Ricardo J. Méndez
@ricardo.bsky.social
Privacy, decentralization, freedom, the odd crypto post.
Career CTO working on strategy and investments.
https://numergent.com/
Career CTO working on strategy and investments.
https://numergent.com/
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Ricardo J. Méndez
@ricardo.bsky.social
· Dec 19
#Monkigras is not a conference - it's a communal hallucination where for two days we believe that talks can be creative, conversations can be individual and hustle-free, event food can be great, and corporations can help with inclusion.
You should come!
monkigras.com
You should come!
monkigras.com
@popfeed.social bug report, or maybe unexpected behavior: you have to select the cross-post option before you submit, or it doesn’t end up cross posted.
If you only realize it’s there later, select, and re-submit, there is no cross posting.
If you only realize it’s there later, select, and re-submit, there is no cross posting.
February 17, 2026 at 10:36 AM
@popfeed.social bug report, or maybe unexpected behavior: you have to select the cross-post option before you submit, or it doesn’t end up cross posted.
If you only realize it’s there later, select, and re-submit, there is no cross posting.
If you only realize it’s there later, select, and re-submit, there is no cross posting.
🎥 We Bury the Dead (2026) ★★★
Solid drama where the zombie apocalypse is merely a trigger and not the ancillary point… until the last 5 minutes where the writer decides to stick an ice pick up his nose, root around...
View full review on @popfeed.social
Solid drama where the zombie apocalypse is merely a trigger and not the ancillary point… until the last 5 minutes where the writer decides to stick an ice pick up his nose, root around...
View full review on @popfeed.social
A ★★★ review of We Bury the Dead (2026)
Solid drama where the zombie apocalypse is merely a trigger and not the ancillary point… until the l
popfeed.social
February 17, 2026 at 10:35 AM
🎥 We Bury the Dead (2026) ★★★
Solid drama where the zombie apocalypse is merely a trigger and not the ancillary point… until the last 5 minutes where the writer decides to stick an ice pick up his nose, root around...
View full review on @popfeed.social
Solid drama where the zombie apocalypse is merely a trigger and not the ancillary point… until the last 5 minutes where the writer decides to stick an ice pick up his nose, root around...
View full review on @popfeed.social
There is a silver lining to this: it not only is a reason for even borderline sensible people to ditch Meta, but the fact that it’s patented and they have the money to enforce it will deter others from implementing it.
Meta has patented AI that can run a dead person's account, continuing to post and chat on their behalf
It can message and video call by replicating a user's online behavior using their past data
It can message and video call by replicating a user's online behavior using their past data
February 17, 2026 at 8:57 AM
There is a silver lining to this: it not only is a reason for even borderline sensible people to ditch Meta, but the fact that it’s patented and they have the money to enforce it will deter others from implementing it.
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on the other hand, i cannot do better than this. this is fucking awesome. flo-bit.dev/bluesky-visu...
bluesky visualizers
flo-bit.dev
February 17, 2026 at 7:15 AM
on the other hand, i cannot do better than this. this is fucking awesome. flo-bit.dev/bluesky-visu...
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The drunk uncle theory.
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
agree with this (hah) but also think a particular mistake the left made for a long time online, and still makes to an extent, is failing to understand that the person whose mind you may actually change is the one reading the argument you're having, not the one you're arguing with
The secret to engaging in social media debate is knowing you will never win anyone over. The best you can hope for is to have people who already agree with tell you you're awesome. You might great a dopamine thrill from the righteousness of your anger! Fine benefits, all. But you will never win.
February 16, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The drunk uncle theory.
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
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I think it's wrong to describe the World Service as "soft power". It's actually "info power". And these days that's a very hard form of power indeed.
And another bites the dust?
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:05 PM
I think it's wrong to describe the World Service as "soft power". It's actually "info power". And these days that's a very hard form of power indeed.
Ok I really need to do a write up on the latest version of my network reputation system, and how it would catch closed loops like this one.
Maybe on Wednesday.
Maybe on Wednesday.
I’m pretty confident in calling this fake. The user who posted it seems to be part of a substantial network of accounts with similar usernames all posting and commenting on each other’s content. Ironically it’s a great example of an AI agent making stuff up to tell you what you want to hear
February 15, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Ok I really need to do a write up on the latest version of my network reputation system, and how it would catch closed loops like this one.
Maybe on Wednesday.
Maybe on Wednesday.
I pride myself on trying to process things from someone else’s view but this is beyond me. How do you decide this is a hill for you to even approach?
Ignorance from your audience on who Epstein was? Raw tribal signaling “thought leadership” value of taking the most absurd position possible?
🤯
Ignorance from your audience on who Epstein was? Raw tribal signaling “thought leadership” value of taking the most absurd position possible?
🤯
February 15, 2026 at 8:36 AM
I pride myself on trying to process things from someone else’s view but this is beyond me. How do you decide this is a hill for you to even approach?
Ignorance from your audience on who Epstein was? Raw tribal signaling “thought leadership” value of taking the most absurd position possible?
🤯
Ignorance from your audience on who Epstein was? Raw tribal signaling “thought leadership” value of taking the most absurd position possible?
🤯
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the two types of vehicle are cars and trucks, with every vehicle being a subclass of one of those two. a jeep is a truck. a motorcycle is obviously a car. a boat is a truck. an airplane is a car and a helicopter is a truck. trucks are cars, interestingly enough, and cars are a specific type of chair
February 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
the two types of vehicle are cars and trucks, with every vehicle being a subclass of one of those two. a jeep is a truck. a motorcycle is obviously a car. a boat is a truck. an airplane is a car and a helicopter is a truck. trucks are cars, interestingly enough, and cars are a specific type of chair
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Yes there’s a wine app, @winesky.app! Follow wine expert & app builder @dr.h.winesky.app for more.
Marqués de Cáceres Verdejo by Bodegas Marqués de Cáceres (2024) - 4 ⭐
We chilled the wine quickly and even added few ice cubes. Not too dry not too sweet, pleasant acid especially with some cured meats and aged cheese.
White Wine from Castilla y León
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #spanishwine
We chilled the wine quickly and even added few ice cubes. Not too dry not too sweet, pleasant acid especially with some cured meats and aged cheese.
White Wine from Castilla y León
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #spanishwine
February 9, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Yes there’s a wine app, @winesky.app! Follow wine expert & app builder @dr.h.winesky.app for more.
“I can’t tell you what we are doing, but it’s cool and above board - if you want to know more, just sign this thing saying you won’t ever tell anyone how above board it is.”
SCOOP: Tensions at Palantir have grown in recent weeks over the company's work with ICE.
On Friday, CEO Alex Karp tried to calm concerns in an hourlong video that offered few specifics—instead offering NDAs to workers who want to understand how it's empowering ICE.
www.wired.com/story/palant...
On Friday, CEO Alex Karp tried to calm concerns in an hourlong video that offered few specifics—instead offering NDAs to workers who want to understand how it's empowering ICE.
www.wired.com/story/palant...
Palantir CEO Alex Karp Recorded a Video About ICE for His Employees
In a video shared with Palantir employees, Alex Karp did not explain how ICE is utilizing the company's products. Instead, workers were told they can sign NDAs if they want detailed information.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:33 PM
“I can’t tell you what we are doing, but it’s cool and above board - if you want to know more, just sign this thing saying you won’t ever tell anyone how above board it is.”
What he is saying seems to be: don’t cut off your nose to follow your discourse.
it is already possible, right now, to get 100tok/sec out of 100 watts of air-cooled local inference, and the output is surprisingly good
LLM architecture gains will compound against improved silicon over the next five years to produce serious leverage, WHICH WORKERS CAN OWN OUTRIGHT
LLM architecture gains will compound against improved silicon over the next five years to produce serious leverage, WHICH WORKERS CAN OWN OUTRIGHT
If you're a person who thinks "billionaires are evil -> billionaires own big tech -> frontier labs dominate the LLM space and are owned by billionaires -> LLMs is evil" then I am sympathetic to it. However the correct prescription is not to destroy LLM technology but to expropriate it.
February 8, 2026 at 10:08 PM
What he is saying seems to be: don’t cut off your nose to follow your discourse.
Am I imagining this, or did @github.com removed the option where individuals could enable or disable specific models?
I have a subscription on my personal account, and can now only find the setting for the org I created for a couple of private repositories.
"Auto" on Copilot Chat is now useless.
I have a subscription on my personal account, and can now only find the setting for the org I created for a couple of private repositories.
"Auto" on Copilot Chat is now useless.
February 6, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Am I imagining this, or did @github.com removed the option where individuals could enable or disable specific models?
I have a subscription on my personal account, and can now only find the setting for the org I created for a couple of private repositories.
"Auto" on Copilot Chat is now useless.
I have a subscription on my personal account, and can now only find the setting for the org I created for a couple of private repositories.
"Auto" on Copilot Chat is now useless.
I mean, if only someone had warned us 3 years ago that Ethereum Layer 2s were in practice uninvestable...
numergent.com/2023-08/No-L...
Or that it was unlikely to re-capture developer imagination because of fucked-up incentives...
youtu.be/6VWOKEMAD9A?...
Or... (I could keep going...)
numergent.com/2023-08/No-L...
Or that it was unlikely to re-capture developer imagination because of fucked-up incentives...
youtu.be/6VWOKEMAD9A?...
Or... (I could keep going...)
February 4, 2026 at 8:14 PM
I mean, if only someone had warned us 3 years ago that Ethereum Layer 2s were in practice uninvestable...
numergent.com/2023-08/No-L...
Or that it was unlikely to re-capture developer imagination because of fucked-up incentives...
youtu.be/6VWOKEMAD9A?...
Or... (I could keep going...)
numergent.com/2023-08/No-L...
Or that it was unlikely to re-capture developer imagination because of fucked-up incentives...
youtu.be/6VWOKEMAD9A?...
Or... (I could keep going...)
Does tap's database just keep growing, or does it at some point start culling old, processed records to merely keep some cursor or a "processed" indicator instead of all the data?
#atdev
#atdev
February 3, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Does tap's database just keep growing, or does it at some point start culling old, processed records to merely keep some cursor or a "processed" indicator instead of all the data?
#atdev
#atdev
Papercall.io is so broken...
PaperCall.io - The easy way to manage your call for papers
PaperCall enables event organizers to easily manage their call for papers and talk submissions, without relying on tools such as Google Forms, WuFoo Forms, and other less than perfect systems.
Papercall.io
February 2, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Papercall.io is so broken...
Financially… for Google, $68M is such a slightly sighed breath atop the financial bucket, that it might as well be read as “we ain’t doing it but we’d rather stop paying lawyers”.
Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users
Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.
www.cbsnews.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Financially… for Google, $68M is such a slightly sighed breath atop the financial bucket, that it might as well be read as “we ain’t doing it but we’d rather stop paying lawyers”.
Absolutely bananas. I suspect we have entered the era where we'll see a lot more vertical take-offs like moltbot's, along with rugpull-like plunges as they get fast-replaced.
Things are going to be lively for a while.
Things are going to be lively for a while.
bonkers from Peter Steinberger. moltbot hype is literally off the charts.
January 30, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Absolutely bananas. I suspect we have entered the era where we'll see a lot more vertical take-offs like moltbot's, along with rugpull-like plunges as they get fast-replaced.
Things are going to be lively for a while.
Things are going to be lively for a while.
Global Latin America strikes again.
I don't really like how habituated I've gotten to blatant corruption and abusive behavior
January 29, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Global Latin America strikes again.
Five jobs I’ve had:
- Brick factory gopher
- Software engineer (all along the spectrum)
- Movie critic
- Investor
- Used bookstore clerk / janitor
- Brick factory gopher
- Software engineer (all along the spectrum)
- Movie critic
- Investor
- Used bookstore clerk / janitor
Five jobs I’ve had
- Grocery store
- RadioShack
- Electrician
- Community Organizer
- Software Engineer
Bonus:
- atprotocol button smasher
- Grocery store
- RadioShack
- Electrician
- Community Organizer
- Software Engineer
Bonus:
- atprotocol button smasher
Five jobs I’ve had
- Grocery store/meat department
- Construction
- Little Caesars
- Desktop Support
- Software Developer
Bonus:
- atproto pumpkin
- Grocery store/meat department
- Construction
- Little Caesars
- Desktop Support
- Software Developer
Bonus:
- atproto pumpkin
January 29, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Five jobs I’ve had:
- Brick factory gopher
- Software engineer (all along the spectrum)
- Movie critic
- Investor
- Used bookstore clerk / janitor
- Brick factory gopher
- Software engineer (all along the spectrum)
- Movie critic
- Investor
- Used bookstore clerk / janitor
Deleting Signal now that I know it’s compromised. Find me atop a wooden soapbox in the market square, screaming in tongues.
Deleting Signal now that I know it's compromised. Find me yeeting every message I wanna send into a single @leaflet.pub doc (one subpage per recipient).
Deleting Signal now that I know it's compromised. Find me on guestbook.pl
January 28, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Deleting Signal now that I know it’s compromised. Find me atop a wooden soapbox in the market square, screaming in tongues.
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold for anyone who has dealt with NI or their products in the last 7 years - and that's before we get to the strip mining-smelling private equity acquisition , general state world finances, and how every geek and their great-aunt now build synths.
Big news in music tech - Native Instruments GmbH is in preliminary insolvency cdm.link/ni-insolvency/
Native Instruments GmbH is in preliminary insolvency - CDM Create Digital Music
According to insolvency documents, Berlin-based Native Instruments GmbH (also parent to iZotope, Plugin Alliance, and Brainworx) is in preliminary insolvency proceedings. This is significant news for ...
cdm.link
January 28, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Chronicle of a Death Foretold for anyone who has dealt with NI or their products in the last 7 years - and that's before we get to the strip mining-smelling private equity acquisition , general state world finances, and how every geek and their great-aunt now build synths.
Soon I'm going to have to split my "ATProto Dev" list into specific areas.
Excited to announce that Aeronaut is now live in the Mac App Store! 🎉
After two years of tinkering, polishing, and obsessing over the little things, it’s finally here!
If you’re looking for a Bluesky app designed and built for macOS, take a look…
apps.apple.com/us/app/aeronau…
After two years of tinkering, polishing, and obsessing over the little things, it’s finally here!
If you’re looking for a Bluesky app designed and built for macOS, take a look…
apps.apple.com/us/app/aeronau…
January 28, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Soon I'm going to have to split my "ATProto Dev" list into specific areas.
We can just do things, IRL.
Just a dude doing things
January 27, 2026 at 2:28 PM
We can just do things, IRL.