyfin.

* "Amusing ourselves to death": visual media is fundamentally different from writing and that impacts society. As a medium it supports certain messages better than other, ex. emotion.

* "Technopoly": defines the difference between tool-using and technocratic societies and impacts it has on society.

* "The End of Education": what is the purpose of an education system.

Otherwise, seems kinda benign and random.

That's the vibe I get.

However, I don't see a definition of jurisdiction in the phrase "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" that would make this workable. How do you see this being resolved?

Subsequently, the plaintiffs forced a certified class and sought a class-wide injunction. This case is called Trump v. Barbara. SCOTUS has agreed to hear the case on the question of the constitutionality of a ban on birthright citizenship.

[0] https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/case-files/trump-v-casa-inc...

EDIT: The Trump v. CASA opinion handed a win to the executive to issues orders without universal injunctions blocking the order immediately. My hot take is that this was part of the original strategy. Not sure how the court will land on the current question at hand.

Since it can’t get the lastest OS many apps don’t install, effectively making it the type of dumb phone I always wanted.

If social media is a tool for anything, it is for the company to generate ad revenue. Sure there is value someone can extract (keeping in touch family). But I can also extract value from junk mail (using it as scrap paper for notes and lists.)

AI is still a tool. I think? I have not seen any direct way that monetizes it through ads, yet. I expect AI with a revenue model will look way worse.

AI is turning people dumb. I see it all the time with code slop. It's the old "give a man a fish vs. teach a man to fish". Maybe a tool-using approach to AI is "should me how to do this", rather than "do this for me". "Show me an example of some code" is more useful to me than unleashing it on my project.

Also, social media is obviously a sort of digital narcotic. Probably should be scheduled.

I kinda explain a lot odd stuff through this lens.

As a note on satire, is there a term for satire which is perpetuated for long enough that is take seriously at some point by someone?

I have been referring to this pattern as "the pizzagate phenomenon". Basically, making a joke repeatedly until it reaches an audience that's not in on the joke. It is not quite a "self-fulfilling prophecy.

It is a reminder that economics is firmly based on behavior. Interesting to see how economics reflects on this period in time.

> gets lost in the sauce Thanks you for referencing the contemporary rap philosopher Gucci Mane [0].

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0-F88c6Hrk

This reads like the first step to "infinite scroll" AI echo chambers and next level surveillance capitalism.

On one hand this can be exciting. Following up with information from my recent deep dive would be cool.

On the other hand, I don't want to it to keep engaging with my most recent conspiracy theory/fringe deep dives.

I've been drown more to engines and power generation. Specifically, control systems that are able to maintain stable operation despite changing conditions.

Few pieces of software I've worked on operate as "control systems". Most have been business logic.

Lately, I've been viewing "keeping the lights on", more important that "keeping engagement up".

Maybe I'll try to get into embedded/FPGA programming. Last time I applied I got passed up due to lack of experience.

A book with similar sentiment that is more approachable is Neil Postman’s Technopoly.

* Industrial Society and Its Future by Ted Kaczynski. The first half I reread often because it is a short critique of technology/technique and the effect that it has on our life. Though not original, it touches on this feeling that we are enslaved to our tools. It also reminds me that "no, i'm not crazy" this world is totally absurd and the way we live makes no sense. Obviously, if you take this philosophy to its natural extreme you need to go live in the woods and suffer. Which is kind of larping.

* This is Water by David Foster Wallace. I reread this and hand out copies of this book to people all the time. For me it speaks to the part of me that knows that it is important to choose wisely what you focus your thoughts on, because if I don't the automatic monologue in my head will take over. It will start with complaining. It will continue with painting everything black. It will make me misrable and incapable of enjoying the beauty in life.

I am trying to break out of these two book being so influential because I feel like to grow I need to evolve a new understanding and have new ideas to toy with.

Anyone have recommendation?