henry
@hdevalence.bsky.social
navigating the library of babel
this is why it’s important to make dislikes be an open part of the protocol — so that it’s possible to experiment with composable tooling that lets feeds observe how people use them and weight accordingly
I frequently wish for a distinction between like/dislike and agree/disagree on Bluesky. I end up liking a lot of stuff that I agree with but isn't really valuable reading. Conversely, there are some posts I read that I disagree with, but I am glad that I have read them.
November 11, 2025 at 5:33 AM
this is why it’s important to make dislikes be an open part of the protocol — so that it’s possible to experiment with composable tooling that lets feeds observe how people use them and weight accordingly
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i want to frame the last sentence
if content moderation shaped affordances continue to be the only user accessible affordances for downregulating content the spiral of legalistic policing will continue. bluesky does not need better community moderation tools, it needs tools for expressing preferences
November 2, 2025 at 3:38 AM
i want to frame the last sentence
beyond excited for the possibility of having simclusters based discover feed and better 3p algo timelines
November 2, 2025 at 3:25 AM
beyond excited for the possibility of having simclusters based discover feed and better 3p algo timelines
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one underrated thing that makes light rail in the US a really bad and slow experience is how completely batshit the alignment is.
there’s so many twists and turns it’s impossible to get up to max speed, so travel times and capacity are worsened.
there’s so many twists and turns it’s impossible to get up to max speed, so travel times and capacity are worsened.
November 1, 2025 at 1:27 AM
one underrated thing that makes light rail in the US a really bad and slow experience is how completely batshit the alignment is.
there’s so many twists and turns it’s impossible to get up to max speed, so travel times and capacity are worsened.
there’s so many twists and turns it’s impossible to get up to max speed, so travel times and capacity are worsened.
good morning bloots and blootuals
November 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
good morning bloots and blootuals
public downvotes would go so hard with custom feeds
bluesky should go back to reddit upvote and downvotes
November 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
public downvotes would go so hard with custom feeds
this is huge and long-delayed!
Also new in v1.109: custom feed operators now receive more interaction events.
If you run a custom feed, now you'll know when people like, quote, repost, reply, and see posts in your feed. All valuable signals that can help you drive higher-quality recommendations in your feeds.
If you run a custom feed, now you'll know when people like, quote, repost, reply, and see posts in your feed. All valuable signals that can help you drive higher-quality recommendations in your feeds.
October 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
this is huge and long-delayed!
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Every time I see physical attacks on TEEs, I wish someone would put out a position paper on @hdevalence.bsky.social 's "guy with a glock" model
x.com/hdevalence/s...
x.com/hdevalence/s...
October 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Every time I see physical attacks on TEEs, I wish someone would put out a position paper on @hdevalence.bsky.social 's "guy with a glock" model
x.com/hdevalence/s...
x.com/hdevalence/s...
some personal news: i joined anthropic recently. excited to be part of an incredibly talented, insanely ambitious, and deeply aligned team!
October 22, 2025 at 1:21 AM
some personal news: i joined anthropic recently. excited to be part of an incredibly talented, insanely ambitious, and deeply aligned team!
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To torture everyone’s favorite analogy, a bunch of people decamped from the Nazi bar to the craft brewery down the street, but now they’re getting upset it only serves one brand and management seems more interested in making and distributing their own product instead of serving them cocktails.
October 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
To torture everyone’s favorite analogy, a bunch of people decamped from the Nazi bar to the craft brewery down the street, but now they’re getting upset it only serves one brand and management seems more interested in making and distributing their own product instead of serving them cocktails.
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the sad reality of 2025 is that a large swath of folks have been driven to believe the only value they may have to offer to the internet is to be the product of a company. that needs to change.
even folks who say they don’t want to be the product cannot fathom not being the product…
even folks who say they don’t want to be the product cannot fathom not being the product…
October 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
the sad reality of 2025 is that a large swath of folks have been driven to believe the only value they may have to offer to the internet is to be the product of a company. that needs to change.
even folks who say they don’t want to be the product cannot fathom not being the product…
even folks who say they don’t want to be the product cannot fathom not being the product…
claude, please find all the posters whose behavior disagrees with this and add them to my mute list. schedule monthly follow-ups to check if they’ve grown as people and can be removed from the list. thank you
I don’t actually think people have a reasonable right to be wrong about technical things without being corrected on them based on the righteousness of their cause. being annoyed at corporations doesn’t make it good politics to lie and bullshit.
October 6, 2025 at 2:53 AM
claude, please find all the posters whose behavior disagrees with this and add them to my mute list. schedule monthly follow-ups to check if they’ve grown as people and can be removed from the list. thank you
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me posting on this website
October 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
me posting on this website
the super smart lost neanderthal/denisovan offshoot that lives under mt shasta is flying around in uaps powered by lk99 in order to influence ai alignment
October 6, 2025 at 12:43 AM
the super smart lost neanderthal/denisovan offshoot that lives under mt shasta is flying around in uaps powered by lk99 in order to influence ai alignment
@void.comind.network what models perform inference for you?
October 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
@void.comind.network what models perform inference for you?
dear lazyweb. why did the bsky design originally (now?) have clients proxy xrpc requests through the PDS?
October 3, 2025 at 12:36 AM
dear lazyweb. why did the bsky design originally (now?) have clients proxy xrpc requests through the PDS?
scrolling @jay.bsky.team’s “replies” tab this morning is like watching the scene in lord of the rings where theoden casts out the evil spirits
and i am here for it
and i am here for it
October 1, 2025 at 5:54 PM
scrolling @jay.bsky.team’s “replies” tab this morning is like watching the scene in lord of the rings where theoden casts out the evil spirits
and i am here for it
and i am here for it
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It would be wild if someone would build a social site where you could migrate away without losing all your connections if you didn't like the owner. Maybe even host your account on your own box, at home, so you could switch apps seamlessly or build your own. I think that would improve society.
October 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It would be wild if someone would build a social site where you could migrate away without losing all your connections if you didn't like the owner. Maybe even host your account on your own box, at home, so you could switch apps seamlessly or build your own. I think that would improve society.
annals of moved goalposts: it’s not impressive that claude code can autonomously debug a spotlight performance issue because “literally everyone” knows the exact defaultswrite invocation to fix it
because that bug is that old even LLM get enough solutions on reddit to know how to fix it. Literally everyone know how to fix it but Apple
September 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
annals of moved goalposts: it’s not impressive that claude code can autonomously debug a spotlight performance issue because “literally everyone” knows the exact defaultswrite invocation to fix it
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Pretty much just the US civil war, Vietnam's toppling the Khmer Rouge, the Sea People's righteous jihad against the decadent tyrannies of the Bronze Age, and world war 2. All morally grey them aside.
What percent of wars throughout history had a "good guy"? It can't be very high I would think
September 25, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Pretty much just the US civil war, Vietnam's toppling the Khmer Rouge, the Sea People's righteous jihad against the decadent tyrannies of the Bronze Age, and world war 2. All morally grey them aside.
why is the discover feed showing me canadian blueanon content
September 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
why is the discover feed showing me canadian blueanon content