DeWitt Clinton
@dewittclinton.com
I work on machine learning at Google. Father, husband, and Eph. dewittclinton.com
This was so much fun to be a part of. Gemini CLI has changed the way I code. More than that, it has changed the very way I think of coding itself.
Huge congrats to @ntaylormullen.bsky.social and team! Let us know what you all think.
blog.google/technology/d...
Huge congrats to @ntaylormullen.bsky.social and team! Let us know what you all think.
blog.google/technology/d...
June 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
This was so much fun to be a part of. Gemini CLI has changed the way I code. More than that, it has changed the very way I think of coding itself.
Huge congrats to @ntaylormullen.bsky.social and team! Let us know what you all think.
blog.google/technology/d...
Huge congrats to @ntaylormullen.bsky.social and team! Let us know what you all think.
blog.google/technology/d...
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I know this is extremely vulgar idealism, but I do think we should try to aggressively reassert the norm that lying is bad. Not in a "Four Pinnochios" fact-checking kind of way, but in a way that frames this kind of lying as moral degeneracy that is fundamentally corrosive to the human spirit.
Elon Musk says "10% of federal expenditures" are due to people having fake Social Security numbers, claiming it is "half a trillion dollars."
March 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I know this is extremely vulgar idealism, but I do think we should try to aggressively reassert the norm that lying is bad. Not in a "Four Pinnochios" fact-checking kind of way, but in a way that frames this kind of lying as moral degeneracy that is fundamentally corrosive to the human spirit.
Sometimes I feel like we're coal miners and we're in a mine and there's a canary and the canary just died and we're all looking at each other going, yeah, that sucks for that canary, doesn't it.
March 10, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Sometimes I feel like we're coal miners and we're in a mine and there's a canary and the canary just died and we're all looking at each other going, yeah, that sucks for that canary, doesn't it.
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Joking aside, it’s Carvana but from Amazon.
Shoppers can customize a new car’s trim, color, and interior, get a trade-in valuation, and choose payment options like full payment or financing. Most paperwork is e-signed on Amazon, and buyers can schedule pickup at a Hyundai dealer.
Shoppers can customize a new car’s trim, color, and interior, get a trade-in valuation, and choose payment options like full payment or financing. Most paperwork is e-signed on Amazon, and buyers can schedule pickup at a Hyundai dealer.
You Can Buy a Car on Amazon Now
Amazon’s partnership with Hyundai means you can use the e-retailer to purchase a brand-new car online. More manufacturers will be joining the new service, called Amazon Autos, next year.
www.wired.com
December 10, 2024 at 11:26 PM
Joking aside, it’s Carvana but from Amazon.
Shoppers can customize a new car’s trim, color, and interior, get a trade-in valuation, and choose payment options like full payment or financing. Most paperwork is e-signed on Amazon, and buyers can schedule pickup at a Hyundai dealer.
Shoppers can customize a new car’s trim, color, and interior, get a trade-in valuation, and choose payment options like full payment or financing. Most paperwork is e-signed on Amazon, and buyers can schedule pickup at a Hyundai dealer.
“Open source is a gift economy.” -jart
December 10, 2024 at 8:33 PM
“Open source is a gift economy.” -jart
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In April, I sold my first business. Even though I'd done a lot of research about small business acquisitions, so much of the process felt like uncharted territory that nobody discusses publicly. I wrote about everything I wish I'd known before selling my business.
Lessons from my First Exit
My takeaways from selling TinyPilot
mtlynch.io
November 13, 2024 at 2:51 PM
In April, I sold my first business. Even though I'd done a lot of research about small business acquisitions, so much of the process felt like uncharted territory that nobody discusses publicly. I wrote about everything I wish I'd known before selling my business.
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This is a good reminder that I need to get my personal stuff off of .io.
I used to make fun of people and companies using ccTLDs from unrelated countries for real purposes.
Then I used one of my joke domains for something real "temporarily" and forgot my rule.
And now people can't access some of my Go modules because they were taken by the Taliban. 🤦♂️
RIP, inet.af. 🇦🇫
Then I used one of my joke domains for something real "temporarily" and forgot my rule.
And now people can't access some of my Go modules because they were taken by the Taliban. 🤦♂️
RIP, inet.af. 🇦🇫
inet.af
February 13, 2024 at 2:24 PM
This is a good reminder that I need to get my personal stuff off of .io.
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I was in New York for Hurricane Sandy so I am definitely battening down the hatches here.
August 18, 2023 at 7:11 PM
I was in New York for Hurricane Sandy so I am definitely battening down the hatches here.
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Microsoft is changing the default font in Office apps like Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel for the first time in 16 years today. Say goodbye to the Calibri default and hello to Aptos 👋 details here: https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/13/23793428/microsoft-aptos-new-default-font-office-365
Meet Microsoft Office’s new default font: Aptos
It’s the first change to the Office default font in more than 15 years.
www.theverge.com
July 13, 2023 at 8:09 PM
Microsoft is changing the default font in Office apps like Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel for the first time in 16 years today. Say goodbye to the Calibri default and hello to Aptos 👋 details here: https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/13/23793428/microsoft-aptos-new-default-font-office-365
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GitHub launches support for passkeys in public beta, letting users who opt in upgrade from security keys to passkeys, and use those in place of password and 2FA (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
July 13, 2023 at 2:26 AM
GitHub launches support for passkeys in public beta, letting users who opt in upgrade from security keys to passkeys, and use those in place of password and 2FA (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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The actual Brady Bunch house is for sale. At $5.5 million, it's a very Brady deal. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/11222-Dilling-St-North-Hollywood-CA-91602/20025974_zpid/
11222 Dilling St, North Hollywood, CA 91602 | MLS #23-273457 | Zillow
This 5140 square feet Single Family home has 5 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms. It is located at 11222 Dilling St, North Hollywood, CA.
www.zillow.com
July 9, 2023 at 12:49 AM
The actual Brady Bunch house is for sale. At $5.5 million, it's a very Brady deal. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/11222-Dilling-St-North-Hollywood-CA-91602/20025974_zpid/
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TOTALLY
i think it needs to be a screen in the signup process that says
EVERYTHING IS PUBLIC
and posts can’t actually be deleted because it’s on a blockchain-like distributed ledger
[ ] I understand
i think it needs to be a screen in the signup process that says
EVERYTHING IS PUBLIC
and posts can’t actually be deleted because it’s on a blockchain-like distributed ledger
[ ] I understand
July 7, 2023 at 9:19 PM
TOTALLY
i think it needs to be a screen in the signup process that says
EVERYTHING IS PUBLIC
and posts can’t actually be deleted because it’s on a blockchain-like distributed ledger
[ ] I understand
i think it needs to be a screen in the signup process that says
EVERYTHING IS PUBLIC
and posts can’t actually be deleted because it’s on a blockchain-like distributed ledger
[ ] I understand
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Unpopular opinion: I have deep reservations about policing misinformation online.
Policing misinformation
Unpopular opinion: I have deep reservations about policing misinformation. I’m a big believer in the demarcation problem: in the general case, there’s no shortcut to determining objecti…
snarfed.org
July 1, 2023 at 4:47 AM
Unpopular opinion: I have deep reservations about policing misinformation online.
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Which takes us directly back to the Albigensian heresy's consolamentum—if a member of the perfecti strays, all the converts he or she gave the consolamentum to are retroactively un-sacralized. Every social network becomes a theology problem in the end.
June 28, 2023 at 6:39 PM
Which takes us directly back to the Albigensian heresy's consolamentum—if a member of the perfecti strays, all the converts he or she gave the consolamentum to are retroactively un-sacralized. Every social network becomes a theology problem in the end.
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Uh. Did something happen in San Francisco? Was about to board my flight from NY and they announced it was cancelled because no flights are allowed into SFO
June 27, 2023 at 7:09 PM
Uh. Did something happen in San Francisco? Was about to board my flight from NY and they announced it was cancelled because no flights are allowed into SFO
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Absolutely. There’s at least one site out there that displays everything that’s posted in real time. And no, it’s not protected by any sort of login barrier.
Firesky
Watch every Bluesky post in real-time – filter the firehose
firesky.tv
June 26, 2023 at 10:45 PM
Absolutely. There’s at least one site out there that displays everything that’s posted in real time. And no, it’s not protected by any sort of login barrier.
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I loved this and wanted to create a little comic for it. This is how I imagined the exchange going. I hope you like it @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com ☺️
June 26, 2023 at 7:45 PM
I loved this and wanted to create a little comic for it. This is how I imagined the exchange going. I hope you like it @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com ☺️
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delighted to announce that my new zine "How Integers and Floats Work!" is out today! You can get it here for $12: https://wizardzines.com/zines/integers-floats/?utm_source=blueskies
It explains all of the surprising facts about how your computer does math, and it was SO fun to write.
It explains all of the surprising facts about how your computer does math, and it was SO fun to write.
June 21, 2023 at 3:32 PM
delighted to announce that my new zine "How Integers and Floats Work!" is out today! You can get it here for $12: https://wizardzines.com/zines/integers-floats/?utm_source=blueskies
It explains all of the surprising facts about how your computer does math, and it was SO fun to write.
It explains all of the surprising facts about how your computer does math, and it was SO fun to write.
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Ah yeah now that I found out a kid is in the submarine that hasn’t been found yet is why I feel so uncomfortable at people wishing everyone inside would pass.
Not gonna want that for a kid.
Not gonna want that for a kid.
June 21, 2023 at 1:43 AM
Ah yeah now that I found out a kid is in the submarine that hasn’t been found yet is why I feel so uncomfortable at people wishing everyone inside would pass.
Not gonna want that for a kid.
Not gonna want that for a kid.
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Developers, the sandbox environment for federation is now ready for you! Help us test out the technical infrastructure for federation 🪄
Please read our sandbox guidelines and instructions here:
https://atproto.com/blog/federation-developer-sandbox
Please read our sandbox guidelines and instructions here:
https://atproto.com/blog/federation-developer-sandbox
Federation Developer Sandbox | AT Protocol
We're releasing a developer sandbox for federation. Read our sandbox guidelines and set up instructions here.
atproto.com
June 20, 2023 at 6:49 PM
Developers, the sandbox environment for federation is now ready for you! Help us test out the technical infrastructure for federation 🪄
Please read our sandbox guidelines and instructions here:
https://atproto.com/blog/federation-developer-sandbox
Please read our sandbox guidelines and instructions here:
https://atproto.com/blog/federation-developer-sandbox
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BURNA BOY DIDNT FUCKING SHOW UP. SHOW GOT CANCELED AFTER WE WAITED 3 hours in SWELTERING HEAT.
June 17, 2023 at 9:37 PM
BURNA BOY DIDNT FUCKING SHOW UP. SHOW GOT CANCELED AFTER WE WAITED 3 hours in SWELTERING HEAT.
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Some of them explicitly describe themselves as copyright thieves in their bios, e.g., @cats.bsky.social, whose bio says “we don't own any content / All credit to owner” which is about as clear a description of an account with the sole purpose of committing copyright violation as I can imagine.
June 17, 2023 at 1:05 PM
Some of them explicitly describe themselves as copyright thieves in their bios, e.g., @cats.bsky.social, whose bio says “we don't own any content / All credit to owner” which is about as clear a description of an account with the sole purpose of committing copyright violation as I can imagine.