Fischer 🛠️🚇
@fischer.bsky.social
full stack content engineer, portlander, t1d
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as a culture we’ve forgotten the r/mfa uniform and it shows
November 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
as a culture we’ve forgotten the r/mfa uniform and it shows
I would love to hear an informed take on why our media produces so few jamelle bouies and so many conor friedersdorfs because it seems like a real problem at this point
November 15, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I would love to hear an informed take on why our media produces so few jamelle bouies and so many conor friedersdorfs because it seems like a real problem at this point
the effect of local optimizations on complex systems is a very interesting subject to me but I am not used to having it come up in this context lol ferd.ca/local-optimi...
Local Optimizations Don't Lead to Global Optimums
Optimization and automation can be useless and reckless, outmatched by systemic pressures and their trade-offs. Localized friction, hidden by optimizations, can hold the key to larger scale impact.
ferd.ca
November 14, 2025 at 10:56 PM
the effect of local optimizations on complex systems is a very interesting subject to me but I am not used to having it come up in this context lol ferd.ca/local-optimi...
very succinct explanation for why WW has a thorough and consistent endorsement process with questionable outcomes while the O’s endorsements are just a complete disaster lol
November 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
very succinct explanation for why WW has a thorough and consistent endorsement process with questionable outcomes while the O’s endorsements are just a complete disaster lol
also: let’s get a map with a dot for every tree planted with PCEF dollars
November 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
also: let’s get a map with a dot for every tree planted with PCEF dollars
yes! let’s do green social housing like in chicago
November 14, 2025 at 10:44 PM
yes! let’s do green social housing like in chicago
you gotta try the new praying model where if reasoning isn’t enough it asks god to help complete the prompt
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
you gotta try the new praying model where if reasoning isn’t enough it asks god to help complete the prompt
yeah I think it’s @andersem.bsky.social who’s made the point that design review is probably less impactful at this point than historical preservation laws and particularly the landmarks commission
November 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
yeah I think it’s @andersem.bsky.social who’s made the point that design review is probably less impactful at this point than historical preservation laws and particularly the landmarks commission
some of us do talk behind her back by which I mean from behind a block that stops her from spewing insane drivel in your mentions
November 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
some of us do talk behind her back by which I mean from behind a block that stops her from spewing insane drivel in your mentions
have they tried sleeping with RFK jr?
November 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
have they tried sleeping with RFK jr?
it’s awesome that we built yard and fair haired dumbbell next to each other basically at the same time. end of the world for a certain kind of change averse portlander but could not imagine the central eastside today without them
November 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
it’s awesome that we built yard and fair haired dumbbell next to each other basically at the same time. end of the world for a certain kind of change averse portlander but could not imagine the central eastside today without them
this was the latest inciting incident bsky.app/profile/fisc...
this is absurd. abolish the design commission
November 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
this was the latest inciting incident bsky.app/profile/fisc...
sort of like with the SDC waiver I think there’s probably people in both camps on city council and making it temporary papers over their differences
November 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
sort of like with the SDC waiver I think there’s probably people in both camps on city council and making it temporary papers over their differences
I think it does circle back around when you call a ban a “disappearance”. that’s a genuine innovation imo
November 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I think it does circle back around when you call a ban a “disappearance”. that’s a genuine innovation imo
my LG TV operating system is pretty bad by which I mean it’s one of the best in class smart TV operating systems and it’s a miracle that it exists
November 14, 2025 at 4:43 PM
my LG TV operating system is pretty bad by which I mean it’s one of the best in class smart TV operating systems and it’s a miracle that it exists
but when you have a process of just writing down the guidelines your design review board was using previously so developers can comply more easily you mostly get bad guidelines. see this thread:
This is an example of how Objective Design Standards, which are part of zoning, make buildings look like patchwork. Dublin (which does do a good job of building housing) has 42 pages of ODS www.dublin.ca.gov/DocumentCent...
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November 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
but when you have a process of just writing down the guidelines your design review board was using previously so developers can comply more easily you mostly get bad guidelines. see this thread:
most design review reforms have focused just on the process. examples: rubio’s housing streamline project reduced the level of design review required so most projects are approved by staff, and california has asked cities to adopt “objective design standards” to remove subjectivity from the process
November 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
most design review reforms have focused just on the process. examples: rubio’s housing streamline project reduced the level of design review required so most projects are approved by staff, and california has asked cities to adopt “objective design standards” to remove subjectivity from the process
it’s both:
- the process itself adds uncertainty and time to the development process which increases cost
- design guidelines are generally kind of bad and produce bad outcomes in terms of cost, aesthetics, and building quality
- the process itself adds uncertainty and time to the development process which increases cost
- design guidelines are generally kind of bad and produce bad outcomes in terms of cost, aesthetics, and building quality
November 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
it’s both:
- the process itself adds uncertainty and time to the development process which increases cost
- design guidelines are generally kind of bad and produce bad outcomes in terms of cost, aesthetics, and building quality
- the process itself adds uncertainty and time to the development process which increases cost
- design guidelines are generally kind of bad and produce bad outcomes in terms of cost, aesthetics, and building quality
gotta think you’d want to pick a 12-0 issue with broad popular support and really go after the mayor for slow execution on it. something like: a major upzoning of the inner east side . . .
November 14, 2025 at 6:36 AM
gotta think you’d want to pick a 12-0 issue with broad popular support and really go after the mayor for slow execution on it. something like: a major upzoning of the inner east side . . .
I think it’s the only good roguelike
November 14, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I think it’s the only good roguelike