Brad Barrish
@bradbarrish
Nerd
Brad Barrish
bradbarrish.com
slop·py·pas·ta n. Verbatim LLM output copy-pasted at someone, unread, unrefined, and unrequested. From slop (low-quality AI-generated content) + copypasta (text copied and pasted, often as a meme, without critical thought). It is considered rude because it asks the recipient to do work the sender did not bother to do themselves.
Stop Sloppypasta: Don't paste raw LLM output at people
I can assure you that you do not need to start a company to feel this way.
ASICS casting Brian Cox (or Logan Roy) to deliver a PSA about the dangers of sitting at your desk was surprising and smart. https://t.co/M7NgCspfvu
Rachel Kartenx.comWe know these platforms are bad for us, so why are they still so widely used? They tell a compelling story: that all of your frantic tapping and swiping makes you a key part of a political revolution, or a fearless investigator, or a righteous protestor – that when you’re online, you’re someone important, doing important things during an important... See more
On Charlie Kirk and Saving Civil Society
Tell you what: if I was Europe, & I was feeling feisty, I’d imagine some new kind of “digital tariff” & slap it on all the big tech platforms.
Robin Sloan • The Golden Sardine
These guys make the Ghost Tote for Benjamin Edgar and have lots of cool, short-run bags and EDC stuff. Technical, but nerdy.
I’ve sensed a thaw lately in the cosmos of letters: an energy, an urgency. Maybe it’s because people fear this might be the last good season before the end of the world, so we’d better get it all out now. Maybe it’s just because it’s spring.
Robin Sloan • The Golden Sardine
All the apps and
Habby looks like a nice, minimalist journal and habit tracker. I have no use for it, so of course I downloaded it. I can’t decide if 120 characters for a journal entry is a good constraint. I’m leaning toward no. (via)