Jered Floyd
@jeredfloyd.bsky.social
I like building robust, complex, useful systems out of bits, atoms, and/or people (with their consent). Unapologetically queer. 🏳️🌈 he/him/dad
Primarily @jered@metasocial.com currently.
Primarily @jered@metasocial.com currently.
AI has a different approach to dessert than I do. This is clearly worth billions of dollars and not a massive embarrassment to everyone involved.
October 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
AI has a different approach to dessert than I do. This is clearly worth billions of dollars and not a massive embarrassment to everyone involved.
Amazon: “Our courier delivered you a box soaked in corrosive acid leaking onto your porch with a crushed bottle inside, but that’s not eligible for return or refund.” (Yes, it is if you chat, but wtf.)
September 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Amazon: “Our courier delivered you a box soaked in corrosive acid leaking onto your porch with a crushed bottle inside, but that’s not eligible for return or refund.” (Yes, it is if you chat, but wtf.)
What the heck, is this weird AI slop? Local restaurant on DoorDash. Odd synonym usage makes for a fun puzzle... "Aboriginal American cooking" is obviously "Indian cuisine". "companionable stick" must be something like "helpful staff". "Caretaker Square" is "Porter Square".
September 15, 2025 at 2:23 AM
What the heck, is this weird AI slop? Local restaurant on DoorDash. Odd synonym usage makes for a fun puzzle... "Aboriginal American cooking" is obviously "Indian cuisine". "companionable stick" must be something like "helpful staff". "Caretaker Square" is "Porter Square".
Upgraded the X to something… less Musky.
July 14, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Upgraded the X to something… less Musky.
Does anyone else get "Severance" vibes from this? Is Google Gemini seriously trying to build the Torment Nexus?
June 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Does anyone else get "Severance" vibes from this? Is Google Gemini seriously trying to build the Torment Nexus?
Quiet this week because:
May 31, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Quiet this week because:
Huh; they changed can sizes in the office fridge. Now we have Liquid Little Deaths. Seems vaguely NSFW.
May 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Huh; they changed can sizes in the office fridge. Now we have Liquid Little Deaths. Seems vaguely NSFW.
"to Google" became generic for "to search for information on the Internet" because of its ubiquity. I think it's time to redefine it as "to confidently give incorrect information."
Example: "I asked for directions to the train station and he totally Googled me; I was lost for an hour."
Example: "I asked for directions to the train station and he totally Googled me; I was lost for an hour."
May 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"to Google" became generic for "to search for information on the Internet" because of its ubiquity. I think it's time to redefine it as "to confidently give incorrect information."
Example: "I asked for directions to the train station and he totally Googled me; I was lost for an hour."
Example: "I asked for directions to the train station and he totally Googled me; I was lost for an hour."
Facebook keeps adding new AI assistant features to Groups, and they default to “on” even if you’ve turned everything else off. (There is no way to remove “Your Group’s AI” entirely.) Nobody wants this crap!
May 1, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Facebook keeps adding new AI assistant features to Groups, and they default to “on” even if you’ve turned everything else off. (There is no way to remove “Your Group’s AI” entirely.) Nobody wants this crap!
He does kinda look like Bezos...
May 1, 2025 at 2:53 AM
He does kinda look like Bezos...
This word -- I do not think it means what you think it means:
April 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This word -- I do not think it means what you think it means:
This book came out in 1999 and if we keep winning really hard we can get back to those levels.
April 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This book came out in 1999 and if we keep winning really hard we can get back to those levels.
I realize they’re on speaking terms with the airline, but still somewhat unsettling to overfly Iran and Russia on the way home when the other flight studiously avoided them.
March 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I realize they’re on speaking terms with the airline, but still somewhat unsettling to overfly Iran and Russia on the way home when the other flight studiously avoided them.
I had not expected my first autonomous vehicle ride to be in Abu Dhabi! WeRide-based, dispatched by Uber. Clearly not up to Waymo performance yet — safety driver, limited coverage, wonky drop-off — but a comfortable ride.
February 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I had not expected my first autonomous vehicle ride to be in Abu Dhabi! WeRide-based, dispatched by Uber. Clearly not up to Waymo performance yet — safety driver, limited coverage, wonky drop-off — but a comfortable ride.
Singapore HDB built more than 1.1 million units of affordable and quality housing. A government can absolutely build its way out of a housing crisis. (*stares at Massachusetts*)
February 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Singapore HDB built more than 1.1 million units of affordable and quality housing. A government can absolutely build its way out of a housing crisis. (*stares at Massachusetts*)
America, this could be us but you playin
February 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
America, this could be us but you playin
Why do I feel like this is what's happening with the "DOGE" scriptkiddies?
February 4, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Why do I feel like this is what's happening with the "DOGE" scriptkiddies?
I think these swordtails are officially my favorite aquarium fish because with most fish we start with 3-4 and end up with zero, but with these we started with 3 and now have 8!
February 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I think these swordtails are officially my favorite aquarium fish because with most fish we start with 3-4 and end up with zero, but with these we started with 3 and now have 8!
Post you from a different era.
2001, still Cambridge. Don’t know if I can do the hair anymore, and definitely not sure about my knees…
2001, still Cambridge. Don’t know if I can do the hair anymore, and definitely not sure about my knees…
November 22, 2024 at 1:44 AM
Post you from a different era.
2001, still Cambridge. Don’t know if I can do the hair anymore, and definitely not sure about my knees…
2001, still Cambridge. Don’t know if I can do the hair anymore, and definitely not sure about my knees…
I’m happy to soon be counted as one!
October 10, 2024 at 6:20 PM
I’m happy to soon be counted as one!
Mischief fucking managed.
April 22, 2024 at 6:25 AM
Mischief fucking managed.