john vining
@johnvining.bsky.social
Interested in history, languages, software, dogs, dog software, and weird stuff from the internet. Swagless normie. Madison, Wisconsin.
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Before the age of two, children should drink little wine.
December 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Before the age of two, children should drink little wine.
(Regarding the chilly response to language models among those nominally interested in language?)
December 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
(Regarding the chilly response to language models among those nominally interested in language?)
The way to get things done is to not mind who gets the credit of doing them. Susan Haack quoting Jowett.
December 6, 2025 at 4:01 AM
The way to get things done is to not mind who gets the credit of doing them. Susan Haack quoting Jowett.
Competitive Buddhism.
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Competitive Buddhism.
The Threat of Leisure.
December 1, 2025 at 4:20 AM
The Threat of Leisure.
Alignment problems.
November 27, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Alignment problems.
Charlie Munger: indexing will stop working at some point. 1998.
November 20, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Charlie Munger: indexing will stop working at some point. 1998.
Kerouac: "[The hippie movement] is apparently some kind of Dionysian movement, in late civilization. And which I did not intend, any more than, I suppose, Dyonisious did (or whatever his name was)." 1968.
#mythology
#mythology
November 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Kerouac: "[The hippie movement] is apparently some kind of Dionysian movement, in late civilization. And which I did not intend, any more than, I suppose, Dyonisious did (or whatever his name was)." 1968.
#mythology
#mythology
Jack Kerouac , drunk on *Firing Line*, 1968.
November 18, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Jack Kerouac , drunk on *Firing Line*, 1968.
Charlie Munger on competing with China.
November 17, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Charlie Munger on competing with China.
The Sea Ranch Dog Jail.
November 13, 2025 at 3:17 AM
The Sea Ranch Dog Jail.
the earth has four quarters... what are the chances?
November 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
the earth has four quarters... what are the chances?
William F. Buckley for bike lanes and a congestion fee, 1965.
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM
William F. Buckley for bike lanes and a congestion fee, 1965.
Why don’t we have an *American Software Engineer* publication?
November 9, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Why don’t we have an *American Software Engineer* publication?
Screenshots from the SLLA (Second Life Liberation Army) rally at Linden Village, 2007.
November 9, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Screenshots from the SLLA (Second Life Liberation Army) rally at Linden Village, 2007.
A machine to travel roads. Henry Ford inspired by a thresher, 1870s.
November 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
A machine to travel roads. Henry Ford inspired by a thresher, 1870s.
Advertising for the automatic threshing machine, 1879.
November 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Advertising for the automatic threshing machine, 1879.
Rejected World’s Fair attractions, including a Tower of Babel.
November 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Rejected World’s Fair attractions, including a Tower of Babel.
Milton Friedman on Republicans and tariffs in 1951.
November 5, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Milton Friedman on Republicans and tariffs in 1951.
One of the bubbles that wasn't a bubble, from Stewart Holbrook, Machines of Plenty.
November 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
One of the bubbles that wasn't a bubble, from Stewart Holbrook, Machines of Plenty.