Ben Tsai
@bentsai.social.lol.ap.brid.gy
Thought haver. I like thinking about how user research, design, UX can be infused into engineering orgs. Currently, I’m a technical leader at Cisco Security, and […]
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You won't be replaced by AI. You will be replaced by someone who doesn't use AI.
December 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
You won't be replaced by AI. You will be replaced by someone who doesn't use AI.
Reposted by Ben Tsai
New, from me: The Cloudflare Outage May Be a Security Roadmap
An intermittent outage at Cloudflare on Tuesday briefly knocked many of the Internet’s top destinations offline. Some affected Cloudflare customers were able to pivot away from the platform […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
An intermittent outage at Cloudflare on Tuesday briefly knocked many of the Internet’s top destinations offline. Some affected Cloudflare customers were able to pivot away from the platform […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
November 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
New, from me: The Cloudflare Outage May Be a Security Roadmap
An intermittent outage at Cloudflare on Tuesday briefly knocked many of the Internet’s top destinations offline. Some affected Cloudflare customers were able to pivot away from the platform […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
An intermittent outage at Cloudflare on Tuesday briefly knocked many of the Internet’s top destinations offline. Some affected Cloudflare customers were able to pivot away from the platform […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
When people warn you about getting left behind, pay attention to what direction they are headed, and whether that's the future you want to participate in
November 18, 2025 at 3:31 AM
When people warn you about getting left behind, pay attention to what direction they are headed, and whether that's the future you want to participate in
Furthermore, our society relies on causations that assume certain artifacts are human-generated. For example, a photo is provided as proof to the insurance company, or an essay reflects someone's developed point-of-view. LLMs disrupt this and we are not prepared […]
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social.lol
November 18, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Furthermore, our society relies on causations that assume certain artifacts are human-generated. For example, a photo is provided as proof to the insurance company, or an essay reflects someone's developed point-of-view. LLMs disrupt this and we are not prepared […]
Always good to see the corp get good news
https://social.skynetcloud.site/@jos1264/115533191721130080
https://social.skynetcloud.site/@jos1264/115533191721130080
Pyrzout :vm: (@jos1264@social.skynetcloud.site)
Cisco Finds Open-Weight AI Models Easy to Exploit in Long Chats https://hackread.com/cisco-open-weight-ai-models-long-chat-exploit/ #ArtificialIntelligence #Cybersecurity #Vulnerability #CyberAttack #Security #AIModels #Cisco #AI
social.skynetcloud.site
November 12, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Always good to see the corp get good news
https://social.skynetcloud.site/@jos1264/115533191721130080
https://social.skynetcloud.site/@jos1264/115533191721130080
I so wanted this game growing up. The mechanic of changing gravity seemed so interesting and unique
https://retro-gaiden.com/@Scuttlest/115528389424552084
https://retro-gaiden.com/@Scuttlest/115528389424552084
Scuttlest (@Scuttlest@retro-gaiden.com)
Attached: 4 images Metal Storm (originally released in 1990) Humans have colonized the Solar System, but the computer defense system on Pluto has gone rogue. Break through its defenses and activate its manual self-destruct before it attacks Earth. Stand out feature is reversing gravity. Think like Gravity Man’s stage in Mega Man 5 but you control when you fall down and when you fall up. The mech suit you control, the M-308, is also rather well detailed for an NES sprite.
retro-gaiden.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I so wanted this game growing up. The mechanic of changing gravity seemed so interesting and unique
https://retro-gaiden.com/@Scuttlest/115528389424552084
https://retro-gaiden.com/@Scuttlest/115528389424552084
I feel a burden to blog again, but then I reflect, and I am okay with not blogging. It sparks joy to do other things right now.
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I feel a burden to blog again, but then I reflect, and I am okay with not blogging. It sparks joy to do other things right now.
> It's just a tool
Tools have affordances. A chair affords sitting on it. Buttons afford pushing. To put it crassly, guns afford pulling the trigger with the barrel pointed away from you.
What affordances do ai products have? They have been designed to be used a certain way. What kind of […]
Tools have affordances. A chair affords sitting on it. Buttons afford pushing. To put it crassly, guns afford pulling the trigger with the barrel pointed away from you.
What affordances do ai products have? They have been designed to be used a certain way. What kind of […]
Original post on social.lol
social.lol
November 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
> It's just a tool
Tools have affordances. A chair affords sitting on it. Buttons afford pushing. To put it crassly, guns afford pulling the trigger with the barrel pointed away from you.
What affordances do ai products have? They have been designed to be used a certain way. What kind of […]
Tools have affordances. A chair affords sitting on it. Buttons afford pushing. To put it crassly, guns afford pulling the trigger with the barrel pointed away from you.
What affordances do ai products have? They have been designed to be used a certain way. What kind of […]
Currently obsessed with John Williams' arrangement of Rey's Theme for the legendary Anne Sophie Mutter
https://youtu.be/bmBE6_gCTww?si=bwd3kNWFontyyVay
I went to look for the score, but it doesn't seem available.
Adding to my tiny bucket list of transcribing itself using Capo app...
https://youtu.be/bmBE6_gCTww?si=bwd3kNWFontyyVay
I went to look for the score, but it doesn't seem available.
Adding to my tiny bucket list of transcribing itself using Capo app...
November 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Currently obsessed with John Williams' arrangement of Rey's Theme for the legendary Anne Sophie Mutter
https://youtu.be/bmBE6_gCTww?si=bwd3kNWFontyyVay
I went to look for the score, but it doesn't seem available.
Adding to my tiny bucket list of transcribing itself using Capo app...
https://youtu.be/bmBE6_gCTww?si=bwd3kNWFontyyVay
I went to look for the score, but it doesn't seem available.
Adding to my tiny bucket list of transcribing itself using Capo app...
Reposted by Ben Tsai
I need someone to give me a primer on Formula 1 and McLaren. I have a McLaren puff vest I wear often and everyone's always coming up to me like I'm a fan.
October 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I need someone to give me a primer on Formula 1 and McLaren. I have a McLaren puff vest I wear often and everyone's always coming up to me like I'm a fan.
Army men figurines, except baristas, office dwellers, messengers, construction workers, dog walkers, buskers
October 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Army men figurines, except baristas, office dwellers, messengers, construction workers, dog walkers, buskers
I've followed this project for years. It's a bit too prescriptive for me, but the allure is knowing exactly where everything in your life should go.
https://hachyderm.io/@johnnydecimal/115399257824979679
https://hachyderm.io/@johnnydecimal/115399257824979679
Johnny ‘Decimal’ Noble (@johnnydecimal@hachyderm.io)
The Johnny.Decimal Workbook is free. https://johnnydecimal.com/20-29-communication/22-blog/22.00.0148-the-workbook-is-free/
hachyderm.io
October 20, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I've followed this project for years. It's a bit too prescriptive for me, but the allure is knowing exactly where everything in your life should go.
https://hachyderm.io/@johnnydecimal/115399257824979679
https://hachyderm.io/@johnnydecimal/115399257824979679
Reposted by Ben Tsai
Gibson is looking for the ES-345 that appears in Back to the Future. When making the sequel, they couldn’t find the guitar. So, 40 years later, Gibson is searching for the iconic guitar used in the film.
https://www.losttothefuture.com
#backtothefuture
https://www.losttothefuture.com
#backtothefuture
Lost To The Future
www.losttothefuture.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Gibson is looking for the ES-345 that appears in Back to the Future. When making the sequel, they couldn’t find the guitar. So, 40 years later, Gibson is searching for the iconic guitar used in the film.
https://www.losttothefuture.com
#backtothefuture
https://www.losttothefuture.com
#backtothefuture
It's not just a tool
https://axbom.me/objects/ba28cbca-69ec-4e99-80fc-9e5bb3ccbe58
https://axbom.me/objects/ba28cbca-69ec-4e99-80fc-9e5bb3ccbe58
A common argument I come across when talking about ethics in AI is that it's just a tool, and like any tool it can be used for good or for evil. One familiar declaration is this one: "It's really no different from a hammer". I was compelled to make a poster to address these claims. Steal it, share it, print it and use it where you see fit.
https://axbom.com/hammer-ai/
#AiEthics #DigitalEthics
axbom.me
October 16, 2025 at 6:39 PM
It's not just a tool
https://axbom.me/objects/ba28cbca-69ec-4e99-80fc-9e5bb3ccbe58
https://axbom.me/objects/ba28cbca-69ec-4e99-80fc-9e5bb3ccbe58
aw geez, this is so much my vibe
https://mastodon.social/@verge/115384398833585962
https://mastodon.social/@verge/115384398833585962
The Verge (@verge@mastodon.social)
Casio goes back to the ‘80s for its Back to the Future calculator watch https://www.theverge.com/news/800797/casio-back-to-the-future-calculator-watch-flux-capacitor
mastodon.social
October 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
aw geez, this is so much my vibe
https://mastodon.social/@verge/115384398833585962
https://mastodon.social/@verge/115384398833585962
@ia Hi! I’m curious, if I purchase iA Writer for iOS, will that make iA Writer Mono, Duo, and Quattro available in my iOS font picker?
Also, is there a way to prevent formatting a new line followed by tab as a quote block? I’m thinking about using iA Writer to edit a TaskPaper-formatted file […]
Also, is there a way to prevent formatting a new line followed by tab as a quote block? I’m thinking about using iA Writer to edit a TaskPaper-formatted file […]
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social.lol
October 15, 2025 at 12:12 PM
@ia Hi! I’m curious, if I purchase iA Writer for iOS, will that make iA Writer Mono, Duo, and Quattro available in my iOS font picker?
Also, is there a way to prevent formatting a new line followed by tab as a quote block? I’m thinking about using iA Writer to edit a TaskPaper-formatted file […]
Also, is there a way to prevent formatting a new line followed by tab as a quote block? I’m thinking about using iA Writer to edit a TaskPaper-formatted file […]
Just when I settled on using Lilex, and programmer’s variant of IBM Plex Mono, someone tells me about
https://supply.family/shop/modular-houseplant/
“A sexy font only for sexy people”
https://supply.family/shop/modular-houseplant/
“A sexy font only for sexy people”
October 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Just when I settled on using Lilex, and programmer’s variant of IBM Plex Mono, someone tells me about
https://supply.family/shop/modular-houseplant/
“A sexy font only for sexy people”
https://supply.family/shop/modular-houseplant/
“A sexy font only for sexy people”
@jessegrosjean After having a TaskPaper license for 9 years, I think I've finally found a way to incorporate it into my daily workflow. Thanks for creating such delightful software!
https://bentsai.org/posts/text-is-best
https://bentsai.org/posts/text-is-best
Text Is Best - Ben Tsai
I wasn’t intending to rework my tasks and notes system. It just happened to me. At the end of the day, I’ve ended up with a lightweight process that is one...
bentsai.org
October 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
@jessegrosjean After having a TaskPaper license for 9 years, I think I've finally found a way to incorporate it into my daily workflow. Thanks for creating such delightful software!
https://bentsai.org/posts/text-is-best
https://bentsai.org/posts/text-is-best
I finished the thing: https://bentsai.org/posts/text-is-best
https://social.lol/@bentsai/115340278012480755
https://social.lol/@bentsai/115340278012480755
Text Is Best - Ben Tsai
I wasn’t intending to rework my tasks and notes system. It just happened to me. At the end of the day, I’ve ended up with a lightweight process that is one...
bentsai.org
October 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I finished the thing: https://bentsai.org/posts/text-is-best
https://social.lol/@bentsai/115340278012480755
https://social.lol/@bentsai/115340278012480755
I’m working on a blog post about my new plaintext based task and note system using TaskPaper
October 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I’m working on a blog post about my new plaintext based task and note system using TaskPaper