Joshua Levy
@ojoshe.bsky.social
AI, writing, engineering, fitness, typography, kindness, truth, other arcana
Metrics are a two-edged sword, most frequently grasped by the blade.
May 9, 2023 at 7:57 PM
Metrics are a two-edged sword, most frequently grasped by the blade.
Generative AI artwork is incredible, but for me, this video is one of those moments when you really can feel a new piece of science fiction becoming reality.
The next generation of game character creation is coming.
Watch a human character deconstructed and reconstructed in a few seconds.
The next generation of game character creation is coming.
Watch a human character deconstructed and reconstructed in a few seconds.
May 7, 2023 at 6:14 AM
Generative AI artwork is incredible, but for me, this video is one of those moments when you really can feel a new piece of science fiction becoming reality.
The next generation of game character creation is coming.
Watch a human character deconstructed and reconstructed in a few seconds.
The next generation of game character creation is coming.
Watch a human character deconstructed and reconstructed in a few seconds.
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going to drop in something I wrote back in 2021 https://paulfrazee.medium.com/the-anti-parler-principles-for-decentralized-social-networking-80a490909b38
May 1, 2023 at 4:32 PM
going to drop in something I wrote back in 2021 https://paulfrazee.medium.com/the-anti-parler-principles-for-decentralized-social-networking-80a490909b38
The great danger when building frameworks is that you build something useful for all kinds of things but not essential for anything in particular.
May 1, 2023 at 7:25 PM
The great danger when building frameworks is that you build something useful for all kinds of things but not essential for anything in particular.
Exactly this. Only thing I’d add is all this hinges not just on useful primitives and tools, but with the incentives for content creators and developers to adopt protocol features, at each stage of adoption.
If Bluesky succeeds, it will be because of account portability, and the developer ecosystem that evolves around the AT Protocol.
The concepts around big and small world features tell me they know what they are doing and have a plan to scale this thing.
The concepts around big and small world features tell me they know what they are doing and have a plan to scale this thing.
April 23, 2023 at 3:34 PM
Exactly this. Only thing I’d add is all this hinges not just on useful primitives and tools, but with the incentives for content creators and developers to adopt protocol features, at each stage of adoption.
I’m glad I happen to understand Portuguese (personally it’s kind of fun), but the fact that my What’s Hot feed is half English/half Portuguese is not what I expected. bsky is def going to need to implement a language filter soon to make that feature broadly usable.
April 21, 2023 at 5:02 PM
I’m glad I happen to understand Portuguese (personally it’s kind of fun), but the fact that my What’s Hot feed is half English/half Portuguese is not what I expected. bsky is def going to need to implement a language filter soon to make that feature broadly usable.
I’d love a feature where I can paste the URL of my own tweet thread and the client just unrolls it into a thread here (and you could re-edit). Has this been done yet?
April 13, 2023 at 5:17 PM
I’d love a feature where I can paste the URL of my own tweet thread and the client just unrolls it into a thread here (and you could re-edit). Has this been done yet?
> search “sky” on your camera roll
April 13, 2023 at 8:00 AM
> search “sky” on your camera roll
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Decoupling UI from social graph (and graph from ranking) is in some ways the holy grail if you want better social networks.
It would be fascinating if instead of only 3-4 teams in the world innovating on this, thousands of developers could.
It would be fascinating if instead of only 3-4 teams in the world innovating on this, thousands of developers could.
April 12, 2023 at 11:02 PM
Decoupling UI from social graph (and graph from ranking) is in some ways the holy grail if you want better social networks.
It would be fascinating if instead of only 3-4 teams in the world innovating on this, thousands of developers could.
It would be fascinating if instead of only 3-4 teams in the world innovating on this, thousands of developers could.
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yes, the entire protocol was designed with this in mind! they're still working on it, but it's planned that both algorithm choice and moderation are both separate and independent of your provider, so it's easy to switch them. tbh you can build your own algorithm in the client right now though
April 12, 2023 at 6:47 AM
yes, the entire protocol was designed with this in mind! they're still working on it, but it's planned that both algorithm choice and moderation are both separate and independent of your provider, so it's easy to switch them. tbh you can build your own algorithm in the client right now though
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Twitter Lists are so powerful and still underutilized because they were not developed more.
Having better vetting, curation, and discovery of lists would do a lot to make moderation actually work.
Upgraded lists could also have topic filters.
Having better vetting, curation, and discovery of lists would do a lot to make moderation actually work.
Upgraded lists could also have topic filters.
April 12, 2023 at 11:06 PM
Twitter Lists are so powerful and still underutilized because they were not developed more.
Having better vetting, curation, and discovery of lists would do a lot to make moderation actually work.
Upgraded lists could also have topic filters.
Having better vetting, curation, and discovery of lists would do a lot to make moderation actually work.
Upgraded lists could also have topic filters.
“Strong opinions, weakly held.”
People like to repeat this motto.
But it’s never seemed quite right to me. I prefer this philosophy:
“Thoughtful opinions, gladly reconsidered.”
It's not as catchy, but I here's why I prefer it:
People like to repeat this motto.
But it’s never seemed quite right to me. I prefer this philosophy:
“Thoughtful opinions, gladly reconsidered.”
It's not as catchy, but I here's why I prefer it:
April 12, 2023 at 10:00 PM
“Strong opinions, weakly held.”
People like to repeat this motto.
But it’s never seemed quite right to me. I prefer this philosophy:
“Thoughtful opinions, gladly reconsidered.”
It's not as catchy, but I here's why I prefer it:
People like to repeat this motto.
But it’s never seemed quite right to me. I prefer this philosophy:
“Thoughtful opinions, gladly reconsidered.”
It's not as catchy, but I here's why I prefer it:
One first impression here: joining a new social network is always a reminder of how it feels so much more comfortable knowing a few thousand mostly friendly people might see a post. Very different from throwing your little newborn idea out to the seething millions.
April 12, 2023 at 6:51 PM
One first impression here: joining a new social network is always a reminder of how it feels so much more comfortable knowing a few thousand mostly friendly people might see a post. Very different from throwing your little newborn idea out to the seething millions.