Jason Barrons
@jasondbarrons.bsky.social
Product Designer and thoroughly fed up with the DNC. Will engage with right-wing folks in good faith only.
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Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
April 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
@aoc.bsky.social, any insight as to why dems think doing the same thing as every previous year is the bold and brave thing to do at the SOTU?
yeah it’s really not
Jeffries sends a letter to Democrats saying "The decision to attend the Joint Session is a personal one and we understand that members will come to different conclusions. However, it is important to have a strong, determined and dignified Democratic presence in the chamber."
March 4, 2025 at 12:42 AM
@aoc.bsky.social, any insight as to why dems think doing the same thing as every previous year is the bold and brave thing to do at the SOTU?
Trumps feefees were hurt by both France and the UK correcting him in front of the press.
So he did what any bully does - found someone smaller to punch down at.
That's what this was about today. Removing the shame of being corrected by greater men than him.
How small.
So he did what any bully does - found someone smaller to punch down at.
That's what this was about today. Removing the shame of being corrected by greater men than him.
How small.
March 1, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Trumps feefees were hurt by both France and the UK correcting him in front of the press.
So he did what any bully does - found someone smaller to punch down at.
That's what this was about today. Removing the shame of being corrected by greater men than him.
How small.
So he did what any bully does - found someone smaller to punch down at.
That's what this was about today. Removing the shame of being corrected by greater men than him.
How small.
I'm considering starting a change.org petition where the signers pledge not to donate one cent to Democrats until:
1. Super delegates are abolished.
2. Seniority rules are revoked wholesale.
3. Dark money and larger donors are banned from primaries.
1. Super delegates are abolished.
2. Seniority rules are revoked wholesale.
3. Dark money and larger donors are banned from primaries.
February 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I'm considering starting a change.org petition where the signers pledge not to donate one cent to Democrats until:
1. Super delegates are abolished.
2. Seniority rules are revoked wholesale.
3. Dark money and larger donors are banned from primaries.
1. Super delegates are abolished.
2. Seniority rules are revoked wholesale.
3. Dark money and larger donors are banned from primaries.
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We’re already living in the world cyberneticians feared: feedback loops too fast for us to critically process.
The new epistemic battleground isn’t truth vs. falsehood; it’s statistical plausibility vs. interpretative meaning.
The new epistemic battleground isn’t truth vs. falsehood; it’s statistical plausibility vs. interpretative meaning.
February 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
We’re already living in the world cyberneticians feared: feedback loops too fast for us to critically process.
The new epistemic battleground isn’t truth vs. falsehood; it’s statistical plausibility vs. interpretative meaning.
The new epistemic battleground isn’t truth vs. falsehood; it’s statistical plausibility vs. interpretative meaning.
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We need publicly owned systems on the internet. Publicly owned alternatives. I'm not content with my only option to post my work to youtube, where I have to code my words in what is the internet's equivalent to cockney rhyming slang to not upset the machine in charge. It's absurd.
February 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
We need publicly owned systems on the internet. Publicly owned alternatives. I'm not content with my only option to post my work to youtube, where I have to code my words in what is the internet's equivalent to cockney rhyming slang to not upset the machine in charge. It's absurd.
Stargate is a tacit acknowledgment that the real money in AI is in infrastructure, not in software.
Economies of scale don't work on neural nets, but they still work great in data centers and chip manufacturing.
Economies of scale don't work on neural nets, but they still work great in data centers and chip manufacturing.
January 22, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Stargate is a tacit acknowledgment that the real money in AI is in infrastructure, not in software.
Economies of scale don't work on neural nets, but they still work great in data centers and chip manufacturing.
Economies of scale don't work on neural nets, but they still work great in data centers and chip manufacturing.
Oh look, Trump is going to raise prescription drug prices. What a man of the people:
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-d...
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-d...
Trump Rescinds Biden Order Aimed at Lowering Prescription Drug Prices | Common Dreams
"Trump is again proving that he lied to the American people and doesn't care about lowering costs—only what's best for himself and his ultra-rich friends."
www.commondreams.org
January 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Oh look, Trump is going to raise prescription drug prices. What a man of the people:
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-d...
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-d...
Thinking more about conversations with @benjaminjriley.bsky.social , I think a big reason why people are being duped by AI is how we've conditioned users on computers for the past 40 years.
January 21, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Thinking more about conversations with @benjaminjriley.bsky.social , I think a big reason why people are being duped by AI is how we've conditioned users on computers for the past 40 years.
Kid Rock is aghast, AGHAST I SAY, at Michelle Obama having the temerity to not show up to Trump's inauguration!
How dare she not respect the incoming incoming administration! Afterall, we all know that Trump...oh wait nevermind.
How dare she not respect the incoming incoming administration! Afterall, we all know that Trump...oh wait nevermind.
January 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Kid Rock is aghast, AGHAST I SAY, at Michelle Obama having the temerity to not show up to Trump's inauguration!
How dare she not respect the incoming incoming administration! Afterall, we all know that Trump...oh wait nevermind.
How dare she not respect the incoming incoming administration! Afterall, we all know that Trump...oh wait nevermind.
Nothing makes me cringe harder than hearing a data scientist say, "One of the things I love about neural networks is that I can use them for anything that's unstructured since they mimic the human brain."
January 8, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Nothing makes me cringe harder than hearing a data scientist say, "One of the things I love about neural networks is that I can use them for anything that's unstructured since they mimic the human brain."
Just read a designer on linkedin claiming that he replaced 12 engineers and 12 months worth of work with just himself and AI working over less than 30 days.
How does he know how much was involved? He asked the LLM, and it told him!
Folks, this is a high level of malpractice.
#AI
How does he know how much was involved? He asked the LLM, and it told him!
Folks, this is a high level of malpractice.
#AI
January 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Just read a designer on linkedin claiming that he replaced 12 engineers and 12 months worth of work with just himself and AI working over less than 30 days.
How does he know how much was involved? He asked the LLM, and it told him!
Folks, this is a high level of malpractice.
#AI
How does he know how much was involved? He asked the LLM, and it told him!
Folks, this is a high level of malpractice.
#AI
Hypothetical - Steve Bannon and Charlie Kirk come willing to band together with the Democrats to campaign against oligarchy in the US. This will be the only issue they will work on with you. Let's assume the success rate is high that it works to put in significant reforms.
... Do you do it?
... Do you do it?
January 6, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Hypothetical - Steve Bannon and Charlie Kirk come willing to band together with the Democrats to campaign against oligarchy in the US. This will be the only issue they will work on with you. Let's assume the success rate is high that it works to put in significant reforms.
... Do you do it?
... Do you do it?
Nothing says "the greatest invention since fire," like "here are AI profiles that you aren't allowed to block even if you hate them."
#AI
#AI
Meta’s AI-generated bot profiles are not being received well
“Nobody asked for this or wants this.”
www.theverge.com
January 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Nothing says "the greatest invention since fire," like "here are AI profiles that you aren't allowed to block even if you hate them."
#AI
#AI
I couldn't agree more.
Not everything needs to be a quote tweet. Use sparingly for greater effectiveness.
January 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I couldn't agree more.
I am still appalled at how everyone thinks Dark Mode has benefits when a)all of the research shows it has none, and b) even the original researcher in the 80s. said light mode only caused eye strain because of CRT technology.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
We’re All in ‘Dark Mode’ Now
How light-on-black became a way of life
www.theatlantic.com
January 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I am still appalled at how everyone thinks Dark Mode has benefits when a)all of the research shows it has none, and b) even the original researcher in the 80s. said light mode only caused eye strain because of CRT technology.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
2 & 6 for days.
“Consciousness is the ________ of being aware.” Which word would you choose to fill the gap?
1. Experience
2. Illusion
3. Process
4. Quality
5. Mystery
6. Emergence
7. Phenomenon
8. Privilege
9. Burden
10. Capacity
1. Experience
2. Illusion
3. Process
4. Quality
5. Mystery
6. Emergence
7. Phenomenon
8. Privilege
9. Burden
10. Capacity
December 31, 2024 at 6:04 PM
2 & 6 for days.
One day I'll sleep just as well.
December 31, 2024 at 4:17 PM
One day I'll sleep just as well.
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This remains, and I say this advisedly, one of the best exchanges I have ever seen on social media
December 27, 2024 at 8:27 PM
This remains, and I say this advisedly, one of the best exchanges I have ever seen on social media
When I find fascinating about open AI becoming a for-profit and still claiming to benefit humanity, Is that there was no reason why they simply couldn't become a public good company like Blue Sky. And yet they still chose to go fulll for-profit.
December 27, 2024 at 8:29 PM
When I find fascinating about open AI becoming a for-profit and still claiming to benefit humanity, Is that there was no reason why they simply couldn't become a public good company like Blue Sky. And yet they still chose to go fulll for-profit.
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Can you be house speaker and thus in line for the presidency if you weren't born in this country?
I feel like if you aren't eligible for the presidency, then you can't become house speaker.
I feel like if you aren't eligible for the presidency, then you can't become house speaker.
December 19, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Can you be house speaker and thus in line for the presidency if you weren't born in this country?
I feel like if you aren't eligible for the presidency, then you can't become house speaker.
I feel like if you aren't eligible for the presidency, then you can't become house speaker.
I think gestures have gotten way out of hand in a lot of applications and OS's. But if you ever ask someone who's struggling with a gesture or has a misstap because of a gesture, They will tell you it's their fault.
December 14, 2024 at 4:38 AM
I think gestures have gotten way out of hand in a lot of applications and OS's. But if you ever ask someone who's struggling with a gesture or has a misstap because of a gesture, They will tell you it's their fault.