max mccarthy
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People always tell me that I’m tall. I work on interaction prototyping at Apple. SF; he/they.
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max mccarthy
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· May 8
ridiculous that i am just a loose collection of molecules that has somehow decided to "feel bad" this morning
i feel as if i retweet this every year
December 27, 2025 at 5:19 AM
i feel as if i retweet this every year
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it’s like Anthony Bourdain said: once you’ve been to San Francisco, you’ll never stop wanting to beat Marc Andreessen to death with your bare hands
December 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
it’s like Anthony Bourdain said: once you’ve been to San Francisco, you’ll never stop wanting to beat Marc Andreessen to death with your bare hands
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There should be a reverse Christmas where a magical man comes to your house and takes away a bunch of junk. But the government won't allow this because it doesn't help the economy
December 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
There should be a reverse Christmas where a magical man comes to your house and takes away a bunch of junk. But the government won't allow this because it doesn't help the economy
more of you should be reading invisible cities by italo calvino, in my opinion. it is a perfect winter holiday book
December 23, 2025 at 5:40 AM
more of you should be reading invisible cities by italo calvino, in my opinion. it is a perfect winter holiday book
while they’re at it, they should move the rest of kansas city to kansas as well
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Chiefs announce intent to leave their Missouri home of 50-plus years at Arrowhead Stadium and relocate to Kansas.
December 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
while they’re at it, they should move the rest of kansas city to kansas as well
nice of pg&e to commemorate the solstice by plunging us all into darkness
December 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
nice of pg&e to commemorate the solstice by plunging us all into darkness
i had forgotten how much one can feel on a plaintive walk home from a nightclub in the misty san francisco rain
December 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
i had forgotten how much one can feel on a plaintive walk home from a nightclub in the misty san francisco rain
this combination of text and image completely broke my brain
A new drama uses the real, gut-wrenching recordings of a call for help from Gaza to tell a harrowing and profound story. n.pr/4q8v28q
A new 'Avatar,' a marital stand-up story and a gut-wrenching drama are in theaters
A new drama uses the real, gut-wrenching recordings of a call for help from Gaza to tell a harrowing and profound story.
n.pr
December 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
this combination of text and image completely broke my brain
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Whatever make it 10 factor authentication.. I don't want to be able to sign into anything ever again
December 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Whatever make it 10 factor authentication.. I don't want to be able to sign into anything ever again
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
getting a lot of alerts about earthquakes i have not felt recently 🙃
December 14, 2025 at 11:33 PM
getting a lot of alerts about earthquakes i have not felt recently 🙃
god damn i love a knives out movie so much. why did daniel craig waste all that time being james bond?
December 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
god damn i love a knives out movie so much. why did daniel craig waste all that time being james bond?
i was not watching heated rivalry in order to feel actual emotions. this is so unfair
December 12, 2025 at 7:22 AM
i was not watching heated rivalry in order to feel actual emotions. this is so unfair
having an insane time on the internet today
December 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
having an insane time on the internet today
oh god was luigi mangione really only a year ago? could swear it's been decades already
December 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
oh god was luigi mangione really only a year ago? could swear it's been decades already
a fun fact is that december 6th was the earliest sunset (at my latitude) and sunset is already getting later with each passing day ☀️
December 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
a fun fact is that december 6th was the earliest sunset (at my latitude) and sunset is already getting later with each passing day ☀️
definitely don’t think about what this means for most software
this is similar to what I've come to think of as the "reverse turing test"
when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter
it's diagnostic
when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter
it's diagnostic
So similarly, when we see people who prefer ChatGPT or a similar synthetic text extruding machine as a source of medical information, that means those are people who are under-served in the current system.
December 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
definitely don’t think about what this means for most software
how your email finds me:
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
how your email finds me:
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worth saying that some portion of the freed slaves were themselves illegal aliens having been brought illegally into the united states by smugglers. if the birthright clause applies to them, it applies to undocumented immigrants
Here is the question presented. It's a relatively clean vehicle for the Supreme Court to finally decide whether it is lawful for the president to deny birthright citizenship to the children of immigrants. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
December 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
worth saying that some portion of the freed slaves were themselves illegal aliens having been brought illegally into the united states by smugglers. if the birthright clause applies to them, it applies to undocumented immigrants
i'm aware that the contemporary degradation of social expectations—professionalism, ethics, etiqutte, empathy—is pervasive.
nonetheless i am in awe of how pantone phoned it in by picking white as the 2026 color of the year.
truly the quietest quitters of them all
nonetheless i am in awe of how pantone phoned it in by picking white as the 2026 color of the year.
truly the quietest quitters of them all
December 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
i'm aware that the contemporary degradation of social expectations—professionalism, ethics, etiqutte, empathy—is pervasive.
nonetheless i am in awe of how pantone phoned it in by picking white as the 2026 color of the year.
truly the quietest quitters of them all
nonetheless i am in awe of how pantone phoned it in by picking white as the 2026 color of the year.
truly the quietest quitters of them all
meta finally got their hands on liquid ass. i can only hope liquid legs are coming soon
December 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
meta finally got their hands on liquid ass. i can only hope liquid legs are coming soon
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it is crazy that the president is essentially just the project manager for a medium-sized hotel ballroom who tweets things which would yet someone with that actual job fired instantaneously
December 3, 2025 at 7:04 AM
it is crazy that the president is essentially just the project manager for a medium-sized hotel ballroom who tweets things which would yet someone with that actual job fired instantaneously
today is cyber tuesday, and tomorrow is cyber wednesday. we can't stop the cyber. it's all cyber now
December 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
today is cyber tuesday, and tomorrow is cyber wednesday. we can't stop the cyber. it's all cyber now
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