jaime silvela
@jaimes.bsky.social
movies, programming, math, overthinking
Tech/math blog: https://blog.silvela.org/
Tech/math blog: https://blog.silvela.org/
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You should set the sharpness of your monitors/TVs to zero. See why: blog.silvela.org/post/2025-12...
December 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
You should set the sharpness of your monitors/TVs to zero. See why: blog.silvela.org/post/2025-12...
Awesome, MathJax 4 supports choosing fonts. STIX2 is a clear upgrade over Computer Modern.
November 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Awesome, MathJax 4 supports choosing fonts. STIX2 is a clear upgrade over Computer Modern.
Austra has a new album out, and there art thou happy
November 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Austra has a new album out, and there art thou happy
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From The Archives: Trump Demands NATO Allies Match U.S. Commitment To Prioritizing Military Spending Over Healthcare
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June 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
From The Archives: Trump Demands NATO Allies Match U.S. Commitment To Prioritizing Military Spending Over Healthcare
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Great typography news. At last these fonts have webfont files ... and quite affordable.
Sitka is phenomenal.
www.tiro.com/articles/mic...
Sitka is phenomenal.
www.tiro.com/articles/mic...
License Microsoft fonts from Tiro Typeworks
Introducing the first tranche of Microsoft fonts available for licensing from the makers, Tiro Typeworks.
www.tiro.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Great typography news. At last these fonts have webfont files ... and quite affordable.
Sitka is phenomenal.
www.tiro.com/articles/mic...
Sitka is phenomenal.
www.tiro.com/articles/mic...
I think that in 10 years we will look back with amazement at the credit given to Sam Altman et. al.
October 7, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I think that in 10 years we will look back with amazement at the credit given to Sam Altman et. al.
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Scientific experts are the worst kind of experts, except for all the other kinds of experts.
September 7, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Scientific experts are the worst kind of experts, except for all the other kinds of experts.
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“The bubble bursting was never going to be one event, but a series of sentiment shifts against technology that has never proven its worth outside of specious hype” @edzitron.com
The AI vibe shift is upon us | CNN Business
Rather suddenly, there’s been a vibe shift around artificial intelligence, the tech that’s hypnotized Wall Street and inspired cultish devotion across Silicon Valley over the past three years.
www.cnn.com
August 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
“The bubble bursting was never going to be one event, but a series of sentiment shifts against technology that has never proven its worth outside of specious hype” @edzitron.com
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It’s so stupid that all the “but what about fairness in women’s sports” people are always talking about Oh No What If Trans and never, like, paying women athletes more
August 16, 2025 at 6:49 AM
It’s so stupid that all the “but what about fairness in women’s sports” people are always talking about Oh No What If Trans and never, like, paying women athletes more
@mailfence.com been getting no connection to mailfence, and a 503 "maintenance" message.
What's going on? Is there some place I can check the status? Thanks
What's going on? Is there some place I can check the status? Thanks
August 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
@mailfence.com been getting no connection to mailfence, and a 503 "maintenance" message.
What's going on? Is there some place I can check the status? Thanks
What's going on? Is there some place I can check the status? Thanks
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David Byrne came to my band’s show at a gay bar in Bed-Stuy and sang This Must Be The Place with us and I still haven’t processed it
August 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
David Byrne came to my band’s show at a gay bar in Bed-Stuy and sang This Must Be The Place with us and I still haven’t processed it
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Delightful story about a 17-year-old homeschooler who disproved the 40-year-old Mizohata-Takeuchi conjecture. She decided to apply straight to graduate school, skipping the rest of high school and college. When she finishes, a PhD will be her first degree.
At 17, Hannah Cairo Solved a Major Math Mystery | Quanta Magazine
After finding the homeschooling life confining, the teen petitioned her way into a graduate class at Berkeley, where she ended up disproving a 40-year-old conjecture.
www.quantamagazine.org
August 2, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Delightful story about a 17-year-old homeschooler who disproved the 40-year-old Mizohata-Takeuchi conjecture. She decided to apply straight to graduate school, skipping the rest of high school and college. When she finishes, a PhD will be her first degree.
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In a mini-series on the blog we highlight the work of our maintainers, component owners, and members of the larger community.
This week we meet @jaimes.bsky.social an experienced software developer & system builder, and a component owner for the project: cloudnative-pg.io/blog/contrib...
This week we meet @jaimes.bsky.social an experienced software developer & system builder, and a component owner for the project: cloudnative-pg.io/blog/contrib...
Contributor Spotlight: Jaime Silvela
In a mini-series on this blog we highlight the work of the community. Today we meet Jaime Silvela, experienced software developer and system builder and CloudNativePG component owner.
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July 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
In a mini-series on the blog we highlight the work of our maintainers, component owners, and members of the larger community.
This week we meet @jaimes.bsky.social an experienced software developer & system builder, and a component owner for the project: cloudnative-pg.io/blog/contrib...
This week we meet @jaimes.bsky.social an experienced software developer & system builder, and a component owner for the project: cloudnative-pg.io/blog/contrib...
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@newsweek.com From last week, based on interviews with Yann LeCun, David Eagleman, and me. The three of us could be described as AI realists, and have devoted our lives to AI and understanding intelligence. www.newsweek.com/2025/07/04/a...
What AI really can do now: 6 lessons for harnessing artificial intelligence
Newsweek interviewed a remarkable constellation of experts through its AI Impact series. Here are 6 lessons you can actually use, based on their experience.
www.newsweek.com
July 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
@newsweek.com From last week, based on interviews with Yann LeCun, David Eagleman, and me. The three of us could be described as AI realists, and have devoted our lives to AI and understanding intelligence. www.newsweek.com/2025/07/04/a...
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I promise you this GOP Senate bill is worse than you think
1) Biggest wealth transfer in American history
2) ~Trillion dollar cut to Medicaid
3) Nursing homes shutting down
4) Kills solar industry, raising prices
5) Grid blackouts
Thread #TheyWantYouDead @thunen.bsky.social @mkblyth.bsky.social
1) Biggest wealth transfer in American history
2) ~Trillion dollar cut to Medicaid
3) Nursing homes shutting down
4) Kills solar industry, raising prices
5) Grid blackouts
Thread #TheyWantYouDead @thunen.bsky.social @mkblyth.bsky.social
“ This bill will raise your electricity costs and cook the planet to give tax cuts to the richest people ever.” - Sen Schatz
“Trump is jamming through a bill that rips away health care, closes hospitals, raises grocery and utility bills to give tax breaks to billionaires.” - Sen Warren
“Trump is jamming through a bill that rips away health care, closes hospitals, raises grocery and utility bills to give tax breaks to billionaires.” - Sen Warren
June 30, 2025 at 6:32 AM
I promise you this GOP Senate bill is worse than you think
1) Biggest wealth transfer in American history
2) ~Trillion dollar cut to Medicaid
3) Nursing homes shutting down
4) Kills solar industry, raising prices
5) Grid blackouts
Thread #TheyWantYouDead @thunen.bsky.social @mkblyth.bsky.social
1) Biggest wealth transfer in American history
2) ~Trillion dollar cut to Medicaid
3) Nursing homes shutting down
4) Kills solar industry, raising prices
5) Grid blackouts
Thread #TheyWantYouDead @thunen.bsky.social @mkblyth.bsky.social
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This will put a grin on your face
Hey guys! I got to go long on the complex beauty of community in Miyazaki’s films over at @bwdr.bsky.social - thank you to @chadperman.bsky.social for helping shape this into something I’m really excited for you all to read www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2025/06/27/c...
Coming from a Place: Community in the Films of Hayao Miyazaki
Community isn’t just for comfort in Miyazaki’s world; it's a hallmark of interdependence, a vital theme in almost every one of his films.
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
June 29, 2025 at 3:30 AM
This will put a grin on your face
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Deep Blue is 30 years old and was capable of defeating chess grand champions. It could be housed in a single cabinet.
ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.
ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.
ChatGPT Lost a Chess Game to an Atari 2600
And on the 'Beginner' difficulty level, too.
www.extremetech.com
June 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Deep Blue is 30 years old and was capable of defeating chess grand champions. It could be housed in a single cabinet.
ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.
ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.
I created this artisanally ... via imgflip
June 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I created this artisanally ... via imgflip
Knuth is always inspiring:
> Email is a wonderful thing for people whose role in life is to be on top of things. But not for me; my role is to be on the bottom of things.
www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/email...
> Email is a wonderful thing for people whose role in life is to be on top of things. But not for me; my role is to be on the bottom of things.
www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/email...
Knuth versus Email
www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu
June 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Knuth is always inspiring:
> Email is a wonderful thing for people whose role in life is to be on top of things. But not for me; my role is to be on the bottom of things.
www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/email...
> Email is a wonderful thing for people whose role in life is to be on top of things. But not for me; my role is to be on the bottom of things.
www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/email...
@symbo1ics.bsky.social Feliciano fonts on your radar? Has a new iteration of Merlo out, and it's phenomenal, and cheap!
Up there with Heldane, but renders better on Windows / Linux.
felicianotype.com/typefaces/me...
Up there with Heldane, but renders better on Windows / Linux.
felicianotype.com/typefaces/me...
Merlo Original – Feliciano Type
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June 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
@symbo1ics.bsky.social Feliciano fonts on your radar? Has a new iteration of Merlo out, and it's phenomenal, and cheap!
Up there with Heldane, but renders better on Windows / Linux.
felicianotype.com/typefaces/me...
Up there with Heldane, but renders better on Windows / Linux.
felicianotype.com/typefaces/me...
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Today's new blog post on how the hype around each of Generative AI and Humanoid Robots is driven by similar pressures, with some slight differences in emphasis. rodneybrooks.com/parallels-be...
Parallels between Generative AI and Humanoid Robots – Rodney Brooks
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May 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Today's new blog post on how the hype around each of Generative AI and Humanoid Robots is driven by similar pressures, with some slight differences in emphasis. rodneybrooks.com/parallels-be...
Hanlon's razor: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
I often call this one to question.
I often call this one to question.
March 21, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Hanlon's razor: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
I often call this one to question.
I often call this one to question.