David Charboneau
@dcharbon.bsky.social
CTO Mimoto, he/him
Interests: Open Source, graph query at scale, category theory, sheaf theory, parallelism
@dcharbon@hachyderm.io
Interests: Open Source, graph query at scale, category theory, sheaf theory, parallelism
@dcharbon@hachyderm.io
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My personal timeline is full of autistic people trying to explain that there isn't more autism than before, it's just that we're better at detecting it, and there's nothing more autistic than hoping explaining something at length will help matters when nobody is really listening.
September 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
My personal timeline is full of autistic people trying to explain that there isn't more autism than before, it's just that we're better at detecting it, and there's nothing more autistic than hoping explaining something at length will help matters when nobody is really listening.
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Don’t call them tariffs. Call them import taxes.
April 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Don’t call them tariffs. Call them import taxes.
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End-to-end encryption is secure because it protects the contents of your communications in transit between the endpoints. If you make one of those endpoints an editor at The Atlantic, no amount of encryption is going to save you from your own stupidity.
March 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
End-to-end encryption is secure because it protects the contents of your communications in transit between the endpoints. If you make one of those endpoints an editor at The Atlantic, no amount of encryption is going to save you from your own stupidity.
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*Please repost* @sjgreenwood.bsky.social and I just launched a new personalized feed (*please pin*) that we hope will become a "must use" for #academicsky. The feed shows posts about papers filtered by *your* follower network. It's become my default Bluesky experience bsky.app/profile/pape...
March 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
*Please repost* @sjgreenwood.bsky.social and I just launched a new personalized feed (*please pin*) that we hope will become a "must use" for #academicsky. The feed shows posts about papers filtered by *your* follower network. It's become my default Bluesky experience bsky.app/profile/pape...
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Tribalism only works when everyone is tribal. But one tribe cannot defeat a coalition of people who unite over transcendent principles rather than identity. It’s the Trumpists’ kryptonite. (And we can go back to arguing/debating with each other about things once we are through this)
“We will not comply. Mahmoud, we are on your side!” hundreds of Jews and allies chant inside Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan in protest against the ICE detention of Mahmoud Khalil.
March 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Tribalism only works when everyone is tribal. But one tribe cannot defeat a coalition of people who unite over transcendent principles rather than identity. It’s the Trumpists’ kryptonite. (And we can go back to arguing/debating with each other about things once we are through this)
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My response to the Democratic response. This is not the time for normal politics.
"America does not need a 'resistance,' or stale slogans, or people putting those slogans on little paddles. It needs an opposition party that boldly defends the nation’s virtues, the rule of law, and the rights of its people," writes @radiofreetom.bsky.social:
Democrats Are Acting Too Normal
In her response to Trump’s address, Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin failed to capture the hallucinatory nature of our national politics.
www.theatlantic.com
March 5, 2025 at 6:09 AM
My response to the Democratic response. This is not the time for normal politics.
I keep wishing there were bookmarks here, though I guess hearts end up being a kind of bookmark...
February 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I keep wishing there were bookmarks here, though I guess hearts end up being a kind of bookmark...
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I have a new blog post up: "Corporate 'DEI' Is An Imperfect Vehicle for Deeply Meaningful Ideals" charity.wtf/2025/02/10/c...
I know a lot of people are feeling incredibly scared and demoralized right now. I get it; I am too. (Who knows if my marriage will still be valid in two years?)
I know a lot of people are feeling incredibly scared and demoralized right now. I get it; I am too. (Who knows if my marriage will still be valid in two years?)
Corporate “DEI” is an imperfect vehicle for deeply meaningful ideals
I have not thought or said much about DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) over the years. Not because I don’t care about the espoused ideals — I suppose I do, rather a lot — but because corporate…
charity.wtf
February 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I have a new blog post up: "Corporate 'DEI' Is An Imperfect Vehicle for Deeply Meaningful Ideals" charity.wtf/2025/02/10/c...
I know a lot of people are feeling incredibly scared and demoralized right now. I get it; I am too. (Who knows if my marriage will still be valid in two years?)
I know a lot of people are feeling incredibly scared and demoralized right now. I get it; I am too. (Who knows if my marriage will still be valid in two years?)
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1/ Thx. I cannot speak to the ambiguity I see in your post, but here’s my perspective as a retired Sr Exec from a F50 global business.
At IBM we have always taken pride in the skills, values and capabilities of our people. Meritocracy is in our genes.
Meritocracy is impossible without DEI.
At IBM we have always taken pride in the skills, values and capabilities of our people. Meritocracy is in our genes.
Meritocracy is impossible without DEI.
February 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
1/ Thx. I cannot speak to the ambiguity I see in your post, but here’s my perspective as a retired Sr Exec from a F50 global business.
At IBM we have always taken pride in the skills, values and capabilities of our people. Meritocracy is in our genes.
Meritocracy is impossible without DEI.
At IBM we have always taken pride in the skills, values and capabilities of our people. Meritocracy is in our genes.
Meritocracy is impossible without DEI.
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Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
February 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
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Try it at lifesaver.coach and receive a free book that will make you a more productive, effective, and happy software engineer.
January 31, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Excellent post about the recent OpenAI o3 results on ARC (& other benchmarks). I don't know how @natolambert.bsky.social manages to write these so quickly! I highly recommend his newsletter.
www.interconnects.ai/p/openais-o3...
I am (more slowly) writing my own take on all this, coming soon.
www.interconnects.ai/p/openais-o3...
I am (more slowly) writing my own take on all this, coming soon.
o3: The grand finale of AI in 2024
A step change as influential as the release of GPT-4. Reasoning language models are the current big thing.
www.interconnects.ai
December 21, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Excellent post about the recent OpenAI o3 results on ARC (& other benchmarks). I don't know how @natolambert.bsky.social manages to write these so quickly! I highly recommend his newsletter.
www.interconnects.ai/p/openais-o3...
I am (more slowly) writing my own take on all this, coming soon.
www.interconnects.ai/p/openais-o3...
I am (more slowly) writing my own take on all this, coming soon.
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There is no point in trolling if no one sees it.
User control over our feeds is great. Including the ability to fully hide from everyone, unwanted replies, and block those people.
If i hide a reply from a troll from everyone, no one sees it.
Moderation is great
Really helps engagement
User control over our feeds is great. Including the ability to fully hide from everyone, unwanted replies, and block those people.
If i hide a reply from a troll from everyone, no one sees it.
Moderation is great
Really helps engagement
@bsky.app really does feel so positive and devoid of BS spam. Can someone smarter than me explain why this product is operating better? Is it better code? Better moderation? Or has it just not reached a point where the trolls have decided to invade?
December 3, 2024 at 1:52 AM
There is no point in trolling if no one sees it.
User control over our feeds is great. Including the ability to fully hide from everyone, unwanted replies, and block those people.
If i hide a reply from a troll from everyone, no one sees it.
Moderation is great
Really helps engagement
User control over our feeds is great. Including the ability to fully hide from everyone, unwanted replies, and block those people.
If i hide a reply from a troll from everyone, no one sees it.
Moderation is great
Really helps engagement
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Remember new users are coming on daily, unsure of engagement. The more posts you like and reply to, the strong the platform becomes !
November 25, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Remember new users are coming on daily, unsure of engagement. The more posts you like and reply to, the strong the platform becomes !
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Some genuinely terrible people whining about the "block culture" here on Bluesky is how you know the block culture is working, keep blocking those genuinely terrible people, folks, soon the only people they'll be able to bother here is each other
November 16, 2024 at 1:02 PM
Some genuinely terrible people whining about the "block culture" here on Bluesky is how you know the block culture is working, keep blocking those genuinely terrible people, folks, soon the only people they'll be able to bother here is each other