Helie
helie.bsky.social
Helie
@helie.bsky.social
she/her. product manager by day, @worldsawaypod.com by night, lover of alligators and books all the time.
We are planning to make chai pumpkin pie this year at Thanksgiving. Chai gelt is a natural next step
November 19, 2025 at 3:54 AM
I read this as the Desi chai and not the Hebrew chai and thought this was actually a huge win for the Hinjew community.
November 19, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Oh my god it was right after the chorus dropped too
November 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Turns out that selling something people don't need is a transferable skill!
September 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Every thousand-page click-through consumer contract is a policy failure.
August 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
We lost the election by 114 votes, and she never faced any consequences.

Honestly? That event radicalized me. For some reason, UF SG was a beacon for morally corrupt power-seekers. It was a microcosm of the worst tendencies of our national politics. And now, it's become our national politics.
June 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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First and foremost, the models that drive this tech were created illegally. That's not hyperbole. We have the evidence that these companies went out of their way to find and download copywrited and trademarked works to train the models.
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Why do I make a point to explain this issue? Not because I want to "defend" LLM tech. It's incredibly problematic. Primarily because it's built on stolen data.

The reason I explain is to help people understand what to expect. Even with tons of money being wasted, it's not going to die out.
May 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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I want a prime minister chosen by a parliament elected through mixed member proportional representation with publicly funded campaigns
June 17, 2025 at 3:36 AM
It isn't just that this is such a dumb take (which should be immediately apparent to anyone who has heard of a CMS).

I used to follow Sahil on Twitter. He took a predictable turn in recent years, but seeing his name in this article was still a jumpscare.
April 6, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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Anyone unfamiliar with how these systems work might think that an SSN makes for a natural primary key by itself.

But spouses can share a single SSN. People can and do have multiple, legal SSNs for a variety of reasons.

I guarantee you that Musk has no fucking clue what he is talking about.
February 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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"We've got too many people here. They're up against the barricade. We're losing the barricade"-- phllly pd scanner rn and also les mis, victor hugo, 1862
February 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
I wonder why my phone reported that I'm consistently up 3 hours past my planned bedtime. And why my most used app is the browser where I read news.

Strange!
February 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM