Chris Elion
@chriselion.bsky.social
Software engineer at a climate tech startup. Dog-dad to Eleanor the rescue mutt. SF, CA
... and you can get better results with a second-hand Mac.
Is Brock Purdy AI? because it sure seems like Silicon Valley investors sunk hundreds of millions of dollars into him without actually looking into whether he is good or not
gulp
November 25, 2025 at 5:10 AM
... and you can get better results with a second-hand Mac.
Queens of the Stone Age, at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco
November 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Queens of the Stone Age, at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco
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KOKO: Chatgpt, good chatgpt, vibe code app
ME: No Koko the app doesn't work, it won't function
KOKO: Gorilla code, gorilla engineer
ME: Koko the app doesn't even load on mobile
KOKO: jealousy cynic
ME: No Koko the app doesn't work, it won't function
KOKO: Gorilla code, gorilla engineer
ME: Koko the app doesn't even load on mobile
KOKO: jealousy cynic
November 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
KOKO: Chatgpt, good chatgpt, vibe code app
ME: No Koko the app doesn't work, it won't function
KOKO: Gorilla code, gorilla engineer
ME: Koko the app doesn't even load on mobile
KOKO: jealousy cynic
ME: No Koko the app doesn't work, it won't function
KOKO: Gorilla code, gorilla engineer
ME: Koko the app doesn't even load on mobile
KOKO: jealousy cynic
Ty Segall at the Regency Ballroom
October 12, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Ty Segall at the Regency Ballroom
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Very glad to see that someone is doing the important work of aligning AI alignment. alignmentalignment.ai
Center for the Alignment of AI Alignment Centers
We align the aligners
alignmentalignment.ai
September 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Very glad to see that someone is doing the important work of aligning AI alignment. alignmentalignment.ai
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I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
August 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
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This was pushed out with a rushed security review, a coerced and unwilling engineering team, and in full opposition to our supposed company values.
If you don't want it, tell them. Social media and support forums. Leadership won't listen to employees. github.blog/changelog/20...
If you don't want it, tell them. Social media and support forums. Leadership won't listen to employees. github.blog/changelog/20...
Grok Code Fast 1 is rolling out in public preview for GitHub Copilot - GitHub Changelog
Grok Code Fast 1 will be available as an opt-in public preview for GitHub Copilot Pro, Pro+, Business, and Enterprise plans in Visual Studio Code. Rollout will be gradual —…
github.blog
August 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This was pushed out with a rushed security review, a coerced and unwilling engineering team, and in full opposition to our supposed company values.
If you don't want it, tell them. Social media and support forums. Leadership won't listen to employees. github.blog/changelog/20...
If you don't want it, tell them. Social media and support forums. Leadership won't listen to employees. github.blog/changelog/20...
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The fact that the thing we're calling artificial intelligence *can't do math* and yet we're jamming it into programs that successfully *have done math* for decades, then warning people against using the AI to do math, seems like an excellent summary of where we are.
Good thing no one uses Microsoft Excel for anything related to legal, regulatory or compliance business functions
www.theverge.com/news/761338/...
www.theverge.com/news/761338/...
August 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The fact that the thing we're calling artificial intelligence *can't do math* and yet we're jamming it into programs that successfully *have done math* for decades, then warning people against using the AI to do math, seems like an excellent summary of where we are.
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Speaking of which, I encourage you all to read @rawsignal.ca's newsletter today: www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-a...
"[Eric Schmidt thinks] automating away the humans is righteous b/c it will reduce dependence on entitled employees, and produce appropriate level of fear/obedience in ones who remain."
"[Eric Schmidt thinks] automating away the humans is righteous b/c it will reduce dependence on entitled employees, and produce appropriate level of fear/obedience in ones who remain."
None of this is real and it doesn't matter - Raw Signal Group
The difference between the theater of work and actual work.
www.rawsignal.ca
August 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Speaking of which, I encourage you all to read @rawsignal.ca's newsletter today: www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-a...
"[Eric Schmidt thinks] automating away the humans is righteous b/c it will reduce dependence on entitled employees, and produce appropriate level of fear/obedience in ones who remain."
"[Eric Schmidt thinks] automating away the humans is righteous b/c it will reduce dependence on entitled employees, and produce appropriate level of fear/obedience in ones who remain."
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i often see things that make me say "this is the most Boston thing I have ever seen in my life" but i think this one might have swept them all
April 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
i often see things that make me say "this is the most Boston thing I have ever seen in my life" but i think this one might have swept them all
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Now there's a protest sign you don't see often.
April 6, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Now there's a protest sign you don't see often.
The whole thread is good advice for GDC, but this is the most important part.
- yes yes yes there is an ancient evil imprisoned below the Moscone Center and we can hear its screams at night. Don't listen to its whispers. Keep drinking.
Don't try and unleash it.
It's a real pain to recapture.
Last time it ran Unity for 9 years
- Americans cannot be trusted to be normal
Don't try and unleash it.
It's a real pain to recapture.
Last time it ran Unity for 9 years
- Americans cannot be trusted to be normal
March 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The whole thread is good advice for GDC, but this is the most important part.
@niedermeyer.online - I spotted two of these in Lower Haight, San Francisco today.
March 9, 2025 at 1:42 AM
@niedermeyer.online - I spotted two of these in Lower Haight, San Francisco today.
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Had a productive and emotional therapy session about my sense of failure for still having never really made something of my own and then got off the call and proceeded to make a list of menu items I would serve at a Talking Heads themed fast casual salad concept
February 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Had a productive and emotional therapy session about my sense of failure for still having never really made something of my own and then got off the call and proceeded to make a list of menu items I would serve at a Talking Heads themed fast casual salad concept
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Welp. Apple snuck something dirty in our phones last night.
Settings > Apps > (pick an app) > Siri > Learn From this App
TOGGLE OFF.
You have to go through each app. My garage app, my BANKING APPS, others had that turned on automatically. 😡
Settings > Apps > (pick an app) > Siri > Learn From this App
TOGGLE OFF.
You have to go through each app. My garage app, my BANKING APPS, others had that turned on automatically. 😡
January 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Welp. Apple snuck something dirty in our phones last night.
Settings > Apps > (pick an app) > Siri > Learn From this App
TOGGLE OFF.
You have to go through each app. My garage app, my BANKING APPS, others had that turned on automatically. 😡
Settings > Apps > (pick an app) > Siri > Learn From this App
TOGGLE OFF.
You have to go through each app. My garage app, my BANKING APPS, others had that turned on automatically. 😡
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Mark Zuckerberg, Recipient of World's First Rat Penis Transplant, Announces Meta Will Stop Fact Checking
thehardtimes.net/culture/mark...
thehardtimes.net/culture/mark...
Mark Zuckerberg, Recipient of World's First Rat Penis Transplant, Announces Meta Will Stop Fact Checking
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, medical pioneer who received the world's first experimental rat penis transplant, announced today that the social media juggernaut would stop fact checking.
thehardtimes.net
January 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Mark Zuckerberg, Recipient of World's First Rat Penis Transplant, Announces Meta Will Stop Fact Checking
thehardtimes.net/culture/mark...
thehardtimes.net/culture/mark...
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I've been told you're interested in watching Aaron Rodgers get sacked in his own end zone.
December 29, 2024 at 7:16 PM
I've been told you're interested in watching Aaron Rodgers get sacked in his own end zone.
If you like Christmas songs, but wish more of them were to the tune of “Piano Man”, Titus Andronicus has you covered: youtu.be/0Gy6WyZQBtI?...
Titus Andronicus - "Drummer Boy" (Official Lyric Video with Fireplace for the Home)
YouTube video by Titus Andronicus
youtu.be
December 25, 2024 at 4:55 AM
If you like Christmas songs, but wish more of them were to the tune of “Piano Man”, Titus Andronicus has you covered: youtu.be/0Gy6WyZQBtI?...
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I'm about to rebrand all my cron jobs to AI agents and raise a $100,000,000 seed round.
December 18, 2024 at 1:22 AM
I'm about to rebrand all my cron jobs to AI agents and raise a $100,000,000 seed round.
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It is professionally disqualifying as a researcher, journalist, or pundit to use a LLM as a source for a fact
December 4, 2024 at 1:01 PM
It is professionally disqualifying as a researcher, journalist, or pundit to use a LLM as a source for a fact
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The arc of the moral universe is out of ideas.
The arc of the moral universe is being talked over by your worst uncle.
The arc of the moral universe called in sick today.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/upd...
The arc of the moral universe is being talked over by your worst uncle.
The arc of the moral universe called in sick today.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/upd...
Updates on the Arc of the Moral Universe
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.”
— Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- - -The arc of the moral universe is feeling ...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 8, 2024 at 7:27 PM
The arc of the moral universe is out of ideas.
The arc of the moral universe is being talked over by your worst uncle.
The arc of the moral universe called in sick today.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/upd...
The arc of the moral universe is being talked over by your worst uncle.
The arc of the moral universe called in sick today.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/upd...
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if you hear someone say “your body, my choice”, you’re legally allowed to punch them in the face. after all: your body, my choice. i don’t make the rules.
November 8, 2024 at 2:37 AM
if you hear someone say “your body, my choice”, you’re legally allowed to punch them in the face. after all: your body, my choice. i don’t make the rules.
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the nfl wants you to take a timeout on hate. anyway here’s seventeen ads about transgendered immigrants
October 21, 2024 at 1:57 AM
the nfl wants you to take a timeout on hate. anyway here’s seventeen ads about transgendered immigrants