Aslan French
@jcklpe.bsky.social
Designer working in civic tech.
This doesn't track with the use of "thankfully"
November 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This doesn't track with the use of "thankfully"
Slides and speaker notes can be found here: docs.google.com/presentation...
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docs.google.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Slides and speaker notes can be found here: docs.google.com/presentation...
The real big brain move is to realize that markers are a creature of the State and regulation. It's like trying to talk about a painting with no edge.
October 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The real big brain move is to realize that markers are a creature of the State and regulation. It's like trying to talk about a painting with no edge.
Part of the issue is that many people are not given full time gigs from their job. They work multiple jobs for less than a "full" schedule to avoid paying benefits.
October 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Part of the issue is that many people are not given full time gigs from their job. They work multiple jobs for less than a "full" schedule to avoid paying benefits.
To your face in person or just on the internet?
And yes you can nutpick but this doesn't mean anything about representive sample or proximity to real power.
And yes you can nutpick but this doesn't mean anything about representive sample or proximity to real power.
October 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
To your face in person or just on the internet?
And yes you can nutpick but this doesn't mean anything about representive sample or proximity to real power.
And yes you can nutpick but this doesn't mean anything about representive sample or proximity to real power.
Well there's no way for that to be abused!
October 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Well there's no way for that to be abused!
I believe that was a kit in think geek :
newatlas.com/north-paw-vi...
I always wanted one but figured it would look too much like an ankle monitor. Would have been better embedded in shoes. (with smaller batteries and motors these days maybe that would work!)
newatlas.com/north-paw-vi...
I always wanted one but figured it would look too much like an ankle monitor. Would have been better embedded in shoes. (with smaller batteries and motors these days maybe that would work!)
North Paw: A vibrating, ankle-worn compass
If your hobbies include using a soldering iron and spending time exploring the great outdoors, then the North Paw Directional Anklet Kit from ThinkGeek may be of interest. It's a self-build vibrating ...
newatlas.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I believe that was a kit in think geek :
newatlas.com/north-paw-vi...
I always wanted one but figured it would look too much like an ankle monitor. Would have been better embedded in shoes. (with smaller batteries and motors these days maybe that would work!)
newatlas.com/north-paw-vi...
I always wanted one but figured it would look too much like an ankle monitor. Would have been better embedded in shoes. (with smaller batteries and motors these days maybe that would work!)
How are bets like this even enforceable?
October 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
How are bets like this even enforceable?
The only way to deal with the FAANG issue is anti trust. And to the degree that a tech company out performs the rest of the market, that's a good thing and should be incentivized. It just shouldn't be protected via monopoly status.
October 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The only way to deal with the FAANG issue is anti trust. And to the degree that a tech company out performs the rest of the market, that's a good thing and should be incentivized. It just shouldn't be protected via monopoly status.
You point that this isn't your belief per se but it bears repeating.
October 21, 2025 at 4:53 AM
You point that this isn't your belief per se but it bears repeating.
AGI is as incoherent a concept as general intelligence. There is no general evolutionary fitness. Only particulars. Somethings are real and not reduced to a scalar abstraction.
October 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
AGI is as incoherent a concept as general intelligence. There is no general evolutionary fitness. Only particulars. Somethings are real and not reduced to a scalar abstraction.
Most techies aren't FAANG. They're regular people making 80k a year doing IT for a local Healthcare insurance company.
October 21, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Most techies aren't FAANG. They're regular people making 80k a year doing IT for a local Healthcare insurance company.
Overhyped but also transformational. Which feels like slicing things a bit thin but accurate.
October 17, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Overhyped but also transformational. Which feels like slicing things a bit thin but accurate.
That isn't an llm. Like dude you just clearly don't know what your talking about here.
October 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
That isn't an llm. Like dude you just clearly don't know what your talking about here.
We have existing terms for it like "low paying". "working class" outlines as specific relationship that otherwise doesn't have a phrase.
September 30, 2025 at 1:52 AM
We have existing terms for it like "low paying". "working class" outlines as specific relationship that otherwise doesn't have a phrase.
The first one is less useful.
September 29, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The first one is less useful.
A decade or so of drone warfare shattered that norm already no?
September 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A decade or so of drone warfare shattered that norm already no?
We already have anti trust law. It's just not enforced.
September 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
We already have anti trust law. It's just not enforced.
It's so clearly an aesthetic over usability choice. It feels like the kind of thing a junior designer gets excited about.
September 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
It's so clearly an aesthetic over usability choice. It feels like the kind of thing a junior designer gets excited about.