Travis Weber
@travis.gg
Software Developer from Arizona
www.travis.gg
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Everyone should be upset by the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
The reason is more than just being against violence.
Both parties deserve to put their favorites forward to discuss ideas and hold the positions of power.
travis.gg/posts/on-vig...
The reason is more than just being against violence.
Both parties deserve to put their favorites forward to discuss ideas and hold the positions of power.
travis.gg/posts/on-vig...
Everyone Should Stand Against Vigilante Assassins
Vigilante Assassins Hurt the System
travis.gg
September 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Everyone should be upset by the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
The reason is more than just being against violence.
Both parties deserve to put their favorites forward to discuss ideas and hold the positions of power.
travis.gg/posts/on-vig...
The reason is more than just being against violence.
Both parties deserve to put their favorites forward to discuss ideas and hold the positions of power.
travis.gg/posts/on-vig...
Hey Danny! I'm surprised you were able to find me through Bluesky! Nice Job! Yeah, I'd love to get together. I'm in Seattle until September, but I just set it in my calendar to message you when I'm back in town. Hope we can link up!
July 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Hey Danny! I'm surprised you were able to find me through Bluesky! Nice Job! Yeah, I'd love to get together. I'm in Seattle until September, but I just set it in my calendar to message you when I'm back in town. Hope we can link up!
Write me a reading progression for a learning roadmap on becoming an expert on how to start a SAAS business. Particular emphasis on authors who were successful: people that built software, launched it, found success, and either exited or built up to IPO. Case studies appreciated.
June 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Write me a reading progression for a learning roadmap on becoming an expert on how to start a SAAS business. Particular emphasis on authors who were successful: people that built software, launched it, found success, and either exited or built up to IPO. Case studies appreciated.
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HOLY SHIT! This might be the coolest thing ever.
April 17, 2025 at 8:10 AM
HOLY SHIT! This might be the coolest thing ever.
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Fascinating new research on inequality👉Researchers created a database of 55 000 archaeological housing units and found that high wealth inequality emerged where land became a scarce resource that could be monopolized. The study also reveals how some societies avoided the extremes of inequality: 🧪🏠
An archaeological database of over 55,000 housing measurements reveals patterns of inequality in ancient societies, linking housing size to economic disparities and offering insights into historical wealth distribution. doi.org/g9fk64
Archaeological database reveals links between housing and inequality in ancient world
If the archaeological record has been correctly interpreted, stone alignments in Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge are remnants of shelters built 1.7 million years ago by Homo habilis, an extinct species representing one of the earliest branches of humanity's family tree.
phys.org
April 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Fascinating new research on inequality👉Researchers created a database of 55 000 archaeological housing units and found that high wealth inequality emerged where land became a scarce resource that could be monopolized. The study also reveals how some societies avoided the extremes of inequality: 🧪🏠
That's fine if the person is not a voter.
If they are a voter then they control our collective future as much as you do.
Taking time to speak to other voters is good game theory
If they are a voter then they control our collective future as much as you do.
Taking time to speak to other voters is good game theory
April 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
That's fine if the person is not a voter.
If they are a voter then they control our collective future as much as you do.
Taking time to speak to other voters is good game theory
If they are a voter then they control our collective future as much as you do.
Taking time to speak to other voters is good game theory
What does anyone think about ending social security payments to people who own 2 or more homes?
It seems unfair for young people to need to subsidize older people who are sitting on a large stash of wealth.
It seems unfair for young people to need to subsidize older people who are sitting on a large stash of wealth.
April 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
What does anyone think about ending social security payments to people who own 2 or more homes?
It seems unfair for young people to need to subsidize older people who are sitting on a large stash of wealth.
It seems unfair for young people to need to subsidize older people who are sitting on a large stash of wealth.
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A cool math problem because even though it is 1 equation and 2 unknowns, you could solve for either unknown on its own.
April 10, 2025 at 3:51 AM
A cool math problem because even though it is 1 equation and 2 unknowns, you could solve for either unknown on its own.
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Telomere-to-telomere genome sequences of six ape species: chimpanzee, bonobo, gorilla, Bornean & Sumatran orangutan, & siamang! Invaluable resource for future evolutionary studies of humans & our closest living relatives. Kateryna Makova, @aphillippy.bsky.social, Evan Eichler & co in @nature.com.🙌🧬🧪
Complete sequencing of ape genomes - Nature
Complete sequences of chromosomes telomere-to-telomere from chimpanzee, bonobo, gorilla, Bornean orangutan, Sumatran orangutan and siamang provide a comprehensive and valuable resource for future evol...
www.nature.com
April 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Telomere-to-telomere genome sequences of six ape species: chimpanzee, bonobo, gorilla, Bornean & Sumatran orangutan, & siamang! Invaluable resource for future evolutionary studies of humans & our closest living relatives. Kateryna Makova, @aphillippy.bsky.social, Evan Eichler & co in @nature.com.🙌🧬🧪
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A multi-institutional investigation of psilocybin's effects on mouse behavior https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.08.647810v1
April 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
A multi-institutional investigation of psilocybin's effects on mouse behavior https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.08.647810v1
Fair enough, I concede GPT misled me here. Perhaps it is worse with history than I thought.
Another problem might be my leading question, "Was paros abandoned due to piracy in the 1600s?"
Either way, I will trust it much less in the future.
Another problem might be my leading question, "Was paros abandoned due to piracy in the 1600s?"
Either way, I will trust it much less in the future.
February 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Fair enough, I concede GPT misled me here. Perhaps it is worse with history than I thought.
Another problem might be my leading question, "Was paros abandoned due to piracy in the 1600s?"
Either way, I will trust it much less in the future.
Another problem might be my leading question, "Was paros abandoned due to piracy in the 1600s?"
Either way, I will trust it much less in the future.
Experts will give better answers than LLMs, but professors only reply to cold-emailed questions <50% in my experience.
LLMs give instant answers and are always accessible via internet. Not an end-all-be-all, but another great tool for learning!
And not all papers can be found in the local library!
LLMs give instant answers and are always accessible via internet. Not an end-all-be-all, but another great tool for learning!
And not all papers can be found in the local library!
February 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Experts will give better answers than LLMs, but professors only reply to cold-emailed questions <50% in my experience.
LLMs give instant answers and are always accessible via internet. Not an end-all-be-all, but another great tool for learning!
And not all papers can be found in the local library!
LLMs give instant answers and are always accessible via internet. Not an end-all-be-all, but another great tool for learning!
And not all papers can be found in the local library!
Feeble analogy. Some things are better than others.
iPhone has more capabilities than a flip phone. GPT is more capable than Gemini. Grok3 might be better than both.
iPhone has more capabilities than a flip phone. GPT is more capable than Gemini. Grok3 might be better than both.
February 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Feeble analogy. Some things are better than others.
iPhone has more capabilities than a flip phone. GPT is more capable than Gemini. Grok3 might be better than both.
iPhone has more capabilities than a flip phone. GPT is more capable than Gemini. Grok3 might be better than both.
Sure, if you are a full-time academic then read all day. Perhaps that is why we have such different perspectives.
I am a full-time software dev. The LLMs give me working code, speeding up my workflow. In the spare time I have to explore curiosities, they speed up my learning.
I am a full-time software dev. The LLMs give me working code, speeding up my workflow. In the spare time I have to explore curiosities, they speed up my learning.
February 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Sure, if you are a full-time academic then read all day. Perhaps that is why we have such different perspectives.
I am a full-time software dev. The LLMs give me working code, speeding up my workflow. In the spare time I have to explore curiosities, they speed up my learning.
I am a full-time software dev. The LLMs give me working code, speeding up my workflow. In the spare time I have to explore curiosities, they speed up my learning.
Yeah, Gemini sucks. You gotta judge the models individually though.
They are improving quickly. There is room for improvement across the board.
They are improving quickly. There is room for improvement across the board.
February 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Yeah, Gemini sucks. You gotta judge the models individually though.
They are improving quickly. There is room for improvement across the board.
They are improving quickly. There is room for improvement across the board.
But I did not block you sarah, nor anyone else. Not sure if I am the "he" you are referring to.
February 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
But I did not block you sarah, nor anyone else. Not sure if I am the "he" you are referring to.
I was blocked by the original poster under which we were talking earlier, and a couple of the people I was talking to, too.
Pretty strange! Not used to getting blocked
Pretty strange! Not used to getting blocked
February 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I was blocked by the original poster under which we were talking earlier, and a couple of the people I was talking to, too.
Pretty strange! Not used to getting blocked
Pretty strange! Not used to getting blocked
It's similar to a librarian or a search engine. Ask a question and then for sources, and you get a pretty good starting place for research.
Example: chatgpt.com/share/67b4fc...
It would be hard to get a person to give this much of an answer, and they would not be as fast.
Example: chatgpt.com/share/67b4fc...
It would be hard to get a person to give this much of an answer, and they would not be as fast.
ChatGPT - Paros Piracy Abandonment
Shared via ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
February 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
It's similar to a librarian or a search engine. Ask a question and then for sources, and you get a pretty good starting place for research.
Example: chatgpt.com/share/67b4fc...
It would be hard to get a person to give this much of an answer, and they would not be as fast.
Example: chatgpt.com/share/67b4fc...
It would be hard to get a person to give this much of an answer, and they would not be as fast.
Yes, it's best to ask for links to sources so that you can go read the original. In this way, GPT is best used in the same way as Wikipedia.
February 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Yes, it's best to ask for links to sources so that you can go read the original. In this way, GPT is best used in the same way as Wikipedia.
Montessori is the way
a man in a helmet with the words " this is the way " behind him
ALT: a man in a helmet with the words " this is the way " behind him
media.tenor.com
February 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Montessori is the way
It's okay to not be convinced! No need to mute, sorry if I'm annoying.
Wikipedia is great too! And it is risky business to trust AI blindly, as your example shows.
Tools can be used well or poorly, and for good or bad.
AI-literacy means knowing how to use AI well. It will rise over time!
Wikipedia is great too! And it is risky business to trust AI blindly, as your example shows.
Tools can be used well or poorly, and for good or bad.
AI-literacy means knowing how to use AI well. It will rise over time!
February 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
It's okay to not be convinced! No need to mute, sorry if I'm annoying.
Wikipedia is great too! And it is risky business to trust AI blindly, as your example shows.
Tools can be used well or poorly, and for good or bad.
AI-literacy means knowing how to use AI well. It will rise over time!
Wikipedia is great too! And it is risky business to trust AI blindly, as your example shows.
Tools can be used well or poorly, and for good or bad.
AI-literacy means knowing how to use AI well. It will rise over time!
There is no human that I could have asked that would have given such a thorough set of links and responded as quickly to these questions as GPT:
chatgpt.com/share/67b4b2...
Not enough information to write a research paper, but the best way to scratch a curiosity and be a bit more knowledgeable.
chatgpt.com/share/67b4b2...
Not enough information to write a research paper, but the best way to scratch a curiosity and be a bit more knowledgeable.
ChatGPT - Older Age Pregnancy Risks
Shared via ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
February 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
There is no human that I could have asked that would have given such a thorough set of links and responded as quickly to these questions as GPT:
chatgpt.com/share/67b4b2...
Not enough information to write a research paper, but the best way to scratch a curiosity and be a bit more knowledgeable.
chatgpt.com/share/67b4b2...
Not enough information to write a research paper, but the best way to scratch a curiosity and be a bit more knowledgeable.