Brice Tebbs
@bricetebbs.com
tech and its discontents, cycling, team human. he/him
formerly: cyan, amazon, google and a lot of places no one has heard of
currently: mostly not working
blog: https://www.bricetebbs.com/
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formerly: cyan, amazon, google and a lot of places no one has heard of
currently: mostly not working
blog: https://www.bricetebbs.com/
M: @bricetebbs@mastodon.social
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Brice Tebbs
@bricetebbs.com
· Sep 26
The bright future where Super Intelligent AI solves all our problems and the dark future where it enslaves humanity are the same future.
Meta Ray-Ban Display seems like the perfect product for people who don't think smartphones are invasive enough. Definitely not interested in carry a Zuck spy device around with me all day.
September 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Meta Ray-Ban Display seems like the perfect product for people who don't think smartphones are invasive enough. Definitely not interested in carry a Zuck spy device around with me all day.
The value of homes in my neighborhood have basically doubled since we bought ours, but I would have preferred a world where the prices didn’t increase and my kids could afford a home here.
September 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The value of homes in my neighborhood have basically doubled since we bought ours, but I would have preferred a world where the prices didn’t increase and my kids could afford a home here.
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Do you live in Ravenna or Roosevelt? Sign on to this letter opposing comprehensive plan amendment #40, which shrinks the Ravenna neighborhood center. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
August 31, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Do you live in Ravenna or Roosevelt? Sign on to this letter opposing comprehensive plan amendment #40, which shrinks the Ravenna neighborhood center. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
So many flex posts gave their all to make this happen
August 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
So many flex posts gave their all to make this happen
A couple of days in Copenhagen is all you need to experience the horrors that the YIMBY, pro density, pro transit people want to bring to your city.
July 24, 2025 at 7:02 AM
A couple of days in Copenhagen is all you need to experience the horrors that the YIMBY, pro density, pro transit people want to bring to your city.
If the problem is that people don’t care enough, it’s really unlikely you will fix that by adding another process step.
July 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
If the problem is that people don’t care enough, it’s really unlikely you will fix that by adding another process step.
It is very hard to get to a situation where healthcare is free without first having a plan to make it less expensive.
June 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
It is very hard to get to a situation where healthcare is free without first having a plan to make it less expensive.
How many $100M geniuses does it take to invent a perpetual motion machine?
June 29, 2025 at 12:24 AM
How many $100M geniuses does it take to invent a perpetual motion machine?
It's pretty common to run into a swarm of bugs when riding on the Burke, today It was a swarm of Bees! No stings though.
June 24, 2025 at 12:42 AM
It's pretty common to run into a swarm of bugs when riding on the Burke, today It was a swarm of Bees! No stings though.
Reposted by Brice Tebbs
We stood on his shoulders. ❤️ appleinsider.com/articles/25/...
Bill Atkinson, pioneering early Apple engineer, dies at 74
The engineer behind much of the Mac's early graphical user interfaces, QuickDraw, MacPaint, Hypercard and much more, William D. "Bill" Atkinson, died on June 5 of complications from pancreatic cancer.
appleinsider.com
June 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
We stood on his shoulders. ❤️ appleinsider.com/articles/25/...
The biggest challenge with working on tech for Healthcare in the US is not dealing with HIPAA, it is having to learn even more depressing things about the way the system works.
June 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The biggest challenge with working on tech for Healthcare in the US is not dealing with HIPAA, it is having to learn even more depressing things about the way the system works.
Just at the "attention economy" has decimated our attention. The "ai agent economy" is going to decimate our agency.
May 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Just at the "attention economy" has decimated our attention. The "ai agent economy" is going to decimate our agency.
Reposted by Brice Tebbs
I just published the most personal thing I’ve ever written.
The High Cost of Saying No: Why I Can’t Stop Talking About Housing.
It’s about Atlanta and San Francisco, growth, and grief.
And the decisions that shaped my marriage, my loss, and everything after www.dataandpolitics.net/the-high-cos...
The High Cost of Saying No: Why I Can’t Stop Talking About Housing.
It’s about Atlanta and San Francisco, growth, and grief.
And the decisions that shaped my marriage, my loss, and everything after www.dataandpolitics.net/the-high-cos...
The High Cost of Saying No: Why I Can't Stop Talking About Housing
Atlanta isn't just building structures. It is filling them with life. Meanwhile, in San Francisco, we keep fighting over everything except how to make room for each other. Cities, like lives, are made...
www.dataandpolitics.net
April 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I just published the most personal thing I’ve ever written.
The High Cost of Saying No: Why I Can’t Stop Talking About Housing.
It’s about Atlanta and San Francisco, growth, and grief.
And the decisions that shaped my marriage, my loss, and everything after www.dataandpolitics.net/the-high-cos...
The High Cost of Saying No: Why I Can’t Stop Talking About Housing.
It’s about Atlanta and San Francisco, growth, and grief.
And the decisions that shaped my marriage, my loss, and everything after www.dataandpolitics.net/the-high-cos...
Why does “preserving the character of a neighborhood” never mean preserving the ability for young families to live there?
April 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Why does “preserving the character of a neighborhood” never mean preserving the ability for young families to live there?
Confidence is poorly correlated with Competence
April 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Confidence is poorly correlated with Competence
If you are unhappy with the current situation don’t be content with a return to the status quo ante which led to the current situation.
April 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
If you are unhappy with the current situation don’t be content with a return to the status quo ante which led to the current situation.
Reposted by Brice Tebbs
The number of good points per minute in this video is extremely high, which is wild because it is 2 hours and 40 minutes long.
youtu.be/teqkK0RLNkI?...
youtu.be/teqkK0RLNkI?...
CONSPIRACY | contrapoints
YouTube video by ContraPoints
youtu.be
March 31, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The number of good points per minute in this video is extremely high, which is wild because it is 2 hours and 40 minutes long.
youtu.be/teqkK0RLNkI?...
youtu.be/teqkK0RLNkI?...
The mind virus which is destroying society isn't woke, its wetiko
March 31, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The mind virus which is destroying society isn't woke, its wetiko
Paying attention should be less painful
March 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Paying attention should be less painful
It's a shame that it's Buy Nothing day. I am thinking I should probably stock up on Iodine tablets.
March 1, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It's a shame that it's Buy Nothing day. I am thinking I should probably stock up on Iodine tablets.
First ride of the year without full finger gloves. Such a nice day.
February 28, 2025 at 2:59 AM
First ride of the year without full finger gloves. Such a nice day.
Playing around with aider to see how well it works. First it feels like magic 😮❗. Then it starts to feel a little annoying 😠. Then I looked closer at the code 😱. Maybe its more useful than that, and I just need more practice. Maybe more bad code is what the world needs. Maybe I am old.
February 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Playing around with aider to see how well it works. First it feels like magic 😮❗. Then it starts to feel a little annoying 😠. Then I looked closer at the code 😱. Maybe its more useful than that, and I just need more practice. Maybe more bad code is what the world needs. Maybe I am old.
Every dependency is a potential tragedy.
February 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Every dependency is a potential tragedy.
Excited to ride on the studded bike tires today.
February 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Excited to ride on the studded bike tires today.