Christopher Schmidt
@crschmidt.net
Software engineer (currently at Google). Founding member, Alphabet Workers Union. Advocate for sustainable cities through urban development. E-bike evangelist. Currently in Somerville, MA; formerly in Cambridge, MA.
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I am travelling to Costa Rica from March 2nd to 7th. I'll be flying into Liberia, renting a car, staying at the Greenmount Hotel near the Monteverde Cloud Forest, and expect to go ziplining, to visit the hanging bridges, and to find some guided nature tours.
Advice or thoughts welcome!
Advice or thoughts welcome!
February 11, 2026 at 6:55 AM
I am travelling to Costa Rica from March 2nd to 7th. I'll be flying into Liberia, renting a car, staying at the Greenmount Hotel near the Monteverde Cloud Forest, and expect to go ziplining, to visit the hanging bridges, and to find some guided nature tours.
Advice or thoughts welcome!
Advice or thoughts welcome!
I am travelling to Costa Rica from March 2nd to 7th. I'll be flying into Liberia, renting a car, staying at the Greenmount Hotel near the Monteverde Cloud Forest, and expect to go ziplining, to visit the hanging bridges, and to find some guided nature tours.
Advice or thoughts welcome!
Advice or thoughts welcome!
February 11, 2026 at 6:55 AM
I am travelling to Costa Rica from March 2nd to 7th. I'll be flying into Liberia, renting a car, staying at the Greenmount Hotel near the Monteverde Cloud Forest, and expect to go ziplining, to visit the hanging bridges, and to find some guided nature tours.
Advice or thoughts welcome!
Advice or thoughts welcome!
Okay, I now have a new personal computer for the first time in ... 6 years? maybe?
(I think I was using a personal laptop regularly through ~2022, but have just been using my work laptop for everything for the past few years, which was not helping with my "working too much" situation.)
(I think I was using a personal laptop regularly through ~2022, but have just been using my work laptop for everything for the past few years, which was not helping with my "working too much" situation.)
February 11, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Okay, I now have a new personal computer for the first time in ... 6 years? maybe?
(I think I was using a personal laptop regularly through ~2022, but have just been using my work laptop for everything for the past few years, which was not helping with my "working too much" situation.)
(I think I was using a personal laptop regularly through ~2022, but have just been using my work laptop for everything for the past few years, which was not helping with my "working too much" situation.)
This is a non-trivial part of what has happened in my working life for the past 2 months. In getting rid of the need to think a lot of the shitty parts of trying to accomplish tasks, I have been able to accomplish more and feel more rewarded, which has made it harder to put work down and walk away.
February 10, 2026 at 11:40 AM
This is a non-trivial part of what has happened in my working life for the past 2 months. In getting rid of the need to think a lot of the shitty parts of trying to accomplish tasks, I have been able to accomplish more and feel more rewarded, which has made it harder to put work down and walk away.
The thing about this article is that it explicitly calls out like 7 different political things in the performance. Like, they didn't *miss* the politics. They saw the politics, but they don't consider the political commentary to be political commentary, despite explicitly describing it that way.
Analysis: Weeks before he set foot on the stage, Bad Bunny’s halftime performance had already become a media event.
But if you were looking for political commentary, the closest that you got was when he said “God bless America” in English.
But if you were looking for political commentary, the closest that you got was when he said “God bless America” in English.
Analysis | Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show was expected to provoke. Did it?
The Bad Bunny Super Bowl show nodded to injustices in Puerto Rico but mostly evoked wholesome family values that meshed with the more sentimental commercials.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:26 AM
The thing about this article is that it explicitly calls out like 7 different political things in the performance. Like, they didn't *miss* the politics. They saw the politics, but they don't consider the political commentary to be political commentary, despite explicitly describing it that way.
I'm looking at travel options to try to take a break from work to reduce my overwork problem. I asked the Gemini browser sidebar thingy to make itineraries and price them for me, and I was pleasantly surprised at how solid the outcome was, *and* how straightforward the format of the response was.
February 10, 2026 at 2:02 AM
I'm looking at travel options to try to take a break from work to reduce my overwork problem. I asked the Gemini browser sidebar thingy to make itineraries and price them for me, and I was pleasantly surprised at how solid the outcome was, *and* how straightforward the format of the response was.
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all together now: productivity improvements in a sector are ambiguous as to employment in that sector
tech.
“AI is not only not replacing (radiologists), but it’s actually increasing the amount of work they can do and increasing demand for their services,” www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art... @ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social
“AI is not only not replacing (radiologists), but it’s actually increasing the amount of work they can do and increasing demand for their services,” www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art... @ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social
This job has become the ultimate case study for why AI won’t replace human workers
Want to understand how artificial intelligence could change your job? Look to radiology as a clue. Radiology has become a recent talking point in the AI race. It was mentioned multiple times last mont...
www.ctvnews.ca
February 9, 2026 at 2:54 PM
all together now: productivity improvements in a sector are ambiguous as to employment in that sector
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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
my wife has enjoyed a lot of game of thrones, but it never appealed to me. Seven Kingdoms is way more my speed, because it highlights One Dude just trying to do the right and just thing among the bunch of assholes that are the royal families of Westeros.
I like it.
I like it.
The moral earnestness of "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" feels a lot more subversive than anything ever attempted in "Game of Thrones."
February 9, 2026 at 5:13 AM
my wife has enjoyed a lot of game of thrones, but it never appealed to me. Seven Kingdoms is way more my speed, because it highlights One Dude just trying to do the right and just thing among the bunch of assholes that are the royal families of Westeros.
I like it.
I like it.
apparently I get 44 OTA TV channels at the moment. I think like 6 of them are home shopping network channels, and some of them are a bit iffy reception-wise, but that's honestly a lot of TV channels! when I was growing up, I used to get like, 6.
Rabbit ears pulled out for their annual usage: “avoiding paying for yet another subscription service in order to watch the Super Bowl”.
February 9, 2026 at 4:15 AM
apparently I get 44 OTA TV channels at the moment. I think like 6 of them are home shopping network channels, and some of them are a bit iffy reception-wise, but that's honestly a lot of TV channels! when I was growing up, I used to get like, 6.
that ai.com ad literally made me laugh out loud. "AGI is coming. get your handle on our service now!" was ... so laughable. not even the slightest hint of an idea that there's some reason why you would want it, just bullshit FOMO
February 9, 2026 at 2:56 AM
that ai.com ad literally made me laugh out loud. "AGI is coming. get your handle on our service now!" was ... so laughable. not even the slightest hint of an idea that there's some reason why you would want it, just bullshit FOMO
the fact that the whole ad was "ways in which your AI might kill you", and the end result was "oh, but you can also book me a massage? that's fine then" was ... something.
so alexa will kill you horrifically? was that the gist?
February 9, 2026 at 2:32 AM
the fact that the whole ad was "ways in which your AI might kill you", and the end result was "oh, but you can also book me a massage? that's fine then" was ... something.
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Unidos somos América.
February 9, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Unidos somos América.
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honestly respect for the ad that’s just like “pokemon are cool.” they are cool
February 9, 2026 at 2:02 AM
honestly respect for the ad that’s just like “pokemon are cool.” they are cool
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A lot of these ads have kind of unsettling animated characters, and I feel like some of them are AI and some aren’t, but they’re all kinda meh.
February 9, 2026 at 1:14 AM
A lot of these ads have kind of unsettling animated characters, and I feel like some of them are AI and some aren’t, but they’re all kinda meh.
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Christian Gonzalez is having a GAME.
February 9, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Christian Gonzalez is having a GAME.
Were the Backstreet Boys offering a licensing deal for ads this year or something?
February 9, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Were the Backstreet Boys offering a licensing deal for ads this year or something?
Rabbit ears pulled out for their annual usage: “avoiding paying for yet another subscription service in order to watch the Super Bowl”.
February 9, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Rabbit ears pulled out for their annual usage: “avoiding paying for yet another subscription service in order to watch the Super Bowl”.
My sitting place for the afternoon, where I am observing the snowstorm and enjoying a book nook.
February 7, 2026 at 9:45 PM
My sitting place for the afternoon, where I am observing the snowstorm and enjoying a book nook.
Okay, so I've long wanted to take the California Zephyr, but been kinda like "52 hours is long, and it includes the whole Nebraska/Iowa chunk that nobody really cares about."
But I could take it from Denver west instead, and it would instead be a 33 hour trip. Maybe I should do that.
But I could take it from Denver west instead, and it would instead be a 33 hour trip. Maybe I should do that.
February 7, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Okay, so I've long wanted to take the California Zephyr, but been kinda like "52 hours is long, and it includes the whole Nebraska/Iowa chunk that nobody really cares about."
But I could take it from Denver west instead, and it would instead be a 33 hour trip. Maybe I should do that.
But I could take it from Denver west instead, and it would instead be a 33 hour trip. Maybe I should do that.
quantifying my level of overwork has been a challenge for me, because so much of my work doesn't involve checking in code. But I realized last night I can use my work command line history as a source of truth, and friends, the reality is Not Good.
(Yes, I know it's bad and needs to be addressed.)
(Yes, I know it's bad and needs to be addressed.)
February 7, 2026 at 4:41 PM
quantifying my level of overwork has been a challenge for me, because so much of my work doesn't involve checking in code. But I realized last night I can use my work command line history as a source of truth, and friends, the reality is Not Good.
(Yes, I know it's bad and needs to be addressed.)
(Yes, I know it's bad and needs to be addressed.)
Yesterday, I spent 1hr45m clearing the plowed in entrance to the offstreet bike lane at the Cambridge/Somerville border.
February 6, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Yesterday, I spent 1hr45m clearing the plowed in entrance to the offstreet bike lane at the Cambridge/Somerville border.
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You don't need a garage to own a cargo bike!
We do, however, recommend a storage cover, otherwise you may need to commit to some serious digging out...
Epic #cargobike #bunchfam pics thanks to @crschmidt.net at @communitypedalpower.org!
We do, however, recommend a storage cover, otherwise you may need to commit to some serious digging out...
Epic #cargobike #bunchfam pics thanks to @crschmidt.net at @communitypedalpower.org!
February 2, 2026 at 7:02 PM
You don't need a garage to own a cargo bike!
We do, however, recommend a storage cover, otherwise you may need to commit to some serious digging out...
Epic #cargobike #bunchfam pics thanks to @crschmidt.net at @communitypedalpower.org!
We do, however, recommend a storage cover, otherwise you may need to commit to some serious digging out...
Epic #cargobike #bunchfam pics thanks to @crschmidt.net at @communitypedalpower.org!
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I'll repost this tomorrow, but if you're commemorating the Boston Mooninite Scare anniversary today, one of its heroes is nearing the end of his life, and you can let him know how much that moment meant to you and help his family out here
@universalhub.com
@universalhub.com
Donate to Help Sean Prepare for the Close of His Life, organized by Jamie Katz
As many of you know, Sean has been battling Stage 4 rectal cancer since 2018. M… Jamie Katz needs your support for Help Sean Prepare for the Close of His Life
www.gofundme.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:04 AM
I'll repost this tomorrow, but if you're commemorating the Boston Mooninite Scare anniversary today, one of its heroes is nearing the end of his life, and you can let him know how much that moment meant to you and help his family out here
@universalhub.com
@universalhub.com